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BRL Publications (1990 - 1999)

Selected Bioacoustics Research Lab publications from 1980 through the present are available in pdf format. If the full pdf of a publication is available, the title will be linked. Updated: January 12, 2018.

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1999

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Detection of Lines and Curves in Speckle Images - Application to Medical Ultrasound. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 18, 126-136, 1999.

THESIS. Ezzatkhah, Maria. Ultrasonic Examination of Spine in Beef Cattle for Determination of a Relationship with Skeletal Maturity. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.

• C. H. Frazier, W. J. Hughes and W. D. O'Brien Jr. Analysis of Resolution for an Amplitude Steered Array. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1231-1234, 1999.

• M. Goueygou, J. G. Harris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Time-domain Solution of the Temperature Increase Induced by Diagnostic Ultrasound. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1385-1388, 1999.

• R. P. D. Morse, II, L. D. Ma, R. L. Magin and F. Dunn. Ultrasound Interaction with Large Unilamellar Vesicles at the Phospholipid Phase Transition: Perturbation by Phospholipid Sidechain Substitution with Deuterium. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 103, 1-16, 1999.

• E. L. Madsen, F. Dong, G. R. Frank, B. S. Gara, K. A. Wear, T. Wilson, J. A. Zagzebski, H. L. Miller, K. K. Shung, S. H. Wang, E. J. Feleppa, T. Liu, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., K. A. Topp, N. T. Sanghvi, A. V. Zaitsen, T. J. Hall, J. B. Fowlkes, O. D. Kripfgans and J. G. Miller. Interlaboratory Comparison of Ultrasonic Backscatter, Attenuation and Speed Measurements. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 18, 615-631, 1999.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and D. S. Ellis. Evaluation of the Unscanned Soft-Tissue Thermal Index. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 46, 1459-1476, 1999.

THESIS. Ozguler, Ayhan. Inspection of Defects in the Seal Region of Flexible Food Packages Using the Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Technique. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.

• A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien Jr. Evaluation of Defects in Seal Region of Food Packages using the Ultrasonic Contrast Descriptor, BAI, Packaging Technology and Science, 12, 167-171, 1999.

• J. M. Sempsrott and W. D. O'Brien Jr. Experimental Verification of Acoustic Saturation. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1287-1290, 1999.

• T. A. Siddiqi, M. Miodovnik , R. A. Meyer and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. In Vivo Ultrasonography Exposimetry: Human Tissue-Specific Attenuation Coefficients in the Gynecologic Examination. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 180, 866-874, 1999.

• Q. Tian, A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien Jr. High-contrast RF Correlation Imaging of Defects in Food Package Seals. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 809-812, 1999.


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1998

• N. Cadalli, C. H. Frazier, D. C. Munson, Jr. and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Acoustic Imaging of Objects Buried in Soil. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference. on Image Processing, Vol. 1, pp. 14-18, 1998.

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Lines and Boundary Detection in Speckle Images. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 7, 1700-1714, 1998.

• C. H. Frazier, N. Cadalli, D. C. Munson, Jr. and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Subsurface Acoustic Imaging System. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 739-742, 1998.

• C. H. Frazier and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Synthetic Aperture Techniques with a Virtual Source Element. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 45, 196-207, 1998.

• L. A. Frizzell. Ultrasonic Biophysics. In Encyclopedia of Applied Physics, 22, 475-494, 1998.

• A. Goldstein, D. R. Gandhi and W. D. O'Brien Jr. Diffraction Effects in Hydrophone Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 45, 972-979, 1998.

• S. A. Morris, A. Ozguler, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. New Sensors Help Improve Heat-seal Microleak Detection; Part 1. Packaging Technology & Engineering, 42-76, July, 1998.

• S. A. Morris, A. Ozguler, and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. New Sensors Help Improve Heat-seal Microleak Detection; Part 2. Packaging Technology & Engineering, 52-68,August, 1998.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr., Assessing the Risks for Modern Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging (Invited), Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 37, 2781-2788, 1998. (In Japanese: Ultrasonic Technology, 10, 62-68, 1998 and 10, 66-70, 1998).

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Temperature Increase Estimates for Transabdominal Obstetrical Exposures. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1405-1408, 1998.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and K. Raum. Pulse-Echo Field Distribution Measurement Technique for High-Frequency Ultrasound Sources. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 45, May Cover, 1998.

• A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasonic Imaging of Micro-Leaks and Defects in Shelf-Stable Food Packages by Pulse-Echo Technique. Journal of Food Science, 63, 673-678, 1998.

• K. Raum, A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Channel Defect Detection in Shelf-Stable Food Packages Using High-Frequency Pulse-Echo Imaging. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 45, 30-40, 1998.

THESIS. Rochat, Judith L. Effects of Realistic Ocean Features on Sonic Boom Noise Penetration into the Ocean: A Computational Analysis. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan, 1998.

• K. A. Topp and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Anisotropy of Ultrasonic Parameters in Fresh Rat Skeletal Muscle In Vitro. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1369-1372, 1998.


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1997

• N. Akashi, J. Kushibiki, and F. Dunn. Acoustic Properties of Egg Yolk and Egg Albumen in the Frequency Range 20 to 400 MHz. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 3774-3778, 1997.

• F. Dunn. Ultrasound Bioeffects and Clinical Diagnostic Relevance. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 36, 2946-2950 (1997).

• F. Dunn. Bioacoustics Introduction. In Encyclopedia of Acoustics, Editor-in-Chief, M. J. Crocker, (Wiley, New York, 1997), Part XV, Chap. 140, pp. 1699-1701.

• C. H. Frazier, A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. High-contrast images of defects in food package seals. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 627-630, 1997.

