Table 1 Bone phantoms used in the study. The properties of each phantom were provided by the manufacturer.

From: Quantitative imaging of ultrasound backscattered signals with information entropy for bone microstructure characterization

Description

Product number

Density (g/cm3)

Compressive strength (MPa)

Compressive modulus (MPa)

5.5 PCF

1522-505

0.09

0.11

6.2

7.5 PCF

1522-507

0.12

0.28

18.6

15 PCF

1522-524

0.24

0.67

53.0

20 PCF

1522-526-1

0.32

1.3

105

30 PCF

1522-525

0.48

3.2

270

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