1990 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

SAW Waveguide-Coupled Resonator Notch Filter
- S. Gopani and B. A. Horine

Differential Delay Line on X-Cut LiTaO3
- C. Kappacher and G. Visintini

Applications for Piezoelectric Leaky Surface Waves
- Kazuhiko Yamanouchi and Masao Takeuchi

Network Model Versus Com Description of SAW Devices
- Eric L. Adler, Mauricio P. da Cunha, Otto Schwelb

Closed Form Solutions for Multistrip Coupler Operation Including: The Effects of Electrode Resistivity
- B. P. Abbot, and D. C. Malocha

Low Loss Filters Using Group-Type SPUDT Transducers
- D. P. Morgan and P. Durrant

Experimentally Determining the Transduction Magnitude and Phase and the Reflection Magnitude and Phase of SAW SPUDT Structures
- C. S. Hartmann and B. P. Abbott

Low Loss SAW Filters Utilizing the Natural Single Phase Unidirectional Transducer (NSPUDT)
- T. Thorvaldsson, B. P. Abbott

Matching: Of Single-Phase Unidirectional SAW Transducers and a Demonstration Using a Low-Loss EWC/SPUDT Filter
- B. P. Abbot, C. S. Hartmann, and D. C. Malocha

Reflective Array SAW Narrowband Filters
- S. Gopani, R. B. Brown, J. H. Hines and B. H. Horine

New Design Techniques for SAW Filters Using Slanted-Finger IDTS
- H. Yatsuda, Y. Takeuchi, and S. Yoshikawa

Diffraction Compensation in SAW Filters
- F. Seifert, G. Visintini, C. C. W. Ruppel, and G. Riha

Modeling of Internal Reflections and Diffraction in SAW Transducers
- O. Manner, G. Visintini and W. Ruile

Development of 800 MHz Band SAW Filters Using Weighting for the Number of Finger Pairs
- O. Ikata, Y. Satoh, T. Miyashita T. Matsuda, Y. Fujiwara

Piezoelectric Devices for Frequency Control and Selection in Japan
- Satoru Fujishima

A Novel Surface Acoustic Wave Resonator for Compact, Low-Cost Oscillators
- Bernd Fleischmann and Donald Allen

Wide Frequency Deviation and Temperature Stable VCO Using SiO2/36° Y-X LiTaO3 Resonator
- K. Satoh, Y. Fujiwara and K. Hashimoto

Love-Type-SAW Resonator of Small Size with Very Low Capacitance Ratio and its Application to VCO
- H. Shimizu, Y. Suzuki, T. Kanda

SAW Scattering by Perfectly Conducting Elliptic Disk on Anisotropic Piezoelectric Halfspace
- E. Danicki

Spectral Theory of Natural Unidirectionality of SPUDT for B-G Wave
- E. Danicki

Software for Multi-Port RF Network Analysis with a Large Number of Frequency Samples and Application to 5-Port SAW Device Measurement
- C. S. Hartmann and R. T. Hartmann

Computer Aided Design of Low-Loss SAW Filters Employing IIDT for High Performance Mobile Radio Duplexer
- Hideo Ohnuki, Norio Hosaka, Jun Yamada and Takao Kobayashi

GHz Low-Loss SAW Filters Employing Standard Fabrication Process
- K. Anemogiannis, S. Berek, H. Zottl

A 900MHz SAW Resonator Filter on Li2B4O7 Crystal
- M. Ohmura, H. Abe, K. Miwa and H. Saito

Analysis of the Complete Spectrum of Acoustic Waves on 36°RotYX-LiTaO3 by Means of Wigner Distribution
- R. Dill, C. Kappacher

SAW-Correlator Module for Spread-Spectrum DPSK Asynchronous Demodulation
- Peter G. Schelbert

255-Bit SAW Matched Filter
- DaiCai Liao

Development of the Rule Base for a Design Automation System for SAW Filters Using Bidirectional Transducers
- S. M. Richie, M. J. McCollister, and D. C. Malocha

Low Pease Noise Quartz Surface Acoustic Wave Oscillators Acceleration and Barometric Sensivity Optimization
- F. Raymond, J. Desbois, S. Calisti, L. Penavaire, and J. P. Gragnolati

GHz Filters with Third Harmonic Unidirectional Transducers
- Rolf Huegli

Second Order Reflection Effects in Normal and Oblique Incidence Gratings
- H. Robinson, Y. Hahn, J. N. Gau

Bleustein-Gulyaev Wave Propagation Under Periodic Metal Gratings
- Victor M. Bright and William D. Hunt

A Laguerre Polynomial Approach to Surface Acoustic Wave Propagation in Multilayered Structures
- Yoonkee Kim and William D. Hunt

Laser-Aided Amplitude Compensation for SAW RAC Devices
- J. L. Thoss

Saturation Power Level of Magnetostatic Wave Devices
- Ken'ichiro Yashiro and Sumio Ohkawa

General Equivalent Circuit Models for Magnetostatic Wave Devices
- Takuro Koike and Masafmi Ohba

Single-Phase Unidirectional Magnetostatic Forward Volume Wave Transducers Using Internal Floating Electrode Reflections
- M. Takeuchi, Y. Nakamura and K. Yamanouchi

Magnetostatic Surface Wave Resonators with Metal Edge Reflectors
- K. Yashiro and S. Ohkawa

Experimental Investigation of Scattering of Magnetostatic Waves by Surface Acoustic Waves
- S. M. Hanna, G. P. Murphy, K. Sabetfakhri, K. Stratakis

Magnetization of Magnetostatic Forward Volume Wave in a YIG-GGG Layered Structure with Application to Guided-Wave Magnetooptic Bragg Cell
- Y. Pu and C. S. Tsai

HACT Device Applications
- Donald E. Cullen, Thomas W. Grudkowski, Sears W. Merritt, William J. Tanski, Roger D. Carroll, Robert N. Sacks and Emilio J. Branciforte

Heterojunction Acoustic Charge Transport for Transversal Filter Applications
- S. Olson, E. Garber, D. Streit, W. Jones, D. Ko, B. Meadows

SAWs Enable the Advent of the Signal Microprocessor Development Station
- Bill J. Hunsinger

