1993 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

A Narrow Transition Bandwidth SAW Filter Using Withdrawal Weighting with Decomposed Weighting Functions
- Tsutomu Nagatsuka, Koichiro Misu, Tomonori Kimura, Shusou Wadaka, Atsushi Sakai, and Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi

A Global Optimization Procedure for SPUDT Filters
- Pascal Ventura, Marc Solal, Pierre Dufilie and Stephane Chamaly

Synthesis and Performance of Medium Bandwidth, Low Time-Spurious, High Out-Of-Band Rejection SPUDT Filters
- Shen Jen and Clinton S. Hartmann

Design Methodology and Synthesis Techniques for Ladder -Type SAW Resonator Coupled Filters
- M. Hikita, N. Shibagaki, T. Akagi, K. Sakiyama

SPUDT/In-Line Coupled Resonator Filters
- R. Almar, B. Horine and R. Hoffman

A COM Analysis of SAW Waveguide-Coupled Resonator Filters
- Y. Xu and P. M. Smith

Four Modes Waveguide Resonator Filters
- G. Martin, B. Wall, R. Kunze and M. Weihnacht

P-Matrix Modeling of Transverse-Mode Coupled Resonator Filters
- G. Scholl, W. Ruile, P. H. Russer

SAW Composite Longitudinal Mode Resonator(CLMR) Filters and Their Application to New Synthesized Resonator Filters
- Yasushi Yamamoto and Ryuuji Kajihara

The Implementation of the Complex Chebyshev Approximation for the Synthesis of SAW Filters
- S. M. Richie, C. A. Fulton, B. P. Abbott

Impact of SAW Technology on the System Performance of High Capacity Digital Microwave Radio
- J. C. B. Saw, T. P. Cameron and M. S. Suthers

Effects of Channel Compression on SAW Based Quadrature Binary Modulation Systems
- P. W. Tang, M. A. Belkerdid, and D. C. Malocha

Miniaturized SAW Convolver for Indoor Mobile Communication
- A. Fauter, L. Reindl, R. Weigel, P. Russer, F. Seifert

SAW Chirp Fourier Transform for Multicarrier Transmission
- Renyuan Li, Gunnar Stette and Petter M. Bakken

Cordless Phone System Architectures Based on SAW Filters
- K. Anemogiannis, J. Bauregger, G. Riha

GHz SAW Delay Line for Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum, CDMA In-Door Communication System
- Sunder G. Gopani, James H. Thompson and Richard Dean

SAW Filters and Resonators for Public Communication Systems
- Yasushi Yamamoto

A New Compact SAW Low Loss Filter for Mobile Radio
- Marc Solal, Jean-Michel Hode

Development of Small Antenna Duplexer Using SAW Filters for Handheld Phones
- O. Ikata, Y. Satoh, H. Uchishiba, H. Taniguchi, N. Hirasawa, K. Hashimoto, and H. Ohmori

SAW Devices in Wireless Communication Systems
- Darrell L. Ash

Programmable Reflectors for SAW-ID-Tags
- L. Reindl, W. Ruile

SAW Injection Locked Oscillators: Dynamic Behaviour and Application to Neural Networks
- P. J. Edmonson, P. M. Smith and C. K. Campbell

Frequency Multiplexers and Demultiplexers Based on the SAW Chirp Fourier Transformer Combined with Digital Signal Processing
- P. M. Bakken, A. Ronnekleiv, B. R. Andersen

Analysis of Excitation and Propagation of Acoustic Waves Under Periodic Metallic-Grating Structure for SAW Device Modeling
- K. Hashimoto and M. Yamaguchi

Full-Wave 3D Analysis of Wave Scattering on SAW-Structures with Finite Aperture
- H. P. Zidek, A. R. Baghai-Wadji, and O. Manner

Stress Pattern on the Electrode/Substrate Interfaces in SAW-Devices
- H. P. Reichinger, A. R. Baghai-Wadji, and F. J. Seifert

An Efficient Evaluation of the Electrostatic Fields in IDTS with Periodic Electrode Sequences
- Benjamin P. Abbott, Clinton S. Hartmann

A Time Domain Diffraction Analysis for SAW Transducers
- S. M. Knapp and D. C. Malocha

Simplifications for Analysis of SAW Multipole Resonators
- David P. Morgan

A Simple Transducer Equivalent Circuit Parameter Extraction Technique
- J. H. Hines and D. C. Malocha

Scattering of SAW at Discontinuities: Some Numerical Experiments
- Mauricio Pereira da Cunha and Eric L. Adler

A Low-Loss SAW Filter Using Two-Finger Per Wavelength Electrodes on the NSPUDT Orientation of Quartz
- C. S. Lam and D. Gunes

Signal Flow Graph Analysis of Transverse Modes in a Two-Port SAW Resonator
- O. Manner, G. Scholl, K. C. Wagner and W. Ruile

A Two Parameter Coupling-Of-Modes Model for Shear Horizontal Type SAW Propagation in Periodic Gratings
- Victor P. Plessky

