1994 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

A New Concept in SPUDT Design: The RSPUDT (Resonant SPUDT)
- P. Ventura, M. Solal, P. Dufilie, J. M. Hode and F. Roux

Design of High Selectivity DART SPUDT Filters on Quartz and Lithium Tantalate
- E. M. Garber, D. S. Yip and D. K. Henderson

A Method for Analysis of Bulk Mode Effects on SPUDT Based Filters
- Pierre Dufilie and Frederic Roux

Innovative SPUDT Based Structures for Mobile Radio Applications
- M. Solal, P. Dufilie, P. Ventura

A New Low-Loss SAW Filter Technique
- D. P. Morgan and T. Thorvaldsson

Balanced Bridge SAW Impedance Element Filters
- J. Heighway, S. N. Kondratiev, and Victor P. Plessky

Properties of SAW Resonators Fabricated on Quartz Substrates of Various Qualities
- J. A. Greer, T. E. Parker, and G. K. Montress

A SAWR Oscillator Vibration Sensitivity and Phase Noise Reduction Technique Using Multiple Resonators and RF Outputs
- M. M. Driscoll

Review of SAW Oscillator Performance
- G. K. Montress, T. E. Parker, and D. Andres

State-Of-The-Art SAW Channelizer for EW Receiver Application
- S. Gopani, R. Mouton, R. Hays, R. Almar, J. Vandendriessche and M. Garrity

Optimum Design of Low Time-Bandwidth Product SAW Filters
- Clemens C. W. Ruppel, Leonhard Reindl, and Karl Ch. Wagner

Precise Design Technique of SAW Transversely Coupled Resonator Filters on Quartz
- D. P. Chen, M-A. Schwab, C. Lambert, C. S. Hartmann and J. Heighway

Distortion of Transverse Mode Symmetry in SAW Transversely Coupled Resonators Due to Natural SPUDT Effects
- C. S. Hartmann, B. P. Abbott, S. Jen, and D. P. Chen

Radiation Conductance and Grating Reflectivity Weighting Parameters for Dual Mode Leaky-SAW Resonator Filter Design
- P. J. Edmonson and C. K. Campbell

Comparative Performances of Piezoceramics and Crystal SAW Filters
- G. Feuillard, Y. Janin, C. Millar, W. Wolny, C. Alemany, B. Jimenez, M. Lethiecq

Measurement of the Equivalent Circuit Parameters of Transversely Coupled SAW Resonator Filters
- Bernd Neubig and Jorg Beier

The Theory of the SAW Transversely Coupled Waveguide Resonator Filter
- S. V. Biryukov, G. Martin, V. G. Polevoi, and M. Weihnacht

A High Frequency SAW Device Transducer Structure Using Conventional Manufacturing Processes
- J. H. Hines, K. J. Casey, and D. C. Malocha

GHz Range STW Resonators and Narrow Band Filters
- Thor Thorvaldsson, Victor P. Plessky, Sylvain Muckenhirn, Marc Joray

A New Structure of Acoustic Charge Transport Devices Using GaAs Epitaxial Films Grown on Si Substrates
- K. Ohmori, K. Sato, K. Togura, K. Sato, K. Sugai, and S. Minagawa

Active Control of Nonlinear Piezoelectric Effect and Its Application to 20 dB Efficiency Improvement of SAW Elastic Convolver
- Yasuo Cho, Shin-ichi Haitsuka and Michio Kadota

An Analysis of Russian and Worldwide SAW Literature
- V. G. Mozhaev

Single Mode Waveguide Resonator Filters with Weak Coupling
- G. Martin, B. Wall, and M. Weihnacht

New Design Procedures and Experimental Results of SAW Filters for Duplexers Considering Wide Temperature Range
- Nobuhiko Shibagaki, Takatoshi Akagi, Kohichi Hasegawa, Kazuyuki Sakiyama, Mitsutaka Hikita

Network Coupled, High Performance SAW Resonator Filters
- M. A. Sharif, C. Lambert, D. P. Chen and C. S. Hartmann

Patent Technology Portfolio for SAW Filters
- Won D. Kim and Kwang R. Lee

Low Loss Ladder Type SAW Filter in the Range of 300 to 400 MHz
- M. Ueda, O. Kawachi, K. Hashimoto, O. Ikata and Y. Satoh

The Splitfinger Directional Transducer (SFDT): A New Single Phase Unidirectional Transducer
- R. Dill, W. Ruile, B. Lewis

Experimental Determination of the Complete Scattering Matrix of SAW Reflectors by a New Deembedding Method
- G. Muller, A. Bergmann, W. Ruile, R. Weigel, and P. Russer

MZOS Storage Correlator with Modified DRAM Cell
- Ronald Boettcher and Werner Buff

Miniaturized SAW Filters Using a Flip-Chip Technique
- H. Yatsuda, T. Horishima, T. Eimura and T. Ooiwa

L and S Band Low-Loss Filters Using SAW Resonators
- T. Matsuda, H. Uchishiba, O. Ikata, T. Nishihara and Y. Satoh

RF Performance Optimization of a SAW Based Transmitter for Remote Keyless Entry System
- M. K. Roy and T. Fleissner

Hybrid SAW-Device for a European Train Control System
- L. Reindl, T. Ostertag, W. Ruile, C. C. W. Ruppel, A. Lauper, R. Bachtiger, H. Ernst

Frequency Trimming of SAW Devices
- Takehiko Uno

Differential Phase Shift Keying Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Single SAW Based Correlator Receiver
- F. Moeller, A. Rabah, S. M. Richie, M. A. Belkerdid and D. C. Malocha

Radio Signals for SAW ID Tags and Sensors in Strong Electromagnetic Interference
- A. Pohl, F. Seifert, L. Reindl, G. Scholl, T. Ostertag, W. Pietsch

Digital vs SAW Matched Filter Implementation for Radar Pulse Compression
- P. Tortoli, F. Guidi and C. Atzeni

Using Surface Transverse Waves to Guard Your Property
- Ivan D. Avramov

New Rigorous Treatment of Leaky Saws and Its Application to High-Performance Filters Used in Mobile Pocket Phones
- Y. Hikita, A. Isobe, A. Sumioka, N. Matsuura, and K. Okazaki

Spectral Theory for IDTs
- E. Danicki

Derivation of COM Equations for the SAW IDT
- S. V. Biryukov, G. Martin, V. G. Polevoi, and M. Weihnacht

Equivalent Four-Port Networks Using Force Factors for SAW Interdigital Transducers
- Toshihiro Kojima and Ryoichi Yabuno

Determination of SAW Velocity Shift and Reflection Coefficients for SPUDT Structures
- Y. Hahn, C. Thoma, K. Bhattacharjee, D. Henderson, and E. Garber

SAW Transducer Optimization by the Evolutionary Computation
- J. Doring and H.-J. Frohlich

Investigation of Parasitic Effects in Multi-Transducer SAW RF Filters
- G. Fischerauer, D. Gogl, R. Weigel, P. Russer

Full Strip Reflectivity Study on Quartz
- Pascal Ventura

Application of a Stopband Multistrip Coupler in a SAW Resonator Filter
- Waldemar Soluch

Precise Simulation of Surface Transverse Wave Devices by Discrete Green Function Theory
- Ken-ya Hashimoto and Masatsune Yamaguchi

A Theoretical Investigation of STW Propagation at Abrupt or Distributed Changes in Surface Loading
- A. Ronnekleiv

The Propagation of SAW in Guiding Structures by Using the Angular Wave Spectrum
- Stig Rooth and Arne Ronnekleiv

