1996 Ultrasonics Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Energy Distribution in a Quartz Resonator
- U. Rosler, W. Ruile, K. Ch. Wagner, T. W. Johannes, G. Scholl, R. Weigel

Experimental Study on the Performance of Dithered Single-Phase Unidirectional Transducers (DSPUDT) and Their Filter Applications on ST-Quartz and LiTaO3 Substrate Materials
- R. E. Chang, D. F. Thompson, and P. V. Wright

Reduced Passband Ladder Type SAW Impedance Element Filters on Strong Piezoelectric Substrates
- V. P. Plessky, S. N. Kondratiev and C. Lambert

Investigations on the Power Tolerance of Ladder Impedance-Element SAW Filters
- Juha-Pekka Laine, Victor P. Plessky, and Martti M. Salomaa

Precise Design Technique for a Saw-Resonator-Coupled Filter on 36° YX-LiTaO3 for Use in a GSM SAW Duplexer Module for Satisfying All GSM System Specifications
- N. Shibagaki, K. Sakiyama and M. Hikita

Degenerated Coupled Resonator Filters
- V. P. Plessky, T. Thorvaldsson and S. N. Kondratiev

Electromagnetic Modeling of Package Parasitics in Saw-Duplexer
- Tapani Makkonen, Victor P. Plessky, Sergei Kondratiev and Martti M. Salomaa

Recent Advances in SAW Laser Probe
- Shen Jen and C. S. Hartmann

Differential Phase Shift Keying SAW Correlator on GaAs
- F. Moeller and J. Enderlein

Two Channel SAW Spread Spectrum Transmission System for Audio Signals
- J. Enderlein, S. Bechstein, E. Chilla, and H. -J. Frohlich

Balanced Driven Transversely Coupled Waveguide Resonator Filters
- B. Wall, A. du Hamel

A SAW Resonator Filter Using Longitudinal and Transverse Modes
- G. Martin and B. Wall

Two-Track-Reflector-Filters for CDMA Mobile Telephones
- A. Bergmann, J. Machui, K. Wagner, R. Weigel

Wideband Low Loss SAW Filters for Telecommunication and Mobile Radio Applications
- P. G. Ivanov, V. M. Makarov, V. S. Orlov, V. B. Shvetts

Transversely Coupled Resonator Filters with 0.1% Fractional Bandwidth in Quartz
- Jun Tsutsumi, Osamu Ikata and Yoshio Satoh

Optimum Cut of LiTaO3 for High Performance Leaky Surface Acoustic Wave Filters
- O. Kawachi, G. Endoh, M. Ueda, O. Ikata, K. Hashimoto and M. Yamaguchi

Broadband SAW-Convolver, Using Dispersive IDTs with Capacitive Weighting
- S. V. Boritko, V. I. Grigorievskii, A. M. Kmita

Characteristics of BGS Wave Resonators Using Ceramic Substrates and Their Applications
- Kazuhiko Morozumi, Michio Kadota, and Seigo Hayashi

Pseudo-SAW Propagation on Layered Piezo-Substrates: Experiments and Theory Including Film Viscosity
- F. S. Hickemell and E. L. Adler

Calculation and Measurement of Scattering Parameters of Saw-Devices Employing Leaky Waves
- D. Penunuri, K. Bhattacharjee, and A. R. Baghai-Wadji

High Velocity Pseudo Surface Waves (HVPSAW): Further Insight
- Mauricio Pereira da Cunha

The Behavior of Quasi-Longitudinal Leaky Surface Waves in Crystals
- N. F. Naumenko

A Survey of Numerical Techniques for Modeling the Massloading Effects in SAW Devices
- A. R. Baghai-Wadji and Ch. Ringhofer

General-Purpose Simulator for Leaky Surface Acoustic Wave Devices Based on Coupling-Of-Modes Theory
- Ken-ya Hashimoto and Masatsune Yamaguchi

Advanced Numerical Methods for the Simulation of SAW Devices
- O. Manner, K.C. Wagner and C.C.W. Ruppel

Admittance Calculations for Non-Reflective SAW Transducers
- David P. Morgan

Self-Consistent Analysis of Arbitrary ID SAW Transducers
- Julius Koskela,. Juha Fagerholm, David P. Morgan and Martti M. Salomaa

Investigation of Diffraction Compensation at the Trap Positions for TV SAW Filters
- Frank Z. Bi and Kai Hansen

Finite Impulse Response Utilizing the Principle of Superposition
- Scott E. Carter and Donald C. Malocha

SAW Dispersive Equivalent Circuit Modeling for Diamond Layered Structures
- A. Hachigo and D. C. Malocha

Use of Multilayer SAWMG Program to Determine Partial Second Order Contributions to Interdigital Transducers
- C. Thoma, Y. Hahn, K. Bhatacharjee

Diffraction Simulation of SAW Filters Using SAW Source Distribution
- O. Hikino, M. Koshiba, K. Hasegawa, T. Shiba, A. Yuhara, D. C. Malocha

Design of Generalized SPUDT Filters
- Clemens C. W. Ruppel, Roland Dill, Jurgen Franz, Stefan Kurp and Werner Ruile

New Closed Form Two-Dimensional Com Analysis of SAW Filters
- B. V. Sveshnikov and A. P. Shitvov

Interferometric Investigation of SAW Devices
Simo Saaskilahti, Jouni Knuuttila, Matti Kaivola, Carl Gustaf Aminoff and Martti M. Salornaa

Development of Analysis Techniques For SAW Transverse-Coupled Waveguide Resonator Filters
- David P. Morgan, S. Richards and A. Staples

Sounding of SAW Devices Insertion Loss by Means of Photoacoustic Method
- R. G. Kryshtal, A. V. Medved, V. I. Mirgorodsky. S. V. Peshin

Study of Triple Transit Echo for Time Sidelobe of SAW Matched Filter
- Takashi Shiba, Akitsuna Yuhara, Koji Oda and Kazuo Tsubouchi

Strip Electrostatics - Spectral Approach
- E. Danicki

Velocity Shifts and Reflection Coefficients for Periodic Interdigital Transducers: A Demonstration of the Equivalence of Three Methods
- C. Thoma and Y. Hahn

SAW Propagation and Reflections in Transducers Behaving as Waveguides in the Sense of Supporting Bound and Leaky Modes
- Stig Rooth and Arne Ronnekleiv

Using Compound Matrices
V.I.Fedosov, V.I.Anisimkin, I.M.Kotelyanskii, C.Caliendo, P.Verardi, E.Verona

Paradoxical Excitation of a Non-Piezoelectric Acoustic Bulk Wave by Electrical Fields at the Surface
- V. G. Mozhaev and M. Weihnacht

SAW Diffraction Using Angular-Spectrum and Wigner Functions
- Juhs Fagerholm, Ari T. Friberg, David P. Morgan, Janne Salo and Martti M. Salomaa

