Table of Contents: Vol. 46, No. 7B (2007)

Special Issue: Ultrasonic Electronics

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• Review Papers
• Ultrasonic Material Properties and Phonon Physics
• Measurement Techniques, Imaging and Nondestructive Testing
• Acousto-Optics
• Bulk Wave Devices
• Surface Wave Devices
• Sonochemistry
• Medical Ultrasound
• High Power Ultrasound
• Underwater Ultasound

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Review Papers

4421-4427 : Shear-Horizontal Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Waves

Kiyoshi Nakamura
Published July 26, 2007
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4428-4434 : Scanning Nonlinear Dielectric Microscope with Super High Resolution

Yasuo Cho
Published July 26, 2007
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4435-4440 : Biomolecular Effects of Low-Intensity Ultrasound: Apoptosis, Sonotransfection, and Gene Expression

Loreto B. Feril, Jr., Takashi Kondo, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Ryohei Ogawa, Qing-Li Zhao, Tetsuo Nozaki, Toru Yoshida, Nobuki Kudo, and Katsuro Tachibana
Published July 26, 2007
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Ultrasonic Material Properties and Phonon Physics

4441-4445 : Optical Properties of a Piezoelectric Ta₂O₅ Single Crystal Film

Yasuhiko Nakagawa, Isao Morita, Masashi Takahashi, and Shoji Kakio
Published July 26, 2007
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4446-4449 : Ultrasonic Atomic Force Microscopy of Domain Structure in Lead Magnesium Niobate–Lead Titanate Single Crystal Using a Surface Electrode Pair

Seishiro Ide, Kentaro Kobari, Toshihiro Tsuji, and Kazushi Yamanaka
Published July 26, 2007
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4450-4453 : Fast Recovery of Elasticity of Cu Thin Films at Room Temperature Studied by Resonant-Ultrasound Spectroscopy

Nobutomo Nakamura, Hirotsugu Ogi, Takeo Nakashima, Masahiko Hirao, and Masayoshi Nishiyama
Published July 26, 2007
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4454-4458 : DC Bias Field Dependence on High-Power Characteristics of PbTiO₃–Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ Electrostrictive Ceramics

Shuji Hayano, Mikio Umeda, Sadayuki Takahashi, and Takahiro Wada
Published July 26, 2007
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4459-4461 : Aspect Ratio Dependence of Electromechanical Coupling Coefficient k₃₁ of Lateral-Excitation Piezoelectric Vibrator (Brief Communication)

Jungsoon Kim, Moojoon Kim, Kanglyeol Ha, and Wenwo Cao
Published July 26, 2007
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4462-4465 : Characterization of All the Elastic, Piezoelectric, and Dielectric Constants of Tetragonal Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–PbTiO₃ Single Crystals

Sang-Han Lee and Yongrae Roh
Published July 26, 2007
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4466-4473 : Multilayered Transducers Using Polyurea Film

Marie Nakazawa, Masaya Tabaru, Kentaro Nakamura, Sadayuki Ueha, and Akihiro Maezawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4474-4478 : Impulse Response of Piezoelectric Transducer by Multiresolution Analysis of Energy Modes

Michio Ohki
Published July 26, 2007
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4479-4482 : Experimental Study on Intermediate Layer Made of (0–3) Composite Materials for Use in Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Transducers

Kazuki Saito, Morimasa Nishihira, and Kazuhiko Imano
Published July 26, 2007
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4483-4485 : Negative Group Velocities of Lamb-Type Waves in a Glass/Water/Glass Structure Controlled by the Thickness of Water Layer

Kojiro Nishimiya, Ken Yamamoto, Koichi Mizutani, and Naoto Wakatsuki
Published July 26, 2007
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4486-4489 : Numerical Analysis of Ultrasonic Beam of Variable-Line-Focus-Beam Film Transducer

Takahiro Aoyagi, Marie Nakazawa, Kentaro Nakamura, and Sadayuki Ueha
Published July 26, 2007
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Measurement Techniques, Imaging and Nondestructive Testing

4490-4496 : Development of Ultrasonic Multiple Access Method Based on M-Sequence Code

Yong Wang, Takehiko Siginouchi, Masahiko Hashimoto, and Hiroyuki Hachiya
Published July 26, 2007
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4497-4499 : Compression Wave Velocity of Cylindrical Rock Specimens: Engineering Modulus Interpretation (Brief Communication)

