Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 16.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers represents advances in photoacoustic imaging and tomography, including biomedical applications, molecular imaging, optoacoustic techniques, and the development of contrast agents. The research focuses on high-resolution in vivo imaging, functional imaging, and its application in cancer detection and diagnosis.
- Photoacoustic Imaging
- Tomography
- Biomedical Applications
- Molecular Imaging
- Optoacoustic Techniques
- Contrast Agents
- In Vivo Imaging
- High-Resolution Microscopy
- Functional Imaging
- Cancer Detection
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +17% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.6k works
- 2 United States 1.5k works
- 3 India 308 works
- 4 Germany 307 works
- 5 United Kingdom 265 works
- 6 Japan 263 works
- 7 South Korea 262 works
- 8 France 257 works
- 9 Canada 212 works
- 10 Russia 170 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 51 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
- 3 Shenzhen UniversityChina 47 works
- 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 43 works
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 41 works
- 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 38 works
- 7 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 37 works
- 8 Fudan UniversityChina 37 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 36 works
- 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging include Stanley Osher, Wei Huang and Richard G. Baraniuk.
- 1 Stanley Osher United States 8k citations
- 2 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 3 Richard G. Baraniuk United States 4.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging research done?
The largest centres of Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pohang, Nizhny Novgorod and Rochester.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PohangKR · 28.1 works14×
- Nizhny NovgorodRU · 27.4 works8.0×
- RochesterUS · 27.3 works5.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging?
Among universities, judged by research, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen University and Nanyang Technological University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 70.9 | 20.6% | 16.3× | 25 | +375.6% |
| 2 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 70.1 | 16.0% | 8.5× | 47 | +299.3% |
| 3 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 56.8 | 18.2% | 4.1× | 24 | +189.8% |
| 4 | Boston UniversityUnited States | 54.9 | 29.5% | 6.1× | 22 | +25.9% |
| 5 | Westlake UniversityChina | 54.4 | 28.0% | 9.1× | 8 | — |
| 6 | ShanghaiTech UniversityChina | 54.3 | 12.7% | 16.2× | 22 | — |
| 7 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 51.5 | 20.7% | 3.5× | 43 | +110.7% |
| 8 | California Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 51.4 | 20.0% | 7.7× | 14 | +85.0% |
| 9 | Xidian UniversityChina | 49.1 | 21.9% | 5.8× | 32 | +0.7% |
| 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 48.2 | 20.0% | 2.6× | 41 | +103.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.