Multi Array, Conformable Ultrasound Patch for Soft Tissue Imaging

Medical ultrasound imaging is a rapidly growing field due to its safety and affordability when compared to other imaging modalities such as MRI and X-Ray. Ultrasound transducers are made in various configurations from dense 2-D arrays for volumetric imaging to single element needle like transducers for intravascular imaging. The performance of an ultrasound transducer is dictated by the properties of the piezoelectric material being used. One current drawback to ultrasound is that it is heavily operator dependent. This has motivated research into developing ultrasound systems that are conformable to the body and capable of obtaining relevant information without the need for an operator. This thesis explores the design and fabrication of a locally rigid globally flexible ultrasound patch using novel piezoelectric ceramics. The ceramics are fabricated into 64 element linear arrays transducers and then their electrical impedance and acoustic properties are characterized. Individual and groups of transducers are then used to image a flat and a curved ultrasound imaging phantoms via the Verasonics system.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Mejorado III, David

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Dagdeviren, Canan

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright MIT

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139326

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/139326