An Annular CMUT Array and Acquisition Strategy for Continuous Monitoring [PDF]
SensorsIn many monitoring scenarios, repeated and operator-independent assessments are needed. Wearable ultrasound technology has the potential to continuously provide the vital information traditionally obtained from conventional ultrasound scanners, such as ...
María José Almario Escorcia +7 more
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3D cone-beam breast ultrasonic tomography imaging for capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer cylindrical array [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2021 In this paper, a 3D cone-beam ultrasonic transmission tomography method for capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) cylindrical phased array was proposed.
Yu Pei +6 more
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Mechanical and electrical sensitivity of a capacitive micro ultrasonic transducer considering scale effects [PDF]
مهندسی مکانیک شریف, 2022 In the medical field, ultrasonic imaging is especially popular for its technological features, such as non-radioactive real-time acquisition, affordable equipment cost, and miniaturization capabilities in minimally invasive methods.
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A theoretical model of a new electrostatic transducer incorporating fluidic amplification [PDF]
, 2008 This article concerns the design of a new electrostatic transducer whose backplate consists of a series of drilled pipes. A new one-dimensional model is derived which considers the interaction of the membrane with the air load, the air cavities, and the ...
Walker, Alan J. +3 more
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Micromachines, 2022 The study of impedance matching between a transducer and its working medium is an important part of acoustic transducer design. The traditional quarter wavelength matching (Q-matching) scheme is not suitable for broadband capacitive micromachined ...
Bizhen Gao +9 more
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Surface micromachined capacitive ultrasonic transducers [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 1998 The current state of novel technology, surface microfabricated ultrasonic transducers, is reported. Experiments demonstrating both air and water transmission are presented. Air-coupled longitudinal wave transmission through aluminum is demonstrated, implying a 110 dB dynamic range for transducers at 2.3 MHz in air. Water transmission experiments from 1
Ladabaum, I. +4 more
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Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2023 Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (cMUT) technology has steadily advanced since its advent in the mid-1990’s. Though cMUTs have not supplanted piezoelectric transducers for medical ultrasound imaging to date, researchers and engineers are ...
Carl D. Herickhoff, Rob van Schaijk
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Hybrid Cell Structure for Wideband CMUT: Design Method and Characteristic Analysis
Micromachines, 2021 Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) is an ultrasonic transducer based on the microelectromechanical system (MEMS). Wideband CMUT has good application prospects in ultrasonic imaging, ultrasonic identification, flow measurement, and ...
Hongliang Wang +6 more
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A modular FPGA-based ultrasonic array system for applications including non-destructive testing [PDF]
, 2008 This paper reports work aimed at the development of an ultrasonic imaging system comprising modular, reprogrammable building blocks, or tiles, which can be customised for multiple applications, including and within non-destructive testing (NDT), by the ...
Afroukh, F. +6 more
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Wideband acoustic activation and detection of droplet vaporization events using a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer. [PDF]
J Acoust Soc Am, 2016 An ongoing challenge exists in understanding and optimizing the acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV) process to enhance contrast agent effectiveness for biomedical applications.
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