PMUT and CMUT devices for biomedical applications: A review

E Moisello, L Novaresi, E Sarkar, P Malcovati… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (PMUT) and Capacitive
Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUT) have seen great developments in recent …

Multifocal skull-compensated transcranial focused ultrasound system for neuromodulation applications based on acoustic holography

G Kook, Y Jo, C Oh, X Liang, J Kim, SM Lee… - Microsystems & …, 2023 - nature.com
Transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation is a promising therapeutic modality for human
brain disorders because of its noninvasiveness, long penetration depth, and versatile spatial …

Binary acoustic metasurfaces for dynamic focusing of transcranial ultrasound

Z Hu, Y Yang, L Xu, Y Hao, H Chen - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a promising technique for non-invasive and
spatially targeted neuromodulation and treatment of brain diseases. Acoustic lenses were …

Effect of skull porosity on ultrasound transmission and wave mode conversion at large incidence angles

B **g, S Strassle Rojas, BD Lindsey - Medical physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Transcranial ultrasound imaging and therapy depend on the efficient
transmission of acoustic energy through the skull. Multiple previous studies have concluded …

A rapid prototy** method for sub-MHz single-element piezoelectric transducers by using 3D-printed components

J Kim, B Menichella, H Lee, PA Dayton, GF Pinton - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
We present a rapid prototy** method for sub-megahertz single-element piezoelectric
transducers by using 3D-printed components. In most of the early research phases of …

Design of a 1-MHz therapeutic ultrasound array for small volume blood-brain barrier opening at cortical targets in macaques

TJ Manuel, MA Phipps… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
[[gabstract]][] Focused ultrasound (FUS) can temporarily open the blood-brain barrier (BBB)
and increase the delivery of chemotherapeutics, viral vectors, and other agents to the brain …

Multiple-focus patterns of sparse random array using particle swarm optimization for ultrasound surgery

Q Zhang, J Mao, Y Zhang, M Lu, R Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study aims to investigate the feasibility and potential of sparse random arrays driven by
the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to generate multiple-focus patterns and a …

[HTML][HTML] Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Transcranial, Multifocus Neurostimulation

T Ibn Minhaj, M Annayev, OJ Adelegan, AÖ Biliroğlu… - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
In a recent study using 3-D fullwave simulations, it was shown for a nonhuman primate
model that a helmet-shaped 3D array of 128 transducer elements can be assembled for …

A New Multi-mode, High Pressure Portable Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation System

Z Li, Z Zhou, X Zhang, Y Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) is a promising non-invasive
neuromodulation method for brain disorders. Commonly-used TUS systems in research …

A Miniature Ultrasound Source for Neural Modulation

SF Schafer, H Croke, A Kriete, H Ayaz… - IEEE transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work describes a unique ultrasound (US) exposure system designed to create very
localized () sound fields at operating frequencies that are currently being used for preclinical …