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Due to the coadjoint orbit method [\textit{A. A. Kirillov}, Bull. Am. Math. Soc., N. Ser. 36, 433-488 (1999)], harmonic analysis on nilpotent Lie groups is closely related to symplectic geometry [\textit{W. Schempp}: Harmonic analysis on the Heisenberg nilpotent Lie group, with applications to signal theory. Pitman Res. Notes in Math. Ser., Vol. 147 (London 1986; Zbl 0632.43001)]. The paper under review deals with group convolution operators on two step nilpotent Lie groups. To be more specific, left and right convolution operators are considered simultaneously by an application of the direct integral decomposition technique [\textit{R. Ogden}, \textit{S. Vági}, Adv. Math. 33, 31-92 (1979; Zbl 0463.43002); \textit{R. Felix}, Manuscr. Math. 27, 279-290 (1979; Zbl 0402.22007)], and the symbolic calculus of pseudodifferential operators. For the case of the Heisenberg nilpotent Lie group, the algebra of Toeplitz operators associated with the corresponding Siegel II domain is also described [\textit{W. Schempp}, Math. Z. 171, 101-112 (1980; Zbl 0427.46015); \textit{M. Venugopalkrishna}, J. Funct. Anal. 9, 349-373 (1972; Zbl 0241.47023)]. For a rather unexpected application of the symbolic calculus to high-resolution medical imaging, see [\textit{W. J. Schempp}: Magnetic resonance imaging: Mathematical foundations and applications. (New York, Chichester, Weinheim 1998)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0908.00019].