ACT Quadrature Mirror Filter Banks
- R. L. Miller and D. S. Bailey

Single-Phase, Unidirectional Transducer Design for Charge Transport Devices
- D. Penunuri, F. M. Fliegel, F. S. Hickernell and F. Y. Cho

The Effects of Non-Constant Epilayer Doping Profiles on Charge Injection in Acoustic Charge Transport Devices
- S. M. Knapp, J. J. Liou, and D. C. Malocha

Heterostructure Acoustic Charge Transport Device Model
- Sears W. Merritt

An ACT Based Programmable Bandpass Filter
- Leland P. Solie

A Green's Function Analysis of Schottky Barrier Diodes in Strip-Coupled Transversal Signal Processing Architectures
- F. M. Fliegel

SAW Monolithic Convolver Structure with Improved Reproducibility
- Pierre Dufilie, Patricia Dubois

Acousto-Electric Attenuation Analysis of Metal/ZnO/Oxide/Si SAW Devices
- K. Sugai, K. Ohmori, H. Takakuni, and S. Minagawa

All-Silicon Plate Wave Oscillator System for Sensor Application
- M. J. Vellekoop, Aj. Van Rhijn, G. W. Lubking, A. Venema

Gel-Coated Lamb Wave Sensors
- Ben J. Costello, Stuart W. Wenzel, Amy Wang and Richard M. White

Applications of Lithium Niobate Acoustic Plate Mode as Sensor for Conductive Liquids
- S. Liew, F. Josse, D. T. Haworth, Z. A. Shana, U. R. Kelkar and M. Grunze

Detection of Nucleic Acid Hybridization with an Acoustic Plate Mode Microsensor
- J. Andle, J. Vetelino, M. Lade and D. McAllister

Ultrasonic Sensor for the Characterization of Colloidal Slurries
- D. Parker, R. M. Lec, H. P. Pendse, and J. F. Vetelino

A Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Method for Viscosity Measurements
- Thomas G. Hertz, Stephan O. Dymling, Hans W. Persson and Kjell Lindsstrom

Measurement of the Skin Friction Associated with Turbulent Flows in Air and Water Using SAW Devices
- V. V. Varadan, Y. R. Roh, B. Shankar and V. K. Varadan

Measurement of Acoustic Properties of Liquids Using SH-Type Surface Acoustic Waves
- Tooru Nomura and Tsutomu Yasuda

SAW Resonators as Vapor Sensors
- G. Watson and E. Staples

An Activation Process for Increased Sensitivity of a SAW Gas Microsensor
- R. S. Falconer, J. F. Vetelino, D. J. Smith and M. J. Osborn

Use of a SAW Device for Measuring Flow Rate of Liquids
- S. G. Joshi and Y. Jin

Crosstalk Reduction with a Micromachined Diaphragm Structure for Integrated Ultrasound Transducer Arrays
- J-H. Mo, J. B. Fowlkes, A. L. Robinson, and P. L. Carson

RF Amplitude Modulated Fiber Optic Acoustic Sensing
- J. S. Schoenwald and L. R. Bivins

Widebeam Ultrasonic Flowmeter
- R. Motegi, S. Takeuchi, T. Sato

VF2/VF3 Copolymer Line Hydrophone Array for Ultrasonic Field Characterization
- H. L. W. Chan, A. H. Ramelan, I. L. Guy and D. C. Price

PVDF Hydrophone with Liquid Electrodes for Shock Wave Measurements
- D. Cathignol

Analysis of Thin Rod Acoustic Wave Gravimetric Sensors
- Z. Wang, M. Viens, C. K. Jen, J. D. N. Cheeke and Y. Liu

An Ultrasonic Robot Eye System for Three-Dimensional Object Recognition Using Neural Network
- Sumio Watanabe and Masahide Yoneyama

Fluid Motion Produced by Ultrasonic Lamb Waves
- R. M. Moroney, R. M. White, and R. T. Howe

Characterization of Layered Materials by the Lamb Wave Lens
- A. Atalar, H. Koymen, L. Degertekin

Accurate Non-Contact Measurements of Rayleigh Wave Speed and Attenuation
- J. Huang, J. D. Achenbach and S. McGuire

Process Monitoring Techniques Using Acoustic Waves
- Sanjay Bhardwaj, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and K. C. Saraswat

Ultrasonic Butt Welding of Thick Metal Plate Specimens Using a Large Capacity Static Induction Thyristor Power Amplifier
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Tetsugi Ueoka, Yukihide Suzaki, Kazuaki Uchida, Ichiro Watanabe and Akikazu Andoh

Design and Fabrication of Non-Polymer Transducers in the Frequency Range from 30 to 80 MHz
- F. S. Foster, L. K. Ryan and D. H. Turnbull

A New Approach to One-Dimensional Piezoelectric Transducer Modelling
- Jean-Luc Dion

K+ Detection Using Shear Horizontal Acoustic Modes
- C. Caliendo, A. D'Amico, P. Verardi, E. Verona

Assessment of Different Pillar Geometries for 1-3 Composite Transducers Using Finite Element Analysis
- J. A. Hossack and G. Hayward

The Modelling and Design of Controllable Composite Transducers
- R. Hamilton and G. Hayward

Consideration on Equivalent Mechanical Circuits for Vibratory Gyroscope
- S. Kudo, M. Konno, S. Sugawara and T. Yoshida

Backward Ray Tracing for Ultrasonic Imaging
- R. Breeuwer

A New Method for Calculation of Reflections in the Impulse Model Using Signal Flow Charts
- Stephan Jungling

A Fast Green's Function Method for Calculating Bulk Wave Frequency Responses from SAW Frequency Responses
- K. C. Wagner, and O. Manner

Accurate and Fast Two-Dimensional Analysis of Long, Apodized SAW-Transducers
- H. Bachl, G. Kovacs, K. C. Wagner, and A. R. Baghai-Wadji

Reflection and Transmission Coefficients of SAW in a Periodic Grating Computed by Finite Element Analysis
- P. Bauerschmidt, R. Lerch, J. Machui, W. Ruile and G. Visintini

Rigorous Analysis of Surface Transverse Waves in Periodic Arrays with Arbitrary Electrode Profiles
- A. R. Baghai-Wadji and A. A. Maradudin

