1999 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Impact of SAW Device Passivation on RF Performance
- B. W. Marks, D. W. Sheddrick and Shen Jen

Transverse Plate Mode Resonators Exhibiting Very High Quality Factors and Small Insertion Losses
- J. B. Briot, S. Ballandras

SAW Tomography - Spatially Resolved Charge Detection by SAW in Semiconductor Structures for Imaging Applications
- M. Streibl, F. Beil, A. Wixforth, C. Kadow and A. C. Gossard

Transversely Coupled Resonator Filters
- Guenter Martin

SAW Filter with Insertion Loss of 2dB and Fractional Bandwidth of 30 Percent
- Dai Enguang

Low-Loss NPUDT SAW Filter Without Reversing the Directivity of NSPUDT
- Sergei Doberstein

Automatic Design Technique Based on Nonlinear Optimization for SAW Devices
- Takashi Shiba, Yuji Fujita, Mayumi Ide, Seima Kondo, Osamu Hikino, Naoko Kamogawa, Shigeo Dokai, Seiichi Ogawa, Koji Oda

Passivation Layer Effects on Power Durability of SAW Duplexer
- Jin Yong Kim, Hyeong Joon Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Hyung Kook Yang, and Jong Chul Park

Wideband Three-Transducer SAW Filters Using Unidirectional IDTs on U-Shaped MSCs with Insertion Loss of 1 dB
- Sergei Doberstein, Victor Malyukhov, Vladimir Razgonyaev

A Prototype of Tunable Surface Acoustic Wave Filter
- Jiahua Zhu, Nuri W. Emanetoglu, Yicheng Lu, J. A. Kosinski, R. Pastore, Allen Lepore

Low-Loss Slanted SAW Filters with Low Shape Factors
- V. B. Chvets, P. G. Ivanov, V. M. Makarov, V. S. Orlov

Small-Sized Low-Loss Reflector Filters Utilizing Reflection of Bleustein-Gulyaev-Shimizu and Shear Horizontal Waves at Free Edges of Substrate
- Michio Kadota, Junya Ago, Hideya Horiuchi, and Haruo Morii

A Novel Hybrid Acousto-Electro-Optic Oscillator Based Upon SAW and Fiber-Optic Communication Technology
- Dai Enguang, Wu Deming, and Xu Anshi

Design of the Optimal Structure of Withdrawal Weighted SAW Transverse Filters
- Youngjin Lee, Seunghee Lee, and Yongrae Roh

Imaging Surface Acoustic Waves on GaAs by X-Ray Diffraction Techniques
- W. Sauer, M. Streibl, T. H. Metzger, A. G. C. Haubrich, S. Manus, A. Wixforth, J. Peisl, A. Mazuelas, J. Haertwig, and J. Baruchel

Extraordinary Case of Acoustic Wave Acceleration Due to Electrical Shorting of Piezoelectrics
- V. G. Mozhaev and M. Weihnacht

Bulk Wave Excitation from Finite Length SAW Transducers Including Massloading
- K. J. Gamble and D. C. Malocha

Asymmetric Acoustic Radiation in Leaky SAW Resonators on Lithium Tantalate
- J. V. Knuuttila, J. Koskela, P. T. Tikka, M. M. Salomaa, C. S. Haartmann, and V. P. Plessky

Material, Geometry, and Frequency Independent Bivariate Universal Functions for the Analysis of Mechanical and Electrical Loading Effects in Acoustic Devices: A Fast-MoM Approach
- A. R. Baghai-Wadji

Fast Determination of Coupling-Of-Modes Parameters Based on Strip Admittance Approach
- Ken-ya Hashimoto, Julius Koskela, and Martti M. Salomaa

Improved Time Domain Diffraction Analysis for SAW Transducers of Arbitrary Shape
- M. Jungwirth, T. Greifeneder, K. Scheiblhofer, A. Stogmuller, R. Weigel, D. C. Malocha, W. Ruile, C. C. W. Ruppel

Modelling and Visualization of "Diffraction Like" Coupling in SAW Transversely Coupled Resonators Filters
- Marc Solal, J. Knuuttlla, M. M. Salomaa

Quasi-Static Analysis of Floating-Electrode Unidirectional SAW Transducers (FEUDT's)
- David P. Morgan

On Universal Two-Dimensional Modeling of SAW Devices with Complex Architectures
- B. V. Sveshnikov and A. P. Shitvov

Theory for Shear-Horizontal Surface-Acoustic Waves in Finite Synchronous Resonators
- Julius Koskela, Victor P. Plessky, and Martti M. Salomaa

Dispersion Properties of ZnO/Diamond Layered Structures Under Periodic Metal Gratings
- H. Kitabayashi and P. M. Smith

Original Basic Properties of the Green's Functions of a Semi-Infinite Piezoelectric Substrate
- J. M. Hode and J. Desbois

Dyadic Green's Functions for Multi-Layer Substrates
- Peter M. Smith

A Mixed Fem/Bem Model to Characterize Surface Waves on Multilayer Substrate
- S. Camou, S. Ballandras, T. Pastureaud

Analysis of Pseudo-Surface Acoustic Waves (PSAW) in Quartz Periodic Structures with Electrode Fingers
- Yook-Kong Yong and Shigeo Kanna

Fast COM Parameter Extraction from Theoretically Derived Dispersion Relations for SAWs Propagating in Periodic Metallic Gratings
- C. Thoma

Ballato Electronic Circuit Models for Programmable SAW Filters
- William D. Hunt, J. A. Kosinski and R. Pastore

Simulation of a Love Mode Surface Acoustic Wave Transducer
- Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Wojtek Wlodarski and Kosmas Galatsis

Planar Harmonic Green's Function, Its Papal Approximation and Applications
- E. Danicki

Surface and Pseudo Surface Acoustic Waves in Langatate
- Mauricio Pereira Da Cunha, Eric L. Adler and Donald C. Malocha

Investigation of Longitudinal Leaky Surface Acoustic Waves by Scanning Acoustic Force Microscopy
- G. Behme, E. Chilla, and H. -J. Frohlich

Theoretical Study of Pseudo SAW in a Half-Space of Piezoelectric Crystals
- V. Zhang, J. E. Lefebvre, and T. Gryba

True SAW Solutions on a Leaky Wave Branch: An Advanced Search Technique
- N. F. Naumenko

Reflection Properties of Fast Leaky Surface Acoustic Waves on Lithium Tetraborate
- Yu. V. Gulyaev and V. I. Grigorievski

2D and 3D Models for the Cross-Talk Modeling in Acoustic Devices: A Fast-MoM Approach
- A. R. Baghai-Wadji

Simple Analysis of Two-Port SAW Resonators Composing of Parallel and Series Connected IDTs
- Toshihiro Kojima and Hiroyuki Obara

The Equation for the Rectangular Strip Impedance and the Structure of Its Solution
- Sergey V. Biryukov, Vladimir G. Polevoi, and Manfred Weihnacht

Direct Numerical Analysis of SAW Coupling-Of-Modes Equations and Its Applications to Weighted Single-Phase Unidirectional Transducers and Weighted Reflectors
- Noritoshi Kimura and Masao Takeuchi

MATLAB Code for SAWs
- E. Danicki

Numerical Investigation of PSAW Propagation in Waveguides
- Arne Ronnekleiv

Enhancement of SAW Laser Probe Measurements by Signal Processing
- Helge E. Engan and Arne Ronnekleiv

Analysis of SAW Grating Waveguides Considering Velocity Dispersion Caused by Reflectivity
- Kazuhiro Hirota and Kiyoshi Nakamura

SAW Propagation in Periodic Arrays Including Temperature Effects
- Paul Wallner, Werner Ruile, Robert Weigel

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of SAW Properties of the Langasite Substrate with Euler Angle (0°,140°, φ)
- Akihiro Bungo, Chunyun Jian, Kunio Yamaguchi, Yoshihisa Sawada, Ryouhei Kimura and Satoshi Uda

Metal Strip Reflectivity and NSPUDT Orientations in Langanite, Langasite, and Gallium Phosphate
- Mauricio Pereira da Cunha and Saulo de A. Fagundes

