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An Experimental Protocol for Assessing the Performance of New Ultrasound Probes Based on CMUT Technology in Application to Brain Imaging
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1Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering,University of Pavia, 2Department of Information Engineering,University of Florence, 3Department of Engineering,Roma Tre University, 4FTMTR&D/SPA,STMicroelectronics, 5Brain Connectivity Center, BCC,Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Fondazione C. Mondino I.R.C.C.S., 6Department of Molecular Medicine – Unit of Pathology, University of Pavia,Foundation IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:21Protocol Overview
- 00:55CMUT ultrasound technology
- 03:57Preliminary Design
- 04:14Sample Preparation
- 04:44MRI Acquisition
- 05:03Qualitative Poses
- 05:41Experiment Setup
- 06:19Ultrasound Calibration
- 09:55Ultrasound Acquisition
- 11:17Acquisition of Freehand, Moving Images
- 12:34Post-processing and Visualization
- 14:38Representative Results
- 15:13Concluding Statements
The development of new ultrasound (US) probes based on Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) technology requires an early realistic assessment of imaging capabilities. We describe a repeatable experimental protocol for US image acquisition and comparison with magnetic resonance images, using an ex vivo bovine brain as an imaging target.
