S.W. Smith

4.9k citations

104 papers · 4.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.2%
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
Mechanics of Materials top 0.5%
- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
- Flow Measurement and Analysis

Papers in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 80
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography 73
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications 13
Biomedical Engineering 63
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications 30
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging 27

Co-authors: Robert F. Wagner (5 shared papers)Olaf T. von Ramm (19 shared papers)Hector Sanchez Lopez (3 shared papers)John M. Sandrik (2 shared papers)Gregg E. Trahey (12 shared papers)Edward D. Light (19 shared papers)R.E. Davidsen (8 shared papers)Richard L. Goldberg (7 shared papers)
Journals: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (25 papers)Ultrasonic Imaging (11 papers)Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology (2 papers)Academic Emergency Medicine (1 paper)Ultrasonics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Canada

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S.W. Smith

94 papers receiving 3.9k citations

S.W. Smith's Hit Papers

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High-speed ultrasound volumetric imaging system. I. Transducer design and beam steering 1991 · 432 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1991 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
1983 IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

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1	Statistics of Speckle in Ultrasound B-Scans IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics ·Robert F. Wagner, S.W. Smith, John M. Sandrik, Hector Sanchez Lopez Hit paper breakdown →	1983	1168
2	High-speed ultrasound volumetric imaging system. I. Transducer design and beam steering IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·S.W. Smith, H.G. Pavy, Olaf T. von Ramm Hit paper breakdown →	1991	432
3	Speckle Pattern Correlation with Lateral Aperture Translation: Experimental Results and Implications for Spatial Compounding IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Gregg E. Trahey, S.W. Smith, Olaf T. von Ramm	1986	224
4	Low Contrast Detectability and Contrast/Detail Analysis in Medical Ultrasound IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics ·S.W. Smith, Robert F. Wagner, John M. Sandrik, Hector Sanchez Lopez	1983	202
5	Fundamental correlation lengths of coherent speckle in medical ultrasonic images IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Robert F. Wagner, Michael F. Insana, S.W. Smith	1988	181
6	Two-Dimensional Arrays for Medical Ultrasound Ultrasonic Imaging ·S.W. Smith, Gregg E. Trahey, Olaf T. von Ramm	1992	131
7	Progress in Two-Dimensional Arrays for Real-Time Volumetric Imaging Ultrasonic Imaging ·Edward D. Light, R.E. Davidsen, Jason O. Fiering, T. A. Hruschka, S.W. Smith	1998	117
8	A Quantitative Approach to Speckle Reduction via Frequency Compounding Ultrasonic Imaging ·Gregg E. Trahey, John W. Allison, S.W. Smith, Olaf T. von Ramm	1986	110
9	Multilayer piezoelectric ceramics for two-dimensional array transducers IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Richard L. Goldberg, S.W. Smith	1994	109
10	Electrostatic micromachine scanning mirror for optical coherence tomography Optics Letters ·Jason M. Zara, Siavash Yazdanfar, K. Divakara Rao, Joseph A. Izatt, S.W. Smith	2003	89
11	A miniaturized catheter 2-D array for real-time, 3-D intracardiac echocardiography IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·W. Lee, Salim F. Idriss, Patrick D. Wolf, S.W. Smith	2004	72
12	Phased array ultrasound imaging through planar tissue layers Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·S.W. Smith, Gregg E. Trahey, Olaf T. von Ramm	1986	72
13	Two Dimensional Ultrasonic Beam Distortion in the Breast: In Vivo Measurements and Effects Ultrasonic Imaging ·P.D. Freiburger, Daniel C. Sullivan, B. H. LeBlanc, S.W. Smith, Gregg E. Trahey	1992	65
14	Frequency independent ultrasound contrast-detail analysis Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·S.W. Smith, Hector Sanchez Lopez, W.J. Bodine	1985	58
15	Two-dimensional arrays for medical ultrasound using multilayer flexible circuit interconnection IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·R.E. Davidsen, S.W. Smith	1998	54
16	Phase-aberration correction with a 3-D ultrasound scanner: feasibility study IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·N.M. Ivancevich, Jeremy Dahl, Gregg E. Trahey, S.W. Smith	2006	54
17	High-density flexible interconnect for two-dimensional ultrasound arrays IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Jason O. Fiering, Peter Hultman, W. Lee, Edward D. Light, S.W. Smith	2000	48
18	Ultrasound Speckle Size and Lesion Signal to Noise Ratio: Verification of Theory Ultrasonic Imaging ·S.W. Smith, Robert F. Wagner	1984	43
19	Vibrating interventional device detection using real-time 3-D color Doppler IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Matthew P. Fronheiser, Salim F. Idriss, Patrick D. Wolf, S.W. Smith	2008	43
20	Integrated catheter for 3-d intracardiac echo cardiography and ultrasound ablation IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Kynan Gentry, S.W. Smith	2004	43

About S.W. Smith

S.W. Smith is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 104 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (73 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (34 papers), Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (30 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (27 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Flow Measurement and Analysis (8 papers), Engineering Applied Research (6 papers) and Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (2.8k citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.5k citations), Biomedical Engineering (2.4k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (733 citations) and Media Technology (166 citations). S.W. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Robert F. Wagner, Olaf T. von Ramm, Hector Sanchez Lopez, John M. Sandrik, Gregg E. Trahey, Edward D. Light, R.E. Davidsen, Richard L. Goldberg, Michael F. Insana and Patrick D. Wolf. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Ultrasonic Imaging, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Academic Emergency Medicine and Ultrasonics.

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