title: A calibration-free method for measurement of sound speed in biological tissue samples.
abstract: A transmission method for speed-of-sound measurement in biological tissue specimens is described. The technique involves detecting the time of arrival of a transmitted pulse with a small hydrophone that penetrates the tissue sample in accurately known increments. The technique allows localized measurements to be made without the error-prone task of measuring the thickness of the specimen and without calibration of the apparatus in a reference medium with known speed of sound.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiol., Texas Univ., Med. Sch., Houston, TX.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ophir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lin