Industrialisation of emerging ultrasound technologies (EngD)

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The goal of this project is to identify novel and emerging ultrasound technologies which can reduce the hardware complexity of conventional ultrasound scanners. Whilst novel technologies such as plane wave imaging and neural network or software-based beamforming have led to significant advances in imaging performance, this project aims to leverage new technologies to bring value to veterinary customers through a more efficient use of hardware.An assessment phase will precede any practical work, such that early research into emerging technologies will inform strategic direction once industrialisation constraints are considered.Whilst the general concepts of the above ground-breaking techniques have been described in literature, a knowledge gap exists both in academic and public industry literature regarding efficient implementation of such concepts in low cost and portable scanners.This work has the potential to deliver significant value to IMV imaging customers in an ever-changing market. Whilst this project will focus mainly on ultrasonic engineering for veterinary imaging, research developed in this domain will be just as applicable to portable medical ultrasound scanners.