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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:

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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 MICROSCOPY Visualization 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 f

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