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\section{Results}  Z component maps of the displacements over time are illustrated in Figure \ref{Figure4}, respectively 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12 ms after current emission, as given by the simulation (A), experiment in the PVA phantom (B) and experiment in the chicken breast sample (C). Initial displacements were close to the Lorentz force excitation location, on the opposite side of the ultrasound probe. They reached an amplitude of 5 $\mu$m in the phantom and 0.5 $\mu$m in the chicken sample. They propagated as shear waves, whose speed was 4.0 m.s$^{-1}$ for the simulation, 4.0$\pm$1.0 m.s$^{-1}$ for the PVA phantom and 6.5$\pm$1.5 m.s$^{-1}$ for the chicken breast along Z axis.  The normalized amplitude of shear waves versus distance between the magnet and the PVA sample is illustrated in Figure \ref{Figure5}-(A); the normalized amplitude with distance between the coil and the PVA sample along the Z axis is illustrated in Figure \ref{Figure5}-(B); and the normalized amplitude of shear waves versus distance between the center of the coil and the center of the ultrasound probe along X axis (0 is consequently defined as the coil center aligned with the probe center) is illustrated in Figure \ref{Figure5}-(C). Amplitude of shear waves was measured as the mean displacement between 15 and 25 mm of the coil, inside the medium. This arbitrary location was used because it corresponded to positions where shear waves had high amplitudes. Amplitudes were normalized by the maximum measured, respectively at a distance of 4 mm between the magnet and the sample, 10 mm between the coil and the medium and 35 mm between the center of coil and the center of probe.