• L.A. Frizzell, "Ultrasound," in The Electrical Engineering Handbook, 2nd Ed., ed. by R. Dorf, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1997, pp. 2622-2627.

THESIS. Irwin, Jr., James Hawley. Drum Sound Synthesis by Computer Simulation of the Wave Equation. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.

• J. Kushibiki, M. Ishibashi, N. Akashi, T. Sannomiya, N. Chubachi, and F. Dunn. Transmission Line Method for the Measurement of the Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter in Biological Liquids at Very High Frequencies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 3038-3044, 1997.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. F. Zachary. Lung Damage Assessment from Exposure to Pulsed-Wave Ultrasound in Rabbit, Mouse, and Pig. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 44, 473-485, 1997.

• A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Evaluation of Defects in Seal Region of Food Packages using the Backscattered Amplitude Integral (BAI) Technique, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 689-692, 1997.

• K. Raum and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Pulse-Echo Field Distribution Measurement Technique of High-Frequency Ultrasound Sources. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 44, 810-815, 1997.

• K. Raum and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Pulse-Echo Field Distribution Measurement Technique for High-Frequency Ultrasound Sources. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1747-1750, 1997.

• A. A. Safvi, H. J. Meerbaum, S. A. Morris, C. L. Harper and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Acoustic Imaging of Defects in Flexible Food Packages. Journal of Food Protection, 60, 309-314, 1997.

• Y. Saijo, M. Tanaka, H. Ohkawai, H. Sasaki, S. Nitta, and F. Dunn. Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of Infarcted Myocardium by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 23, 77-85, 1997.

• D. B. Tata, F. Dunn, and D. J. Tindall. Selective Clinical Ultrasound Signals Mediate Gene Transfer in Advance Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines: LnCap and PC-3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 234, 64-67, 1997.

THESIS. Ti, Boon Wee. Measurements of Coupled Rayleigh Wave Propagation in an Elastic Plate. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.

• B. W. Ti, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. G. Harris. Measurements of Coupled Rayleigh Wave Propagation in an Elastic Plate. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 1528-1531, 1997.


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1996

• N. Akashi, J. Kushibiki, and F. Dunn. Determination of the Acoustic Parameters of Egg Yolk and White by the Bio-ultrasonic Spectroscopy System. Inst. Electron. Inform. Commun. Engrs. Tech. Rept. US96, pp. 55-60, 1996.

• J. E. Assentoft, C. S. Joergensen, H. Gregersen, L. L. Christensen, J. C. Djurhuus and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Characterizing Biological Tissue Using Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscopy. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 15, 42-45, January/February, 1996.

• E. J. Chen, J. Novakofski, W. K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Young's Modulus Measurements of Soft Tissues with Application to Elasticity Imaging. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 43, 191-194, 1996.

THESIS. Czerwinski, Richard Norman. Boundary Detection in Ultrasonic Speckle. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Decision Directed Line Detection with Application to Medical Ultrasound. In Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, Murray H. Leow and Kenneth M. Hanson, Editors, Proc. 2710, 698-708, 1996.

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Linear Feature Enhancement by False Color. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1427-1431, 1996.

• J. L. Drewniak and F. Dunn. An Experimentally Obtainable Heat Source Due to Absorption of Ultrasound in Biological Media. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100, 1250-1253, 1996.

• F. Dunn (Editor-in-Chief), M. Tanaka, S. Ohtsuki, and Y Saijo, eds., Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization, (Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, 1996) xviii + 250 pages.

• D. S. Ellis and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. The Monopole-Source Solution for Estimating Tissue Temperature Increases for Focused Diagnostic Ultrasound. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 43, 88-97, 1996.

• J. E. Fischer, Jr., K. Acuff-Smith, M. A. Schilling, R. A. Meyer, N. B. Smith, M. S. Moran, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and C. V. Vorhees. Behavioral Teratologic Evaluation of Prenatal Exposure to Pulsed-Wave Ultrasound in Unanesthetized Rats. Teratology, 54, 65-72, 1996.

THESIS. Frazier, Catherine Ann Hillsley. Synthetic Aperture Focusing TechniqueUusing a Virtual Transducer Element Source. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

• C. H. Frazier and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Synthetic Aperture Imaging with a Virtual Source Element. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1555-1558, 1996.

• L. A. Frizzell, S. A. Goss, J. T. Kouzmanoff and J. M. Yang. Sparse Random Ultrasound Array for Focal Surgery. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1319-1323, 1996.

• S. A. Goss, L. A. Frizzell J. T. Kouzmanoff, J. M. Barich and J. M. Yang. Sparse Random Phased Arrays for Focal Surgery. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 43, 1111-1121, 1996.

• K. Kobayashi, N. Akashi, J. Kushibiki and F. Dunn. Measurement System and Method for Determining Acoustic Shear Wave Properties of Liquids by the Shear Reflectance Method Using a Network Analyzer. Proc. Inst. Elec. Engr., 1996 (in Japanese).

• T. Lwin and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Tissue-Induced Ultrasonic Wavefront Distortion. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1415-1418, 1996.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr and D. S. Ellis. Comparison of the Output Display Standard's TIS Estimates with Independently Determined Maximum Temperature Increase Calculations. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1171-1175, 1996.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. F. Zachary. Rabbit and Pig Lung Damage Comparison from Exposure to Continuous Wave 30-kHz Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 22, 345-353, 1996.

• K. Raum and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Development of the Backscattered Intensity Integral Imaging Method for the Detection of Micro-Channels in Shelf-Stable Food Packages. Proceedingsof the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 777-780, 1996.