Application of Low Loss S.A.W. Filters to RP and IF Filtering in Digital Cellular Radio Systems
- Jean-Michel Hode, Martine Doisy, Pierre Dufilie

Improved Material Constants for LiNbO3 and LiTaO3
- G. Kovacs, M. Anhorn, H. E. Engan, G. Visintini and C. C. W. Ruppel

Electroacoustic Characterisation of +64° and +41° Y-Rotated LiNbO3 for Wide Bandwidth Low Loss Filter Design
- Martine Doisy, Jean-Michel Hode, Jean Desbois, Laurent Boyer

The Elastic Properties of Thin-Film Silicon Nitride
- T. S. Hickernell, F. M. Fliegel, and F. S. Hickernell

Surface Acoustic Waves in C-Axis Inclined ZnO Films
- G. Carlotti, D. Fioretto, G. Socino, L. Palmieri, A. Petri, E. Verona

Lamb Wave Excitation in Piezoelectric Plates
- S. G. Joshi and Y. Jin

A New Improved Procedure for the Determination of Surface Trap Levels' Density Using Transverse Acoustoelectric Voltage Measurements
- A. Abbate, P. Das, F. Palma and G. de Cesare

Experimental Study of Stress and Thermoelastic Effects in Planar Stress-Compensated SAW Quartz Cuts
- S. Ballandras and E. Bigler

The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on SAW Resonators
- J. H. Hines and W. J. Stapor

Equivalent Circuit Parameter Extraction of SAW Resonators
- B. H. Horine and D. C. Malocha

Metallizations for Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators: Film Properties and Device Characteristics
- J. A. Greer, T. E. Parker, and G. K. Montress

Al Electrodes Fabrication Technology for High-Frequency and High-Power Durable SAW Devices
- Akitsuna Yuhara, Norio Hosaka, Hitoshi Watanabe, Jun Yamada, Morio Kajiyama, Ritsuo Fukaya and Takao Kobayashi

Comparison of the Theoretical Temperature Dependence of Power Leakage with Experiments on LST-Cut Quartz
- Masao Murota, Tetsuya Hirano, and Yasutaka Shimizu

Theoretical Analogies Between (Generalized) Lamb and Rayleigh Waves on Insonified, Submerged, Elastic, Hollow and Solid Curved Bodies
- Guillermo C. Gaunaurd and Michael F. Werby

A New Principle of Diffraction - Diffraction Theory for Solid Obstacles -
- Mitsuhiro Ueda

Frequency Stability of High Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonators
- D. S. Bailey, M. M. Driscoll, R. A. Jelen, B. R. McAvoy

Extremely Low Phase Noise UHF Oscillators Utilizing High-Overtone, Bulk Acoustic Resonators
- M. M. Driscoll, R. A. Jelen, and N. Matthews

SBAR Filter Monolithically Integrated with HBT Amplifier
- D. Cushman, K. F. Lau, E. M. Garber, K. A. Mai, A. K. Oki, K. W. Kobayashi

A Semiconductor Process for Cointegration of BAW Thin-Film Piezoelectrics with Microwave BJTS
- R. J. Weber, S. G. Burns, and S. D. Braymen

Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator Technology
- S. V. Krishnaswamy, J. Rosenbaum, S. Horwitz, C. Vale and R. A. Moore

Growth and Applications of Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Thin Films
- Tadashi Shiosaki

Frequency Mode Charts of Rectangular AT-Cut Quartz Plates
- Mitsuo Nakazawa, Kazuhiro Horiuchi and Hideaki Ito

Thickness Modes of Vibration of Contoured SBTC-Cut Quartz Plates
- Bikash K. Sinha

A Variational Principle for the Equations of Piezoelectromagnetism in Elastic Dielectric Crystals
- P. C. Y. Lee

Vibration Analysis of New Shape G Type Quartz Crystal Resonator Formed by Etching Method
- Hirofumi Kawashima and Masaru Matsuyama

Acceleration Sensitivity Reduction in SAW and BAW Resonators by Electronic Means
- A. Ballato, J. Kosinski, T. Lukaszek, M. Mizan, R. Mcgowan, K. Klohn

Characterization of PZT-5A Dual Thickness Mode Resonators
- S. N. Wickstrom

Acoustic Matching Network Synthesis Using Discrete Space Fourier Transforms
- J. Stevenson Kenney and William D. Hunt

Ultrasonic Transducers Employing a ZnO/Pyrex-Glass Membrane on a Si Substrate
- Yoshihisa Yamada, Ken-ya Hashimoto, Velayutham Rajendran and Masatsune Yamaguchi

Transverse Bulk Wave Reflection at a Piezoelectric Crystal-Viscous Conductive Liquid Interface
- Z. A. Shana and F. Josse

Analysis of the Acoustooptic Interaction in Proton-Exchanged Lithium Niobate
- Erwin M. Biebl, Peter Russer

Guided-Wave Acoustooptic Tunable Filters Using Simple Coupling Weighting Technique
- Y. Yamamoto, C. S. Tsai, and K. Esteghamat

An Integrated Acoustooptic Bragg Heterodyning Receiver Module
- G. D. Xu and C. S. Tsai

Optical Digital Matrix-Vector Processor Using Collinear Guided-Wave Acoustooptic Interaction
- Nobuo Goto and Yasumitsu Miyazaki

Frequency Shifting in Optical Fiber Using a SAW Horn
- D. B. Patterson, M. J. F. Digonnet, A. C. Liu, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and G. S. Kino

Multiple Quantum Well Acousto-Optic and Electro-Optic Modulators
- K. K. Bhattacharjee and F. C. Jain

Non-Collinear Acousto-Electro-Optic Tunable Filter Configurations in LiNbO3
- Jose E. B. Oliveira, W. Serbena and Eric L. Adler

Systematic Study of Acoustic Surface Modes and Their Acousto-Optic Coupling in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3
- C. A. Flory, D. Dolfi, R. Trutna, and R. L. Baer

Design and Applications of an Hybrid Acousto-Optic Processor
- P. Goutin, P. Logette, J. M. Rouvaen, and E. Bridoux