Theoretical Analysis of SAW Propagation Characteristics Under the Strained Medium and Applications for High Temperature Stable High Coupling SAW Substrates
- K. Yamanouchi, K. Kotani, H. Odagawa and Y. Cho

Optimal Cut of Langasite for High Performance SAW Devices
- N. F. Naumenko, L. P. Solie

Magnetically Transduced Surface Acoustic Wave Devices
- K. A. Ellis, R. B. van Dover, T. J. Klemmer, G. B. Alers

Self-Collimating Surface Acoustic Waves on Multilayer Structures
- William D. Hunt

Experimental Comparison Between ST-Quartz 25° and 300° NSPUDT Orientations
- Mauricio Pereira da Cunha and Alberto Yoshihiro Nakano

Development of High Quality Aln Epitaxial Film for 2.4GHz Front-End SAW Matched Filter
- S. Tomabechi, K. Wada, S. Saigusa, H. Matsuhashi, H. Nakase, K. Masu, and K. Tsubouchi

Thin-Film Lithium Niobate on Diamond-Coated Silicon Substrates for Surface Acoustic Wave Applications
- Jiun-Ting Lee, Neil Little, Thomas Rabson and Marc Robert

Surface Acoustic Wave Propagation Properties of 3C-Sic Epitaxial Films on Si(100)
- Jin Yong Kim, Hoon Joo Na, and Hyeong Joon Kim

Very Highly Efficient Surface Acoustic Wave Convolver Using GaSb/InSb/AlGaAsSb Heterostructures Grown on LiNbO3 Substrates
N. Kuzel, H. Goto, Y. Kannol, M. Tsunashima, Y. Yamagata, and K. Yamanouchi

ZnO Thin Films for High Frequency SAW Devices
- Hideharu Ieki and Michio Kadota

Superhigh Electromechanical Coupling for Acoustic Plate Waves in Potassium Niobate
- B. D. Zaitsev, I. E. Kumetsova, and S. G. Joshi, I. A. Borodina

Design of SAW Filters on Langasite
- V. B. Chvets, P. G. Ivanov, V. M. Makarov, V. S. Orlov

Fabrication Process for Semiconductor Bonded SAW Devices
- K. Hohakawa, K. Koh, C. Kaneshiro, Y. Aoki, C. Hang

Surface Acoustic Modes in InSe and GaSe Lamellar Films
- V. Panella, G. Carlotti, G. Socino, L. Giovannini, M. Eddrief, and C. Sebenne

A Study of Leaky SAW on Piezoelectric Substrate with High Coupling Factor
- G. Endoh, O. Kawachi, and M. Ueda

Theoretical Aspects of GSAW and HVPSAW Propagation Properties for Zinc Oxide Films on Silicon Carbide and Correlation with Experimental Data
- Irina S. Didenko, Fred S. Hickernell, and Natalya F. Naumenko

Influence of Bulk Wave Excitation on Performance of Impedance Elements SAW Filters Realised on 36° and 42°- LiTaO3 Substrates
- S. N. Kondratiev and T. Thorvaldsson

Study of Propagation Properties of Quasi-Longitudinal Leaky Surface Acoustic Wave Propagating on Y-Rotated Cut Quartz Substrates
- De Zhang, Xiaojuntong, Hourong Qin

10GHz Narrow Band SAW Filters Using Diamond
- Akihiro Hachigo, Hideaki Nakahata, Katsuhiro Itakura, Satoshi Fujii and Shinichi Shikata

The SAW Propagation Properties of Apiezon Wax on 128° Y-X Lithium Niobate
- F. S. Hickernell and H. D. Knuth

Intermediate Frequency SAW Filters for Mobile Phone Application in Japanese Markets
- Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kawahara, Natsuhiko Sakairi, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Ryuji Kajihara Tadaaki Tsuda and Susumu Yoshimoto

Small-Sized Dual-Band SAW Filters Using Flip-Chip Bonding Technology
- M. Kashino, M. Kawase, Y. Kuroda, N. Mishima, T. Takagi, K. Sakinada, Y. Ebata and S. Kimura

A Highly Miniaturized Recursive Z-Path SAW Filter
- S. Freisleben, A. Bergmann, U. Bauemschmitt, C. Ruppel and J. Franz

A Low Loss CDMA-IF Filter Based on RSPUDT on LBO Substrate
- Satoshi Ichikawa, Seiichi Mitobe, Masayoshi Koshino and Yasuo Ebata

An Improved Image Impedance Connected Low Loss SAW Filter
- Shitang He, Zhaogeng Xu, Shu Xie

Effect of Stray Coupling on the Balance of a Differential LSAW Front-End Resonator-Filter for Wireless /Mobile Circuits
- P. J. Edmonson, C. K. Campbell

Impact of SAW RF and IF Filter Characteristics on UMTS Transceiver System Performance
- D. Pimingsdorfer, A. Holm, B. Adler, G. Fischerauer, R. Thomas, A. Springer, R. Weigel

New SAW-Convolver Demodulation Techniques Using Costas-Loop Synchronization for High-Bit-Rate CDMA Signals
- C. Takubo, M. Hikita, and K. Asai

SAW Based Chirp Fourier Transform for OFDM Systems
- M. Huemer, A. Koppler, C. C. W. Ruppel, L. Reindl, A. Springer, R. Weigel

Passive Resonator Identification Tag for Narrow-Band Wireless Telemetry
- M. Rusko, W. Buff, M. Binhack, M. Goroll, J. Ehrenpfordt and S. Klett

Novel WDM-CDMA Optical Fiber Communication System with Asynchronous Despreading Technology
- Dai Enguang, Wu Deming, and Xu Anshi

New SAW Antenna Duplexers for Single- And Dual-Band Handy Phones Used in 800-MHz and 1.8-GHz Cellular-Radio Systems
- Mitsutaka Hikita, Naoki Matsuura, Nobuhiko Shibagaki, and Kazuyuki Sakiyama

Shoulder Suppressing Technique for Dual Mode SAW Resonators
- Steve Beaudin, Simon Damphousse and Tom Cameron

SAW Impedance Element Filters for 5 GHz and Beyond
- Saku Lehtonen, Victor P. Plessky, Marko T. Honkanen, Victor Ovchinnikov, Jari Turunen and Martti M. Salomaa

SAW Antenna Duplexer for Cordless Telephone CT0
- Shitang He

A Miniaturized SAW Reflector Filter for if Stage of CDMA Cellular Phone Applications
- Toru Yamada, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shigeru Tsuzuki, Toshio Ishizaki and Koichi Ogawa

Design of an Ultrasonic Sensor to Emulate Bat Bio-Sonars
- Antonino S. Fiorillo

Sensors Based on Shear-Horizontal Surface Acoustic Waves in Layered Quartz/SiO2 and LiTaO3/SiO2 Structures
- Falk Herrmann, Manfred Weihnacht

Electronic Nose Simulation of Olfactory Response Containing 500 Orthogonal Sensors in 10 Seconds
- Edward J. Staples

State-Of-The-Art Instruments Based Upon SAW Wireless Tags, SAW Match Filters, and SAW Resonators
- Dai Enguang

Effects of Film Thickness on Sensitivity of SAW Mercury Sensors
- Reichl B. Haskell, Joshua J. Caron, Matt A. Duplisea, Jason J. Ouellette and John F. Vetelino

Gas Density Metering in Ultrasonic Gas Flowmeters Using Impedance Measurements and Chemometrics
- Saba Mylvaganam, Maths Halstensen, Helge E. Engan and Kim Esbensen

Temperature Measurement Using Surface Skimming Bulk Waves
- Cyle E. Wold, Jason D. Sternhagen, Russell D. Mileham, Kraig D. Mitzner, David W. Galipeau

Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Liquid-Phase Application
- Showko Shiokawa and Jun Kondoh

A Love-Wave Ice Detector
- M. J. Vellekoop, B. Jakoby, J. Bastemeijer

Application of Flexural Mechanical Resonators to Simultaneous Measurements of Liquid Density and Viscosity
- L. F. Matsiev

Passive Radio Requestable SAW Water Content Sensor
- L. Reindl, C. C. W. Ruppel, A. Kirmayr, N. Stockhausen, M. A. Hilhorst

