Acoustical Imaging: Volume 29 - Acoustical Imaging 2009 edition

Jacket Description/Back: The 29th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging was held in Shonan Village, Kanagawa, Japan, April 15-18, 2007. This interdisciplinary Symposium has been taking place every two years since 1968 and forms a unique forum for advanced research, covering new technologies, developments, methods and theories in all areas of acoustics. In the course of the years the volumes in the Acoustical Imaging Series have developed and become well-known and appreciated reference works. Offering both a broad perspective on the state-of-the-art in the field as well as an in-depth look at its leading edge research, this Volume 29 in the Series contains again an excellent collection of seventy papers presented in nine major categories: Strain ImagingBiological and Medical ApplicationsAcoustic MicroscopyNon-Destructive Evaluation and Industrial ApplicationsComponents and SystemsGeophysics and Underwater ImagingPhysics and MathematicsMedical Image AnalysisFDTD method and Other Numerical Simulations AudienceResearchers, industrial scientists, clinicians, graduate students interested in using acoustics for all aspects of imaging. Table of Contents: Preface -- Strain Imaging -- Use of Radiation Force to Measure Arterial Properties / J. F. Greenleaf, X. Zhang, C. Pislaru -- Microscopic Measurement of Three-Dimensional Distribution of Tissue Viscoelasticity / T. Shiina, M. Yoshida, M. Yamakawa, N. Nitta -- Strain Imaging for Arterial Wall with Translational Motion Compensation and Center Frequency Estimation / H. Hasegawa, H. Kanai -- Near-Real-Time 3D Ultrasonic Strain Imaging / G. Treece, J. Lindop, A. Gee, R. Prager -- Dynamic Resolution Selection in Strain Imaging / J. Lindop, G. Treece, A. Gee, R. Prager -- A New Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Method for Measurements of Longitudinal Length Alteration of the Arterial Wall - First In Vivo Trial / M. Cinthio, A. R. Ahlgren, H. W. Persson, K. Lindstrom -- Evaluation of Tissue Motion Vector Measurement System Utilizing Synthetic-Aperture Array Signal Processing for Real-Time Elastography / S. Yagi, A. Sanuga, K. Tamura, M. Sato -- Ultrasonic Imaging of Hemodynamic Force in Carotid Blood Flow / N. Nitta, K. Homma -- Increasing Accuracy of Tissue Shear Modulus Reconstruction Using Ultrasonic Strain Tensor Measurement / C. Sumi -- Biological and Medical Application -- Pre-Clinical Experience with Full-Wave Inverse-Scattering for Breast Imaging / M. P. Andre, C. H. Barker, N. Sekhon, J. Wiskin, D. Borup, K. Callahan -- High-Frequency Pulse-Compression Ultrasound Imaging with an Annular Array / J. Mamou, J. A. Ketterling, R. H. Silverman -- Blood Flow Imaging in Maternal and Fetal Arteries and Veins / S. Ricci, G. Urban, P. Vergani, M. J. Paidas, P. Tortoli -- Carotid Plaque Tissue Differentiation Based on Radiofrequency Echographic Signal Local Spectral Content (RULES: Radiofrequency Ultrasonic Local Estimators) / E. Biagi, S. Granchi, A. Luddi, L. Breschi, R. Facchini, A. Ricci, L. Masotti -- Cross-Sampling Measurement of Vocal-Fold Vibration Using Ultrasound / O. Oshiro, S. Kamei, Y. Masuda, Y. Kuroda, T. Kuroda -- Pressure-Dependent Attenuation of Ultrasound Contrast Agents / N. Kudo, N. Hirao, K. Okada, K. Yamamoto -- 3-D Acoustic Imaging System with a Reflector and a Small Array / H. Taki, T. Sato -- New Method for Ultrasound Contrast Imaging Using Frequency-Modulated Transmission / H. Ohuchi, N. Kamiyama, T. Kawagishi, T. Imamura, T. Asanuma, H. Ishikura, S. Beppu -- Ultrasonic Detection and Imaging of Brachytherapy