22 Bone
The outer surface of cortical bone consists of dense fibrous connective tissue (the periosteum). There is a marked acoustic impedance mismatch between bone and soft tissue. This results in a bright line on ultrasound scans from reflection at the bone–soft tissue interface. Mature bone also is a great absorber of sound waves.1 Acoustic shadowing occurs deep to the interface because of extinction of the sound wave.
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