THESIS. Safvi, Amjad Ali. Measurement of Fluid Flow Using the Ultrasound Time Domain Correlation Technique in a Flow Phantom and in Guinea Pigs. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

• N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, R. Bihrle, R. S. Foster, M. H. Phillips, J. Syrus and C. Hennige. Non-Invasive Surgery of Prostate Tissue by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 43 no. 6, 1099-1110, 1996.

THESIS. Smith, Nadine Barrie. Effect of Myofibril Length and Tissue Constituents on Acoustic Properties of Muscle. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

• D. Swiney and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Human Fetal Diagnostic Ultrasound Exposimetry System. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1167-1169, 1996.

THESIS. Tabb, Mark D. Multiscale Structure Detection and its Application to Image Segmentation and Motion Analysis. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

• M. Tanaka and F. Dunn. Acoustic Properties of the Fibrous Tissue in Myocardium and Detectability of the Fibrous Tissue by the Echo Method. In Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization, ed. by F. Dunn, M. Tanaka, S. Ohtsuki, and Y. Saijo, (Springer-Verlag, Tokyo,1996), pp. 231-243.

• D. B. Tata, J. Biglow, J. R. Wu, T. R. Tritton, and F. Dunn. Ultrasound Enhanced Hydroxyl Radical Production from Two Clinically Employed Anti-cancer Drugs: Adriamycin and Mitomycin C. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 3, 39-45, 1996.

• B. W. Ti, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. G. Harris. Measurements of Coupled Rayleigh Wave Propagation in an Elastic Plate, TAM Report No. 839, UILU-ENG-96-6026, 1996.

THESIS. Yang, Jeffrey Min-Jer. Theoretical Study of an Ultrasonic Sparse Random Phased Array Surgical Applicator. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.


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1995

• N. Akashi, J. Kushibiki, N. Chubachi and F. Dunn. Acoustic Properties of Selected Bovine Tissues in the Frequency Range 20 to 2000 MHz. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 98, 3035-3039, 1995.

• K. I. Carnes, R. A. Hess, and F. Dunn. The Effect of In Utero Ultrasound Exposure on Male Reproductive Development: Adult Consequences. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 21, 1247-1257, 1995.

THESIS. Chen, Eric Chung Jay. Ultrasound Tissue Displacement and Tissue Elasticity Imaging. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995.

• E. Chen, R. Adler, P. Carson, K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Tissue Motion Analysis of Digitized B-Scan Images of Breast Tumors. Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1177-1180, 1995.

• E. J. Chen, R. S. Adler, P. L. Carson, W. K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Tissue Displacement Imaging with Application to Breast Cancers. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 21, 1153-1162, 1995.

• E. J. Chen, W. K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Performance of Ultrasonic Speckle Tracking in Various Tissues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 98, 1273-1278, 1995.

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasonic Speckle Reduction by Directional Median Filtering. Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing -- ICIP'95, Vol. I, pp. 358-361, 1995.

• K. A. Dines, E. Kelly-Fry, A. P. Romilly-Harper. Automated Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Breast Scanning in the Craniocaudal Mammography Position. Ninth International Congress on the Ultrasonic Examination of the Breast, 43, 1995.

• F. J. Fry, N. T. Sanghvi, R. S. Foster, R. Bihrle and C. Hennige. Ultrasound and Microbubbles: Their Generations, Detection and Potential Utilization in Tissue and Organ Therapy - Experimental. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 21 1227-1237, 1995.

• E. Kelly-Fry, K. A. Dines. Mammography Instrumentation for Combined X-Ray and Ultrasound Imaging. Ninth International Congress on the Ultrasonic Examination of the Breast, 45, 1995.

• E. Kelly-Fry, A. P. Romilly-Harper. The Rationale for Ultrasound Imaging of Breasts Compressed and Positioned in the Modes Applied in X-Ray Mammography. IBUS Workshop, 126, 1995.

• J. Kushibiki. N. Akashi, T. Sannomiya, N. Chubachi, and F. Dunn. VHF/UHF Range Bioultrasonic Spectroscopy System and Method. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 42, 1028-1039, 1995.

THESIS. Lin, Jiun-Hwa. A Study of Iterative Methods on Forward and Inverse Scattering Problems. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995.

• P. D. O'Brien, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., T. L. Rhyne, D. C. Warltier and K. B. Sagar. Relationship of Ultrasonic Backscatter and Acoustic Propagation Properties to Myofibrillar Length and Myocardial Thickness. Circulation, 91, 171-175, 1995.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Bioeffect Issues Related to Obstetric Sonography and Related Issues of the Output Display Standard. In The Principles and Practice of Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th ed., A. C. Fleischer, F. A. Manning, P. Jeanty and R. Romero (eds.), pp 17-33, Appleton and Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1995.

• W. D. O'Brien and J. E. Olerud. Ultrasonic Assessment of Tissue Anisotropy. Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1145-1148, 1995.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr., K. B. Sagar, D. C. Warltier and T. L. Rhyne. Acoustic Propagation Properties of Normal, Stunned and Infarcted Myocardium: Morphologic and Biochemical Determinants. Circulation, 91, 154-160, 1995.

• Q. Qi, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. G. Harris. The Propagation of Ultrasonic Waves through a Bubbly Liquid into Tissue: Linear Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 42, 28-36, 1995.

• A. P. Romilly-Harper, E. Kelly-Fry, K. A. Dines. Clinical Evaluation of Manual, Automated and 3-D Ultrasound Imaging of Breasts Compressed in the Same Position Modes Applied in X-Ray Mammography. Ninth International Congress on the Ultrasonic Examination of the Breast, 45, 1995.

• Y. Saijo, H. Sasaki, H. Okawai, M. Tanaka, and F. Dunn. Intravascular Ultrasound and Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Evaluation of Aortic Wall. In Acoustical Imaging, Vol. 21, ed. by J.P. Jones, (Plenum Press, New York, 1995), pp. 423-432.