Analysis of Leaky Surface Acoustic Wave Reflections
- H. Meier, P. Russer

A Mixed FEM/Analytical Model of the Electrode Mechanical Perturbation for SAW and PSAW Propagation
- Pascal Ventura, Jean Desbois and Laurent Boyer

Surface Wave to Bulk Wave Conversion in SAW-Reflectors on Strong Coupling Substrates
- K. C. Wagner, L. Reindl, and O. Manner

Equivalent Circuits for Directional SAW-IDTs Based on the Coupling-Of-Modes Theory
- Kiyoshi Nakamura and Kazuhiro Hirota

A Solution to the SAW Diffraction Problem
- E. Danicki

Modeling of Feedthrough and Ground Loops in SAW Filters
- Pierre Dufilie and Jean Desbois

Imaging of Electrostatic Electric Fields of SAW Structures Using Electro-Optic Effects
- R. E. Chang, S. M. Richie, K. J. Casey, and D. C. Malocha

A New Synthesis Method for Broadband Dispersive 180 Degree Reflecting Arrays in SAW Devices
- G. Muller, G. Sindic, F. Seifert, and R. Weigel

Properties of Bleustein-Gulyaev Waves in Li2B4O7 Crystal
- Waldemar Soluch

Velocity Surface Measurements for ZnO Films Over {001}-Cut GaAs
- Yoonkee Kim, William D. Hunt, Yongsheng Liu, and Cheng-Kuei Jen

Piezoelectric AlN Film for SAW Devices Applications
- C. Caliendo, G. Saggio, P. Verardi, E. Verona

Application of Fluorinated Copolyimides on Surface Acoustic Wave Devices
- Kenji Komine, Nobusige Araki, and Kohji Hohkawa

Influence of Fabrication Tolerances and Circuit Variations on the Performance of SAW RF Filters
- G. Fischerauer and I. Schropp

Growth and Guided Optical and Surface Acoustic Wave Properties of LiNbO3 Thin Films
- Yuji Furushima, Takashi Nishida, Masaru Shimizu and Tadashi Shiosaki

The SAW Characteristics of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride on Silicon
- H. M. Liaw, W. Cronin, F. S. Hickernell

The Acoustic Properties of Pecvd Thin-Film Silicon Carbide
- Fred S. Hickernell, Thomas S. Hickernell and Ming Liaw

1.5GHz SAW Bandpass Filter Using Poly-Crystalline Diamond
- S. Shikata, H. Nakahata, K. Higaki, A. Hachigo, N. Fujimori, Y. Yamamoto, N. Sakairi, and Y. Takahashi

Elastic Surface Wave Devices Based on Piezoelectric Thick Films
- Giorgio De Cicco, Bruno Morten and Maria Prudenziati

Control of Second Order Temperature Coefficient of SAW Propagating in Two Thin Film Layers
- Y. Nakagawa

A Point Sourcepoint Receiver Method for Ultrasonic Testing
- N. N. Hsu, C. H. Palmer, and S. E. Fick

Material Characterization Using Hertzian Point Contact Transducers
- F. Levent Degertekin, Jun Pei and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Forward Models for Surface Wave Prediction of Material Property Profiles
- G. A. Gordon and B. R. Tittmann

Numerical Study of Longitudinal Head Waves Excited on Plastics
- Yusuke Tsukahara, M. Yanaka, N. N. Hsu

Edge Waves Along Immersed Elastic Elliptical Wedge with Range Dependent Apex Angle
- Jacques R. Chamuel

Accurate Optical Measurement of Surface Acoustic Wave Phase Velocity
- R. Weigel, A. Holm, P. Russer, W. Ruile, G. Solkner

Large k2 and Good Temperature Stability for SAW on New Double-Rotated Cut of α-Quartz with Gold Film
- Atsushi Isobe, Mitsutaka Hikita and Kengo Asai

Analytic Solution to the SAW Velocity Under Thin Metal Gratings Including Bulk Wave Interactions
- Benjamin P. Abbott

Application of Unidirectional Transducers in Acoustic Plate Mode Biosensors
- J. C. Andle, J. T. Weaver, J. F. Vetelino and D. J. McAllister

SH-SAW Biosensor Based on pH Change
- J. Kondoh, Y. Matsui and S. Shiokawa

Solid-State Microsensors and Smart Structures
- Khalil Najafi, and Carlos H. Mastrangelo

Walking Patterns Generated by Coupled ZnO-on-Si3N4 Bimorphs
- J. G. Smits and W. S. Choi

Characteristics of Leaky Surface Acoustic Waves Propagating Along Liquid Layered-Substrates and Their Application to Liquid Sensor
- Shoji Furukawa, Tooru Nomura, Tsutomu Yasuda, Ryoji Nishimura, Toshihiko Hiramatsu, and Minoru Tamura

Gravimetric Response of Thin Rod Acoustic Wave Sensors
- M. Viens, P. C. H. Li, Z. Wang, C. K. Jen, M. Thompson, and J. D. N. Cheeke

Thermal Compensation of Gravimetric Sensors Using Shear Horizontal Acoustic Plate Modes on Quartz
- M. Hoummady, D. Hauden, E. Bigler, C. Bonjour

