Publications

The following publications have been produced using the USTB. Click “Show published results” to view the figures inline.

Ultrasonics

Elsevier journal covering fundamental and applied ultrasonics.

The Generalized Beamformer in the UltraSound ToolBox (2026, submitted)

Rindal, O. M. H., Vrålstad, A. E., Rodriguez-Molares, A., Fiorentini, S., Avdal, J., Austeng, A. (2026). The Generalized Beamformer in the UltraSound ToolBox. Ultrasonics (submitted). Preprint: TechRxiv

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IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics (T-USON)

Open-access short-paper line of the IEEE UFFC Society.

Retrospective transmit correction of blocked arrays (2026, to appear)

Vrålstad, A. E., Måsøy, S.-E., Bjåstad, T. G., Sørnes, A. R., Rindal, O. M. H. (2026). Retrospective transmit correction of blocked arrays applied to cardiac ultrasound imaging. IEEE Trans. Ultrason. (T-USON) (to appear).

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IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (TUFFC)

Society’s regular transactions title.

Dynamic range and contrast (2020)

Rindal, O. M. H., Austeng, A., Fatemi, A., Rodriguez-Molares, A. (2020). The effect of dynamic range alterations in the estimation of contrast. IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelect. Freq. Control

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Filtered delay multiply-and-sum (fDMAS)

Prieur, F., Rindal, O. M. H., & Austeng, A. (2018). Signal coherence and image amplitude with the Filtered-Delay-Multiply-And-Sum beamformer. IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelect. Freq. Control

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Generalized contrast-to-noise ratio (gCNR)

Rodriguez-Molares, A., Rindal, O. M. H., D’hooge, J., Måsøy, S. E., Austeng, A., Torp, H. (2018). The Generalized Contrast-to-Noise ratio. IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelect. Freq. Control

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)

Society conference proceedings; commonly cited as IUS with year.

Virtual source model (IUS 2018)

Rindal, O. M. H., Rodriguez-Molares, A., Austeng, A. (2018). A simple, artifact-free, virtual source model. In Proc. IEEE IUS, 1–4.

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Dark region artifact in adaptive beamforming (IUS 2017)

Rindal, O. M. H., Rodriguez-Molares, A., & Austeng, A. (2017). The Dark Region Artifact in Adaptive Ultrasound Beamforming. In Proc. IEEE IUS, 1–4.

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The UltraSound ToolBox (IUS 2017)

Rodriguez-Molares, A., Rindal, O. M. H., Bernard, O., Nair, A., Bell, M. A. L., Liebgott, H., Austeng, A., Løvstakken, L. (2017). The UltraSound ToolBox. In Proc. IEEE IUS, 1–4. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092389