Ultrasound articles from across Nature Portfolio

Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging technique that uses the differential reflectance of acoustic waves at ultrasonic frequencies to detect objects and measure distances. It is commonly used for medical imaging of internal organs and developing fetuses during pregnancy.

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Feasibility study of microbubble enhanced echocardiography in normal horses
- Maria Luiza Favero
- Paulo Aléscio Canola
- Júlia Moslavacz de Sá
ResearchOpen Access02 May 2026 Scientific Reports
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Whole cross-sectional human ultrasound tomography

An ultrasound tomography system composed of a custom 512-element circular receiver array combined with a single-element transmitter that rotates around the participant enables whole cross-sectional ultrasound imaging of the human body.
- David C. Garrett
- Jinhua Xu
- Lihong V. Wang
Research24 Apr 2026 Nature Biomedical Engineering
P: 1-10
A Chain-of-thought Reasoning Breast Ultrasound Dataset Covering All Histopathology Categories
- Haojun Yu
- Youcheng Li
- Liwei Wang
ResearchOpen Access06 Feb 2026 Scientific Data
Volume: 13, P: 370
Rotational ultrasound and photoacoustic tomography of the human body

Fast panoramic rotational ultrasound tomography and photoacoustic tomography are integrated for hybrid rotational ultrasound and photoacoustic tomography, for three-dimensional dual-contrast imaging of soft tissue and vasculature across the human body.
- Yang Zhang
- Shuai Na
- Lihong V. Wang
Research16 Jan 2026 Nature Biomedical Engineering
P: 1-12
Ultrasound radiomics and deep learning for predicting antral follicle count and anti-Müllerian hormone
- Jinwei Zhang
- Shangqing Liu
- Suzhen Ran
ResearchOpen Access20 Dec 2025 Scientific Reports
Volume: 16, P: 3115
Cerebral microbubble distribution correlation between preoperative perfusion MRI and intraoperative contrast enhanced ultrasound
- Fabio M. Doniselli
- Riccardo Ciocca
- Francesco Prada
ResearchOpen Access04 Dec 2025 npj Acoustics
Volume: 1, P: 30