Lamb Waves Pressure Sensor Using an AlN/Si Structure
- N. Tirole, A. Choujaa, D. Hauden, G. Martin, P. Blind, M. Froelicher, J. C. Pommier, and A. Cachard

In-Situ Ultrasonic Thermometry of Semiconductor Wafers
- F. L. Degertekin, J. Pei, Y. J. Lee, B. T. Khuri-Yakub and K. C. Saraswat

Velocity and Attenuation Effects in Acoustic Wave Chemical Sensors
- Gregory C. Frye and Stephen J. Martin

Flexural Wave Sidewall Sensor for Noninvasive Measurement of Discrete Liquid Levels in Large Storage Tanks
- Yi Liu and L. C. Lynnworth

Ultrasonic Sensors for Lunar and Earth Resource Processing and Manufacturing
- J. S. Schoenwald, and E. D. McCullough

The Status of Ultrasonic Flowmeters in Russia
- V. K. Hamidullin

Focusing Type High Power Transducer Using Burst Drive for Ultrasonic Welding
- Minoru Kurosawa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Yoshikazu Koike and Sadayuki Ueha

New Methods of Ultrasonic Metal Welding
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Tetsugi Ueoka, Ichiro Watanabe, Yusuke Kimura, Takahiro Mori, Koichi Hasegawa, Yuki Fujita, Toshiyuki Shiraki and Mamoru Motonaga

Mass Sensitivity Analysis for Planar Acoustic Sensors by the Perturbation Method
- Z. Wang, C. K. Jen and J. D. N. Cheeke

Humidity Sensor Using Surface Acoustic Waves Propagating Along Polymer/LiNbO3 Structures
- Tooru Nomura, Tsutomu Yasuda and Shoji Furukawa

SH-SAW Taste Sensor Based on Acoustoelectric Interaction
- J. Kondoh and S. Shiokawa

Quartz Resonators as Effective Detectors for Dilute Conductive Liquids
- F. Josse, Z. A. Shana and H. Zong

Quasi-Longitudinal Wave Mode Waveguide Sensing Concentration of Liquid Solution
- D. Zhang, G. M. Crean, A. Shallow, T. Flaherty and Y. A. Shui

Ionic Solution Electroacoustic Transducer
- Nickolay S. Tankovsky and Julian I. Burov

Acoustic Emission Chemical Sensor
- S. W. Bang, R. M. Lec, J. M. Genco and J. C. Ransdell

Ultrasonic Linear Motors for Application to Driving a Light Pick-Up Element
- Takehiro Takano, Yoshiro Tomikawa, Manabu Aoyagi, Toshiharu Ogasawara and Akira Yabuki

Stepping Ultrasonic Motors for Precision Positioning
- Valentinas Snitka

A Small Non-Contact Ultrasonic Motor
- S. Hirose, Y. Yamayoshi and H. Ono

Powder Transportation by Unidirectional Ultrasound Radiated from a Pair of Phase-Shifted Bending Vibrators
- Ken Yamada, Tsugio Nakagawa and Kiyoshi Nakamura

Dynamic Behavior of Piezoelectric Bimorphs
- Jan G. Smits and Arthur Ballato

Multichannel TeO2 Bragg Cells: Reduction of the Ultrasonic Diffraction
- J. C. Kastelik, M. G. Gazalet, and C. Bruneel

Dynamic Range of Quadrature Radio-Frequency Time-Integrating Acoustooptic Correlator
- Andrey N. Rogov, Alexander R. Sergienko, Victor N. Ushakov

Detection of Bleustein-Gulyaev Surface Waves Using Acousto-Optic Interaction
- J. M. Rouvaen, E. Bridoux, J. Assaad, P. Logette, and P. Goutin

Phased Array Slow Shear TeO2 Bragg Cells: Design and Performance
- D. R. Pape and M. L. Shah

Advanced Multi-Channel Bragg Cells for 2D Interferometric Phase-Freouency Measurements.
- J. C. Poncot

A Compact Acousto-Optic Correlator for Rapid GPS Signal Processing
- O. Bazzi, R. Torguet, C. Bruneel, and J. C. Kastelik

High Frequency (> 20 MHz) Spherically Shaped Ceramic Transducers
- G. R. Lockwood, D. H. Turnbull and F. S. Foster

Injection Molded Fine-Scale Piezoelectric Composite Transducers
- Leslie J. Bowen, Richard L. Gentilman, Hong T. Pham, Daniel F. Fiore, and Kenneth W. French

Tapered Acoustic Matching Layers
- M. I. Haller and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Flextensional "Moonie" Actuators
- R. E. Newnham, A. Dogan, Q. C. Xu, K. Onitsuka, J. Tressler, and S. Yoshikawa

Microstructuring Technology
- K. Lubitz, A. Wolff, and G. Preu

Electric Field Induced Piezoelectric Response in Ferroelectric Materials Near the Paraelectric Ferroelectric Transition
- Q. M. Zhang, J. Chen, and L. E. Cross

