IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON      
ULTRASONICS,  FERROELECTRICS,
AND FREQUENCY CONTROL
A   PUBLICATION   OF   THE   IEEE    ULTRASONICS,    FERROELECTRICS,    AND   FREQUENCY   CONTROL   SOCIETY
August 2002 VOLUME 49 NUMBER 8 ITUCER (ISSN 0885-3010)
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LETTER                     PAPERS

200 KB		 Instructions for Contributors. . .1021
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89 KB		 Method of Early Failure Detection for Elastic Diaphragms Based on Frequency Analysis of the Acoustic Signal
R. Ciocan, N. Ida . . .1025
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4.1 MB		 Quantitative 3-D Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Using a Modified Transducer Array and an Automated Image Tracking
Technique
J. A. Hossack, T. S. Sumanaweera, S. Napel, J. S. Ha. . . .1029

1.7 MB		 Spatial Resolution Enhancement of Ultrasound Images Using Neural Networks
R. Carotenuto, G. Sabbi, and M. Pappalardo . . .1039

2.6 MB		 Design of Wide-Band Arrays for Low Side-Lobe Level Beam Patterns by Simulated Annealing
G. Cardone, G. Cincotti, M. Pappalardo . . .1050

1.3 MB		 Shift-Invariant, DWT-Based "Projection" Method for Estimation of Ultrasound Pulse Power Spectrum
O. Michailovich, D. Adam . . .1060

1.8 MB		 Sparse 2-D Arrays for 3-D Phased Array Imaging—Design Methods
A. Austeng, S. Holm . . .1073

854 KB		 Sparse 2-D Arrays for 3-D Phased Array Imaging—Experimental Validation
A. Austeng, S. Holm . . .1087

1.2 MB		 Diagnostic Ultrasound-Induced Membrane Damage in Phagocytic Cells Loaded with Contrast Agent and Its Relation to Doppler-Mode Images
D. L. Miller, J. Quddus . . .1094

839 KB		 Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing of Scattering Media Using the Decomposition of the Time-Reversal Operator
E. Kerbrat, C. Prada, D. Cassereau, M. Fink . . .1103

2.8 MB		 Silicon-on-Insulator Based Nanoresonators for Mechanical Mixing at Radio Frequencies
A. Erbe, R. H. Blick . . .1114

3.5 MB		 Photo-Acoustic Imaging of Surface Acoustic Wave Slowness Using Multiplexed, Two-Wave Mixing Array Interferometry
Y. Zhou, T. W. Murray, S. Krishnaswamy . . .1118

1.7 MB		 Iterative Processing of Ultrasonic Measurements to Characterize Flaws in Critical Optical Components
A. W. Meyer, J. V. Candy . . .1124

1.2 MB		 Vibration Analysis of Piezoelectric Materials by Optical Methods
H.-Y. Lin, J.-H. Huang, C.-C. Ma . . .1139

1.4 MB		 Frequency-Noise Sensitivity and Amplitude-Noise Immunity of Discriminators Based on Fringe-Side Fabry-Perot Cavities
E. Bava, G. Galzerano, C. Svelto . . .1150

1.3 MB		 "Real Time" Noise Measurements with Sensitivity Exceeding the Standard Thermal Noise Limit
E. N. Ivanov, M. E. Tobar . . .1160

1.1 MB		 Temperature of Laser-Cooled 171Yb+ Ions and Application to a Microwave Frequency Standard
R. B. Warrington,
P. T. H. Fisk, M. J. Wouters, M. A. Lawn . . .1166