The absorption and speed of ultrasound in mammalian tissues are discussed in relation to the fractional protein content. To a first approximation, biological tissues are shown to correspond to composite materials whose ultrasonic propagation properties are determined by the individual ultrasound properties of their globular and structural protein contents.
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