Acoustical Imaging Volume 30

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 sinc

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Michael P. André · Joie P. Jones · Hua Lee Editors

Acoustical Imaging Volume 30

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Editors Prof. Michael P. André Department of Radiology Physics & Engineering Division University of California San Diego CA 92093-9114 USA and

Prof. Joie P. Jones Department of Radiological Sciences Irvine Medical Center University of California Orange CA 92868 USA [email protected]

San Diego VA Healthcare System San Diego CA 92161 USA [email protected] Prof. Hua Lee Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California Santa Barbara College of Engineering Santa Barbara CA 93106 USA [email protected]

ISSN 0270-5117 ISBN 978-90-481-3254-6 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3255-3 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3255-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2008931481 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

International Advisory Board

Iwaki Akiyama, Japan Michael André, USA Walter Arnold, Germany Jeff Bamber, United Kingdom Valentin Burov, Russia Noriyoshi Chubachi, Japan Kenneth Erikson, USA Helmut Ermert, Germany Leonard Ferrari, USA Mathias Fink, France Woon S. Gan, Singapore James Greenleaf, USA Jiankai Hu, China Joie Jones, USA Hiroshi Kanai, Japan Pierre Khuri-Yakub, USA Hua Lee, USA Sidney Leeman, UK Jerzy Litniewski, Poland Roman Maev, Canada Andrzej Nowicki, Poland William O’Brien, Jr., USA Bernard Tittmann, USA Piero Tortoli, Italy Anton van der Steen, Netherlands Yoshifum Saijo, Japan

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Preface

The International Acoustical Imaging Symposium has been held continuously since 1968 as a unique forum for advanced research across the broad spectrum of topics in acoustical imaging. The interdisciplinary nature of the Symposium and the wide international participation are two of its main strengths. Scientists from around the world present papers in all fields of acoustical imaging in an informal environment conducive to lively discussion and cross-fertilization. Acoustical Imaging remains a unique Symposium that promotes the sharing of technology, developments, methods and theory among all areas of acoustics. The fact that a loyal community of scientists has supported this Series for so many decades is evidence of its impact on the field. The Symposium series continues to thrive in a busy calendar of scientific meetings without the infrastructure of a professional society. It does so because those who attend and those who rely on the Proceedings as a well-known reference work acknowledge its value. It is gratifying to see