Table 2 Transducers used in the study. The properties of each transducer were provided by the manufacturer. The bandwidth was measured by − 6 dB width of the Fourier spectrum of the incident wave obtained from the pulse-echo test. The beamwidth at focus was estimated by \(2\times wavelength\times (f-number)\).

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

Transducer frequency (MHz)

Model no.

Focusing

Focal length (mm)

Element diameter (mm)

Beamwidth at focus (mm)

Bandwidth (MHz)

1

V303-SU

Nonfocused

N/A

12.70

6.35

0.91–1.34

3.5

V384

Nonfocused

N/A

6.35

3.18

2.26–4.28

3.5

V384

Focused

17.78

6.35

2.46

2.46–4.57