MUSTWIN

Micromachined Ultrasound transducers for wide range application in Medical imaging and Non Destructive Testing

Objective is to bring a major breackthrough in ultrasound transducers design and manufacturing processes with performances well beyond the standard technology of piezoelectrical transducers. Based on MEMS manufacturing process, these new devices will replace existing arrays and sensors used in Ultrasound Medical Imaging and NOT, 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 improvment, manufacturing control with performant miniaturized sensors, and will create employements for transducers manufacturing in EU MEMS foundries instead of actual subcontracting labor in non EU countries. The work plan is using main outputs from tha growth Parmenide and the UMIC Eureka projects

1 March 2004

31 July 2007

FP6

Integrating and strenghtening the ERA

STREP

3. Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices