IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

NOVEMBER 1996 Volume 43 Number 6

CONTENTS

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SPECIAL ISSUE ON THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND

Introduction
E. S. Ebbini. . . 989

Reduction of the Grating Lobes of Annular Arrays Used in Focused Ultrasound Surgery
F. Dupenloup, J. Y. Chapelon, D. J. Cathignol, and O. A. Sapozhnikov. . . 991

Effects of Phase Aberration on Tissue Heat Generation and Temperature Elevation Using Therapeutic Ultrasound
M. Bilgen and M. F. Insana. . . 999

Transurethral Ultrasound Array for Prostate Thermal Therapy: Initial Studies
C. J. Diederich and E. C. Burdette. . . 1011

Design of Focused Ultrasound Surgery Transducers
I. H. Rivens, R. L. Clarke, and G. R. ter Haar. . . 1023

Intracavitary Ultrasound Phased Arrays for Noninvasive Prostate Surgery
E. B. Hutchinson and K. Hynynen. . . 1032

Feasibility of Using Ultrasound Phased Arrays for MRI Monitored Noninvasive Surgery (Invited Paper)
K. Hynynen, A. Chung, T. Fjield, M. Buchanan, D. Daum, V. Colucci, P. Lopath, and F. Jolesz. . . 1043

Enhancement of Sonodynamic Tissue Damage Production by Second-Harmonic Superimposition: Theoretical Analysis of Its Mechanism (Invited Paper)
S. Umemura, K. Kawabata, and K. Sasaki. . . 1054

Noninvasive Real-Time Multipoint Temperature Control for Ultrasound Phased Array Treatments
R. Seip, P. VanBaren, C. A. Cain, and E. S. Ebbini. . . 1063

Treatment Planning for Hyperthermia with Ultrasound Phased Arrays
R. J. McGough, M. L. Kessler, E. S. Ebbini, and C. A. Cain. . . 1074

Ultrasound Surgery: Comparison of Strategies Using Phased Array Systems
H. Wan, P. VanBaren, E. S. Ebbini, and C. A. Cain. . . 1085

Noninvasive Surgery of Prostate Tissue by High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, R. Bihrle, R. S. Foster, M. H. Phillips, J. Syrus, A. V. Zaitsev, and C. W. Hennige. . . 1099

Sparse Random Ultrasound Phased Array for Focal Surgery
S. A. Goss, L. A. Frizzell, J. T. Kouzmanoff, J. M. Barich, and J. M. Yang. . . 1111

Ultrasonic Beam Focusing Through Tissue Inhomogeneities with a Time Reversal Mirror: Application to Transskull Therapy (Invited Paper)
J.-L. Thomas and M. A. Fink. . . 1122

Surface Acoustic Waves in a Gallium Arsenide-Conducting Layer Structure
B. D. Zaitsev and I. E. Kuznetsova. . . 1130

Surface Transverse Waves Exceed the Material Q Limit for Surface Acoustic Waves on Quartz
I. D. Avramov and M. Suohai. . . 1133

Computer Optimization of Transducer Transfer Functions Using Constraints on Bandwidth, Ripple, and Loss
T. L. Rhyne. . . 1136

The Electrostatic Problem for the SAW Interdigital Transducers in an External Electric Field--Part I: A General Solution for a Limited Number of Electrodes
S. V. Biryukov and V. G. Polevoi. . . 1150

The Electrostatic Problem for the SAW Interdigital Transducers in an External Electric Field--Part II: Periodic Structures
S. V. Biryukov and V. G. Polevoi. . . 1160

Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Estimation of Viscoelastic Stiffnesses in Plates
A. Safaeinili, O. I. Lobkis, and D. E. Chimenti. . . 1171

Quantitative Analysis of Pulsed Ultrasonic Beam Patterns Using a Schlieren System
B. Schneider and K. K. Shung. . . 1181

Effects of Package Parasitics on the Performance of SAW Filters
D. D. Jatkar and B. Beker. . . 1187

Design and Fabrication of a Capacitance Switch Array Usable on a DTCXO
W. Daniau, G. Marianneau, E. Girardet, and J. Marguier. . . 1195

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