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Medical Physics

Medical physics is a branch of applied physics that applies the concepts and methods of physics to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease.

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Geant4 developments and applications

John E. Allison, K. Amako, J. Apostolakis et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 2006 · 6.9K citations · Full text

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Blood flow measurements with radionuclide-labeled particles

Michaël Heymann, B. Payne, Julien I.E. Hoffman et al. · Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases · 1977 · 2.1K citations

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The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging

Jerrold T. Bushberg, J. Anthony Seibert, Edwin M. Leidholdt et al. · Medical Physics · 2003 · 2K citations · Full text

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Prescribing, recording, and reporting photon beam therapy

Icru · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1993 · 2K citations

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Tomographic imaging using the nonlinear response of magnetic particles

Bernhard Gleich, Jürgen Weizenecker · Nature · 2005 · 2K citations

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Authors

27.7K

  1. OG
    O.P. Gandhi

    University of Utah, United States

    44 publications · 2.5K citations

    33

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  2. GC
    Gerard C. van Rhoon

    Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Netherlands

    40 publications · 2K citations

    27

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  3. MS
    M.A. Stuchly

    University of Victoria, Canada

    33 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

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  4. JC
    Johannes Crezee

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    37 publications · 1.8K citations

    24

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  5. PR
    Paul R. Stauffer

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    30 publications · 1.5K citations

    22

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Institutions

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    54 h-index

    448 publications

    28.2K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    52 h-index

    315 publications

    19.8K citations

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    48 h-index

    356 publications

    24.7K citations

  4. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    47 h-index

    257 publications

    11.5K citations

  5. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    46 h-index

    326 publications

    26.8K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    46 h-index

    273 publications

    22K citations

  7. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    45 h-index

    265 publications

    22.1K citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    44 h-index

    235 publications

    22.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Medical Physics

    508 publications · 39.4K citations

    87

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  2. Physics in Medicine and Biology

    555 publications · 27.9K citations

    81

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

    363 publications · 20.9K citations

    76

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  4. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

    MRM · 211 publications · 18.1K citations

    68

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Medical Physics

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