scope:

This International Standard describes methods of calibrating the spatial measurement facilities and point-spread function of ultrasonic imaging equipment in the ultrasonic frequency range 0,5 MHz to 15 MHz. This standard is relevant for ultrasonic scanners based on the pulse-echo principle of the types listed below:

− mechanical sector scanners;

− electronic phased-array sector scanners;

− electronic linear-array scanners;

− electronic curved-array sector scanners;

− water-bath scanners based on any of the above four scanning mechanisms;

− 3D-volume reconstruction systems.