Minsu Cha and Gye-Chun Cho
Published July 26, 2007
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4500-4503 : Detection of Underground Concrete Block Using Giant-Magnetostriction Vibrator Applying Magnified Cross-Correlation Analysis

Eui Seong Ha, Youhei Kawamura, Koichi Mizutani, Hirokazu Okawa, and Michinori Asaka
Published July 26, 2007
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4504-4507 : Absolute Measurement of Surface Vibrational Distribution in Piezoelectric Devices Using Burst-Wave Driving

Yasuaki Watanabe, Sunao Ishii, Masahiko Kato, Shigeyoshi Goka, and Hitoshi Sekimoto
Published July 26, 2007
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4508-4513 : Quantitative Evaluation of Two Kinds of Surface Roughness Parameters Using Air-Coupled Ultrasound

Deden Dian Sukmana and Ikuo Ihara
Published July 26, 2007
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4514-4520 : Diagonally Staggered Grid for Elastodynamic Analysis Using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method

Masahiro Sato
Published July 26, 2007
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4521-4528 : Theoretical Investigation of Guide Wave Flowmeter

Harumichi Sato, Maxim Lebedev, and Jun Akedo
Published July 26, 2007
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4529-4531 : Real Time Detection of Second-Harmonic Components Generated from Plastic-Deformed Metal Rod Using Double-Layered Piezoelectric Transducer

Makoto Fukuda, Morimasa Nishihira, and Kazuhiko Imano
Published July 26, 2007
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4532-4536 : Analysis of Ball Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Response to Wide Variety of Gases Using Gas Chromatography

Naoya Iwata, Takuji Abe, Toshihiro Tsuji, Tsuyoshi Mihara, Shingo Akao, and Kazushi Yamanaka
Published July 26, 2007
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4537-4540 : Two-Axis Anemometer with Acoustic Reflector Using Single Pair of Loudspeaker and Microphone

Ikumi Saito, Koichi Mizutani, and Naoto Wakatsuki
Published July 26, 2007
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4541-4544 : Acoustic Communication in Air Using Differential Biphase Shift Keying with Influence of Impulse Response and Background Noise

Keiichi Mizutani, Naoto Wakatsuki, and Koichi Mizutani
Published July 26, 2007
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4545-4548 : Precise Displacement Measurements Using Phase Information of 40 kHz Ultrasonic Waves in Pinhole-Based Air-Coupled Ultrasonic System

Katsuhiro Sasaki, Morimasa Nishihira, and Kazuhiko Imano
Published July 26, 2007
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4549-4554 : Measurement of Acoustic Property of Small-Volume Liquid Sample beyond Acoustic Window

Shigemi Saito
Published July 26, 2007
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4555-4557 : Measurement of Intense Ultrasound Field in Air Using Fiber Optic Probe (Brief Communication)

Hiroyuki Takei, Takeshi Hasegawa, Kentaro Nakamura, and Sadayuki Ueha
Published July 26, 2007
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4558-4560 : Comparison of Ultrasonic-Hardness-Tester Hardness and Micro-Vickers Hardness (Brief Communication)

Ryoji Aoyagi and Kaoru Umezu
Published July 26, 2007
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4561-4563 : Ultraviolet-Laser Excitation Microscopic Photothermal Lens Imaging for Observing Biological Cells

Akira Harata, Takashi Matuda, and Satoshi Hirashima
Published July 26, 2007
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4564-4567 : Discussion on Transmission and Reception of Shear Vertical Wave Propagating along Surface of Test Object

Tomonori Kimura, Koichiro Misu, Shusou Wadaka, and Mitsuhiro Koike
Published July 26, 2007
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4568-4576 : Generation of Circumferential Guided Waves Using a Bulk Shear Wave Sensor and their Mode Identification

Hideo Nishino, Ryuji Yokoyama, Hironori Kondo, and Kenichi Yoshida
Published July 26, 2007
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4577-4582 : Nonlinear Acoustic Evaluation of Creep Damage in Boiler Heat Exchange Tubes

Toshihiro Ohtani, Koichiro Kawashima, Michael Drew, and Paul Guagliard
Published July 26, 2007
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4583-4588 : Evaluation of Elastic Constants of Antifouling Paint Film Using Group Delay Spectrum Method