The Effective Permittivity in the Complex Plane and a Simple Estimation Method for Leaky Wave Slowness
- Sergey V. Biryukov and Manfred Weihnacht

Singularities of the Planar Green Function in the Spectral Domain
- E. Danicki and W. Laprus

A Simple Analysis of Grating Resonators by Image Parameter Theory
- Toshihiro Kojima and Noriyuki Kawai

Measurement Techniques for Evaluating Piezoelectric Thin Films
- Fred S. Hickernell

Preparation of Textured LiNbO3 Thin Films by Off-Axis Laser Deposition and Their Characterization
- K. Kaemmer, K. Franke, B. Holzapfel, D. Stephan and M. Weihnacht

Piezoelectric LiNbO3 Films for SAW Device Applications
- Y. Shibata, N. Kuze, K. Kaya, M. Matsui, M. Kanai and T. Kawai

Production Trimming of SAW Devices Using CF4 Chemistry and Its Effects on SAW Characteristics
- Rajan Subramanian, Jason Welter and Peter V. Wright

Design, Fabrication, and Application of Precise Delay Lines at 2.45 GHz
- Clemens C. W. Ruppel, Leonhard Reindl, Stefan Berek, Ulrich Knauer, Patric Heide and Martin Vossiek

Experimental Investigation on the Operation of SAW Devices at Harmonic Frequencies with Stepped-Finger Interdigital Transducer
- T. Sato, S. Otsuka, H. Okajima and R. Motegi

High-Frequency SAW Devices Fabricated by Reactive Ion Etch Technology
- Rajan Subramanian, Jason Welter, Rudolfo E. Chang, Peter V. Wright

The Influence of Transducer Metalization on SAW Resonator Electrical Performance
- J. W. Zhu, G. K. Montress, J. A. Greer, D. Andres and T. E. Parker

The Effect of the Fabrication Process in Propagation and Reflectivity in an IDT
- Pascal Ventura, Pierre Dufilie and Samuel Boret

Fabrication of 2.5 GHz SAW Retiming Filter with SiO2/ZnO/Diamond Structure
- H. Nakahata, H. Kitabayashi, S. Fujii, K. Higaki, K. Tanabe, Y. Seki and S. Shikata

Surface Acoustic Wave Channel Waveguides by AlN Films
- K. Giannelli, L. Giovannini, E. Verona, and G. Socino

Real Time Characterization of Elastic Variations in Palladium Films Produced by Hydrogen Adsorption
- V. I. Anisimlin, I. M. Kotelyanskii, V. I. Fedosov, C. Caliendo, P. Verardi and E. Verona

SAW Characteristics of AIN Films Deposited on Various Substrates Using ECR Plasma Enhanced CVD and Reactive RF Sputtering
- Ju-Won Soh and Won-Jong Lee, Jang-Ho Park and Soong-Won Lee

Properties of High Quality ZnO Films Deposited by an RF Magnetron Mode Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Sputtering System
- Michio Kadota, Makoto Minakata

Metallization-Ratio Dependent Higher Overtone Operator of IDTs
E. Danicki, A. Kawalec

Characteristics of IIDT on ZnO/Diamond/SI Structures
- A. Hachigo, D. C. Malocha and S. M. Richie

Surface Acoustic Wave Properties of ZnO/DLC/Si(100) Multilayer Structure
- Jin Yong Kim, Yong Eui Lee, Hyeong Joon Kim, Hyung Kook Yang, Jong Chul Park and Young Jin Kim

Radial Dependence of Mass Sensitivity for Modified-Electrode Quartz Crystal Resonators
- Youbok Lee and Fabien Josse

Mass Sensitivity of Acoustic Plate Mode in Liquids
- F. Teston, G. Feuilllard, L. Tessier, D. Certon and M. Lethiecq

Shock Sensors Using Direct Bonding of LiNbO3 Crystals
- T. Ohtsuchi, M. Sugimoto, T. Ogura, Y. Tomita, O. Kawasaki and K. Eda

Microfabricated Ultrasonic Transducers: Towards Robust Models and Immersion Devices
- I. Ladabaum, X. Jin, H. T. Soh, F. Pierre, A. Atalar, B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Micromachined Silicon Ultrasonic Atomizer
- Amit Lal and Richard M. White

A Differential Measurement SAW Device for Passive Remote Sensoring
- W. Buff, M. Rusko, T. Vadahl, M. Goroll and F. Moller

Quartz Pressure Sensor Based on SAW Reflective Delay Line
- Holger Scherr, Gerd Scholl, Franz Seifert, Robert Weigel

Study of Oscillator-Circuit Behavior for QCM Gas Sensor
- T. Nakamoto, K. Nakamura and T. Moriizumi

An Acoustic Plate Mode Sensor for Aqueous Mercury
- M. G. Schweyer, J. C. Andle and D. J. McAllister

Radio Accessible SAW Sensors for Non-Contact Measurement of Torque and Temperature
- U. Wolff, F. Schmidt, G. Scholl, V. Magori

SAW Devices as Wireless Passive Sensors
- L. Reindl, G. Scholl, T. Ostertag, C. C. W. Ruppel, W.-E. Bulst, and F. Seifert

Optimum Pre-Load of Surface Acoustic Wave Motor
- Minoru Kurosawa, Masakazu Takahashi and Toshiro Higuchi

Characteristics of a Noncontact Ultrasonic Motor Using Acoustic Levitation
- Jun Hui Hu, Kentaro Nakamura and Sadauki Ueha

Load Characteristics of Ultrasonic Rotary Motor Using a Longitudinal-Torsional Vibration Converter
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Ryo Suzuki and Hideyuki Yasojima

Optical Voltage Sensor Based on a Quartz Resonator
- Peter Bauerschmidt and Reinhard Lerch

Identification of Ionic Solutions Using a Liquid Flow System with SH-SAW Sensors
- J. Kondoh, T. Furukawa, Y. Matsui and S. Shiokawa

Chemical Sensor Based on Surface Acoustic Wave Resonator Incorporating Langmuir-Blodgett Films
- Tooru Nomura, Masaki Takebayashi, Shoji Furukawa

Piezoelectric Sensor for the Investigation of Material Surfaces
- W. Pajewski, P. Kielczpriski and M. Szalewski

Propagation of Love Waves in Lossy Media
- P. Kielczynski and J. D. N. Cheeke

300°C Clamp-On Ultrasonic Transducers for Measuring Water Flow and Level
- Lawrence C. Lynnworth, Gerard Jossinet, and Eric Cherifi

Development of an Acoustic Technique for Assessing Structure-Property Characteristics of Polymeric Thin Films Using High Pressure
- S. Konagurthu, R. Peterson. L. J. Bond, A. R. Greenberg, W. B. Krantz. and D. Kishoni, D. Kuhns, L. Burgess, and A. M Brodsky

