Volume 35 Number 11 2009

CONTENTS

C ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Quantification of Intensive Statin Treatment of Carotid AtherosclerosisAdam Krasinski, Bernard Chiu, J. David Spence, Aaron Fenster, and Grace Parraga 1763

Toward Registration of 3D Ultrasound and CT Images of the Spine in Clinical Praxis: Design andEvaluation of a Data Acquisition ProtocolSusanne Winter, Ioannis Pechlivanis, Claudia Dekomien, Christian Igel, and Kirsten Schmieder 1773

Evaluation of Bone-Tendon Junction Healing Using Water Jet Ultrasound Indentation MethodMin-Hua Lu, Yong-Ping Zheng, Hong-Bin Lu, Qing-Hua Huang, and Ling Qin 1783

Analysis of Elastographic and B-mode Features at Sonoelastography for Breast Tumor ClassificationWoo Kyung Moon, Chiun-Sheng Huang, Wei-Chih Shen, Etsuo Takada, Ruey-Feng Chang, Juliwati Joe,

Michiko Nakajima, and Masayuki Kobayashi 1794

Induced Transducer Orientation During Ultrasound Imaging: Effects on Abdominal MuscleThickness and Bladder PositionJackie L. Whittaker, Martin B. Warner, and Maria J. Stokes 1803

Dynamic B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging of Vocal Fold Vibration During PhonationChen-Gia Tsai, Jeng-Horng Chen, Yio-Wha Shau, and Tzu-Yu Hsiao 1812

Definition of Contrast Enhancement Phases of the Liver Using a Perfluoro-Based Microbubble Agent,Perflubutane MicrobubblesSasaki Shunichi, Iijima Hiroko, Moriyasu Fuminori, and Hidehiko Waki 1819

Dynamic Changes of Integrated Backscatter, Attenuation Coefficient and Bubble Activities DuringHigh-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) TreatmentSiyuan Zhang, Mingxi Wan, Hui Zhong, Cheng Xu, Zhenzhong Liao, Huanqing Liu, and Supin Wang 1828

Sonothrombolysis for Intraocular Fibrin Formation in an Animal ModelToshifumi Yamashita, Hiroki Ohtsuka, Noboru Arimura, Shozo Sonoda, Chihiro Kato, Kaneo Ushimaru,

Naoko Hara, Katsuro Tachibana, and Taiji Sakamoto 1845

INDEXED IN Index Medicus, MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents�, Biol. Abstr., Electron. & Commun. Abstr., Safety Sci. Abstr., CABS, Appl.

Mech. Rev., PASCAL-CNRS Database, Science Citation Index�, ISI Biomed, SciSearch�, Sociedad Iberoamericana de Information Cientifica.

ISSN 0301-5629

USMBA3 35(11) 1763-1928 (2009)

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Plasma Sterilization of Poly Lactic Acid Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Surface Modification andImplications for Drug DeliveryJohn R. Eisenbrey, Jennifer Hsu, and Margaret A. Wheatley 1854

A Generalized Speckle Tracking Algorithm for Ultrasonic Strain Imaging Using DynamicProgrammingJingfeng Jiang, and Timothy J. Hall 1863

Mean Volume Flow Estimation in Pulsatile Flow ConditionsMichael S. Richards, Oliver D. Kripfgans, Jonathan M. Rubin, Anne L. Hall, and J. Brian Fowlkes 1880

A Rotating Cylinder Phantom For Flow and Tissue Color Doppler TestingAndrew Walker, Egil Henriksen, Ivar Ringqvist, and Per Ask 1892

High-Frequency Ex Vivo Ultrasound Imaging of the Auditory SystemJeremy A. Brown, Zahra Torbatian, Robert B. Adamson, Rene Van Wijhe, Ronald J. Pennings,

Geoffrey R. Lockwood, and Manohar L. Bance 1899

Ultrafast Imaging of Ultrasound Contrast AgentsOlivier Couture, Souad Bannouf, Gabriel Montaldo, Jean-Francois Aubry, Mathias Fink,

and Mickael Tanter 1908

Ultrasound and Microbubble-Induced Intra- and Intercellular Bioeffects in Primary Endothelial CellsLynda J.M. Juffermans, Annemieke van Dijk, Cees A.M. Jongenelen, Benjamin Drukarch, Arie Reijerkerk,

Helga E. de Vries, Otto Kamp, and Rene J.P. Musters 1917

C CALENDAR 1928

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