Shinobu Sugasawa and Toshiaki Shibata
Published July 26, 2007
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4589-4594 : The Lateral Resolution of Three-Dimensional Underground Imaging by Using Amplitude Correlation Synthesis Processing Method

Liang Tao and Seiichi Motooka
Published July 26, 2007
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4595-4601 : Development of Capacitive Ultrasonic Sensor with Parylene Diaphragm Using Micromachining Technique

Seiji Aoyagi, Katsuhide Furukawa, Kaoru Yamashita, Tsunehisa Tanaka, Koji Inoue, and Masanori Okuyama
Published July 26, 2007
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Acousto-Optics

4602-4607 : Recognition of Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Time-Series Optical Coded Labels Using Collinear Acoustooptic Devices without Time Gating for Photonic Routing

Nobuo Goto and Yasumitsu Miyazaki
Published July 26, 2007
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4608-4612 : Monolithically Integrated Tandem Waveguide-Type Acoustooptic Modulator Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves

Shoji Kakio, Shinji Uotani, Motoki Kitamura, Yasuhiko Nakagawa, Takefumi Hara, Hiromasa Ito, Tetsuya Kobayashi, and Masayuki Watanabe
Published July 26, 2007
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4613-4615 : Nondestructive Image Evaluation of Welded Zone of Steel Plate using Photoacoustic Microscope (Brief Communication)

Naoki Ohtaki, Mika Hatake-yama, Mamoru Suzuki, Haruo Endoh, Tsutomu Hoshimiya, Masaru Kawakami, Yutaka Muraki, Takeshi Nakajima, Akihide Tominaga, and Masami Takeshi
Published July 26, 2007
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4616-4621 : Crystal Growth of CdSe Quantum Dots Adsorbed on Nanoparticle, Inverse Opal, and Nanotube TiO₂ Photoelectrodes Characterized by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Taro Toyoda, Terumasa Uehata, Rihito Suganuma, Satoru Tamura, Akira Sato, Kana Yamamoto, Qing Shen, and Naoki Kobayashi
Published July 26, 2007
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4622-4625 : Direct Measurement of Optical Absorption for Si–Ge–Au Amorphous Thin Films by Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Hiroaki Takiguchi, Yoichi Okamoto, and Atsushi Aruga
Published July 26, 2007
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4626-4628 : Observation of Induced Shear Acoustic Phonons by Brillouin Scattering (Brief Communication)

Shigeo Murata, Takayuki Kawamoto, Mami Matsukawa, Takahiko Yanagitani, and Norikazu Ohtori
Published July 26, 2007
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4629-4632 : Indirect Measurement of Vibrating Surface of Ultrasonic Transducer Using Optical Computerized Tomography and Acoustical Holography

Takeshi Ohbuchi, Koichi Mizutani, Naoto Wakatsuki, Hiroyuki Masuyama, and Shingo Shibata
Published July 26, 2007
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4633-4635 : Application of Acoustooptic Tunable Filter to Strain- or Vibration-Sensing System (Brief Communication)

Shinji Tanaka, Kiyokazu Yamada, Hideaki Kobayashii, and Michio Kadota
Published July 26, 2007
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4636-4641 : Piezoelectric Photothermal and Surface Photo-Voltage Studies of Carrier Recombination Mechanism at Interface of Si p–n Junction

Yuki Uchibori, Hiroki Chuman, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Shusei Sonoda, Ping Wang, Atsuhiko Fukuyama, and Tetsuo Ikari
Published July 26, 2007
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Bulk Wave Devices

4642-4646 : Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator using High-Acoustic-Impedance Electrodes

Masanori Ueda, Tokihiro Nishihara, Shinji Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Jun Tsutsumi, Masafumi Iwaki, and Yoshio Satoh
Published July 26, 2007
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4647-4651 : Frequency Change of Quartz Crystal Resonator Caused during Ion Beam Etching

Tadahisa Shiono, Yuusuke Osada, and Yasuhiko Nakagawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4652-4655 : Construction of Frequency-Change-Type Single-Crystal Silicon Two-Axis Acceleration Sensor

Sumio Sugawara, Hiroyuki Suzuki, and Takashi Saito
Published July 26, 2007
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4656-4659 : Influence of Viscosity Loss on Three-Dimensional Vibrations of Rectangular AT-Cut Quartz Plates

