IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
ULTRASONICS,  FERROELECTRICS,
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A   PUBLICATION  OF  THE  IEEE  ULTRASONICS,  FERROELECTRICS  AND  FREQUENCY  CONTROL  SOCIETY
October 2006 VOLUME 53 NUMBER 10 ITUCER (ISSN 0885-3010)
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Special Issue on Novel Equipment for Ultrasound Research


SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Novel Equipment for Ultrasound Research
P. Tortoli and J. A. Jensen. . . 1705
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A Ring Transducer System for Medical Ultrasound Research
R. C. Waag and R. J. Fedewa. . . 1707
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Performance and Characterization of New Micromachined High-Frequency Linear Arrays
M. Lukacs, J. Yin, G. Pang, R. C. Garcia, E. Cherin, R. Williams, J. Mehi, and F. S. Foster. . . 1719
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Design of a Multilayer Transducer for Acoustic Bladder Volume Assessment
E. J. W. Merks, A. Bouakaz, N. Bom, C. T. Lancée, A. F. W. van der Steen, and N. de Jong. . . 1730
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Harmonic 3-D Echocardiography with a Fast-Rotating Ultrasound Transducer
M. M. Voormolen, B. J. Krenning, C. T. Lancée, F. J. ten Cate, J. R. T. C. Roelandt, A. F. W. van der Steen, and N. de Jong. . . 1739
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Noninvasive Field Measurement of Low-Frequency Ultrasonic Transducers Operating in Sealed Vessels
G. Harvey and A. Gachagan. . . 1749
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An Ultrasound Research Interface for a Clinical System
M. Ashfaq, S. S. Brunke, J. J. Dahl, H. Ermert, C. Hansen, and M. F. Insana. . . 1759
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The Ultrasonix 500RP: A Commercial Ultrasound Research Interface
T. Wilson, J. Zagzebski, T. Varghese, Q. Chen, and M. Rao. . . 1772
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FEMMINA Real-Time, Radio-Frequency Echo-Signal Equipment for Testing Novel Investigation Methods
L. Masotti, E. Biagi, M. Scabia, A. Acquafresca, R. Facchini, A. Ricci, and D. Bini. . . 1783
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High Frame Rate Imaging System for Limited Diffraction Array Beam Imaging with Square-Wave Aperture Weightings
J.-y. Lu, J. Cheng, and J. Wang. . . 1796
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A Programmable Real-Time System for Development and Test of New Ultrasound Investigation Methods
S. Ricci, E. Boni, F. Guidi, T. Morganti, and P. Tortoli. . . 1813
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The Progressive Focusing Correction Technique for Ultrasound Beamforming
C. Fritsch, M. Parrilla, A. Ibáñez, R. C. Giacchetta, and O. Martínez. . . 1820
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Adaptive Imaging on a Diagnostic Ultrasound Scanner at Quasi Real-Time Rates
J. J. Dahl, S. A. McAleavey, G. F. Pinton, M. S. Soo, and G. E. Trahey. . . 1832
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Intravascular Ultrasound Tissue Harmonic Imaging In Vivo
M. E. Frijlink, D. E. Goertz, L. C. A. van Damme, R. Krams, and A. F. W. van der Steen. . . 1844
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Multigate Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound System with Real-Time Embolic Signal Identification and Archival
L. Fan, E. Boni, P. Tortoli, and D. H. Evans. . . 1853
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High Reliability Outdoor Sonar Prototype Based on Efficient Signal Coding
F. J. Álvarez, J. Ureña, M. Mazo, Á. Hernández, J. J. García, and C. de Marziani. . . 1862

Regular Issue


REGULAR ISSUE PAPERS

  Ferroelectrics
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Trajectory Tracking of Piezoelectric Positioning Stages Using a Dynamic Sliding-Mode Control
H.-J. Shieh and P.-K. Huang. . . 1872
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Complex Permittivity Measurements of Ferroelectrics Employing Composite Dielectric Resonator Technique
J. Krupka, T. Zychowicz, V. Bovtun, and S. Veljko. . . 1883
  Frequency Control
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Merits of PM Noise Measurement Over Noise Figure: A Study at Microwave Frequencies
A. Hati, D. A. Howe, F. L. Walls, and D. K. Walker. . . 1889
  Physical Acoustics
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Finite Difference Time Domain Methods for Piezoelectric Crystals
F. Chagla and P. M. Smith. . . 1895
  Sensors, NDE, and Industrial Applications
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Blind Multiridge Detection for Automatic Nondestructive Testing Using Ultrasonic Signals
H.-C. Wu, N. Gupta, and P. S. Mylavarapu. . . 1902
  Surface Acoustic Waves
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Suppression of Reflection Coefficients of Surface Acoustic Wave Filters Using Quadrature Hybrids
J. Wen, K.-Y. Hashimoto, T. Omori, M. Yamaguchi, O. Kawachi, and M. Ueda. . . 1912
  Transducers and Transducers Materials
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Comparison of Conventional and Collapsed Region Operation of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers
Y. Huang, E. Hæggström, B. Bayram, X. Zhuang, A. S. Ergun, C.-H. Cheng, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub. . . 1918
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Study of the Bending Modes in Circular Quartz Resonators
P. Leclaire, J. Goossens, L. Martinez, N. Wilkie-Chancelier, S. Serfaty, and C. Glorieux. . . 1934

REGULAR ISSUE CORRESPONDENCE

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Beam Steering with Segmented Annular Arrays
L. G. Ullate, G. Godoy, O. Martínez, and T. Sánchez. . . 1944
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Photoacoustic Flow Measurements with Gold Nanoparticles
C.-W. Wei, C.-K. Liao, H.-C. Tseng, Y.-P. Lin, C.-C. Chen, P.-C. Li. . . 1955
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Effects of Piezoelectric Coupling on Bechmann’s Number for Thickness-Twist Waves in a Plate of Hexagonal Crystals
J. Yang and S. Guo. . . 1960