1994 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, No. 5

Front Matter

Introduction to the Special Issue on Correlation Techniques and Applications in Ultrasonics
Gordon Hayward

Echography Using Correlation Techniques: Choice of Coding Signal
- Mohamed A. Benkhelifa, Marcel Gindre, Jean-Yves Le Huerou, and Wladimir Urbach

Estimation of Subsample Time Delay Differences in Narrowband Ultrasonic Echoes Using the Hilbert Transform Correlation
- Anders Grennberg,and Magnus Sandell

A Robust Correlation Receiver for Distance Estimation
- Hakan Eriksson, Per Ola Borjesson, Per Odling, and Nils-Gunnar Holmer

Autocorrelation Techniques in Color Flow Imaging: Signal Model and Statistical Properties of the Autocorrelation Estimates
- Hans Torp, Kjell Kristoffersen, and Bjorn A. J. Angelsen

Influence of Missing Array Elements on Phase Aberration Correction for Medical Ultrasound
- Mustafa Karaman, Hayrettin Koymen, Abdullah Atalar, and Matthew O'Donnell

A Noncoherent Correlation Technique and Focused Beamforming for Ultrasonic Underwater Imaging: A Comparative Analysis
- Vittorio Murino, Carlo S. Regazzoni, Andrea Trucco, and Gianni Vernazza

A Comparative Evaluation of Several Algorithms for Phase Aberration Correction
- Gary C. Ng, Stewart S. Worrell, Paul D. Freiburger, and Gregg E. Trahey

A Fundamental Limit on the Performance of Correlation Based Phase Correction and Flow Estimation Techniques
- William F. Walker and Gregg E. Trahey

Chirp Signal Matching and Signal Power Optimization in Pulse-Echo Mode Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing
- Martin Pollakowski and Helmut Ermert

Evaluation of a Pulse Coding Technique for Spacial Structure Characterization
- N. A. H. K. Rao and M. Aubry

Residual Phase Noise Measurements of VHF, UHF, and Microwave Components
- Gary K. Montress, Thomas E. Parker, and Mark J. Loboda

Relationship of AM to PM Noise in Selected RF Oscillators
- Lisa M. Nelson, Craig W. Nelson, and Fred L. Walls

Numerical Algorithms and Results for SC-Cut Quartz Plates Vibrating at the Third Harmonic Overtone of Thickness Shear
- Y. -K. Yong and Zhen Zhang

Precision Frequency Trimming of SAW and Stw Resonators Using Xe+ Heavy Ion Bombardment
- Vladimir Shakirovich Aliev and Ivan D. Avramov

SAW and Pseudo-SAW Properties Using Matrix Methods
- Eric L. Adler

Dynamic Focusing in Ultrasound Hyperthermia Treatments Using Implantable Hydrophone Arrays
- Ralf Seip, Philip Vanbaren, and Emad S. Ebbini

Backscatter Coefficient Estimation Using Array Transducers
- Michael F. Insana, Timothy J. Hall, and Larry T. Cook

A Study of Two-Dimensional Array Transducers for Limited Diffraction Beams
- Jian-Yu Lu and James F. Greenleaf

Electric Properties of an Embedded Piezoelectric Layer
- Bernd Kohler and Gert Stauch

Analysis of the Ultrasonic Field Radiated by Time-Delay Cylindrically Focused Linear Arrays
- Luis G. Ullate, Antonio Ramos, and Jose Luis San Emeterio

Multilayer Piezoelectric Ceramics for Two-Dimensional Array Transducers
- Richard L. Goldberg and Stephen W. Smith

Axisymmetric Analysis of a Tube-Type Acoustic Levitator by a Finite Element Method
- Hajime Hatano

Actively Generated Noise Liquid Flowmeter
- Shigeru Tanisawa, Haruo Hirose, and Nobuyuki Yoshihisa

Quasi-Static Field Analysis of SAW Devices with Arbitrary Geometries of Electrodes and of Metallic Enclosures
- Heinz Reichinger and Ali-Reza Baghai-Wadji

End Matter