TUFFC January 2004 Table of Contents

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS,
AND FREQUENCY CONTROL

A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL SOCIETY

January 2004

VOLUME 51

NUMBER 1

ITUCER

(ISSN 0885-3010)

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535 KB	Information For Contributors. . .1

415 KB	A Multimedia Example . . .6 Multimedia-zipped

48 KB	Call for Special Issue Papers: "Special 50th Anniversary Issue". . .7

28 KB	Call for Special Issue Papers: "Special Issue on Ultrasonic Transducers for High Temperature Applications". . .8

28 KB	Call for Special Issue Papers: "Special Issue on Coded Waveforms in Ultrasonic Imaging". . . 9

32 KB	Call for Special Issue Papers: "Special Issue on Acoustic Wave Sensors and Applications". . .10

29 KB	Call for Special Issue Papers: "Special Issue on Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers". . .11

	PAPERS

	*Ferroelectrics*

1 MB	Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Measurement for Resonant Vibration of Piezoceramic Circular Plates C.-H. Huang, Y.-C. Lin, and C.-C. Ma. . .12

	*Frequency Control*

664 KB	One-Port Noise Model of a Crystal Oscillator Y. S. Shmaliy. . .25

1.2 MB	Optimization of an Ultra Low-Phase Noise Sapphire—SiGe HBT Oscillator Using Nonlinear CAD G. Cibiel, M. Régis, O. Llopis, A. Rennane, L. Bary, R. Plana, Y. Kersalé, and V. Giordano. . .33

	*Physical Acoustics*

2 MB	Estimating Materials Parameters in Thin-Film BAW Resonators Using Measured Dispersion Curves T. Makkonen, T. Pensala, J. Vartiainen, J. V. Knuuttila, J. Kaitila, and M. M. Salomaa . . .42

1 MB	Thickness Vibrations of a Piezoelectric Plate with Dissipation P. C. Y. Lee, N. H. Liu, and A. Ballato. . .52

	*Medical Ultrasound*

1.1 MB	Improved Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique with Applications in High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging M.-L. Li, W.-J. Guan, and P.-C. Li. . .63

296 KB	Bidirectional Axial Transmission Can Improve Accuracy and Precision of Ultrasonic Velocity Measurement in Cortical Bone: A Validation on Test Materials E. Bossy, M. Talmant, M. Defontaine, F. Patat, and P. Laugier. . .71

754 KB	Maximum Likelihood Blood Velocity Estimator Incorporating Properties of Flow Physics M. Schlaikjer and J. A. Jensen. . .80

3 MB	Detection of Lumen-Intima Interface of Posterior Wall for Measurement of Elasticity of the Human Carotid Artery H. Hasegawa, H. Kanai, and Y. Koiwa. . .93

532 KB	Determination of the Acoustic Pressure at and the Reflection Coefficient of a Target Through Measurements of the Absorbed Power and the Emitter Voltage J.-L. A. Mestas, P. Lenz, and D. Cathignol. . . 109

	*Sensors, NDE, and Industrial Applications*

849 KB	A New Point Contact Surface Acoustic Wave Transducer for Measurement of Acoustoelastic Effect of Polymethylmethacrylate Y.-C. Lee and S. H. Kuo. . . 114

	*Surface Acoustic Waves*

416 KB	A New Triply Rotated Quartz Cut for the Fabrication of Low Loss IF SAW Filters S. Ballandras, W. Steichen, E. Briot, M. Solal, M. Doisy, and J.-M. Hodé. . . 121
	GUEST EDITORIAL

91 KB	How to Avoid the Reviewer’s Axe: One Editor’s View S. D. Senturia. . .127