A method is provided for producing an ultrasound transducer for an ultrasound system. The method includes: 1) forming a first layer structure, comprising: (a) forming a frontplane flexible layer above a first substrate; (b) forming an array of ultrasound transducer elements; and 2) providing a second layer structure comprising at least a backplane layer; wherein 1) and/or 2) comprises: 1) (c) forming a first cavity defining layer above the array of ultrasound transducer elements and/or 2) (a) forming a second cavity defining layer above the backplane layer; and defining an array of cavities in the first and/or second cavity defining layer; 3) attaching by adhesive bonding the first layer structure to the second layer structure with the array of ultrasound transducer elements between the frontplane flexible layer and the backplane layer; and 4) removing the first substrate.