IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

NOVEMBER 1999 Volume 46 Number 6

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Simulation and Experimental Characterization of a 2-D Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Array Element
Ö. Oralkan, X. Jin, F. L. Degertekin, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub. . .1337

Tunable Optical Oscillator Based on a DFB-MQW Laser and a Fiber Loop Reflector
O. Frazão, P. Tavares, J. Ferreira da Rocha, and L. B. Ribeiro . . .1341

Constitutive Equations of Symmetrical Triple Layer Piezoelectric Benders
Q.-M. Wang and L. E. Cross . . .1343

Finite Element Analysis of a Deformable Array Transducer
L. L. Ries and S. W. Smith . . .1352

Theory and Analysis of Electrode Size Optimization for Capacitive Microfabricated Ultrasonic Transducers
A. Bozkurt, I. Ladabaum, A. Atalar, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub. . .1364

Curved PVDF Airborne Transducer
H. Wang and M. Toda . . .1375

An Investigation of the Effects of Material Anisotropy and Heterogeneity on Pulsed, Laser-Generated Acoustic Signals
D. H. Hurley and J. B. Spicer. . .1387

Thermal Transient Model of a Crystal Resonator Employing Thickness-Shear Vibrations
Y. S. Shmaliy, O. Ph. Kurochka, E. G. Sokolinskiy, and O. E. Rudnev . . .1396

Wavelet Transform-Based Strain Estimator for Elastography
M. Bilgen . . .1407

High Frame Rate Imaging with a Small Number of Array Elements
J. Lu and S. He . . .1416

Modeling Resonance Tests for Electrostrictive Ceramics
C. L. Hom and N. Shankar. . .1422

Fast Three-Step Method for Shear Moduli Calculation from Quartz Crystal Resonator Measurements
C. Behling, R. Lucklum, and P. Hauptmann . . .1431

A Smooth Impact Rotation Motor Using a Multi-Layered Torsional Piezoelectric Actuator
T. Morita, R. Yoshida, Y. Okamoto, M. Kuribayashi Kurosawa, and T. Higuchi . . .1439

Investigation on Piezoelectric Helix for Use as a Hydrophone
B. L. Jiao . . .1446

Efficient Transmit Beamforming in Pulse-Echo Ultrasonic Imaging
G. Cincotti, G. Cardone, P. Gori, and M. Pappalardo . . .1450

Evaluation of the Unscanned Soft-Tissue Thermal Index
W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and D. S. Ellis . . .1459

Correlation Processing for Correction of Phase Distortions in Subaperture Imaging
B. Tavli and M. Karaman . . .1477

Design Optimization of Dome Actuators
X. Ruan, B. A. Cheeseman, A. Safari, S. C. Danforth, and T.-W. Chou . . .1489

Acoustic Wave-Based Sensors Using Mode Conversion in Periodic Gratings
F. Bender, R. Dahint, and F. Josse . . .1497

Absolute Measurements of Ultrasonic Pressure by Using High Magnetic Fields
Y. Sharf, G. T. Clement, and K. Hynynen. . .1504

The Coupling-of-Modes Approach to the Analysis of STW Devices: Part II
V. L. Strashilov, K. D. Djordjev, and V. M. Yantchev . . .1512

Electromechanical Properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate Piezoceramics Under the Influence of Mechanical Stresses
Q. M. Zhang and J. Zhao . . .1518

Volumetric Ultrasound System for Left Ventricle Motion Imaging
R. Canals, G. Lamarque, and P. Chatain . . .1527

Relfection of Ultrasonic Lamb Waves Produced by Thin Conducting Strips
B. D. Zaitsev and S. G. Joshi . . .1539

A Bayesian Method for Oscillator Stability Analysis
F. Vernotte and G. Zalamansky . . .1545

Remote Laser Generation of Narrow-Band Surface Waves Through Optical Fibers
F. Lanza di Scalea, T. P. Berndt, J. B. Spicer, and B. B. Djordjevic . . .1551

Noise in Microelectromechanical System Resonators
J. R. Vig and Y. Kim . . .1558

Theoretical Study of Steady-State Temperature Rise Within the Eye due to Ultrasound Insonation
B. A. Herman and G. R. Harris . . .1566

Transduction Mechanisms of the Fabry-Perot Polymer Film Sensing Concept for Wideband Ultrasound Detection
P. C. Beard, F. Pérennès, and T. N. Mills . . .1575

Investigation on Recent Quartz-Like Materials for SAW Applications
M. Pereira da Cunha and S. de Azevedo Fagundes . . .1583

Flow Imaging with Pulsed Doppler Ultrasound and Flow Phantoms
P. Tortoli, R. S. Thompson, P. Berti, and F. Guidi . . .1591

Special Issue on Modeling, Optimization and Design of Surface and Bulk Acoustic Wave Devices. . .1597

1999 Index: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. . .1599