Impact and content not to miss in TUFFC
Impact Factor
Clarivate Analytics has recently released the 2019 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and the 2.812 impact factor for the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control indicates the journal’s sustained excellence and prominence in the ultrasonics, ferroelectrics and frequency control communities.
In this context it is of interest to note that the scope of the TUFFC entails a broad category of topics including Medical Ultrasonics, Sensors, NDE and Industrial Applications, Physical Acoustics, Surface Acoustics Waves, Transducers and Transducer Materials and Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control.
Highly Cited Articles in TUFFC
This breadth is well reflected by the articles that made it to the Highly Cited Articles list:
The study titled "3D Super Resolution Ultrasound Imaging with 2D Sparse Array" by Dr. Sevan Harput and his co-workers offers an insight into the medical ultrasonics techniques that enhance diagnostic power of physicians. Dr. Harput’s team designed a 2-D sparse array capable of constructing volumetric images exceeding the diffraction-limited resolution.
"Physical Mechanisms Providing Clinical Information From Ultrasound Lung Images: Hypotheses and Early Confirmations" were examined by M Demi, R Prediletto, G Soldati and L Demi. The authors analyzed the imaging artifacts and suggested that even one artifact was sufficient to provide clinical information. The outcome of this study has laid groundwork to use ultrasound in diagnosis and monitoring of CoVid 19 patients. The CV19 Pandemics study will be published in the upcoming TUFFC Special Issue, soon (see below).
Effective, rapid wireless power transfer is essential to maintain the operation of human implanted devices, such as pacemakers, but is also of interest in charging remote weather or biomarine sensors. Dr. Victor Farm-Guo et al. demonstrated that Ultrasound Lamb waves are well suited for such applications. The described prototype of the Lamb wave device ensured transfer of 0.47 W at a 204-mm distance with 56% overall power transfer efficiency.
An in depth, elegant review by Dr. Keith A. Wear, "Mechanisms of Interaction of Ultrasound With Cancellous Bone: A Review", discusses fundamental mechanisms underlying the interaction between ultrasound and cancellous bone and presents comprehensive experimental data for the dependencies of attenuation, sound speed, dispersion, and scattering on ultrasound frequency, bone mineral density, composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties of the bone. It also provides an insight into the use of ultrasound in diagnosing and monitoring of osteoporosis.
With the postponed but definitely not abandoned EU directive requesting replacement of the lead-based ferroelectrics with their lead-free alternatives, the contribution of Michael Lematre, Remy Ul, Michel Gratton, Louis-Pascal Tran-Huu-Hue and Marc Lethieq ably presents the most recent results characterizing electromechanical behavior of (lead-free) barium titanate.
Special Issues
Watch for the upcoming Special Issues focusing on:
- Histotripsy: approaches, mechanisms, hardware, and applications
- Ultrasound in COVID-19 and Lung Diagnostics
- Contributions of Women in Ferroelectrics Research and Development • Recent advances in ultrasound technology for brain imaging and therapy
- Deep learning in medical ultrasound – from image formation to image analysis.
Thanks to the Editorial Board
I look forward to ongoing and steady work with the Editorial Board to further enhance the reputation of the TUFFC and its prominence for authors and readers around the world. I would like to take this opportunity to express the UFFC community's gratitude to the entire Editorial Board and the outstanding reviewers for their freely given time and their assiduous efforts to sustain, improve and solidify the quality of the Journal.