Lead Titanate Based Composition for Multilayer Actuators
- L. Pardo, W. W. Wolny, A. James, M. L. Calzada, M. Alguero and B. Jimenez

Gas Sensing with Acoustic Devices
- S. J. Martin, G. C. Frye, J. J. Spates, and M. A. Butler

A Micromachined Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Detecting Inert Gases
- S. Ahuja, M. Hersam, C. Ross, H. T. Chien, and A. C. Raptis

Chemical Sensors Based on SAW Resonators Working at Up to 1 GHz
- G. Fischerauer, F. Dickert, P. Forth and U. Knauer

SAW Interferometers Using Micromachined Silicon Plates
- A. H. Meitzler, E. N. Sickafus, B. Costello and S. W. Wenzel

Surface Acoustic Wave Humidity Sensor Based on the Changes in the Viscoelastic Properties of a Polymer Film
- J. D. N. Cheeke, S. Tashtoush, and N. Eddy

Measurement of Shear Impedances of Viscoelastic Fluids
- Shuh-Haw Sheen, Hual-Te Chien and A. C. Raptis

Thermal Sensitivity Of Transverse Waves on Thin Quartz Plates
- S. Ballandras, J. B. Briot, G. Martin

Modeling the Effective Properties of Highly Loaded 0-3 Piezocomposites
- F. Levassort, M. Lethiecq, T. Gomez, F. Montero de Espinosa, A. James, E. Ringgard, P. Hawkins and C. E. Millar

Direct Visualization of Strain Waves by Magnetic Resonance Elastography (M E )
- J. F. Greenleaf, R. Muthupillai, P. J. Rossman, J. Smith, A. Manduca, and R. L. Ehman

Sensitivity and Inversion of Borehole Flexural Dispersions
- Bikash K. Sinha

Surface Acoustic Wave Generation with Customized Optical Beam Distributions
- F. Linnane, M. Clark, M. G. Somekh and D. Zhang

Ultrasonic Study of the Phase Transition in Ni2MnGa
- J. Worgull, E. Petti and J. Trivisonno

Transitions in the Vortex Lattice of YBa2Cu3O7
- C. Hucho and M. Levy

Electrical Conduction and Surface Acoustic Wave Attenuation in a Granular YBa2Cu3O7-y Film
- J. R. Feller, B. K. Sarma, M. Levy

Experimental Comparison of Ultrasonic Techniques to Determine the Nonlinearity Parameter ?
- D. C. Hurley, W. T. Yost, E. S. Boltz, and C. M. Fortunko

Ultrasonic Phase Velocity and Attenuation in Emulsions
- Oyvind Nesse and Kjell-Eivind Froysa

Water Compressibility in Confined Spaces
- A. Amararene, M. Gindre, J. Y. Le Huerou, C. Nicot, W. Urbach and M. Waks

Localization and Delocalization in One-Dimensional Dynamic Systems
- J. Dickey and G. Maidanik

Investigation on Ultrasonic and Elastic Properties of Nano - Structured Silver by Laser Ultrasonic Method
- X. R. Zhang, X. Y. Qin, G. S. Cheng and L. D. Zhang

Piezoelectric Characterisation of Porous Piezoceramics
- T. E. Gomez Alvarez-Arenas, A. M. Gonzalez, J. De Frutos and F. R. Montero De Espinosa

Pyroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties of SBN Ceramics
- D. U. P. Spinola, E. N. Moreira, L. A. Bassora, J. A. Eiras and D. Garcia

Dielectric Properties of (Pb,Ba)(Zr,Ti)O3 Ceramics
- Everaldo N. Moreira, Juliano de Mello, Jose M. Povoa, Ducinci Garcia and Jose Eiras

Influence of the Polymer and Ceramic Transverse Stiffnesses in 1-3 Piezocomposites on the Lateral Mode Frequencies
- Dominique Certon, Frederic Patat, Franck Levassort, Loic Tessier

Influence of Elastic Characteristics of the Polymer/Resin in Lateral Resonances of Piezocomposites(1-3)
- H. Gomez, C. Negreira, A. Aulet, J. A. Eiras, L. A. Bassora

Characterization of Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectric Ceramic Microresonators
- Joseph Kelly, Arthur Ballato, and Ahmad Safari

Nondiffracting Bessel X Waves
- Juha Fagerholm, Ari T. Friberg, David P. Morgan, Peeter Saari and Martti M. Salomaa

Theory of Acoustoelectronic Phenomena in Layered and Chained Conductors
- V. M. Gokhfeld, O. F. Panchenko and V. G. Peschansky

An Exact Solvable Inverse Problem and Its Application
- Ning Wang, L. F. Zhao, J. Wei

Generation of Solitary Acoustic Impulses
- L. Zipser, F. Wachter and J. -U. Wustling

Application of Surface Impedance Approach to Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Layered Anisotropic Media
- F. Levent Degertekin, B. V. Honein and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Strong Ultrasonic Microwaves in Ferroelectric Ceramics
- G. Arlt

Piezoelectricity: History and New Thrusts
- Arthur Bailato

The Anomalous Change of the Sound Property of Electroheological Fluid
- Ti. Xiao, X. R. Zhang

Sagittally Polarized, Mixed Polarized, and Leaky Interface Acoustic Waves at a 180o Ferroelectric Domain Boundary in Tetragonal Barium Titanate
- V. G. Mozhaev and M. Weihnacht

Effects of Ions in Liquid on Leaky SAW Character Propagating Along Liquid / Layered-Substrate Structures
- Shoji Furukawa, Masahiro Obana and Tooru Nomura

Enhancement of Acoustoelectric Interaction in Semiconductors
- Z. S. Wu, X. T. Sun, C. M. Gan, H. Qin and K. J. Chen

Acoustic Wavefront Imaging of Carbon-Fiber/Epoxy Composites
- J. P. Wolfe and R. E. Vines

Flaw Detection in Concrete Using Wheel-Shape Transducers
R. Motegi, R. Ishiyama, K. Nomura and Y. Kashiwase

Elastic Properties of Ceramic Thin Structures
- S. Parthasarathi and B. R. Tittmann

Sonoelasticity Imaging: Theory and Applications
- K. J. Parker, L. Gao, S. K. Alam, D. Rubens, and R. M. Lemer

Multiphase Pipe Flow Velocity Profile Measurements by Doppler Ultrasound Containing a High Level of Colored Noise
- J. P. Remenieras, D. Kouarme, J. M. Gregoire, P. Jaraczewski and F. Patat

An Ultrasonic Phase Sensitive Method for Surface Velocity Measurements in a Liquid
- D. Royer, O. Casula, O. Bou Matar and F. Patat

