Ultrasound Doseage Calculation

Table of settings for your Chattanooga Ultrasound machine

Tissue State
Strongulse Ratios
Intensity Required (W/cm2)
Acute
1:4
0.1-0.3
Sub Acute
1:3 – 1:2
0.2-0.5
Chronic
1:1 – Cont
0.3-0.8

Depth of Lesion (cm)

Intensity Required
0.5
1
2
3
4
1.0
1.20
1.40
1.80
2.20
2.60
0.9
1.08
1.26
1.62
1.98
2.34
0.8
0.96
1.12
1.44
1.76
2.08
0.7
0.84
0.98
1.26
1.54
1.82
0.6
0.72
0.84
1.08
1.32
1.56
0.5
0.60
0.70
0.90
1.10
1.30
0.4
0.48
0.56
0.72
0.88
1.4
0.3
0.36
0.42
0.54
0.66
0.78

Depth of Lesion (cm)

Intensity Required (W/cm2)
0.5
1
2
3
4
5
6
1.0
1.13
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
2.25
2.50
0.9
1.01
1.13
1.35
1.58
1.80
2.03
2.25
0.8
0.9
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
1.80
2.00
0.7
0.79
0.88
1.05
1.23
1.40
1.58
1.75
0.6
0.68
0.75
0.90
1.05
1.20
1.35
1.50
0.5
0.56
0.63
0.75
0.88
1.00
1.13
1.25
0.4
0.45
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
0.3
0.34
0.38
0.45
0.53
0.60
0.68
0.75
0.2
0.23
0.23
0.30
0.35
0.40
0.45
0.50
0.1
0.11
0.13
0.15
0.18
0.20
0.23
0.25