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Hinssen, Yara (author)Aeroacoustic testing in wind tunnels is crucial for understanding and mitigating the noise generation mechanisms in several devices while maintaining satisfactory aerodynamic performance in the conceptual design stage. However, current measurements in closed-section wind tunnels face challenges in terms of installation, due to the effect of the...master thesis 2024
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Hopf, Y.M. (author), Simoes dos Santos, D. (author), Ossenkoppele, Boudewine W. (author), Noothout, E.C. (author), Chang, Z.Y. (author), Chen, Chao (author), Vos, H.J. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Pertijs, M.A.P. (author)This article presents an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for catheter-based 3-D ultrasound imaging probes. The pitch-matched design implements a comprehensive architecture with high-voltage (HV) transmitters, analog front ends, hybrid beamforming analog-To-digital converters (ADCs), and data transmission to the imaging system....journal article 2024
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Agarwal, Sakshi (author)Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) are envisioned to become a pivotal transformative technology within the realm of 6G mobile networks. In this study, we introduce three heuristic algorithms designed to optimize radio resource management, ultimately enhancing throughput within a RIS-enhanced mobile network. Our findings demonstrate that...master thesis 2023
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Chen, Wenxu (author)Hybrid beamforming (HBF) architecture provides promising trade-offs between the system performance and computational/hardware complexity in practical implementations of millimeter wave (mm-Wave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) 5th generation (5G) mobile networks compared to its fully digital beamforming (DBF) counterpart. In this...master thesis 2023
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Ossenkoppele, B.W. (author)High-frame-rate volumetric ultrasound imaging is highly desired to enable novel clinical ultrasound applications. However, realizing high-quality volumetric ultrasound imaging at a high frame rates (>500 Hz) is challenging. Keeping the cable count and data rate of the transducer device at a realistic level without sacrificing image quality to...doctoral thesis 2023
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WEI, LAI (author)3-D ultrasound imaging using a 2-D array provides much more information about our body than conventional 2-D imaging. However, due to the large number of elements in a 2-D array, channel count reduction is required and the power and area budget for each element is limited. It is quite challenging to design an ultrasound interface circuit with...master thesis 2023
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Ossenkoppele, B.W. (author), Luijten, Ben (author), Bera, Deep (author), de Jong, N. (author), Verweij, M.A. (author), van Sloun, Ruud J.G. (author)There is an increased desire for miniature ultrasound probes with small apertures to provide volumetric images at high frame rates for in-body applications. Satisfying these increased requirements makes simultaneous achievement of a good lateral resolution a challenge. As micro-beamforming is often employed to reduce data rate and cable count...journal article 2023
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Dash, T.K. (author), Gîrdianu, Alexandru (author), Krasnov, O.A. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)At the airports, fast-scanning phased array radars are used to detect point-like targets, e.g., birds and drones. However, these radars do not possess Doppler processing and thus are not used for observation of the weather targets like precipitation events. A series of steps need to be performed, such as beamforming in elevation, target masking...conference paper 2023
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Luijten, Ben (author), Ossenkoppele, B.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), Eldar, Yonina C. (author), Mischi, Massimo (author), van Sloun, Ruud J.G. (author)Ultrasound imaging is an attractive imaging modality due to its low-cost and real-time feedback, although it often falls short in image quality compared to MRI and CT imaging. Conventional ultrasound image reconstruction, such as Delay-and-Sum beamforming, is derived from maximum-likelihood estimation. As such, no prior information is exploited...conference paper 2023
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Guo, P. (author), Fool, F. (author), Chang, Z.Y. (author), Noothout, E.C. (author), Vos, H.J. (author), Bosch, Johan G. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), Pertijs, M.A.P. (author)This article presents a low-power and small-area transceiver application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for 3-D trans-fontanelle ultrasonography. A novel micro-beamforming receiver architecture that employs current-mode summation and boxcar integration is used to realize delay-and-sum on an N -element sub-array using N× fewer capacitive...journal article 2023
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Zhao, Changxu (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author), Roederer, A.G. (author), Aslan, Y. (author)Design of millimeter-wave arrays for base stations operating in dense urban environment is investigated. Innovative designs for linear subarrays with shaped beam patterns for hybrid beamforming are proposed. The number of elements and element spacings in the subarrays are optimally selected based on a pattern matching technique. The subarrays...conference paper 2023
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Rivandi, H. (author), Lopes Marta da Costa, T.M. (author)Ultrasound (US) neuromodulation and ultrasonic power transfer to implanted devices demand novel ultrasound transmitters capable of steering focused ultrasound waves in 3D with high spatial resolution and US pressure, while having a miniaturized form factor. Meeting these requirements needs a 2D array of ultrasound transducers directly...journal article 2023
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Altena, A. (author), Luesutthiviboon, S. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Voskuijl, M. (author)Due to technological advances in the drone industry, security threats induced by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming more relevant. Fast and accurate localisation systems need to be designed. One approach is localisation of UAVs by their sound using acoustic techniques. So far, a systematic performance assessment of acoustic...conference paper 2023
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Luesutthiviboon, S. (author)Nowadays, large wind turbines are installed and operated close to densely populated areas due to the growing need for renewable energy. Noise constraints are hampering this development. The most relevant wind turbine noise source is the so-called Turbulent Boundary Layer Trailing-Edge (TBL–TE) noise. Many passive TBL–TE noise reduction...doctoral thesis 2022
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VanDercreek, Colin (author)<br/>Aerodynamic noise produced by aircraft, wind turbines, and other objects subjected to airflow contribute to environmental noise pollution, which adversely affects human and animal health. Consequently, governments impose restrictions on aircraft and wind turbine noise levels. These restrictions can have an economic impact by limiting...doctoral thesis 2022
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Hirsch, Quentin (author)In 3D seismic data acquisition, sufficiently dense spatial sampling is most often not possible, because of physical, financial, and temporal constraints. The resulting aliased data is a major obstacle for accurate subsurface images. Therefore, methods are needed to reconstruct these sparse data to an adequate sampling. We develop a novel...master thesis 2022
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Birari, Natasha (author)An exponential growth in the mobile communications industry over the past decade has raised concerns over it’s energy consumption, especially in light of the current climate crisis. 5G technologies in particular exhibit features that imply high power consumption, such as the densification of 5G base stations. Implementing mitigation measures...master thesis 2022
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den Ouden, Carleyn (author)To run Nature’s Heat geothermal operations (Kwintsheul, The Netherlands) in a safe and efficient manner, and with the support of the local population, it is important to mitigate potential hazards. A well known potential hazard related to geothermal operations is the occurrence of induced seismicity due to injection and extraction of fluids in...bachelor thesis 2022
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Moree, Tijs (author)The most common serious heart rhythm disease is atrial fibrillation. It is not fatal on its own but does increase the risk of heart failures and strokes. There is little understanding about the mechanisms behind the disease, so more insight is desired. Using an array of electrodes, measurements are being performed of the electrical atrial...master thesis 2022
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Mozaffarzadeh, M. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Renaud, G.G.J. (author)While transcranial ultrasound imaging is a promising diagnostic modality, it is still hindered due to phase aberration and multiple scattering caused by the skull. In this paper, we compare near-field phase-screen modeling (PS) to a geometry-based phase aberration correction technique (GB) when an ultrafast imaging sequence (five plane waves...journal article 2022