Integrated Optical Longitudinal Strain Sensor on a Micro-Machined Silicon Longitudinal Mode Transducer
- Chung-Hoon Lee, Amit Lal

Identification of Ion Species in Electrolytic Solutions Using Surface Acoustic Wave Liquid Flow Sensing System Based on New Pattern Recognition Method
- Jun Kondoh, Toshihisa Yamazaki, Yoshikazu Matsui, and Showko Shiokawa

Liquid Sensing System Based on Two Port SH-SAW Resonator
- T. Nomura, A. Saitoh, Y. Horikoshi, and S. Furukawa

Environmental Data Card Utilizing SAW Gas Sensors and PCMCIA Interface
- H. Stab, M. Ploetner, O. Berger, H. Koenig, H. Graetz, W. -J. Fischer

A Study of SAW Gas Sensing Versus Gas Concentration
- Lv. Anisimkin, V. I. Anisimkin, C. Caliendo, E. Verona, M. Penza

Fundamental Study on Multi-Mode Quartz Crystal Gas Sensors
- S. Goka, K. Okabe, Y. Watanabe and H. Sekimoto

A Novel Angular Rate Sensor Employing Flexural Plate Wave
- Chang Seung Lee, Kwangsoo No, Dang Moon Wee, Jong Hyun Lee, Chang Auck Choi

Gyroscopic Effect on Surface Waves in Piezoelectrics
- Huiyu Fang, Jiashi Yang, Qing Jiang

Elastic Properties of GaAs Obtained by Inversion of Laser-Generated Surface Acoustic Wave Measurements
- C. M. Flannery, E. Chilla, S. Semenov and H. -J. Frohlich

Simulation of Gas Bubble Scattering for Large Mach-Numbers
- B. A. J. Angelsen, T. F. Johansen, L. Hoff

Principles of a Mechanical Type Saser
- M. F. Leach, D. E. Goldsack, C. Kilkenny

Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Thermoviscous Fluids Including Dissipation
- J. Hoffelner, H. Landes, M. Kaltenbacher, R. Lerch

Resonance Anti-Reflection for Ultrasonic Density Measurement
- Michael Hirnschrodt, Reinhard Lerch

Applications of Sonics and Ultrasonics in Geophysical Prospecting
- Bikash K. Sinha and Smaine Zeroug

Elastic Properties of SrTiO3 Under Extreme Conditions: A New High Pressure Ultrasonic Measurement Set-Up
- D. Lheureux, M. Fischer, A. Polian, J. P. Itie, M. Gauthier and G. Syfosse

Kramers-Kronig Dispersion Relations for Ultrasonic Attenuation Obeying a Frequency Power Law
- Kendall R. Waters, Michael S. Hughes, Joel Mobley, Gary H. Brandenburger, James G. Miller

Phonon Focusing and the Martensitic Phase Transformation in NiAl
- S. Potashnik, A. Tulenko, T. E. Stenger, J. Trivisonno, J. P. Wolfe and M. R. Hauser

Optical Detection of Ultrasonic Leaky Waves from Solids in Air
- Christophe Mattei and Laszlo Adler

Nonlinear Absorption of Longitudinal Elastic Waves in Dislocationless Crystals
- A. G. Smagin

Fe70B15Si15/SiO2 - Type Multilayers for Magneto-Surface-Acoustic-Waves Devices
- H. Chiriac, M. Pletea, M. Neagu, R. Dumitru

Microwave HBAR Spectroscopy and Transducer Application of Carbon Nanotube Films
- G. D. Mansfeld, S. G. Alekseev, Yu. V. Gulyaev, Z. Ya. Kosakovskaya

Coupling of Lamb Waves at a Tee Junction
- Bruno Morvan, Alain Tinel and Jean Duclos

Immersed Narrow Plate Study: Lamb Wave Identification
- Yannick Eudeline, Hugues Duflo, Jean-Louis Izbicki, Jean Duclos

Lamb Wave Propagation Characteristics in a Piezoelectric Ceramic Plate with Spatially Varying Thickness
- Kenji Motegi and Kohji Toda

The Study of Lamb Wave Dispersion in Piezoelectric Plate Transducers
- J. E. Hvslop and G. Hayward

Generation of Cumulative Second Harmonic of Generalized Lamb-Wave Propagation in a Solid Waveguide
- Mingxi Deng

A Nonlinear Amplitude Modulation Phenomenon
- Jianjun Chen, Yiwei Mao, Yan Zhang, Wenhua Jiang and De Zhang

Ultrasonic Microscopy Using Low Frequency Transducers
- R. Demirli and J. Saniie

Quantitative Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Investigation of Cortical Bone Using a Multi Layer Analysis Method
- Kay Ram, Ulrich Cobet

Development of a Scan System for Rayleigh, Shear and Longitudinal Wave Velocity Mapping
- Shamachary Sathish and Richard W. Martin

Contrast Mechanism of Ultrasonic Atomic Force Microscopy
- Weilou Gao, Bernhard R. Tittmann, and Chiaki Miyasaka

Measurements on Rayleigh and Lamb Wave Dispersion Curves Using PVDF Line-Focus Transducers
- Yung-Chun Lee

Advances in Acoustooptic Digital Computations Via Analog Convolution in Spectrum Domain
- V. V. Proklov, O. A. Byshevski-Konopko and V. N. Kurskii

High-Efficiency Acoustooptic Guided-Mode to Leaky-Mode Conversion in Proton-Exchanged Lithium Niobate Waveguides
- N. T. Do, J. Su, J. Yoo, A. M. Matteo, and C. S. Tsai

Acoustic Attenuation in L[001] Tellurium Dioxide
- Dennis R. Pape, Manhar L. Shah

The Improved Method of Determination Basic SAW Characteristics by Measurement of Dynamic Interference Pattern Intensity of + 1 and -1 Diffracted Orders at the Output of a Two-Beams Optical Interferometer
- A. V. Tsarev, E. A. Kolosovsky

Numerical Transient Analysis of a Line-Focus-Beam Ultrasonic Microscope
- Masahiro Sam and Norio Nishizuka

New Aspects for Investigation of Carrier Transition Through Deep Levels in GaAs by a Piezoelectric Photoacoustic Technique
- A. Fukuyama, M. Iwamoto, Y. Akashi, T. Ikari, M. Suemitsu

Simulation of Sensitivity in an Optical-Access Type Piezoelectric Sensor Array
- Satoru Noge, Mie Kurita and Takehiko Uno

Optical Te-Tm Mode Conversion Using SH-SAW in ZnO/Y-X LiNbO3
- Kiyoshi Nakamura Hidenori Kitazume, and Yoshiko Kawamura

Pulsed Ultrasonic Actuation of Polysilicon Surface Micromachines
- Ville Kaajakari and Amit Lal

Modeling of Horns for Sonic/Ultrasonic Applications
- Stewart Sherrit, Benjamin P. Dolgin, Yoseph Bar-Cohen

Design, Optimization, and the Prototyping of a Small Tuning-Fork Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Linear Motor
- James R. Friend, Daniel S. Stutts

Design and Fabrication of Ultrasonic Traveling Wave Bi-Directional Linear Motors
- Seung-Hee Lee, Yongrae Roh, Woo-Seok Han and Yeon-Bo Kim

Torsional Inchworm Ultrasonic Piezomotor Combining Continuous Rotation with Precise Control Over Angular Positions and High Torque Output
- Q. M. Zhang and A. Glazounov

Novel Power Circulation Methods for a Surface Acoustic Wave Motor
- Katsuhiko Asai, Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa, and Toshiro Higuchi

A New Type of Self-Correction Ultrasonic Motor Using Standing Wave
- Chunsheng Zhao, Guiqin Wang and Long Jin

Acoustic Liquid Manipulation
- Richard Oeftering

Research on Linear Stepper Ultrasonic Motor and Its Application
- Wansheng Zhao, Weidong Liu, Zhenlong Wang, Qingguo Meng and Wenzhuo Li