Wideband Acousto-Optic Signal Estimation and Adaptive Filtering
- Robert J. Berinato, Mustafa A. G. Abushagur

High Temperature Pulsed Photoacoustic Studies of Solids
- D. W. Schindel, D. A. Hutchins, B. Farahbakhsh and S. Smith

Temperature Dependence of PA Signals Detected by a Piezoelectric Transducer
- Toshio Koda, Hisato Ogiso, Sizuka Nakano, Yoshihiko Nagata and Kazushi Yamanaka

Variable Wavelength Photoacoustic Microscopy
- Yoshihiko Nagata, Kazushi Yamanaka, Hisato Ogiso and Toshio Koda

Laser Generation of Narrowband and Directed Ultrasound for Noncontact Ultrasonic Testing
- James W. Wagner, John B. Deaton, Jr. , James B. Spicer, and Andrew D. W. McKie

Theoretical Study of AC Photothermal Response of Semiconductor P-N Junction Devices
- Shu-yi Zhang and Jian-chun Cheng

Depth Profiling in Piezoelectric Photoacoustic Imaging: Theory and Experiment
- Yao-chun Shen, Shu-yi Zhang, Yue-sheng Lu, and Bu-fa Zhang

Problems on Acousto-Optic Fourler Transform
- Wu Zhong Ying

Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Wideband High Diffraction Efficiency Phased Array Bragg Cells
- S. B. Chinn, D. K. Henderson

Optical Diffraction Tomography of Ultrasonic Fields with Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques
- Anders Holm, Hans W. Persson, Kjell Lindstrom

Acousto-Optic Channelizer Study
- J. P. Powers, J. P. Harvey, and D. Marinsalta

Integrated Acousto-Electro-Optic Device Using Surface Acoustic Waves
- C. M. Decusatis, P. K. Das, I. E. Verona

Relaxor Ferroelectric Transducers
- Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroshi Masuzawa, Chitose Nakaya, and Yukio Ito

Piezoelectric Properties of 1-3 Composites of a Calcium-Modified Lead Titanate in Epoxy Resins
- Robert Y. Ting, Avner A. Shaulov and Wallace A. Smith

Relaxor Ferroelectric Materials
- Thomas R. Shrout and Joseph Fielding, Jr.

Photostrictive Actuator
- Kenji Uchino

Dynamical Domain Observation in Relaxor Ferroelectrics
- Remina Ujiie and Kenji Uchino

High kt Piezoelectric Ceramics
- L. Wu, C. K. Liang and Y. G. Lu

Domain Contributions to Piezoelectricity in Ceramics
- G. Arlt

Field Induced Strains in Antiferroelectrics
- Ki-Young Oh, Atsushi Furuta and Kenji Uchino

Electromechanical Conversion Efficiency of PZT Films
- K. F. Etzold, R. A. Roy, K. L. Saenger, J. J. Cuomo

Piezoelectric Properties of Ferroelectric Polymers at Low Temperatures
- H. Ohigashi, S. Takahashi, Y. Tasaki, and G. R. Li

Calculating the Hydrophone Reponse of Piezoceramic-Rod/Piezopolymer-Matrix Composites
- Wallace Arden Smith

Finite Element Modeling of Acoustic Radiation from Piezoelectric Phased Array Antennas
- W. Friedrich, H. Kaarmann, R. Lerch

Simulation of B-Scan Images from Two-Dimensional Transducer Arrays
- D. H. Tumbull, A. T. Kerr and F. S. Foster

Beam Profiles and Images from Two-Dimensional Arrays
- Chris M. W. Daft, L. Scott Smith and Matthew O'Donnell

Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of a Two Dimensional Composite Matrix Array
- Y. Gorfu, G. Hayward and D. D. N. Hall

A Two-Dimensional Model of the Multi Element Piezoelectric Transducer
- N. Lamberti, V. Genovese and M. Pappalardo

Transmission Line Modelling for Array Transducer Elements
- Sevig Ayter

Evaluation of a Nondiffracting Transducer for Tissue Characterization
- Jian-yu Lu and James F. Greenleaf

A Novel Acoustic Design for Dual Frequency Transducers Resulting in Separate Bandpass for Color Flow Mapping (CFM)
- Sixte de Fraguier, Jean-Francois Gelly, Leon Wolnerman and Olivier Lannuzel

Rectilinear Phased Array Transducer Using 2-2 Ceramic-Polymer Composite
- L. S. Smith, W. E. Engeler, M. O'Donnell, and J. E. Piel, Jr.

An Ultrasonic Transducer Apodized by Polarization
- K. Kawabe, Y. Hara, K. Watanabe, and T. Shimura

A Compact Concave Array for Cardiac Imaging
- R. E. McKeighen

Design and Construction of a PVDF Fresnel Lens
- M. Z. Sleva and W. D. Hunt

Acoustic Tomography with Refraction: A Comparison of Algorithms
- F. Denis, G. Gimenez and O. Basset

Generalized Stack Operator for Diffraction Tomography
- Daoxian H. Zhang and Anthony J. Devaney

Numerical and Experimental Simulations to Quantify the Potential and Limitations of Various Ultrasonic Medical Imaging Algorithms
- H. Morbitzer, K. J. Langenberg, R. M. Schmitt

A Quantitative Theory of Scalar Inverse Scattering
- D. Huo, K. J. Langenberg

Ultrasonic Inverse Scattering of 2-D Objects Buried in Multilayered Elastic Background Structures
- Eveline J. Ayme-Beliegarda and Tarek M. Habashy

Resonance Scattering Studies in Underwater Acoustics: The Direct and Inverse Problems
- Gerard J. Quentin

Selective Rate Enhancement of Etching Processes by Acoustic Agitation
- M. D. Howell, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and G. S. Kino

Spectral Evaluation of Ultrasonic Flaw Echoes Using Wigner Distribution
- K. K. Chin, X. M. Jin and J. Saniie

Ultrasonic Tomography Using Scanned Contact Transducers
- D. P. Jansen, D. A. Hutchins and R. P. Young

Long Acoustic Imaging Probes
- C. K. Jen, C. Neron, E. L. Adler, G. W. Farnell, J. Kushibiki and K. Abe

