IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

MAY 2000 Volume 47 Number 3

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Introduction of the Joint Korea-United States Workshop on Nondestructive Evaluation
J.-H. Lee and J. G. Harris . . . 529

High Contrast Ultrasound Images of Defects in Food Package Seals
C. H. Frazier, Q. Tian, A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.. . . 530

Applications of Nonlinear Ultrasonics to the NDE of Material Degradation
K.-Y. Jhang. . . 540

Numerical Simulation and Visualization of Elastic Waves Using Mass-Spring Lattice Model
H. Yim and Y. Sohn. . . 549

Dynamic Elastic Constants of Anisotropic Materials by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy
Y.-M. Cheong, H.-K. Jung, Y.-S. Joo, S.-S. Kim, and Y.-S. Kim . . . 559

>Analytical Modeling for Fast Simulations of Ultrasonic Measurements on Fluid-Loaded Layered Elastic Structures
S. Zeroug. . . 565

Guided Wave Nuances for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation
J. L. Rose. . . 575

Sagnac-Type Fiber-Optic Array Sensor for Detection of Bulk Ultrasonic Waves
P. A. Fomitchov, A. K. Kromine, S. Krishnaswamy, and J. D. Achenbach . . . 584

Estimation of Ultrasonic Guided Wave Mode Conversion in a Plate with Thickness Variation
Y. Cho . . . 591

Measurement Models for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation
G. Block, J. G. Harris, and T. Hayat. . . 604

Fracture Source Location in Thin Plates Using the Wavelet Transform of Dispersive Waves
H. Jeong and Y.-S. Jang. . . 612

Effect of Microstructure of Low Carbon Steels on Ultrasonic Attenuation
B. Ahn and S. S. Lee. . . 620

Ultrasonics Research in the NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
G. V. Blessing, N. N. Hsu, J. A. Slotwinski, and D. Xiang. . . 630

Parametric Modeling in Food Package Defect Imaging
Q. Tian, B.-S. Sun, A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. . . . 635

A Parametric Study of Ultrasonic Beam Profiles for a Linear Phased Array Transducer
J.-H. Lee and S.-W. Choi. . . 644

FFT-Based Analysis of Periodic Structures in Microacoustic Devices
B. Jakoby and M. J. Vellekoop. . . 651

Topology Optimization Design of Flextensional Actuators
E. C. Nelli Silva, S. Nishiwaki, and N. Kikuchi . . . 657

Blood Speed Imaging with an Intraluminal Arrary
J. R. Crowe, B. M. Shapo, D. N. Stephens, D. Bleam, M. J. Eberle, E. I. Céspedes, C.-C. Wu, D.W.M. Muller, J. A. Kovach, R. J. Lederman, and M. O'Donnell . . . 672

High Sensitivity and High Capacitance of the Cylindrically Shaped w-Membrane Hydrophone
B. L. Jiao . . . 682

Focal Translation by Frequency Shift in Free Space
H. C. Song, P. Roux, and W. A. Kuperman . . . 687

Analysis of Viscous Losses in the Chemical Interface Layer of Love Wave Sensors
B. Jakoby and M. J. Vellekoop. . . 696

Substrates for Zero Temperature Coefficient Love Wave Sensors
B. Jakoby and M. J. Vellekoop. . . 701

Vibrations and Static Responses of Asymmetric Bimorph Disks of Piezoelectric Ceramics
P.C.Y. Lee, R. Huang, X. Li, and W.-H. Shih . . . 706

Doppler Spectra from Contrast Agents Crossing an Ultrasound Field
P. Tortoli, M. Pratesi, and V. Michelassi . . . 716

A General Statistical Model for Ultrasonic Backscattering from Tissues
P. M. Shankar. . . 727

Recurrent Neural Network Control for LCC-Resonant Ultrasonic Motor Drive
F.-J. Lin, R.-J. Wai, and C.-M. Hong . . . 737

Orientation Dependence of Electromechanical Coupling Factors in KNbO₃
K. Nakamura and Y. Kawamura . . . 750

A Translation Matrix Formulation for an Arbitrarily Interconnected Stack of Piezoelectric Transducers
B. Rashidian and M. Rahnavard . . . 756

A Fourier Transform-Based Sidelobe Reduction Method in Ultrasound Imaging
M.-K. Jeong . . . 759

High-Density Flexible Interconnect for Two-Dimensional Ultrasound Arrays
J. O. Fiering, P. Hultman, W. Lee, E. D. Light, and S. W. Smith . . . 764

Correction to: "Single Element High Frequency (>50 MHz) PZT Sol Gel Composite Ultrasound Transducers"
M. Lukacs, M. Sayer, and S. Foster. . .771

Correction to: "Phase Noise Measurements of 10-MHz BVA Quartz Crystal Resonators"
F. Sthal, M. Mourey, F. Marionnet, and W. F. Walls. . .771