Acoustical Imaging

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Detection of Early Fatty Plaque Using Quantitative Ultrasound Methods....Pages 1-6
Pattern Recognition on Human Skin Tissue....Pages 7-15
Quantitative Imaging of Acoustical and Histological Properties of Excised Tissues....Pages 17-25
A Fast Algorithm for Transkull Brain Imaging....Pages 27-33
Detection of Root Caries....Pages 35-43
Reflex Transmission Imaging: Visualization and Evaluation of Calculi for Lithotripsy....Pages 45-52
Self Focusing with “Time Reversal” Acoustic Mirrors....Pages 53-63
Acoustic Phase Conjugation Using Nonlinear Electroacoustic Interaction and its Application to Scanning Acoustic Imaging Systems....Pages 65-71
An Echolocation and Imaging Using Transducers of Directionally Distinguishable Impulse Response....Pages 73-82
An Ultrasonic Robot Eye Using Neural Networks....Pages 83-95
Inverse Scattering and Diffraction Tomography Using Intensity Data....Pages 97-103
Reconstruction of Two-Dimensional Refractive Index Distribution Using the Born Iterative and Distorted Born Iterative Method....Pages 105-114
Decision-Theoretic Treatment of Superresolution Based upon Oversampling and Finite Support....Pages 115-120
A Generalized Framework for Incoherent Pulse Echo Processing and Imaging: The Random Phase Transducer Approach....Pages 121-133
Spatial Pulse Response Computing for Reflection - Time Domain Approach....Pages 135-144
NDE of Delaminations During Processing of Carbon-Carbon Composites....Pages 145-152
Ultrasonic Imaging and Finite Element Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Cylinders....Pages 153-161
Applications of High Resolution Deconvolution Techniques to Ultrasonic NDE....Pages 163-177
Characterization of Layered Structures by a Liquid Wedge Transducer and a Corner Reflector....Pages 179-188
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Engineering Ceramics by High-Frequency Acoustic Techniques....Pages 189-195
Acoustic Microscopy of Ceramic Bearing Balls....Pages 197-203
Evaluation of Skin Biopsy Samples Using Acoustical Microscopy and Comparison with Conventional Pathological Studies and Light Microscopy....Pages 205-219
Observation of Stable Crack Growth in AL 2 O 3 -Ceramics by Acoustic Microscopy and Acoustic Emission....Pages 221-225
Direct Measurements of the Saw Velocity and Attenuation Using Continuous Wave Reflection Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAMCRUW)....Pages 227-235
Electronic Scanning in Acoustic Microscopy Using a Wedge Transducer....Pages 237-245
Holographic Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscopy and Applications....Pages 247-253
Acoustic Images Observed by Directional PFB Microscope....Pages 255-260
Initial Phase Estimation and Tomographic Reconstruction for Multiple-Frequency Acoustic Microscopy....Pages 261-271
Deconvolution of Exploration Seismic Data....Pages 273-280
Tomographic Reconstruction for Imaging EOR Processes in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs....Pages 281-288
Geophysical Diffraction Tomography....Pages 289-298
Imaging of the Nonlinear Acoustic Parameter B/A....Pages 299-304
Least Squares Estimation and Imaging Using Phase and Frequency Measurements of the Nonlinear Parameter B/A....Pages 305-316
Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight Tomography for the Non-Intrusive Measurement of Flow Velocity Fields....Pages 317-325
Comparison of Estimation Strategies for the Determination of Blood Velocity Using Ultrasound....Pages 327-337
Application of a New Aliasing-Defeating Method to Pulsed-Doppler Flow Imaging Systems....Pages 339-343
Estimation of Center Frequency and Variance of Ultrasonic Doppler Signal by Using Second-Order Autoregressive Model....Pages 345-362
An Optimization Method for Acoustic Impedance Estimation of Layered Structures Using Prior Knowledge....Pages 363-372
The Feasibility of Real-Time 3D-Acoustical Imaging....Pages 373-379
A Comparison of Broadband Holographic and Tomographic Imaging Concepts....Pages 381-390
An Experimental Study of Diffraction Tomography under the Born Approximation....Pages 391-400
Initial Testing of a Clinical Ultrasound Mammograph....Pages 401-411
Modified Fresnel Approximation and Acoustical Holography....Pages 413-419
Improvements of the Multilayer Holo-Acoustic Tomography by Iterative and Algebraic Techniques....Pages 421-430
Development of an Underwater Frontal Imaging Sonar, Concept of 3-D Imaging System....Pages 431-440
Signal Processing in the 1988 Monterey Bay Acoustic Tomography Experiment....Pages 441-453
Results from an Experimental Synthetic Aperture Sonar....Pages 455-466
High Resolution Wigner Distribution for Sonar Signals....Pages 467-479
An Imaging Operator for a High Speed Holographic Sonar which Uses an Incompletely Orthogonalized Wavefront....Pages 481-490
Three-Dimensional Display Technique for Fish-Finder with Fan-Shaped Multiple Beams....Pages 491-499
Tuned Array of Paraboloidal Transducers for High-Resolution Marine Prospecting....Pages 501-510
Multi-Electrical Excitation of a Transducer for Ultrasonic Imaging....Pages 511-519
Ultrasound Transducer Characterization Using Angular Spectrum Backpropagation....Pages 521-531
Electronic Focused Acoustic Beam Scanning Using Chirped Fresnel Interdigital Transducer....Pages 533-542
A Computer-Controlled Transducer for Real-Time Three-Dimensional Imaging....Pages 543-552
Back Matter....Pages 553-557