IEC TC 87

IEC TC 87 – Ultrasonics

IEC Technical Committee 87 (IEC TC 87) develops International Standards for ultrasonic technologies used in medical, industrial, scientific, and commercial applications.
These standards define the requirements for the design, performance, safety, calibration, measurement, and testing of ultrasonic equipment and systems.

IEC TC 87 publications cover ultrasonic transducers, diagnostic and therapeutic medical ultrasound devices, ultrasonic measurement instruments, and industrial ultrasonic applications.
The standards ensure accurate acoustic measurements, reliable system performance, and safe operation of ultrasonic equipment.
They also establish methods for evaluating acoustic output, frequency characteristics, sound pressure, and measurement uncertainty.

Manufacturers, healthcare providers, testing laboratories, researchers, and engineering professionals rely on IEC TC 87 standards to ensure compliance with internationally recognized quality and safety requirements.
These standards contribute to improved product reliability, measurement accuracy, and technological innovation across medical imaging, non-destructive testing, industrial processing, and scientific research worldwide.

List of Standard (IEC TC 87):

1. IEC 60500:2017 Underwater acoustics – Hydrophones – Properties of hydrophones in the frequency range 1 Hz to 500 kHz
2. IEC 60565-1:2020 Underwater acoustics – Hydrophones – Calibration of hydrophones – Part 1: Procedures for free-field calibration of hydrophones
3. IEC TR 60782:1984 Measurements of ultrasonic magnetostrictive transducers
4. IEC TR 60854:1986 Methods of measuring the performance of ultrasonic pulse-echo diagnostic equipment
5. IEC TR 60886:1987 Investigations on test procedures for ultrasonic cleaners
6. IEC TR 61088:1991 Characteristics and measurements of ultrasonic piezoceramic transducers
7. IEC 61157:2007+COR1:2008 Corrigendum 1 – Standard means for the reporting of the acoustic output of medical diagnostic ultrasonic equipment
8. IEC 61157:2007/AMD1:2013 Amendment 1 – Standard means for the reporting of the acoustic output of medical diagnostic ultrasonic equipment
9. IEC 61161:2013 Ultrasonics – Power measurement – Radiation force balances and performance requirements
10. IEC TS 61206:1993 Ultrasonics – Continuous-wave Doppler systems – Test procedures
11. IEC 61266:1994 Ultrasonics – Hand-held probe Doppler foetal heartbeat detectors – Performance requirements and methods of measurement and reporting
12. IEC TR 61390:1996 Ultrasonics – Real-time pulse-echo systems – Test procedures to determine performance specifications
13. IEC 61391-1:2006  Ultrasonics – Pulse-echo scanners – Part 1: Techniques for calibrating spatial measurement systems and measurement of system point-spread function response
14. IEC 61391-1:2006/AMD1:2017   Amendment 1 – Ultrasonics – Pulse-echo scanners – Part 1: Techniques for calibrating spatial measurement systems and measurement of point-spread function response
15. IEC 61391-2:2010  Ultrasonics – Pulse-echo scanners – Part 2: Measurement of maximum depth of penetration and local dynamic range
16. IEC 61685:2001  Ultrasonics – Flow measurement systems – Flow test object
17. IEC 61689:2022  Ultrasonics – Physiotherapy systems – Field specifications and methods of measurement in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 5 MHz
18. IEC 61828:2001Ultrasonics – Transducers – Definitions and measurement methods regarding focusing for the transmitted fields
19. IEC 61846:1998 Ultrasonics – Pressure pulse lithotripters – Characteristics of fields
20. IEC 61847:1998 Ultrasonics – Surgical systems – Measurement and declaration of the basic output characteristics
21. IEC TS 61895:1999 Ultrasonics – Pulsed Doppler diagnostic systems – Test procedures to determine performance
22. IEC TS 61949:2007 Ultrasonics – Field characterization – In situ exposure estimation in finite-amplitude ultrasonic beams
23. IEC 62127-1:2022 Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 1: Measurement and characterization of medical ultrasonic fields
24. IEC 62127-2:2007 Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 2: Calibration for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
25. IEC 62127-2:2007/COR1:2008 Corrigendum 1 – Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 2: Calibration for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
26. IEC 62127-2:2007/AMD1:2013 Amendment 1 – Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 2: Calibration for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
27. IEC 62127-2:2007/AMD2:2017 Amendment 2 – Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 2: Calibration for ultrasonic fields up to 40 MHz
28. IEC 62127-3:2022 Ultrasonics – Hydrophones – Part 3: Properties of hydrophones for ultrasonic fields
29. IEC TS 62306:2006 Ultrasonics – Field characterisation – Test objects for determining temperature elevation in diagnostic ultrasound fields
30. IEC 62359:2010 Ultrasonics – Field characterization – Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
31. IEC 62359:2010/COR1:2011 Corrigendum 1 – Ultrasonics – Field characterization – Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
32. IEC 62359:2010/AMD1:2017 Amendment 1 – Ultrasonics – Field characterization – Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
33. IEC TS 62462:2017 Ultrasonics – Output test – Guidance for the maintenance of ultrasound physiotherapy systems
34. IEC 62555:2013 Ultrasonics – Power measurement – High intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) transducers and systems
35. IEC TS 62556:2014 Ultrasonics – Field characterization – Specification and measurement of field parameters for high intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) transducers and systems
36. IEC TS 62558:2011 Ultrasonics – Real-time pulse-echo scanners – Phantom with cylindrical, artificial cysts in tissue-mimicking material and method for evaluation and periodic testing of 3D-distributions of void-detectability ratio (VDR)
37. IEC TS 62736:2016 Ultrasonics – Pulse-echo scanners – Simple methods for periodic testing to verify stability of an imaging system’s elementary performance
38. IEC TR 62781:2012 Ultrasonics – Conditioning of water for ultrasonic measurements
39. IEC TS 62791:2015 Ultrasonics – Pulse-echo scanners – Low-echo sphere phantoms and method for performance testing of grey-scale medical ultrasound scanners applicable to a broad range of transducer types
40. IEC TR 62799:2013 Models for evaluation of thermal hazard in medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields
41. IEC TS 62903:2023 Ultrasonics – Measurements of electroacoustical parameters and acoustic output power of spherically curved transducers using the self-reciprocity method
42. IEC 63045:2019 Ultrasonics – Non-focusing short pressure pulse sources including ballistic pressure pulse sources – Characteristics of fields