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. 2023 Jul;49(7):1510–1517. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.01.022

Table 3.

Increase in acoustic absorption coefficient relative to the control condition

Study Δα ± σ (m–1)
Lorton et al. 2020 [27]
Ex vivo pig liver
 0.10% v:v 0.20 ± 0.17
 0.19% v:v 0.79 ± 0.21
Ex vivo pig kidney
 0.13% v:v 0.70 ± 0.20
 0.24% v:v 1.20 ± 0.76
Laminar flow phantom
 0.10% v:v, 0.1 mL s–1 0.56 ± 0.08
 0.10% v:v, 0.15 mL s–1 0.73 ± 0.16
 0.20% v:v, 0.15 mL s–1 1.05 ± 0.17
Ex vivo pig hepatic vein
 0.19% v:v 0.37 ± 0.27
This study
Percolated phantom without fluid flow
 0.10% v:v, 0.0 mL s–1 0.20 ± 0.35
 0.20% v:v, 0.0 mL s–1 0.34 ± 0.51
 0.30% v:v, 0.0 mL s–1 0.43 ± 0.57
Percolated phantom with turbulent flow
 0.10% v:v, 0.1 mL s–1 0.63 ± 0.19
 0.20% v:v, 0.1 mL s–1 0.90 ± 0.20
 0.30% v:v, 0.1 mL s–1 1.02 ± 0.18

Δα, change in acoustic absorption coefficient relative to the control condition (m–1); σ, standard deviation (m–1).