Description: Inversion and Tomography.- Inverse Solution for Multiple Scattering in Inhomogeneous Acoustic Media.- A Filtered Backpropagation Algorithm for Fan Beam Diffraction Tomography (Abstract).- Fourier Domain Reconstruction Methods with Application to Diffraction Tomography.- Image Reconstruction from Limited Projections Using the Angular Periodicity of the Fourier Transform of the Radon Transforms of an Object.- Multi-Frequency Diffraction Tomography.- The Inverse Acoustical Scattering Problem for Layered Media in the Presence of Broad-band Acoustic Noise and with Limited Transducer Bandwidth.- Fast Iterative Algorithms for Inverse Scattering Solutions of the Helmholtz and Riccati Wave Equations.- Microscopy.- Acoustical Imaging/NDE of Complex Geometries Using Refraction and Reflection Transmission Techniques in Acoustic Microscopy (Abstract).- Computer-Assisted Tomographic Acoustic Microscopy for Subsurface Imaging.- The Origin of Grain Contrast in the Scanning Acoustic Microscope.- Detection of Surface-Breaking Cracks in the Acoustic Microscope.- Scattering and Propagation.- Description of the Pulsed Acoustic Field of a Linear Diagnostic Ultrasound Array Using a Simple Approximate Expression.- Cross-Sectional Measurements and Extrapolations of Ultrasonic Fields (Abstract).- Spectrum of Echo Scattered by Simple Object Placed at Focal Plane of Ultrasonic Transducer.- Measurement and Simulation of the Scattering of Ultrasound by Penetrable Cylinders.- Fresnel Approximation in the Non Paraxial Case and in Absorbing Media.- Tissue and Material Characterization.- Material Characterization by Acoustic Line-Focus Beam.- Ultrasonic Velocity Spatial Distribution Analysis of Biological Materials with the Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope.- Diffraction of Ultrasound by Soft Tissues:The Inhomogeneous Continuous Model.- Tissue Information from Ultrasound Scattering.- Signal Processing.- Stable Impedance Profile Reconstruction by Spike Train Approximation.- Golay Codes for Simultaneous Multi-Mode Ultrasonic Imaging.- Spectral Equalisation: A Signal Processing Technique to Increase Pulse-Echo Signal Bandwidth.- The Modified Discrete Wigner Distribution and Its Application to Acoustic Well Logging.- Two-Dimensional Statistical Analysis of Synthetically Focused Images.- TRANSDUCERS AND ARRAYS.- Acoustical Imaging Techniques Applied to General Transducer Design.- Fresnel Zone Plate and Fresnel Phase Plate Patterns for Acoustic Transducers.- A New Technique for Realizing Annular Arrays or Complex Shaped Transducers.- A Hybrid Trapped Energy Mode Transducer.- Annular Surface Wave Transducer.- Imaging Systems.- Acoustic Spectral Interferometry: A New Method for Sonic Velocity Determination.- Thermoacoustic Imaging Induced by Deeply Penetrating Radiation.- Observation of Acoustic Signals from a Phantom in an 18 Mev Electron Beam for Cancer Therapy.- Holographic Imaging System Using Wideband Chirped Ultrasound.- Real-time 2-Dimensional Doppler Flow Mapping Using Auto-Correlation.- Imaging of the Ultrasonic Velocity and Reflection Properties of Objects by a C-Scan Method.- Improvement and Quatitative Assessment of B-Mode Images Produced by Annular Array/Cone Hybrids (Abstract).- Image Interpolation for Real-Time Compound Dual Sector Scans.- A Digital Pulse-Echo System Based on Acoustic Inversion (Abstract).- A Dual B-Scan for Attenuation Acoustical Imaging.- In-Situ Silt Density Measurements Using a Broadband Parametric Sound Source.- Computer-Aided Imaging with Optically-Scanned Acoustic Transducers.- Special Techniques.- Simulation of Imaging Systems for Underwater Viewing.- Imaging of Cluttered Targets in Colourerd Absorptive Media.- Seismic Tomography Applied to Surface Wave Analysis.- Application of Acoustical Holography to Noise Suppression.- Probabilistic Image Reconstruction Using Experimental Ultrasonic Data.- Errata "Generalization of Gabor's Theory?The Theory of Multi-beam Holographic Interference.- Participants.- Author Index.

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