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The 29 th 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: (1) Strain Imaging, (2) Biological and Medical Applications, (3) Acoustic Microscopy, (4) Non-Destructive Evaluation and Industrial Applications, (5) Components and Systems, (6) Geophysics and Underwater Imaging, (7) Physics and Mathematics, (8) Medical Image Analysis, (9) FDTD method and Other Numerical Simulations.

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Preface
Part 1: Strain Imaging - 9 chapters
Part 2: Biological and Medical Application - 13 chapters
Part 3: Acoustical Microscopy - 6 chapters
Part 4: NDE and Industrial Application - 7 chapters
Part 5: Components and Systems - 10 chapters
Part 6: Geophysics and Underwater Imaging - 3 chapters
Part 7: Physics and Mathematics - 6 chapters
Part 8: Medical Image Analysis - 9 chapters
Part 9: FDTD and Other Numerical Simulations - 7 chapters

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