Measurements of SAW Effective Velocity Angular-Variation Under Metal Strip Gratings and Their Application to ASPW Analysis
- Osamu Hikino, Hiroaki Ikeda, Takashi Shiba, Akitsuna Yuhara

SAW Resonators on the Cylinder Surface
- V. G. Polevoi and S. V. Biryukov

High Velocity Pseudo Surface Waves (HVPSAW)
- Mauricio Pereira da Cunha and Eric L. Adler

Propagation Properties of Longitudinal Leaky Surface Waves on Lithium Tetraborate
- Takahiro Sato and Hidenori Abe

Laser Probe Investigation of Leaky Surface Waves on 41° and 64°-LiNbO3
- Shen Jen and Clinton S. Hartmann

'Patch' Improvements to COM Model for Leaky Waves
- V. P. Plessky, D. P. Chen and C. S. Hartmann

Quasi-Stationary Acoustic Charge Transport in GaAs Structures
- A. S. Bugaev and A. A. Zakharova

Approximate Closed-Form Expressions for Transducer Capacitance, Transducer Coupling, Piezoelectric Velocity Shift, and Piezoelectric Reflectivity
- C. S. Hartmann

Scattering and Transmission Matrix Analysis of SAW Resonator Filters with Long-Pair IDTs and Triple Composite Longitudinal Modes on Quartz
- C. K. Campbell

Review of Models for Low-Loss Filter Design and Applications
- Clemens C. W. Ruppel, Werner Ruile, Gerd Scholl, Karl Ch. Wagner, and O. Manner

Charge Distribution and Capacitance Calculation for Generalized Periodic SAW Transducers Using Floquet's Technique
- Alexander S. Rukhlenko

Application of Lagrangian Effective Material Constants to the Study of the Thermal Behavior of SAW Propagation in Piezoelectric Crystals
- Bernard Dulmet and Roger Bourquin

Analysis of the Interaction of Surface Acoustic Waves with Charge Carriers in Layered Structures
- R. Weigel, U. Rosler, H. Meier, P. Russer

An Alternative Nondestructive Experimental Approach to Tangential Static Field Detection in SAW Structures Imaging
- R. E. Chang, S. M. Richie, K. J. Casey, and D. C. Malocha

Surface Shear Wave Propagation in the System of Piezoelectric Superlattice and Additional Metal Layer
- Alexander N. Podlipenets and Lyubov P. Zinchuck

Visualization of Laser-Generated SAW Beams by Shake-Off of Fine Particles
- Al. A. Kolomenskii and A. A. Maznev

Investigation of Surface Acoustic Wave Fields by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- E. Chilla and H.-J. Frohlich

Scanning Acoustic Force Microscope Detection of SAWs
- E. Chilla, T. Hesjedal, H.-J. Frohlich

Atomic Force Microscopy at Ultrasonic Frequencies
- U. Rabe and W. Arnold

Waveguide-Coupled Resonator Filters on AlN on Silicon
- T. P. Cameron, W. D. Hunt, H. M. Liaw and F. S. Hickernell

SAW Characteristics of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride on Silicon and Gallium Arsenide
- H. M. Liaw and F. S. Hickernell

The Characterization of PECVD Thin-Film TEOS Glass on Galllum Arsenide Using SAW Techniques
- Fred S. Hickernell, Thomas S. Hickernell, H. Ming Liaw

Experimental Study of SAW Propagation on Gallium Orthophosphate
- E. Bigler, S. Ballandras, C. Bonjour, D. Palmier, E. Philippot

Improved Laser Processing of Lithium Niobate
- F. K. Christensen and M. Mullenborn

Conoscope: An Apparatus for Determining Crystal Orientation of SAW Wafers
- Shen Jen and Clinton S. Hartmann

Properties of Thick ZnO Layers on Oxidized Silicon
- F. Moeller, T. Vandahl, D. C. Malocha, N. Schwesinger, W. Buff

Reflection Properties of Metallic Gratings on ZnO Films Over GaAs Substrates
- Yoonkee Kim, William D. Hunt, Fred S. Hickernell

SAW Properties of Quartz Homeotypes with Epitaxial Films
- W. Wallnofer and P. W. Krempl

Fast Algorithm for Correction of Material Constants of Piezoelectric Crystals on SAW Velocity Experimental Data
- R. M. Taziev and I. B. Yakovkin

GHz-Range SAW Device Using Nano-Meter Electrode Fabrication Technology
- Kazuhiko Yamanouchi

Test Circuits for Deep Sub-micron Surface Acoustic Wave Devices
- Kohji Hohkawa, Satoru Noge, Qixin Huang

1.3 GHz DDL on the Basis of Narrow Reflecting Groove Microrelief
- Yu. V. Gulyaev, V. I. Grigorievski, A. M. Kmita, A. I. Krikunov, and D. V. Sokolov

Submicron Fabrication Techniques Using Electro-Chemical Effects and Application to Unidirectional SAW Transducers
- H. Odagawa, N. Tanaka, T. Meguro and K. Yamanouchi

Large Amplitude Acoustoelectric Interaction of Surface Acoustic Waves in Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Structure
- V. A. Vyun

Experimental Determination of SAW Properties of 5 Standard Piezoceramics
- G. Feuillard, M. Lethiecq, Y. Janin, C. Alemany, B. Jimenez, C. Millar, W. Wolny

A Study on Elastic Energy Distribution in Layered Structures for Application to Surface Acoustic Wave Devices
- V. I. Anisimkin, I. M. Kotelyanskii, G. Saggio, P. Verardi, E. Verona

Rayleigh Acoustic Mode in Aluminum Nitride Films
- G. Carlotti, D. Fioretto, L. Giovannini, L. Palmieri, G. Socino, L. Verdini and E. Verona

Acousto-Magnetic Effect: Experimental Evidence and Magnetic Field Sensor Applications
- A. F. Asainov, B. A. Korshak, M. V. Kumetzov, and I. Yu. Solodov

Characteristics of a Quasi-SH (Shear Horizontal) Acoustic Wave in Z-X Lithium Niobate Plates
- V. Jin and S. G. Joshi

Ultrasonic Sensors in Air
- Valentin Magori

Wideband Characterisation of Air Coupled Transducers
- A. Gachagan, W. Galbraith and G. Hayward

Array of PVDF Sensors for Ultrasonic Imaging in Air
- L. Capineri, A. S. Fiorillo, L. Masotti and S. Rocchi

Integrable SAW Sensor with Identification Facility
- J. Enderlein, J. Schonberg, E. Chilla, and H.-J. Frohlich

Multicomponent Analysis of a Tri-Axial Accelerometer Based on Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors
- C. Di Natale, F. Davide, A. D'Amico, G. Saggio, P. Verardi, E. Verona

Multi-Channel SAW Chemical Sensor Using 90 MHz SAW Resonator and Partial Casting Molecular Films
- Toyosaka Moriizumi, Atsushi Saitou, Tooru Nomura

SAW Humidity Sensor Using Dielectric Hygroscopic Polymer Film
- T. Nomura, K. Oofuchi, T. Yasuda, and S. Furukawa

SH-SAW Devices as Effective Identification System for Liquids
- Jun Kondoh and Showko Shiokawa

Analysis of the Infrared Sensitivity of a Quartz Resonator Application as A Thermal Sensor
- M. R. Hamrour and S. Galliou

PVDF Large Aperture Spherical Transducer in the Transient Mode
- J. Zhang, J. C. Baboux and P. Guy

Ultrasonic Mixer for Paints and Emulsions
- Bogumil Halacinski, Elzbieta Kotlicka, Antoni Latuszek

