Table 1.
Acoustic properties of the tissue phantom layers measured in this study at 22°C, 1MHz and reference values for water and soft tissues are provided. Five measurements (technical replicates) in one representative sample per barium concentration were performed.
Water | Sample-N | Sample-1.5 | Sample-3 | Sample-6 | Soft Tissue | |
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Density (kg/m3) | 998 | 1040 | 1010 | 1020 | 1040 | 1050 |
Sound Speed (m/s) | 1488 | 1514±0.3 | 1508±1.7 | 1503±0.2 | 1491±1.2 | 1480–1560 |
Impedance (MRayl) | 1.48 | 1.57±0.00 | 1.52±0.00 | 1.53±0.00 | 1.55±0.00 | 1.61 |
Attenuation (dB/cm/MHz) | 0.002 | 0.04±0.00 | 0.27±0.02 | 0.48±0.00 | 0.94±0.03 | 0.4–0.7 |