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Information For Contributors. . .1671

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A Multimedia Example . . .1676
Multimedia-zipped

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Call for Front Cover Images . . .1677

LETTERS

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A Thickness Mode Acoustic Wave Sensor for Measuring Interface Stiffness Between Two Elastic Materials
J. Chen, W. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Yang, and J. Yang . . . 1678

PAPERS

Ferroelectrics

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Lead-free Piezoelectric-Metal-Cavity (PMC) Actuators
K.-H. Lam, D.-M. Lin, K.-W. Kwok, and H. L.-W. Chan . . . 1682

Frequency Control

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Dedicated Finite Elements for Electrode Thin Films on Quartz Resonators
S. A. Srivastava, Y.-K. Yong, M. Tanaka, and T. Imai . . . 1686

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Up-Converted 1/f PM and AM Noise in Linear HBT Amplifiers
E. S. Ferre-Pikal and F. H. Savage . . . 1698

Medical Ultrasonics

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Imaging with Concave Large-Aperture Therapeutic Ultrasound Arrays Using Conventional Synthetic-Aperture Beamforming
Y. Wan and E. S. Ebbini . . . 1705

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Distortion-Free Delta-Sigma Beamforming
C.-I. C. Nilsen and S. Holm . . . 1719

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High Frame-Rate Blood Vector Velocity Imaging Using Plane Waves: Simulations and Preliminary Experiments
J. Udesen, F. Gran, K. L. Hansen, J. A. Jensen, C. Thomsen, and M. B. Nielsen . . . 1729
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Estimating 2-D Vector Velocities Using Multidimensional Spectrum Analysis
N. Oddershede, L. Løvstakken, H. Torp, and J. A. Jensen . . . 1744

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Fast Parametric Beamformer for Synthetic Aperture Imaging
S. I. Nikolov, J. A. Jensen, and B. G. Tomov . . . 1755

Sensors, NDE, and Industrial Applications

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Wave Equation-Based Imaging of Mode Converted Waves in Ultrasonic NDI, with Suppressed Leakage from Nonmode Converted Waves
N. Pörtzgen, D. Gisolf, and D. J. Verschuur . . . 1768

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Acoustic Methods for Obtaining the Pressure Reflection Coefficient from a Buffer Rod Based Measurement Cell
E. Bjørndal and K.-E. Frøysa . . . 1781

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A Novel Approach to Acoustic Liquid Density Measurements Using a Buffer Rod Based Measuring Cell
E.Bjørndal, K.-E. Frøysa, and S.-A. Engeseth . . . 1794

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Toward a Reference Ultrasonic Cavitation Vessel: Part 2-Investigating the Spatial Variation and Acoustic Pressure Threshold of Inertial Cavitation in a 25 kHz Ultrasound Field
M. Hodnett and B. Zeqiri . . . 1809

Physical Acoustics

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A Self-Running Standing Wave-Type Bidirectional Slider for the Ultrasonically Levitated Thin Linear Stage
D. Koyama, H. Takei, K. Nakamura, and S. Ueha . . . 1823

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Elastic Wave Propagation in a Microstructured Acoustic Fiber
S. A. Nikitov, R. S. Popov, I. V. Lisenkov, and C. K. Kim . . . 1831

Surface Acoustic Waves

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Inline SAW RFID Tag Using Time Position and Phase Encoding
S. Härmä, W. G. Arthur, C. S. Hartmann, R. G. Maev, and V. P. Plessky . . . 1840

Transducers and Transducer Materials

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A Coupled Analytical Model for Hydrostatic Response of 1-3 Piezocomposites
N. Rajapakse and Y. Chen . . . 1847

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Sound Shielding by a Piezoelectric Membrane and a Negative Capacitor with Feedback Control
T. Sluka, H. Kodama, E. Fukada, and P. Mokrý . . . 1859

1 MB

Characterization of a Broadband All-Optical Ultrasound Transducer-From Optical and Acoustical Properties to Imaging
Y. Hou, J.-S. Kim, S.-W. Huang, S. Ashkenazi, L. J. Guo, and M. O’Donnell . . . 1867

REGULAR ISSUE CORRESPONDENCE

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High Frequency Coded Imaging System with RF Software Signal Processing
M. Lewandowski and A. Nowicki . . . 1878