A method and system for automatic alignment of a transversal array of ultrasonic transducers

A method of automatic alignment of a transversal ultrasound array, the method comprising:

• performing a plurality of instances of an ultrasonic scanning operation directed towards a target using an array of ultrasonic transducers, wherein each instance of the plurality of instances of the ultrasonic scanning operation comprises a different sub-array of ultrasonic transducers of the array of ultrasonic transducers, a sub-array comprising a portion of ultrasonic transducers of the array of ultrasonic transducers, and wherein each instance of the ultrasonic scanning operation transmits an ultrasonic signal and receives at least one reflected ultrasonic signal;
• determining at least one property for each of the at least one reflected ultrasonic signal of each instance of the ultrasonic scanning operation;
• and
• selecting an ultrasonic transducer of the array of ultrasonic transducers as exhibiting alignment with the target based at least in part on the at least one property for each of the at least one reflected ultrasonic signal of each instance of the ultrasonic scanning operation.