The Trial Fabrication and Characteristics of Linear Ultrasonic Motor for Application to X-Y Table
- J. K. Hong, C. H. Park, J. S. Lee, K. J. Lim, S. H. Jeong, H. I. Chae

Array Design Based on Non-Linear Equation Constraints
- Medina Lucia, Wykes Catherine

Low Cost Ultrasound Imaging Device That Uses Optimal-Lag Pulse Shaping Filters
- Max Fomitchev

Ink Mist Jet Generation Using Low Frequency Focused Ultrasonic Waves and Nozzle
- S. Kameyama, H. Fukumoto, T. Kimura and S. Wadaka

Embedded Acoustic Fibre Waveguides for Lamb Wave Condition Monitoring
- D. Atkinson and G. Hayward

Thin Plate Longitudinal Vibrator Touch Probe Sensor Using PZT Thin Film
- Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa, Takefumi Kanda, Toshiro Higuchi, Takeshi Morita

Derivation and Simulation of Source Function for Acoustic Logging
- Lin Fa and John P. Castagna

Transport Parameters for an Ultrasonic Pulsed Wave Propagating in a Multiple Scattering Medium
- Arnaud Tourin, Arnaud Derode, and Mathias Fink

Acoustic Diffusion Wave in Turbid Media
- K. Sakai, O. Kanda, K. Yamamoto and K. Takagi

Coherent Backscattering for Elastic Waves in a Chaotic Cavity
- Julien de Rosny, Arnaud Tourin, and Mathias Fink

Comparison Between Multiple Scattering Theories and Velocity and Attenuation Measurements in Highly Loaded Liquid Media
- F. Vander Meulen, G. Feuillard, O. Bou Matar, F. Levassort and M. Lethiecq

Scattering of Ultrasonic Spherical Waves by a Pair of Elastic Shells Immersed in a Fluid
- G. C. Gaunaurd, H. Huang

Scattering by Two Very Close Immersed Shells: Numerical Results
- S. Lethuillier, P. Pareige, J. M. Conoir, J. L. Izbicki

Embedded Piezoelectric Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring
- B. Hailu, A. Gachagan, G. Hayward and A. McNab

Femmina: A Fast Echographic Multiparametric Multi Imaging Novel Apparatus
- L. Masotti, E. Biagi, M. Calzolai, L. Capioeri, S. Granchi, M. Scabia

Use of Ultrasound in Automotive Interior Occupancy Sensing: Optimum Frequency, Beamwidth, and SNR from Empirical Data
- Ralf Seip, Bogdan Adamczyk, and David Rundell

Multi-Level Signal Processing for Very Precise Ultrasonic Measurement on Machine Tools
- T. Pfeifer, M. Benz

Ultrasonic Measurements of Particle Concentration in a Multiphase Flow
- Johan Carlson and Anders Grennberg

Hockey Stick Developments Extend Range, Improve Accuracy of Clamp-On Flow Measurements
- Brita J. Dean and Lawrence C. Lynnworth

Piezoelectric Transformer for Power Converter Operating at High Frequency
- Su-Ho Lee, Ju-Hyun Yoo, H. S. Yoon, K. Kim, C. S. Kang, Geon Sa-Gong

Welding Characteristics of 27 kHz and 40 kHz Complex Vibration Ultrasonic Metal Welding Systems
- Jiromaru Tsujino, Tetsugi Ueoka and Tsutomu Sano

Ultrasonic Characterization of Emulsions: Milk and Water in Oil
- R. T. Higuti, F. Bacaneli, C. M. Furukawa, and J. C. Adamowski

Acoustic Scattering of an Obliquely Incident Wave from an Extra Thin Finite Cylindrical Shell. Time Domain Analysis
- Nicolas Touraine, Lionel Haumesser, Andre Baillard, Dominique Decultot, Gerard Maze

Measurement of Acoustic Resonance Width Via the Inverse Fourier Transform of the Breit-Wigner Form
- Derible Serge, Rembert Pascal, Izbicki Jean-Louis

Simulation of Ultrasonic Testing of Complex-Structured Materials and Components
- Martin Spies

Ultrasonic Flaw Detection Using Split-Spectrum Processing Combined with Adaptive-Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System
- H. C. Sun and J. Saniie

System Considerations for Remote and Limited Access Laser-Based Ultrasound
- Robert C. Addison, Jr. and Andrew D. W. McKie

High-Contrast RF Correlation Imaging of Defects in Food Package Seals
- Qi Tian, Ayhan Ozguler, Scott A. Morris and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Pulse Compression Techniques for Laser Generated Ultrasound
- R. F. Anastasi, E. I. Madaras

Protection Circuitry and Time Resolution in High Frequency Ultrasonic NDE
- N. Chris Chaggares, Raymond K. Tang, Anthony N. Sinclair, F. Stuart Foster, Kasia Haraieciwz, Brian Starkoski

Low Loss Wideband Protection Circuit for High Frequency Ultrasound
- Jens Kristian Poulsen

Measurement of Ultrasonic Velocity in Viscoelastic Materials Using the Wavelet Transform
- E. Moreno, F. Garcia, M. Castillo

Mode Analysis of Lamb Waves in Hollow Cylinder by Means of 2-D Fourier Transformation
- Zongqi Sun, Yiwei Mao, Wenhua Jiang, and De Zhang

Phase and Group Velocity in Components of Lamb Waves in Pulses
- E. Moreno, M. Castillo, P. Acevedo

A Novel Wireless Sensor for Remote NDE
- S. Whiteley, D. Girma, G. Hayward and D. G. Smith

Inclusion Sizing by Ultrasonic Reconstruction Using Mode-Converted Rayleigh Wave
- Dong-Man Suh, Whan-Woo Kim, Jin-Gyun Chung, In-Soo Koa

NDE of Surface Fatigue Crack and Grooved Plane with Defect by Photoacoustic Imaging
- Haruo Endoh, Yoichirou Hiwatashi and Tsutomu Hoshimiya

Nondestructive Evaluation of Simulated Corrosion by the Use of Photoacoustic and New Photothermal Imaging
- Tsutomu Hoshimiya and Ken-ya Ishikawa

Acoustic Wave Propagation in Continuous Functionally Graded Plates
- J. E. Lefebvre, V. Zhang, V. Sadaune, T. Gryba and M. Ouaftouh

Dual-Mode Oscillators for Clocks and Sensors
- John R. Vig

Thickness Vibrations of Piezoelectric Plates with Dissipation
- P. C. Y. Lee, N. H. Liu, Arthur Ballato

Extensional, Thickness-Stretch and Symmetric Thickness-Shear Vibrations of Piezoelectric Ceramic Disks
- P. C. Y. Lee, R. Huang, W. S. Lin, and J. D. Yu

Calculating Multimode Generation in BAW Transducers and Resonators
- Eric L. Adler

BAW Temperature Sensitivity and Coupling in Langanite
- Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, Eric L. Adler and Donald C. Malocha

A BAW Antenna Duplexer for the 1900 MHz PCS Band
- John D. Larson III, SM, Richard Ruby, Paul Bradley, Yury Oshmyansky

Explicit Relations for the Piezoelectric Coupling Factors of Rotated 6mm Plates
- Arthur Ballato

Thin Film Resonators and Filters
- K. M. Lakin

BAW Resonators Based on Aluminum Nitride Thin Films
- Marc-Alexandre Dubois, Paul Muralt, Victor Plessky

The Influence of ZnO and Electrode Thickness on the Performance of Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators
- P. Osbond, C. M. Beck, C.J. Brierley, M. R. Cox, S. P. Marsh, N. M. Shorrocks

Ultrasonic Phase Conjugate Waves - Generation, Visualization, and Applications
- K. Takagi

Comparison of the Mason and KLM Equivalent Circuits for Piezoelectric Resonators in the Thickness Mode
- Stewart Sherrit, Sean P. Leary, Benjamin P. Dolgin and Yoseph Bar-Cohen

Analysis of Excitation of Bulk Acoustic Waves by Interdigital Transducer at an Interface of Piezoelectric Crystal and Liquid
- Mingxi Deng

A Circular Piezoelectric Transformer with Crescent Shape Input Electrodes
- Burhanettin Koc, Sedat Alkoy and Kenji Uchino

