Towards 3D ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery using a programmable and tileable matrix array

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Towards 3D ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery using a programmable and tileable matrix array

Conference Paper (2017)

Author(s)

Pieter Kruizinga (Erasmus MC, ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging )

Eunchul Kang (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Maysam Shabanimotlagh (ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging )

Qing Ding (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Emile Noothout (ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging )

Zu Yao Chang (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Hendrik J. Vos (Erasmus MC, ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging )

Johannes G. Bosch (Erasmus MC)

Martin D. Verweij (Erasmus MC, ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging )

Michiel A.P. Pertijs (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Nico De Jong (Erasmus MC, ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging )

ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging

ASIC 3D Imaging Carotid artery Matrix array High-frame-rate

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8091570 Final published version

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Publication Year

2017

Language

English

ImPhys/Acoustical Wavefield Imaging

Pages (from-to)

1-3

ISBN (electronic)

978-1-5386-3383-0

Event

2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2017-09-06 - 2017-09-09), Washington, DC, United States

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Abstract

Accurate assessment of carotid artery disease by measuring blood flow, plaque deformation and pulse wave velocity using ultrasound imaging requires 3D information. Additionally, the volume rates should be high enough (> 1 kHz) to capture the full range of these fast transient phenomena. For this purpose, we have built a programmable, tileable matrix array that is capable of providing 3D ultrasound imaging at such volume rates. This array contains an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) right beneath the acoustic piezo-stack. The ASIC enables fast programmable switching between various configurations of elements connected to the acquisition system via a number of channels far smaller than the number of transducer elements. This design also allows for expanding the footprint by tiling several of these arrays together into one large array. We explain the working principles and show the first basic imaging results of a 2-by-1 tiled array.