IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

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A k-Space Method for Large-Scale Models of Wave Propagation in Tissue
T. D. Mast, L. P. Souriau, D.-L.D. Liu, M. Tabei, A. I. Nachman, and R. C. Waag . . .341

Tissue Characterization Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform Part I: Decomposition Method
G. Georgiou and F. S. Cohen . . .355

Tissue Characterization Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform Part II: Application on Breast RF Data
G. Georgiou, F. S. Cohen, C. W. Piccoli, F. Forsberg, and B. B. Goldberg . . .364

Ultrasonic Imaging Using Spatio-Temporal Matched Field (STMF) Processing—Applications to Liquid and Solid Waveguides
R. K. Ing and M. Fink . . .374

Formation and Properties of Proton-Exchanged and Annealed LiNbO₃ Waveguides for Surface Acoustic Wave
C.-C. Cheng, R.-C. Horng, and Y.-C. Chen . . .387

2-D Motion Estimation Using Two Parallel Receive Beams
L. N. Bohs, S. C. Gebhart, M. E. Anderson, B. J. Geiman, and G. E. Trahey . . .392

Shell Waves and Acoustic Scattering from Ultrasound Contrast Agents
J. S. Allen, D. E. Kruse, and K.W. Ferrara . . .409

Convergence Criteria for Scattering Models of Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Suspensions of Particles
T. J. O'Neill, J. S. Tebbutt, and R. E. Challis . . .419

In Vivo Measurements of Ultrasonic Backscattering in Blood
S.-H. Wang and K. K. Shung . . .425

Quantitative Flaw Reconstruction from Ultrasonic Surface Wavefields Measured by Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry
T. D. Mast and G. A. Gordon . . .432

Simulation of Field Characteristics of the Focused Axisymmetrically Curved Surface Transducers
Y. Huo and Y. Chen . . .445

C- and D-Weighted Ultrasonic Imaging Using the Translating Apertures Algorithm
W. F. Walker . . .452

Network Formalism for Modeling Functionally Gradient Piezoelectric Plates and Stacks and Simulations of RAINBOW Ceramic Actuators
J. Ballato, R. Schwartz, and A. Ballato . . .462

Quantitative Blood Speed Imaging with Intravascular Ultrasound
J. R. Crowe and M. O'Donnell. . . 477

Pre-Focused Lead Titanate >25 MHz Single-Element Transducers from Hollow Spheres
R. Meyer, Jr., R. Newnham, S. Alkoy, T. Ritter, and J. Cochran, Jr. . . .488

Shape Calibration of a Conformal Ultrasound Therapy Array
R. J. McGough, D. Cindric, and T. V. Samulski . . .494

1/f Frequency Noise of 2-GHz High-Q Thin-Film Sapphire Resonators
E. S. Ferre-Pikal, M. C. Delgado Arámburo, F. L. Walls, and K. M. Lakin . . .506

The Influence of Roughness, Angle, Range, and Transducer Type on the Echo Signal from Planar Interfaces
J. E. Wilhjelm, P. C. Pedersen, and S. M. Jacobsen . . .511

Fast Spectral-Domain Method for Acoustic Scattering Problems
X. M. Xu and Q. H. Liu . . .522

Optimal Cuts of Langasite, La₃Ga₅SiO₁₄ for SAW Devices
N. Naumenko and L. Solie. . . 530

Influence of Metal Thickness on Phase Velocity and Thermal Sensitivity of SAW Devices
E. Henry-Briot, S. Ballandras, G. Marianneau, and G. Martin . . .538

Experimental Validation for the Diffraction Effect in the Ultrasonic Field of Piston Transducers and Its Influence on Absorption and Dispersion Measurements
A. B. Temsamani, S. Vandenplas, M.L.D. Lumöri, and L. Van Biesen . . .547

Modeling and Underwater Characterization of Cymbal Transducers and Arrays
J. Zhang, A.-C. Hladky-Hennion, W. J. Hughes, and R. E. Newnham . . .560

Classification of Ultrasonic B-Mode Images of Breast Masses Using Nakagami Distribution
P. M. Shankar, V. A. Dumane, J. M. Reid, V. Genis, F. Forsberg, C. W. Piccoli, and B. B. Goldberg . . .569

Superthreshold Behavior and Threshold Estimation of Ultrasound-Induced Lung Hemorrhage in Adult Mice and Rats
J. F. Zachary, J. M. Sempsrott, L. A. Frizzell, D. G. Simpson, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. . . .581

Attenuation Coefficient Estimates of Mouse and Rat Chest Wall
G. A. Teotico, R. J. Miller, L. A. Frizzell, J. F. Zachary, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. . . .593

Ultrasonic Attenuation in Human Calcaneus from 0.2 to 1.7 MHz
K. A. Wear . . .602

Multi-Frequency Parametric Phase Conjugation of Ultrasound Beams in Magnetic Ceramics
L. Krutyansky, P. Pernod, and V. Preobrazhensky . . .609

Equivalent Network Representation for Thickness Vibration Modes in Piezoelectric Plates with a Linearly Graded Parameter
K. Yamada, J.-I. Sakamura, and K. Nakamura . . .613

A New Method for Continuous Monitoring of Series Resonance Frequency and Simple Determination of Motional Impedance Parameters for Loaded Quartz-Crystal Resonators
A. Arnau, T. Sogorb, and Y. Jiménez . . .617

Influence of Conducting Layer and Conducting Electrode on Acoustic Waves Propagating in Potassium Niobate Plates
B. D. Zaitsev, S. G. Joshi, I. E. Kuznetsova, and I A. Borodina . . .624

Shear-Horizontal Acoustic Waves in Piezoelectric Plates Bordered with Conductive Liquid
B. D. Zaitsev, I. E. Kuznetsova, S. G. Joshi, and I. A. Borodina . . .627

Ultrasonic Velocity Measurement in Liquids at Low Frequencies (<50 kHz) for Milliliter Samples
L. Elvira-Segura . . .632