Time Development of Multiple Polarization Zones in PVDF
- G. Eberle, B. Dehlen, W. Eisenmenger

Acoustic Modes in 2-Dimensional Self-Similar Composite Plates
- A. Alippi, A. Bettucci, F. Craciun, F. Farrelly, E. Molinari, A. Petri

Effects of Non-Uniform Distribution of Motion on Determinations of Piezoelectric Coupling and Constants Using IEEE 176-1987
- John A. Kosinski, Arthur Ballato, and Yicheng Lu

Visualization of Surface Displacement and Transmitted Field of Piezocomposite Transducers by Optical Probing
- Ph. Gendreu, M. Fink, D. Royer

Monolithic Bulk Acoustic Filters to X-Band in GaAs
- R. B. Stokes, J. D. Crawford, and D. Cushman

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

Thickness-Shear and Flexural Vibrations of Contoured Crystal Strip Resonators
- P. C. Y. Lee and Ji Wang

New Cuts for Torsional Mode Quartz Crystal Resonators
- Hirofumi Kawashima and Mitsuhiro Nakazato

Two-Dimensional Charge Patterns of Spurious Modes in Rectangular AT-Cut Quartz Plates
- Yasuaki Watanabe, Hitoshi Sekimoto, Yoshinori Kitada and Yoshimasa Oomura

The Enhancement of Second Harmonic Generation in Ultrasonic Microscopic Observation by Triple Transition
- Desheng Din, Yongan Shui, Jinbo Lin, De Zhang

High-Efficiency Fresnel Acoustic Lenses
- B. Hadimioglu, E. G. Rawson, R. Lujan, M. Lim, J. C. Zesch, B. T. Khuri-Yakub and C. F. Quate

A New Directional Acoustic Lens: V-Groove Lens
- A. Bozkurt, G. Yarahoglu, A. Atalar and H. Koymen

Characterization of Texture in Two-Phase (Cubic-Hexagonal) Materials Using a Line Focus Acoustic Microscope
- P. J. Kielczynski

Complex Analysis of Reflection Coefficient for the Characterization of Layered Materials Using a Line-Focus-Beam Acoustic Microscope
- Y. Tsukahara, C. Neron, C. K. Jen and J. Kushibiki

Time-Resolved Acoustic Microscopy of Short Cracks
- D. Knauss, G. A. D. Briggs, T. Zhai and J. W. Martin

V(z) Calculation for a Focused Beam Incident on an Inclined Plane
- Tsutomu Hoshimiya, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

Measurement of Elastic Constants and Mass Density by Acoustic Microscopy
- Yung-Chun Lee, Jin O. Kim, and Jan D. Achenbach

Anisotropy Sensitivity of an Acoustic Lens with Slit Aperture
- A. Atalar, I. Ishikawa, Y. Ogura, and K. Tomita

Local Elastic Constant Measurement of Functionally Gradient Materials by Line-Focus-Beam Acoustic Microscope
- T. Mihara, T. Sato, Y. Kitamura, and K. Date

Narrow-Band and Directed Ultrasound Generated by Laser Arrays
- T. W. Murray, Marko Marincek, J. W. Wagner

Improvement in Contactless Generation of Ultrasound with an Array of Thermoelastic Sources
- Marie-Helene Noroy, Daniel Royer, Mathias Fink

Optical Interferometric Measurement of Guided Surface Acoustic Wave Strains Inside a Solid
- X. Jia, Ch. Mattei, G. Quentin

Laser Generated Flexural Acoustic Waves Traveling Along the Tip of a Wedge
- X. Jia, D. Auribault, M. de Billy, G. Quentin

Laser-Based Ultrasonic Applications to NDE and Process Monitoring
- A. D. W. McKie, R. C. Addison, Jr., T.-L. T. Liao, H.-S. Ryang

Air Coupled Piezoelectric Detection of Laser Generated Ultrasound
- A. Gachagan, G. Hayward, W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins

Characterization of Pre-Impregnated Graphite-Epoxy Lamina Wlth Gas-coupled Ultrasonics
- C. M. Fortunko, D. E. Chimenti

Partially Air Coupled Through Transmission Ultrasonic Inspection of Large Solid Rocket Motors
- Paul M. Gammell

Layered PVDF Transducers for In-Air US Applications
- Antonino S. Fiorillo

Gas-Coupled Acoustic Microscopy in the Pulse-Echo Mode
- C. M. Fortunko, W. P. Dube, J. D. McColskey

Quality Factor and Microslipping of Fatigue Cracks in Thin Plates at Resonant Vibration
- B. Wincheski, M. Namkung, J. P. Fulton

Ultrasonic Computed Tomography for Anisotropic Materials Characterization
- Ronald A. Kline

A Flexible Ultrasonic Array Incorporating a Platelet Composite Transmitter - Theory and Experiment
- D. J. Powell, G. Hayward

Generalized Time-Frequency Representation of Ultrasonic Signals
- M. A. Malik, J. Saniie

NDE Imaging of Flaws Using Rapid Computation of Shannon Entropy
- Michael S. Hughes