Hitoshi Sekimoto, Jun Tamura, Shigeyoshi Goka, and Yasuaki Watanabe
Published July 26, 2007
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4660-4664 : Effects of Sputtering Gas Conditions on Formation of (1120) Textured ZnO Films

Takayuki Kawamoto, Takahiko Yanagitani, Mami Matsukawa, and Yoshiaki Watanabe
Published July 26, 2007
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4665-4668 : Resonators Using a Lamb Wave on AT-Cut Quartz

Yasuhiko Nakagawa, Masayuki Momose, and Shoji Kakio
Published July 26, 2007
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4669-4674 : Effect of Adding Coils to Dual-Input Twin-T Quartz Circuit

Koichi Hirama, Yasuhiko Nakagawa, and Takeshi Yanagisawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4675-4678 : Equivalent Network Representation for Length-Extensional Vibration Modes in Side-Plated Piezoelectric Bar with Varying Parameter Operating through Transverse Piezoelectric Effect

Ken Yamada
Published July 26, 2007
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4679-4683 : Local Characteristics of Resonance Patterns in Piezoelectric One-Dimensional Composite System

Michio Ohki
Published July 26, 2007
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4684-4687 : Experimental Studies on Two-Dimensional Defect-Mode Waveguides in a Sonic/Phononic Crystal

Toyokatsu Miyashita, Wataru Sato, Yuta Nakaso, and Ryota Mukuda
Published July 26, 2007
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4688-4692 : Integrated High-Temperature Longitudinal, Shear, and Plate Acoustic-Wave Transducers

Makiko Kobayashi, Cheng-Kuei Jen, Yuu Ono, Kuo-Ting Wu, and Ishiang Shih
Published July 26, 2007
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4693-4697 : High-Frequency Wireless and Electrodeless Quartz Crystal Microbalance Developed as Immunosensor

Hirotsugu Ogi, Kazuma Motohisa, Kenichi Hatanaka, Toshinobu Ohmori, Masahiko Hirao, and Masayoshi Nishiyama
Published July 26, 2007
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4698-4703 : Diagonally Symmetric Form Ultrasonic Motor Using LiNbO₃ Plate

Hideki Tamura, Koujiro Kawai, Takehiro Takano, Yoshiro Tomikawa, Seiji Hirose, and Manabu Aoyagi
Published July 26, 2007
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4704-4708 : Sensitivity of Frequency Change of Piezoelectric Vibratory Tactile Sensor Using Longitudinal-Bar-Type Resonator

Subaru Kudo
Published July 26, 2007
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4709-4713 : Basic Study of Threefold Rotatory Symmetric Form Quartz Vibrator for Triaxial Gyrosensor

Toshiaki Soneda, Hideki Tamura, Yoshiro Tomikawa, and Seiji Hirose
Published July 26, 2007
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Surface Wave Devices

4714-4717 : Small Surface Acoustic Wave Duplexer for Wide-Band Code-Division Multiple Access Full-Band System Having Good Temperature Characteristics

Michio Kadota, Takeshi Nakao, Kenji Nishiyama, Shunsuke Kido, Masanori Kato, Ryoichi Omote, Hiroshi Yonekura, Norihiko Takada, and Ryoichi Kita
Published July 26, 2007
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4718-4722 : Study of Surface Acoustic Wave Streaming Phenomenon Based on Temperature Measurement and Observation of Streaming in Liquids

Shihoko Ito, Mitsunori Sugimoto, Yoshikazu Matsui, and Jun Kondoh
Published July 26, 2007
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4723-4725 : Measurement of Surface Acoustic Wave on a Quartz Ball with Proximate Electrodes to Improve Performance of Ball Surface Acoustic Wave Device (Brief Communication)

Satoshi Kai, Kazunori Ote, Tsuyoshi Mihara, Tsuneo Ohgi, Noritaka Nakaso, Ichitaro Satoh, Takeshi Fukiura, Hidekazu Tanaka, and Kazushi Yamanaka
Published July 26, 2007
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4726-4728 : Evaluation of Response Time in Ball Surface-Acoustic-Wave Hydrogen Sensor using Digital Quadrature Detector (Brief Communication)

Takuji Abe, Naoya Iwata, Toshihiro Tsuji, Tsuyoshi Mihara, Shingo Akao, Kazuhiro Noguchi, Noritaka Nakaso, Dongyoun Sim, Yusuke Ebi, Takeshi Fukiura, Hidekazu Tanaka, and Kazushi Yamanaka
Published July 26, 2007
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (358K)] [Buy This Article]