• N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, R. Bihrle, A. Zaitsev and C. Hennige. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Prostate Tissue in the Presence of an US Contrast Agent. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 14:S17, March 1995.

• T. A. Siddiqi, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., R. A. Meyer, J. M. Sullivan, and M. Miodovnik. In Situ Human Obstetrical Ultrasound Exposimetry: Estimates of Derating Factors for each of Three Different Tissus Models. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 21, 379-391, 1995.

• N. B. Smith, A. G. Webb, D. S. Ellis, L. J. Wilmes and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Experimental Verification of Theoretical In Vivo Ultrasound Heating using Cobalt Detected Magnetic Resonance. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 42, 489-491, 1995.

• A. F. Tarantal, S. E. Gargosky, D. S. Ellis, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and A. G. Hendrickx. Hematologic and Growth-Related Effects of Frequent Prenatal Ultrasound Exposure in the Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis). Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 21, 1073-1081, 1995.

• A. G. Webb, N. B. Smith, D. S. Ellis and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Non-Invasive In Vivo Temperature Mapping of Ultrasound Heating Using Fluorine-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Agents. Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1609-1612, 1995.

• J. F. Zachary and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.Lung Lesions Induced by Continuous and Pulsed Wave (Diagnostic)Ultrasound in Mice, Rabbits, and Pigs. Veterinary Pathology, 32, 43-54, 1995.

• D. Zatari, N. Botros and F. Dunn. A Simulation Algorithm for Ultrasound Liver Backscattered Signals. Ultrasonics, 33, 469-474,1995.


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1994

• R. Bihrle, R. S. Foster, N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, and J. P. Donohue. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Prostatic Tissue. Urology, 43, 21-26, 1994.

THESIS. Chambers, Dawn Marie. A Time-Course Study of the Ultrasonic Propagation Properties of Enzymatically Degraded Articular Cartilage Using the Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope at 100 MHZ. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994.

• E. J. Chen, W. K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. The Impact of Various Imaging Parameters on Ultrasonic Displacement and Velocity Estimates. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 41, 293-301, 1994.

• E. J. Chen, J. Novakofski, K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Elasticity Measurements of Beef Muscle. Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1459-1462, 1994.

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Edge Detection in Ultrasound Speckle Noise. Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing -- ICIP'94, Vol. III, pp. 304-308, 1994.

• J. E. Fisher, K. D. Acuff-Smith, M. A. Schilling, C. V. Vorhees, R. A. Meyer, N. B. Smith and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Teratologic Evaluation of Rats Prenatally Exposed to Pulsed-Wave Ultrasound. Teratology, 49, 150-155, 1994.

• L. A. Frizzell, E. Chen and C. Lee. Effects of Pulsed Ultrasound on the Mouse Neonate: Hind Limb Paralysis and Lung Hemorrhage. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 20, 53-63, 1994.

• R. S. Foster, R. Bihrle, N. T. Sanghvi, J. P. Donohue and F. J. Fry. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Human BPH. In Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, ed. by K. Kurth and D. Newling, Wiley-Liss, New York, 1994.

• A. Goldstein, D. R. Gandhi and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Diffraction Phenomena with Co-Axial Plane Piston Transducers. Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1757-1760,1994.

THESIS. Lavalle, Luana Kim. Microlithographic Fabrication of RF Coils for NMR Microscopy. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994.

Medical Ultrasound Safety. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, AIUM Publications, Laurel, MD, 1994. Dr. O'Brien was the co-editor of this activity.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Bioeffect Produced at Diagnostic Levels. Proceeding of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Conference, pp 305-315, 1994.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Output Display Standard: A New Equipment Feature. Proceeding of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Conference, pp 317-326, 1994.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. F. Zachary. Mouse Lung Damage from Exposure to 30 kHz Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 20, 287-297, 1994.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and J. F. Zachary. Comparison of Mouse and Rabbit Lung Damage Exposure to 30 kHz Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 20, 299-307, 1994.

THESIS. Scheer, Roger Lee. Computation of Acoustic Backscatter and Attenuation Coefficients in Muscle Tissue Utilizing a Reference Phantom. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994.

• N. B. Smith, A. G. Webb, D. S. Ellis, L. J. Wilmes and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Non-Invasive In Vivo Temperature Mapping of Ultrasound Heating using Magnetic Resonance Techniques. Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 1829-1832, 1994.

• G. Scherba, P. A. Hoagland and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Acoustic Microscopy: A Study of Contrast in Fresh Tissue. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 41, 451-457, 1994.

• A. F. Tarantal and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Discussion of Ultrasonic Safety Related to Obstetrics. In Ultrasound Applied to Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3rd Edition, Rudy E. Sabbagha, ed., J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA, pp 45-56, 1994.

• C. V. Vorhees, K. D. Acuff-Smith, M. A. Schilling, J. E. Fisher, R. A. Meyer, N. B. Smith, D. S. Ellis and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Behavioral Teratologic Effects of Pernatal Exposure to Continuous-Wave Ultrasound in Unanesthetized Rats. Teratology, 50, 238-249, 1994.

• D. Zatari, N. Botros and F. Dunn. In vivo Liver Differentiation by Ultrasound using an Artificial Neural Network. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96, 376-381, 1994.


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1993

• R. N. Czerwinski, D. L. Jones and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. An Approach to Boundary Detection in Ultrasound Imaging. Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 951-955, 1993.

• L. A. Frizzell. Ultrasound. In The Electrical Engineering Handbook, ed. by R. Dorf, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 2380-2386, 1993.

