DEFORMABLE ULTRASOUND ARRAY AND SYSTEM

Disclosed is an ultrasound array comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements (20) on a carrier (10), said carrier further carrying an actuator arrangement (30, 30′) of a material having an adjustable shape in response to an electromagnetic stimulus, e.g. an electro active polymer or opt...

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Hauptverfasser:	CROOIJMANS, Wim, SHULEPOV, Sergei, MATHEW, Denny, REM-BRONNEBERG, Debbie, HENDRIKS, Cornelis Petrus, HAKKENS, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus, RADULESCU, Emil George
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ACOUSTICS ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES SURGERY TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed is an ultrasound array comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements (20) on a carrier (10), said carrier further carrying an actuator arrangement (30, 30′) of a material having an adjustable shape in response to an electromagnetic stimulus, e.g. an electro active polymer or optically responsive polymer, wherein the material is arranged to change the orientation of said ultrasound transducer elements in response to said stimulus. This facilitates configurable beam shaping and/or body contour matching with the ultrasound array. An ultrasound system (100) comprising such an ultrasound array is also disclosed.