4729-4733 : Surface Acoustic Wave DNA Sensor with Micro-Fluidic Channels

Jungyul Sakong, Heesu Roh, and Yongrae Roh
Published July 26, 2007
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4734-4738 : Dynamic Response of Shear Horizontal Wave Propagating in Liquid Crystal Cell to Molecular Reorientation

Ryotaro Ozaki, Masashi Aoki, Katsumi Yoshino, Kohji Toda, and Hiroshi Moritake
Published July 26, 2007
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4739-4743 : Super Low Velocity/Piezoelectric Substrate Structure with High Reflections and Applications for Surface Acoustic Wave Wide Band Resonators and Low-Loss Unidirectional Transducer Filters

Yusuke Satoh and Kazuhiko Yamanouchi
Published July 26, 2007
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4744-4748 : Power Flow Angles for Slanted Finger Surface Acoustic Wave Filters on Langasite Substrate

Mikihiro Goto, Hiromi Yatsuda, and Takao Chiba
Published July 26, 2007
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4749-4753 : High-Frequency Edge Reflection Type Resonators with Excellent Temperature Characteristics

Michio Kadota, Tetsuya Kimura, and Daisuke Tamasaki
Published July 26, 2007
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4754-4759 : Deposition of Thin Film Using a Surface Acoustic Wave Device

Nobuaki Murochi, Mitsunori Sugimoto, Yoshikazu Matsui, and Jun Kondoh
Published July 26, 2007
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4760-4763 : Smaller Surface Acoustic Wave Duplexer for US Personal Communication Service Having Good Temperature Characteristics

Takeshi Nakao, Michio Kadota, Kenji Nishiyama, Yasuharu Nakai, Daisuke Yamamoto, Yutaka Ishiura, Tomohisa Komura, Norihiko Takada, and Ryoichi Kita
Published July 26, 2007
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4764-4767 : Reflection Properties of Shear-Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave in Periodic Gold Grating on Langasite

Shoji Kakio, Satoshi Tanabe, and Yasuhiko Nakagawa
Published July 26, 2007
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Sonochemistry

4768-4770 : Multibubble Sonoluminescence and Na Atom Emission in Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Surfactant Solutions (Brief Communication)

Pak-Kon Choi and Kouta Funayama
Published July 26, 2007
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4771-4774 : Test Temperature Dependence of Transesterification of Triolein under Low-Frequency Ultrasonic Irradiation Condition

Hoang Duc Hanh, Nguyen The Dong, Kenji Okitsu, Yasuaki Maeda, and Rokuro Nishimura
Published July 26, 2007
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4775-4778 : Effect of Ultrasound on Surfactant-Aided Soil Washing

Seungmin Na, Yongwoon Park, Anna Hwang, Jeongsook Ha, Younguk Kim, and Jeehyeong Khim
Published July 26, 2007
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Medical Ultrasound

4779-4783 : Fundamental Study on One-Dimensional-Array Medical Ultrasound Probe with Piezoelectric Polycrystalline Film by Hydrothermal Method: Experimental Fabrication of One-Dimensional-Array Ultrasound Probe

Akito Endo, Norimichi Kawashima, Shinichi Takeuchi, Mutsuo Ishikawa, and Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4784-4789 : Effects of Ceramic Nanopowder Dopants on Acoustic Attenuation Properties of Silicone Rubber Lens for Medical Echo Probe

Yohachi (John) Yamashita, Yasuharu Hosono, and Kazuhiro Itsumi
Published July 26, 2007
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4790-4792 : Spatial Inhomogeneity of Tissue Thermal Parameter of Ebbini's Model and Its Dependency on Temperature (Brief Communication)

Chikayoshi Sumi and Hiroyuki Yanagimura
Published July 26, 2007
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4793-4800 : Investigation of Frequency Characteristics in Cutting of Soft Tissue Using Prototype Ultrasonic Knives

Kosuke Ebina, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai
Published July 26, 2007
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4801-4804 : Development of Small Ultrasonic Probe using Lead Zirconate Titanate Film Deposited by Hydrothermal Method

Tomohito Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kitsunai, Norimichi Kawashima, Shinichi Takeuchi, Mutsuo Ishikawa, and Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4805-4808 : Development of a Mechanical Scanning-type Intravascular Ultrasound System Using a Miniature Ultrasound Motor

