8:00 am

REGISTRATION

8:30

OPENING CEREMONY – WELCOME ADDRESSES FROM:

• Honorable Deputy Prime Minister, Herb Gray

• MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament) for Windsor-West, Sandra Pupatello

• Senior V.P. DaimlerChrysler Corp., Frank Ewasyshyn

• President, University of Windsor, Ross Paul

9:00

INTRODUCTION by Roman Gr. Maev

9:05

Andrew Briggs
Department of Materials, Oxford University, UK

Title to be announced

HS-1

9:30

Robert E. Green Jr. (Invited Speech)

Centre for Nondestructive Evaluations The Johns Hopkins University, USA

Imaging Acoustics and Acoustic Imaging

HS-2

10:00

Joie P. Jones (Invited Speech)

Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA

A Brief History of Medical Ultrasonics

HS-3

10:30

BREAK

10:50

Noriyoshi Chubachi (Invited Speech)

Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku Gaukin University, Japan

Developments of Ultrasonic Measurement Technology for Acoustical Imaging

HS-4

11:20

Rainer Michael Schmitt (Invited Speech)

Department of Ultrasound Fraunhofer University St. Ingbert, Germany

Ultrasonic Computed Tomography: From the Past to the Future

HS-5

11:50

Bernhard Tittmann (Invited Speech)

Pennsylvania State University

History Of Acoustical Imaging: A Brief Review of the Early Days

HS-6

12:20

LUNCH

2:00

TECHNICAL EXHIBITION GRAND OPENING

2:15

Pascal Laugier, f. Padilla, M. Talmant (Invited Speech)

Laboratoire d’Imagerie Parametrique, Universite Paris 6 France

Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements of Bone Properties

BMA-1

2:45

Joerg Brandt, Albrecht Klemenz, Kay Raum, Sabine Seidler

Martin-Luther Universitat Halle-Wittengerg, Orthopadische Klink, Halle, Germany

Scanning Acoustic Microscopy for Micromeasurement of Elastomechanical Bone Properties-Comparison with Nanoindentation Results

BMA-2

3:00

L. A. Denisova, R.G. Maev, I.V. Matveichuk, Yu. I. Denisov-Nikolsky, A.A. Denisov, E. Yu Maeva

Emanuel’s Institute for Biochemical Physics, Russia; University of Windsor, Canada; Biomedical Technologies Research and Educational Center, Russia

Investigating Compact Bone Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Using Acoustic Microscopy

BMA-3

3:15

E. Bossy, M. Talmant, P. Laugier

Laboratoire d’Imagerie Parametrique, Universite Paris VI, France

2D Simulation of the Axial Transmission Technique on a Cortical Bone Plate

BMA-4

3:30

Joaquim M. Maia, Eduardo T. Costa, Vera L.S.N. Button, Joao F, Marques Neto

Departmento de Engenharia Biomedica da Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computacao (DEB/FEEC) e Centro de Engenharia Biomedica (CEB/UNICAMP); Departamento de Reumatologia da Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas (FCM) e Ambulatorio de Osteoporose de Hospital de Clinicas (HC/UNICAMP).  Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas SP- Brazil

 An Ultrasound System for The Diagnosis of Osteoporosis

BMA-5

3:45

BREAK

4:05

Mostafa Fatemi, James F. Greenleaf (Invited Speech)

Mayo Clinic/Foundation, USA

Biological and Medical Applications of Vibro-Acoustography

BMB-1

4:35

Jurgen Bereiter-Hahn, Christoph Blasé, Tibrikam Kundu, Holger Luers, Oliver Wagner

Kinematic Cell Research Group, Biocentre, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany; University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, USA

Cells As Seen With the Acoustic Microscopy

BMB-2

4:50

Iwaki Akiyama, Hironori Matsudaira, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Kiyoka Omoto, Koichi Itoh

Shonan Institute of Technology, Mitani Sangyo Co., Jichi Medical School, Japan

Development of Three Dimensional Image Analysis System for Computer Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer using Ultrasonic Echography

