Flexible ultrasound array

A flexible ultrasound transducer for an ultrasound monitoring system for examining a curved object,

• said flexible ultrasound transducer comprising a multi-layered structure,
• said multi-layered structure comprising an array of ultrasound transducing elements, an array of control circuits and flexible layers,
• said array of ultrasound transducing elements being arranged in a first layer structure of the multi-layered structure and configured for generating ultrasonic energy propagating along a main transducer axis Z,
• said array of control circuits being arranged in a second layer structure of the multi-layered structure,
• said array of control circuits being configured for operating the array of ultrasound transducing elements arranged in said first layer structure,
• said flexible layers being arranged in said multi-layer structure so that the multi-layered structure and the whole ultrasound transducer become flexible, thereby permitting the ultrasound transducer to form a continuous contact with said curved object during operation,
• wherein said first layer structure is arranged at a position that is further along in a positive direction of the main transducer axis Z than said second layer structure, which first layer structure and said second layer structure of said multi-layered structure, respectively, constitute a frontplane and a backplane of the flexible ultrasound transducer,
• wherein said flexible layers comprise a frontplane flexible layer and a backplane flexible layer, which backplane flexible layer is arranged at a position that is further along in a negative direction of the main transducer axis Z than the second layer structure.