Simona Turco

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 876 citations indexed

About

Simona Turco is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Turco has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 876 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 32 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Simona Turco's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (18 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (18 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (15 papers). Simona Turco is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (18 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (18 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (15 papers). Simona Turco collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and United States. Simona Turco's co-authors include Gabriele Frediani, Federico Carpi, Danilo De Rossi, Massimo Mischi, Hessel Wijkstra, Peter Frinking, Paola Piscopo, Ahmed El Kaffas, P.H. Woerlee and A. Reibaldí and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Simona Turco

60 papers receiving 853 citations

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Bioinspired Tunable Lens with Muscle‐Like Electroactive Elastomers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Turco Netherlands	13	518	233	131	120	99	71	876
Jonathan M. Cannata United States	23	1.5k 2.9×	905 3.9×	395 3.0×	266 2.2×	59 0.6×	76	1.9k
Ryan J. Murphy United States	24	808 1.6×	180 0.8×	71 0.5×	105 0.9×	40 0.4×	83	1.5k
K. Kirk Shung United States	9	485 0.9×	244 1.0×	107 0.8×	82 0.7×	30 0.3×	18	688
Yeh‐Chan Ahn South Korea	19	669 1.3×	171 0.7×	46 0.4×	134 1.1×	117 1.2×	70	1.2k
Xiaochen Xu United States	13	382 0.7×	294 1.3×	84 0.6×	112 0.9×	20 0.2×	20	643
Kaidi Wang China	16	168 0.3×	230 1.0×	203 1.5×	235 2.0×	9 0.1×	48	950
Linda Ryan Canada	13	543 1.0×	504 2.2×	136 1.0×	96 0.8×	98 1.0×	20	979
Xinwen Yao United States	20	499 1.0×	530 2.3×	206 1.6×	230 1.9×	31 0.3×	65	1.2k
Volker Herold Germany	23	473 0.9×	514 2.2×	100 0.8×	112 0.9×	118 1.2×	49	1.5k
Mehmet Aşık Türkiye	19	364 0.7×	50 0.2×	54 0.4×	321 2.7×	31 0.3×	77	1.8k

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Turco, Simona, David Mills, Kirk Wallace, et al.. (2025). Three-Dimensional Shear-Wave Viscoelastographic Estimation by System Identification for Prostate Cancer Localization. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 51(11). 2089–2098.

Turco, Simona, et al.. (2025). Contrast-ultrasound dispersion imaging for renal cell carcinoma diagnostics. The Ultrasound Journal. 17(1). 23–23. 1 indexed citations

Mischi, Massimo, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence in clinical decision support and the prediction of adverse events. Frontiers in Digital Health. 7. 1403047–1403047. 3 indexed citations

Peri, Elisabetta, et al.. (2024). Estimation of the Number of Active Sweat Glands Through Discrete Sweat Sensing. Sensors. 24(22). 7187–7187.

Peri, Elisabetta, et al.. (2024). Measurement of Sweat Gland Activity by Sweat Sensing and Deep Learning. TU/e Research Portal. 1–6.

Muehlsteff, Jens, et al.. (2024). Pressure-Less Local Pulse Wave Speed Estimation in the Carotid Artery Using Ultrasound-Based Velocity Waveform Indices. TU/e Research Portal. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Turco, Simona, et al.. (2024). Vision rehabilitation workforce in Italy: a country-level analysis. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 1323–1323.

Turco, Simona, et al.. (2024). Can 3D Multiparametric Ultrasound Imaging Predict Prostate Biopsy Outcome?. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 50(8). 1194–1202. 4 indexed citations

Turco, Simona, Panagiotis Kapetas, Ritse M. Mann, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differentiating between malignant and benign breast lesions. European Radiology. 34(7). 4764–4773. 1 indexed citations

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Piscopo, Paola, Simona Turco, Stanislao Rizzo, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and Patients’ Satisfaction with the ORCAM MyEye Device Among Visually Impaired People: A Multicenter Study. Journal of Medical Systems. 47(1). 11–11. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Chuan, Reshani Perera, Massimo Mischi, et al.. (2023). Quantification of extravasation and binding of PSMA-targeted nanobubbles by modelling the second-wave phenomenon. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 26(2). 253–263.

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Piscopo, Paola, Fabiana Perna, Leonardo Mastropasqua, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Varied Microperimetric Biofeedback Training in Central Vision Loss: A Randomized Trial. Optometry and Vision Science. 100(11). 737–744. 3 indexed citations

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Bie, Ashley J.R. De, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the accuracy of established patient inspiratory effort estimation methods during mechanical support ventilation. Heliyon. 9(2). e13610–e13610. 1 indexed citations

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Turco, Simona, Thodsawit Tiyarattanachai, John R. Eisenbrey, et al.. (2022). Interpretable Machine Learning for Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions by Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 69(5). 1670–1681. 29 indexed citations

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Tiyarattanachai, Thodsawit, Simona Turco, John R. Eisenbrey, et al.. (2022). A Comprehensive Motion Compensation Method for In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Motion in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Focal Liver Lesions. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 48(11). 2217–2228. 2 indexed citations

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Barentsz, Jelle O., et al.. (2021). Deep learning for prostate and zonal segmentation on a multicenter MRI dataset. European Urology Open Science. 33. S141–S142. 1 indexed citations

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Turco, Simona, et al.. (2021). Acoustic characterization of tissue-mimicking materials for ultrasound perfusion imaging research. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 48(1). 124–142. 37 indexed citations

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Sloun, Ruud J. G. van, Simona Turco, Hessel Wijkstra, et al.. (2020). Blood flow patterns estimation in the left ventricle with low-rate 2D and 3D dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 198. 105810–105810. 5 indexed citations

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Turco, Simona, Massimo Mischi, P.H. Woerlee, et al.. (2020). A modelling framework for assessment of arterial compliance by fusion of oscillometry and pulse wave velocity information. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 196. 105492–105492. 9 indexed citations

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Rossi, Francesca, et al.. (2020). Transorbital electrical stimulation in retinitis pigmentosa. Better results joining visual pattern stimulation?. Brain stimulation. 13(5). 1173–1174. 5 indexed citations

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