Loss in Piezoelectric Ceramic Resonators
- R. Pastore, A. Ballato, H. L. Cui

10+ GHz Piezoelectric BAW Resonators Based on Semiconductor Multilayer Heterostructures
- G. V. Tsarenkov

An Improved Method for Analyzing the Performance of Multilayer Piezoelectric Transformers
- J. H. Hu. G. R. Li, H. L. W. Chan and C. L. Choy

Multilayer Ceramics and Composites for Ultrasonic Imaging Arrays
- M. Zipparo, C. Oakley, and M. He

Multilayer Piezocomposite Ultrasonic Transducers Operating Below 50 kHz
- Acochran, G. Hayward, V. Murray

A Periodic Finite Element Formulation for the Design of 2-2 Composite Transducers
- S. Ballandras, G. Pierre, F. Blanc, P. F. Edoa, W. Steichen

A Renormalisation Approach to Wave Propagation in 0-3/3-3 Connectivity Composites
- Anthony J. Mulholland, Tomas Gomez Alvarez-Arenas, Gordon Hayward, Jagannathan Gomatam

Single Crystal Composites, Transducers, and Arrays
- M. Zipparo, C. Oakley, W. Hackenberger, L. Hackenberger

Single Crystal Transducers for Medical Imaging Applications
- T. R. Gururaja, R. K. Panda, J. Chen and H. Beck

Fabrication of 2-2 Piezoelectric Composites by Interdigital Pair Bonding
- Ruibin Liu, Donald Knapik, Kasia A. Harasiewicz, F. Stuart Foster, John G. Flanagan, Charles J. Pavlin, and Graham E. Trope

The Evaluation of the K Factor for Lossy and Composite (Langevin-Type) Piezoelectric Elements
- Nicola Lamberti, Antonio Iula, Riccardo Carotenuto, Pietro Di Rosa, Massimo Pappalardo

Local Characterization of Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive Thin Films Subjected to High Electric Fields
- P. Verardi, F. Craciun, M. Dinescu

Techniques to Determine the Complex Material Constants of Spherical and Cylindrical Ring Resonators
- Ron Tasker, Marc Lukacs, Mike Sayer, Stewart Sherrit

Direct Characterization of ZnO Films in Composite Resonators by the Resonance Spectrum Method
- Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, J. D. N. Cheeke and F. S. Hickernell

Selective Area PZT-Preparation by Sol-Gel Method
- Tatsuya Omori, Hirofumi Makita, Mutsumi Takamatsu, Ken-ya Hashimoto and Masatsune Yamaguchi

Thin Film Effects in the Ferroelectric PbTiO3
- Kiyotaka Wasa and Ryuta. Ai, Yoko Ichikawab, Darrell G. Schlom and S. Trolier-Mckinstry, Qing Gang and Chang-Beom Eom

Nb-Doped PbTiO3 Films Deposited on MgO Substrates
- Ricardo Cury Ibrahim, Tadashi Shiosaki

High-Field Properties of PMN-PT Single Crystals
- Wei-Gen Luo, Ai-Li Ding, Haosu Luo and Zhi-Wen Yin

Electromechanical Coupling Factor of KNbO3 Single Crystal
- Kiyoshi Nakamura and Yoshiko Kawamura

Mechanical Load Effects on the Electrostrictive Strain of P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer and the Development of a High-Resolution Hydrostatic-Pressure Dilatometer
- S. J. Gross, Z. -Y. Cheng, V. Bharti, Q. M. Zhang

Electrical Properties and Chemical Characterization of PMN and 0.90PMN-0.10PT
- L. F. Brown, J. Huang, J. J. Fitzgerald, N. R. Burghardt and J. C. Winker

Piezo - Electric AlN and PZT Films for Micro - Electronic Applications
- H. P. Lobl, M. Klee, O. Wunnicke, R. Kiewitt, R. Dekker, E. V. Pelt

Air-Coupled Nondestructive Evaluation Using Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers
- Sean T. Hansen, Benjamin J. Mossawir, A. Sanli Ergun, F. Levent Degertekin and Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

Beam Profile Measurements and Simulations for Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Transducers
- Graham Benny and Gordon Hayward

Analyses and Measurements of Acoustically Matched, Air-Coupled Tonpilz Transducers
- Charles Desilets, Greg Wojcik, Lisa Nikodym, Kai Mesterton

Theory of Curved Clamped PVDF Acoustic Transducers
- Minoru Toda, Soitiro Tosima

Experimental Investigation of Cross-Coupling and Its Influence on the Elementary Radiation Pattern in 1D Ultrasound Arrays
- Nicolas Felix, Dominique Certon, Elisabeth Lacaze, Marc Lethiecq and Frederic Patat

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Piezoelectric Transducers
- R. Simkovics, H. Landes, M. Kaltenbacher, R. Lerch

Virtual Prototyping of Cymbal-Based Underwater Sound Projector Panels
- D. J. Powell, P. Reynolds, J. Tressler, G. L. Wojcik and T. R. Howarth

The Limitations of Snell's Law in the Design of Ultrasound Transducers
- Elfgard Kuhnicke

Radiation Pattern Distortion Caused by the Interelement Coupling in Linear Array Transducers
- Nicola Lamberti

A Novel, Rapid Method to Measure the Effective Aperture of Array Elements
- Earl G. Ledet and Claudio I. Zanelli

Piezocomposite Array Transducers Optimization by Breaking Periodicity
- Nicolas Perez, Carlos Negreira, Hector Gomez, Carlos Bello

Electrical Characteristics of Ribbon-Based Probe Cables
- Jim Griffith, Roland Lebender

Evaluation of Laser Probe Performances for Measuring Cross-Coupling in 1-3 Piezocomposite Arrays
- Dominique Cetton, Nicolas Felix, Louis Pascal Tran Huu Hue, Frederic Patat and Marc Lethiecq

High Power Low Frequency Ultrasonic Transducer: Vibration Amplitude Measurements by an Optical Interferometric Method
- Alain Boucaud, Nicolas Felix, Luis Pizarro and Frederic Patat

Fabrication of High Frequency (25-75 MHz) Single Element Ultrasonic Transducers
- J. M. Cannata, J. -Z. Zhao, S. Ayyappan, T. A. Ritter, W. Chen, K. Kirk Shung

A Finite Element-Electric Circuit Coupled Simulation Method for Piezoelectric Transducer
- Jian S. Wang and Dale F. Ostergaard

Investigation of Broadband Characteristics of PVDF Ultrasonic Transducers by Finite Element Modeling and Experiments
- Jun Lan, Stephen G. Boucher and Roger H. Tancrell

FE Simulations of Piezoceramic Disks with a Front Layer of Varying Thickness
- Jan Kocbach, Per Lunde, and Magne Vestrheim

Equivalent Network Analysis of Piezoelectrically-Graded Broadband Ultrasound Transducers
- Ken Yamada, Jun-Ichi Sakamura and Kiyoshi Nakamura

Generation of High Power Unipolar Pulse with a Piezocomposite Transducer
- J-P. Sferruzza, A. Birer, Y. Theillere, D. Cathignol

Analytic Model for Anisotropic Nondiffracting Bulk Waves
- Janne Salo and Martti M. Salomaa

Self-Reciprocal Calibration of Micromachined Capacitance Transducers in Air
- Liping Sun, David Schindel and Michael Sayer

Micromachined Transducer Design for Minimized Generation of Surface Waves
- Kurt Niederer, Peter-Christian Eccardt, Hans Meixner and Reinhard Lerch

Simulation and Experimental Characterization of a 2-D, 3-MHz Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) Array Element
- O. Oralkan, X. C. Jin, F. L. Degertekin, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Advanced MEMS Ferroelectric Ultrasound 2D Arrays
- J. J. Bernstein, J. Bottari, K. Houston, G. Kirkos, and R. Miller, B. Xu, Y. Ye and L. E. Cross

3D Simulation of Controlled Micromachined Capacitive Ultrasound Transducers
- M. Kaltenhacher, H. Landes, K. Niederer, R. Lerch

