An ultrasound transduction system, comprising: an ultrasonic hand-held probe, wherein the ultrasonic probe comprises: a housing, a cylindrical transduction element; extending along the longitudinal axis with its curved cross section along the Y-axis, a motion mechanism, wherein the ultrasound transducer (280; 600) is movable within the housing, wherein the motion mechanism is attached to the ultrasound transducer and configured to move the ultrasound transducer along a linear path within the housing; and a power source configured to drive the cylindrical transduction element, wherein the cylindrical transduction element is configured to apply ultrasonic energy to a linear focal zone at a focal depth, wherein the cylindrical transduction element comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being a concave surface and the second surface being a convex surface or the first surface being a convex surface and the second surface being a concave surface, wherein the first surface comprises an electrically conductive coating, wherein the second surface comprises two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions and at least one region that is not coated with an electrically conductive coating, wherein the two, three or four coated regions on the second surface comprise a conductive material that forms an electrode and the power source is in electric communication with the two, three or four coated regions forming the electrode, wherein the subset of the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions on the second surface cover at least 60% of the second surface, wherein the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions on the second surface comprise a lateral edge, a medial edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the first side edge and the second side edge each running along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical transduction element, the lateral edge and the medial edge running along said Y-axis and the medial edge facing the center of the second surface, and wherein a portion of the cylindrical transduction element comprises the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions, wherein the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions on the second surface are configured to reduce edge noise at the linear focal zone at the focal depth. an ultrasonic hand-held probe, wherein the ultrasonic probe comprises: a housing, a cylindrical transduction element; extending along the longitudinal axis with its curved cross section along the Y-axis, a housing, a cylindrical transduction element; extending along the longitudinal axis with its curved cross section along the Y-axis, a motion mechanism, wherein the ultrasound transducer (280; 600) is movable within the housing, wherein the motion mechanism is attached to the ultrasound transducer and configured to move the ultrasound transducer along a linear path within the housing; and a power source configured to drive the cylindrical transduction element, wherein the cylindrical transduction element is configured to apply ultrasonic energy to a linear focal zone at a focal depth, wherein the cylindrical transduction element comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being a concave surface and the second surface being a convex surface or the first surface being a convex surface and the second surface being a concave surface, wherein the first surface comprises an electrically conductive coating, wherein the second surface comprises two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions and at least one region that is not coated with an electrically conductive coating, wherein the two, three or four coated regions on the second surface comprise a conductive material that forms an electrode and the power source is in electric communication with the two, three or four coated regions forming the electrode, wherein the subset of the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions on the second surface cover at least 60% of the second surface, wherein the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions on the second surface comprise a lateral edge, a medial edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the first side edge and the second side edge each running along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical transduction element, the lateral edge and the medial edge running along said Y-axis and the medial edge facing the center of the second surface, and wherein a portion of the cylindrical transduction element comprises the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions, wherein the two, three or four electrically conductive coated regions on the second surface are configured to reduce edge noise at the linear focal zone at the focal depth.