Third Order Longitudinal Mode Piezoelectric Ceramic Transformer and Its Application to High-Voltage Power Inverter
- S. Kawashima, O. Ohnishi, H. Hakamata, S. Tagami, A. Fukuoka, T. Inoue and S. Hirose

Combined Finite Element - Normal Mode Expansion Methods for Ultrasonic Motor Modeling
- R. Le Letty, F. Claeyssen, P. Goward, B. Hamonic

An Ultrasonic X-Y Stage Using 10 MHz Surface Acoustic Wave
- Minoru Kurosawa, Masakazu Takahashi and Toshiro Higuchi

Ultrasonic Micro-Motors Stator Evaluation
- J. F. Manceau, F. Bastien and R. Duffait

An Exact Mathematical Model of a Travelling Wave Ultrasonic Motor
- Oleg Yu. Zharii

A Cylindrical Ultrasonic Micro Motor Based on PZT Thin Film
- Minoru Kurosawa, Takeshi Morita and Toshiro Higuchi

Nanometric Resolution Ultrasonic Stepper Motor
- V. Snitka, V. Mizariene, and V. Baranauskas

Performances of a Hybrid Transducer-Type Ultrasonic Motor as a Function of the Size
- Kentaro Nakamura and Sadayuki Ueha

Large Area Hydrophones for Sonar Receiving Antennas - Comparison of Different Piezoelectric Materials
- Christian Audoly, Monique Richard

Acoustic-Wave Based Monolithic Microsensors
- M. J. Vellekoop, G. W. Lubking, A. Venema

The Response of an Acoustic Wave Homogeneous Immunoassay to Immune and Non-Immune Solutions
- R. M. Lec, W. V. Lepuschenko, and D. J. McAllister

LiTaO3 Crystal Fork Vibratory Gyroscope
- Noboru Wakatsuki, Masaaki Ono, Sumio Yamada, Yoshitaka Takahashi, and Kawutsugu Kikuohi

Remote Sensor System Using Passive SAW Sensors
- W. Buff, F. Plath, O. Schmeckebier, M. Rusko, T. Vandahl, H. Luck, F. Moller and D. C. Malocha

Remote Sensing of Physical Parameters by Means of Passive Surface Acoustic Wave Devices ("ID-Tag")
- F. Schmidt, O. Sczesny, L. Reindl, V. Magori

Acoustically Driven Flow in Flexural Plate Wave Devices: Theory and Experiment
- C. E. Bradley and R. M. White

Resonance and Antiresonance of Symmetric Cantilevered Piezoelectric Flexors
- Arthur Ballato and Jan G. Smits

Light Deflectors Using a LiNbO3 Torsional Vibrator with a Polarization-Inverted Layer
- Kiyoshi Nakamura, Takeshi Nakamura, Kazuo Ishikawa, and Ken Yamada

Ultrasonic Micromanipulation of Small Particles in Liquid Using VHF-Range Leaky Wave Transducers
- M. Takeuchi, H. Abe and K. Yamanouchi

Evaluation and Design of New Piezoelectrical Droplets Generator
- A. Giovannini, D. Guyomar, M. Gschwind, and G. Fonzes

Thickness-Mode Modelling of Active Multi-Layered Piezoelectric Transducers and the Application to "Smart" Sensor Design
- L. B. Russell, G. Hayward and R. Chapman

Analytical Microsystem for Organic Gas Detection Based on SAW Devices
- M. Rapp, H. Gemmeke, J. Reichert, A. Voigt

Ultrasonic Thin Wall Tube Wave Sensors
- X. Li, Z. Wang, C. K. Jen, M. Viens, J. D. N. Cheeke, G. Yi and M. Sayer

Experimental Determination of Mass Sensitivity of APM Sensors by CVD Thin Films
- J. Schumacher, R. Dahint, F. Josse, and M. Grunze

Sensitivity of Various Critical Frequencies of a QCR Sensor in Dilute Electrolytes
- Y. Lee, Z. A. Shana and F. Josse

Theoretical Analysis of the Variation of Shear Acoustic Wave Velocity in a Piezo Layer by Adjoining Viscous Liquids
- D. Zhang and L. Tong

Finite Element Modeling of Resonant Microelectromechanical Structures for Sensing Applications
- J. T. Stewart

Mini-Sparker Application to Hydrophones Calibration and Diffraction Investigation
- A. Ahyi, A. Kemmou, P. Pernod, A. Merlen

UV Laser Excitation of Broadband Surface Acoustic Wave Pulses in Silicon Near the Ablation Threshold
- A. A. Kolomenskii and P. Hess

BAW Composite Resonator Spectroscopy
- G. D. Mansfeld

Parametric Modelling and Estimation of Acoustic Sediment Properties Using a System Identification Approach
- Zobeida Cisneros, Christophe Vemeirt, Luc Peirlinckx and Leo Van Biesen

Borehole Flexural Waves in the Presence of Uniaxial Stresses
- Bikash K. Sinha and Sergio Kostek

Ground Motion Above a Soft Basin Submitted to Seismic Waves
- A. Wirgin

Measurement of Nonlinear Acoustic Property of Solid
- W. Q. Wu, F. Han

Propagation in Finite Anisotropic Plates of Diffracting Scalar Waves
- P-E. M. Roche, B. T. Khuri-Yakub

New Non-Destructive Photothermal Measurement of Anisotropically Distributed Residual Stress Inside Samples
- Atsushi Yarai, Yasuhiro Yokoyama and Takuji Nakanishi

Pure, Low Loss Lamb Wave Transducer
- Yiwei Mao, Yongan Shui, Yin Ni, Mingxi Den, Youzhi Li and Changming Gan

Elastic Properties Imaging by Periodical Displacement NMR Measurements (EPMNI)
- C. J. Lewa

Stress Sensitivity of Electromagnetic Resonances in Circular Dielectric Disks
- P. C. Y. Lee, J. S. Yang, and A. Ballato

A Continuum Energy Approach of Deformable Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Semiconductors
- N. Daher

An Analysis of the S.A.W. Displacements in Quartz and Lithium Niobate by X-Ray Topography
- A. Zarka, B. Capelle, M. Pilard, J. Detaint and M. Solal

Finite Amplitude Ultrasound Beams
- J. Naze Tjotta and S. Tjotta

A New Kind of Interface Wave at Twisted Boundary of Cubic Crystal
- V. G. Mozhaev, S. P. Tokmakova

Scholte Wave Propagation and Diffraction on a Fluid-Solid Periodic Rough Surface
- H. Duflo, A. Tinel and J. Duclos

Isolation of Surface Wave Resonances in Scattering by an Elastic Shell
- N. D. Veksler, J. L. Izbicki, J. M. Conoir

The Inhomogeneous Ultrasonic Field Within an Arbitrarily Shaped Scatterer
- C. Y. King and Bong Ho

Acoustic Modeling Code Development for Time Domain, Broad Bandwidth Computations
- D. K. Lewis, J. F. DeFord, K. S. Kunz, C. S. Landrum, D. J. Steich, S. E. Bumpas, M. A. Christon, T. R. Donich, J. D. Foch, G. L. Goudreau, J. Jones-Olivera, S. J. Wineman

Piezoelectric Photoacoustic Spectra of Silicon at Liquid Helium Temperature
- T. Ikari, H. Matsuyama, A. Nakashima and K. Futagami

Acoustic Study of SbCl5 Intercalated Graphites at 110-300 K
- P. P. Ilyin, L. Yu. Matzui and I. N. Salivonov

Piezoelectric Characteristic Length
- A. Ballato, J. G. Gualtieri, and J. A. Kosinski

Efficiency and Directivity Patterns of SH Wave Due to Interband Light Absorption Near Junction of Two Materials
- Xiaorong Zhang and V. E. Guaev

