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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2013 Sep 27;119(6):1520–1529. doi: 10.3171/2013.8.JNS13969

Table 2. Physical properties used in the estimation of in situ peak rarefaction pressures.

Parameter Description Value
ρb density 1030 kg/m3
cb speed of sound 1540 m/s
α attenuation* 5 Np/m/MHz
αa @ 700 kHz absorption* 1.4 Np/m
Cm specific heat 3.85 kJ/kg/°C
*

From Goss et al.11

From Werner and Buse.36