Table 2: Quantitative TRSAM evaluation at a center frequency of 1 GHz for thickness, sound velocity, acoustic impedance, density, elastic modulus, and attenuation of MCF-7 breast cancer cells during cell division (From Strohm, Czarnota et al. 2010 and Strohm, Pasternak et al. 2010).

- Interphase Metaphase Water
Thickness [ µm ] 11.0 ± 2.0 18.9 ± 1.3 NA
Sound velocity [ m/s ] 1570 ± 15 1567 ± 11 1521
Acoustic impedance [ MRayls ] 1.561 ± 0.014 1.554 ± 0.015 1.521
Density [ g/cm3 ] 994 ± 13 992 ± 9 1000
Elastic modulus [ GPa ] 2.45 ± 0.03 2.43 ± 0.03 2.31
Attenuation [ dB/cm/MHz ] 1.44 ± 0.15 1.10 ± 0.25 0.0014