THESIS. Ghandi, Darshan Raman. Prediction and Comparison of In Situ Acoustic Pressure Levels for Linearly Derated Fields and Nonlinear Tissue Fields. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.

• D. R. Gandhi and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Nonlinear Acoustic Wave Propagation in Tissue. Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 939-942, 1993.

• I. A. Hein, J. T. Chen, W. K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Real-Time Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation Blood Flowmeter. Part I: Theory and Design. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 40, 768-775, 1993.

• I. A. Hein and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Current Time-Domain Methods for Assessing Tissue Motion by Analysis from Reflected Ultrasound Echoes-A Review. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 40, 84-102, 1993.

• I. A. Hein and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Real-Time Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation Blood Flowmeter. Part II: Performance and Experimental Verification. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 40, 776-785, 1993.

• H. Inoue, K. I. Carnes, and F. Dunn. Absorption of Ultrasound by Normal and Pathological Human Gonadal Tissues in vitro. Japanese Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, 20, 349-355, 1993.

• J. A. Jensen, D. R. Gandhi and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Fields in an Attenuating Medium. Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp 943-946, 1993.

THESIS. Nostick, Linda Marie. Characterization of Muscle Tissue Using Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation Techniques. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Single-Element Transducers. RadioGraphics, 13, 947-957, 1993.

Bioeffects and Safety of Diagnostic Ultrasound. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, AIUM Publications, Laural, MD, 1993. Dr. O'Brien was the co-chair of this activity.

• N. T. Sanghvi, R. S. Foster, R. Bihrle, F. J. Fry, M. Phillips and C. Hennige. Transrectal Ablation of Prostate Tissue Using Focused Ultrasound. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2, 1207-1210, 1993.

• A. F. Tarantal, F. Chu, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and A. G. Hendrickx. Sonographic Heat Generation In Vivo in the Gravid Long-Tailed Macaque. (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 12, 285-295, 1993.

• A. F. Tarantal, W. D. O'Brien, Jr. and A. G. Hendrickx. Evaluation of the Bioeffects of Prenatal Ultrasound Exposure in the Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fascicularis). III. Developmental and Hematologic Studies. Teratology, 47, 159-170, 1993.

• D. B. Tata, G. Hahn, and F. Dunn. Ultrasonic Absorption Frequency Dependence of Two Widely Used Anticancer Drugs: Doxorubin and Daunarubin. Ultrasonics, 31, 447-450, 1993.

• Y. Yang and F. Dunn. Acoustic Nonlinearity Method for Estimating the Ratio of Bound to Free Water of Biological Media. Ultrasonics, 31, 35-38, 1993.


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1992

• T. V. Chalikian, A. P. Sarvazyan, T. Funck, V. N. Belonenko and F. Dunn. Temperature Dependences of the Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter B/A of Aqueous Solutions of Amino Acids. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 91, 52-58, 1992.

THESIS. Chen, Eric Chung-Jay. Uncertainty in Estimating Tissue Motion from Ultrasonic Images. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.

• E. J. Chen, W. K. Jenkins and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. The Accuracy and Precision of Estimating Tissue Displacements from Ultrasonic Images. Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1069-1072, 1992.

• J. L. Drewniak and F. Dunn. On the Equivalence of Pulsed and Continuous Ultrasound in Producing Temperature Elevations Resulting from Absorption. Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan(E), 13, 115-120, 1992.

THESIS. Ellis, Donovan Scott. The General Solution for Estimating Ultrasonically Induced Tissue Heating. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.

• D. S. Ellis and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Evaluation of the Soft Tissue Thermal Index and the Maximum Temperature Increase for Homogeneous and Layered Tissues. Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1271-1275, 1992.

• R. S. Foster, R. Bihrle, N. T. Sanghvi, et al. Production of Prostatic Lesions in Canines Using Transrectally Administered High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. European Urology, 23, 330-336, 1993.

• H. Hachiya, S. Ohtsuki, M. Tanaka and F. Dunn. Determination of Two Dimensional Sound Speed Distribution in Biological Tissues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92, 1564-1568, 1992.

THESIS. Haken, Beth Ann. Effect of Mode Conversion on Ultrasonic Heating at Tissue Interfaces. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.

• B. A. Haken, L. A. Frizzell and E. L. Carstensen. Effect of Mode Conversion on Ultrasonic Heating at Tissue Interfaces. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 11, 393-405, 1992.

• I. A. Hein, J. A. Novakofski and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Data Acquisition System Design for Collecting High Quality RF Data from Beef Carcasses in the Slaughterhouse Environment. Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1039-1044, 1992.

• I. A. Hein, J. Novakofski, L. Nostwick and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Application of Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation to the Ageing of Porcine Muscle for the First Twenty-Four Hours Post Mortem. Acoustic Imaging, 19, 403-407, 1992.

• I. A. Hein and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Flexible Blood Flow Phantom Capable of Independently Producing Constant and Pulsatile Flow with a Predictable Spatial Flow Profile for Ultrasound Flow Measurement Validations. IEEE Transactions Biomedical Engineering, 39, 1111-1122, 1992.

• I. A. Hein, J. F. Zachary, R. Fish and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. In Vivo Measurement of Blood Flow using Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation. Acoustical Imaging, 19, 311-315, 1992.

THESIS. Houshmand, Hooman. Ultrasonic Reflection Mode Imaging of the Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.

• M. Ishibashi, J. Kushibiki, H. Asai, T. Sannomiya, N. Chubachi and F. Dunn. A Relative Method, Using Plane Waves at High Frequencies, for Measuring the Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter of Liquids. Proc. 266 Mtg. Tohoku Univ. Res. Inst. of Elect. and Comm. Engrg., (Tohoku Univ., Sendai, 1992), pp. 1-12 (in Japanese).

