A system for intracardiac imaging, comprising: an intracardiac echography catheter having an internal volume, a proximal end and a distal end, comprising: an atraumatic tip disposed on the distal end of the catheter; a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer, CMUT, on Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor, CMOS, chip for imaging applications, comprising: a plurality of CMUT transmit, Tx, elements configured to transmit an imaging pulse; a plurality of CMUT receive, Rx, elements, disposed in proximity to the plurality of Tx elements, configured to receive the imaging pulse, and each Rx element configured to generate a receiver signal; and a plurality of electronics interfacing with the Tx elements and the Rx elements, comprising: a multiplexing component configured to receive at least half of the generated receiver signals simultaneously and to reduce a number of output signals, based on the receiver signals, by a ratio of at least 8-to-1; and a beamforming component configured to communicate with Tx elements, the CMUT on CMOS chip being disposed proximal of the tip; and a cable lumen disposed within the volume and configured to receive a plurality of output signal cables from the chip, characterized in that the catheter further comprises: a body comprising at least one MRI safe material; at least one direction wire disposed in a directional wire lumen, the wire comprising at least one MRI safe material; wherein the catheter is configured to be used during at least one of interlaced and simultaneous MRI and ultrasound operation. an intracardiac echography catheter having an internal volume, a proximal end and a distal end, comprising: an atraumatic tip disposed on the distal end of the catheter; a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer, CMUT, on Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor, CMOS, chip for imaging applications, comprising: a plurality of CMUT transmit, Tx, elements configured to transmit an imaging pulse; a plurality of CMUT receive, Rx, elements, disposed in proximity to the plurality of Tx elements, configured to receive the imaging pulse, and each Rx element configured to generate a receiver signal; and a plurality of electronics interfacing with the Tx elements and the Rx elements, comprising: a multiplexing component configured to receive at least half of the generated receiver signals simultaneously and to reduce a number of output signals, based on the receiver signals, by a ratio of at least 8-to-1; and a beamforming component configured to communicate with Tx elements, the CMUT on CMOS chip being disposed proximal of the tip; and a cable lumen disposed within the volume and configured to receive a plurality of output signal cables from the chip, an atraumatic tip disposed on the distal end of the catheter; a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer, CMUT, on Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor, CMOS, chip for imaging applications, comprising: a plurality of CMUT transmit, Tx, elements configured to transmit an imaging pulse; a plurality of CMUT receive, Rx, elements, disposed in proximity to the plurality of Tx elements, configured to receive the imaging pulse, and each Rx element configured to generate a receiver signal; and a plurality of electronics interfacing with the Tx elements and the Rx elements, comprising: a multiplexing component configured to receive at least half of the generated receiver signals simultaneously and to reduce a number of output signals, based on the receiver signals, by a ratio of at least 8-to-1; and a beamforming component configured to communicate with Tx elements, the CMUT on CMOS chip being disposed proximal of the tip; and a cable lumen disposed within the volume and configured to receive a plurality of output signal cables from the chip, a plurality of CMUT transmit, Tx, elements configured to transmit an imaging pulse; a plurality of CMUT receive, Rx, elements, disposed in proximity to the plurality of Tx elements, configured to receive the imaging pulse, and each Rx element configured to generate a receiver signal; and a plurality of electronics interfacing with the Tx elements and the Rx elements, comprising: a multiplexing component configured to receive at least half of the generated receiver signals simultaneously and to reduce a number of output signals, based on the receiver signals, by a ratio of at least 8-to-1; and a beamforming component configured to communicate with Tx elements, the CMUT on CMOS chip being disposed proximal of the tip; and a multiplexing component configured to receive at least half of the generated receiver signals simultaneously and to reduce a number of output signals, based on the receiver signals, by a ratio of at least 8-to-1; and a beamforming component configured to communicate with Tx elements, the CMUT on CMOS chip being disposed proximal of the tip; and a cable lumen disposed within the volume and configured to receive a plurality of output signal cables from the chip, characterized in that the catheter further comprises: a body comprising at least one MRI safe material; at least one direction wire disposed in a directional wire lumen, the wire comprising at least one MRI safe material; wherein the catheter is configured to be used during at least one of interlaced and simultaneous MRI and ultrasound operation. a body comprising at least one MRI safe material; at least one direction wire disposed in a directional wire lumen, the wire comprising at least one MRI safe material; wherein the catheter is configured to be used during at least one of interlaced and simultaneous MRI and ultrasound operation.