Publications

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

Preprints

Rindal, O. M. H., Rodriguez-Molares, A., Austeng, A. (2024). The Generalized Beamformer. TechRxiv preprint. doi:10.36227/techrxiv.1263073

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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