Characterization of Elastic Shells by the Use of the Wavelet Transform
- G. Saracco, P. Guillemain, R. Kronland-Martinet

Amplitude and Phase Acoustic Microscopy for Ceramic Bearing Ball Inspections
- C-H. Chou, C. P. Hsieh, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Multiple-Frequency and Multiple-Angle Tomography with the Scanning Tomographic Acoustic Microscope
- Richard Y. Chiao and Hua Lee

Imaging Flaws in Soldered Joints of Power Integrated Circuits Using Electronic Scanning Technique of Ultrasound
- J. Kubota, Y. Musha, and M. Takahashi

New Nonlinear Acoustic Effects in Pressurized Superfluid 4He and Acoustic Microscopy
- Koichi Karaki. Takehiko Saito, Koichi Matsumoto and Yuichi Okuda

Acoustic Microscopy and Nonlinear Effects in Pressurized Superfluid Helium
- A. A. Moulthrop, M. S. Muha, G. C. Kozlowski, and C. P. Silva

Low Temperature Acoustic Microscopy for Material Characterization
- Kazushi Yamanaka, Yoshihiko Nagata, Toshio Koda

Acoustic Material Signature for a Cracked Surface
- V. S. Ahn, J. G. Harris and J. D. Achenbach

An Ultrasonic Micro-Spectrometer for the Evaluation of Elastic Properties with Microscopic Resolution
- Yusuke Tsukahara, Katsumi Ohira and Noritaka Nakaso

1 GHz Differential Phase Acoustic Lens Design for Surface and Subsurface Applications
- H. F. Routh, E. A. Sivers, H. L. Bertoni, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and D. D. Waters

Analysis of Acoustic Properties of Multi-Layered Structures by Means of Effective Acoustic Impedance Matrix
- Ken-ya Hashimoto, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Mutsuhiro Akahane and Masatsune Yamaguchi

Iterative Image Enhancement Algorithms for Multi-Layer Specimens in Scanning Tomographic Acoustic Microscopy
- Bretton L. Douglas and Hua Lee

Assessment of Impact Damage in Carbon-Carbon Plates with Correlation to Residual Compression Strength After Impact
- B. T. Smith, Y. R. Yamaki

Nondestructively Monitoring Fatigue Damage in Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Acoustic Microscopy
- A. C. Wey, L. W. Kessler, and H. L. M. dos Reis

Non Destructive Evaluation of Composite Materials Using Ultrasonic Spectroscopy
- M. Ourak, N. Imouloudene, J. M. Rouvaen, and B. Nongaillard

Effect of Stress on Energy Flux Deviation of Ultrasonic Waves in GR/EP Composites
- William H. Prosser, R. D. Kriz, and Dale W. Fitting

Experimental Verification of Finite-Difference Model for Ultrasonic Evaluation of Complex Structures
- Hung-Wen Chang and Ralph. M. D'angelo

Forward Scattering from Solid or Fluid-Filled Inclusion Buried in Multilayered Elastic Structures
- Eveline J. Ayme-Bellegarda, Hung-Wen Chang, and Tarek M. Habashy

NDE Research for Aging Aircraft Integrity
- Joseph S. Heyman

Effects of Uniaxial Stress on Magnetic Field-Induced Domain Wall Motion
- M. Namkung, D. Utrata and R. DeNale

Life Assessment of Creep Degraded Super Alloy Materials Using Ultrasound
- J. Saniie, B. Panda, T. Wang, and D. T. Nagle

Ultrasonic Computed Tomography Considerations in the NDE of Solid Materials
- Joseph L. Rose, John J. Ditri

NDE in Space
- B. Boro Djordjevic

Grain and Stress Characterization with Thermoelastic Microscopy
- B. Cretin, A. Mahmoud, D. Hauden, J. Takadoum

Ultrasonic Instrument to Predict Drawability of Sheet Metal
- E. P. Papadakis, R. B. Thompson, D. D. Bluhm, S. J. Wormley, H. D. Skank, K. Forouraghi, and G. A. Alers

Lamb Wave Tomography
- D. P. Jansen and D. A. Hutchins

A Measurement System of SAW Velocity Distribution Using a Layer-Structure Transducer for a Leaky SAW
- K. Toda and A. Sawaguchi

Electronic B-Scan Imaging Using a Wedge Transducer
- L. Germain and J. D. N. Cheeke

A Study of the Acoustic Emission from Booming Sand
- Z. M. Chai, M. F. Leach and G. A. Rubin

Measuring Nonlinear Fields Without Diffraction Correction
- F. Forsberg, A. J. Healey, S. Leeman, and E. T. Costa

Measurements of SAW Velocity by Using Divergent-Beam Ultrasound Transducers
- Ken Yamada, Haruki Sekiguchi and Kiyoshi Nakamura

Reflectivity Measurements Using a Large Aperture PVDF Hydrophone
- E. T. Costa, S. Leeman and J. P. Jones

Surface Micrometrology Using Ultrasound
- G. V. Blessing, D. G. Eitzen, H. M. Ryan, and J. A. Slotwinski

Profiling High-Angle Surfaces with Focused Transducers and Time-Of-Flight Measurements
- Fred E. Stanke and Kenneth K. Liang

Ultrasonic In-Situ Measurement of the Marine Microlayer
- C. Cinbis, G. Despaux, L. Robert, C-H. Chou, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Visualization of the Engineering Moduli of Composites Using Measured Ultrasonic Velocities
- S. M. Handley, J. G. Miller, A. E. Barnes, and E. I. Madaras

Elastic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Materials
- Jose Roux

Spatial Anisotropy of the Backscattered Acoustic Field from Fiber Reinforced Composites
- T. Lhermitte and M. Fink

Measurement of Transverse Young's Modulus of Carbon Fibres by Angular Characteristics of Ultrasonic Scattering
- Mitsuhiro Ueda and Taizo Takiguchi

The Study of Polyimide Films and Adhesion Using a Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor
- D. W. Galipeau, C. Feger, J. F. Vetelino and R. Lec

NDE of Multilayer Ceramic Chip Capacitors Based on Acoustic Waveguides Excitation
- M. N. Abedin, J. S. Heyman, K. J. Sun and F. R. Parker

