Acoustics and Ultrasonics papers
Pofolia’s corpus holds 71 papers from Acoustics and Ultrasonics (2012–2025), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.
At a glance
- Most cited: 3D Computational Imaging with Single-Pixel Detectors (2013, 908 citations).
- The 20 papers listed have 10,776 citations between them.
- 20 of the 20 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
- 5 have a free full text (open access).
- Most frequent journals: Optics Express, Nature Communications, Optica.
- Published between 2012 and 2022.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals
3D Computational Imaging with Single-Pixel Detectors
Science · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 13.68 · 908 citations
Researchers developed a 3D computational imaging technique using multiple single-pixel detectors and a single projector to reconstruct an object's form from shading information.
On the use of deep learning for computational imaging
Optica · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 36.26 · 837 citations
Deep neural networks are now effective for computational image formation, particularly when measurements are noisy or ill-posed, moving beyond their traditional role in image interpretation.
Single-pixel imaging by means of Fourier spectrum acquisition
Nature Communications · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 8.75 · 786 citations · Open access
Researchers developed a new single-pixel imaging technique that captures high-quality images indirectly by acquiring their Fourier spectrum, even with noisy environmental illumination.
Light fields in complex media: Mesoscopic scattering meets wave control
Reviews of Modern Physics · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 13.00 · FWCI 21.40 · 634 citations
This review highlights how mesoscopic scattering theory provides crucial insights for controlling light fields in complex media, an emerging area with broad applications.
Single-pixel imaging 12 years on: a review
Optics Express · 2020 · Q1 · FWCI 23.92 · 629 citations
Single-pixel cameras, which use a single detector with varying mask patterns to reconstruct images, have evolved significantly over the past 12 years, moving beyond traditional multi-pixel arrays.
Exploiting multimode waveguides for pure fibre-based imaging
Nature Communications · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 9.45 · 600 citations · Open access
Researchers have developed a lensless microscopy technique using disordered light within standard multimode optical fibers, enabling bright-field, dark-field, and fluorescence imaging at high speeds.
Single-pixel three-dimensional imaging with time-based depth resolution
Nature Communications · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 14.98 · 588 citations
A novel single-pixel camera system uses compressed sensing and short-pulsed structured illumination to achieve 3D imaging with ~3 mm accuracy at ~5 m range, significantly reducing acquisition times.
Hadamard single-pixel imaging versus Fourier single-pixel imaging
Optics Express · 2017 · Q1 · FWCI 10.89 · 562 citations
Fourier single-pixel imaging (FSI) is more efficient than Hadamard single-pixel imaging (HSI), while HSI demonstrates superior noise robustness.
Deep speckle correlation: a deep learning approach toward scalable imaging through scattering media
Optica · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 20.32 · 515 citations
A novel deep learning framework uses a "one-to-all" statistical approach to enable scalable imaging through scattering media, overcoming the limitations of traditional "one-to-one" transmission matrix methods.
Imaging with a small number of photons
Nature Communications · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 13.94 · 490 citations · Open access
A new single-photon imaging system can reconstruct high-quality images from an average of fewer than one detected photon per pixel, a significant reduction from the typical 10^5 photons per pixel.
Imaging through glass diffusers using densely connected convolutional networks
Optica · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 20.10 · 443 citations
A novel convolutional neural network, IDiffNet, can reconstruct images transmitted through scattering media like glass diffusers, outperforming previous methods in generalization and reconstruction quality.
Single-pixel infrared and visible microscope
Optica · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 5.27 · 443 citations
A novel single-pixel microscope system simultaneously captures images in both visible and shortwave infrared light, expanding microscopy's reach beyond the visible spectrum.
High-speed scattering medium characterization with application to focusing light through turbid media
Optics Express · 2012 · Q1 · FWCI 11.58 · 441 citations
A new holographic technique rapidly characterizes scattering media by measuring its transmission matrix in 33.8 ms, enabling light to be focused through turbid environments.
Deep-learning-based ghost imaging
Scientific Reports · 2017 · Q1 · FWCI 12.02 · 440 citations · Open access
A novel framework called Ghost Imaging using Deep Learning (GIDL) reconstructs higher quality images from fewer samples than traditional methods.