Noncontact Detection of Ultrasound with Rugged Fiber-Optic Interferometer
- J. J. Alcoz, C. E. Duffer, S. Nair

Optimisation of Time Reversal Processing in Titanium Inspections
- Veronique Miette, Laurent Sandrin, François Wu and Mathias Fink

A New Morphological Algorithm for Fusing Ultrasonic and Eddy Current Images
- Young-Won Song and Satish S. Udpa

Model-Based Defect Recognition by 3-Dimensional Sparse Ultrasonic Arrays
- Bernhard Menz

Time Recompression of Dispersive Lamb Waves Using a Time Reversal Mirror. Application to Flaw Detection in Thin Plates
- Ros K. Ing and Mathias Fink

Transit Time Determination in a Measurement System, with Effects of Transducers
- M. Vestrheim and S. Vervik

Neural Networks for Ultrasonic Grain Size Discrimination
- M. Unluturk and J. Saniie

A Rayleigh Wave Technique for Detection and Sizing of Small Cracks in Studs and Bolts
- Dong-Man Suh, Whan-Woo Kim and Jin-Gyun Chung

Computer Aided Design and Modeling for Ultrasonic Applications: Cadmus-On-PC
- M. Spies, F. Wake, H. Rieder, H. Wustner

Ultrasound Detection on Rough Surfaces Using Heterodyne Photorefractive Interferometer: Applications to NDE
- R. K. Ing, D. Royer, Bruno F. Pouet and Sridhar Krishnaswamy

Transducer Beam Field Modeling in Anisotropic Media by Superposition of Gaussian Base Functions
- Martin Spies, Michael Kroning

Remote Vibration Measurements Using Airborne Ultrasound
- H. W. Persson and H. Hakansson

Angular Spectrum Based Formulation of Rough Surface Scattering with Applications to Surface Characterization
- Brita J. Dean and Peder C. Pedersen

Non Contact Measurement of Vibration Using Airborne Ultrasound
- O. Bou Matar, J. P. Remenieras, A. Roncin and F. Patat

Performance Comparison of Time-Frequency Distributions for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing
- M. A. Malik and J. Saniie

Wavelet Image Processing for Wear and Erosion Mapping Using an Ultrasonic Gauging Technique
- A. Abbate, J. Frankel,. Robert W. Reed, and P. Das

Statistical Analysis of Split Spectrum Processing
- Qi Tian and Nihat M. Bilgutay

Estimation of Shell Characteristics Using Time-Frequency Patterns and Neural Network
- Manell E. Zakharia, Patrick Chevret and Francois Magand

Blind Deconvolution Through Parametric Identification Using Second and Fourth Order Cumulants
- Tomas Olofsson and Tadeusz Stepinski

Measurements of Pulse Mode Behavior in Weakly-Clad Silica Waveguides
- Edward Verdonk

An Improved Methodology for the Inspection of Titanium Alloys
- Patrick J. Howard, David C. Copley, John D. Young, Edward J. Nieters, and Robert S. Gilmore

Ultrasonic Characterisation of Thermal Barrier Coatings
- H. P. Crutzen and F. Lakestani and J. R. Nicholls

Ultrasonic Measurement of Mechanical Properties
- R. B. Thompson

Ultrasonic Characterization of Aramid-Epoxy/aluminum Laminates from Pulse-Echo Data
- Kyle W. Hollman, C. M. Fortunko, Dale W. Fitting

Thermal Sprayed Coatings Characterization by Acoustic Waves
- J. D. N. Cheeke, Z. Wang, M. Viens

Numerical Simulation of 3D SH-Wave Fields Generated in Anisotropic Materials
- M. Spies, G. Hubschen, N. K. Batra, K. E. Simmonds and R. B. Mignogna

A New Ultrasonic Technique for the Interfacial Characterization of Adhesive Joints
- Abduljaleel K. Moidu, Anthony N. Sinclair and Jan K. Spelt

New Perspectives for 3D Us Scanners in Air
- P. Bovetti, L. Capineri, L. Masotti and S. Rocchi

Realization of Ultrasonic Images of Immersed Metallic Structures Using a Digital Beamforming System. Experimental Study
- C. Imbert, J. L. Berton, G. Gimenez

High Performance Clad Metallic Buffer Rods
- C. -K. Jen and J. -G. Legoux

Development of the Backscattered Intensity Integral Imaging Technique for the Detection of Micro-Channels in Shelf-Stable Food Packages
- Kay Raum and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

The Integrated Second Harmonic Component in an Acoustic Microscope
- Desheng Ding, De Zhang, Yongan Shui and Jinbo Lin

Acoustic Microscope Visualization and Thickness Measurements of Deep Internal Layers in Layered Polymer Systems
- R. G. Maev, M. P. Pyshnyi, E. Yu. Maeva, K. I. Maslov and V. M. Levin

NDE of a Subsurface Defect in a Magnetic Disk Head and Surface Defects Fabricated on Metal Plate by Photoacoustic Microscopy
- T. Hoshimiya, H. Endoh and Y. Hiwatashi

Detection of Evanescent Acoustical Waves on Water Surface by Using Defocusing Optical Method
- I. Nunez and C. Negreira

Acoustic Torsional Waves Used for Coupling Between Optical Polarization Modes in Optical Fibers
- Helge E. Engan

Cut-Off Properties of Leaky Surface Waves for the Evaluation of Adhesive-Adherend Interlayers by Acoustic Microscope
- P. Zinin, O. Lefeuvre, I. Goldfarb, G. A. D. Briggs, B. D. Zeller, A. J. Kinloch, P. Cawley, L. Robert and G. E. Thompson

Quantitative Acoustic Microscopy of Plastics Using Low Speed Coupling Fluids
- V. Safavi Ardebili, A. N. Sinclair, and J. K. Spelt

Determination of SAW Phase Velocities on the Nanoscale
- T. Hesjedal, E. Chilla, H. -J. Frohlich

Submicron IDT Wave Field Investigation by Scanning Acoustic Force Microscopy
- T. Hesjedal, E. Chilla, H.-J. Frohlich

Progress of Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters
- I. C. Chang

"Ghost" Modes in Shear Mode Gallium Phosphide and Tellurium Dioxide Bragg Cells
- Dennis R. Pape and Duane A. Satorius

High Efficiency Magnetooptic Bragg Cell Modulators Using Nonuniform Bias Magnetic Field
- Y. S. Lin, S. R. Calciu, J. Yoo, and C. S. Tsai

Resonant Acoustooptic Interaction Mechanisms in Materials with Broadened Absorption Line
- A. V. Gierus, V. N. Chesnokov, V. V. Proklov

Optical Probing of Nonlinear SAW Waveform
- Vadim Kavalerov, Naohito Kasaya, Mitsuteru Inoue, and Toshitaka Fujii

