Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Ecole Superieure De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris

Inserm (institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale)

Hugues Favre

Mathieu Pernot

Clément Papadacci

While 3D ultrasound imaging is becoming a powerful tool in medical field, the main drawback is the difficulty to image large 3D volume, mainly related to the dimensions of the 2D array of transducers. In order to not lose in spatial resolution, it is necessary to use an array of transducers, wherein the size of the transducers does not exceed the wavelength of the ultrasound wave. Such requirement leads to dimensions of array for imaging large 3D volume which are not reachable or at too high cost with the current technology. The present disclosure overcomes the above technology limitation by using greater transducers, and where each transducer has a reception surface with a curved shape or is fitted with an acoustic lens. Such configuration of transducers leads to 2D array of transducers suitable for imaging large 3D volume, as a brain or a heart, with high resolution and high sensitivity.

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Hugues Favre