Tsedendamba Ninjbadgar, Song Yuon, Park Eun-Yeong, Kim Jeesu
Departments of Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
Bioengineering (Basel). 2025 Aug 23;12(9):906. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering12090906.
Ultrasound imaging is one of the most widespread biomedical imaging techniques thanks to its advantages such as being non-invasive, portable, non-ionizing, and cost-effective. Ultrasound imaging generally provides two-dimensional cross-sectional images, but the quality and interpretative ability vary based on the experience of the examiner, leading to a lack of objectivity and accuracy. To address these issues, there is a growing demand for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. Among the various types of transducers used to obtain three-dimensional ultrasound images, this paper focuses on the most standardized probe, the linear array transducer, and provides an overview of the system implementations, imaging results, and applications of volumetric ultrasound imaging from the perspective of scanning methods. Through this comprehensive review, future researchers will gain insights into the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches to three-dimensional imaging systems using linear arrays, providing direction and applicability for system configuration and application.
超声成像因其具有非侵入性、便携性、非电离性和成本效益等优点，是最广泛应用的生物医学成像技术之一。超声成像通常提供二维横截面图像，但图像质量和解读能力因检查者的经验而异，导致缺乏客观性和准确性。为了解决这些问题，对三维超声成像的需求日益增长。在用于获取三维超声图像的各种类型换能器中，本文重点关注最标准化的探头——线性阵列换能器，并从扫描方法的角度概述容积超声成像的系统实现、成像结果及应用。通过这一全面综述，未来的研究人员将深入了解使用线性阵列的三维成像系统各种方法的优缺点，为系统配置和应用提供方向及适用性。
