IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

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A Microwave Exciter for Cs Frequency Standards Based on a Sapphire-Loaded Cavity Oscillator
Y. Koga, C. McNeilage, J. H. Searls, and S.-I. Ohshima. . .1

Finite Element Modeling of Transient Ultrasonic Waves in Linear Viscoelastic Media
P. Stucky and W. Lord . . .6

Ultrasonic Integrated Backscatter Coefficient Profiling of Human Coronary Arteries In Vitro
J. C. Machado and F. S. Foster . . . 17

Dependence of Sonoluminescence Intensity on the Geometrical Configuration of a Reactor Cell
S.-I. Hatanaka, T. Tuziuti, T. Kozuka, and H. Mitome . . . 28

Detection of Photoacoustic Transients Originating from Microstructures in Optically Diffuse Media such as Biological Tissue
C.G.A. Hoelen, A. Dekker, and F.F.M. de Mul . . . 37

Damping Properties of Lead Metaniobate
T. Lee and R. S. Lakes . . . 48

A New High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Applicator for Surgical Applications
M. D. Brentnall, R. W. Martin, S. Vaezy, P. Kaczkowski, F. Forster, and L. Crum . . . 53

A Multiparametric and Multiresolution Segmentation Algorithm of 3-D Ultrasonic Data
D. Boukerroui, O. Basset, A. Baskurt, and G. Gimenez . . . 64

High Frequency Properties of Passive Materials for Ultrasonic Transducers
H. Wang, T. Ritter, W. Cao, and K. K. Shung . . . 78

Investigation of Cross-Coupling in 1-3 Piezocomposite Arrays
D. Certon, N. Felix, E. Lacaze, F. Teston, and F. Patat . . . 85

Effects of Layer Thickness for SAW, PSAW, and HVPSAW Devices
M. Pereira da Cunha . . . 93

Ultrasound Transducer Modeling—General Theory and Applications to Ultrasound Reciprocal Systems
M. Willatzen . . . 100

Characterization of Piezoceramic Rectangular Parallelepipeds by Means of a Two-Dimensional Model
N. Lamberti, F. R. Montero de Espinosa, A. Iula, and R. Carotenuto . . . 113

Bayesian 2-D Deconvolution: A Model for Diffuse Ultrasound Scattering
O. Husby, T. Lie, T. Langø, J. Hokland, and H. Rue . . . 121

Bayesian 2-D Deconvolution: Effect of Using Spatially Invariant Ultrasound Point Spread Functions
T. Langø, T. Lie, O. Husby, and J. Hokland . . . 131

The Investigation of Three-Dimensional Vibration for Piezoelectric Rectangular Parallelepipeds Using the AF-ESPI Method
C.-C. Ma and C.-H. Huang . . . 142

PCLT/P(VDF-TrFE) Nanocomposite Pyroelectric Sensors
Q.-Q. Zhang, H.L.W. Chan, B. Ploss, and C. L. Choy . . . 154

Thresholds for Inertial Cavitation in Albunex Suspensions Under Pulsed Ultrasound Conditions
P. P. Chang, W.-S. Chen, P. D. Mourad, S. L. Poliachik, and L. A. Crum . . . 161

Dyadic Green's Functions for Multi-Layer SAW Substrates
P. M. Smith . . . 171

Three-Dimensional Finite Element Simulation of a Piezoelectric Vibrator Under Gyration
Y. Kagawa, T. Tsuchiya, and T. Sakai . . . 180

Synthetic Aperture-Based Beam Compresson for Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
D. Vray, C. Haas, T. Rastello, M. Krueger, E. Brusseau, K. Schroeder, G. Gimenez, and H. Ermert . . . 189

Surface Acoustic Wave Reflection from Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Film Reflecting Arrays on LiNbO₃ Substrates
S. Zhgoon, Q. Zhang, S. F. Yoon, A. Revkov, J. Ahn, and Rusli . . . 202

Synthetic Phase Tuning of Guided Waves
S.-C. Wooh and Y. Shi . . . 209

Ultrasonic Transmission and Reception from Bulk-Micromachined Transducers
P. D. Harris, M. K. Andrews, and G. C. Turner . . . 224

Mechanisms of Contrast Agent Destruction
J. E. Chomas, P. Dayton, J. Allen, K. Morgan, and K. W. Ferrara . . . 232

Analysis of SAW Propagation in Gratings on ZnO/Diamond Substrates
H. Kitabayashi and P. M. Smith . . . 249

Dual SAW Sensor Technique for Determining Mass and Modulus Changes
S. L. Hietala, V. M. Hietala, and C. J. Brinker . . . 262

Properties of Sensors Based on Shear-Horizontal Surface Acoustic Waves in LiTaO₃/SiO₂ and Quartz/SiO₂ Structures
F. Herrmann, M. Weihnacht, and S. Büttgenbach . . . 268

New X-Wave Solutions of Free-Space Scalar Wave Equation and Their Finite Size Realization
N. V. Sushilov, J. Tavakkoli, and R.S.C. Cobbold . . . 274

Continuous Wave Ultrasonic Tomography
H.-D. Liang, M. Halliwell, and P.N.T. Wells . . . 285

A Non-Binary Direct Digital Synthesizer with an Extended Phase Accumulator
H. Nosaka, Y. Yamaguchi, and M. Muraguchi . . . 293

Interdigital Pair Bonding for High Frequency (20_50 MHz) Ultrasonic Composite Transducers
R. Liu, K. A. Harasiewicz, and F. S. Foster . . . 299

Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectrics: How to Measure Different Losses Separately
K. Uchino and S. Hirose . . . 307

Investigation of Acoustic Waves in Thin Plates of Lithium Niobate and Lithium Tantalate
I. E. Kuznetsova, B. D. Zaitsev, S. G. Joshi, and I. A. Borodina . . . 322

Observations of Vibration Shape of AT-Cut Quartz Resonator Including Electric Twins
E. Kamiyama, T. Itoh, Y. Murakami, and Y. Ueoka . . . 329

Temperature-Sensitive Cuts for Surface Acoustic Waves in Quartz
W. Ma and W. Shi . . . 333