Numerical Modeling of the Ultrasonic Determination of Scatterer Size Distribution
- Denise Nicoletti, Aran Anderson

Improvement of Time Reversal Mirror in Detection of Small Cracks and Metallurgical Defects in Sample with High Ultrasonic Speckle Noise Level
- Najet Chakroun, Francois Wu, Mathias Fink

Ultrasonic Range Resolution Enhancement Using L1 Norm Deconvolution
- Jianqiang Xin and Nihat M. Bilgutay

A Novel Pulse-Echo Attenuation Estimation Technique
- A. J. Healey. S. Leeman, M. Belts, L. A. Ferrari

Target Structure Dependence of the Linearity Principle in the Estimation of Underwater Target Abundance by the Echo Integration Method
- Zhigang Sun, Philippe Delachartre and Gerard Gimenez

MIMO Identification of Parametric Models for Ultrasonic Reflection and Transmission Experiments
- Luc Peirlinckx, Patick Guillaume, Rik Pintelon, Leo Van Biesen

The Prediction and Measurement of the Ultrasonic Reflection Coefficient from Interlayers in Adhesive Joints
- Peter Cawley and Tom Pialucha

Feasibility of Using Lamb Waves for Corrosion Detection in Layered Aluminum Aircraft Structures
- Keun J. Sun, Doron Kishoni, Patrick H. Johnston

A Novel Ultrasonic Probe for the Evaluation of Corrosion in Aluminum Aircraft Panels
- V. Jagasivamani, Patrick H. Johnston

Surface Roughness Evaluation via Ultrasonic Scanning
- S. J. Oh, Y. C. Shin, E. S. Furgason

Evaluation of Defect Root Radius by Ultrasound
- A. N. Sinclair, H. Wang, D. Giovagnoli, D. Hujic, D. Mair, M. Moles, M. Dolbey

Thickness Measurement of Multi-Layered Structures: A Neural Net Approach.
- K. Harrouche, Z. Derouiche, J. M. Rouvaen, C. Delebarre

Self-Organized Criticality and Phase Problem in Magnetoaocustic Emission Burst in Ferromagnets
- M. Namkung, J. P. Fulton, B. Wincheski

Wideband and Efficient Polymer Transducers Using Multiple Active Piezoelectric Films
- Qian Zhang, Peter A. Lewin

Measurement of Acoustic Nonlinear Parameter of Solids by Standing Wave Method
- W. Q. Wu, F. Han

Nonlinear Evolution of Initially Sine-Like Wedge Acoustic Waves
- V. V. Krylov, A. P. Mayer, D. F. Parker

Generation of Surface Acoustic Waves by Moving Trains
- V. V. Krylov, C. C. Ferguson

Head Waves in a Piezoelectric Half-Space
- Yuan Liu, Cheng-hao Wang and C.F. Ying

Spectrally Resolved Sonoluminescence as a Probe of Cavitation
- Kenneth S. Suslick, Kathleen A. Kemper, Edward B. Flint

An Experimental Study of Cavitation Effects Due to Shock Waves
- Andrzej Cwik, Tanja Richter, Helmut Ermert

A Quantitative Schlieren Method for the Investigation of Axisymmetrical Shock Waves
- Andrzej Cwik, Helmut Ermert

Superconducting Energy Gap in Domain Boundaries of Melt Textured YBa2Cu3O7 from Low Magnetic Field Ultrasonic Measurements
- Moises Levy, Zheng-Xiao Li, Bimal K. Sarma, S. Salem-Sugui, Jr., Donglu Shi

Temperature Dependence of Ultrasonic Attenuation in the Superconducting State of the Heavy Fermion Compound UPt3
- H. Zhang, S.-W. Lin, M. Levy, Bimal K. Sarma, C. Jin, D. M. Lee

Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements of Isotopically Enriched Diamonds
- D. C. Hurley, R. S. Gilmore, W. F. Banholzer

Ultrasonic Study of Mixed Ferroelectrics in a DC Bias Field
- L. A. Knauss, X. M. Wang, J. Toulouse

Elastic Properties of SnO2 Films
- G. Carlotti, D. Fioretto. L. Palmieri, G. Socino

Photoacoustic Signals from the Ion-Implanted Layer of Silicon Substrate
- T. Ikari, K. Maeda, K. Futagami

Determination of Thermal Parameters of Semiconductors by Photoacoustic Phase Angle Technique
- S. Negm, E. Talaat

The Quasistatic Process in Pulsed Photothermal Detection
- Jian-Chun Cheng, Lei Wu, Shu-Yi Zhang

Field of Circumferential Acoustical Logging Devices
- Hailan Zhang

Elastic and EM Waves Guided by Periodic Cracks or Strips
- E. Danicki

Solutions of the Characteristic Equations for an Immersed Plate in a Liquid in the Cut-Off Region
- H. Dabirikhah, C. W. Turner

Application of the Finite Element Method to Modelling Transducer Bars
- J. Assaad, C. Bruneel, J-N. Decarpigny and J-M Rouvaen

