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. 2001 Jun 28;1:1. doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-1-1

Table 1.

Ultrasound velocity in different human tissues

Tissue Frequency velocity Temp
[MHz] [m/s] [°C]
Skin
  Breast 10.0 1642 27
  Face 10.0 1570 27
Fat 2.0 1476 35
Blood 7.5 1586 37
Liver 10.0 1608 37
Bone 0.1 3375 37

Adapted from Goss et al. [9] and Escoffier et al. [10]