MUSTWIN: Micromachined ultrasound transducers for wide range application in medical imaging and non destructive testing

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0589-1

Key words (English)

Ultrasonic imaging; non-destructive testing

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: 505630

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.4.3

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

Objective is to bring a major breakthrough in ultrasound transducers design and manufacturing processes with performances well beyond the standard technology of piezoelectric transducers. Based on MEMS manufacturing process, these new devices will replace existing arrays and sensors used in Ultrasound Medical Imaging and NDT, offering bandwidth over 100% with reduced losses and lower manufacturing cost. Furthermore sensors and transducers operating above 10 MHz will be achievable in a collective way resulting in a high level of yield and reliability. Benefit for EU will be in Medical diagnosis improvement, manufacturing control with high performances miniaturised sensors, and will create employments for transducers manufacturing in EU MEMS foundries instead of actual subcontracting labour in non-EU countries. The work plan is using main outputs from the growth Parmenide and the UMIC Eureka projects.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 03.0589-1