Interaction of Sound  waves with Submerged Shells that have Internally Mounted Masses
- Guillermo C. Gaunaurd, Hanson Huang, William Wertman

Lamb Wave Propagation in 128° Y -X Lithium Niobate Plates
- Y. Jin, S. G. Joshi

Surface Acoustic Wave Soliton Propagating on the Metallic Grating Waveguide
- Yasuo Cho, Nozomu Miyagawa

Effect of Magnetoelastic Interaction on Magnetostatic Mode Spectrum in Thick Ferrite Films with Nonpinned Surface Spins
- A. S. Bugaev, V. B. Gorsky

Impedance Method for Calculation of Thermoelastic Interaction of Surface Acoustic Waves in Solids
- Vladimir A. Vyun, Igor B. Yakovkin

Nonlinear Equivalent Circuits of Acoustic Devices
- Yasuo Cho, Junji Wakita

Real-Time Imaging of Tissue Vibration Using a Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking System
- William F. Walker, Barry H. Friemel, Laurence N. Bohs, Gregg E. Trahey

A New Vibration Theory for Sonoelasticity Imaging
- Lan Gao, Sheikh Kaisar Alam, Kevin J. Parker

A Note on Strain Estimation Using Correlation Techniques
- Faouzi Kallel, Michel Bertrand

Speckle Tracking in High Frequency Ultrasound Images with Application to Intravascular Imaging
- L. K. Ryan, G. R. Lockwood, T. S. Bloomfield, F. S. Foster

Quantitative Elasticity Imaging
- M. O'Donnell, S. Y. Emilianov, A. R. Skovoroda, M. A. Lubinski, W. F. Weitzel, and R. C. Wiggins

Bubble Generation in Excised Canine Urinary Bladders Using an Electrohydraulic Lithotripter
- E. A. Gardner, J. B. Fowlkes, P. L. Carson, J. A. Ivey, D. A. Ohl

Modeling Frequency Shifts and Intensity Variations from In-Vivo Albunex Microspheres
- Sverre Holm, Marte Myhrum

Attenuation and Backscatter Measurements on Albunex
- Pi Hsien Chang, K. Kirk Shung

Enhancement of Sonochemical Reactions by Second-Harmonic Superimposition
- Shin-ichiro Umemura, Ken-ichi Kawabata

Free Radical Activity and Enhancement of Chemotherapy by Low-Level Ultrasound
- G. H. Harrison, E. K. Balcer-Kubiczek, J. A. F. Linder, P. L. Gutierrez

Evaluation of the Effect of Cavitation Activity on Drug-Ultrasound Synergisms
- R. J. Jeffers, R. Q. Feng, P. D. Morse II, J. B. Fowlkes, D. Kessel, C. A. Cain

Enhanced Techniques for Ultrasonic Power Output Measurement by Modulated Radiation Pressure
- Steven E. Fick

Computation of "Worst-Case" Bioeffects Indices and Pulse-Average Intensity Values Based on Acoustic Output Data Submitted to the FDA
- Gerald R. Hams, Christopher A. Patton

Nonlinear Acoustic Wave Propagation in Tissue Medium
- D. R. Gandhi, W. D. O'Brien, Jr.

Ultrasound Fields in an Attenuating Medium
- Jorgen A. Jensen, Darshan Gandhi, William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Segmentation of the Tongue Surface in Ultrasonic Images Using Modified Scale Space Filtering
- Jurgen Kelch, Berthold Wein

An Approach to Boundary Detection in Ultrasound Imaging
- Richard N. Czerwinski, Douglas L. Jones, William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Ultrasound Echo Evaluation by K-Distribution
- R. C. Molthen, V. Manoj Narayanan, P. M. Shankar, J. M. Reid, V. Genis, L. Vergara-Dominguez

On the Statistical Characteristics of Loq-Compressed Rayleigh Signals Theoretical Formulation and Experimental Results
- Dmitry Kaplan, Qinglin Ma

Random Field Models: a New Option of Textural Analysis in Ultrasonic Images of the Liver
- J. S. Bleck, M. Gebel, H. Hecker, M. Wolf, U. Ranft, C. Thiesemann, S. Wagner, M. Westhoff-Bleck, M. Goke, M. Manns

Tissue Characterization for Beef Grading Using Texture Analysis of Ultrasonic Images
- Viren R. Amin, Doyle E. Wilson, Ron Roberts, and Gene Rouse

Ultrasonic Properties of Silicone Breast Implants
- Flemming Forsberg, Emily F. Conant, John H. Moore, Jr.

