{"id":3362,"date":"2026-04-22T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.dii.unipd.it\/phd\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3362"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:14:22","slug":"biomedical-imaging-with-mems-day1","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/academics.dii.unipd.it\/phd\/event\/biomedical-imaging-with-mems-day1\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomedical Imaging with MEMS -day1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1280px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:capitalize;--fontSize:24;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Course unit contents<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>This course explores Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for biomedical imaging and their integration into next-generation diagnostic systems, focusing on ultrasound and Terahertz (THz) radiation. The curriculum provides the analytical and methodological tools required to design, model, and characterize MEMS-based transducers for ultrasound imaging and Terahertz imaging for clinical applications.<\/p>\n<p>The course introduces biomedical imaging techniques, describing the primary role of MEMS devices in both traditional and emerging imaging modalities. The program covers MEMS technology, discussing different modeling approaches and describing the microfabrication processes that transform Silicon into 3D resonating microstructures. Proposed MEMS transducers modeling methodologies include analytical models based on linear systems theory, lumped-parameter equivalent circuits, and Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:25px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:capitalize;--fontSize:24;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Learning goals<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>By the end of the course, participants will have acquired a comprehensive understanding of MEMS operating principles in the biomedical field. Students will develop advanced skills in creating circuital models for micro-electro-mechanical resonators, as well as multiphysics FEM models featuring electro-mechano-acoustic and thermos-opto-mechanical coupling. Additionally, attendees will understand the primary figures of merit necessary to evaluate the performance of MEMS-based systems in ultrasound and Terahertz imaging applications.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:capitalize;--fontSize:24;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Suggested readings<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Brenner, K.; Ergun, A.S.; Firouzi, K.; Rasmussen, M.F.; Stedman, Q.; Khuri\u2013Yakub, B. Advances in Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers. Micromachines 2019, 10, 152. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mi10020152<\/p>\n<p>A. Lohfink and P. C. Eccardt, \u201cLinear and nonlinear equivalent circuit modeling of CMUTs,\u201d in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 2163-2172, Dec. 2005. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TUFFC.2005.1563260<\/p>\n<p>G. G. Yaralioglu, S. A. Ergun and B. T. Khuri-Yakub, \u201cFinite-element analysis of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers,\u201d in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 2185-2198, Dec. 2005. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TUFFC.2005.1563262<\/p>\n<p>Xiang Yang, Xiang Zhao, Ke Yang, Yueping Liu, Yu Liu, Weiling Fu, Yang Luo, Biomedical Applications of Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging, Trends in Biotechnology, Volume 34, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 810-824, ISSN 0167-7799. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tibtech.2016.04.008<\/p>\n<p>Vicarelli, L.; Tredicucci, A.; Pitanti, A. Micromechanical Bolometers for Subterahertz Detection at Room Temperature, ACS Photonics 2022, 9, 2, 360\u2013367. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsphotonics.1c01273<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":3278,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[34],"class_list":["post-3362","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-event","cat_event"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biomedical Imaging with MEMS -day1 - PHD in Industrial Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/academics.dii.unipd.it\/phd\/event\/biomedical-imaging-with-mems-day1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biomedical Imaging with MEMS -day1 - 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