An ultrasound imaging system, comprising: an array of acoustic elements configured to transmit ultrasound energy into an anatomy and to receive ultrasound echoes associated with the anatomy; and a processor circuit in communication with the array of acoustic elements and configured to: receive, from the array, ultrasound channel data (502, 702) corresponding to the received ultrasound echoes; time-align the ultrasound channel data; normalize (1420, 530) the time-aligned ultrasound channel data by applying a first scaling function to the time-aligned ultrasound channel data based on signal levels of the time-aligned ultrasound channel data; generate beamformed data (542, 704) by applying a predictive network (540, 700) to the normalized time-aligned ultrasound channel data; de-normalize (1440, 550) the beamformed data by applying a second scaling function to the beamformed data based on the signal levels of the ultrasound channel data; generate an image (910, 920, 1230) of the anatomy from the beamformed data; and output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, the image of the anatomy, characterized in that the predictive network (540, 700) is configured to perform the summing operations in beamforming the normalized ultrasound channel data. an array of acoustic elements configured to transmit ultrasound energy into an anatomy and to receive ultrasound echoes associated with the anatomy; and a processor circuit in communication with the array of acoustic elements and configured to: receive, from the array, ultrasound channel data (502, 702) corresponding to the received ultrasound echoes; time-align the ultrasound channel data; normalize (1420, 530) the time-aligned ultrasound channel data by applying a first scaling function to the time-aligned ultrasound channel data based on signal levels of the time-aligned ultrasound channel data; generate beamformed data (542, 704) by applying a predictive network (540, 700) to the normalized time-aligned ultrasound channel data; de-normalize (1440, 550) the beamformed data by applying a second scaling function to the beamformed data based on the signal levels of the ultrasound channel data; generate an image (910, 920, 1230) of the anatomy from the beamformed data; and output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, the image of the anatomy, receive, from the array, ultrasound channel data (502, 702) corresponding to the received ultrasound echoes; time-align the ultrasound channel data; normalize (1420, 530) the time-aligned ultrasound channel data by applying a first scaling function to the time-aligned ultrasound channel data based on signal levels of the time-aligned ultrasound channel data; generate beamformed data (542, 704) by applying a predictive network (540, 700) to the normalized time-aligned ultrasound channel data; de-normalize (1440, 550) the beamformed data by applying a second scaling function to the beamformed data based on the signal levels of the ultrasound channel data; generate an image (910, 920, 1230) of the anatomy from the beamformed data; and output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, the image of the anatomy, characterized in that the predictive network (540, 700) is configured to perform the summing operations in beamforming the normalized ultrasound channel data.