The Assessment of Cylindrically Curved Rough Surfaces Using Backscattered Ultrasound
- Edward H. Chiang, Charles R. Meyer, Ronald S. Adler, Timothy J. Laing, Dale K. Dedrick, and Jonathan M. Rubin

Ultrasound Backscatter Microscopy of Articular Cartilage in Vitro
- K. A. Harasiewicz, H. K. W. Kim, P. S. Babyn, K. P. H. Pritzker, F. S. Foster

Ultrasound Backscatter Microscope for Skin Imaging
- D. H. Turnbull, B. G. Starkoski, K. A. Harasiewicz, G. R. Lockwood, and F. S. Foster

Ultrasound Images of the Os Calcis: A New Method of Assessment of Bone Status
- P. Laugier, P. Giat, P. Droin, A. Saied, G. Berger

Medical Image Enhancement Using Split Spectrum Processing
- Kutluk Han Uslu, Nihat M. Bilgutay, Rashmi Murthy and Kagan Kaya

Split Spectrum Processing for Enhanced Detection of the Ultrasonic Echo of a Moving Target in Biological Tissues
- P. Laugier, E. Cherin, G. Berger

Harmonic Imaging: A Model for Ultrasonic Speckle Reduction
- Jorn H. Hokland, Torfinn Taxt

Improving Contrast Resolution in Ultrasound Holographic B-Imaging: Comparison Between Simulation and Experiment
- J. Ylitalo

In Vivo Ultrasound Biomicroscopy
- C. Passmann, H. Ermert, T. Auer, K. Kaspar, S. El-Gammala, P. Altmeyer

Biological Cells Detection Using High Frequency Ultrasounds
- F. Lefebvre, M. Ouaftouh, B. Nongaillard, E. Radziszewski

Approximate Quantification of Detected Fractional Blood Volume and Perfusion from 3-D Color Flow and Doppler Power Signal Imaging
- Paul L. Carson, Xu Li, John Pallister, Aaron Moskalik, Jonathan M. Rubin, J. Brian Fowlkes

Adaptive Detection of Flow in Ultrasound Doppler Velocimetry
- Alain Herment

Wall Filtering Challenges in Two-Dimensional Vector Velocity Estimation
- Barry H. Friemel, Kathryn R. Nightingale, Laurence N. Bohs, Gregg E. Trahey

Elastic and Ultrasonic Properties of the Prostate
- K. J. Parker, S. R. Huang, R. M. Lerner, F. Lee, Jr., D. Rubens, and D. Roach

Comparison Between Cross-Correlation and Auto-Correlation Technique in Color Flow Imaging
- H. Torp, X. M. Lai, K. Kristoffersen

An Experimental Comparison of the Signal from Laminar and Disturbed Blood Flow
- K. W. Ferrara, and V. R. Algazi

Evaluation of the Performance of Strategies for the Estimation of Low Velocity Blood Flow
- K. Ferrara, V. R. Algazi, T. Darroch, and P. Raghavendra

A Bayesian Approach to Ultrasound Doppler Spectral Analysis
- Jean Francois Giovannelli, Alain Herment and Guy Demoment

Deadbeat IIR Based MTI Filtering for Color Flow Imaging Systems
- M. A. Shariati, J. H. Dripps, W. N McDicken

Multi-Directional Ulirasonic Blood Flow Measurement with a Triple Beam Lens
- Ilmar A. Hein

Efficient Calculation of the Acoustic Radiation from Transiently Excited Uniform and Apodised Rectangular Apertures
- J. A. Hossack, G. Hayward

A Study of Sidelobe Reduction for Limited Diffraction Beams
- Jian-yu Lu and James F. Greenleaf

Propagation of Limited Diffraction Beams in Biological Soft Tissues
- M. Fatemi, K. Ghasemi-Nejad

Obtaining Limited Diffraction Beams with the Wavelet Transform
- Hehong Zou, Jian-yu Lu, James F. Greenleaf

Sparse Geometries for Two-Dimensional Array Transducers in Volumetric Imaging
- Richard E. Davidsen, Stephen W. Smith

Beam Steering of Shock Waves Generated by a Piezo-Composite Lithotriptor
- D. Cathignol, A. Birer, JY. Chapelon

Efficient Synthetic Aperture-Based Imaging from a Circular Array: Experimental Results on a Catheter Probe
- B. M. Shapo, M. O'Donnell

Performance of Multi-Layer 2-D Transducer Arrays
- Richard L. Goldberg, Stephen W. Smith

Electromechanical Modeling Using Explicit Time-Domain Finite Elements
- G. L. Wojcik, D. K. Vaughan, N. Abboud, J. Mould, Jr.

Finite Element Modelling of 1-3 Composite Transducers for Underwater Applications
- J. Bennett, R. Hamilton, G. Hayward

High-Frequency Ultrasonic Transducer Arrays Using ZnO Thin Films
- Yukio Ito, Keiko Kushida, Kazuhiro Sugawara, Hiroshi Takeuchi

Wavefront Backpropagation and Focus Correction
- Dong-Lai Liu, Robert C. Waag

Body Wall Aberration Correction in Medical Ultrasonic Images Using Synthetic-Aperture Data
- D. A. Carpenter, D. E. Robinson, P. L. Ho, D. C. C. Martin, P. Isaacs

A Parallel Processing System for Real-Time Phase Aberration Correction Using an Improved Phase Extraction Technique
- Paul D. Freiburger, Stewart S. Worrell, Gary C. Ng, Gregg E. Trahey

Selective Focusing in Multiple-Target Media: The Transfer Matrix Method
- Claire Prada, Nicolas Lartillot, Mathias Fink