New Results on Miniaturised Annular Arrays Built Using Ultrasound Micromachining
- S. Ballandras, P. Maltre, P. Guine, N. Bourriot, W. Steichen, B. Piranda, J. F. Gelly

Highly Integrated 2-D Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers
- S. Calmes, C. H. Cheng, F. L. Degertekin, X. C. Jin, S. Ergun, and B. T. Khuri-Yakub

Micromachined Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducers on Dome-Shaped-Diaphragm in Silicon Substrate
- Cheol-Hyun Han and Eun Sok Kim

Intracardiac Ultrasound Catheter Using a Micromachine (MEMS) Actuator
- J. M. Zara, S. Bobbio, S. Goodwin-Johansson and S. W. Smith

Low Noise Design of Ultrasonic Transducers
- Alf Puttmer, Niels Hoppe and Peter Hauptmann

Ellipsoidal Hydrophone with Improved Characteristics
- Alan Selfridge and Peter Goetz

Performance of 50 MHz Transducers Incorporating Fiber Composite, PVDF, PbTiO3 and LiNbO3
- J. -Z. Zhao, C. H. F. Alves, K. A. Snook, J. M. Cannata, W-H Chen, R. J. Meyer, Jr. , S. Ayyappan, T. A. Ritter, and K. K. Shung

1-3 Piezoelectric Composites for High Power Ultrasonic Transducer Applications
- Xuecang Geng, T. A. Ritter and K. K. Shung

Finite Element Analysis of Multi-Layer Composite Hybrid and Single Crystal Medical Ultrasound Transducers
- David M. Mills and Stephen W. Smith

Development of a 1.5D, 1536 Element Ultrasonic Array for Use with Integrated Electronics
- R. Carver Anderson, Charles S. Desilets, and Lyle E. Whelchel, Mathew O'Donnell, Steven R. Freeman, Marshall K. Quick, Diane Williams, and Thomas K. Linnenhrink

Medical Imaging Arrays for Frequencies Above 25 MHz
- T. A. Ritter, K. K. Shung, R. L. Tutwiler, and T. R. Shrout

Laser Micromachined High Frequency Ultrasonic Arrays
- Marc Lukacs, Michael Sayer, Geoff Lockwood and Stuart Foster

Laser Machining of High Density Two-Dimensional Ultrasonic Arrays
- Scott Corbett, Thomas Clary, Bill Beck, Jeff Strole, Ben Ross, Phil Jordan, Thayer Hughes, Joe Ketterl

Update of Two Dimensional Arrays for Real Time Volumetric and Real Time Intracardiac Imaging
- Edward D. Light, Jason O. Fiering, Peter A. Hultman, Warren Lee, and Stephen W. Smith

Effects of Motion on a Synthetic Aperture Beamformer for Real-Time 3 0 Ultrasound
- C. R. Hazard and G. R. Lockwood

Cross Correlation Phase Aberration Estimates with Sparse Arrays and Parallel Beamforming
- John Lazenby and D-L Donald Liu

Analysis of Resolution for an Amplitude Steered Array
- Catherine H. Frazier, W. Jack Hughes, William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Integrated Circuit Beamformer for High Frequency Array
- James R. Talman, Steven L. Garverick, and Geoffrey R. Lockwood

Fast Beam Shape Computation and Wave Propagation Via the Radon Transform
- Todd A. Pitts and James F. Greenleaf

Transient Response of Cylindrical Piezoceramics Used in Self Focusing Transducers for Therapy
- Thomas Dreyer and Rainer E. Riedlinger

Efficient Wideband Linear Arrays for Imaging and Therapy
- Peter G. Barthe, Michael H. Slayton

Thermoelastic Generation of Ultrasound Using an Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
- T. Buma, M. Spisar, and M. O'Donnell

Coherence Factor of Speckle from a Multi-Row Probe
- K. W. Hollman, K. W. Rigby, and M. O'Donnell

Experimental Study of Transmit Synthetic Focusing Combined with Receive Dynamic Focusing in B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging Systems
- Moo-Ho Bae, Mok-Kun Jeong, Tae-Kyong Song and Young-Bok Ahn

Designing an Array Transducer for Nonlinear Imaging
- Peng Jiang, Zuhua Mao, Peter Guo, Ron Ho, and Pat von Behren

A Spiral 2D Phased Array for 3D Imaging
- Thilaka S. Sumanaweera, Jodi Schwartz and Dave Napolitano

Single Transmit Imaging
- D-L Donald Liu, Pat von Behren, and Jin Kim

Digital Beamforming Using Non-Uniform Oversampling Delta-Sigma Conversion
- Mustafa Karaman and Mucahit Kozak

Beam Compression of Multistatic Intravascular Ultrasound Data by an Adaptive Kernel Function
- C. Haas, M. Krueger, H. Ermert, D. Vray, G. Gimenez, W. Bojara, J. Barmeyer

Experimental Verification of Acoustic Saturation
- J. M. Sempsrott and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.

Time-Domain Nonlinear Distortion of Pulsed Finite-Amplitude Sound Beam: Calculation and Experiments
- Jean-Pierre Remenieras, Olivier Bou Matar, Valerie Labat, Nicolas Felix, Frederic Patat

Performance of a High Dielectric Constant Piezoelectric Ceramic for Ultrasound Transducers
- T. Ritter, K. K. Shung, W. S. Hackenberger, Haifeng Wang, and T. R. Shrout

Development of Materials and Composites for >25 MHz Single Element Transducers
- Richard Meyer Jr. , Sedat Alkoy and Robert Newnham, Joe Cochran

Variation of Human Cancellous Bone Ultrasonic Properties with Density and Micro-Structure
- S. Chaffai, F. Peyrin, G. Berger, P. Laugier

A Model for Ultrasonic Backscatter from Trabecular Bone
- Keith A. Wear

An in Vivo Breast Tissue Backscatter Study with 7.5 MHz and 10 MHz Probes
- M. E. Anderson, M. S. C. Soo, and G. E. Trahey

Color Doppler Imaging of Acoustic Streaming in Blood and Clot
- Xuegong Shi, Roy W. Martin, Shahram Vaezy, Lawrence Crum

Finite Element Analysis of Radiation Force Induced Tissue Motion with Experimental Validation
- Kathryn Nightingale, Roger Nightingale, Murk Pulmeri, and Gregg Trahey

The Relationship Between Regional Integrated Backscatter Levels and Regional Strain
- J. D'hooge, F. Jamal, B. Bijnens, J. Thoen, E. Van de Werf, R. Suetens and G. R. Sutherland

Monitoring of Myocardial Edema with Quantitative Ultrasonic Parametric Imaging
- Catherine L. Dent, Michael J. Scott, Samuel A. Wickline, Christopher S. Hall

Importance of Regional Myocardial Layer Function by Phased Tracking Method in Doxorubicin Cadiomyopathy
- Yoshiro Koiwa, MD, Hideichi Kamada, MD, Kunio Shirato, MD, Yoshiko Saitoh, MD, and Hiroshi Kanai, PhD

Reduction of Influence of Decrease in SNR of Ultrasonic Pulse During Cardiac Cycle in Measurement of Small Change in Thickness of Arterial Wall
- Hideyuki Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kanai, Nozomu Hoshimiya, and Yoshiro Koiwa

Medical Ultrasound Exposure Measurements: Update on Devices, Methods, and Problems
- Gerald R. Harris

Duct Size Detection and Estimation in Breast Tissue
- K. D. Donohue, L. Huang, V. Genis, F. Forsberg

In Vitro Measurements of the Lateral Wave in Human Cortical Bone
- E. Camus, M. Talmant, G. Berger, P. Laugier

Attenuation Coefficient and Speed of Sound in Immature and Mature Rat Cartilage: A Study in the 30 - 70 MHz Frequency Range
- B. Pellaumail, V. Dewailly, A. Watrin, D. Loeuille, P. Neiter, G. Berger, A. Saied

Experimental Study of the First Stages of Microbial Growth in Human Fluid Cultures by Ultrasound
- F. Montero de Espinosa, J. R. Maestre

A System-Based Simulation Model of the Ultrasound Signal Backscattered by Blood
- Isabelle Fontaine, Michel Bertrand, and Guy Cloutier

An Accurate Method for Measuring Complex Acoustic Impedance of Biological Tissues Using an Impedance Transformer
- Hirotsugu Takigawa, Yousuke Furumoto, Rokuro Hatakeyama, Norio Tagawa, and Tadashi Moriya

System Independent Tissue Typing of Human Testis and Prostate
- Klaus V. Jenderka, Tilo Gaertner, Mario Zacharias, Hans Heynemann, Ulrich Cobet

A Study on Frequency Dependence of Ultrasound Attenuation of Biological Tissue in the Frequency Range of 2-40 MHz
- K. Naksjima, N. Kudo, K. Yamamoto, T. Mikami, and A. Kitabatake

Time-Domain Solution of the Temperature Increase Induced by Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Marc Goueygou, John G. Harris, and William D. O'Brien, Jr.

