Table 1: Mechanical properties of cells cultured in vitro. Thickness, sound velocity, acoustic impedance, density and attenuation were obtained for MCF-7 and HeLa cells by using the quantifying expressions described in the previous sections and reported by Briggs et al. [14].

- MCF-7 HeLa
  Thickness [ µm ]   11.9   5.27
  Sound velocity [ m/s ] 1573 1500
  Acoustic impedance [ MRayls ]   1.6   1.77
  Density [ kg/m3 ]   1016 1182
  Attenuation [ Neper/µm ] -   0.21