Attenuation of ultrasound in post rigor bovine skeletal muscle.
A pulse transmission method for measuring the attenuation of 1-7 MHz ultrasound in bovine skeletal muscle is described. Measurements of the attenuation coefficient at -20, 0, 20 and 40 degrees C conformed to the relation alpha = Afn, where A and n are temperature-dependent coefficients and f is the frequency. alpha/f varied slowly with frequency, and at 4 MHz and 20 degrees C mean values were 1.3 dB cm-1 MHz-1 along the fibres and 0.55 dB cm-1 MHz-1 across the fibres. These data are lower than most previous measurements of skeletal muscle, but comparable with recent measurements of canine heart muscle.
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