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A Study on Changes in Body Surface Temperature and Thermal Effect According to Ultrasound Mode

초음파 진단모드에 따른 체표면 온도변화와 열효과에 관한 고찰

  • Yang, Sung-Hee (Department of Radiology, Ilsin Christian Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Soo (Department of Radiology, University Haeundae Paik Hospital)
  • 양성희 (일신기독병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 이진수 (인제대학교 해운대백병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2017.04.26
  • Accepted : 2017.06.12
  • Published : 2017.06.30

Abstract

Recently, as the number of high-risk pregnancies increases, the use of new techniques such as Doppler, which have higher acoustic power than in the past, has been increasingly used in prenatal diagnosis and guidelines have been set up by various organizations to prevent excessive exposure. Therefore, in this study, we tried to investigate the temperature change of the body surface for each test mode according to the long time ultrasound examination and to examine the exposure time which is not influenced by the thermal effect. B mode, C mode, and PD mode according to time, and the temperature difference between exposed and unexposed sites were compared. As a result, the B mode showed a significant difference in the temperature change from 10 minutes, 50 minutes after exposed, 20 minutes from the C mode, and 30 minutes from the PD mode (p<0.01). In all three modes, the temperature difference was different (p<0.000), and PD mode was the most sensitive to temperature change. Also, it was found that the temperature rise time was shortened with the increase of the ultrasonic exposure time. Therefore, it is recommended that ultrasonography to observe the embryo or fetus should be used only for diagnostic purposes, avoiding excessive test time.

최근 고위험 임신군이 증가함에 따라 과거에 비해 음향파워 세기가 높은 도플러초음파 이용이 산전 진단에서 점차 증가하고 있으며, 여러 기관에서 가이드라인을 설정하여 과도한 노출을 자제하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 장시간 초음파검사 실시에 따른 검사모드 별 체표면의 온도변화를 알아보고 열효과에 영향을 받지 않는 노출시간을 고찰해 보고자 하였다. 시간경과에 따른 B mode, C mode, PD mode 별 초음파를 조사한 부위와 조사하지 않은 부위의 온도변화를 측정하여 차이를 비교하였으며 B mode는 초음파 조사 후 10분, 50분에서, C mode는 20분부터, PD mode는 30분부터 온도변화에 유의한 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.01). 측정시점에 따라 3개의 mode에서 모두 온도상승에 차이를 보였으며(p<0.000), PD mode가 가장 온도변화에 민감한 반응을 나타내었다. 또한 초음파 노출시간이 증가함에 따라 온도상승 시간이 짧아짐을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 배아나 태아를 관찰하기 위한 초음파검사 시 과도한 검사시간을 피하여 진단목적으로만 신속하게 사용할 것을 권고한다.

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