Masayuki Tanabe, Shangping Xie, Norio Tagawa, Tadashi Moriya, and Yuji Furukawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4809-4812 : Numerical Simulation of Sound Wave Propagation with Sound Absorption Using Digital Huygens' Model

Takao Tsuchiya
Published July 26, 2007
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4813-4819 : Accurate Estimation of Scattering Strength Distribution by Simultaneous Reception of Ultrasonic Echoes with Multichannel Transducer Array

Yusaku Abe, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai
Published July 26, 2007
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4820-4826 : Evaluation Experiment of Ultrasound Computed Tomography for the Abdominal Sound Speed Imaging

Keisuke Nogami and Akira Yamada
Published July 26, 2007
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4827-4833 : Improved Spatial Resolution in a Three-Dimensional Acoustic Medical Imaging System Based on a Hybrid Method Using a Synthetic Aperture Technique

Hirofumi Taki and Toru Sato
Published July 26, 2007
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4834-4840 : Motion-Compensated Frame-Accumulating Method to Improve Quality of Carotid Artery Images

Hideki Yoshikawa, Takashi Azuma, Kazuaki Sasaki, Ken-ichi Kawabata, and Shin-ichiro Umemura
Published July 26, 2007
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4841-4846 : Analyses of Characteristics of Semi-intermodulated Imaging Based on Multi-Bifrequency Approximation

Chung-Yuo Wu, Wei-Huan Chao, Yi-Hong Chou, and Yoshiaki Watanabe
Published July 26, 2007
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4847-4850 : Microbubble Trapping by Nonlinear Bubble Oscillation Using Pumping Wave

Yoshiki Yamakoshi, Naritsugu Nakajima, and Takashi Miwa
Published July 26, 2007
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4851-4857 : Basic Investigation of Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Tissue Viscoelasticity Microscope

Tsuyoshi Shiina, Masashi Yoshida, Makoto Yamakawa, and Naotaka Nitta
Published July 26, 2007
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4858-4861 : Ultrasonic Transmission Characteristics of In vitro Human Cancellous Bone

Isao Mano, Tadahito Yamamoto, Hiroshi Hagino, Ryota Teshima, Masahiko Takada, Toshiyuki Tsujimoto, and Takahiko Otani
Published July 26, 2007
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4862-4867 : Effect of Trabecular Irregularity on Fast and Slow Wave Propagations through Cancellous Bone

Atsushi Hosokawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4868-4872 : Attenuation Compensation of Ultrasonic Wave in Soft Tissue for Acoustic Impedance Measurement of In vivo Bone by Transducer Vibration Method

Masasumi Yoshizawa, Yuuta Nakamura, Masataka Ishiguro, and Tadashi Moriya
Published July 26, 2007
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4873-4880 : Measurement of Angular Dependence of Ultrasonic Echo for Estimation of Surface Roughness

Kazuki Kudo, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai
Published July 26, 2007
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4881-4888 : Ultrasonic Measurement of Change in Elasticity due to Endothelium Dependent Relaxation Response by Accurate Detection of Artery-Wall Boundary

Takuya Kaneko, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai
Published July 26, 2007
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4889-4896 : Ultrasonic Imaging of Propagation of Contraction and Relaxation in the Heart Walls at High Temporal Resolution

Hiroki Yoshiara, Hideyuki Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kanai, and Motonao Tanaka
Published July 26, 2007
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4897-4899 : Measurement of Angular Dependence of Ultrasonic Scattering from Wire Phantom Mimicking Myocardial Fiber

Teppei Onodera, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai
Published July 26, 2007
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4900-4907 : Basic Study on Detection of Outer Boundary of Arterial Wall Using Its Longitudinal Motion

Takanori Numata, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai
Published July 26, 2007
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High Power Ultrasound

4908-4911 : Design Alterations of a High Power Air Transducer

Claes Hedberg, Hamid Gazisaeidi, Kristian Haller, and Etienne Mfoumou
Published July 26, 2007
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4912-4914 : Ultrasonically Enhanced Diesel Removal from Soil (Brief Communication)

Younguk Kim, Ji-Ho Park, Sun-Mee Kim, and Jeehyeong Khim
Published July 26, 2007
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4915-4920 : Study of Scattering by Surface Acoustic Wave Motor Slider Using Finite Element Method Simulation

Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa, Yoshito Miyazaki, and Takashi Shigematsu
Published July 26, 2007
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4921-4925 : Miniature Cantilever-Type Ultrasonic Motor Using Pb-Free Multilayer Piezoelectric Ceramics

Yutaka Doshida, Sumiaki Kishimoto, Keisuke Ishii, Hiroshi Kishi, Hideki Tamura, Yoshiro Tomikawa, and Seiji Hirose
Published July 26, 2007
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4926-4930 : Removal of Unnecessary Gas by Spraying Water Particles Formed by Aerial Ultrasonic Waves

Hikaru Miura
Published July 26, 2007
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4931-4935 : Improvement in the Flow Rate of a Miniature Ultrasonic Suction Pump

Takeshi Hasegawa, Daisuke Koyama, Kentaro Nakamura, and Sadayuki Ueha
Published July 26, 2007
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4936-4938 : Extraction of Catechins from Green Tea Using Ultrasound (Brief Communication)

Hitoshi Koiwai and Nobuyoshi Masuzawa
Published July 26, 2007
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4939-4944 : Influence of High-Power Ultrasonic Irradiation on Primary Nucleation Process during Solidification

Kazumasa Yasuda, Yasuo Saiki, Takashi Kubo, Mamoru Kuwabara, and Jian Yang
Published July 26, 2007
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4945-4947 : 27 kHz Ultrasonic Complex Vibration Source Using (1, 1) Mode Transverse Vibration Disk with Multiple Transducers of 40 mm Diameter (Brief Communication)

Jiromaru Tsujino, Tetsugi Ueoka, Tohru Aoyama, Ryohei Karatsu, and Takafumi Kyuzen
Published July 26, 2007
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4948-4950 : Noncontact Acoustic Manipulation in Air (Brief Communication)

Teruyuki Kozuka, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Atsuya Towata, and Yasuo Iida
Published July 26, 2007
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4951-4955 : Improvement of Cooling Effect of Loop-Tube-Type Thermoacoustic Cooling System Applying Phase Adjuster

Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Yosuke Imamura, and Yoshiaki Watanabe
Published July 26, 2007
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Underwater Ultasound

4956-4960 : First Experiment Result of Time-Reversal Communication in Deep Ocean

Takuya Shimura, Hiroshi Ochi, and Yoshitaka Watanabe
Published July 26, 2007
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4961-4967 : Development of Tilted Toroidal Beam Wideband Transducer Using Quadrature Phase Shift Keying for Underwater Acoustic Communication

Hiroshi Ochi and Tetsuo Fukuchi
Published July 26, 2007
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4968-4970 : Multiple-Symbol Encapsulated Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Communication in Multipath Underwater Acoustic Channel (Brief Communication)

Chun-Dan Lin and Jong Rak Yoon
Published July 26, 2007
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4971-4973 : Measurement and Analysis of Broadband Acoustic Propagation in Very Shallow Water (Brief Communication)

Seongwook Lee, Kyu-Chil Park, Jong Rak Yoon, and Phil-Ho Lee
Published July 26, 2007
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4974-4976 : An Array Beampattern Synthesis Using Partial Constrained Adaptive Optimization (Brief Communication)

Byung Doo Jun, Jun-Seok Lim, and Koeng-Mo Sung
Published July 26, 2007
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4977-4981 : Motion Compensation of Synthetic Aperture Sonar with Acceleration Sensors

Takao Sawa, Tomoo Kamakura, Taro Aoki, and Jyunichiro Tahara
Published July 26, 2007
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4982-4989 : Design of an Absolutely Aplanatic Acoustic Lens

Yuji Sato, Ayano Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Mori, and Toshiaki Nakamura
Published July 26, 2007
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4990-4997 : Numerical Analysis of Sound Pressure Fields Focused by Phase Continuous Fresnel Lens Using Finite Difference Time Domain Method

Kazuyoshi Mori, Ayano Miyazaki, Hanako Ogasawara, Toshiaki Nakamura, and Yasuhito Takeuchi
Published July 26, 2007
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4998-5003 : Analysis of Current Estimation along Sound-Channel Axis in Central Pacific

Hanako Ogasawara, Toshiaki Nakamura, Hidetoshi Fujimori, and Koichi Mizutani
Published July 26, 2007
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