ReviewMicromachines2020
MEMS Ultrasound Transducers for Endoscopic Photoacoustic Imaging Applications.
Review in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed.
- From lab design to clinical translation: photoacoustic endoscopy.Photoacoustics · 2026Review
- Integrated optomechanical ultrasonic sensors with nano-Pascal-level sensitivity.Light, science & applications · 2026Article
- Potential of photoacoustic imaging for assessing tumor perfusion in intraocular tumors and high-resolution choroidal microvascular imaging: from technical advances to clinical translation.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- MEMS Acoustic Sensors: Charting the Path from Research to Real-World Applications.Micromachines · 2024Review
- Smart Sensors and Microtechnologies in the Precision Medicine Approach against Lung Cancer.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Near-Ultrasonic Transfer Function and SNR of Differential MEMS Microphones Suitable for Photoacoustics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Review of Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Rangefinders.Micromachines · 2023Review
- Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer Technology: Recent Advances and Applications.Biosensors · 2022Review
- Microscale concert hall acoustics to produce uniform ultrasound stimulation for targeted sonogenetics in hsTRPA1-transfected cells.Advanced nanobiomed research · 2022Article
- Ultra-Low-Voltage Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers with Increased Output Pressure Due to Piston-Structured Plates.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Thin ceramic PZT dual- and multi-frequency pMUT arrays for photoacoustic imaging.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2022Article
- Beyond fundamental resonance mode: high-order multi-band ALN PMUT for in vivo photoacoustic imaging.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2022Article
- Development of Dual-Frequency PMUT Arrays Based on Thin Ceramic PZT for Endoscopic Photoacoustic Imaging.Journal of microelectromechanical systems : a joint IEEE and ASME publication on microstructures, microactuators, microsensors, and microsystems · 2021Article
- Advances in Endoscopic Photoacoustic Imaging.Photonics · 2021Article
- Perspective on fast-evolving photoacoustic tomography.Journal of biomedical optics · 2021Article
- The Application of Prussian Blue Nanoparticles in Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is drawing extensive attention and gaining rapid development as an emerging biomedical imaging technology because of its high spatial resolution, large imaging depth, and rich optical contrast. PAI has great potential applications in endoscopy, but the progress of endoscopic PAI was hindered by the challenges of manufacturing and assembling miniature imaging components. Over the last decade, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology has greatly facilitated the development of photoacoustic endoscopes and extended the realm of applicability of the PAI. As the key component of photoacoustic endoscopes, micromachined ultrasound transducers (MUTs), including piezoelectric MUTs (pMUTs) and capacitive MUTs (cMUTs), have been developed and explored for endoscopic PAI applications. In this article, the recent progress of pMUTs (thickness extension mode and flexural vibration mode) and cMUTs are reviewed and discussed with their applications in endoscopic PAI. Current PAI endoscopes based on pMUTs and cMUTs are also introduced and compared. Finally, the remaining challenges and future directions of MEMS ultrasound transducers for endoscopic PAI applications are given.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.