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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2022 Jun 10;48(9):1762–1777. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.05.002

Table 5.

Acoustic properties of polyacrylamide/alginate hybrid gels in comparison to agarose gels and prostate

Gel Type Attenuation (dB/cm/MHz) Speed of Sound (m/s) Density (Kg/m3) Impedance (MRayls)
85/15 −0.06 ± 0.01 1528 ±6 1024 ±18 1.57 ±.03
90/10 −0.07 ± 0.04 1514 ±5 1020 ±13 1.54 ±.03
95/05 −0.14± 0.06 1520 ±5 1056 ±24 1.61 ±.04
*Agarose [1] −0.04 – −0.46 dB/cm 1503 – 1526 m/s
*Prostate [2] −0.72 dB/cm/MHz 1530 m/s
*

Values derived from literature