THESIS. Kozma, Thomas George. Investigations of the Effects of Heat and of Ultrasound on Terminally-Differentiated Cells: Using the Erythrocyte as a Model System. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.

• Y. Kusano, J. Kushibiki, H. Asai, T. Sannomiya, N. Chubachi and F. Dunn. Viscoelastic Analysis of Liquids by an Ultrasonic System--Silicone Oil. Proc. 264 Mtg. Tohoku Univ. Res. Inst. of Elect. and Commun. Engrg., (Tohoku Univ., Sendai, 1992), pp. 1-11 (in Japanese).

• W. L. Nyborg, P. L. Carson, E. L. Carstensen, F. Dunn, D. L. Miller, M. W. Miller, H. E. Thompson and M. C. Ziskin. Exposure Criteria for Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound: I Criteria Based on Thermal Mechanisms, (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD 1992), NCRP Report 113, xv + 278 pages.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Introduction to Ultrasound. In Non-Ionizing Radiation: Proceedings of the Second International Non-Ionizing Radiation Workshop, M. Wayne Greene, ed., pp. 127-150, Canadian Radiation Protection Association, Vancouver, BC, 1992.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Dosimetry and Interaction Mechanisms. In Non-Ionizing Radiation: Proceedings of the Second International Non-Ionizing Radiation Workshop, M. Wayne Greene, ed., pp. 151-172, Canadian Radiation Protection Association Vancouver, BC, 1992.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Precision of the Time-Domain Correlation Ultrasonic Flowmeter. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 30, 672-673, 1992.

Acoustic Output Measurement and Labeling Standard for Diagnostic Ultrasound Equipment. AIUM Publications, Rockville, MD, 1992. Dr. O'Brien was the co-chair of this activity.

THESIS. Peck, Timothy L. Sensitivity and Noise Analysis of Solenoidal Coils for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.

• N. T. Sanghvi, R. S. Foster, F. J. Fry, R. Bihrle, C. Hennige, L. V. Hennige. Ultrasound Intracavity System for Imaging, Therapy Planning, and Treatment of Focal Disease. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2, 1249-1253, 1992.

• T. A. Siddiqi, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., R. A. Meyer, J. M. Sullivan and M. Miodovnik. Human In Situ Dosimetry: Differential Insertion Loss during Passage through Abdominal Wall and Myometrium. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 18, 681-689, 1992.

Standard for Real-Time Display of Thermal and Mechanical Acoustic Output Indices on Diagnostic Ultrasound Equipment. AIUM Publications, Rockville, MD, 1992. Dr. O'Brien was the chair of the thermal index component of this activity.

• D. B. Tata and F. Dunn. Thermodynamic Method B/A Analysis of Liposomes: Prediction via Single Relaxation Theory. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 11, 441-447, 1992.

• D. B. Tata and F. Dunn. Interaction of Ultrasound and Model Membranes: Analyses and Predictions. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 96, 3548-3555, 1992.

• S. Umemura, K. R. Holmes, L. A. Frizzell and C. A. Cain. Insonation of Fixed Porcine Kidney by a Prototype Sector-Vortex Phased Array Applicator. International Journal of Hyperthermia, 8, 831-842, 1992.

WFUMB Symposium on Safety and Standardization in Medical Ultrasound: Issues and Recommendations Regarding Thermal Mechanisms for Biological Effects of Ultrasound. Barnett, S. B.; Kossoff, G., eds. World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Ultrasound Med. Biol., 18: 731-814; 1992. Dr. O'Brien was the co-chair of this international activity.

• R. Yang, C. R. Reilly, F. J. Rescorla, N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, T. D. Franklin, and J. L. Grosfeld. Effects of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Experimental Neuroblastma. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 27, 246-251, 1992.

• R. Yang, N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Rescorla, C. A. Galliani, F. J. Fry, S. L. Griffith, and J. L. Grosfeld. Extracorporeal Liver Ablation Using Sonography-guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Investigative Radiology, 27, 796-803, 1992.


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1991

• K. I. Carnes, J. L. Drewniak and F. Dunn. In Utero Measurement of Ultrasonically Induced Fetal Mouse Temperature Increases. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 17, 373-382, 1991.

• K. I. Carnes, R. A. Hess and F. Dunn. Effects of In Utero Ultrasound Exposure on the Development of the Fetal Mouse Testis. Biology of Reproduction, 45, 432-439, 1991.

• E. J. Chen, I. A. Hein, J. B. Fowlkes, R. S. Adler, P. L. Carson and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Comparison of the Tracking of 2-D Ultrasonic B-Mode Tissue Images with a Calibrated Phantom. Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1211-1213, 1991.

THESIS. Chu, Felice. A Computerized Ultrasound Exposimetry System. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

THESIS. Drewniak, James Lewis. Ultrasonic Absorption in Soft and Hard Fetal Tissues. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

• F. Dunn. The Bioacoustics Research Laboratory: Its Early History. E2CA2 News, 25, 5-6, 1991; Centennial History of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1891-1991, compiled by E. C. Jordan, W. Miller and M. E. Van Valkenberg, (U. I. Col. Engr., Urbana-Champaign, 1991), pp. 36-39.

• F. Dunn. Ultrasound. IEEE Transactions on Education 34, 266-268, 1991.

• F. Dunn. Ultrasonic Biophysics. In Encyclopedia of Physics, ed. by R. G. Lerner and G. L. Trigg, (VCH Publs., New York, 1991), 2nd Ed., pp. 1322-1323.

• D. S. Ellis and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Computational Comparison of Ultrasonically Induced Tissue Heating Between Circular and Rectangular Apertures. Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1133-1136, 1991.

• F. J. Fry, C. R. Reilly, K. A. Dines, M. R. Etchison, E. J. Trauner. Absorption in Liver at the Focus of an Ultrasonic Shock Wave Field. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 17, 65-69, 1991.

THESIS. Hein, Ilmar Arthur. Measurement of Volumetric Blood Flow Using Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

• E. Kelly-Fry, E. L. Madsen, G. R. Frank. Use of Anthropomorphic Compressed Breast Phantoms for Comparing Ultrasound Breast Imagers. Archives of Acoustics, pp. 501-511, 1991.

• E. Kelly-Fry, V. P. Jackson. Adaption, Development and Expansion of Xray Mammography Techniques for Ultrasound Mammography. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 10, 1991.

THESIS. Lee, Susan Wei Shenn. The Effects of Hyperthermia and Ionizing Radiation on Chicken Erythrocytes: A Possible Model for Terminally-Differentiated Tissues. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

• L. M. Nostwick, I. A. Hein, J. E. Novakofski and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Characterization of Porcine Muscle Tissue Using Ultrasound Time-Domain Correlation Techniques. Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1113-1117, 1991.

• W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasound Bioeffects Related to Obstetrical Sonography. In The Principles and Practice of Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4th ed., A. C. Fleischer et al. (eds.), pp. 15-23, Appleton and Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1991.

THESIS. Rebinsky, Douglas Alexander. Asymptotic Description of the Acoustic Microscopy of a Surface-Breaking Crack. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

• Y. Saijo, M. Tanaka, H. Ohkawai and F. Dunn. The Ultrasonic Properties of Gastric Cancer Tissues Obtained with a Scanning Acoustic Microscope System, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 17, 709-714, 1991.

• N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, R. Foster, R. Chua, G. Chua, S. L. Griffith, R. Bihrle, R. Yang, J. Zink. System Design and Considerations for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Device for the Treatment of Tissue in vivo. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 29, 748, 1991.

• G. Scherba, R. M. Weigel and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Quantitative Assessment of the Germicidal Efficiency of Ultrasound. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 57, 2079-2084, 1991.

• T. A. Siddiqi, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., R. A. Meyer, J. M. Sullivan and M. Miodovnik. In Situ Exposimetry: The Ovarian Ultrasound Examination. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 17, 257-263, 1991.

• N. B. Smith, J. E. Cannon, J. E. Novakofski, F. K. McKeith and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Tenderization of Semitendinosus Muscle Using High Intensity Ultrasound. Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1371-1374, 1991.

THESIS. Tata, Darayash Burjor. Analyses and Predictions of Ultrasound Interactions with Model Biomembrane Systems Via Two-State Transition Model. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

• D. B. Tata and F. Dunn. Analysis of In Vitro Sarcoma Population Reduction Due to Combined Effects of Hematoporphyrin via First Order Rate Kinetics, Japanese Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, 18, 653-660, 1991.

• C. V. Vorhees, K. D. Acriff-Smith, W. P. Weisenburger, R. A. Meyer, N. B. Smith and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. A Teratologic Evaluation of Continuous-Wave, Daily Ultrasound Exposure in Unanesthetized Rats. Teratology, 44, 667-674, 1991.

THESIS. Wang, Yimin. Theory and Applications of Scattering and Inverse Scattering Problems. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

• R. Yang, C. R. Reilly, F. J. Rescorla, P. R. Faught, N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, T. D. Franklin, L. Lumeng and J. L. Grosfeld. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Experimental Liver Cancer. Archives of Surgery, 126, 1002-1010, 1991.

• J. Zhang and F. Dunn. A Small Volume Thermodynamic System for B/A Measurement. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89, 73-79, 1991.

• J. Zhang, M. S. Kuhlenschmidt and F. Dunn. Influences of Structural Factors of Biological Media on the Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter B/A. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89, 80-91, 1991.


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1990

• D. H. Agemura, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., J. E. Olerud, L. E. Chun and D. R. Eyre. Ultrasonic Propagation Properties of Articular Cartilage at 100 MHz. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 87, 1786-1791, 1990.

• P. J. Benkeser, L. A. Frizzell, K. R. Holmes and S. A. Goss. A Perfused Tissue Phantom for Ultrasound Hyperthermia. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 37, 425-428, 1990.

THESIS. Bert, Robert James. The Effects of the Tubulin-Binding Drug, Colchicine, on the Electrophysiological Aspects of Phototransduction in Toad Rod Photoreceptors. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

• F. I. Braginskaya, E. A. Zaitzeva, O. M. Zorina, O. M. Poltorak, E. S. Chukrai and F. Dunn. Low Intensity Ultrasonic Effects on Yeast Hexokinase. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 29, 47-56, 1990.

• J. T. Chen, W. K. Jenkins, I. A. Hein and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Design and Implementation of a High Speed Residue Number System Correlator for Ultrasonic Time-Domain Blood Flow Measurement. Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 2095-2096, 1990.

THESIS. Chen, Shary Yun. Ultrasonic Propagation Properties of Canine Myocardium at 100MHZ. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

THESIS. Richard Y. Chiao. Signal Processing and Image Reconstruction for Scanning Tomographic Acoustic Microscopy. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, 1990.

THESIS. Conrath, Bartley Clay. Applications of Neural Networks to Ultrasound Tomography. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

• C. M. W. Daft, T. A. Siddiqi, D. W. Fitting, R. A. Meyer and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. In-Vivo Fetal Exposimetry. IEEE Transaction on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 37, 501-505, 1990.

• J. L. Drewniak, L. A. Frizzell and F. Dunn. Errors Resulting from Finite Beamwidth and Sample Dimensions in the Determination of the Ultrasonic Absorption Coefficient. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 88, 967-977, 1990.