Numerical Simulation of Ultrasound NDE for Adhesive Bond Inteigrity
- John M. Sullivan, Jr. , Reinhold Ludwig, and Yiping Geng

Examination of Objects Made of Wood Using Air-Coupled Ultrasound.
- C. M. Fortunko, M. C. Renken, and A. Murray

Moisture Effects on the Ultrasonic Velocities in Woods
- Akiko Minamisawa, Atumi Ozawa, Harue Sakai and Kenshiro Takagi

Wigner Distribution Applied for Scattering Characterization of Defects in Concrete
- M. Kitahara, T. Musha, J. Kawaura

Frequency-Domain Analysis of Ultrasonic Pulses for the Measure of Damage Growth in Structural Materials
- P. Daponte, F. Maceri, and R. S. Olivito

Scaling Properties of Attenuation and Grain Size
- D. W. Nicoletti, N. Bilgutay, and B. Onaral

Improved Imaging with Multi-SAFT
- M. Lorenz, L. F. van der Wal and A. J. Berkhout

A Facet Ensemble Approach for Evaluation of Array Performance in Ultrasonic NDE
- J. P. McGarrity, G. Hayward and D. J. Powell

Synthetic Aperture Sonar: A Wide-Band Approach
- M. E. Zakharia, J. Chatillon and M. E. Bouhier

Nonparametric Flaw Detection in Large Grained Materials
- N. M. Bilgutay, K. D. Donohue, and X. Li

A 2-Dimensional Fourier Transform Method for the Quantitative Measurement of Lamb Modes
- David N. Alleyne and Peter Cawley

Cracklike Defects Sizing from Co-Occurrence Matrix
- J. Moysan, G. Corneloup, I. Magnin, P. Benoist, O. Basset

High Resolution Deconvolution Using Least-Absolute-Values Minimization
- M. S. O'Brien, A. N. Sinclair and S. M. Kramer

Application of Morphological Filters in Ultrasonic Flaw Detection
- M. A. Mohamed and J. Saniie

Piezoelectric Micromotors for Microrobots
- Anita M. Flynn, Lee S. Tavrow, Stephen F. Bart and Rodney A. Brooks

Simulation Networks of Piezobimorphs for Robotic Actuators
- Arthur Ballato and Jan G. Smits

Hybrid Finite Element Methods for the Numerical Simulation of the Sensor and Actuator Performance of Composite Transducers Including the Effect of Fluid Loading
- V. V. Varadan, L-C. Chin, and V. K. Varadan

Piezoelectric Actuator Using a LiNbO3 Bimorph for an Optical Switch
- M. Ueda, H. Sawada, A. Tanaka and N. Wakatsuki

Numerical Analysis of the Property of a Hybrid Transducer Type Ultrasonic Motor
- Minoru Kurosawa, Kentaro Nakamura and Sadayuki Ueha

Compact, High-Displacement Piezoelectric Actuator with Potential Micromechanical Applications
- William P. Robbins, Dennis L. Polla, and Daniel E. Glumac

AE Measurement in Ferroelectrics
- Mikako Arai, Yutaka Sugawara and Kenji Uchino

Positioning Characteristics of Ultrasonic Rotary Actuator with Two Mode Operation
- M. Umeda, T. Nakazawa, K. Ohnishi, K. Nakamura, M. Kurosawa and S. Ueha

Ultrasonic Piezomotor Equipped with a Piezoelectric Rotary Encoder
- Satoshi Segawa, Toyoji Ushioda and Hiroshi Inada

Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators for Active Vibration Damping Using Digital Control
- V. K. Varadan, S-Y. Hong and V. V. Varadan

Group and Phase Sound Velocities in an Eu1Ba2Cu3O7 Superconductor and Related Perovskite Oxides
- Hassel Ledbetter, C. M. Fortunko, and Sihan Lin

Ultrasonic Measurement on the Single Crystal La2(1-X)Sr2xCuO4
- M. Yamaguchi, M. Suzuki and Y. Okuda

Ultrasonic Measurements in The Superconducting State of URu2Si2
- Q. Z. Ran, S. W. Lin, S. Adenwalla, D. G. Hinks, Z. Zhao, J. B. Ketterson, M. Levy, and Bimal K. Sarma

Site of Slgnal Generation in Electron-Acoustic Microscopy Using an Si Tr-Chip Under Bias Application
- Hiroshi Takenoshita

Velocity and Attenuation of Fast, Shear and Slow Waves in Porous Media
- T. J. Plona, R. D'Angelo and D. L. Johnson

Ultrasonic Attenuation Tomography in Disks Under Load
- T. Chou, D. A. Hutchins, S. D. Falls, R. P. Young

Ultrasonic Investigation of Nonlinear Properties of PZT Ceramics
- Jeong K. Na and M. A. Breazeale

Determination of the Third-Order Material Constants of Quartz by the Transit-Time Method and Its Strategy
- Carl K. Hruska

Nonlinear Phenomena in Solid State Physics and Technology
- John H. Cantrell

Elastic Convolution Effect on the Solid Interface
- Y. Shui, D. Mazarolle, Y. Mao and X. He

Elastic Constants of Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Fresh Measurement Approach
- Hassel Ledbetter and Ming Lei

Consideration of Sample Dimension for Ultrasonic Levitation
- T. Otsuka, K. Higuchi and K. Seya

The Constituent Equations of Piezoelectric Heterogeneous Bimorphs
- Jan G. Smits and Wai-shing Choi

Line Focus Generation by SAW into BAW Conversion
- Antoni Latuszek, Jerzy K. Zieniuk

Localized Transmission of Acoustic Beam Energy
- D. Kent Lewis

A Piezoelectric Double-Mode Filter Using the Complex-Branch-Type Energy Trapping
- H. Watanabe, K. Nakamura, and H. Shimizu

Sound Behavior in High TC Superconductor Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O
- K. J. Sun, F. R. Parker, W. P. Winfree, H. I. Syed, R. L. Meng, Y. Y. Sun, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu

Ultrasonic Nonlinearities of High Temperature Superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-? from 300 to 77k
- M. A. Breazeale and W. H. Jiang

Ultrasonic Experiments at Ultra-High Frequency with Picosecond Time-Resolution
- H. -N. Lin, R. J. Stoner, and H. J. Maris

