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Open Journal of Acoustics, 2011, 1, 55-62 doi:10.4236/oja.2011.13007 Published Online December 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/oja) Ultrasound Poroelastic Tissue Typing 1,2 1 2 2 3 Piero Chiarelli , Bruna Vinci , Antonio Lanatà , Valeria Gismondi , Simone Chiarelli 1 National Council of Research of Italy, Pisa, Italy 2Interdepartmental Research Center “E. Piaggio”, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy 3School of Engineering, University of Milan, Crema, Italy E-mail : pchiare@r.it Received October 4, 2011; revised November 12, 2011; accepted November 20, 2011 Abstract Employing the poroelastic theory of acoustic waves in gels, the ultrasound (US) propagation in a gel medium filled by poroelastic spherical cells is studied. The equation of fast compressional wave, the phase velocity and the attenuation as a function of the elasticity, porosity and concentration of the cells into the gel matrix are investigated. The outcomes of the theory agree with the preliminary measurements done on PVA gel scaffolds inseminated by porcine liver cells at various concentrations. The feasibility of a non-invasive tech- nique for the health assessment of soft biological tissues steaming by the model is analyzed. Keywords: Ultrasound, Bi-Phasic Model of Living Tissues, Non-Invasive Ultrasound Assessment, Poroelastic Ultrasounds in Soft Tissues 1. Introduction of the wave equation that holds for liqu