2026 Matthew O'Donnell: 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	87	338	319	114	105	592	26124

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to biomedical ultrasonics and real-time ultrasound imaging technologies.

Overview

Matthew O'Donnell is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans the fields of engineering and medicine, with a prominent focus on biomedical engineering and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Additional subfields include mechanics of materials, computer vision and pattern recognition, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics covered in O'Donnell's work include:

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
Corneal surgery and disorders
Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
Corneal Surgery and Treatments

They have published extensively in various scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Photoacoustics
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Scientific Reports

Recent publications include:

"Deep-Learning Image Reconstruction for Real-Time Photoacoustic System," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
"Real-time interleaved spectroscopic photoacoustic and ultrasound (PAUS) scanning with simultaneous fluence compensation and motion correction," 2021, Nature Communications
"Detection of disbonds in adhesively bonded aluminum plates using laser-generated shear acoustic waves," 2020, Photoacoustics
"Probing elastic anisotropy of human skin in vivo with light using non-contact acoustic micro-tapping OCE and polarization sensitive OCT," 2022, Scientific Reports
"Core content of the medical school surgical curriculum: Consensus report from the association of surgeons in training (ASIT)," 2020, International Journal of Surgery

Frequent coauthors collaborating with O'Donnell include:

Ivan Pelivanov
Ruikang K. Wang
Mitchell A. Kirby
Gabriel Regnault
Tueng T. Shen

In 2009, Matthew O'Donnell was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to biomedical ultrasonics and real-time ultrasound imaging technologies.

Best Publications

Internal displacement and strain imaging using ultrasonic speckle tracking

M. O'Donnell;A.R. Skovoroda;B.M. Shapo;S.Y. Emelianov

886
Citations
Synthetic aperture imaging for small scale systems

M. Karaman;Pai-Chi Li;M. O'Donnell

731
Citations
Kramers–Kronig relationship between ultrasonic attenuation and phase velocity

M. O’Donnell;E. T. Jaynes;J. G. Miller

627
Citations
Phase-aberration correction using signals from point reflectors and diffuse scatterers: basic principles

S.W. Flax;M. O'Donnell

604
Citations
Multifunctional nanoparticles as coupled contrast agents

Yongdong Jin;Congxian Jia;Sheng Wen Huang;Matthew O'Donnell;Matthew O'Donnell

546
Citations
Targeted gold nanorod contrast agent for prostate cancer detection by photoacoustic imaging

A. Agarwal;S. W. Huang;M. O’Donnell;K. C. Day

536
Citations
Coded excitation system for improving the penetration of real-time phased-array imaging systems

M. O'Donnell

531
Citations
Speckle tracking methods for ultrasonic elasticity imaging using short-time correlation

M.A. Lubinski;S.Y. Emelianov;M. O'Donnell

461
Citations
Comparison of linear and circular polarization for magnetic resonance imaging

G.H Glover;C.E Hayes;N.J Pelc;W.A Edelstein

378
Citations
Phase-aberration correction using signals from point reflectors and diffuse scatterers: measurements

M. O'Donnell;S.W. Flax

332
Citations
Method and apparatus for ultrasonic imaging

Douglas N. Stephens;Matthew O'Donnell

329
Citations
Tissue elasticity reconstruction based on ultrasonic displacement and strain images

A.R. Skovoroda;S.Y. Emelianov;M. O'Donnell

329
Citations
Photoacoustics for molecular imaging and therapy

Stanislav Y. Emelianov;Pai-Chi Li;Matthew O’Donnell

308
Citations
Optimizing the radiation pattern of sparse periodic linear arrays

G.R. Lockwood;Pai-Chi Li;M. O'Donnell;F.S. Foster

307
Citations
Strain rate imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking

K. Kaluzynski;Xunchang Chen;S.Y. Emelianov;A.R. Skovoroda

293
Citations
Relationship between collagen and ultrasonic backscatter in myocardial tissue

M. O’Donnell;J. W. Mimbs;J. G. Miller

257
Citations
Indocyanine-green-embedded PEBBLEs as a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging.

Gwangseong Kim;Sheng Wen Huang;Kathleen C. Day;Matthew O'Donnell

250
Citations
The dependence of ultrasonic attenuation and backscatter on collagen content in dog and rabbit hearts.

J W Mimbs;M O'Donnell;D Bauwens;J W Miller

249
Citations
Elasticity reconstructive imaging by means of stimulated echo MRI

Thomas L. Chenevert;Andrei R. Skovoroda;Matthew O'Donnell;Stanislav Y. Emelianov

223
Citations
Optical coherence elastography in ophthalmology.

Mitchell A. Kirby;Ivan Pelivanov;Shaozhen Song;Łukasz Ambrozinski

223
Citations
High frequency optoacoustic arrays using etalon detection

J.D. Hamilton;T. Buma;M. Spisar;M. O'Donnell

219
Citations