The design of 3D TEE transducers poses severe technical challenges: channel count, electronics integration with high and low voltages, heat dissipation, etc. We present an adult matrix TEE probe with separate transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) arrays allowing optimization in both Tx and Rx [1]. Tx elements are directly wired out, Rx employs integrated micro-beamformers in low-voltage (1.8/5.0V) chip technology. The prototype is fully integrated into a gastroscopic tube.

doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092906, hdl.handle.net/1765/103742
2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Bera, D., van den Adel, F., Radeljic-Jakic, N. (Nikola), Lippe, B. (Boris), Soozande, M., Pertijs, M., … de Jong, N. (2017). Volumetric imaging using adult matrix TEE with separated transmit and receive array. In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092906