High-intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) is a minimally invasive and non-ionizing medical procedure used to combat cancers. Faithful characterization of HITU fields is fundamental to ensure patient safety and clinical efficiency. However, standardized quality assurance protocols have not yet been established for HITU, which is a prerequisite for the wide acceptance of HITU as a therapeutic modality. This review discusses the challenges in the acoustic output characterization of HITU and the solutions that have been proposed to overcome this issue. The purpose of this review is to discuss the state of art of the metrological techniques, and invoke new ideas to prompt further development of HITU usage and characterization techniques, to ensure the safe and effective usage of therapeutic ultrasound.

高强度治疗性超声 (HITU) 是一种用于对抗癌症的微创和非电离医疗程序。忠实地表征 HITU 场是确保患者安全和临床效率的基础。然而，尚未为 HITU 建立标准化的质量保证协议，这是 HITU 作为一种治疗方式被广泛接受的先决条件。本综述讨论了 HITU 声学输出表征方面的挑战以及为克服该问题而提出的解决方案。本综述的目的是讨论计量技术的最新进展，并提出新的想法来促进 HITU 使用和表征技术的进一步发展，以确保治疗性超声的安全和有效使用。