B. Saam

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

B. Saam is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Saam has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Spectroscopy and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in B. Saam's work include Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (53 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (40 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (34 papers). B. Saam is often cited by papers focused on Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (53 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (40 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (34 papers). B. Saam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. B. Saam's co-authors include W. Happer, G. D. Cates, Bastiaan Driehuys, Mitchell S. Albert, Arnold Wishnia, Charles S. Springer, Mark S. Conradi, H. Middleton, G. Allan Johnson and Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

B. Saam

60 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biological magnetic resonance imaging using laser-polarized 129Xe

1994 819 citations Mitchell S. Albert, G. D. Cates et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
B. Saam	3.4k	2.5k	2.0k	273	215	62	3.7k
G. D. Cates	4.1k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	447 1.6×	178 0.8×	79	4.5k
F. W. Hersman	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	924 0.5×	362 1.3×	72 0.3×	63	2.0k
W. Heil	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	484 1.8×	58 0.3×	101	2.9k
Martyn N.J. Paley	920 0.3×	846 0.3×	548 0.3×	61 0.2×	245 1.1×	47	1.4k
David C. Ailion	571 0.2×	816 0.3×	567 0.3×	514 1.9×	711 3.3×	91	1.7k
Karen L. Sauer	1.2k 0.3×	753 0.3×	559 0.3×	112 0.4×	228 1.1×	45	1.4k
Christopher Erickson	1.2k 0.4×	635 0.3×	602 0.3×	54 0.2×	61 0.3×	25	1.3k
E. Miron	1.4k 0.4×	835 0.3×	443 0.2×	82 0.3×	148 0.7×	30	1.7k
H. Hasegawa	1.6k 0.5×	777 0.3×	82 0.0×	343 1.3×	65 0.3×	72	1.9k
P. Hautle	811 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	244 0.1×	357 1.3×	768 3.6×	95	1.6k

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Zou, Sheng, et al.. (2022). Collisional electron paramagnetic resonance frequency shifts in Cs-Rb-Xe mixtures. Physical review. A. 106(1). 5 indexed citations

Gentile, T., Pierre-Jean Nacher, B. Saam, & Thad Walker. (2017). Optically polarizedHe3. Reviews of Modern Physics. 89(4). 97 indexed citations

Limes, Mark, Jinqi Wang, William Baker, et al.. (2013). Numerical study of spin-dependent transition rates within pairs of dipolar and exchange coupled spins with (s=1/2) during magnetic resonant excitation. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 2 indexed citations

Sorte, Eric G., et al.. (2011). CollisionalHe3andXe129Frequency Shifts in Rb–Noble-Gas Mixtures. Physical Review Letters. 106(19). 193005–193005. 47 indexed citations

Saam, B., et al.. (2009). Characterization of a Low Pressure, High Capacity $^{129}$Xe Flow-Through Polarizer. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 40. 12 indexed citations

Schrank, G., et al.. (2008). Gas-phase spin relaxation of 129 Xe. Physical Review A. 78. 10 indexed citations

Saam, B., et al.. (2007). Nuclear spin relaxation of $^{129}$Xe due to persistent xenon dimers. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, Richard E., et al.. (2007). Rapid Production of Hyperpolarized $^3$He Gas for MRI. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

Jacob, Richard E., et al.. (2003). Low-field orientation dependence of ^3He relaxation in spin-exchange cells. APS. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Möller, Harald E., B. Saam, Klaus D. Hagspiel, et al.. (2002). MRI of the lungs using hyperpolarized noble gases. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 47(6). 1029–1051. 317 indexed citations

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Saam, B., Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, Vikram D. Kodibagkar, et al.. (2000). MR imaging of diffusion of3He gas in healthy and diseased lungs. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 44(2). 174–179. 249 indexed citations

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Saam, B., Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, David S. Gierada, & Mark S. Conradi. (1999). Rapid imaging of hyperpolarized gas using EPI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 42(3). 507–514. 3 indexed citations

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Saam, B. & Mark S. Conradi. (1998). Low Frequency NMR Polarimeter for Hyperpolarized Gases. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 134(1). 67–71. 37 indexed citations

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Johnson, G. Allan, G. D. Cates, Gary P. Cofer, et al.. (1997). Dynamics of magnetization in hyperpolarized gas MRI of the lung. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 38(1). 66–71. 58 indexed citations

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Mugler, John P., Bastiaan Driehuys, James R. Brookeman, et al.. (1997). MR imaging and spectroscopy using hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe gas: Preliminary human results. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 37(6). 809–815. 278 indexed citations

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Saam, B.. (1996). Magnetic resonance imaging with laser–polarized noble gases. Nature Medicine. 2(3). 358–359. 13 indexed citations

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MacFall, James R., H. Cecil Charles, Robert D. Black, et al.. (1996). Human lung air spaces: potential for MR imaging with hyperpolarized He-3.. Radiology. 200(2). 553–558. 250 indexed citations

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Saam, B.. (1995). Pulse-Nmr Studies of Spin Relaxation Relevant to Laser-Polarized Noble Gases.. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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Middleton, H., Robert D. Black, B. Saam, et al.. (1995). MR Imaging with Hyperpolarized ³He Gas. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 33(2). 271–275. 290 indexed citations

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Albert, Mitchell S., G. D. Cates, Bastiaan Driehuys, et al.. (1994). Biological magnetic resonance imaging using laser-polarized 129Xe. Nature. 370(6486). 199–201. 819 indexed citations breakdown →

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