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HYDROACOUSTICS
ANNUAL JOURNAL |
START | NEW VOL 20 | SEARCH | STATISTICS | PAS - GDANSK DIVISION |
pp. 121-128, vol. 16, 2013 Eleonora Kruglenko Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Barbara Gambin Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Lucyna Cieślik Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Key words: ultrasound; soft tissue; semi-transmission method Abstract: For the study of the temperature increase in the soft tissues irradiated by a low-power
ultrasound, soft tissue-mimicking materials can be used. The phantoms have been
produced based on an aqueous solution of agar, oil, and glass beads microparticles. The RF
signals collected in the experiments enabled evaluation of the acoustic properties of phantoms
with different number of strong scatterers (concentration varied from 0 to 30 pcs/mm3 ). Speed
of sound (SOS) determined for the phantoms was similar to the value typical of soft tissue
(about 1540 m/s). To determine attenuation coefficient the semi-transmission method has
been used. Attenuation coefficient value varied from 0.5 to 1.1 dB/(MHz cm), depending on
the number of scatterers. It was shown that the phantoms stored for 6 months preserved their
acoustical properties and were usable for further experiments. It was found that within the
total attenuation, the part corresponding to scattering can be distinguished.
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