Ultrasonic attenuation in parallel-nylon-wire cancellous-bone-mimicking phantoms.

Attenuation coefficients between 1.5 and 3.5 MHz were measured on four parallel-nylon-wire arrays (simulating cancellous bone) with four different wire diameters (150, 200, 250, and 300 microm). Interwire spacing was 800 microm for all four parallel-nylon-wire arrays. The measured frequency dependencies of attenuation were consistent with theoretical predications based on Faran's theory, which considers the component of attenuation due to scattering of longitudinal waves.