High Resolution Nearfield Measurements Using Optical Diffraction Tomography
- M. Almqvist, A. Holm, H. W. Persson and K. Lindstrom

Guided Wave AO Spectrum-Analyzer for Mobile Telecommunications
- E. M. Korablev, V. N. Kurskii, V. V. Proklov, Yu. B. Syndler

Construction and Evaluation of a New Generation of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducers
- A. Gachagan, P. Reynolds, G. Hayward and A. McNab

A Comb Transducer for Guided Wave Generation and Mode Selection
- S. P. Pelts, D. Jiao, and J. L. Rose

Quantitative Mode Analysis of Lamb Wave Excited by Interdigital Transducers
- Y. Mao, W. Jiang and Y. Shui

Excitation of the Creeping Wave by Phase Velocity Laser Interference Fringe
- Y. Tsukahara, H. Nishino, H. Sato and K. Yamanaka

Acousto-Optic Diffraction on SAW Upon Internal Reflection at Grazing Incidence
- E. M. Korablev, O. A. Byshevski-Konopko, V. V. Proklov

Limited Diffraction Beam Transducer of Conical Type with Apodized Vibration Area
- Ken Yamada, Takashi Koike, Takashi Mizuno and Kiyoshi Nakamura

Approximation of Bessel Beams with Annular Arrays
- Sverre Holm and G. Hossein Jamshidi

Simulating Arbitrary-Geometry Ultrasound Transducers Using Triangles
- Jorgen Arendt Jensen

A New Model Describing Ultrasound Reflectivity at the Transducer Surface
- Michael Nickel and Bjom Angelsen

Electronically Variable Time Delay in Ultrasonic Lamb Wave Delay Lines
- S. G. Joshi

Variable Property Crystal Resonators by Direct Bonding Techniques
- O. Kawasaki, M. Sugimoto, K. Takeda, Y. Tomita, and K. Eda

Novel PZT Films for Ultrasound Biomicroscopy
- M. Lukacs, M. Sayer, D. Knapik, R. Candela, and F. S. Foster

Primary Resonance of Piezoelectric Resonators
- X. H. Li, W. H. Jiang and Y. A. Shui

Analysis of Ceramic Thickness Shear Piezoelectric Gyroscopes
- J. S. Yang

Piezoelectrically Actuated Transducer and Droplet Ejector
- Gokhan Percin, Laurent Levin, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

Development of a PVDF Membrane Hydrophone for Use in Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Transducer Calibration
- W. Galbraith, G. Hayward and G. Benny

Photoacoustic Generation: All-Optical Fibre Transducers
- E. Biagi, S. Fontani, F. Francini, L. Masotti, M. Pieraccini

Ferroelectric Nylon Dielectric and Electromechanical Properties and Ultrasonic Transducer Performance
- L. F. Brown, J. L. Mason, M. L. Klinkenborg, J. I. Scheinbeim, and B. A. Newman

Piezoceramics for High Frequency (50 to 100 MHz) Single Element Imaging Transducers
- Michael J. Zipparo, K. Kirk Shung, and Thomas R. Shrout

Characteristics of Relaxor-Based Piezoelectric Single Crystals for Ultrasonic Transducers
- Seung-Eek Park and Thomas R. Shrout

High Frequency Piezo-Composite Transducer Array Designed for Ultrasound Scanning Applications.
- A. Nguyen-Dinh, L. Ratsimandresy, P. Mauchamp, R. Dufait, A. Flesch, M. Lethiecq

The Dynamic Characteristics of Composites with Periodic and Random Structure
- Jim R. Yuan, Pete Marsh, K. Liang and Hal Kunkel

Characteristics of Ultrasonic Micromachined Capacitance Transducers in Water
- A. G. Bashford, D. W. Schindel and D. A. Hutchins

Surface Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers in CMOS Technology
- Peter-Christian Eccardt, K. Niederer, T. Scheiter, C. Hierold

Array Transducers Based on 2-2 Piezocomposites
- N. Lamberti, F. Montero de Espinosa, A. Iula and M. Pappalardo

The Influence of Constructional Parameters on the Practical Performance of 1-3 Piezocomposite Transducers
- P. Reynolds, J. Hyslop and G. Hayward

Acoustic Plate Mode Properties of Rotated Y-Cut Quartz
- Jeffrey C. Andle, Michael G. Schweyer, Lester A. French and John F. Vetelino

The Effect of Cubically Varying Contours on the Thickness-Shear and Flexural Vibrations of Quartz Plates
- Ji Wang and P. C. Y. Lee

A Set of Hierarchical Finite Elements for Quartz Plate Resonators
- Y-K Yong, J. Wang, T. Imai, S. Kanna and E. Momosaki

Field Steering of Lateral-Field Excitation
- John A. Kosinski, Yicheng Lu and Arthur Ballato

Finite Element Simulation of Acoustic Wave Propagation Within Flowing Media
- Peter-Christian Eccardt, Hermann Landes, Reinhard Lerch

32 MHz Doppler Assessment for Streaming Measurements
- A. Nowicki, W. Secomki and J. Wojcik

Hyperbaric Calibration of Condenser Microphones in Helium/Oxygen/Nitrogen Mixture in the Context of Manned Saturation Diving Facilities
- Kanaga Sabapathy Mylvaganam and Erik Eknes

Air-Assisted Ultrasonic Atomization
- S. C. Tsai, P. Childs, P. Luu, A. Teshome, and C. S. Tsai

Interference Averaging of Velocity Profile by Multipath Ultrasonic Flowmeters
- Vakif K. Hamidullin

Ultrasonic Monitoring of Photoresist Prebake Using TOF Measurement
- S. L. Morton, A. Hansson, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Rayleigh Velocities for the Evaluation of Coating Hardness
- A. Abbate, J. F. Cox, S. C. Schroeder, B. Knight and J. Frankel

Frequency Characteristics of Ultrasonic Wire Bonding Using High Frequency Vibration Systems of 40 KHz to 780 KHz
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Koichi Hasegawa, Yukio Sone and Koji Nozaki

Improvement of Welding Characteristics of Ultrasonic Plastic Welding Using High and Low Frequency Vibration Systems of 90 KHz and 27 or 20 KHz
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Toshiki Tamura, Takako Uchida and Tetsugi Ueoka

Inspection Experience in Determining Fabrication Flaws in a Reactor Pressure Vessel Using SAFT-UT
- G. L. Schuster, S. R. Doctor, and T. T. Taylor

In Situ Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Thin Film Thickness with Ultrasonic Techniques
- J. Pei, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, F. L. Degertekin, B. V. Honein, F. E. Stanke and Krishna C. Saraswat

Paper Stiffness Monitoring Using Laser Ultrasonics
- P. H. Brodeur, Y. H. Berthelot, M. A. Johnson, and J. P. Gerhardstein

