2026 Hans Torp: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	43	5995	5782	30	30	305	13027

Overview

Hans Torp is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their academic work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine.

The research topics explored by Hans Torp include:

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Hans Torp has contributed to publications in several frequently appearing venues such as:

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Resuscitation Plus
EJVES Vascular Forum
Circulation
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans Torp include:

3D Myocardial Mechanical Wave Measurements, 2020, JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
Feasibility and Accuracy of Tele-Echocardiography, With Examinations by Nurses and Interpretation by an Expert via Telemedicine, in an Outpatient Heart Failure Clinic, 2020, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Detection of Tissue Fibrosis using Natural Mechanical Wave Velocity Estimation: Feasibility Study, 2020, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Detection of Cerebral High-Intensity Transient Signals by NeoDoppler during Cardiac Catheterization and Cardiac Surgery in Infants, 2022, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Retrospective Transmit Beamforming and Coherent Plane-Wave Compounding for Microvascular Doppler Imaging: A Comparison Study, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hans Torp include:

Siri Ann Nyrnes
Jørgen Avdal
Gabriel Kiss
Eirik Skogvoll
Charlotte Björk Ingul

Best Publications

Noninvasive myocardial strain measurement by speckle tracking echocardiography: validation against sonomicrometry and tagged magnetic resonance imaging.

Brage H. Amundsen;Thomas Helle-Valle;Thor Edvardsen;Hans Torp

1758
Citations
Myocardial Strain by Doppler Echocardiography Validation of a New Method to Quantify Regional Myocardial Function

Stig Urheim;Thor Edvardsen;Hans Torp;Bjørn Angelsen

1544
Citations
REAL-TIME STRAIN RATE IMAGING OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE BY ULTRASOUND

Andreas Heimdal;Asbjørn Støylen;Hans Torp;Terje Skjærpe

1173
Citations
New Noninvasive Method for Assessment of Left Ventricular Rotation Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Thomas Helle-Valle;Jonas Crosby;Thor Edvardsen;Erik Lyseggen

1031
Citations
Segmental and global longitudinal strain and strain rate based on echocardiography of 1266 healthy individuals: the HUNT study in Norway.

Havard Dalen;Anders Thorstensen;Svein A. Aase;Charlotte B. Ingul

491
Citations
The Generalized Contrast-to-Noise Ratio: A Formal Definition for Lesion Detectability

Alfonso Rodriguez-Molares;Ole Marius Hoel Rindal;Jan D'hooge;Svein-Erik Masoy

399
Citations
Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction Algorithms—A Review

Ole Vegard Solberg;Ole Vegard Solberg;Frank Lindseth;Hans Torp;Richard E. Blake

302
Citations
Coherent Plane Wave Compounding for Very High Frame Rate Ultrasonography of Rapidly Moving Targets

B. Denarie;T. A. Tangen;I. K. Ekroll;N. Rolim

246
Citations
Strain rate imaging by ultrasonography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

Asbjørn Støylen;Andreas Heimdal;Knut Bjørnstad;Rune Wiseth

212
Citations
Automated analysis of strain rate and strain: feasibility and clinical implications.

Charlotte Bjork Ingul;Hans Torp;Svein Arne Aase;Sigrid Berg

191
Citations
Interpolation methods for time-delay estimation using cross-correlation method for blood velocity measurement

Xiaoming Lai;H. Torp

178
Citations
Clutter filters adapted to tissue motion in ultrasound color flow imaging

S. Bjaerum;H. Torp;K. Kristoffersen

176
Citations
3-D speckle tracking for assessment of regional left ventricular function.

Jonas Crosby;Brage H. Amundsen;Torbjørn Hergum;Espen W. Remme

175
Citations
Strain Rate Imaging by Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Regional Dysfunction of the Left Ventricle.

Asbjorn Stoylen;Andreas Heimdal;Knut Bjornstad;Hans G. Torp

157
Citations
Simultaneous quantification of flow and tissue velocities based on multi-angle plane wave imaging

I. K. Ekroll;A. Swillens;P. Segers;T. Dahl

154
Citations
Regional myocardial long-axis strain and strain rate measured by different tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography methods: a comparison with tagged magnetic resonance imaging

Brage H. Amundsen;Jonas Crosby;Per Arvid Steen;Hans Torp

146
Citations
Ultrasound-based vessel wall tracking: an auto-correlation technique with RF center frequency estimation

Stein Inge Rabben;Steinar Bjærum;Vidar Sørhus;Hans Torp

144
Citations
Clutter rejection filters in color flow imaging: a theoretical approach

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137
Citations
Parallel beamforming using synthetic transmit beams

T. Hergum;T. Bjastad;K. Kristoffersen;H. Torp

131
Citations
Comparison of time-domain displacement estimators for two-dimensional RF tracking

Stian Langeland;Jan D'hooge;H Torp;Bart Bijnens

109
Citations
Ultrasound simulation of complex flow velocity fields based on computational fluid dynamics

A. Swillens;L. Lovstakken;J. Kips;H. Torp

103
Citations
Ultrasound doppler measurements of low velocity blood flow: limitations due to clutter signals from vibrating muscles

A. Heimdal;H. Torp

101
Citations
Autocorrelation techniques in color flow imaging: signal model and statistical properties of the autocorrelation estimates

H. Torp;K. Kristoffersen;B.A.J. Angelsen

98
Citations
Muscle activity onset in the lumbar multifidus muscle recorded simultaneously by ultrasound imaging and intramuscular electromyography.

Ottar Vasseljen;Haldis Haug Dahl;Paul Jarle Mork;Hans G. Torp

96
Citations