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Papers

(The median citation count of Ultrasonic Imaging is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A Multi-Task Learning Framework for Automated Segmentation and Classification of Breast Tumors From Ultrasound Images	22
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of Uterine Disorders: A Systematic Review	20
Fast and Accurate U-Net Model for Fetal Ultrasound Image Segmentation	16
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Image-based Texture Features Extracted from Static B-mode Ultrasound Images in Distinguishing between Benign and Malignant Ovarian Masses	16
Fourier-based Synthetic-aperture Imaging for Arbitrary Transmissions by Cross-correlation of Transmitted and Received Wave-fields	15
Liver Fibrosis Assessment Using Radiomics of Ultrasound Homodyned-K imaging Based on the Artificial Neural Network Estimator	15
Assessment of Axillary Lymph Nodes for Metastasis on Ultrasound Using Artificial Intelligence	14
A Review of Quantitative Ultrasound-Based Approaches to Thermometry and Ablation Zone Identification Over the Past Decade	13
Quantitative Muscle Ultrasonography Using 2D Textural Analysis: A Novel Approach to Assess Skeletal Muscle Structure and Quality in Chronic Kidney Disease	13
Simultaneous Segmentation of Fetal Hearts and Lungs for Medical Ultrasound Images via an Efficient Multi-scale Model Integrated With Attention Mechanism	12
A Deep Learning-based Method to Extract Lumen and Media-Adventitia in Intravascular Ultrasound Images	12
An Automatic Biopsy Needle Detection and Segmentation on Ultrasound Images Using a Convolutional Neural Network	10
Automatic Measurement of Pennation Angle from Ultrasound Images using Resnets	10
Spatial-frequency Analysis of the Anatomical Differences in Hamstring Muscles	9
Ultrasonic Imaging of High-contrasted Objects Based on Full-waveform Inversion: Limits under Fluid Modeling	9
In Vivo Label-Free Observation of Tumor-Related Blood Vessels in Small Animals Using a Newly Designed Photoacoustic 3D Imaging System	8
Boundary-oriented Network for Automatic Breast Tumor Segmentation in Ultrasound Images	8
Automatic Lumen Border Detection in IVUS Images Using Deep Learning Model and Handcrafted Features	8
Temperature Distribution Reconstruction Method for Acoustic Tomography Based on Compressed Sensing	7
Ultrasonographic Detection of Vascularity of Focal Breast Lesions: Microvascular Imaging Versus Conventional Color and Power Doppler Imaging	7
Automated Pleural Line Detection Based on Radon Transform Using Ultrasound	6
Sodium Alginate Ultrasound Phantom for Medical Education	6
Acoustic-Field Beamforming for Low-Power Portable Ultrasound	5
Computation of Photoacoustic Absorber Size from Deconvolved Photoacoustic Signal Using Estimated System Impulse Response	5
Single Versus Multi-channel Dispersion Analysis of Ultrasonic Guided Waves Propagating in Long Bones	4

Diagnostic Performance of Muscle Echo Intensity and Fractal Dimension for the Detection of Frailty Phenotype	4
Regularization-Based 2D Strain Tensor Imaging in Quasi-Static Ultrasound Elastography SAGE Publications	4
Speckle Reduction in Ultrasound Images of the Common Carotid Artery Based on Integer and Fractional-Order Total Variation	4
Efficacy of High Temporal Frequency Photoacoustic Guidance of Laser Ablation Procedures	4
Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging through Adaptive Integrated Transmitting-Receiving Beamformer	4
Ultrasound Homodyned-K Contrast-Weighted Summation Parametric Imaging Based on H-scan for Detecting Microwave Ablation Zones	4
Cardiac Segmentation Method Based on Domain Knowledge	3
An Improved Parameter Estimator of the Homodyned K Distribution Based on the Maximum Likelihood Method for Ultrasound Tissue Characterization	3
A Low-complexity Minimum-variance Beamformer Based on Orthogonal Decomposition of the Compounded Subspace	3
Optimized Reconstruction Procedure of Photoacoustic Imaging for Reflection Artifacts Reduction	3
Infrared Thermography, Intratendon Vascular Resistance, and Echotexture in Athletes with Patellar Tendinopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study	2
Automatic Detection of Thyroid Nodule Characteristics From 2D Ultrasound Images	2
Improving Image Quality by Deconvolution Recovery Filter in Ultrasound Imaging	2
A Geometric Model of Ultrasound Backscatter to Describe Microstructural Anisotropy of Tissue	2
Ultrasonographic Findings and Prognosis of Metastases to the Thyroid Gland	2
The Spectrum-Beamformer for Conventional B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging System: Principle, Validation, and Robustness	2
Is There a Difference Between the Joint Ultrasounds of Healthy Women and Men? A Study With Small, Medium, and Large Joints	2
Volumetric B-mode ultrasound and Doppler Imaging: Automatic Tracking With One Single Camera	2
Prediction of Renal Function 1 Year After Transplantation Using Machine Learning Methods Based on Ultrasound Radiomics Combined With Clinical and Imaging Features	2
Nonlinear Harmonic Distortion of Complementary Golay Codes	2
Nipple Localization in Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound Coronal Scans Using Ensemble Learning	2
Continuous Shear Wave Elastography for Liver Using Frame-to-Frame Equalization of Complex Amplitude	1
The Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Galactography in Patients With Pathologic Nipple Discharge	1
IMU-Assisted Manual 3D-Ultrasound Imaging Using Motion-Constrained Swept-Fan Scans	1
B-line Elastography Measurement of Lung Parenchymal Elasticity	1
A Multiscale Attentional Unet Model for Automatic Segmentation in Medical Ultrasound Images	1
Combined ARFI and Shear Wave Imaging of Prostate Cancer: Optimizing Beam Sequences and Parameter Reconstruction Approaches	1
Feasibility of Quantitative Tissue Characterization Using Novel Parameters Extracted From Photoacoustic Power Spectrum Considering Multiple Absorbers	1
High-frequency Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of Human Rotator Cuff Muscles: Assessment of Repeatability and Reproducibility	1
Calcification Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Images Using Transfer Learning Based MultiSVM model	1
ENAS-B: Combining ENAS With Bayesian Optimization for Automatic Design of Optimal CNN Architectures for Breast Lesion Classification From Ultrasound Images	1
Segmentation Enhanced Elastic Image Registration for 2D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography—Performance Study In Silico	1
Human Observer Sensitivity to Temporal Noise During B-Mode Ultrasound Scanning: Characterization and Imaging Implications	1
A Novel Method for Prediction of Raised Intracranial Pressure Through Automated ONSD and ETD Ratio Measurement From Ocular Ultrasound	1
Semi-automated weak annotation for deep neural network skin thickness measurement	1