Fabrication and Characterization of a Prototype Forward-Looking Single-Cable 64-Element Intra-Vascular Ultrasound Probe

Douwe Van Willigen; Moein Mozaffarzadeh; Emile Noothout; Martin Verweij; Nico De Jong; Michiel Pertijs; Verya Daeichin

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926075

Fabrication and Characterization of a Prototype Forward-Looking Single-Cable 64-Element Intra-Vascular Ultrasound Probe

Douwe Van Willigen, Moein Mozaffarzadeh, Emile Noothout, Martin Verweij, Nico De Jong, Michiel Pertijs, Verya Daeichin

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Abstract

This paper presents the integration steps towards a prototype forward-looking intra-vascular ultrasound probe. An ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) is laser cut to create a 1.6mm circular shaped die that can be integrated at the tip of a small catheter. The ASIC is designed such that it can be used to transmit and receive on 64 piezo-electric transducers while using a single cable for the supply, communication, transmit signals and amplified receive signals. Piezo elements are directly integrated on top of the ASIC to create a miniature probe.Electrical tests show that the circuitry still operates correctly after laser cutting. The functionality of a prototype has been successfully demonstrated in a 3D imaging experiment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	978-980
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-4596-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-4597-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926075
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019
Event	2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019 - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Oct 2019 → 9 Oct 2019

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Conference	2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	6/10/19 → 9/10/19

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

cable count reduction
front-end ASIC
integration
intra-vascular ultrasound
Laser cutting
single cable

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Willigen, D. V., Mozaffarzadeh, M., Noothout, E., Verweij, M., Jong, N. D., Pertijs, M., & Daeichin, V. (2019). Fabrication and Characterization of a Prototype Forward-Looking Single-Cable 64-Element Intra-Vascular Ultrasound Probe. In 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019 (pp. 978-980). Article 8926075 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926075

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