Main description:

In the course of the years the volumes in the Acoustical Imaging Series have developed to 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 30 in the Series contains again an excellent collection of contributions, presented in five major categories:

Feature:

Follows the long-standing tradition of the International Acoustical Imaging Symposium, which started in 1968

Offers a selection of highly interdisciplinary and international contributions

Advanced research topics range from physics and mathematics to computer-aided detection in medical imaging

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The International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging is a unique forum for advanced research, covering new technologies, developments, methods and theories in all areas of acoustics. This interdisciplinary Symposium has been taking place every two years since 1968. In the course of the years the proceedings volumes in the Acoustical Imaging Series have become a reference for cutting-edge research in the field. In 2009 the 30^th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging was held in Monterey, CA, USA, March 1-4. Offering both a broad perspective on the state-of-the-art as well as  in-depth research contributions by the specialists in the field, this Volume 30 in the Series contains an excellent collection of forty three papers presented in five major categories:

Biomedical Imaging
Acoustic Microscopy
Non-Destructive Evaluation
Systems Analysis
Signal Analysis and Image Processing

Audience
Researchers in medical imaging and biomedical instrumentation experts.

Contents:

Preface
Part I BIOMEDICAL IMAGING
Performance of a Method to Standardize Breast Ultrasound Interpretation Using Image Processing and Case-Based Reasoning         
M. André, M. Galperin, A. Berry, H. Ojeda-Fournier, M. O’Boyle, L. Olson, C. Comstock, A. Taylor, M. Ledgerwood

High Resolution Ultrasonic Method for 3D Fingerprint Recognizable Characteristics In Biometrics Identification  
R.Gr. Maev, E.Yu. Bakulin, A. Maeva, F. Severin

Ultrasonic Detection of Metastases in Dissected Lymph Nodes of Cancer Patients
E.J. Feleppa, J. Mamou, J. Machi, M. Hata, A. Coron, E. Yanagihara, P. Laugier

Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissue with Ultrasound Vibrometry
I. Nenadich, M. Bernal, J. Greenleaf

Vector Doppler Method Based on an Automatic Transverse Angle Tracking Procedure
A. Dallai, E. Boni, L. Francalanci, P. Tortoli

Proposal for Blood-Flow Imaging by Contrast Echo Using Counter-Crossed Beams
T. Eura, K. Yoshida, Y. Watanabe, T. Takayasu, K. Nakamura, I. Akiyama

Inverse Scattering Theory
J. Wiskin, D. Borup, S. Johnson

Inverse Scattering Results
J. Wiskin, D. Borup, K. Callahan, Y. Parisky, J. Smith, M. André, S. Johnson     

Multiple Scattering Contribution to Trabecular Bone Backscatter
J. Wójcik, J. Litniewski, A. Nowicki

ULA-OP:  A Fully Open Ultrasound Imaging/Doppler System
S. Ricci, L. Bassi, A. Cellai, A. Ramalli, F. Guidi, P. Tortoli

The Use of Quality Metrics in Ultrasonic Strain Imaging
A. Gee, G. Treece, L. Chen, R. Prager

Applying Echoes Mean Frequency Shift for Attenuation Imaging in Tissue
J. Litniewski, Z. Klimonda, A. Nowicki

Part II ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPYVisualization of Microvessels in Skin by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Microscope
Y. Saijo, K. Kobayashi, N. Hozumi, A. Tanaka, S. Sakai

Technique for Visualization of Anisotropy of Biomedical Tissue by Shear Wave Acoustic Microscopy
B.R. Tittmann, C. Miyasaka, E. Maeva, R.Gr. Maev

High Frequency Ultrasound Imaging of Cartilage-Bone Complex
Y. Hagiwara, Y. Saijo, A. Ando, K. Kobayashi, A. Tanaka, N. Hozumi, K. Hatori, E. Itoi

Ultra-High Resolution Thin Film Thickness Delineation Using Reflection Phase-Sensitive Acoustic Microscopy
E.A. Mohamed, A. Kamanyi, M. von Buttlar, R. Wannemacher, K. Hillmann, W. Ngwa, W. Grill

Signal Processing for Time-Lapse Cell Imaging with Vector-Colntrast Scanning Acoustic Microscopy
M. von Buttlar, E.A. Mohamed, W. Grill

Acoustic Microscopy Study of Properties and Microstructure of Synthetic and Natural Fiber Composite Materials
I. Severina, J. Sadler, E.Y. Maeva