Biological Effects of Low Frequency Ultrasound on the Skin
- Alain Boucaud, Jerome Montharu, Matthias Lebertre, Frederic Patat, Loic Vaillant, Laurent Machet

Implant Strategies for Ultrasound Interstitial Thermal Therapy (USITT)
- William. H. Nau, Chris J. Diederich, E. Clif Burdette

Ultrasound Acoustic Stimulated Emission for Controlling Thermal Surgery
- T. Karjalainen, J. S. Thierman, and K. Hynynen

Biological Mechanisms of Acoustically-Induced Hemostasis
- Shahram Vaezy, Roy Martin, Bryan Goldman, Emil Chi, Wayne Chandler, Peter Kaczkowski and Lawrence Crum

MRI Controlled HIFU Treatment of Breast Tissue
- Spoo J. , Simiantonakis I. , Jenne J. , Rastert R. , Bohris C. , Hlavac M. , Debus J. , Huber P.

Monitoring Low-Power Heat Deposition with Elastography
- Faouzi Kallel, Ken Khirasaki, Alex Alaniz and Jonathan Ophir

2-D Images for Biopsy Guidance and 3-D Images for Treatment Planning and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer Based Upon Spectrum Analysis and Neural-Network Classification
- E. J. Feleppa, T. Liu, A. Kalisz, D. Manolakis, W. Gnadt, F. L. Lizzi

Time Reversal Invariance of Nonlinear Acoustic Wave Propagation in Weakly Viscous Media
- Mickael Tanter, Jean-Louis Thomas, Francois Coulouvrat and Mathias Fink

Effects of Beam Asymmetry on Ultrasonic Thermal Lesions
- F. L. Lizzi and C. X. Deng, D. J. Coleman and R. H. Silverman, R. B. Bemardi and C. Vecchio

Self-Guided Ultrasound Phased Arrays for Noninvasive Surgery
- Emad S. Ebbini, Claudio Simon, Hanwoo Lee, Wonjoon Choi

Measurement of Spatial Heating Patterns from MR-Compatible Interstitial Ultrasound Heating Probes
- R. Chopra, M. Bronskill, F. S. Foster

Design and Evaluation of Linear Intracavitary Ultrasound Phased Array for MRI-Guided Prostate Ablative Therapies
- S. D. Soka, R. L. King, N. J. Mcdannold, and K. H. Hynynen

Coagulation of Swine Liver and Canine Prostrate with a Prototype Split-Focus Transducer
- S. Umemura, K. Sasaki, K. Kawabata, T. Azuma and N. T. Sanghvi

Experimental Studies of Using of Split Beam Transducer for Prostate Cancer Therapy in Comparison to Single Beam Transducer
- Jimmy S. J. Wu, Narendra T. Sanghvi, Michael H. Phillips, and M. Kumetsov, R. S. Foster, R. Bihrle and T. A. Gardner, S. I. Umemura

Ultrasound Interstitial Applicator for Digestive Endoscopy: In Vivo Destruction of Bilary Tissues
- Cyril Lafon, Frediric Prat, Alexis Arefiev, Yves Thiillere, Jean-Yves Chapelon and Dominique Cathignol

1.5D Multi-Elements Phased Array Applied to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
- L. Curiel, F. Chavrier, R. Souchon, A. Birer, J. Y. Chapelon

Effective and Flexible Wall Filter for Pulsed Doppler Signals
- Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao, Randall R. Kinnick, James F. Greenleaf

Considerations in Design of Angle-Independent Doppler Instruments Using Diffraction-Grating Transducers
- D. Vilkomerson, D. Lyons, P. Domagala, and T. Chilipka

An Improved Estimation and Focusing Scheme for Vector Velocity Estimation
- Jorgen Arendt, Jensen and Peter Munk

A Comparison of Flow Tracking Techniques: Spatial Quadrature with Phase-Sensitive Axial Demodulation Versus Speckle Tracking
- M. E. Anderson, L. N. Bohs, and S. C. Gebhart

High Resolution Blood Flow Mapping in the Anterior Segment of the Eye
- Dustin Kruse, Ronald Silverman, D. Jackson Coleman, Steven Erickson, and Katherine Ferrara

High Frequency 3D Flow Imaging of the Microcirculation
- D. E. Goertz, J. L. Yu, R. S. Kerbel, P. N. Bums and F. S. Foster

Computer Modeling of Decorrelation Patterns of Transverse Blood Flow
- F. A. Lupotti, E. I. Cespedes, and A. F. W. van der Steen

Estimation of Viscosity from Ultrasound Mesaurements of Velocity Profiles
- Claude Cohen-Bacrie

Estimation of Blood Velocity Vectors Using Transverse Ultrasound Beam Focusing and Cross-Correlation
- Jorgen Arendt Jensen and Isabel Rodriguez Lacasa

Comparison of Blood Flow Imaging Concepts with Coherent and Incoherent RF Carriers in the 50 MHz Region for Application in Dermatology
- Michael Vogt and Helmut Ennert

The Effect of Accelerated Tissue Motion on Clutter Rejection in Color Flow Imaging
- Steinar Bjaerum and Hans Torp

Simultaneous Measurement of Vibrations on the Arterial Wall Downstream and Upstream from an Atherosclerotic Lesions
- Kazuhiro Sunagawa, Hiroshi Kanai, Yoshiro Koiwa, Keiko Nitta and Motonao Tanaka

Simulations and Measurements of Nonlinear Pressure Field Generated by Linear Array Transducers
- A. Bouakaz, C. T. Lancee, P. J. A. Frinking, N. de Jong

Adaptive Imaging in the Thyroid Using Fundamental and Harmonic Echo Data
- Roderick C. Gauss, and Gregg E. Trahey

Nonlinear Pulse Calculations & Data in Water and a Tissue Mimic
- Greg Wojcik, Tom Szabo, John Mould, Laura Carcione, Fran Clougherty

Higher Order Nonlinear Ultrasonic Imaging
- Bruno Haider and Richard Y. Chiao

Correction of Geometric Artifacts in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging During Stent Implantation
- Philippe Delachartre, Elisabeth Brusseau, Frederic Guerault, Gerard Finet, Christian Cachard, Didier Vray

Harmonic Imaging at High Frequencies for IVUS
- A. F. W. Van Der Steen, J. K. Poulsen, E. Cherin, F. S. Foster

Real-Time Evaluation of Transient Response of Arterial Wall Elasticity to Administration of Nitroglycerine
- Hiroshi Kanai and Yoshiro Koiwa

Intracranial Bleed Monitor
- Mark A. Moehring, Brian P. Wilson, Kirk W. Beach

Validation of FFT-Based Algorithms for Large-Scale Modeling of Wave Propagation in Tissue
- John C. Mould, Gregory L. Wojcik, Laura M. Carcione, Makoto Tabei, T. Douglas Mast, Robert C. Waag

C- And D-Weighted Imaging: Theory and Simulation
- William F. Walker and M. Jason McAllister

Adaptive Imaging in the Breast
- R. C. Gauss, G. E. Trahey Andm. S. Soo

Comprehensive Imager Simulation for Improved Acoustic Power Control
- Chris M. W. Daft, William M. Leue, Kai E. Thomenius, Michael C. Macdonald and Lars A. Odegaard

