IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control

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Cryogenic Microwave Amplifiers for Precision Measurements
E. N. Ivanov, J. G. Hartnett, and M. E. Tobar . . . 1273

Introduction to the Special Issue on the 30th Anniversary of the Discovery of Piezoelectric PVDF.
L. F. Brown and G. R. Harris . . . 1275

History and Recent Progress in Piezoelectric Polymers (INVITED)
E. Fukada . . . 1277

Giant Electrostrictive Response in Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride-Hexafluoropropylene) Copolymers
X. Lu, A. Schirokauer, and J. Scheinbeim . . . 1291

Effect of High Energy Electron Irradiation on the Electromechanical Properties of Poly(vinylidene Fluoride-Trifluorethylene) 50/50 and 65/35 Copolymers
Z.-Y. Cheng, V. Bharti, T. Mai, T.-B. Xu, Q. M. Zhang, T. Ramotowski, K. A. Wright and R. Ting . . . 1296

Piezoelectric and Pyroelectric Properties of PZT/P(VDF-TrFE) Composites with Constituent Phases Poled in Parallel or Antiparallel Directions
K. L. Ng, H.L.W. Chan, and C. L. Choy . . . 1308

Nonelectrical Poling in Ferroelectric Polythioureas
S. Tasaka, H. Ohta, and N. Inagaki . . . 1316

The Impact of Piezoelectric PVDF on Medical Ultrasound Exposure Measurements, Standards, and Regulations (INVITED)
G. R. Harris, R. C. Preston, and A. S. DeReggi . . . 1321

PVDF Reference Hydrophone Development in the UK—From Fabrication and Lamination to Use as Secondary Standards
S. Robinson, R. Preston, M. Smith, and C. Millar . . . 1336

A Two-Dimensional Hydrophone Array Using Piezo-Electric PVDF
A. Hurrell and F. Duck . . . 1345

A Novel Method for Determining Calibration and Behavior of PVDF Ultrasonic Hydrophone Probes in the Frequency Range up to 100 MHz
H. J. Bleeker and P. A. Lewin . . . 1354

A History of Medical and Biological Imaging with Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Transducers
F. S. Foster, K. A. Harasiewicz, and M. D. Sherar . . . 1363

Wideband Spherically Focused PVDF Acoustic Sources for Calibration of Ultrasound Hydrophone Probes
A. Selfridge and P. A. Lewin . . . 1372

Design Considerations for Piezoelectric Polymer Ultrasound Transducers
L. F. Brown . . . 1377

Experimental Study of the Acoustical Properties of Polymers Utilized to Construct PVDF Ultrasonic Transducers and the Acousto-Electric Properties of PVDF and P(VDF/TrFE) Films
P. E. Bloomfield, W.-J. Lo, and P. A. Lewin . . . 1397

Pyroelectric PVDF Sensor Modeling of the Temporal Voltage Response to Arbitrarily Modulated Radiation
L. Capineri, L. Masotti, and M. Mazzoni . . . 1406

An Integrated 16 × 16 PVDF Pyroelectric Sensor Array
T. D. Binnie, H. J. Weller, Z. He, and D. Setiadi . . . 1413

Theory of Curved, Clamped, Piezoelectric Film, Air-Borne Transducers
M. Toda and S. Tosima . . . 1421

Noise Analysis in Air-Coupled PVDF Ultrasonic Sensors
A. S. Fiorillo . . . 1432

The Radiation Field Characteristics of Piezoelectric Polymer Membrane Transducers when Operating into Air
G. Hayward, G. Benny, R. Banks, and W. Galbraith . . . 1438

PVDF Shock Sensors: Applications to Polar Materials and High Explosives
F. Bauer . . . 1448

Estimation of the Correlation Amplitude of RF Signals in Small Cutaneous Vessels
F. Gens, J. P. Remenieras, S. Diridollou, and F. Patat . . . 1455

Acoustic Streaming in Micromachined Flexural Plate Wave Devices: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification
N.-T. Nguyen and R. M. White . . . 1463

An X Wave Transform
J.-y. Lu and A. Liu . . . 1472

Rotary Encoding for Intravascular Ultrasonic Imaging Systems
E. Verdonk, P. Webb, and M. Greenstein . . . 1482

Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of Microbubble Behavior: Effect of Transmitted Phase and Bubble Size
K. E. Morgan, J. S. Allen, P. A. Dayton, J. E. Chomas, A. L. Klibanov, and K. W. Ferrara . . . 1494

A Study of Synthetic-Aperature Imaging with Virtual Source Elements in B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging Systems
M.-H. Bae and M.-K. Jeong . . . 1510

A Discrete-Scatterer Model for Ultrasonic Images of Rough Surfaces
J. W. Trobaugh and R. M. Arthur . . . 1520

Time Domain Evaluation of Resonance Antireflection (RAR) Signals for Ultrasonic Density Measurement
M. Hirnschrodt, A. von Jena, T. Vontz, B. Fischer, R. Lerch, and H. Meixner . . . 1530

A 100-200 MHz Ultrasound Biomicroscope
D. A. Knapik, B. Starkoski, C. J. Pavlin, and F. S. Foster . . . 1540

Theory for Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic Waves in Finite Synchronous Resonators
J. Koskela, V. P. Plessky, and M. M. Salomaa . . . 1550

Modeling of a Rotary Motor Driven by an Anisotropic Piezoelectric Composite Laminate
M.-L. Zhu, S.-W. R. Lee, T.-Y. Zhang, and P. Tong . . . 1561

Evaluation of a Material Parameter Extraction Algorithm Using MRI-Based Displacement Measurements
A. J. Romano, J. A. Bucaro, R. L. Ehman, and J. J. Shirron . . . 1575

Decorrelation Characteristics of Transverse Blood Flow Along an Intravascular Array Catheter
F. A. Lupotti, E. I. Céspedes, and A.F.W. van der Steen . . . 1582

Local Oscillator Limited Frequency Stability for Passive Atomic Frequency Standards Using Square Wave Frequency Modulation
C. A. Greenhall and G. J. Dick . . . 1593

Boundary Integral Equations from Hamilton's Principle for Surface Acoustic Waves Under Periodic Metal Gratings
H. Abe and T. Sato . . . 1601

Waveguide Coupling of SAW Resonators with Different Properties
G. Martin and B. Wall . . . 1604

Optimization of Composite Transducer Designing in High Frequency Applications
H. Wu, J. Lin, H. Gao, Y. Shui, and Q. Xue . . . 1610

Scattering Matrix Approach to One-Port SAW Resonators
W. Soluch . . . 1615

"Cross-Field" Excitation of an Acoustic Superlattice with Matched Boundaries: Theory and Experiment
H. Gnewuch, N. K. Zayer, and C. N. Pannell . . . 1619

Call for Papers for the 2001 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. . . 1623

2000 Index: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. . . 1625