Alexander Rau

2.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
102 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alexander Rau is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Rau has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 38 papers in Neurology and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alexander Rau's work include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (18 papers), Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (16 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (13 papers). Alexander Rau is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (18 papers), Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (16 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (13 papers). Alexander Rau collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Alexander Rau's co-authors include Marco Reisert, Horst Urbach, Fabian Bamberg, Jonas A. Hosp, Cornelius Weiller, Maximilian Frederik Russe, Andrea Dreßing, Elias Kellner, Philipp T. Meyer and Ganna Blazhenets and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Rau

79 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cognitive impairment and altered cerebral glucose metabolism in the subacute stage of COVID-19

2021 230 citations Jonas A. Hosp, Ganna Blazhenets et al. profile →
Accuracy of Ultrahigh-Resolution Photon-counting CT for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease in a High-Risk Population

2023 103 citations Muhammad Taha Hagar, Martin Soschynski et al. Radiology profile →
TotalSegmentator MRI: Robust Sequence-independent Segmentation of Multiple Anatomic Structures in MRI

2025 26 citations Matthias Jung, Alexander Rau et al. Radiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Rau Germany	18	504	481	246	159	143	102	1.2k
Alessandra Borgheresi Italy	24	643 1.3×	326 0.7×	471 1.9×	33 0.2×	75 0.5×	89	2.0k
Fajin Lv China	21	558 1.1×	692 1.4×	205 0.8×	8 0.1×	34 0.2×	114	1.6k
Ben Shofty Israel	21	245 0.5×	508 1.1×	44 0.2×	12 0.1×	17 0.1×	76	1.2k
Angela Lignelli United States	16	283 0.6×	395 0.8×	61 0.2×	10 0.1×	16 0.1×	34	980
Vijay Sawlani United Kingdom	25	271 0.5×	324 0.7×	38 0.2×	8 0.1×	31 0.2×	66	1.4k
Marc Schlamann Germany	20	267 0.5×	611 1.3×	54 0.2×	75 0.5×	5 0.0×	104	1.4k
Kristin Galetta United States	21	146 0.3×	745 1.5×	117 0.5×	11 0.1×	6 0.0×	47	2.0k
Wenzhen Zhu China	13	358 0.7×	354 0.7×	26 0.1×	6 0.0×	100 0.7×	24	781
Elias Kellner Germany	17	623 1.2×	193 0.4×	36 0.1×	12 0.1×	22 0.2×	73	967
Zhenghan Yang China	20	666 1.3×	175 0.4×	160 0.7×	42 0.3×	4 0.0×	173	1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Russe, Maximilian Frederik, et al.. (2026). Opportunistic Assessment of Dental Pathologies in Cervical Computed Tomography Angiography: A Proof of Concept Study. Clinical Neuroradiology.

Schröter, Nils, Michel Rijntjes, Jonas A. Hosp, et al.. (2025). Domain-specific brain regions are associated with cognitive impairment in progressive supranuclear palsy. Neuroimage Reports. 5(1). 100247–100247. 1 indexed citations

Poxleitner, Philipp, Suad Aljohani, Bente Brokstad Herlofson, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of a context-aware chatbot using retrieval-augmented generation for answering clinical questions on medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 53(4). 355–360. 8 indexed citations

Lützen, Niklas, Alexander Rau, Katharina Wolf, et al.. (2025). Volumetric response after closure of a spinal CSF leak in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a multicompartmental longitudinal study. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 18(1). 241–247. 1 indexed citations

Russe, Maximilian Frederik, Marco Reisert, Anna Maria Fink, et al.. (2025). In-context learning enables large language models to achieve human-level performance in spinal instability neoplastic score classification from synthetic CT and MRI reports. La radiologia medica. 130(12). 2073–2080.

Fink, Anna Maria, Johanna Nattenmüller, Alexander Rau, et al.. (2025). Retrieval-augmented generation improves precision and trust of a GPT-4 model for emergency radiology diagnosis and classification: a proof-of-concept study. European Radiology. 35(8). 5091–5098. 4 indexed citations

Stein, Thomas, Friederike Lang, Marco Reisert, et al.. (2025). Photon-Counting Detector CT of the Brain Reduces Variability of Hounsfield Units and Has a Mean Offset Compared with Energy-Integrating Detector CT. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 46(12). 2624–2630.

Rau, Alexander, Marco Reisert, Thomas Stein, et al.. (2024). Impact of temporal resolution on perfusion metrics, therapy decision, and radiation dose reduction in brain CT perfusion in patients with suspected stroke. Neuroradiology. 66(5). 749–759.

Rau, Alexander, Marco Reisert, Horst Urbach, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 associated brain alterations and the implications for defining healthy controls: A paradigm shift in neuroimaging research?. NeuroImage. 302. 120898–120898. 3 indexed citations

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Jung, Matthias, Marco Reisert, Alexander Rau, et al.. (2024). Association Between Body Composition and Survival in Patients With Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: An Automated Deep Learning Approach. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 8(8). e2300231–e2300231. 1 indexed citations

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Sajonz, Bastian, Marco Reisert, Nils Schröter, et al.. (2024). Cerebral Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage due to Implantation of Electrodes for Deep Brain Stimulation: Insights from a Large Single-Center Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis. Brain Sciences. 14(6). 612–612. 2 indexed citations

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Rau, Alexander, Marco Reisert, Christian Taschner, et al.. (2024). Reducing False-Positives in CT Perfusion Infarct Core Segmentation Using Contralateral Local Normalization. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 45(3). 277–283. 1 indexed citations

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Schröter, Nils, Tobias Bormann, Michel Rijntjes, et al.. (2023). Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson's Disease Are Associated with Neuronal Dysfunction and Not White Matter Lesions. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 10(7). 1066–1073. 6 indexed citations

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Erny, Daniel, Alexander Rau, Jonas A. Hosp, et al.. (2023). Mesoscopic Assessment of Microstructure in Glioblastomas and Metastases by Merging Advanced Diffusion Imaging with Immunohistopathology. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 44(11). 1262–1269. 4 indexed citations

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Rau, Alexander, Jakob Neubauer, Thomas Stein, et al.. (2023). Impact of Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography on Image Quality and Radiation Dose in Patients With Multiple Myeloma. Korean Journal of Radiology. 24(10). 1006–1006. 9 indexed citations

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Rau, Alexander, Anna Maria Fink, Hien Tran, et al.. (2023). A Context-based Chatbot Surpasses Radiologists and Generic ChatGPT in Following the ACR Appropriateness Guidelines. Radiology. 308(1). e230970–e230970. 92 indexed citations

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Hagar, Muhammad Taha, Martin Soschynski, Alexander Rau, et al.. (2023). Accuracy of Ultrahigh-Resolution Photon-counting CT for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease in a High-Risk Population. Radiology. 307(5). e223305–e223305. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Diebold, Martin, Daniel Erny, Jonas A. Hosp, et al.. (2022). Diffusion Microstructure Imaging to Analyze Perilesional T2 Signal Changes in Brain Metastases and Glioblastomas. Cancers. 14(5). 1155–1155. 14 indexed citations

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Rau, Alexander, Roland Roelz, Horst Urbach, et al.. (2021). Application of Augmented Reality in Percutaneous Procedures—Rhizotomy of the Gasserian Ganglion. Operative Neurosurgery. 21(3). 160–164. 12 indexed citations

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Rau, Alexander, Horst Urbach, Volker A. Coenen, Karl Egger, & Peter C. Reinacher. (2020). Deep brain stimulation electrodes may rotate after implantation—an animal study. Neurosurgical Review. 44(4). 2349–2353. 13 indexed citations

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