What is this collection about?

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well‑being for all at all ages. It showcases emerging advances in (but are not limited to):

• Image enhancement techniques (such as Contrast‑Enhanced Ultrasound and Elastography)
• Intra‑operative and therapeutic ultrasound tools
• AI‑related approaches and point‑of‑care technologies
• Wearable ultrasound devices for continuous monitoring

Research that expands applications across vascular, musculoskeletal, urology, neurology, cardiovascular, obstetrics and gynaecology is encouraged.

Why is this collection important?

Medical ultrasound is a widely used imaging and therapeutic modality due to its safety, portability, and cost‑effectiveness. Ongoing advances in ultrasound technology are enabling improved image quality, new functional and quantitative measurements, and expanded therapeutic and point‑of‑care applications.

By bringing together recent research in this area, this Collection supports progress toward more accessible, accurate, and versatile ultrasound‑based tools for healthcare, contributing to improved diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment across clinical settings.

Why submit to a collection?

Collections like this one help promote high-quality science. They are led by Guest Editors and In-House Editors who are experts in their fields and supported by a dedicated team of Commissioning Editors and Managing Editors at Springer Nature. Collection manuscripts typically see higher citations, downloads, and Altmetric scores, and provide a one-stop-shop on a cutting-edge topic of interest.

Who is involved?

Communications Engineering is edited by both in-house professional editors and Editorial Board Members. For this Collection, Sandra Rugonyi, Liangfei Tian and members of the Editorial Board will handle submissions to Communications Engineering.

Nature Biomedical Engineering is edited by in-house professional editors.

Nature Communications is edited by in-house professional editors.

Communications Medicine is edited by both in-house professional editors and Editorial Board Members.

Communications Health is edited by both in-house professional editors and Editorial Board Members.

Scientific Reports is managed by in-house professional editors and edited by Editorial Board Members.

Our editors work closely together to ensure the quality of our published papers and consistency in author experience.

Guest Editors for Communications Engineering

Sandra Rugonyi, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, United States

Prof Rugonyi has expertise in cardiovascular biomechanics and computational modeling and integrates experimental and computational tools in her research. Her career started in Argentina, where she got an MS-equivalent degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Balseiro Institute. After working for a nuclear power plant and then a steel company, she moved to the USA, where she earned a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT that focused on advanced numerical methods for fluid-structure interaction problems. In 2005 Dr Rugonyi joined the Biomedical Engineering department at OHSU, and since then she has applied mechanical engineering principles to better understand physiological and pathophysiological blood flow dynamics with a focus on heart development and congenital heart disease. Prof Rugonyi has contributed to fundamental understanding of hemodynamic regulation on heart formation.

Liangfei Tian, PhD, Zhejiang University, China

Dr Tian is now an assistant professor in department of biomedical engineering, and a fellow of “100 Talent Program” at Zhejiang University. Dr Tian did his bachelor studies at Lanzhou University (China), master studies at Nanjing University (China). He then earned his PhD in department of materials at ETH Zürich (Switzerland), and worked in Universität Konstanz (Germany) and University of Bristol (UK) as a Postdoc researcher. In the past, Dr Tian has been involved several research projects in the field of biology-inspired functional materials. In Zhejiang University, Dr Tian’s research focuses on the development biological-inspired chemical system for biomedical applications.

How can I submit my paper?

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