Reflection and Refraction of an Inhomogeneous Plane Wave on Fluid/Anisotropic Solid Interface
- O. Poncelet and M. Deschamps

Vertical Mode for an Immersed Structure Composed of Two Elastic Layers Coupled by a Thin Water Film
- M. Rousseau, F. Coulouvrat, O. Lenoir, H. Khelil, J. L. Izbicki

Ultrasonic Propagation in Quasicrystals and Quasiperiodic Structures
- A. Zarembowitch, Y. Amazit, M. Fischer, B. Perrin

Lifetime of Localized and Extended Modes in Complex Composite Structures
- A. Alippi, A. Bettucci, F. Craciun, F. Farrelly, A. Petri and O. B. Wright

Nonlinear Reflection of BAWs at an Interface of Anisotropic Solids
- Shengqing Zhou, Wenhua Jiang, and Yongan Shui

Magnetostatic Surface Wave Reflectivity Modified by a Ground Plane Effect
- Ken'ichiro Yashiro, Ning Guan and Sumio Ohkawa

Exact Analysis for Magnetostatic Forward Volume Wave Excitation by Multi-Element Transducers
- Ning Guan, Ken'ichiro Yashiro and Sumio Ohkawa

A New Method for Controlling Resonant Frequencies of Straightedge MSW Resonators
- Takuro Koike and Hiroaki Nakazawa

Pulsed Photoacoustic Technique for Thermal Diffusivity Determination
- A. I. Korobov, N. I. Odina, I. N. Kokshaysky, and A. F. Asainov

Determination of the Water Absorption Kinetics in Hydrogels by SLAM
- V. A. M. Luprano, G. Montagna, A. Maffezzoli

Propagation of Wedge Acoustic Waves Along Wedges Imbedded in Water
- Victor V. Krylov

Comparative Photoacoustic Study of Surface Roughness on Silver and Gold Thin Films
- S. Negm and E. Talaat

Chaotic Behavior in Acoustic Cavitation
- W. Lauterborn, J. Holzfuss and A. Billo

Localization of Acoustic Waves in Complex Structures
- A. Alippi, A. Bettucci, F. Craciun, F. Farrelly

Measurement of Ultrasonic Parameters for High Tc Oxide Superconductors: Evidence of Non-Pure Modes Excitation
- E. Biagi, L. Masi

Superconducting Interdigital Transducers
- J. Feller, M. Levy, B. K. Sarma, H. Fredricksen, D. Ritums, N. J. Wu, X. Y. Li, A. Ignatiev

The Influence of External Effects on the Electron-Phonon Interaction in Metals and Compounds
- A. I. Korobov and B. B. Voronov

Interferometric Detection of Finite-Amplitude Ultrasonic Waves
- X. Jia, L. Adler and G. Quentin

Collinear Diffraction of Light by Sound Waves in Crystals: Devices, Applications, New Ideas
- V. I. Pustovoit, V. E. Pozhar

3D Strong Acoustooptic Interactions in Nonuniform Crystals
- Sergey N. Sharangovich

Experimental Characterisitcs of Elastic Nonlinearity in KRS-5 and NaBi(MoO4)2 Crystals
- S. V. Kulakov, V. V. Kludzin, V. V. Molotok

AO Intermodulation Effects in Resonant Photoelastic Materials
- V. V. Proklov and V. N. Chesnokov

A Multi-Channel TeO2 Acousto-Optic Modulator: Design and Characteristics
- O. Bazzi, M. G. Gazalet, J. C. Kastelik, and C. Bruneel

Large Bandwidth InP Bragg Cells for Optical Translation at 1.5 μm
- Ph. Maurel, J. C. Poncot, J. Sapriel

Large Angular Aperture Acousto-Optic Modulator
- I. C. Chang

Acoustic Diffraction in Anisotropic Gallium Phosphide Bragg Cells
- Dennis R. Pape

Electro-Optic and Acousto-Optic Modulators Using Stark Effect in Multiple Quantum Well Structures
- F. Jain, S. Cheung, W. Huang, A. Demaria, R. Sacks, D. Cullen, T. Grudkowski, C. Valerio, and K. Bhattacharjee

Acousto-Optical Processor for Applications in Signal Processing and Optical Computing
- H. Hofmann and J. Enderlein

Nontraditional Acousto-Optic Correlators
- Victor N. Ushakov, Andrey N. Rogov, and Alexander H. Sergienko

Ultrasonic Control of Light Polarization in Fused Silica
- E. Blomme, O. Leroy and A. Sliwinski

An Acoustic Mode Method for the Description of Scattering and Mode Conversion Processes
- R. Briers and O. Leroy

Application of Signal Processing and Neural Net Techniques to Ultrasonic Characterization of Multilayered Media
- J. M. Rouvaen, K. Harrouche, M. Ourak, and B. El Khaldi

Group Velocity Formulas of Anisotropic Solids and Their Applications
- K. Y. Kim, R. Sribar, R. Baker, W. Sachse, and K. Bretz

Stimulated Material Vibration by Inhomogeneous Plane Waves and Its Application for Bounded Ultrasonic Beams
- K. Van Den Abeele, R. Briers and O. Leroy

A Matrix Model of the Thin Piezoceramic Ring
- A. Iula, N. Lamberti, G. Caliano, M. Pappalardo

Non Linearities in Langevin Transducers
- D. Guyomar, N. Aurelle, C. Richard, P. Gonnard and L. Eyraud

Power Ceramic Materials for Piezocomposite Hydrophone
- L. Eyraud, C. Richard, D. Guyomar

The Effect of Geometry on the Characteristics of the Moonie Transducer and Reliability Issue
- A. Dogan, S. Yoshikawa K. Uchino, and R. E. Newnham

The Fiber Optic Probe Hydrophone
- C. Wurster, J. Staudenraus, W. Eisenmenger

A Proposal of a Bulk Acoustic Wave Filter Using Piezoelectrically Coupled Resonators
- Takehiko Uno

Quartz Homeotypic Gallium-Orthophosphate - A New High Tech Piezoelectric Material
- P. W. Krempl

Influence of Poling Temperature on Aging and Thermal Stability of PZT Ceramics
- Jamilson P. de Medeiros, M. H. Lente and J. A. Eiras

Experimental Demonstration of the Reduction of the Number of Independent Electrostrictive Constants of Piezoelectric Ceramics
- Yasuo Cho and Yukihiro Mandai

Finite Element Analysis Using Trigonometric Interpolations for Quasi-Thickness Piezoeletric Resonators
- Fanjaharisoa Raoeluaona and Bernard Dulmet

The Second Harmonic Generation in Piezoelectric Resonators
- W. Jiang, S. Zhou, X. Li and Y. Shui

New 1-3 Type Piezoelectric Composite Material for Kilohertz Frequency Range Transducers
- Dehua Huang and Stephen G. Boucher

Design of 1-3 Piezocomposite Hydrostatic Transducers Using Finite Element Analysis
- J. Bennett and G. Hayward

Computer-Aided Computing of Acoustic Field Radiated from Arbitrarily Structured Transducer Arrays
- B. Piwakowski, K. Sbai, B. Delannoy

Computation of the Acoustic Field of Arbitrary Plane or Spherical Transducer
- Ph. Faure and D. Cathignol

2 Dimensional Modelling of Lateral Modes in 1-3 Piezocomposites
- D. Certon, F. Patat, O. Casula, L. P. Tran Hu Hue

A Finite Element Modelling Approach Into the Influence of Mechanical Matching and Damping in 1-3 Piezocomposites
- A. Gachagan, J. T. Bennett and G. Hayward

A Complete Finite Element Model
- Jun Lan, Michael J. Simoneau, Robert K. Jeffers and Stephen G. Boucher

Comparison of Models for Radial and Thickness Modes in Piezoceramic Disks
- Per Lunde and Magne Vestrheim

Miniature High Frequency Array Transducers Based on New Fine Grain Ceramics
- M. Lethiecq, G. Feuillard, L. Ratsimandresy, A. Nguyen-Dinh, L. Pardo, J. Ricote, B. Andersen, C. Millar

Ultrasonic Transducer with Improved Bandwidth Using Phase Shift Interference in the Backing
- Mir Said Seyed-Bolorforosh

Finite Element Modeling of the Pulse-Echo Behavior of Ultrasound Transducers
- Reinhard Lerch, Hermann Landes, Hans T. Kaarmann

Time-Domain Modeling of Composite Arrays for Underwater Imaging
- G. L. Wojcik, D. K. Vaughan, V. Murray, and J. Mould, Jr.

