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Information For Contributors. . .515

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A Multimedia Example . . .520
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Final Call for Papers: 2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium . . .521

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Call for Front Cover Images . . .525

PAPERS

Ferroelectrics

6 MB

Dynamic In-Plane Resonant Characteristics of Piezoceramic and Piezolaminated Composite Plates
C.-C. Ma, Y.-C. Lin, and H.-Y. Lin. . . 526

827 KB

Pyroelectric Energy Conversion: Optimization Principles
G. Sebald, E. Lefeuvre, and D. Guyomar. . . 538

Medical Ultrasonics

493 KB

Anomalous Elastic Properties of RF-Sputtered Amorphous TeO_2+x Thin Film for Temperature-Stable SAW Device Applications
N. Dewan, K. Sreenivas, and V. Gupta. . . 552

2.5 MB

Single-Ensemble-Based Eigen-Processing Methods for Color Flow Imaging - Part I. The Hankel-SVD Filter
A. C. H. Yu and R. S. C. Cobbold. . . 559

4.5 MB

Single-Ensemble-Based Eigen-Processing Methods for Color Flow Imaging - Part II. The Matrix Pencil Estimator
A. C. H. Yu and R. S. C. Cobbold. . . 573

1.5 MB

The Cross Algorithm for Phase-Aberration Correction in Medical Ultrasound Images Formed with Two-Dimensional Arrays
Y. Li and B. Robinson. . . 588

2 MB

The Acoustic Lens Design and in Vivo Use of a Multifunctional Catheter Combining Intracardiac Ultrasound Imaging and Electrophysiology Sensing
D. N. Stephens, J. Cannata, R. Liu, J. Z. Zhao, K. K. Shung, H. Nguyen, R. Chia, A. Dentinger, D. Wildes, K. E. Thomenius, A. Mahajan, K. Shivkumar, K. Kim, M. O’Donnell, and D. Sahn. . . 602

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Capon Beamforming in Medical Ultrasound Imaging with Focused Beams
F. Vignon and M. R. Burcher. . . 619

Sensors, NDE, and Industrial Applications

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Experimental Validation of Ultrasonic Guided Modes in Electrical Cables by Optical Interferometry
C. Mateo, F. Montero de Espinosa, Y. Gómez-Ullate, and J. A. Talavera. . . 629

913 MB

Blind Detection of Nonlinearities in Multiple-Echo Ultrasonic Signals
R. Miralles, L. Vergara, A. Salazar, and J. Igua. . . 637

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Theoretical Analyses and Numerical Simulations of the Torsional Mode for Two Acoustic Viscometers with Preliminary Experimental Tests
Y. Ai and R. A. Lange. . . 648

Physical Acoustics

1.2 MB

Optimization of a New Type of Ultrasonic Linear Motor
J. M. Fernandez and Y. Perriard. . . 659

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Adjusting the Resonant Frequency of a PVDF Bimorph Power Harvester Through a Corrugation-Shaped Harvesting Structure
H. Hu, C. Zhao, S. Feng, Y. Hu, and C. Chen. . . 668

1.5 MB

Effect of Loading a Plate with Different Liquids on the Propagation of Lamb-Like Waves Studied by Laser Ultrasonics
X. D. Xu, J. Goossens, G. Shkerdin, and C. Glorieux. . . 675

Surface Acoustic Waves

1.4 MB

3-D Electrostatic Hybrid Element Model for SAW Interdigital Transducers
C. F. Jerez-Hanckes, V. Laude, J.-C. Nédélec, and R. Lardat. . . 686

1.8 MB

Orthogonal Frequency Coded Filters for Use in Ultra-Wideband Communication Systems
D. R. Gallagher, D. C. Malocha, D. Puccio, and N. Saldanha. . . 696

Transducers and Transducer Materials

1.6 MB

Modeling of Bulk Acoustic Wave Devices Built on Piezoelectric Stack Structures: Impedance Matrix Analysis and Network Representation
V. Y. Zhang, B. Dubus, J. E. Lefebvre, and T. Gryba. . . 704
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Traveling Wave-Type Ultrasonic Motors
Y. Nakagawa, A. Saito, and T. Maeno. . . 717

CORRESPONDENCE

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Coupling to Extension in a Thickness-Shear Resonator Due To Relatively Large Thickness-Shear Deformation
J. Yang and X. Shen. . . 726

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A Comparison of Time-Domain Solutions for the Full-Wave Equation and the Parabolic Wave Equation for a Diagnostic Ultrasound Transducer
G. F. Pinton and G. E. Trahey. . . 730
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On the Eigenvalue Problem for Free Vibrations of a Piezoelectric/Piezomagnetic Body
Z. Yang, S. Guo, J. Yang, and Y. Hu. . . 734

ERRATA

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Errata for "A Harmonic Cancellation Technique for an Ultrasound Transducer Excited by a Switched-Mode Power Converter"
S. C. Tang and G. T. Clement. . . 738