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By cannulating a miniature ultrasound transducer mounted catheter into an artery, the vessel lumen opening, vessel wall morphology and other associated blood and vessel properties can be precisely assessed in IVUS imaging. Ultrasound transducer, as the key component of an IVUS system, is critical in determining the IVUS imaging performance. In recent years, a wide range of achievements in ultrasound transducers have been reported for IVUS imaging applications. Herein, a comprehensive review is given on recent advances in ultrasound transducers for IVUS imaging. Firstly, a fundamental understanding of IVUS imaging principle, evaluation parameters and IVUS catheter are summarized. Secondly, three different types of ultrasound transducers (piezoelectric ultrasound transducer, piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer and capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) for IVUS imaging are presented. Particularly, the recent advances in piezoelectric ultrasound transducer for IVUS imaging are extensively examined according to their different working mechanisms, configurations and materials adopted. Thirdly, IVUS-based multimodality intravascular imaging of atherosclerotic plaque is discussed. Finally, summary and perspectives on the future studies are highlighted for IVUS imaging applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21103540","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,19]],"date-time":"2021-05-19T21:49:21Z","timestamp":1621460961000},"page":"3540","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":116,"title":["Recent Advances in Transducers for Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Imaging"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9495-1573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chang","family":"Peng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA"}]},{"given":"Huaiyu","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA"}]},{"given":"Seungsoo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infraredx, Inc., Bedford, MA 01730, USA"}]},{"given":"Xuming","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Flushing, NY 11355, USA"}]},{"given":"Xiaoning","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (WHO) (2021, January 06). 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