An Ultrasonic Flow Meter for Industrial Applications Using a Helical Sound Path
- T. Vontz and V. Magori

A Novel Miniature Optical Fibre Probe for MHz Frequency Ultrasound
- J. Surowiec, N. E. Fisher, D. J. Webb, D. A. Jackson, L. Gavrilovt, J. W. Hand, L. Zhang and I. Bennion

Non-Invasive Estimation of Vascular Impedance
- A. Eriksson, H. W. Persson and K. Lindstrom

Non Invasive Echographic Techniques for Arterial Wall Characterization
- O. Bonnefous, M. Montaudon, J. C. Sananes and E. Denis

Correlation Between Ultrasound B-Mode Images of Carotid Plaque and Histological Examination
- S. K. Jespersen, M. -L. M. Gronholdt, J. E. Wilhjelm, B. Wiebe, L. K. Hansen &. H. Sillesen

Local Backscatter Ultrasonic Attenuation Measurements in Vitro (30 to 50 MHz) of the Constituents of Atherosclerotic Plaques
- S. L. Bridal, P. Fornes and G. Berger

Characterisation of Atherosclerotic Plaque by Spectral Analysis of 30MHz Intravascular Ultrasound Radio Frequency Data
- T. Spencer, M. P. Ramo, D. Saltert, G. Sutherland, K. A. Fox, W. N. McDicken

Estimation of Plaque Contents with Multi-Angle 3D Compound Imaging
- J. E. Wilhjelm, M,-L. M. Gronholdt, S. Rasmussen, K. Martinsen &. H. Sillesen

Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization for the Backscattering Estimation of the Attenuation Coefficient at High Frequencies: 20-100 MHz.
- C. Guittet, F. Ossant, J-P. Remenieras, L. Pourcelot and M. Berson

Statistical Limitations of the Effective Density Based on the K-Distribution
- F. Ossant, B. Karlsson, Th. Baldeweck and F. Patat

Bayesian Detection and Estimation of Regularity in Soft Tissue Organs
- Fernand S. Cohen and Georgia Georgiou

Modeling the Ultrasound Backscattered Signal Using ?-Stable Distributions
- Athina P. Petropulu, Roy Wang and Katherine Piccoli

A Gaussian Model Approach for the Prediction of Speckle Reduction with Spatial and Frequency Compounding
- A. Lorenz, L. Weng, H. Ermert

A New Adaptive Ultrasonic Technique for Measuring Blood Vessel Diameter and Wall Thickness
- Keihan Rafii and Jules S. Jaffe

Backscatter Measurements on Whole Blood Using a Real-Time Scanner
- S. H. Wang and K. K. Shung

Tissue Elasticity Reconstruction Based on Ultrasonic Strain Measurements
- Yasuo Yamashita and Mitsuhiro Kubota

Characterization of Bone Tissue by Analysis of the Ultrasonic Waves Scattered Around Cancellous Bone
- K. Kitamura, H. Pan, S. Ueha, S. Kimura and N. Ohtomo

Measurement of Integrated Backscatter Coefficient of Trabecular Bone
- V. Roberjot, P. Laugier, P. Droin, P. Giat, G. Berger

Properties of Contrast Agents Insonified at Frequencies Above 10 MHz
- K. Morgan, P. Dayton, S. Klibanov, G. Brandenburger, S. Kaul, K. Wei, K. Ferrara

Action of Microbubbles When Insonified: Experimental Evidence
- P. Dayton, A. Goode, K. Morgan, S. Klibanov, G. Brandenburger, K. Ferrara

Crossambiguity and Wavelet Processing in Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging
- E. I. Cespedes, C. L. de Korte and A. F. W van der Steen

Signal Processing Strategies in Acoustic Elastography
- M. F. Insana, M. Bilgen, P. Chaturvedi, T. J. Hall, M. Bertrand

Displacement and Strain Imaging for an Elasticity Microscope
- N. A. Cohn, S. Y. Emelianov, M. A. Lubinski and M. O'Donnell

Generation of Non-Rayleigh Speckle Distributions Using Regularity Models
- Robert M. Cramblitt and Kevin J. Parker

Attenuation and Backscatter Coefficient Measurements from 2 to 60 MHz Using Backscattered RF Signals from a Tissue-Mimicking Phantom
- S. L. Bridal, V. Roberjot, P. Laugier, G. Berger

Ultrasonic Spectrum Analysis for Assays of Different Scatterer Morphologies: Theory and Very-High Frequency Clinical Results
- F. L. Lizzi, M. Astor, A. Kalisz, T. Liu, D. J. Coleman, R. Silverman, R. Ursea and M. Rondeau

Improved Prostate Biopsy Guidance Using Ultrasonic Tissue-Typing Images
- E. J. Fekppa, W. R Fair, T. Liu, N. Fleshner, V. Reuter A. Kalisz and A. Rosado

Human Fetal Diagnostic Ultrasound Exposimetry System
- Dudley Swiney and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Comparison of the Output Display Standard's TIS Estimates with Independently Determined Maximum Temperature Increase Calculations
- William D. O'Brien, Jr. and D. Scott Ellis

Intravascular Strain Imaging: Experiments on an Inhomogeneous Phantom
- B. M. Shapo, J. R. Crowe, R. Erkamp, S. Y. Emelianov, M. J. Eberle, and M. O'Donnell

Tissue Mimicking Material and Image Artifacts in Intravascular Elastography
- E. I. Cespedes, C. L. de Korte, A. F. W. van der Steen, B. Norder, K. te Nijenhuis

Acoustic Shear Wave Displacement Measurement Using Ultrasound
- Vinayak Dutt, Randall R. Kinnick, and James F. Greenleaf

Assessment of Wall Velocity Gradient and Thrombi Detection Using Test-Phantom
- A. Nowicki, R. Olszewski, J. Etienne, P. Kartowicz and J. Adamus

Phantoms for Elastography
- Timothy J. Hall, Mehmet Bilgen, Michael F. Insana, Pawan Chaturvedi

Multi-Processor System for Real-Time Deconvolution and Flow Estimation in Medical Ultrasound
- Jesper Lomborg Jensen, Jergen Arendt Jensen, Paul Francis Stetson and Peter Antonius

A New Thin Film Phantom for Performance Evaluation of Ultrasonic Doppler Imaging Systems
- Daniel Phillips, Stephen McAleavey, Kevin J. Parker

Manufacturer and Machine Setting Based Variation of Parameters Resulting from Model-Based Image Processing of Echocardiographic Transmitral Doppler Velocity Profiles
Andrew F. Hall, Julia A. Bettlach, Scott P. Nudelman and Sador J. Kovacs

Interpolation Method for Time Delay Estimation in the RF- Signal Crosscorrelation Technique for Blood Velocity Measurement
- X. Lai and H. Torp

