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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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Volumetric B-mode ultrasound and Doppler Imaging: Automatic Tracking With One Single Camera	26
ENAS-B: Combining ENAS With Bayesian Optimization for Automatic Design of Optimal CNN Architectures for Breast Lesion Classification From Ultrasound Images	20
Performance of Ultrasonography-Based Fractal Parameters in Distinguishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma From Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma	16
Optimization of Ultrasound Phase-Encoded Multiplane Wave Tissue Harmonic Imaging	16
Automatic Quantitative Assessment of Muscle Strength Based on Deep Learning and Ultrasound	13
Ultrasound Shear Wave Attenuation Estimates are Sensitive to In situ Fluid Content: In vitro and Ex vivo Studies	10
Optimizing Diagnosis of Non-Microcalcified BI-RADS 4 Breast Lesions Using Multimodal Ultrasound Logistic Regression	9
3D Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography for Musculoskeletal Tissue Assessment Under Compressive Load: A Feasibility Study	8
A Data-Driven Approach for Estimating Temperature Variations Based on B-mode Ultrasound Images and Changes in Backscattered Energy	8
Nonlinear Harmonic Distortion of Complementary Golay Codes	8
Development and Assessment of a Predictive Model for Ki-67 Expression Using Ultrasound Indicators and Non-Morphological Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters Before Breast Cancer Therapy	8
Corrigendum to “A Data-Driven Approach for Estimating Temperature Variations Based on B-mode Ultrasound Images and Changes in Backscattered Energy”	7
Ultrasound-Based Kidney Stone Classification Using Kronecker Self-Organizing Map Forward Harmonic Network	7
Generalized Null Subtraction Factor: A Post-Filtering Framework for Contrast Enhancement in Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging	7
Dynamic Evaluation of Skeletal Muscle Voluntary Contraction Function Using Pulsed Wave Doppler Imaging: An Exploratory Study Based on Wearable Ultrasound	7
A Streamlined Method for Placement of Diverging-Wave Virtual Sources for Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging	7
Human Observer Sensitivity to Temporal Noise During B-Mode Ultrasound Scanning: Characterization and Imaging Implications	6
Histology-based Microstructural Tissue Phantoms for Realistic Ultrasound Simulation	6
Toward Real-Time GPU Implementation of Diverging Beam With Synthetic Aperture Technique With Non-linear Beamforming for a Curvilinear Array	6
In Vivo Performance of Airway and Lung Ultrasound Enhanced via Inhalable Contrast Agents	6
Pulmonary Transit Time Assessment by CEUS in Healthy Rabbits: Feasibility, and the Effects of UCAs Dilution Concentration	6
Clinical Feasibility of 3-D Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Imaging for Targeted Prostate Biopsy Guidance	5
CBAM-RIUnet: Breast Tumor Segmentation With Enhanced Breast Ultrasound and Test-Time Augmentation	5
Perfusion Assessment in CEUS Imaging for Estimating Pancreatic Cancer Response to Sonoporation-Enhanced Chemotherapy	5
2023 Symposium Announcement	5

Anisotropic Viscoelastic Characterization of In Vitro Muscle During Passive Stretching	4
Regularized Joint Estimator of the Nonlinearity Parameter and Attenuation Coefficient Using a Nonlinear Least-Squares Algorithm	4
Differentiation Between Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly and Intramuscular Venous Malformation Using Grey-Scale Ultrasound-Based Radiomics and Machine Learning	4
Novel Clinical Hybrid Deep Framework for Denoising and Anatomical Segmentation in Challenging Ultrasound Conditions	4
Element Position Calibration for Matrix Array Transducers with Multiple Disjoint Piezoelectric Panels	4
Deep learning Radiomics Based on Two-Dimensional Ultrasound for Predicting the Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer	4
Image Features and Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast: Preliminary Findings	4
MVKD-Trans: A Multi-View Knowledge Distillation Vision Transformer Architecture for Breast Cancer Classification Based on Ultrasound Images	3
Ultrasound Patterns and Disease Progression in Medullary Sponge Kidney in Adults	3
The Differential Diagnostic Value of Ultrasound Radiomics in TI-RADS 4a Follicular Thyroid Neoplasms	3
Ultrasound Microvascular Imaging Using Deep Knowledge Distillation	3