Focusing and scanning light through a multimode optical fiber using digital phase conjugation
Optics Express · 2012 · Q1 · FWCI 8.19 · 436 citations
Researchers have demonstrated digital phase conjugation to create a sharp focal point at the end of a multimode optical fiber for the first time.
Feedback-based wavefront shaping
Optics Express · 2015 · Q1 · FWCI 13.07 · 421 citations
Light can be focused deep within scattering objects by shaping its wavefront, overcoming previous depth limitations in optical imaging.
Genetic algorithm optimization for focusing through turbid media in noisy environments
Optics Express · 2012 · Q1 · FWCI 5.45 · 420 citations
Genetic algorithms (GA) are introduced for wavefront control to focus light through scattering media, showing particular advantage in low signal-to-noise conditions.
Fourier-Transform Ghost Imaging with Hard X Rays
Physical Review Letters · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 10.86 · 399 citations
Researchers demonstrate a novel lensless Fourier-transform ghost imaging method using hard X-rays, enabling structural determination of noncrystalline materials for the first time.
Normalized ghost imaging
Optics Express · 2012 · Q1 · FWCI 4.38 · 394 citations
A new normalized weighting algorithm for iterative ghost imaging has been developed, matching the performance of differential ghost imaging.
Far-field super-resolution ghost imaging with a deep neural network constraint
Light Science & Applications · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 32.80 · 390 citations · Open access
A novel far-field super-resolution ghost imaging technique combines a physical model with a deep neural network, enabling image reconstruction beyond the diffraction limit without pre-training.
Recently added
A tweezer array with 6,100 highly coherent atomic qubits
Nature · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 19.00 · FWCI 34.35 · 99 citations
Researchers built an optical tweezer array trapping over 6,100 neutral atoms, demonstrating a record coherence time of 12.6 seconds for hyperfine qubits and achieving 99.98952% imaging survival.
Far-field super-resolution ghost imaging with a deep neural network constraint
Light Science & Applications · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 32.80 · 390 citations · Open access
A novel far-field super-resolution ghost imaging technique combines a physical model with a deep neural network, enabling image reconstruction beyond the diffraction limit without pre-training.
Recent advances in lensless imaging
Optica · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 11.10 · 206 citations
Lensless imaging systems are becoming extremely compact, lightweight, and capable of imaging higher-dimensional quantities due to advances in hardware, fabrication, and algorithms.
Single-pixel imaging using physics enhanced deep learning
Photonics Research · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 9.58 · 204 citations
A new physics-enhanced deep learning method reconstructs high-fidelity images in single-pixel imaging (SPI) systems, overcoming the generalization issues of purely data-driven approaches.
Single-pixel imaging 12 years on: a review
Optics Express · 2020 · Q1 · FWCI 23.92 · 629 citations
Single-pixel cameras, which use a single detector with varying mask patterns to reconstruct images, have evolved significantly over the past 12 years, moving beyond traditional multi-pixel arrays.
Hyperspectral terahertz microscopy via nonlinear ghost imaging
Optica · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 14.41 · 219 citations
Researchers demonstrate time-resolved nonlinear ghost imaging for subwavelength terahertz microscopy, overcoming previous resolution limitations.
Learning from simulation: An end-to-end deep-learning approach for computational ghost imaging
Optics Express · 2019 · Q1 · FWCI 16.08 · 326 citations
A one-step end-to-end neural network trained solely on simulation data can reconstruct 2D images from 1D bucket signals in computational ghost imaging, eliminating the need for illumination pattern sequences.
On the use of deep learning for computational imaging
Optica · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 36.26 · 837 citations
Deep neural networks are now effective for computational image formation, particularly when measurements are noisy or ill-posed, moving beyond their traditional role in image interpretation.
Journals in this field
The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?
| Journal | Quartile | SJR | h-index | In this field | Summaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optics Express | Q1 | — | 338 | 17 | 22 |
| Optica | Q1 | 2.00 | 176 | 12 | 16 |
| Nature Communications | Q1 | 4.00 | 634 | 8 | 94 |
| Scientific Reports | Q1 | — | 382 | 7 | 170 |
| Physical Review Letters | Q1 | 2.00 | 750 | 3 | 45 |
| Science | Q1 | 10.00 | 1433 | 2 | 268 |
| Light: Science and Applications | Q1 | 4.00 | 193 | 2 | 14 |
| Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision | Q2 | — | 182 | 2 | 3 |
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