Ultrasonics: physics and applications

This book provides a review of state-of-the-art technological developments in applied ultrasonics with a focus on recent advances in ultrasonic research, covering metrological applications, non-destructive evaluation, sensing, devices, and physics, as well as medical diagnosis and treatment. The first part of this book focuses on the physics of acoustic waves, and their propagation and addresses viscoelasticity, as well as metrological applications including laser ultrasonics. Part two reviews some recent developments of importance to industrial applications, while the final part introduces developments in biomedical applications.

"Version: 20221001"--Title page verso.

Preface from the Institute for Ultrasonic Electronics -- part I. Basic physics and measurements. 1. Ultrasound propagation / Pak-Kon Choi -- 2. Wave propagation in/on liquids and spectroscopy of viscoelasticity and surface tension / Keiji Sakai -- 3. Optical measurements of ultrasonic fields in air/water and ultrasonic vibration in solids / Kentaro Nakamura -- 4. Picosecond laser ultrasonics / Osamu Matsuda and Oliver B. Wright

Part II. Industrial applications. 5. Ball surface acoustic wave sensor and its application to trace gas analysis / Kazushi Yamanaka, Takamitsu Iwaya and Shingo Akao -- 6. Phase adjuster in a thermoacoustic system / Shin-ichi Sakamoto and Yoshiaki Watanabe

Part III. Biological and medical applications. 7. Ultrasonic characterization of bone / Mami Matsukawa -- 8. Acceleration and control of protein aggregation / Hirotsugu Ogi -- 9. High-frame-rate medical ultrasonic imaging / Hideyuki Hasegawa -- 10. High-intensity focused ultrasound / Shin Yoshizawa and Shin-ichiro Umemura.