Elastic Modulus Imaging for Breast Application Using a Virtual Fields Based-Method in Quasi-Static Ultrasound Elastography	3
Development of a Polymer Ultrasound Contrast Agent Incorporating Nested Carbon Nanodots	3
Liver Fibrosis Assessment Using Radiomics of Ultrasound Homodyned-K imaging Based on the Artificial Neural Network Estimator	3
Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging through Adaptive Integrated Transmitting-Receiving Beamformer	2
Ultrasound Phase Aberrated Point Spread Function Estimation with Convolutional Neural Network: Simulation Study	2
An Ultrasound Radiomics Model for the Early Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer	2
Ultrasonographic Findings and Prognosis of Metastases to the Thyroid Gland	2
Rapid and Efficient Computation of Cell Paths During Ultrasonic Focusing	2
Breast Tumor Classification using Short-ResNet with Pixel-based Tumor Probability Map in Ultrasound Images	2
A Review of Quantitative Ultrasound-Based Approaches to Thermometry and Ablation Zone Identification Over the Past Decade	2
Application Value of Ultrasound Elastography Combined With Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Quantitative Analysis in Differentiation of Nodular Fibrocystic Changes of the Breast From Invasive Ducta	2
Classification and Clinical Application of Ultrasound Contrast Agents	2
Optimized Reconstruction Procedure of Photoacoustic Imaging for Reflection Artifacts Reduction	2
Skeletal Muscle Texture Assessment Using Ultrasonography: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Kidney Disease	2
Ultrasound-Based Radiomics for the Classification of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis in Children	2
Ring-Enhancement on CEUS: Is it Useful in the Differential Diagnosis of Solid Thyroid Nodules?	2
Fourier Beamforming of Ultrasound Signals From Chirp Transmits Using the Chirp Scaling Algorithm	2
Regularization-Based 2D Strain Tensor Imaging in Quasi-Static Ultrasound Elastography SAGE Publications	2
The Effect of Mixing Iodinated Contrast Media and Ultrasound Contrast Agents on Subharmonic Signals	1
Prediction of Renal Function 1 Year After Transplantation Using Machine Learning Methods Based on Ultrasound Radiomics Combined With Clinical and Imaging Features	1
UITC 2025 ABSTRACTS	1
LKCAU-Net: A Large Kernel Coordinated Attention U-Net for Breast Tumors Segmentation in Ultrasound Images	1
DAUS-Net: Toward Ultrasound Scanner-Agnostic Domain Generalized Robust and Accurate Segmentation	1
Ultrasound Homodyned-K Contrast-Weighted Summation Parametric Imaging Based on H-scan for Detecting Microwave Ablation Zones	1
Calcification Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Images Using Transfer Learning Based MultiSVM model	1
B-line Elastography Measurement of Lung Parenchymal Elasticity	1
Predicting Central Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Integration of Two-Dimensional Ultrasound Radiomics with Clinical Features	1
Complex-Valued Spatio-Temporal Graph Convolution Neural Network optimized With Giraffe Kicking Optimization Algorithm for Thyroid Nodule Classification in Ultrasound Images	1
Microfabrication of a 16 MHz 1D-pMUT-Array for Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging	1
Advanced Fetal Cardiac Disease Detection Using Optimized Gegenbauer Graph Neural Networks on Ultrasound Images to Facilitate Early Diagnosis and Clinical Assessment	1
Spectral-based Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Processing Techniques: Comparisons of RF Versus IQ Approaches	1
Contrast-Enhanced B-Flow Ultrasound: A Novel Approach to Liver Trauma Imaging	1
2D-SWE Ultrasound Elastography for Subpleural Consolidations: Validating a Novel Approach to Benign-Malignant Differentiation	1
A Multi-Task Segmentation and Classification Network Based on Ultrasound Images for Predicting the Grading of Ascites in the Abdominal Cavity	1
Ultrasonic Imaging of Deeper Bone Defect Using Virtual Source Synthetic Aperture with Phased Shift Migration: A Phantom Study	1
Demonstration Study of Reflector-Based Volumetric Speed-of-Sound Imaging With Linear Ultrasound Arrays	1
The Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Galactography in Patients With Pathologic Nipple Discharge	1
A Novel Method for Prediction of Raised Intracranial Pressure Through Automated ONSD and ETD Ratio Measurement From Ocular Ultrasound	1
Virtual Source-Based Apodization for Diverging Wave Imaging: An Experimental Study	1

Abstracts for the 2024 Ultrasonic Imaging and Tissue Characterization Symposium (UITC)