BMB-3

5:05

L. Masotti, E. Biagi, A. Acquafresca, L. Breschi, M. Calzolai, R. Facchini, A. Giombetti, S. Granchi, A. Ricci, M. Scabia

Ultrasonic and Nondestructive Testing Lab, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Florence, Italy

Ultrasonic Images of Tissue Local Power Spectrum by Means of Wavelet Packets for Prostate Cancer Detection

BMB-4

5:20

Yoshifumi Saijo, Hidehiko Sasaki, Atsushi Iguchi, Koichi Tabayashi, Kazuto Kobayashi, Shin-ichi Nitta

Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University; Honda Electronics Inc. Japan

Detecting Cardiac Allograft Rejection by Acoustic Microscopy

BMB-5

5:35

Y.P. Zheng, A.F.T. Mak, K.P. Lau

Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR China

Ultrasonic Measurement of Depth-Dependent Strains of Articular Cartilage in Compression

BMB-6

5:50

Rainer M.Schmitt, Hans-Joachim Welsch, Heinrich Fonfara, Peter Becker, Manfred Moses, Martin Staudt

Department of Ultrasound, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

A Research Platform for Diagnostic Ultrasound

BMB-7

7:00

PRIDE OF WINDSOR CRUISES

8:30

Bryan Huey (Invited Speech)

Oxford University, Department of Materials, UK

Ultrasonic Force Microscopy: Nanometer Scale Mechanical Contrast

AM-1

9:00

M. Kopycinska, U. Rabe, S. Hirsekorn, W. Arnold

Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing, Germany

Nanoscale Imaging of Ferroelectric Domain Patterns Using an Atomic Force Microscope in the Piezo Mode at Ultrasonic Frequencies

AM-2

9:15

Fred. S. Hickernell

Optical Sciences Centre, The University of Arizona, USA

A Comparison of the SAW Velocity for Thin-Film Aluminum Nitraide on Silicon by Line Focus Beam Acoustic Microscopy and Direct Transducer Measurements

AM-3

9:30

S. A. Titov, R.G. Maev, A.N, Bogatchenkov

Center for Imaging Research and Advanced Materials Characterization, School of Physical Science, University of Windsor, Canada; Institute for Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Science, Russia

Ultrasonic Time Resolved Measurements by the V(x, t) Method

AM-4

9:45

M. Pluta, W. Grill

Technical University of Wroclaw, Institute of Physics, Poland, Universitat Leipzing, Institut fur Experimentelle Physik II, Germany

Phase Sensitive Acoustic Microscopy- Image Quality Estimation by  volume Imaging in Anisotropic Media

AM-5

10:00

A Klemenz, Chr Schwinger, J. Brandt, B. Koch, J. Kressler

Medical Department, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics; Orthopaedical Clinic, Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Bioengineering, Martin-Luther University, Germany

Investigation of Elasto-Mechanical Properties of Alginate by Ultrasound Methods

AM-6

10:15

S. Leeman, A. J. Healey, J.P. Jones

King’s College London, UK; Nycomed-Amersham, Norway; University of California Irvine, USA

A Different Approach Towards Diffraction Tomography

AM-7

10:30

BREAK

10:50

V.A. Burov, S.A. Morozov, O.D. Rumyantseva

Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Dept. of Acoustics, Russia

Reconstruction of Fine-Scale Structure of Acoustical Scatterer on Large-Scale Contrast Background

PM-1

11:05

Joie P. Jones, Sidney Leeman

Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA; Department of Medical Engineering and Physics, King’s College, UK

Limited-Angle Diffraction Tomography

PM-2

11:20

Wagner C.A. Pereira, A. Abdelwhab, S.L. Bridal, P. Laugier

Laboratoire d’Imagerie Parametrique, University of Paris VI, France; Biomedical Engineering Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Singular Spectrum Analysis Applied to 20 MHz Backscattered Ultrasound Signals from Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Phantoms

PM-3

11:35

J.H. Page, M.L. Cowan, D.A. Weitz

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Canada; Department of Physics and DEAS, Harvard University, USA

Novel Techniques in Ultrasonic Correlation Spectroscopy for Characterizing the Dynamics of Strongly Scattering Materials