Scattering- And Mixed-Matrix Analysis of BAW Devices
- Jeffrey C. Andle and Ryszard M. Lec

Analysis and Measurement of B.A.W. Devices with Interdigital Transducers. Application to Spectrum Analysis and Delay Function
- L. Chommeloux, J. Desbois, L. Boyer, Y. Zhang

One-Chip Quartz Crystal Oscillator Using a Direct-Bonding Technique of Quartz Crystal onto Silicon
- Kazuo Eda, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Yoshihiro Tomita, and Yutaka Taguchi

Properties of the Plane and Plano-Convexe Resonators Using Berlinite, Gallium Phosphate and Langasite
- J. Detaint, J. Schwartzel, A. Zarka, B. Capelle, D. Cochet-Muchy, E. Philippot

Algorithms for Eigenvalue Problems in Piezoelectric Finite Element Analyses
- Y-K Yong, Y. Cho

Identification of Lateral Vibration Modes of Piezoelectric Composites 1-3 and Their Effects
- A. Aulet, C. A. Negreira, H. Gomez, L. A. Bassora, J. A. Eiras

Verification of a Kirchhoff Scattering Model for Imaging Pits on a Water/Steel Interface with a Focused Transducer
- Michael D. Prange and Ken Liang

Study on Focusing Properties of Acoustic Beam in Solid
- Donghai Qiao and Chenghao Wang

Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Focusing Techniques Through Liquid-Solid Interfaces
- D. Cassereau, N. Chakroun, M. Fink, F. Wu

A Study of the Transmission of Ultrasound Across Real Rough Solid-Solid Interfaces
- Bruce Drinkwater, Rob Dwyer-Joyce and Peter Cawley

Relation Between Phase Differences and Small Layer Thicknesses
- S. Devolder, O. Leroy, M. Wevers, and P. De Meester

Pulsed Beam Excitation of Leaky Rayleigh Waves on Shaped Fluid-Solid Interfaces
- Smaine Zeroug

A New Technique for the Simple Realization of a Focusing Transducer Based on the Soret's Plane Model
- M. El Ghazi, J. Duclos, M. Lematre

Advances in Air Coupled NDE for Rapid Scanning Applications
- R. Farlow, S. P. Kelly and G. Hayward

Applications for Measurements of Shear-Wave Resonant Modes in Cylinders
- George A. Alers, Ward Johnson, E. Segal and B. A. Auld

Characterization of Concrete Structures by Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy
- C. W. Turner, M. Z. Arif and X. Xia

Very High Frequency EMAT for Resonant Measurement
- Katsuhiro Kawashima

Study on Identification of Phenomena in Solidifying Alloys with the Use of Complex Methods Including Thermal Analysis and Consideration of the AE Signals
- Zenon Ignaszak, Maria Golec, Adam Baranowski, Zdzislaw Golec

Monolithic Arrays for Monitoring Industrial Plant at High Temperatures
- K. J. Kirk, A. McNab, and G. Hayward

Model-Based Frequency Estimation for Ultrasonic NDE Applications
- J. Saniie and X. M. Jin

Detection and Resolution of Multiple Targets Using Time-Frequency Techniques
- Jianqiang Xin and Nihat M. Bilgutay

Time-Frequency Representation Adapted to Chirp Signals: Application to Analysis of Sphere Scattering
- Ning Ma, Didier Vray, Philippe Delachartre, Albin Dziedzic, Gerard Gimenez

Wavelett Analysis for Ultrasonic Crack Detection and Modelization
- J. P. Lefebvre, P. Lasaygues

Application of Wavelet Transform Signal Processor to Ultrasound
- A. Abbate, J. Koay, J. Frankel, S. C. Schroeder and P. Das

Quantitative Imaging of Transient Acoustic Fields by Optical Heterodyne Interferometry
- D. Royer and O. Casula

Evaluation of Transducers with Near-Field Scanning of Their Surfaces
- Jian-Yu Lu and James F. Greenleaf

A Nonlinearized Iterative Approach of the Acoustic Characterization of Defects Within a Half-Space
- R. Kleinman, B. Duchene and D. Lesselier

Measure of the Thickness of a Cylindrical Shell with a Focused Beam
- M. Ezzaidi, D. Decultot, A. Moudden, G. Maze

Modeling of Received Signals from Finite Reflectors in Pulse-Echo Ultrasound
- P. C. Pedersen and D. P. Orofino

Decomposition of the Time Reversal Operator: Application to Dispersion Curve Measurements
- Claire Prada, Karim Senbati and Mathias Fink

Determination of the Profile of a Hard or Soft Grating from the Scattered Field
- A. Wirgin

Characterization of Aircraft Joints Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves and Physically Based Feature Extraction
- Matthias K. T. Hansch, Krishna M. Rajana, Joseph L. Rose

Shear-Wave Focusing and Beam Steering by a Thermoelastic Source Array: Application to Non Destructive Testing
- Marie-Hehe Noroy, Daniel Royer and Mathias Fink

Laser-Based Ultrasound Arrays for Generation and Detection of Narrowband, Single Mode Lamb Waves
- R. C. Addison, Jr. and A. D. W. McKie

Laser-Based Ultrasonics for Flaw Detection
- Jin Huang, Yasuaki Nagata, Sridhar Krishnaswamy and Jan D. Achenbach

Noncontact Characterization of Crystal Surface and Thin Films by the Phase Velocity Scanning of Laser Interference Fringes
- K. Yamanaka, H. Nishino, H. Cho, Y. Nagata, T. Koda, M. Inaba, A. Sato, and Y. Tsukahara

Ultrasonic Interferometric Characterization of Material Plates
- N. K. Batra, T. Berruti, P. P. Delsanto and S. Sassone

Simultaneous Measurement of Speed, Attenuation, Thickness and Density with Reflected Ultrasonic Waves in Plates
- Christophe Graciet and Bernard Hosten

Recovering Elastic Constants of Metal Matrix Composites Via Piezoelectric Transducers and Laser Generated and Detected Ultrasonic Waves
- A. Mouchtachi, M. Dubuget, S. Debah, R. El Guerjouma and J. C. Baboux

Material Characterization Using Leaky Lamb-Waves
- Z. Wang, C. K. Jen and J. D. N. Cheeke

Description of a Method for the Measurement of the Rayleigh Wave Velocity: Application to the Thickness Measurement of Metallic Coatings
- J. F. Coste and F. Lakestani

In-Situ Thin Film Thickness Measurement Using Ultrasonics Waves
- Jun Pei, F. Levent Degertekin, B. V. Honein, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub and Krishna C. Saraswat

A Surface Micromachined Electrostatic Ultrasonic Air Transducer
- Matthew I. Haller and Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

