System, method, computer-accessible medium and apparatus for flexible two-dimensional ultrasound phased array

An ultrasound apparatus, comprising:

• a flexible printed circuit board (PCB);
• a plurality of slave complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chips disposed on the flexible PCB;
• a plurality of ultrasound transducer arrays, wherein each of the ultrasound transducer arrays is mounted on, and controlled by, at least one of the slave CMOS chips;
• and
• at least one master CMOS chip configured to control the slave CMOS chips.

A non-transitory computer-accessible medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for generating an image of at least one anatomical structure, wherein, when a computer arrangement executes the instructions, the computer arrangement is configured to perform procedures comprising:

• receiving first information related to a shape of a flexible substrate having a plurality of ultrasound (US) transducers;
• controlling a phase for each of the ultrasound transducers;
• activating the ultrasound transducers with a phase determined, at least in part, by the shape of the flexible substrate and providing a focused ultrasound signal to the at least one anatomical structure;
• receiving second information related to a return ultrasound signal from the at least one anatomical structure that is based on the focused ultrasound signal;
• and
• generating the image based on the return ultrasound signal.