PM-4

11:50

S. Leeman, A. J. Healey, E.T. Costa

King’s College, UK; Nycomed-Amersham, Norway; University of Campinas, Brazil

The Impact of Loss on Ultrasound Propagation

PM-5

12:05

Oleg V. Dmitriev, Kirill V. Kolosov

State Enterprise “Region” Underwater Electronics Technology

A New Method of Synthesis a Field with Prescribed Amplitude-Phase Distribution in the Scaled-Down Problem

PM-6

12:20

Paul Fox, Jian-yu Lu, Sverre Holm

Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, UK; Ultrasound Laboratory, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Toledo, USA; Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway

Relationship Between 1D Fourier Bessel Series and X Wave Transform for Circular-Symmetric Fields

PM-7

12:35

LUNCH

2:15

Boro Djordjevic (Invited Speech)

Centre for NDE, John Hopkins University, USA

Advancements in Ultrasonic Imaging For Materials Testing

NDE-1

2:45

Steen Arnfred Nielsen

Div. for Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, FORCE Institute Denmark

A Dynamic Ultrasonic Bistatic System for On-Line Material Characterization

NDE-2

3:00

Jiankai Hu, Qianlin Zhang, Jin Xu, Zhiyun Pan, Hong Yin, V. Levin, R. Maev

Laboratory of Ultrasonic Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, China; Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; The Centre of Acoustic Microscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Acoustic Microscopic Characterization on Advanced Composites

NDE-3

3:15

N.K. Batra

Multifunctional Materials Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA

Acoustical Imaging of “Kissing Debond” Regions at the Interfaces of Adhesively Bonded Laminates

NDE-4

3:30

Brian O’Neill, Jeffrey Sadler, Fedar Severin, Roman Gr. Maev

Centre for Imaging Research and Advanced Materials Characterization, School of Physical Sciences, University of Windsor, Canada

Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Acoustic Nonlinearities at an Interface with Poor Adhesive Bonding

NDE-5

3:45

D. R. Franca, C-K Jen, Y. Ono

Department of ECE, McGill University, Canada, IMI, National Research Council, Canada

Ultrasonic Measurement of Liquid Flow at Elevated Temperature

NDE-6

4:00

Parvinder Singh, Gurdev Singh

Head of Department of Chemistry, Gov’t College for Girls, India; End. Trust LDH, India

Evaluation of Sheer Relaxation Time and Derived Parameters From Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements of CU (1) and Some Tetraalky Ammonium Salts in Binary Organic Mixtures to Study Various Structural Effects

NDE-7

4:30

POSTER SESSION (details below) WITH COFFEE BREAK

7:00

BANQUET: RADISSON RIVERFRONT HOTEL

8:30

Ken Erikson, Jason Stockwell, Allen Hairston, John Marciniec, Robert McPhie (Invited Speech)

BAE Systems- Information and Electronic Warfare Systems Nashua, NH, USA

Matrix Arrays for the 21st Century

CS-1

9:00

Paul D. Fox, Jiqi Cheng, Jian yu Lu

Oxford University, Dept. of Engineering, UK; Ultrasonic Laboratory Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Toledo, USA

High Speed Field Calculation and Turning of PW Annular Arrays Using Integrated Fourier –Bessel Series

CS-2

9:15

Peder C. Pederson, Li Wan

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Optimization of Pulse-Echo Array Transducer System For Identification of Specified Targets

CS-3

9:30

W. Gerberhardt, M. Spies, W. Arnold

Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing University, Germany

Air Coupled UT Transducers: Design and Applications

CS-4

9:45

L. Masotti, E. Biagi, A. Acquafresca, E. Biagi, F. Margheri, D. Menichelli

Ultrasonic and Non Destructive Testing Lab, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, Italy

Virtual Biopsy by Means of Miniaturized Fiber Optic Ultrasonic Transducers

CS-5

10:00

O. Keitmann, L. Brenner, R. Oppelt, B. Granz, V. Sander, B. Tillig, H. Errnert

High Frequency Engineering Institute, Ruhr- University Bochum Germany; Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Germany; Children’s Hospital of the Ruhr-University, Germany