Advances in Non-Contact and Air-Coupled Transducers
- D. A. Hutchins and D. W. Schindel

Gas Coupled Ultrasonic Measurement of Stiffness Moduli of Polymer Composite Plates
- Michael J. Anderson, Philip R. Martin, Christopher M. Fortunko

Finite Element Modeling of an Ultrasonic Capacitive Transducer
- Julio C. Adamowski, Emilio C. N. Silva, Claudio Simon, Flavio Buiochi, Ricardo T. Higuti

Simulation of Ultrasonic Examinations
- P. Calmon, O. Roy, and Ph. Benoist

Flaw Detection in Stainless Steel Samples Using Wavelet Decomposition
- Kagan Kaya, Nihat M. Bilgutay and Rashmi Murthy

Efficient Approximate Model for Elastic Wave Scattering in Plates
- A. Safaeinili and R. A. Roberts

Nonlinear NDE Using Contact Acoustic Nonlinearity (CAN)
- I. Yu. Solodov

Zero-of-Time Correction Using the Minimum Support Functional: Theory and Experiment
- A. Safaeinili and R. A. Roberts

NDE Application of Ultrasonic Reflection Tomography
- J. P. Lefebvre, P. Recotillet, P. Lasaygues

An Ultrasonic Multielement Sensor System for Position Invariant Object Identification
- M. Vossiek, V. Magori and H. Ermert

Simple Modelling of Ultrasonic Waves from Direct- And Water-Coupled Transducers
- Richard Stacey and Alain Lhemery

Artifical Neural Networks to Interpret Acoustic Emission Signals to Detect Early Delamination During Carbonization of Pre-Fabricated Components of Carbon-Carbon Composite Material
- Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald, Bernhard. R. Tittmann, and Michael G. Koopman

Laser-Ultrasonics Three-Dimensional Imaging of Advanced Composite Materials
- J. -D. Aussel, M. Choquet, R. Canas, P. Bouchard, C. Padioleau, R. Heon

A Simplified Formula for the Analysis of Binary Gas Containing a Low Concentration of a Heavy Vapor in a Lighter Carrier
- Greg D. Hallewell and Lawrence C. Lynnworth

Clamp-On Transducers for Measuring Swirl, Cross Flow and Axial Flow
- Lawrence C. Lynnworth

Non Intrusive Measurements of the Acoustic Pressure and Velocity Fluctuations of Fluids Flowing in Pipes
- J. P. Remenieras, P. Cervenka, P. Alais

A Flowmeter Operating with Plate Waves Induced by Piezoelectric Thick Films
- G. De Cicco, B. Morten and M. Prudenziati

A PC Based Photo-Acoustic Instrumentation System
- F. Greig, E. M. Johnston, T. D. Binnie, H. A. Mackenzie

Thin Film Effects in Ultrasonic Wafer Thermometry
- F. L. Degertekin, J. Pei, B. V. Honein, B. T. Khuri-Yakub and K. C. Saraswat

New Technologies in High-Power Ultrasonic Industrial Applications
- J. A. Gallego-Juarez

Welding Characteristics of 90 KHz Two-Vibration-System Ultrasonic Plastic Welding Equipment
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Yasuhiro Ishii, Toshiyuki Shiraki, Toshiki Tamura and Tetsugi Ueoka

Acoustic Separation in a Laminar Flow
- Pierre H. Brodeur

Mapping of an Acoustic Field by Analysis of Bubbles Trajectory
- L. Gerfault, C. Cachard, G. Gimenez

Acoustic Image Improvement by Confidence Levels
- Vittorio Murino and Andrea Trucco

Material Characterization and Resonant Scattering by Cylinders
- M. Talmant and H. Batard

Mode Conversion Effect on the Scattering of Elastic Spheres Near Resonance
- J. C. Machado, A. Ishimaru and R. A. Sigelmann

Ultrasonic Characterization of Composite Materials: A Stochastic Approach
- Z. Derouiche, C. Delebarre, J. M. Rouvaen, and C. Bruneel

A New Ultrasonic Machining Route to Create Complex Ceramic Components
- R. Hahn and P. Schulze

Quantitative Time Resolved Acoustic Microscopy Using Wavelet Analysis
- J. C. Schlegel, R. M. Schmitt

Bi-Angular Lens for Material Characterization
- G. G. Yaralioglu, A. Atalar, H. Koymen

Scanning Microdeformation Microscopy Transmission and Reflection Operating Modes
- P. Vairac, F. Sthal and B. Cretin

Acoustic Signature: Study of the Damping Induced by Irradiation Damage
- L. Robert, G. Despaux, A. Le Brun, J. M. Saurel

The Accuracy of Pupil Function Measurement in Reflection Acoustic Microscope by Imaging Spherical Particles
- Wieland Weise, Pavel Zinin, Siegfried Boseck

Study of Acoustic Signatures for Non-Spherical Curved Acoustic Lens
- W. J. Xu, M. Ourak, M. Ouaftouh and B. Nongaillard

Characterization and Imaging with Lamb Wave Lens at Gigahertz Frequencies
- A. Bozkurt, G. Yaralioglu, A. Atalar, H. Koymen, K. Kramer

Detection of Crack Closure in Time-Resolved Acoustic Microscopy
- D. Knauss, T. Zhai, G. A. D. Briggs and J. W. Martin

Thin Film Adhesion Investigations with the Acoustic Microscope
- Philippe Richard, Gerard Gremaud and Andrzej Kulik

Evaluation of Layered Structures for Micromachines by Means of Ultrasonic Micro-Spectroscopy
- Yusuke Tsukahara, Katsumi Ohira, Masa-Aki Yanaka, Masatoshi Inaba and Akinobu Satoh

Tilted Sample Acoustic Microscopy for Anisotropy Measurement
- F. L. Degertekin, B. V. Honein and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Quantitative Tissue Characterization by Means of Phase Insensitive Signal Processing
- W. K. Thomas, R. M. Schmitt, P. Wu

The Use of Echocardiographic Image Processing in Detecting Rejection After Cardiac Transplantation
- I. Hardouin, E. Lieback, J. C. Marois, R. Hetzer

Echocardiographic Image Processing Using Mathematical Morphology
- E. Lieback, I. Hardouin, J. C. Marois, R Hetzer

Ultrasonic Characterization of Tissue Hardness in the in Vivo Human Liver
- Yasuo Yamashita, Mitsuhiro Kubota

Characterisation of Muscle Tissue During an Effort by Texture Analysis of Ultrasonic Images
- O. Basset, V. Ramiaramanana, P. Chirossel, A. Hemandez, G. Gimenez

Ultrasound Elasticity Measurements of Beef Muscle
- Eric J. Chen, Jan Novakofski, Kenneth Jenkins and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Acoustic Microscopy Investigation of Adhesion Sites in Living Cells
- A. Cambiaso, T. Tommasi, M. T. Parodi, and M. Grattarola

Anisotropy in Bovine Skeletal Muscle in Vitro: Frequency Dependent Attenuation and Backscatter Coefficient Over a Wide Range of Frequencies
- V. Roberjot, P. Laugier, G. Berger

Characterisation of Muscle Disease in Children
- J. Z. Heckmatt, S. Leeman and A. J. Healey

Experimental Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage: In Vitro Visualization of Lesions and Three-Dimensional Surface Reconstruction Using 50 MHz Ultrasound Microscope
- A. Saied, P. Laugier, N. Bovo, G. Berger, D. Chevrier, B. Terlain, P. Gillet, P. Netter

Quantitative Ultrasound Parametric Images of Cancellous Bone Compared to X-Ray Computed Tomography
- P. Laugier, K. Beldjelti-Caille, P. Droin, P. Giat and G. Berger