Seeds Based on Singular Spectrum Analysis / J. Mamou, E. J. Feleppa -- Evaluation of Post Wall Filter for Doppler Ultrasound Systems / T. Baba -- Combining Ultrasonic and Magnetic-Resonance Spectral Methods for Imaging Prostate Cancer / E. Feleppa, S. Dasgupta, S. Ramachandran, J. Ketterling, A. Kalisz, C. Porter, M. Lacrampe, C. Isacson, S. Haker, C. Tempany -- Radio Frequency Signal Analysis for Tissue Characterization of Coronary Artery: In Vivo Intravascular Ultrasound Study / T. Iwamoto, Y. Saijo, A. Tanaka, E. S. Filho, S. Li, M. Yoshizawa -- Tissue Thermal Property Reconstruction by Stopping Heating and Perfusion / C. Sumi, T. Uchida, T. Ooba, K. Inoue -- Acoustical Microscopy -- New Generation of High Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging Technique for Advanced Material Characterization. Review / R. Gr. Maev -- Visualization of Acoustic Waves Propagating within a Single Anisotropic Crystalline Plate with a Hybrid Acoustic Imaging Technique / C. Miyasaka, K. L. Telschow, J. T. Sadler, R. Gr. Maev -- Ultrasonic Nano-imaging System for Medicine and Biology / Y. Saijo, N. Hozumi, K. Kobayashi, N. Okada, Y. Hagiwara, H. Sasaki, E.d. S. Filho, T. Yambe -- Elastic Changes of Capsule in a Rat Knee Contracture Model Assessed by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy / Y. Hagiwara, E. Chimoto, A. Ando, Y. Saijo, E. Itoi -- A Study of the Potential to Detect Caries Lesions at the White-Spot Stage Using V(Z) Technique / E. Y. Bakulin, L. A. Denisova, R. Gr. Maev -- Investigation of Human Nail Microstructure with Ultrasound / A. R. Maeva, E. Y. Bakulin, L. A. Denisova, R. Gr. Maev -- Non-Destructive Evaluation and Industrial Application -- Ultrasonic Atomic Force Microscopy of Subsurface Defects / K. Yamanaka, K. Kobari, S. Ide, T. Tsuji -- Quantitative Material Characterization and Imaging at Nanoscale Using A New AFM Probe / F. L. Degertekin, M. Balantekin, A. G. Onaran -- Non-Destructive Testing of Die-Casting Components of Non-Ferrous Metals for Surface-Near Porosity by High-Frequency Ultrasound / S. Hirsekorn, U. Rabe, D. Bruche, N. Grov, T. Kinzler, W. Arnold -- Detection of Harmonic Components Generated from Crept Metal Rod Using a Double-Layered Piezoelectric Transducer System / M. Fukuda, M. Nishihira, K. Imano -- Observation of Two-Dimensional Spatial Distribution of Plane Crack Tips with Low-Power Pulsed Laser / H. Fujii, T. Miyake, M. Matsukawa -- Reconstruction of the Ultrasonic Image by the Combination of Genetic Programming and Constructive Solid Geometry / M. Yamagiwa, F. Sugimoto, M. Yoneyama -- Source Localization by Simulation of Time Reversal Wave and its Resolution Improvement with Deconvolution Technique / N. Wakatsuki, K. Mizutani -- Components and Systems -- Nonlinear Multibeam Ultrasonic Imaging / I. Akiyama, N. Yoshizumi, A. Ohya, S. Saito -- Dynamic-Receive Focusing with High-Frequency Annular Arrays / J. A. Ketterling, J. Mamou, R. H. Silverman -- Fully Fiber Optic Ultrasonic Probes for Virtual Biopsy / E. Biagi, S. Cerbai, P. Gambacciani, L. Masotti -- High Resolution Ultrasonic Method for 3D Fingerprint Representation in Biometrics / R. Gr. Maev, E. Y. Bakulin, E. Y. Maeva, F. M. Severin -- Optoacoustic Imaging / M. Frenz, M. Jaeger, A. Gertsch, M. Kitz, D. Schweizer -- New Imaging Method by Using Ultrasound Velocity Change Caused by Optical Absorption / H. Horinaka, T. Matsunaka, N. Nakamura, T. Mukaiyama, S. Kawakami, M. Kawasaki, K. Wada -- Range Measurement Using Ultrasound FMCW Wave / M. Kunita, T. Miki, I. Arai -- Direct Visualization of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasonic Field