Piero Tortoli

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
298 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Piero Tortoli is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Piero Tortoli has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 158 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 113 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Piero Tortoli's work include Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (197 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (90 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (90 papers). Piero Tortoli is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (197 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (90 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (90 papers). Piero Tortoli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Piero Tortoli's co-authors include Stefano Ricci, Alessandro Ramalli, Enrico Boni, Francesco Guidi, Luca Bassi, Carlo Palombo, Alessandro Dallai, C. Morizzo, Hervé Liebgott and Gabriele Guidi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Scientific Reports and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Piero Tortoli

278 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Large Artery Remodeling and Dynamics following Simulated Microgravity by Prolonged Head-Down Tilt Bed Rest in Humans

2015 643 citations Carlo Palombo, Stefano Ricci et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Piero Tortoli Italy	36	2.9k	2.2k	1.5k	892	471	298	4.7k
Xiaoming Zhang United States	31	974 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	942 0.6×	381 0.4×	317 0.7×	233	4.1k
James A. Zagzebski United States	43	4.4k 1.5×	4.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.2×	377 0.4×	410 0.9×	191	6.3k
Alfred C. H. Yu Canada	33	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	593 0.4×	493 0.6×	289 0.6×	170	3.6k
Michael F. Insana United States	41	5.5k 1.9×	4.6k 2.1×	2.5k 1.7×	295 0.3×	584 1.2×	251	7.3k
William F. Walker United States	31	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	310 0.3×	441 0.9×	210	4.3k
J.M. Thijssen Netherlands	32	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	670 0.5×	591 0.7×	236 0.5×	160	3.3k
Tomy Varghese United States	46	5.6k 1.9×	4.9k 2.2×	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	547 1.2×	254	7.3k
Francis Duck United Kingdom	27	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	713 0.5×	145 0.2×	451 1.0×	86	4.6k
William D. O’Brien United States	43	3.6k 1.3×	4.6k 2.1×	1.8k 1.2×	455 0.5×	573 1.2×	358	8.6k
Yoshifumi Saijo Japan	25	754 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	440 0.3×	418 0.5×	650 1.4×	214	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piero Tortoli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Piero Tortoli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Piero Tortoli based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Piero Tortoli. Piero Tortoli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Uva, Laura, Francesco Guidi, Piero Tortoli, et al.. (2025). Ultrasound guided blood brain barrier opening using a diagnostic probe in a whole brain model. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10674–10674. 1 indexed citations

Fazio, Roberto De, Vincenzo Mastronardi, Antonio Qualtieri, et al.. (2025). Fabrication and Characterization of Low-Size and Compact AlN PMUT Arrays for Advanced Ultrasonic Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(5). 8032–8042. 1 indexed citations

Thorn, Clare E., Phillip E. Gates, Francesco Casanova, et al.. (2024). Interaction of macro- and microvascular function underlies brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 327(1). H268–H274. 1 indexed citations

Guidi, Francesco, et al.. (2024). Computationally Efficient SVD Filtering for Ultrasound Flow Imaging and Real-Time Application to Ultrafast Doppler. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 72(3). 921–929.

Supponen, Outi, Francesco Guidi, Todd W. Murray, et al.. (2020). The effect of size range on ultrasound-induced translations in microbubble populations. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 147(5). 3236–3247. 16 indexed citations

Matrone, Giulia, Alessandro Ramalli, Jan D’hooge, Piero Tortoli, & Giovanni Magenes. (2019). A Comparison of Coherence-Based Beamforming Techniques in High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging With Multi-Line Transmission. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 67(2). 329–340. 37 indexed citations

Ramalli, Alessandro, Sevan Harput, S Bezy, et al.. (2019). High-Frame-Rate Tri-Plane Echocardiography With Spiral Arrays: From Simulation to Real-Time Implementation. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 67(1). 57–69. 29 indexed citations

Harput, Sevan, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Alessandro Ramalli, et al.. (2019). 3-D Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging With a 2-D Sparse Array. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 67(2). 269–277. 93 indexed citations

Tong, Ling, Qiong He, Alejandra Ortega, et al.. (2019). Coded Excitation for Crosstalk Suppression in Multi-line Transmit Beamforming: Simulation Study and Experimental Validation. Applied Sciences. 9(3). 486–486. 14 indexed citations

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Ramalli, Alessandro, Alessandro Dallai, Francesco Guidi, et al.. (2018). Real-Time High-Frame-Rate Cardiac B-Mode and Tissue Doppler Imaging Based on Multiline Transmission and Multiline Acquisition. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 65(11). 2030–2041. 24 indexed citations

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Tong, Ling, Alessandro Ramalli, Piero Tortoli, et al.. (2018). Multiline Transmit Beamforming Combined With Adaptive Apodization. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 65(4). 535–545. 20 indexed citations

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Tortoli, Piero, et al.. (2018). Introduction to the Special Issue on High Frame Rate/Ultrafast Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 65(12). 2210–2211. 1 indexed citations

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Roux, Emmanuel, François Varray, Lorena Petrusca, et al.. (2018). Experimental 3-D Ultrasound Imaging with 2-D Sparse Arrays using Focused and Diverging Waves. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9108–9108. 77 indexed citations

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Savoia, Alessandro Stuart, Giosué Calıano, Giulia Matrone, et al.. (2014). Improved lateral resolution and contrast in ultrasound imaging using a sidelobe masking technique. Florence Research (University of Florence). 1682–1685. 6 indexed citations

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Ramalli, Alessandro, Stefano Ricci, Elisabetta Giannotti, et al.. (2011). Fourier domain and high frame rate based elastography for breast nodules investigation. Florence Research (University of Florence). 2241–2244.

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Secomski, Wojciech, Andrzej Nowicki, Francesco Guidi, Piero Tortoli, & Peter A. Lewin. (2005). Non-invasive measurement of blood hematocrit in artery. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences. 53. 245–250. 7 indexed citations

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Tortoli, Piero, et al.. (1997). Digital design improves radar pulse compression. Florence Research (University of Florence). 5 indexed citations

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Tortoli, Piero, et al.. (1994). Digital vs. SAW matched filter implementation for radar pulse compression. Florence Research (University of Florence). 127. 199–202 vol.1. 10 indexed citations

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Atzeni, Carlo, et al.. (1993). Digital technology improves radar pulse compression. Florence Research (University of Florence). 32(3). 64–66. 2 indexed citations

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Tortoli, Piero, et al.. (1985). An ultrasonic Doppler flowmeter for medical application. Florence Research (University of Florence). 2 indexed citations

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