Inverse Problem in Wave Scattering with an Acoustic Time-Reversal Mirror
- Jean-Louis Thomas, Philippe Roux, and Mathias Fink

A Fundamental Limit on the Performance of Phase Aberration Correction and Correlation Based Flow Estimates in Medical Ultrasound
- William F. Walker, Gregg E. Trahey

Reduction of Effects of Inactive Array Elements in Phase Aberration Correction
- M. Karaman, H. Koymen, A. Atalar, M. O'Donnell

Phase Aberration Correction Applied to Annular Array Transducers When Focusing Through a Stratified Medium
- Lars Odegaard, Sverre Holm, Hans Torp

Sampling-Point-Wise Digital Dynamic Focusing in the Receive Mode of an Ultrasonic Linear Array Imaging System
- S. H. Chang, Ki Jeon, M. H. Bae, S. B. Park

Design Implications of Using Transducer Noise Figure as the Basis of Sensitivity
- T. L. Rhyne, S. Panda

B-Type Imaging with Coded Signals
- A. M. Benkhelifa, M. Gindre, J. Y. Le Huerou, W. Urbach

Evaluation of a Pulse Coding Technique for Speckle Reduction and Structure Characterization
- N. A. H. K. Rao, M. Abury

Application of Autoregressive Spectral Analysis for Ultrasound Attenuation: Interest in Highly Attenuating Medium
- T. Baldeweck, P. Laugier, A. Herment, G. Berger

A New SVD-Based Optimal Inverse Filter Design for Ultrasonic Applications
- Emad S. Ebbini, Pai-Chi Li, Jian Shen

Visual Detection Experiments in Ultrasonography
- M. F. Insana, T. J. Hall, M. E. Stevenson, M. A. McFadden, G. G. Cox

Correction of the Artifact of the Intensity Distortion in the Ultrasonic B-Mode Imaging with a Phase Insensitive Method
- H. Song, P. Wu, R. M. Schmitt, W. Thomas

Application of the Thermal Dose Concept for Predicting the Necrosed Tissue Volume During Ultrasound Surgery
- C. Damianou, K. Hynynen, X. Fan

The Feasibility of Using Ultrasound for Cardiac Ablation
- J. E. Zimmer, K. Hynynen, F. Marcus, D. S. He

Transrectal Ablation of Prostate Tissue Using Focused Ultrasound
- N. T. Sanghvi, R. S. Foster, R. Bihrle, F. J. Fry, M. Phillips, C. Hennige

The Feasibility of Tissue Ablation Using High Intensity Electronically Focused Ultrasound
- J. Y. Chapelon, P. Faure, M. Plantier, D. Cathignol, R. Souchon, F. Gorry, A. Gelet

The Design of Ultrasound Applicators for Interstitial Hyperthermia
- C. J. Diederich, P. R. Stauffer, P. S. Sneed, and T. L. Phillips

A New Algorithm for Dynamic Focusing of Phased-Array Hyperthermia Applicators Through Tissue Inhomogeneities
- P. VanBaren, R. Seip, and E. S. Ebbini

An Ultrasound Linear Array for Use in Intracavitary Applicators for Thermotherapy of Prostatic Diseases
- J. W. Hand, E. Ebbini, D. O'Keeffe, D. Israel, and S. Mohammadtaghi

Non-Invasive Detection of Thermal Effects Due to Highly Focused Ultrasonic Fields
- Ralf Seip, Emad S. Ebbini, Matthew O'Donnell, Charles A. Cain

Beamforming for Therapy with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Using Quantitative Schlieren
- C. I. Zanelli, S. Demarta, C. W. Hennige and M. M. Kadri

Characteristics of Leaky SAWs on 36-LiTaO3 in Periodic Structures of Heavy Electrodes
- Victor P. Plessky and Clinton S. Hartmann

Characterization of Optical Fiber Preforms by Line-Focus-Beam Acoustic Microscopy
- Y. Ono, J. Kushibiki, and N. Chubachi

Experimental Measurements of Propagation, Attenuation, Reflection and Scattering of Leaky Waves in Al Electrode Gratings on 41°, 52°, and 64°-LiNbO3
- Clinton S. Hartmann and Victor P. Plessky

Design of Tapered-Gap Surface Acoustic Wave Directional Couplers for Ultralow Sidelobe-Level Integrated Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters
- Arjun Kar-Roy and Chen S. Tsai

High-Speed Integrated Magnetooptic Frequency Shifter Module at X-Band
- Y. Pu, C. S. Tsai

Photoacoustic Study of Surface Roughness on Thin Evaporated Gold Films
- S. Negm, H. Talaat and J. Pelzl

Nano-Meter Electrode Fabrication Technology Using Anodic Oxidation Resist and Application to 20 GHz-Range SAW Devices
- K. Yamanouchi, H. Odagawa, T. Meguro, Y. Wagatsuma, K. Yamamoto

2.5 GHz-Range SAW Propagation and Reflection Characteristics and Application to Passive Electronic Tag and Matched Filter
- K. Yamanouchi, G. Shimizu and K. Morishita

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