Using Light-Emitting Diodes and Piezoelectric Elements / K. Nakamura, H. Ogura, T. Sugimoto -- Sensor Signal Processing for Ultrasonic Sensors Using Deleta-Sigma Modulated Single-Bit Digital Signal / S. Hirata, M. K. Kurosawa, T. Katagiri -- A Method of Indoor Target Detection Using M-Sequence Acoustic Signal / T. Yamaguchi, K. Nishihara, H. Matsuo, Y. Wang, M. Hashimoto, H. Hachiya -- Geophysics and Underwater Imaging -- Comparison of Some Aspherical Curved Surfaces of a Single Biconcave Acoustic Lens System for Ambient Noise Imaging / K. Mori, H. Ogasawara, T. Nakamura -- Underground Imaging Using Shear Waves / H. Kawasaki, T. Sugimoto -- High-Speed Vortex Wind Velocity Imaging by Acoustic Tomography / H. Li, T. Ueki, K. Hayashi, A. Yamada -- Physics and Mathematics -- Optical Observation of Two Collapsing Bubbles Adhering to a Quartz Wall / K. Yoshida, S. Nakatani, Y. Watanabe -- Optical Observation of a Collapsing Bubble Adhering to a Piezoelectric Transducer Surface under Ultrasound Field / S. Nakatani, K. Yoshida, Y. Watanabe -- Visco-Elastic Models for Soft Tissues / S. Leeman, J. Jones -- Eigenvalue Imaging of A0-Mode Lamb Wave Field Based on Spatio-Temporal Gradient Analysis / K. Teramoto, A. Uekihara -- Vector Theory of Ultrasonic Imaging / W. S. Gan -- Gauge Invariance Approach to Acoustic Fields / W. S. Gan -- Medical Image Analysis -- Reproducibility of Image Analysis for Breast Ultrasound Computer-Aided Diagnosis / M. Galperin, M. P. Andre, C. H. Barker, L. K. Olson, M. O'Boyle, K. Richman, L. Mantrawadi -- Wavelet Restoration of Three-Dimensional Medical Pulse-Echo Ultrasound Datasets in an EM Framework / J. Ng, H. Gomersall, R. Prager, N. Kingsbury, G. Treece, A. Gee -- Synthetic Aperture Focusing of Echographic Images by Means of Pulse Compression / E. Biagi, L. Masotti, L. Pampaloni, M. Scabia -- ML Estimation for Acoustical Image Deblurring / A. Palladini, N. Testoni, L. D. Marchi, N. Speciale -- Three-Dimensional Imaging by Using Singularity-Spreading Phase Unwrapping Method / T. Nishino, R. Yamaki, A. Hirose -- Indication of Probe-Axis Angle by Extracting Wall Motion of Heart to Assist in Obtaining Long- and Short-Axis Views on Echocardiography / K. Masuda, H. Matsuura, R. Takahashi -- Detection of Right Atrium Movement in Thrombi Flow Measurement / M. Aoki, T. Yamaguchi, H. Hachiya -- Study of Probe Navigation Algorithm for Echocardiography to Acquire Standard Cross Section / T. Imai, H. Inoue, T. Sakai, K. Masuda -- Development of CAD System for Diffuse Disease Based on Ultrasound Elasticity Images / M. Yamazaki, T. Shiina, M. Yamakawa, H. Takizawa, A. Tonomura, T. Mitake -- FDTD Method and Other Numerical Simulations -- FDTD Calculation of Linear Acoustic Phenomena and its Application to Architectural Acoustics and Environmental Noise Prediction / S. Sakamoto -- Quantitative Assessment of Tubes and Rods: Comparison of Empirical and Computational Results / J. J. Kaufman, G. M. Luo, B. Blazy, R. S. Siffert -- Heated Temperature Imaging by Absorption of Ultrasound / C. Yamaya, H. Inoue -- Time Domain Analysis of Sound Propagation in Shallow Water with Transitional Layer / T. Tsuchiya, S. Matsumoto, N. Endoh -- Visualization of Temperature Distribution in Cylindrical Cavity Using Sounds Reflected from Internal Surface / A. Minamide, K. Mizutani, N. Wakatsuki -- Real Time Sound Field Simulator Using Field Programmable Gate Array Device / T. Tsuchiya, E. Sugawara, Y. Inoguchi -- Two-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of Acoustic Field Using the Constrained Interpolation Profile Method / S. Oh, K. Okubo, T. Tsuchiya, N. Takeuchi.