• F. Dunn. Elastic Sphere Radiometer. In IEEE Guide for Medical Ultrasound Field Parameter Measurements (IEEE Std. 790-1989), ed. by F. W. Kremkau, (IEEE, New York, 1990), pp. 57-58.

• F. Dunn. Degassing Procedures. In IEEE Guide for Medical Ultrasound Field Parameter Measurements (IEEE Std. 790-1989), ed. by F. W. Kremkau, (IEEE, New York, 1990), p. 91.

• F. Dunn. Academic Promotion in America. Tohoku University International Exchange Times, 2, 3-7, 1990.

• F. Dunn and L. A. Frizzell. Bioeffects of Ultrasound. Chap. 8 in Therapeutic Heat and Cold, 4th edition, ed. by J. F. Lehmann, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1990, pp. 398-416.

• F. Dunn, J. Zhang and L. A. Frizzell. Composition and Structural Dependence of B/A for Biological Media. in Proc. 12th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Aug. 27-31, 1990, Austin, Texas, pp. 385-390.

THESIS. Ebbini, Emad S. A. Deep Localized Hyperthermia with Ultrasound Phased Arrays Using the Pseudoinverse Pattern Synthesis Method. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

• P. M. Embree and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Pulsed Doppler Accuracy Assessment Due to Frequency-Dependent Attenuation and Rayleigh Scattering Error Sources, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 37, 322-326, 1990.

• P. M. Embree and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Volumetric Blood Flow via Time Domain Correlation: Experimental Verification. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 37, 176-189, 1990.

• S. G. Foster, P. M. Embree and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Flow Velocity Profile via Time-Domain Correlation: Error Analysis and Computer Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 37, 164-175, 1990.

• L. A. Frizzell. Thermal Techniques. In IEEE Guide for Medical Ultrasound Field Parameter Measurements (IEEE Std. 790-1989), ed. by F. W. Kremkau, (IEEE, New York, 1990), pp. 65-69.

• L. A. Frizzell and F. Dunn. Biophysics of Ultrasound. Chap. 7 in Therapeutic Heat and Cold, 4th edition, ed. by J. F. Lehmann, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1990, pp. 362-397.

• S. L. Griffith, F. J. Fry, B. T. Burney, and T. D. Franklin. Experimental Gallstone Dissolution with Methyl-tert-butyl- Ether (MTBE) and Transcutaneous Ultrasound Energy. Investigative Radiology, 25, 146-152, 1990.

• E. Kelly-Fry, V. P. Jackson, N. T. Sanghvi. Frequency Domain Techniques for Ultrasound Breast Imaging. American College of Radiology, 24th National Conference on Breast Cancer, 1990.

• E. Kelly-Fry, V. P. Jackson. A New Ultrasound Mammography Technique that Provides Improved Correlation with X-Ray Mammography. 24th National Conference on Breast Cancer, 3, 1990.

• E. Kelly-Fry (reported by B. Edelman). Tunable Receiver Distinguishes Fibroadenoma, Malignancy. Radiology Today, 8, Sept. 1990.

• L. D. Ma, R. L. Magin and F. Dunn. The Effects of A23187 on the Phospholipid Phase Transition of Large Unilamellar Vesicles (LUVs) as Detected by Ultrasound Spectroscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 1022, 17-26, 1990.

• H. Ohkawai, M. Tanaka and F. Dunn. Non-contact Method for the Measurement of Thickness and Acoustic Properties of Soft Tissues. Ultrasonics, 28, 401-410, 1990.

• J. E. Olerud, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., M. A. Riederer-Henderson, D. L. Steiger, J. Debel and G. F. Odland. Correlation of Tissue Constituents with the Acoustic Properties of Skin and Wound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 16, 55-64, 1990.

• K. B. Sagar, D. H. Agemura, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., L. R. Pelc, T. L. Rhyne, L. S. Wann, R. A. Komorowski and D. C. Warltier. Quantitative Ultrasonic Assessment of Normal and Ischemic Myocardium with an Acoustic Microscope: Relationship to Integrated Backscatterer. Cardiovascular Research, 24, 447-455, 1990.

• N. T. Sanghvi, F. J. Fry, B. T. Burney, S. L. Griffith, S. M. Wessling, T. D. Franklin and R. F. Morris. A Low Frequency (220KHz) Ultrasound System for Enhancement of Gallstone Dissolution. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 3, 1635-1639, 1990.

• A. P. Sarvazyan, T. V. Chalikian and F. Dunn. Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter B/A of Aqueous Solutions of Some Amino Acids and Proteins. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 88, 1555-1561, 1990.

• N. B. Smith, C. V. Vorhees, R. A. Meyer and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. An Automated Ultrasonic Exposure System to Assess the Effects of In Utero Diagnostic Ultrasound. Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1385-1388, 1990.

THESIS. Sparrow, Victor Ward. A Finite Difference Numerical Model for the Propagation of Finite Amplitude Acoustical Blast Waves Outdoors Over Hard and Porous Surfaces. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

• V. T. Suorsa, A. T. Kerr, J. W. Hunt and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Influence of Stationary Signals on the Time-Domain Correlation Blood Flow Measurement. Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1563-1566, 1990.

• P. Tiernan, K. McCauley, T. Hebner, J. Erdman, Jr. and W. D. O'Brien, Jr. Ultrasonic Propagation Properties (at 100 MHz) in Liver of Rat Exposed to Ethanol or Carbon Tetrachloride. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 299-300, 1990.

THESIS. Underwood, Harold Roger. Rectangular Microstrip Radiator for a Multielement Local Hyperthermia Applicator. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

THESIS. Zhang, Jian. Influences of Biological Structural Features on the Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter B/A. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.


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