An Ultrasonic Study of the Martensitic Phase Transformation in NiAl Alloys
- L. Zhou, P. Cornely, J. Trivisonno, D. and  Lahrman

Ultrasonic Measurements in the CeCu6 Kondo Compound
- S. W. Lin, Q. -Z. Ran, S. Adenwalla, Z. Zhao, A. Edelstein, B. N. Das, J. B. Ketterson, B. K. Sarma and M. Levy

Wide Band Spectroscopy of Liquid Surface Ripple
- K. Sakai, H. Tanaka and K. Takagi

Photoacoustic Study of Thermal Relaxation in Fragile Liquid
- Seiji Kojima

Critical Behavior of Complex Shear Modulus in Concentrated Polymer Solutions and Gels
- Hajime Tanaka, Toshiaki Miura, Kenshiro Takagi, Toshio Nishi

Effect of Electric Field on Layer Compression Modulus of Smectic-A Liquid Crystals
- T. Matsuoka, J. Yamamoto and K. Okano

Measurement of Longitudinal Wave Properties of Low Velocity Materials Using the Acoustic Microscope
- K. H. Chan and H. L. Bertoni

Polymer Films as Acoustic Matching Layers
- B. Hadimioglu and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Sources of Acoustic Scattering in Normal Kidneys
- M. F. Insana, T. J. Hall, J. L. Fishback, G. G. Cox, J. G. Wood, L. Y. Cheung, and S. J. Rosenthal

In Vivo Study of On-Line Liver Tissue Classification Based on Envelope Power Spectrum Analysis
- M. Lang, H. Ermert, L. Heuser

Quantification of the Anisotropy of Ultrasonic Quasi-Longitudinal Velocity in Normal Human and Canine Myocardium with Comparison to Anisotropy of Integrated Backscatter
- Edward D. Verdonk, Samuel A. Wickline, James G. Miller

Tissue Characterization by Using Fractal Dimension of B-Scan Image
- Iwaki Akiyama, Toshimichi Saito, Michiru Nakamura, Nobuyuki Taniguchi and Koichi Itoh

Correlation of Ultrasonic Image Features with Histologic Characteristics of Atherosclerotic Plaque
- Phillip J. Bendick

Methods for Reproducible in Vivo Apparent Velocity in Cancellous Bone
- G. Brandenburger, L. Avioli, C. Chesnut III, R. Heaney, S. McDougall, C. Olson, R. Recker,C. Turner

Multi-Frequency Narrowband Tissue Characterization
- F. M. J. Linssen and A. P. G. Hoeks

Measurement of Bone Properties by Ultrasound to Develop Diagnostic Equipment
- N. Chubachi, T. Sannomiya, and H. Asai

Tissue Characterization from Ultrasonic Imaging of Movement and Deformation
- Yasuo Yamashita, Mitsuhiro Kubota

Tissue Hardness Measurement Using the Radiation Force of Focused Ultrasound
- Tsuneyoshi Sugimoto, Sadayuki Ueha and Kouichi Itoh

Alternative Approaches to In-Situ Intensity Estimation
- Mark E. Schafer

An Automated Ultrasonic Exposure System to Assess the Effects of In Utero Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Nadine Barrie Smith, Charles V. Vorhees, Richard A. Meyer, and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

On Output Measurements Via Radiation Pressure
- S. Leeman, A. J. Healey, F. Forsberg, and J. A. Jensen

Lithotripsy Pulse Measurement Errors Due to Non-Ideal Hydrophone and Amplifier Frequency Response
- Gerald R. Harris

Thermal Dosimetry Models for Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Kai E. Thomenius

High Frequency Ultrasound Vascular Tissue Characterization
- G. R. Lockwood, L. K. Ryan, J. W. Hunt and F. S. Foster

Characterization of Normal and Osteoarthritic Cartilage Using 25 MHz Ultrasound
- N. T. Sanghvi, A. M. Snoddy, S. L. Myers, K. D. Brandt, C. R. Reilly and T. D. Franklin, Jr.

Miniprobe Transducer for Tissue Characterization
- K. Soetanto, S. Ohtsuki and M. Okujima

A Biopsy Sensor for Measurement of Sound Velocity of Tissue
- T. Matsunaka, S. Yamashita

Neural Networks for Image Analysis
- Chris M. W. Daft

Ultrasound Speckle Statistics Variations with Imaging Systems Impulse Response
- Navalgund Rao, Sumat Mehra and Hui Zhu

Direct and Inverse Scattering by Anomalies of Speed and Density in Stratified Fluid Media
- B. Duchene and D. Lesselier

Attenuation and Velocity Imaging of Bone Tissue
- J. J. Giesey, C. A. Stemm, and D. A. Roth

Three Dimensional Display of B-Scan Images by Using Holographic Stereogram
- Iwaki Akiyama, Koki Sato and Koichi Itoh

Experimental Investigation on Improvement of Range Resolution in B-Mode Images by Inverse Filtering Technique
- Nobuyuki Endoh, Ryuta Mogi, Takanori Nishioka, Kenji Kojima, Takayuki Aoki, and Motoyoshi Okujima

High Speed Acquisition Scanner and Three-Dimensional Display System Using Ultrasonic Echo Data
- Takashi Mochizuki and Chihiro Kasai

Ultrasonic Imaging by Fractal Dimension of Power Spectrum Shape
- T. Kikuchi, S. Kiryu and S. Sato

An Improved Blood Velocity Estimator Optimized for Real-Time Ultrasound Flow Applications
- M. R. Sturgill, R. H. Love, and B. K. Herres

High-Speed Digital Subtraction Echography: Principle and Preliminary Application to Arteriosclerosis, Arrhythmia and Blood Flow Visualization
- K. Ishihara, J. Tanouchi, A. Kitabatake, M. Uematsu, T. Masuyama, Y. Yoshida, Y. Doi, H. Kondo, T. Kamada, S. Kishimoto, T. Ogawa, N. Yokozawa, N. Mukai, M. Kodama

PC-Based High-Resolution, High-Frequency Ultrasound System for Gastroenterology
- N. T. Sanghvi, M. Wersema, C. R. Reilly, P. E. Smith and T. D. Franklin, Jr.

