Table II. Parameters of the experimental breast phantom.
Material | Sound speed [mm·μs−1] | Attenuation coefficient at 2.5 MHz [dB/cm] | |
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| |||
Fat | 1.467 | 0.48 | |
Parenchymal tissue | 1.552 | 0.89 | |
Cancer | 1.563 | 1.20 | |
Fibroadenoma | 1.552 | 0.52 | |
Gelatin cyst | 1.585 | 0.16 |