The greatest variation in published data of the attenuation of ultrasound in mammalian liver
in vitro occurs at the lower end of the 0.5 to 7 MHz frequency range and gives rise to some …

Theoretical formulations are developed, based on mathematical models of inhomogeneous
continua for the expected angular variation of bulk scattering from human and animal …

Previous studies have utilized articular cartilage from joints as a model to investigate the
influence of various constituents in a connective tissue matrix on ultrasonic properties …

In recent years Ultrasonic imaging systems have provided valuable diagnostic information in
the clinical enviroment with no apparent harm to the patient. Much effort has gone into …

This is the second in a series of two papers reporting results collected on ultrasonic
propagation properties, namely, velocity, attenuation, and backscatter of various mammalian …

Objective To develop a method for two-dimensional measurement of acoustic properties of
biological tissue elements at the microscopic level for specimens with a thickness of …

Anisotropy of ultrasonic scattering and attenuation in heart tissue depends on the specific
orientation of myofibers with respect to angle of insonification. We used lateral gain …

Ultrasonic attenuation and backscattering were measured for bovine brain, spleen and liver
and for porcine iiver as a function of time after excision for times up to 120 hr. The …

Attenuation and propagation speed in the 1‐to 5‐MHz frequency range were measured in
vitro in 22 tissue samples from six anatomic sites in five normal human brains obtained …

A detailed review of the literature on ultrasonic propagation properties of mammalian tissues
and organs has revealed 144 papers containing compilable data. Over 1300 lines of …