A polyurethane-based tissue mimicking material (TMM) and blood mimicking material (BMM) for the acoustic and thermal characterization of high intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) devices has been developed. Urethane powder and other chemicals were dispersed into either a high temperature hydrogel matrix (gellan gum) or degassed water to form the TMM and BMM, respectively. The ultrasonic properties of both TMM and BMM, including attenuation coefficient, speed of sound, acoustical impedance, and backscatter coefficient, were characterized at room temperature. The thermal conductivity and diffusivity, BMM viscosity, and TMM Young's modulus were also measured. Importantly, the attenuation coefficient has a nearly linear frequency dependence, as is the case for most soft tissues and blood at 37 °C. Their mean values are 0.61f1.2 dB cm−1 (TMM) and 0.2f1.1 dB cm−1 (BMM) based on measurements from 1 to 8 MHz using a time delay spectrometry (TDS) system. Most of the other relevant physical parameters are also close to the reported values of soft tissues and blood. These polyurethane-based TMM and BMM are appropriate for developing standardized dosimetry techniques, validating numerical models, and determining the safety and efficacy of HITU devices.
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