TY - JOUR N2 - One of the least expensive and safest diagnostic modalities routinely used is ultrasound imaging. An attractive development in this field is a two-dimensional (2D) matrix probe with three-dimensional (3D) imaging. The main problems to implement this probe come from a large number of elements they need to use. When the number of elements is reduced the side lobes arising from the transducer change along with the grating lobes that are linked to the periodic disposition of the elements. The grating lobes are reduced by placing the elements without any consideration of the grid. In this study, the Binary Bat Algorithm (BBA) is used to optimize the number of active elements in order to lower the side lobe level. The results are compared to other optimization methods to validate the proposed algorithm. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117015/PDF/art05.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117015 PY - 2020 IS - No 3 EP - 579 DO - 10.24425/aee.2020.133918 KW - 2D ultrasound arrays KW - Binary Bat Algorithm KW - Genetic Algorithm KW - Optimization A1 - Tantawy, Dina Mohamed A1 - Eladawy, Mohamed A1 - Hassan, Mohamed Alimaher A1 - Mubarak, Roaa PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 69 DA - 2020.09.15 T1 - Performance investigation and element optimization of 2D array transducer using Bat Algorithm SP - 561 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117015 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -