Jean-Marc Gregoire

Jean-Marc Grégoire was born in Paris, France, in 1957. He received the Electronic Engineer degree from the Concervatoire National des Arts et Metiers of Tours, Tours, France, in 2002, with a focus on high-resolution ultrasound imaging systems from 10 to 50 MHz, and the Ph.D. degree. He was a Research Engineer with the Laboratory Imagerie et Cerveau, UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, Tours, where he developed a great number of 2-D and 3-D mechanical probes with specific electronics for high-resolution imaging. He studied electronics, and in 1981, he joined the SKF Company, Saint-Cyr sur Loire, France, where he was employed as an Electronics Technician in the Experimentation Laboratory for the development of machines for the nuclear industry. From 1982 to 1985, he was a Support Technician for X-ray and ultrasound medical systems for Philips Medical System, Tours. In 1986, he joined the University of Tours, where his tasks focus on the development of electronic systems for ultrasonic medical applications at the Laboratory for UltraSound Systems Instrumentation (LUSSI). He recently designed a high-frequency (20–50 MHz) real-time beamformer with 128–256 channels.