Ultrasonic Tissue Typing of Prostate Tissue
- E. J. Feleppa, J. Driller, A. Kalisz, A. Rosado, W. R. Fair, Y. Wang, M. Cookson, V. Reuter

Tissue Characterization of the Prostate Using Kohonen-Maps
- G. Schmitz, H. Ermert and T. Senge

A 1.5D Transducer for Medical Ultrasound
- C. M. W. Daft, D. G. Wildes, L. J. Thomas, L. S. Smith, R. S. Lewandowski, W. M. Leue, K. W. Rigby, C. L. Chalek and W. T. Hatfield

Optimizing Sparse Two-Dimensional Transducer Arrays Using an Effective Aperture Approach
- G. R. Lockwood and F. S. Foster

Optimization of Random Sparse 2-D Transducer Arrays for 3-D Electronic Beam Steering and Focusing
- P. K. Weber, R. M. Schmitt, B. D. Tylkowski, J. Steck

An Approach to the Design of Sparse Array Systems
- Jan O. Erstad, Sverre Holm

Multilayer 2-D Array Transducers with Integrated Circuit Transmitters and Receivers: A Feasibility Study
- Richard L. Goldberg and Stephen W. Smith

An Investigation Into the Design of High Frequency Two-Dimensional Arrays for Ultrasonic Imaging
- J. E. Hyslop, J. T. Bennett and G. Hayward

Optoelectronic Transmitters for Medical Ultrasound Transducers
- Charles D. Emery, John C. Swartz, H. C. Casey, Jr., and Stephen W. Smith

Integrated Ultrasound Transducers
- P. A. Payne, J. V. Hatfield, A. D. Armitage, Q. X. Chen, P. J. Hicks and N. Scales

7.5 MHz Pediatric Phased Array Transesophageal Endoscope
- J. E. Piel, Jr., R. S. Lewandowski, P. W. Lorraine, L. S. Smith, T. Shiota, and D. J. Sahn

Application of Hexagonal Arrays in Generation and Steering of Limited Diffraction Beams
- M. Fatemi and S. Shirani

Acoustic Field Simulation for Arbitrarily Shaped Transducers in a Stratified Medium
- Lars Odegaard, Sverre Holm, Frode Teigen, Trond Kleveland

Synthetic Focus Imaging Using Partial Datasets
- C. R. Cooley and B. S. Robinson

Array Processing for Hand-Held Scanners
- Mustafa Karaman, Pai-Chi Li and Matthew O'Donnell

Harmonic Power Mode Doppler Using Microbubble Contrast Agents: An Improved Method for Small Vessel Flow Imaging
- P. N. Burns, J. E. Powers, D. Hope Simpson, A. Brezina, A. Kolin, C. T. Chin, V. Uhlendorf and T. Fritzsch

Second Harmonic Imaging and Harmonic Doppler Measurements with Albunex
- Pi Hsien Chang and K. Kirk Shung

In Vivo Evaluation of a New Ultrasound Contrast Agent
- Flemming Forsberg, Ji-Bin Liu, Daniel A. Merton, Nandkumar M. Rawool and Barry B. Goldberg

Nonlinear Acoustical Response of Coated Microbubbles in Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Volkmar Uhlendorf and Christian Hoffmann

Physical Mechanism of Inhomogeneous Left Ventricular Echocontrast
- F.-D. Scholle, V. Uhlendorf, T. Fritzsch

Robust Semi-Transparent Volume Rendering of Abdominal 3D Ultrasound Data
- Jorn H. Hokland and Trygve Hausken

Dense Motion Field Estimation Involving Discontinuities Applied to Echocardiographic Image Sequences
- A. Basset, M. Orkisz, I. E. Magnin, R. Brion

In-Vitro Study of a Computed Ultrasound Imaging Method
- Juha Ylitalo

A New Device for Ultrasonic Monitoring of Cryosurgery
- E. Laplace, P. Laugier, A. Saied, G. Berger

Simultaneous Tracking of Endocard and Epicard in Ultrasonic Contrast Imaging
- A. H. Torp, B. Olstad, K. P. Schipper, S. Frigstad, and K. Oygarden

Beyond Intravascular Imaging: Quantitative Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of Vascular Pathology
- Samuel A. Wickline, James G. Miller, Dino Recchia, Angela M. Sharkey, S. Lori Bridal, Donald H. Christy

Ultrasound Backscatter from Blood in the 30 to 70 MHz Frequency Range
- F. S. Foster, H. Obara, T. Bloomfield, L. K. Ryan and G. R. Lockwood

An Experimental Evaluation of the Received Signal from Blood at 50 MHz
- K. Whittaker Ferrara, B. Zagar, R. Algazi, R. Silverman, J. Sokil-Melgar

Vessel Wall Detection and Blood Noise Reduction in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
- Aage Gronningsaeter, Bjorn A. J. Angelsen, Andreas Heimdal and Hans Torp

Modeling, Measurement and Correction of Wavefront Distortion Produced by Breast Specimens
- Qing Zhu and Bernard D. Steinberg

Waveform Aberrations in an Animal Model
- B. S. Robinson, A. Shmulewitz, and T. M. Burke

Adaptive Ultrasound Imaging Systems Using Large, Two-Dimensional, Conformal Arrays
- Pai-Chi Li, Sriram Krishnan and M. O'Donnell

Phase Aberration Correction with Ultrasonic Time Reversal Mirrors
- Mathias Fink and Christian Dome

Separation of the Diffuse, Specular and Quasiperiodic Signal Components in Medical Ultrasound Images
- Torfinn Taxt

Combined Visualization of Tumor and Vessel Geometry
- E. N. Steen, B. Olstad, S. Berg, G. Myklebust and K. P. Schipper

Signal and Image Processing Strategies for Reconstructing 3-D Color Flow Maps from Ultrasonic Data
- B. G. Zagar and V. R. Algazi and K. Whittaker Ferrara

Generation and Detection of Acoustic Streaming to Differentiate Between Solid and Cystic Breast Lesions
- K. R. Nightingale, P. J. Kornguth, W. F. Walker, S. C. Glasgow, E. A. Jett, G. E. Trahey

Real-Time Synthetic Receive Aperture Imaging: Experimental Results
- William F. Walker and Gregg E. Trahey

150 MHz In Vivo Ultrasound of the Skin: Imaging Techniques and Signal Processing Procedures Targeting Homogeneous Resolution
- C. Passmann, H. Ermert

Tomographic Schlieren Imaging for Measurement of Beam Pressure and Intensity
- Todd A. Pitts, James F. Greenleaf, Jian-Yu Lu, and Randy R. Kinnick

Reduction of Transducer Reverberations by Transducer Movement - Determination of the Optimal Transducer Displacement
- Michael Nickel, Hans Torp, and Bjorn Angelsen

Intra-Operative and Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Guided Explantation of Silicone Breast Implants
- Fleming Forsberg, Emily F. Conant, Catherine W. Piccoli, Nandkumar M. Rawool and John H. Moore Jr.

