Nicolás Benech

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nicolás Benech is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolás Benech has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 28 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Nicolás Benech's work include Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (28 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (27 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (18 papers). Nicolás Benech is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (28 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (27 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (18 papers). Nicolás Benech collaborates with scholars based in Uruguay, France and Brazil. Nicolás Benech's co-authors include Mickaël Tanter, Mathias Fink, Gabriel Montaldo, Jérémy Bercoff, Carlos Negreira, Stéfan Catheline, Javier Brum, Thomas Gallot, Juan Claudio Benech and Juan Pablo Damián and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Scientific Reports and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Nicolás Benech

40 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Coherent plane-wave compounding for very high frame rate ultrasonography and transient elastography

2009 1.3k citations Gabriel Montaldo, Mickaël Tanter et al. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolás Benech Uruguay	13	1.4k	1.3k	798	161	103	44	1.7k
Alessandro Ramalli Italy	22	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	830 1.0×	243 1.5×	191 1.9×	159	1.8k
Richard Y. Chiao United States	12	728 0.5×	665 0.5×	497 0.6×	63 0.4×	99 1.0×	23	1.1k
Jonathan Porée Canada	18	830 0.6×	673 0.5×	315 0.4×	234 1.5×	48 0.5×	59	1.1k
K.L. Gammelmark Denmark	12	1.1k 0.8×	885 0.7×	784 1.0×	43 0.3×	139 1.3×	21	1.3k
Elijah E. W. Van Houten United States	23	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	381 0.5×	72 0.4×	140 1.4×	44	1.7k
Gianmarco Pinton United States	19	1.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	556 0.7×	80 0.5×	111 1.1×	107	2.5k
S. A. Goss United States	15	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	438 0.5×	62 0.4×	109 1.1×	28	1.9k
Carlos Negreira Uruguay	16	301 0.2×	481 0.4×	342 0.4×	96 0.6×	60 0.6×	112	834
Anthony J. Romano United States	20	653 0.5×	660 0.5×	219 0.3×	105 0.7×	104 1.0×	42	1.2k
Gerald R. Harris United States	26	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	818 1.0×	21 0.1×	211 2.0×	89	2.0k

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Andrade, Ricardo J., Javier Brum, Nicolás Benech, et al.. (2024). In plane quantification of in vivo muscle elastic anisotropy factor by steered ultrasound pushing beams. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 69(4). 45013–45013. 7 indexed citations

Pereira, Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque, et al.. (2023). Quadratic versus linear models to estimate the mean scattering spacing as a function of temperature in ex-vivo tissue. Ultrasonics. 134. 107077–107077. 1 indexed citations

Benech, Nicolás, et al.. (2023). CENEPSIA: feasibility of an ultrasound device to treat epileptic refractory foci. Research on Biomedical Engineering. 39(2). 427–436. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, Liliam Fernandes de, et al.. (2023). Load sharing between synergistic muscles characterized by a ligand-binding approach and elastography. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18267–18267. 2 indexed citations

Benech, Nicolás, et al.. (2023). Passive and active cavitation detection methods: inception and persistence during HIFU sonication. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

Bernal, Miguel, et al.. (2021). Towards 3D passive shear elasticity imaging using row-columns arrays. 9. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

Brum, Javier, Nicolás Benech, Thomas Gallot, & Carlos Negreira. (2021). Shear Wave Elastography Based on Noise Correlation and Time Reversal. Frontiers in Physics. 9. 9 indexed citations

Benech, Nicolás, et al.. (2018). Surface wave elastography: device and method. Measurement Science and Technology. 30(3). 35701–35701. 4 indexed citations

Blanco, R. Ernesto, Washington Jones, & Nicolás Benech. (2018). The seismic wave motion camouflage of large carnivorous dinosaurs. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 459. 154–161. 1 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolás, et al.. (2017). Analysis of the transient surface wave propagation in soft-solid elastic plates. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 142(5). 2919–2932. 14 indexed citations

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Catheline, Stéfan & Nicolás Benech. (2015). Longitudinal shear wave and transverse dilatational wave in solids. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 137(2). EL200–EL205. 31 indexed citations

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Brum, Javier, Jean‐Luc Gennisson, Thu-Mai Nguyen, et al.. (2012). Application of 1-d transient elastography for the shear modulus assessment of thin-layered soft tissue: comparison with supersonic shear imaging technique. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 59(4). 703–714. 15 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolás, et al.. (2012). In vivo assessment of muscle mechanical properties using a low-cost surface wave method. 24. 2571–2574. 4 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolás, et al.. (2012). Temperature-induced changes in soft tissues analyzed by spectral methods and transient elastography: A comparative study. AIP conference proceedings. 228–232.

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Brum, Javier, et al.. (2011). Arterial diameter measurement using high resolution ultrasonography: In vitro validation. PubMed. 26. 203–206. 1 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolás & Carlos Negreira. (2010). Monitoring heat-induced changes in soft tissues with 1D transient elastography. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 55(6). 1753–1765. 14 indexed citations

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Benech, Nicolás, Stéfan Catheline, Javier Brum, Thomas Gallot, & Carlos Negreira. (2009). 1-D elasticity assessment in soft solids from shear wave correlation: the time-reversal approach. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 56(11). 2400–2410. 29 indexed citations

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Montaldo, Gabriel, Mickaël Tanter, Jérémy Bercoff, Nicolás Benech, & Mathias Fink. (2009). Coherent plane-wave compounding for very high frame rate ultrasonography and transient elastography. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 56(3). 489–506. 1323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brum, Javier, Nicolás Benech, Carlos Negreira, Daniel Bia, & Ricardo L. Armentano. (2009). Application of a transient elastography technique to the characterization of the arterial wall elasticity. 35. 2449–2452. 5 indexed citations

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Catheline, Stéfan, Nicolás Benech, Javier Brum, & Carlos Negreira. (2008). Time Reversal of Elastic Waves in Soft Solids. Physical Review Letters. 100(6). 64301–64301. 46 indexed citations

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