Quantitative ultrasound characterization and comparison of healthy and malignant prostate cells

Speed of sound and attenuation as a function of frequency between 2 and 18 MHz were measured and compared for a cancerous prostate cell line and a healthy prostate cell line. Speed of sound for the cancerous cells line was found to be 1521.4 \(\pm\) 0.8~m/s, which was equivalent to the speed of soun...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2019-11
Main Authors: Taylor, Penelope, Longstreth, Amy, Maria-Teresa Herd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attenuation coefficients
Biotechnology
Prostate
Sound
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Summary:Speed of sound and attenuation as a function of frequency between 2 and 18 MHz were measured and compared for a cancerous prostate cell line and a healthy prostate cell line. Speed of sound for the cancerous cells line was found to be 1521.4 \(\pm\) 0.8~m/s, which was equivalent to the speed of sound for the healthy cell line of 1521.5 \(\pm\) 0.6~m/s. The average attenuation coefficient was 0.091 \(\pm\) 0.003 \(\frac{\rm{dB}}{\rm{cm-MHz}}\) for the cancerous prostate cell line and 0.057 \(\pm\) 0.003 \(\frac{\rm{dB}}{\rm{cm-MHz}}\) for the healthy prostate cell line, showing a higher attenuation for the cancerous cell line.
ISSN:2331-8422