Suppose that you are a sonographer using diagnostic ultrasound to investigate th

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Suppose that you are a sonographer using diagnostic ultrasound to investigate the various structures in a certain region of the human body. From your previous training you know that the average speed of diagnostic ultrasound in soft tissue is 1.54 millimeter/microsecond. The images show that there is a small volume in the studied specimen where the speed of ultrasound seems to be significantly higher, approximately 2.87 millimeter/microsecond. As your luck would have it, this is your first viewing of the image and your supervisor is looking over your shoulder at the image. Supervisor says, “What is that?” The best answer, in the eyes of your supervisor, is

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My answer would be that it may be a soft bone.

As I know that speed of sound in soft bone is higher as compared to that of a soft tissue.

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