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Kathryn R. Nightingale

Kathryn R. Nightingale

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
61
Citations
15816
World Ranking
2018
National Ranking
643

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Kathryn R. Nightingale is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily involving engineering and medicine, with a focus on biomedical engineering and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their work also extends into mechanics of materials, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

The scientist's research topics prominently include ultrasound imaging and elastography, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, ultrasound and hyperthermia applications, and ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation. Additional areas of work cover elasticity and material modeling, tendon structure and treatment, and prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Nightingale's work are:

  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials

Co-authors regularly collaborating with Nightingale include:

  • Mark L. Palmeri
  • Ned C. Rouze
  • Derek Y. Chan
  • Anna E. Knight
  • Felix Q. Jin

Selected recent papers highlight key aspects of this research:

  • Methods of monitoring thermal ablation of soft tissue tumors - A comprehensive review, 2021, Medical Physics
  • Assessing cardiac stiffness using ultrasound shear wave elastography, 2021, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Radiological Society of North America/Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance Shear Wave Speed Bias Quantification in Elastic and Viscoelastic Phantoms, 2021, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography in Cardiology, 2024, JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
  • Multiparametric Ultrasound for Targeting Prostate Cancer: Combining ARFI, SWEI, QUS and B-Mode, 2020, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Kathryn R. Nightingale has been recognized as a Fellow by several organizations, including the National Academy of Inventors in 2019 and the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: in vivo demonstration of clinical feasibility.

    Kathryn Nightingale;Mary Scott Soo;Roger Nightingale;Gregg Trahey

  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology.

    Tsuyoshi Shiina;Kathryn R. Nightingale;Mark L. Palmeri;Timothy J. Hall

  • On the feasibility of remote palpation using acoustic radiation force.

    Kathryn R. Nightingale;Mark L. Palmeri;Roger W. Nightingale;Gregg E. Trahey

  • WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 2: Breast

    Richard G. Barr;Kazutaka Nakashima;Dominique Amy;David Cosgrove

  • Quantifying hepatic shear modulus in vivo using acoustic radiation force.

    Mark L. Palmeri;Michael H. Wang;Jeremy J. Dahl;Kristin D. Frinkley

  • Shear-wave generation using acoustic radiation force: in vivo and ex vivo results.

    Kathryn Nightingale;Stephen McAleavey;Gregg Trahey

  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 2: breast.

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  • Noninvasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis using acoustic radiation force-based shear stiffness in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Mark L. Palmeri;Michael H. Wang;Ned C. Rouze;Manal F. Abdelmalek

  • A finite-element method model of soft tissue response to impulsive acoustic radiation force

    M.L. Palmeri;A.C. Sharma;R.R. Bouchard;R.W. Nightingale

  • Acoustic radiation force elasticity imaging in diagnostic ultrasound

    J. R. Doherty;G. E. Trahey;K. R. Nightingale;M. L. Palmeri

  • A preliminary evaluation of the effects of primary and secondary radiation forces on acoustic contrast agents

    P.A. Dayton;K.E. Morgan;A.L. Klibanov;G. Brandenburger

  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the abdomen : Demonstration of feasibility and utility

    Brian J. Fahey;Kathryn R. Nightingale;Rendon C. Nelson;Mark L. Palmeri

  • Acoustic radiation force-based elasticity imaging methods.

    Mark L. Palmeri;Kathryn R. Nightingale

  • Ultrasonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements in homogeneous media

    Mark L. Palmeri;Stephen A. McAleavey;Gregg E. Trahey;Kathryn R. Nightingale

  • Observations of tissue response to acoustic radiation force: opportunities for imaging.

    Kathryn Nightingale;Rex Bentley;Gregg Trahey

  • On the thermal effects associated with radiation force imaging of soft tissue

    M.L. Palmeri;K.R. Nightingale

  • An integrated indenter-ARFI imaging system for tissue stiffness quantification.

    Liang Zhai;Mark L. Palmeri;Richard R. Bouchard;Roger W. Nightingale

  • A parallel tracking method for acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

    J.J. Dahl;G.F. Pinton;M.L. Palmeri;V. Agrawal

  • Robust estimation of time-of-flight shear wave speed using a radon sum transformation

    Ned C Rouze;Michael H Wang;Mark L Palmeri;Kathryn R Nightingale

  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the mechanical properties of arteries: In vivo and ex vivo results

    Gregg E. Trahey;Mark L. Palmeri;Rex C. Bentley;Kathryn R. Nightingale

  • Dynamic mechanical response of elastic spherical inclusions to impulsive acoustic radiation force excitation

    M.L. Palmeri;S.A. McAleavey;K.L. Fong;G.E. Trahey

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Palmeri
Mark L. Palmeri Duke University
Gregg E. Trahey
Gregg E. Trahey Duke University
Thomas J. Polascik
Thomas J. Polascik Duke University
Roger W. Nightingale
Roger W. Nightingale Duke University
Jeremy J. Dahl
Jeremy J. Dahl Stanford University
G. Allan Johnson
G. Allan Johnson Duke University
William F. Walker
William F. Walker Duke University
Patrick Segers
Patrick Segers Ghent University
Timothy J. Hall
Timothy J. Hall University of Wisconsin–Madison

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