Three Dimensional Frameless Fusion of Ultrasound Liver Volumes
- Brian C. Porter, Deborah J. Rubens, Kevin J. Parker

Three-Dimensional Biometric Images of Ocular Structures Using Very-High-Frequency Ultrasound
- F. L. Lizzi, C. X. Deng and E. J. Feleppa, D. J. Coleman, R. H. Silverman and D. Z. Reinstein

A Prototype of a 500kHz Ultrasonic Matricial Device: Beam Scanner Application to In-Vivo Heel Bone Quantitative Characterization
- Marielle Defontaine, Dominique Cenonl, Laurent Colin, Christian Yvon, Philippe Vince, Elizabeth Lacaze, Remi Dufait, Estelle Camus, Pascal Laugier and Frederic Patat

An Effective Coded Excitation Scheme Based on a Predistorted FM Signal and an Optimized Digital Filter
- Thanassis X. Misaridis and Jorgen A. Jensen

Experimental Ultrasound System for Real-Time Synthetic Imaging
- Jorgen Arendt Jensen, Ole Holm, Lars Joost Jensen, Henrik Bendsen, Henrik Moller Pedersen, Kent Salomonsen, Johnny Hansen and Svetoslav Nikolov

Reliability Evaluation of Emboli Detection Using a Statistical Approach
- D. Kouame, J-M. Girault, A. Ouahabi. and F. Patat

Three-Dimensional Spatial Compounding of Ultrasound Scans with Incidence Angle Weighting
- Daniel F. Leotta, and Roy W. Martin

Inverse Imaging of the Breast Using The Conjugate Gradient-Bivariate Material Classification Technique
- Xiaodong Zhang, Shira L. Broschat, Patrick J. Flynn

Ultrasonic Pulsed Echo Tomography Using Narrow Aperture Phased Array
- Iwaki Akiyama and Naoki Takizawa, Akihisa Ohya

Time-Domain Ultrasound Diffraction Tomography
- T. Douglas Mast, Feng Lin, and Robert C. Waag

Recursive Ultrasound Imaging
- Svetoslav Nikolov, Kim Gammelmark, and Jorgen Arendt Jensen

Poroelastography: Estimating and Imaging the Poroelastic Properties of Tissues
- Elisa E. Konofagou, Tim Harrigan, Jonathan Ophir and Tom Krouskop

Elasotgraphic Imaging of Thermally Ablated Tissue in Vitro
- M. M. Doyley, J. C. Bamber, I. Rivens, N. L. Bush, and G. R. ter Haar

Imaging the Stiffness of the Vitreous Body with Acoustic Radiation Force
- William F. Walker, Laura A. Negron, Todd J. Mondzelewski, M. Jason McAllister, Francisco J. Fernandez and Cynthia A. Toth

Complex-Valued Quantitative Stiffness Estimation Using Dynamic Displacement Measurements and Local Inversion of Conservation of Momentum
- Travis E. Oliphant, Jennifer L. Mahowald, Richard L. Ehman, James F. Greenleaf

Characterisation of Plaque Components with IVUS Elastography
- Cl. de Korte, G. Pasterkamp A. F. W. van der Steen, H. A. Woutman

Intracoronary Elastography in the Catheterisation Laboratory: Preliminary Patient Results
- C. L. de Korte, S. G. Carlier, F. Mastik, M. M. Doyley, A. F. W. van der Steen, E. I. Cespedes, P. W. Serruys, N. Bom

Method Demonstration on Shear Modulus Reconstruction on Superficial Tissues
- C. Sumi, and M. Kubota

Three-Dimensional Strain Imaging and Related Strain Artifacts Using an Ultrasonic 3D Abdominal Probe
- A. Lorenz, A. Pesavento, M. Pesavento, H. Ermert

Ultrasonic Strain Measurements of Tendon
- Pai-Chi Li, Po-Lin Kuo, and Chia-Tung Shun

Tissue Elasticity Reconstruction Based on Three-Dimensional Displacement Data Estimated by the Weighted Phase Gradient Method
- N. Nitta, T. Shiina and E. Ueno

Phase Root Seeking and the Cramer-Rao-Lower Bound for Strain Estimation
- A. Pesavento, A. Lorenz, H. Ermert

Implementation of Subharmonic Imaging
- Flemming Forsberg, William T. Shi, Richard Y. Chiao, Anne L. Hall, Sean D. Lucas, Bany B. Goldberg

Shell Resonance Responses in Ultrasound Contrast Agents
- John Allen, Dustin Kruse, Jeff Jones, and Katherine Ferrara

Nonlinear Scatter from Sonazoid
- Lars Hoff and Tonni Franke Johansen

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Individual Contrast Agent Behavior
- Karen E. Morgan, John S. Allen, James E. Chomas, Paul A. Dayton, Katherine W. Ferrara

Optimization of Microbubble Destruction
- James Chomas, Paul Dayton, Karen Morgan, John Allen, Kathy Ferrara

Selective Destruction of Contrast Agent Microspheres
- Ayache Bouakaz, and K. Kirk Shung

Improved Ultrasound Contrast Detection Combining Harmonic Power Doppler with a Release-Burst
- Johan Kirkhorn, Peter J. A. Frinking, Nico de Jong and Hans Torp

Parametric Study of Peak Negative Pressure Distribution and Its Relationship to Bubble Destruction.
- J. D'hooge, M. Schrooten, B. Bijnens, J. Thoen, E. van de Werf, P. Suetens and G. R. Sutherland

Ultrasound Contrast Agents Phagocytosed by Neutrophils Demonstrate Acoustic Activity
- Paul A. Dayton, Jonathan R. Lindner, James E. Chomas, Karen E. Morgan, Scott Simon, Aaron Lum, Donovan May, Matthew P. Coggins, Kathy W. Ferrara

A Device for Measurement of Attenuation Coefficient and Phase Velocity of Nearly Pure Ultrasonic Contrast Agents
- M. S. Hughes, J. N. Marsh, A. L. Klibanov, G. H. Brandenburger, J. G. Miller

Molecular Imaging Using a Site-Targeted Ultrasound Contrast Agent
- Jon N. Marsh, Christopher S. Hall, Dana. R. Abendschein, David E. Schemer, Michael J. Scott

Blood Flow Estimation with Harmonic Flash Echo Imaging
- William T. Shi, Flemming Forsberg, Ji-Bin Liu, Nandkumar M. Rawool and Barry B. Goldberg

Brain Perfusion Imaging Using Contrast Agent Specific Imaging Modes
- Wilko Wilkening, Sebastian Helbeck, Thomas Postert, Jens Federlein, Jurgen Rose, Patricia Hoppe, Thomas Buttner, Helmut Ermert

Assessing Blood Flow in Isolated Pig Heart with USCA
- Laurent Gerfault, Eric Helms, Vincent Bailleau, Nicolas Rognin, Gerard Finet, Marc Janier, Christian Cachard

Unexpected Doppler Effects from Microbubbles Moving Through an Ultrasound Beam
- P. Tortoli, V. Michelassi, F. Guidi, M. Pratesi

Generation of Ultrasound Contrast Bubbles in in Vivo Canine Urinary Bladder for Possible Diagnosis of Urinary Reflux
- E. Y. Hwang, J. B. Fowlkes, P. L. Carson

The Effect of Dilution Medium on the Measurement of In-Vitro Properties of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
- Joel Lazewatsky, Mikhail Kagan, John A. Barrett

Acoustic Properties of NC100100 (Sonazoid TM) and Their Relationship with the Microbubble Size Distribution "Motivation for Choice of Assay and Dosage Parameter"
- Per Chr. Sontum, Jonny Ostensen and Knut Dyrstad, Lars Hoff

Measuring the Effects of Ultrasound on Contrast Agents
- Sheila Podell, Brent Golec, and Rolf Lohnnann

A High-Magnification and High-Speed System for the Observation of Microbubbles Under Ultrasound Exposure
- K. Kuribayashi, N. Kudo, M. Natori, and K. Yamamoto

Quantification of Ultrasound Contrast Agent in an in Vitro Perfusion Phantom
- S. L. Bridal, O. Lucidarme, J-M. Correas, P. N. Burns, J-F. Moreau, G. Berger

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