Part III NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION
A  Defect Localization Procedure Based on Warped Lamb Waves 
L. De Marchi, A. Marzani, S. Caporale, N. Speciale

Second Harmonic Detection Generated from Fastened Bolt
M. Fukuda, K. Imano

In-line Ultrasonic Array System for Monitoring Dynamic of  Coating Forming by Cold Spray Process
M. Lubrick, S. Titov, V. Leshchynsky, R.Gr. Maev

An Experimental Comparison of Thermographic and Acoustical Methods for Evaluation of Layered Structures
R.Gr. Maev, D. Gavrilov, G. Ghodsi, E. Maeva

Acoustic Microscope Inspection of Cylindrical Butt Laser Welds
R.Gr. Maev, F. Severin

Part IV SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Intracardiac Forward-Looking Ultrasound Imaging Catheters Using Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers
A. Nikoozadeh, I.O. Wygant, D.-S., Lin, Ö. Oralkan, K. Thomenius, A. Dentinger, D. Wildes, G. Akopyan, K. Shivkumar, A. Mahajan, D.N. Stephens, M. O’Donnell, D. Sahn, P.T. Khuri-Yakub

Conformal Ultrasound Imaging System
R.S. Singh, M.O. Culjat, M. Lee, D.B. Bennett, S. Natarjan, B.P. Cox, E.R. Brown, W.S. Grundfest, H. Lee

Air-Coupled Vibrometry
D. Döring, I. Solodov, G. Busse

A Hybrid Kirchoff Migration Direction-of-Arrival Method for Underwater Imaging of Complex Objects Using Sparse Sensor Arrays
J.-F. Dord, C. Farhat

Multi-View Acoustic Sizing and Classification of Individual Fish
P.L.D. Roberts, J.S. Jaffe

Acoustic Image Models for Obstacle Avoidance with Forward-Looking Sonar
T. Masek, M. Kölsch

Underwater Acoustical Imaging and Sensing Systems for Homing, Docking, Navigation and Collision Avoidance
H. Lee

Part V SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND IMAGE PROCESSING
Solving the Location of Acoustic Point Sources Scattered Due to the Presence of a Skull Phantom
J. Sadler, K. Shapoori, E. Malyarenko, A. DiCarlo, J. Dech, F. Severin, R.Gr. Maev

Reflection and Scattering of Acoustical Waves from a Discontinuity in Absorption
J. Jones, S. Leeman, E. Nolan, D. Lee

Automatic Regions of Interest Segmentation for Computer Aided Classification of Prostate TRUS Images
M. Scebran, A. Palladini, S. Maggio, L. De Marchi, N. Speciale

Determination of B/A of Biological Media by Measuring and Modeling Nonlinear Distortion of Pulsed Acoustic Wave in  Two-Layer System of Media
T. Kujawska, J. Wójcik, A. Nowicki

A Consideration of Multi-Dimensional Simulation of Nonlinear Acoustic Wave Propagation Using the CIP Method
M. Konno, K. Okubo, T. Tsuchiya, N. Tagawa

A Study of Similarity Measures for In Vivo 3D Ultrasound Volume Registration
U.Z. Ijaz, R.W. Prager, A.H. Gee, G.M. Treece

Image Quality Improvement Performance Using the Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique Data
P. Acevedo, A. Durán, E. Rubio

Expectation Maximization for Joint Deconvolution and Statistics Estimation
M. Alessandrini, A. Palladini, L. De Marchi, N. Speciale

Particle Swarm Optimization for In Vivo 3D Ultrasound Volume Registration
U.Z. Ijaz, R.W. Prager, A.H. Gee, G.M. Treece

Gauge Theory Formulation of Acoustical Imaging
W.S. Gan

High Resolution Pulse Compression Imaging Using Super Resolution FM-Chirp Correlation Method (SCM)
M. Fujiwara, K. Okubo, N. Tagawa

Medical Ultrasound Image Deconvolution
H.-C. Shin, R. Prager, H. Gomersall, N. Kingsbury, G. Treece, A. Gee   

Numerical and Physical Modeling of Tomography Process  Based on Third-Order Nonlinear Acoustical Effects
V.A. Burov, A.A. Shmelev, O.D. Rumyantseva

EPILOGUE
Professor Glen Wade
H. Lee
Subject Index
Author Index