Microscale acoustofluidics: Microfluidics driven via acoustics and ultrasonics

J Friend, LY Yeo - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
This article reviews acoustic microfluidics: the use of acoustic fields, principally ultrasonics,
for application in microfluidics. Although acoustics is a classical field, its promising, and …

Ultrasonic arrays for non-destructive evaluation: A review

BW Drinkwater, PD Wilcox - NDT & e International, 2006 - Elsevier
An ultrasonic array is a single transducer that contains a number of individually connected
elements. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of ultrasonic arrays for …

Flexible ultrasound-induced retinal stimulating piezo-arrays for biomimetic visual prostheses

L Jiang, G Lu, Y Zeng, Y Sun, H Kang, J Burford… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electronic visual prostheses, or biomimetic eyes, have shown the feasibility of restoring
functional vision in the blind through electrical pulses to initiate neural responses artificially …

Advances in capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers

K Brenner, AS Ergun, K Firouzi, MF Rasmussen… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) technology has enjoyed rapid
development in the last decade. Advancements both in fabrication and integration, coupled …

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers for medical imaging and therapy

BT Khuri-Yakub, Ö Oralkan - Journal of micromechanics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) have been subject to extensive
research for the last two decades. Although they were initially developed for air-coupled …

Applications of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers: A comprehensive review

J Joseph, B Ma, BT Khuri-Yakub - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) was introduced as an alternative to
the piezoelectric thick-film-based transducers in medical imaging applications. Gradually …

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers: Fabrication technology

AS Erguri, Y Huang, X Zhuang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) technology is a prime candidate for
next generation imaging systems. Medical and underwater imaging and the nondestructive …

Single-chip CMUT-on-CMOS front-end system for real-time volumetric IVUS and ICE imaging

G Gurun, C Tekes, J Zahorian, T Xu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and intracardiac echography (ICE) catheters with real-time
volumetric ultrasound imaging capability can provide unique benefits to many interventional …

An airborne sonar system for underwater remote sensing and imaging

A Fitzpatrick, A Singhvi, A Arbabian - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-resolution imaging and mapping of the ocean and its floor has been limited to less than
5% of the global waters due to technological barriers. Whereas sonar is the primary …

A CMUT probe for medical ultrasonography: From microfabrication to system integration

AS Savoia, G Caliano… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical ultrasonography is a powerful and costeffective diagnostic technique. To date, high-
end medical imaging systems are able to efficiently implement real-time image formation …