Safety and potential hazards in the current applications of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Authors:
Padmakar P. Lele
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Medical Ultrasonics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
Abstract:
The safety and potential hazards in the current applications of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology are discussed. The author has made an attempt to provide a perspective to enable interpretation of future experimental results in terms of health hazards for humans.