Evaluation of a Multi Frequency Technique for Blood Perfusion Measurements
- T. Jansson, H. W. Persson, and K. Lindstrom

Estimation of the Blood Velocity Spectrum Using a Recursive Lattice Filter
- Jorgen Arendt Jensen, Claus Buelund, Allan Jorgensen and Peter Munk

Shear Rate Estimation in Stenotic Vessels Using a Clinical Ultrasound Scanner
- Flemming Forsberg, Zita Morvay, Nandkumar M. Rawool, Colin R. Dane and Laurence Needleman

Quality Versus Framerate in Color Flow Imaging: An Experimental Study Based on Offline Processing of Rf-Signals Recorded from Patients
- Hans Torp and Steinar Bjaerum

Ultrasound Clutter Signal from Vibrating Muscles Limits Low Velocity Blood Flow Measurements
- A. Heimdal and H. Torp

Study of the AQD Spectral Estimator on Simulated and in Vivo Doppler Data
- Flemming Forsberg and Harry Oung

Initial Experimental Results Using Ensemble Tracking for 2D Vector Velocity Measurement
- B. Geiman. L. Bohs. S. Czenszak, M. Anderson, and G. Trahey

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Accuracy of 3D Doppler Technique: Simulations and Experimental Results
- M. Calzolai, L. Capineri, A. Fort, L. Masotti, A. Pasqualis, S. Rocchi, M. Scabia

Vorticity Measurements with an Acoustic Time-Reversal Mirror
- Philippe Roux and Mathias Fink

Improving Accuracy of Transverse Velocit Measurement with a New Limited Diffraction Beam
- Jian-yu Lu

Streaming Detection: Improvements in Sensitivity
- Kathryn R. Nightingale, Phyllis J. Kornguth and Gregg E. Trahey

Development of Small High Intensity Focused Transducers for Ultrasound Endotherapy
- JY Chapelon, F. Prat, A. Arefiev, D. Cathignol, R. Souchon and Y. Theillere

Image-Guided Phased Array System for Ultrasound Thermotherapy
- P. VanBaren, C. Simon, R. Seip, T. Solf, C. A. Cain, E. S. Ebbini

Experimental Verification of the Sectored Annular Phased Array for MRI Guided Ultrasound Surgery
- T. Fjield and K. Hynynen

Therapeutic Ultrasound Phased Arrays: Practical Consideration and Design Strategies
- J. -U. Kluiwstra, R. J. McGough and C.A. Cain

Asymmetric Focussed Arrays for Ultrasonic Tumor Therapy
- F. L. Lizzi, M. Astor, C. Deng, A. Rosado, D. J. Coleman and R. Silverman

MRI Feedback Control for Phased Array Prostate Hyperthermia
- E. B. Hutchinson, M. Dahleh and K. Hynyneni

Focusing Through Skull with Time Reversal Mirrors. Application to Hyperthermia
- Mickael Tanter, Jean-Louis Thomas and Mathias Fink

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Treatment of Human Pancreatic Cancer
- A. V. Zaitsev, N. T. Sanghvi, S. Ikenberry, J. F. Worzalla, R. M. Schultz, T. D. Self

In Vitro Measurement of Speed of Sound During Coagulate Tissue Heating
- Jialiang Lu, Hao Ying, Zhigang Sun, Massoud Mofamedi, Brent Bell and Louis C. Sheppard

Interstitial Ultrasound Applicators for Localized Thermal Coagulation of Tissue
- C. J. Diederich, W. H. Nau, P. R. Sauffer, E. C. Burdette, &. I. S. Khalil

Optimization of Thermal Dose Using Switching Mode Patterns of a Spherically Shaped Square Element Phased Array
- D. R. Dam and K. Hynynen

Effect of Second-Harmonic Phase on Producing Sonodynamic Tissue Damage
- Shin-Ichiro Umemura, Ken-ichi Kawabata and Kazuaki Sasaki

Sparse Random Ultrasound Array for Focal Surgery
- L. A. Frizzell, S. A. Foss, J. T. Kouzmanoff and J. M. Yang

Elasticity Tomography: Reconstruction Using Stable Implicit-Integration Method
- Chikayoshi Sumi and Kiyoshi Nakayama

Strain Imaging Using Combined RF and Envelope Autocorrelation Processing
- T. Shiina, M. M. Doyley and J. C. Bamber

Comparison of Air and Perfluorocarbon Filled Microbubbles for Ultrasound Contrast Studies
- Hemming Forsberg, Nandkumar M. Rawool, Daniel A. Merton, Ji-Bin Liu, Wenhua Wang, Patma Kankate, John Alessandro, Barry B. Goldberg and Margaret A. Wheatley

A High Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging System for the Detection of Cervical Cancer
- Maurits. S. van der Heiden, Gerard Faber, Leo Ongkiehong and Augustinus J. Berkhout

A Novel Optically Guided Ultrasound Imaging System
- Qing Zhu

Beam Space Processing for Low-Cost Scanners
- F. Nazan Ucar and Mustafa Karaman

Wave Equation Based Analysis of Phase Aberrations in Inhomogeneous Tissue
- B. Ystad, E. Halvorsen, L. Odegaard, B. A. J. Angelsen, M. Lygren

A Toward Inverse Filtering Approach for Ultrasonic Wavefront Compensation
- Qing Zhu

Adaptive Aberration Correction Using PARCA
- S. Krishnan, K. W. Rigby and M. O'Donnell

Phase-Aberration Correction Using Near-Field Signal Redundancy: Correcting Phase Aberrations Caused by Medium-Velocity and Array-Pitch Errors
- Yue Li, David Robinson, David Carpenter and George Kossoff

Homomorphic Deconvolution of Medical Ultrasound Images Using a Bayesian Model for Phase Unwrapping
- Galina V. Frolova and Torfinn Taxt

Ultrasound Image Compression Exploiting Image Formation Models
- Robert M. Cramblitt and Kevin J. Parker

A Modified Time-Of-Flight Tomography Concept for Ultrasonic Breast Imaging
- M. Krueger, A. Pesavento, H. Ermert

A New Pulse-Echo System for Real-Time 3D Ultrasonic Imaging - Phantom Tests
- J. Shen, C. Simon, 0. S. Haddadin, S. Lucas and E. S. Ebbini

Estimation and Correction of Ultrasonic Wavefront Distortion Using Pulse-Echo Data
- Dong-Lai Liu and Robert C. Waag

Improvement of Signal Correlation for Adaptive Imaging Using the Translating Transmit Aperture Algorithm
- Gary C. Ng, William F. Walker and Gregg E. Trahey

Characterization of Extended Objects with the D.O.R.T. Method
- Stephane Komilikis, Claire Prada and Mathias Fink

Correction of Concentrated and Distributed Aberrations in Medical Ultrasound Imaging
- A. P. Berkhoff and J. M. Thijssen