New Development of an Ultrasound Transmission Camera

CS-6

10:15

W. S. Gan

Acoustical Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd, Republic of Singapore

Time-Varying Diffraction Tomography- A New Form of Acoustical Imaging

CS-7

10:30

BREAK

10:50

Vera L.S. Nantes Button, Hayram Nicacio, Joaquim M. Maia, Eduardo T. Costa, Sidney Leeman

Departamento de Engharia Biomedica, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computa e Centro de Engenharia Biomedica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caminas SP Brazil; Kings College, UK

Directivity Spectrum of an Apodized Ultrasound Transducer

CSB-1

11:05

Caterina Parodi, Andrea Trucco

Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIB) University of Genoa, Italy

Optimization of Wide-Band Beam-Patterns by Means of a Joined Synthesis of Weighting Coefficients and Pulse Envelope

CSB-2

11:20

M. Kobayashi, C-K. Jen, A. Houlson, M. Sayer

Dept of ECE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; IMI, National Research Council, Canada; Dept of Physics, Queen’s University, Canada

High Temperature Acoustical Imaging Transducers Fabricated by a Spray Technique

CSB-3

11:35

Martha Castillo, Pedro Acevedo, Eduardo Moreno

Centro de Ultrasonica, ICIMAF, CITMA, Cuba; DISCA-IIMAS-UNAM, Mexico

Lossy Mechanisms in Poezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducers

CSB-4

11:50

LUNCH

1:15

Michael P. Andre, Michael Galperin, Linda K. Olson, Katherine Richman (Invited Speech)

University of San Diego, USA

Improving the Accuracy of Diagnostic Breast Ultrasound

IP-1

1:45

Hai-Dong Liang, Michael Halliwell, Peter NT Wells

Centre for Physics and Engineering Research in Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol General Hospital, UK

Limitation of High Frequency Ultrasonic Reflex Transmission Imaging

IP-2

2:00

Jian –yu Lu, Hu Peng, Jin Wang, Jiqi Cheng

Ultrasound Laboratory Department of Bioengineering, University of Toledo, USA

Increasing Frame Rate of Limited Diffraction Imaging System with Binary Coding

IP-3

2:15

Yoshihiro Yasumuro, Motonori Doi, Osamu Osiro, Kunihiro Chihara, Tadao Sugiura, Satoshi Kawada

Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan; Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa, Japan; Osaka University, Japan

Obstacle Detection by Three Dimensional Frontal Imaging with Laser Induced Breakdown

IP-4

2:30

Paul E. Barbone. Jeffrey C. Bamber

Physics Department, Institute of Cancer Research, UK

Quantitative Elasticity Imaging: What can and cannot be inferred from a strain image

IP-5

2:45

Bernhard Gassman, Prof. Wolfram Wermke,

Kilinikum Berlin-Buch, Germany; Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Advantages of Multiframe Imaging

IP-6

3:00

Xiafoeng WU, Yoshihiro Yasumuro, Motonori DOI, Oshamu Oshiro, Kunihiro Chihara

Medical School, The First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University; Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

A Modified Frontal 3-D Imaging For Intravascular Ultrasound with Sparse Synthetic Ring Array

IP-7

3:15

BREAK

3:35

Fabienne Poree, T. Chonavel, F. Gaillard, JM Boucher

ENST Bretagne, Technopole de Brest Iroise, France; IFREMER, Technopole de Brest Iroise, Brest Cedex France

Tracking Time Delays in Ocean Acoustic Tomographic Images

UG-1

3:50

M. Prasad, M. Reinstadtler, W. Arnold

Stanford Rock Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, USA; Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing, Germany

Applications of Quantitative Acoustic Microscopy to Petrophysical Studies of Reservoir Rocks

UG-2

4:05

Steven G. Kargl, Daniel Rouseff

Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, USA

Acoustic Tomography and Wave Propagation in Natural Bubble Fields

UG-3

4:20

Kirill V.Kolosov

State Enterprise “Region” Underwater Electronics Technology, Russia

Compensation of Ray Refraction at Sea Bottom Acoustical Images Constructing

UG-4