1986 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, No. 2

Front Matter

Special Issue on the Biological Effects of Ultrasound
- Mel E. Stratmeyer, Frederic L. Lizzi

Possibility of Microcavitation from Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Robert E. Apfel

The Site of Sonochemical Reactions
- Kenneth S. Suslick and David A. Hammerton

Free Radical Production in Aqueous Solutions Exposed to Simulated Ultrasonic Diagnostic Conditions
- Alasdair J. Carmichael, Magdi M. Mossoba, Peter Riesz, Christopher L. Christman

On the Possible Contribution of Chemical Relaxation to Acoustic Absorption in Biological Systems
- Leon J. Slutsky

Evidence for Acoustic Cavitation In Vivo: Thresholds for Bubble Formation with 0.75-MHz Continuous Wave and Pulsed Beams
- Gail R. Ter Harr, Stephen Daniels, Kenneth Morton

Effects of a High-Amplitude 1-MHz Standing Ultrasonic Field on the Algae Hydrodictyon
- Douglas L. Miller

Absence of a Mutagenic Effect of Diagnostic Ultrasound in the Salmonella Mutagenicity Test (Ames Test)
- Rolf-Dieter Wegner, Ranier Lang

DNA Damage from Pulsed Sonication of Human Leukocytes In Vitro
- Silvano Pinamonti, Angelo Caruso, Vincenzina Mazzeo, Emmanuel Zebini, Antonio Rossi

Experimental Studies on the Suppression of Cultured Cell Growth Curves After Irradiation with CW and Pulsed Ultrasound
- Kazuo Maeda, Fuminori Murao, Takashi Yoshiga, Chozaburo Yamauchi, Tsuneaki Tsuzaki

Induction of Mast Cell Degranulation in Skin by Ultrasound
- Mary Dyson, Douglas A. Luke

The Effects of Ultrasound on Embryonic Heart Structure and Function
- Roger N. Ruckman, Mel E. Stratmeyer, Regina M. O'Donnell, Dennis E. Morse, Pamela R. Getson

Improved Performance of the Paced Cat Heart In Situ with Therapeutic Ultrasound
- Alan J. Mortimer, George V. Forester, Brian J. Trollope, Edward J. Villeneuve, O. Z. Roy

Effects of Ultrasound on Placental Function
- Bruce J. Kelman, Richard A. Pappas, Melvin R. Sikov

Effects of Ultrasound Exposure on Pregnancy: A Study in the Mouse
- Frank J. Fry

Stage Dependence of Ultrasound-Induced Embryotoxicity in the Rat
- Melvin R. Sikov, Richard A. Pappas

The Limitation of the Ultrasound Intensity for Diagnostic Devices in the Japanese Industrial Standards
- Kazuo Maeda, Masao Ide

Correction to "Range-Dependent Variance Artifacts in Narrow-Band Estimates of In Vivo Liver Attenuation"
- Jonathan Ophir and M. F. Maklad

Book Reviews
- G. W. Elko

End Matter