Delay and Amplitude Focusing Through the Body Wall; a Simulation Study
- L. Odegaard, E. Halvorsen, B. Ystad, H. G. Torp and B. Angelsen

Tissue-Induced Ultrasonic Wavefront Distortion
- Thida Lwin and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Optical Arrays for High Frequency Ultrasound Imaging
- J. D. Hamilton and M. O'Donnell

High Precision Quasi 3-D Quantitative Reconstruction of Sound Velocity Image from the Transmitted Data Around a Single Rotational Axis
- Akira Yamada

Linear Feature Enhancement by False Color
- Richard N. Czerwinski, Douglas L. Jones, William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Coded Excitation for Harmonics Imaging
- Y. Takeuchi

Fusion of Ultrasonic and Radiographic Images of the Breast
- A. Hernandez, O. Basset, I. Magnin, A. Bremond and G. Gimenez

Acoustic Properties of Shell-Encapsulated, Gas-Filled Ultrasound Contrast Agents
- Lars Hoff, Per C. Sontum, and Bente Hoff

In Vitro Standard Acoustic Parameters of Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Definitions and Calculations
- A. Bouakaz, N. De Jong, L. Gerfault, C. Cachard

Characteristics of Contrast Agents and 2D Imaging
- Nico de Jong, Peter Frinking, Folkert ten Cate and Pol van der Wouw

C-Scan Imaging by Radiation Force Stimulated Acoustic Emission Method
- Mostafa Fatemi and James F. Greenleaf

Microcalcifications as Elastic Scatterers Under Ultrasound: Implications for Medical Imaging
- M. E. Anderson, G. E. Trahey, M. S. Soo and R. C. Bentley

Comparison of Contrast in Backscatter and Angular Scatter Ultrasonic Images
- James C. Lacefield and Old T. von Ramnm

3D Ultrasonic Mapping of the Microvasculature
- A. Stith, B. G. Zagar, R. Fornaris, R. Silverman and K. Ferrara

A High Frequency Pulsed-Wave Doppler Ultrasound System for Detecting and Imaging Blood Flow in the Microcirculation
- D. A. Christopher, B. G. Starkoski, P. N. Burns and F. S. Foster

Coronary Artery Flow Imaging with an Intraluminal Array
- J. R Crowe, B. M. Shapo, D. N Stephens, D. Bleam, M. J. Eberle, C. C. Wu, D. W. M. Muller, J. A. Kovatch, R. J. Lederman, and M. O'Donnell

Blood Velocity Estimation with High Frequency Intravascular Ultrasound
- W. Li, C. T. Lancee, A. F. W. van der Steen, E. J. Gussenhoven, N. Bom

Characterization of 1.5-D Ultrasound Transducer Arrays
- Peter G. Barthe and Michael H. Slayton

Dependence of the Transmit Intensity of a Steered Beam on Array and System Parameters
- P. Jiang, Y. Chen, and J. Tan

Phase Aberration Correction in Two Dimensions with an Integrated Deformable Actuator /Transducer
- Loriann L. Ries and Stephen W. Smith

Computer Modeling of Diced Matching Layers
- G. Wojcik, C. Desilets, L. Nikodym, D. Vaughan, N. Abboud, J. Mould. Jr.

Combining Multi-Layers and Composites to Increase SNR for Medical Ultrasound Transducers
- David M. Mills and Stephen W. Smith

A 2.5 MHz 2D Array with Z-Axis Backing
- M. Greenstein, P. Lum, H. Yoshida, M. S. Seyed-Bolorforosh

Signal to Noise Ratio of Hybrid Multilayer/Single Layer 2-D Arrays
- Charles D. Emery and Stephen W. Smith

A Phased Array Antenna for Simultaneous HIFU Therapy and Sonography
- Todor Sheljaskov, Reinhard Lerch, Mario Bechtold, Klaus Newerla, Ulrich Schatzle

1.5 Dimensional Arrays for Effective Dynamic Focusing and Receiving
- Jimin Zhang, Qiang Xue and Shinji Ogawa

Extended Focal Depth Imaging for Medical Ultrasound
- J. A. Hossack

Windowing of Wideband Ultrasound Transducers
- Chris M. W. Daft and William E. Engeler

Photonically Controlled Ultrasonic Arrays: Scenarios and Systems
- Nabeel A. Riza

Motion Estimation Using Common Spatial Frequencies in Synthetic Aperture Imaging
- Hasan S. Bilge, Mustafa Karaman and Matthew O'Donnel

Synthetic Aperture Imaging with a Virtual Source Element
- C. H. Frazier and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.

The Effect of Delay Error on the Sidelobe Level in Synthetic Aperture Imaging
- Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takuya Noda, Akira Shiba, Atsuo Iida Keiichi Murakami, Takaki Shimura

Self-Focusing Arrays for Imaging and Therapy Through Inhomogeneous Media
- Osama S. Haddadin, and Emad S. Ebbini

Aperture Formation on Reduced-Channel Arrays Using the Transmit-Receive Apodization Matrix
- Richard Y. Chiao and Lewis J. Thomas

A 2-D Acoustic Array for Diagnostic Imaging
- M. Bechtold, B. Granz and R. Oppelt

Limited Diffraction Beams from Cylindrical Arrays
- D. Allexandre and M. R. Palmer

High Efficient Electro-Acoustic Convolvers
- K. Yamanouchi, W. Sato, H. Odagawa

10 GHz Range Low Loss Wide Band Unidirectional SAW Filters Using Sub-O.1-?m Width Narrow-Gap Electrodes
- Hiroyuki Odagawa, Takatoshi Tsuji, and Kazuhiko Yamanouchi

A New 2-D Theory for Vibrations of Piezoelectric Crystal Plates with Electroded Faces
- P. C. Y. Lee, J. D. Yu, and W. S. Lin

Loss Mechanism Analysis for SAW Impedance Element Filters
- S. N. Kondratiev, V. P. Plessky and C. Lambert

Estimation of Ischemic Tolerance Time of Rat Liver by Ultrasonicspectroscopy Investigations
- Klaus-Vitold Jenderka, Tilo Gamer, Thomas Steinke, Michael Knaut and Ulrich Cobet

Suppression of the Leakage Effect in 64° YX-LiNbO3 for Thick Aluminum Electrodes
- Victor P. Plessky, Clinton S. Hartmann, and Julius Koskela

Determining Material Stiffness Using Piezoelectric Bimorphs
- M. F. Coughlin, D. Stamenovic and J. G. Smits

Reconstruction of Elastic Modulus Distribution from Envelope Detected B-Mode Data
- M. M. Doyley, J. C. Bamber, T. Shiina, M. O. Leach

Evolution of Ultrasound Beamformers
- Kai E. Thomenius

Author Index