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An Emerging Era: Conformable Ultrasound Electronics.

Lin Zhang¹, Wenya Du¹, Jin-Hoon Kim¹

¹Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.

Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

|October 4, 2023

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Piezoelectric-based conformable ultrasound electronics (cUSE) offer advanced capabilities for personal healthcare monitoring. This review details their design, fabrication, and applications, paving the way for future biomedical innovations.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Materials Science
Acoustics

Background:

Conformable electronics represent a significant advancement in personal healthcare.
Piezoelectric-based conformable ultrasound electronics (cUSE) offer unique advantages for non-invasive monitoring and diagnosis.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a comprehensive review of cUSE for biomedical and healthcare applications.
To summarize recent advancements, challenges, and future research directions in cUSE.

Main Methods:

Discussion of piezoelectric and ultrasound transducer fundamentals.
Analysis of critical transducer design parameters.
Highlighting five types of cUSE, their fabrication, and performance.

Main Results:

Summary of cUSE working principles, acoustic performance, and diverse applications.
Identification of tradeoffs between material selection, manufacturing, and system integration.
Overview of current challenges and future research roadmap for cUSE development.

Conclusions:

Advances in piezoelectric materials, ultrasound transducers, and conformable electronics are driving a new era in personal healthcare.
cUSE show great promise for non-radiative monitoring, soft tissue imaging, and deep signal decoding.
Further research is needed to optimize cUSE for widespread clinical adoption.