Diffractive Transducers for Angle-Independent Velocity Measurements
- David Vilkomerson, David Lyons, and Thomas Chilipka

A Steerable Doppler Probe Using Unidirectional SAW Transducer
- T. Matsunaka and Y. Tabuchi

Blood Velocity Direction Estimated by Correlation
- M. Cantarelli, D. Dotti, R. Lombardi

An Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of the Beam-Vessel Angle on the Received Acoustic Signal from Blood
- K. Whittaker Ferrara, A. Kalisz, B. Zagar, and V. R. Algazi

Volumetric Flow Measured in a Laminar Jet Phantom Using a Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking System
- Laurence S. Bohs, Barry H. Friemel and Gregg E. Trahey

An Improved Wall Filter for Flow Imaging of Low Velocity Flow
- Lewis Thomas and Anne Hall

A Comparison of IIR Initialization Techniques for Improved Color Doppler Wall Filter Performance
- R. B. Peterson, L. E. Atlas and K. W. Beach

Stenoses Dynamics with Ultrasonic Wall Motion Images
- O. Bonnefous

Doppler Simulation for Pulsatile Flow Having Nonaxial Components
- Hemming Forsberg, Harry Oung and Hector V. Ortega

Adaptive Estimation of the Spectrum and Mean Frequency of Doppler Signals
- A. Herment, G. Demoment and J. F. Gioviannelli

Maximum Likelihood and Maximum a Posteriori Estimation of Gaussian Spectra. Application to Attenuation Measurements and Color Doppler Velocimetry
- J.-F. Giovannelli, J. Idier, B. Querleux, A. Herment and G. Demoment

A New Linear Method for Ultrasonic Flow Vector Measurement
- Kageyoshi Katakura and Motoyoshi Okujima

Applicability of Wave Tomography Methods for 2-D Flow Imaging
- Michael N. Rychagov and Helmut Ermert

Three-Dimensional Blood Flow Velocity Vector Estimation with a Triple-Beam Ultrasonic Lens
- Ilmar A. Hein

On the Use of Doppler Bandwidth for More Accurate Blood Flow Estimation
- Vernon L. Newhouse, Piero Tortoli, Gabriele Guidi

Measurement of Local Pulse Wave Velocity in Arteriosclerosis by Ultrasonic Doppler Method
- Noriyoshi Chubachi, Hiroshi Kanai, Ryoji Murata, and Yoshiro Koiwa

Pressure Pulse Distortion by Hydrophones Due to Diminished Low Frequency Response
- Gerald R. Harris

Diffraction Phenomena with Co-Axial Plane Piston Transducers
- A. Goldstein, D. R. Gandhi, W. D. O'Brien, Jr.

Electrical Predictors for Acoustic Output
- Jian Zhang and John T. Pedicone

Measurements of Acoustic Pressure in the Non-Linear Range in Water Using Quantitative Schlieren
- C. I. Zanelli and M. M. Kadri

Field Prediction in Lossy Media
- A. J. Healey, M. Betts and S. Leeman

Segmentation of Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound Images with Extension to Border Kinetics
- M.-C. Taine, A. Herment, B. Diebold, and P. Peronneau

An Optimal Image Operator Design Technique for Coded Excitation Ultrasound Imaging System
- J. Shen, H. Erdogan, E. S. Ebbini

Attenuation Estimation in Highly Attenuating Media Using High Frequencies: A Comparison Study Between Different Mean Frequency Estimators
- T. Baldeweck, A. Herment, P. Laugier, G. Berger

A Fundamental Limit on the Accuracy of Speckle Signal Alignment
- William F. Walker and Gregg E. Trahey

Multiresolution Techniques for Ultrasonic Imaging
- Rashmi Murthy, Kagan Kaya and Nihat M. Bilgutay

Simulation of Wave Propagation Through Aberrating Layers of Biological Media
- A. P. Berkhoff, P. M. van den Berg, J. M. Thijssen

Beam Steering of Shock Waves Using 30 cm Diameter Bidimensional Array
- D. Cathignol, A. Birer

Development of a Cost-Effective Shock Wave Hydrophone
- Mark Schafer, Timothy Kraynak, and Vladimir Krakhman

Self Focusing on Extended Objects with Time Reversal Mirror, Applications to Lithotripsy
- Jean-Louis Thomas, Francois Wu, and Mathias Fink

Real-Time Dynamic Focusing Through Tissue Inhomogeneities During Hyperthermia Treatments with Phased Arrays
- P. VanBaren, R. Seip, and E. S. Ebbini

Invasive and Non-Invasive Feedback for Ultrasound Phased Array Thermometry
- Ralf Seip, Emad S. Ebbini

Temperature Monitoring of Focused Ultrasound Therapy by MRI
- P. Huber, B. Stepanow, J. Debus, K. Jochle, M. Mory, J. Jenne, A. Werner, G. van Kaick and W. J. Lorenz

Non-Invasive in Vivo Temperature Mapping of Ultrasound Heating Using Magnetic Resonance Techniques
- Nadine Barrie Smith, Andrew G. Webb, D. Scott Ellis, Lisa J. Wilmes and William D. O'Brien Jr.

Physiological Effects of Focused Ultrasound Pulses on Mammalian CNS Tissue in an In-Vitro Preparation
- C. S. Georgiades, P. C. Rinaldi, J. P. Jones, L. Price, and F. Reines

Interstitial Ultrasound Applicators for Simultaneous Thermoradiotherapy
- C. J. Diederich, I. S. Khalil, P. R. Stauffer, P. K. Sneed, and T. L. Phillips

Theoretical Analysis of Cavitation Enhancement by Second-Harmonic Superimposition
- Shin-Ichiro Umemura, Ken-Ichi Kawabata and Kazuaki Sasaki

Measurement of Shock Wave Properties After the Passage Through a Tissue Mimicking Material
- B. Granz

Experimental Methods for Ultrasonically Enhanced Wound Healing
- Mark Schafer, Steve Dubin, Amotz Geshury, and Frank Ko

Activation of Photodynamic Substances by High-Energy-Ultrasound-A New Therapeutic Principle?
- J. Spoo, J. Debus, K. Jochle, P. Huber, A. Werner, J. Jenne, W. J. Lorenz, G. van Kaick

Quantitative Assessment of Cavitation During Therapeutic Ultrasound Application
- K. Jochle, J. Debus, P. Huber, A. Werner, J. Jenne, W. J. Lorenz

The Use of Broadband Signals to Reduce Grating Lobe Effects in HIFU Tissue Ablation
- F. Dupenloup, J. Y. Chapelon, D. Cathignol, and O. Sapozhnikov

Limits on Focused Ultrasound for Deep Hyperthermia
- H. Wang, R. McGough, and C. Cain

Ultrasound Hyperthermia System for Breast Cancer Treatment
- E. C. Burdette, G. K. Svensson, X.-Q. Lu, J. L. Hansen, M. H. Slayton, W. W. Foard, P. L. Neubauer, P. J. Admire, M. T. VanGundy, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. A. Bornstein, and J. R. Harris

Temperature Mapping for High Energy US-Therapy
- J. Jenne, A. Werner, J. Debus, P. Huber, K. Jochle, W. J. Lorenz

New Discharge Circuit Using High Voltage Transmission Line for Efficient Shock Wave Generation: Application to Lithotripsy
- P. Broyer, D. Cathignol, Y. Theillere, J. L. Mestas

Design and Characterization of a 10 cm Annular Array Transducer for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Applications
- C. I. Zanelli, C. W. Hennige and N. T. Sanghvi

Measurement of the Temperature Distribution in Fluids Using Ultrasonic Tomography
- I. Basarab-Honwath, M. M. Dorozhevets

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the Treatment of Rectal Tumors: A Feasibility Study
- N. T. Sanghvi, R. Hawes, K. Kopecky, F. Gress, S. Ikenberry, O. Cummings, S. Zaidi and C. Hennige

The Transmission of High and Low Power Acoustical Transient Waves Via Optical Fibers
- J. Tschepe, K. Desinger, J. Helfmann, M. Herrig, G. Muller

Acoustical Characterization of Ultrasonic Surgical Devices
- Mark E. Schafer and Alan Broadwin

Silicon Micromachined Ultrasonic Micro-Cutter
- Amit Lal and Richard M. White

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