Designation:E1454–02StandardGuideforDataFieldsforComputerizedTransferofDigitalUltrasonicExaminationData1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1454;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguideprovidesalistinganddescriptionofthefieldsthatarerecommendedforinclusioninadigitalultrasonicexaminationdatabasetofacilitatethetransferofsuchdata.Thisguideispreparedforuseparticularlywithdigitalimagedataobtainedfromultrasonicscanningsystems.Thefieldlistingincludesthosefieldsregardedasnecessaryforinclusioninthedatabase(asindicatedbyFootnoteCinTable1);thesefields,somarked,areregardedastheminimuminformationnecessaryforatransferrecipienttounderstandthedata.Inaddition,otheroptionalfieldsarelistedasaremainderofthetypesofinformationthatmaybeusefulforadditionalunder-standingofthedata,orapplicabletoalimitednumberofapplications.1.2Itisrecognizedthatorganizationsmayhaveinplaceaninternalformatforthestorageandretrievalofultrasonicexaminationdata.Thisguideshouldnotimpedetheuseofsuchformatssinceitisprobablethatthenecessaryfieldsarealreadyincludedinsuchinternaldatabases,orthatthefewadditionscanbemade.ThenumericalFieldNumberlistingindicatedinthisguideisonlyforconvenience;thespecificnumberscarrynoinherentsignificanceandarenotapartofthedatafile.1.3ThetypesofultrasonicexaminationsystemsthatappearusefulinrelationtothisguideincludethosedescribedinPracticesE114,E214andE1001.ManyofthetermsusedaredefinedinTerminologyE1316.ThesearchunitparametersusedinthisguidefollowfromthoseusedinGuideE1065.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:E1...
