Out very active Safety Committee (ECMUS) has taken up writing reviews of current literature
with special focus on safety issues. Below is a list of the most recent reviews, please
go to the website to read them.
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The cooling effect of liquid flow on the focussed ultrasound-induced heating in a
simulated foetal brain. GJ Vella, VF Humphrey, FA Duck, SB Barnett. Ultrasound in
Med. & Biol., Vol. 29, No. 8 pp. 1193-1204, 2003
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Ultrasound-Enhanced Systemic Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Alexandrov AV,
Molina CA, Grotta JC, Garami Z, Ford SR, Alvarez-Sabin J, Montaner J, Saqqur M, Demchuk
AM, Moye LA, Hill MD, Wojner AW. N Engl J Med. 2004 Nov 18; 351(21):2170-2178 and
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Does low-energy ultrasound, known to enhance thrombolysis, affect the size of ischaemic
brain damage? Härdig BM, Persson HW, Gido G, Olsson SB. J Ultrasound Med. 2003; 22:1301-8
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The output display standard: has it missed its target? Marsál K. Ultrasound Obst.
Gynecol 2005; 25:211-214 and
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What Do Clinical Users Know Regarding Safety of Ultrasound During Pregnancy? (Sheiner
E, Shoham-Vardi I, and Abramowicz J. J Ultrasound Med 2007 26: 319-325
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Effects of repeated prenatal ultrasound examinations on childhood outcome up to 8
years of age: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Newnham JP, Doherty DA,
Kendall GE, Zubrick SR, Landau LL, Stanley FJ. The Lancet, Volume 364, 2004: 2038-2044