Ultrasound Backscatter Microscopy of the Eye in Vivo
- F. S. Foster, C. J. Pavlin, B. Starkoski and K. Harasiewicz

Quasi Real-Time Fourier Reconstructive Imaging from Acoustic Backscatter Data
- Mark A. Moehring, Frank E. Barber, and John R. Klepper

Effects of Unequal Interval Quantization for Ultrasonic Echo on Ultrasonic B-Mode Imaging
- Y. Miwa, S. Ishikawa, S. Umemura, H. Kanda

Efficient Parallel Receive Beam Forming for Phased Array Imaging Using Phase Rotation
- M. O'Donnell

Real-Time Phased Array Imaging Using Digital Beam Forming and Autonomous Channel Control
- M. O'Donnell, W. E. Engeler, J. T. Pedicone, A. M. Itani, S. E. Noujaim, R. J. Dunki-Jacobs, W. M. Leue, C. L. Chalek, L. S. Smith, J. E. Piel, R. L. Harris, K. B. Welles and W. L. Hinrichs

Volumetric Acoustic Reflection and Attenuation Imaging
- P. Schattner, T. Whitehurst, Y. Gorfu, A. Shah, J. F. Jensen, and P. Green

A Prototype Scanner for Ultrasonic Echo Tomography Through Skullbone
- J. Ylitalo, Z. Qin and J. Koivukangas

Doppler Color Flow Imaging of Small Vessels: A Computer Simulation Study
- Andrew T. Kerr, and John W. Hunt

Improved Color Flow Mapping Using the Wideband Maximum Likelihood Estimator
- K. W. Ferrara and V. R. Algazi

Preliminary Studies Into High Velocity Transverse Blood Flow Measurement
- H. F. Routh, T. L. Pusateri, and D. D. Waters

Dependence of Doppler Line-Flow Spectrum on Range and Beam-To-Flow Angles: An Experimental Approach
- P. Tortoli, G. Guidi, F. Valgimigli, V. L. Newhouse

Invariance of Doppler Bandwidth with Flow Axis Displacement
- V. L. Newhouse and J. M. Reid

Determination of 2-D Velocity Vectors Using Color Doppler Ultrasound
- Tadashi Tamura, R. S. C. Cobbold and K. W. Johnston

The Zero Flow Performance of a Sing-Around Type Flow Meter
- Jerker Delsing

Further Studies on Ultrasonic Contrast Blood Flowmetry
- K. K. Shung, I. Y. Kuo, R. R. Flenniken and G. Cloutier

Factors Affecting Accuracy of Quantitative Blood Flow Measurements by Duplex Ultrasound
- Phillip J. Bendick

FM Doppler Systems - Experimental Results
- J. E. Wilhjelm and P. C. Pedersen

Flexural Wave Externally-Attached Mass Flowmeter for Two-Phase Fluids in Small-Diameter Tubing, 1-mm ID to 16-mm ID
- Lawrence C. Lynnworth

Influence of Stationary Signals on the Time-Domain Correlation Blood Flow Measurement
- V. Suorsa, A. T. Kerr, J. W. Hunt and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.

Deep Vein Thrombosis Detection
- J. C. Berrios and P. C. Pedersen

Cepstrum Technique for Multilayer Struciure Characterization
- X. M. Lu, J. M. Reid, K. Soetanto, L. Weng and V. Genis

Impedance Profiling of Media with Nonparallel Layers
- D. P. Orofino and P. C. Pedersen

Deconvolution of In Vivo Ultrasound Images
- Jorgen Arendt Jensen

Implementation of Ultrasound Speckle Filters for Clinical Trial
- D. C. Crawford, D. S. Bell and J. C. Bamber

Non-Uniform Ultrasound Speckle Phase Distribution Applied to Scatterer Spacing Estimation
- L. Weng, J. M. Reid, P. M. Shankar and K. Soetanto

Synthetic Aperture Imaging in Medical Ultrasound with Correction for Motion Artifacts
- Levin F. Nock and Gregg E. Trahey

The Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem in Pulsed Ultrasound, Implications for Ultrasonic Imaging
- Raoul Mallart and Mathias Fink

A Novel Phase Aberration Correction Technique Based on Local Target Motion
- Danhua Zhao and Gregg E. Trahey

Limits of Self-Focusing Using Closed Time-Reversal Cavities and Mirrors - Theory and Experiment
- Didier Cassereau, Francois Wu and Mathias Fink

The Effects of Wave Front Distortion in ESWL
- Timothy J. Hall, Michael F. Insana, Nannette M. Soller, Stanton J. Rosenthal, and Robert E. Apfel

Design of a Miniature In-Vivo Shock Wave Hydrophone
- Mark E. Schafer, Timothy L. Kraynak and Peter A. Lewin

A Membrane Sampler for Lithotripter Monitoring
- C. W. Turner and H. Dabirikhah

Design of an Optimized High-Power Ultrasonic Transducer
- Sergio S. Muhlen

A Low Frequency (220 KHz) Ultrasound System for Enhancement of Gallstone Dissolution
- N. T. Sanghvi, Ej. Fry, B. T Burney, S. L. Griffith, S. M. Wessling, T. D. Franklin, Jr. and R. E. Morris

Improvement of the Reproducibility in Electrohydraulic Generators by Using Conducting Liquid
- D. Cathignol, J. L. Mestas, P. Dancer, M. Bourlion, F. Gomez and P. Lenz

Ultrasound Thermometry in Hyperthermia
- S. Ueno, M. Hashimoto, H. Fukukita and T. Yano

Thresholds for Tissue Ablation by Focused Ultrasound
- J. Y. Chapelon, J. Margonari, D. Cathignol, A. Gelet, C. Guers and Y. Theillere

Evaluation of Intracavitary Ultrasound Arrays for Hyperthermia
C.J.Diederich, I.M.Duponchelle, M.T.Buchanan and K. Hynynen

Variable-Focus Lens for Ultrasound Hyperthermia Applications
- Y. J. Yoon, P. G. Barthe, and P. J. Benkeser

The Effects of Ultrasonic Irradiation on Sprouting Radish Seed
- Sumitake Shimomura

Author Index