Skip to main content

Table 1 Physical properties of media

From: Effects of breast structure on high-intensity focused ultrasound focal error

 

Skin

Fibroglandular

Fat

Water

Density (kg/m3)

1090

1032

985

998.2

Sound speed (m/s)

1615

1547

1465

1482

Characteristic impedance (× 106 Pa.s/m)

1.760

1.597

1.443

1.479

Attenuation coefficient (dB/m/MHz)

–

60

40

0.22