Ben Heijmen

14.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
324 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Ben Heijmen is a scholar working on Radiation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Heijmen has authored 324 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Radiation, 176 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 148 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Ben Heijmen's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (265 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (109 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (80 papers). Ben Heijmen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (265 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (109 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (80 papers). Ben Heijmen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Italy. Ben Heijmen's co-authors include Peter C. Levendag, Mischa S. Hoogeman, Sebastiaan Breedveld, Hans C.J. de Boer, Maarten L.P. Dirkx, P. Voet, J. Stroom, Joost J. Nuyttens, Kasper L. Pasma and A.G. Visser and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Ben Heijmen

315 papers receiving 11.2k citations

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Hypofractionated versus conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for patients with localised prostate cancer (HYPRO): final efficacy results from a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial

2016 329 citations Luca Incrocci, Ruud C. Wortel et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A fast and robust constraint-based online re-optimization approach for automated online adaptive intensity modulated proton therapy in head and neck cancer 2024 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), Sebastiaan Breedveld, (unknown), (unknown), Michiel Kroesen, Steven Habraken, Zoltán Perkó, Ben Heijmen, Mischa S. Hoogeman	9
2	Multibody dynamic modeling of the behavior of flexible instruments used in cervical cancer brachytherapy 2024 ·Medical Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Inger‐Karine K. Kolkman‐Deurloo, Remi A. Nout, Ben Heijmen, Linda Wauben, Jenny Dankelman, Nick J. van de Berg	4
3	331: Clinician preferred, fast autoplanning in cervical cancer brachytherapy using BiCycle 2024 ·Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Linda Rossi, (unknown), Henrike Westerveld, Miranda E.M.C. Christianen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jan Willem Mens, (unknown), (unknown), Sebastiaan Breedveld, Ben Heijmen, Remi A. Nout	1
4	Reducing the lateral dose penumbra in IMPT by incorporating transmission pencil beams 2024 ·Radiotherapy and Oncology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eleftheria Astreinidou, C. Rasch, Ben Heijmen, (unknown)	4
5	Normal tissue complication probability modeling for late rectal bleeding after conventional or hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer 2024 ·Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology ·(unknown), Ben Heijmen, (unknown), András Zolnay, Marnix G. Witte, Floris J. Pos, Ben Vanneste, Ludwig J. Dubois, (unknown), Luca Incrocci, Wilma D. Heemsbergen	1
6	Dosimetric advantages of adaptive IMPT vs. Enhanced workload and treatment time – A need for automation 2024 ·Radiotherapy and Oncology ·(unknown), Sebastiaan Breedveld, (unknown), (unknown), Steven Habraken, Zoltán Perkó, Ben Heijmen, Mischa S. Hoogeman	3
7	Automated planning of curved needle channels in 3D printed patient-tailored applicators for cervical cancer brachytherapy 2024 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Inger‐Karine K. Kolkman‐Deurloo, Linda Wauben, Remi A. Nout, Ben Heijmen, Linda Rossi, Jenny Dankelman, Nick J. van de Berg	1
8	Deep learning dose prediction to approach Erasmus-iCycle dosimetric plan quality within seconds for instantaneous treatment planning 2024 ·Radiotherapy and Oncology ·(unknown), Dan Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), Luca Incrocci, A.W. Sharfo, András Zolnay, Uwe Oelfke, Steve Jiang, Linda Rossi, Ben Heijmen, Sebastiaan Breedveld	1
9	Improving knowledge-based treatment planning for lung cancer radiotherapy with automatic multi-criteria optimized training plans 2023 ·Acta Oncologica ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ben Heijmen, Sebastiaan Breedveld, Linda Rossi, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, L.B. Hysing	6
10	Machine Learning for Predicting Clinician Evaluation of Treatment Plans for Left-Sided Whole Breast Radiation Therapy 2023 ·Advances in Radiation Oncology ·C. Fiandra, Federica Cattani, Maria Cristina Leonardi, S. Comi, (unknown), Linda Rossi, Barbara Alicja Jereczek‐Fossa, Piero Fariselli, Umberto Ricardi, Ben Heijmen	1
11	TBS-BAO: fully automated beam angle optimization for IMRT guided by a total-beam-space reference plan 2022 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), Ben Heijmen, Sebastiaan Breedveld	8
12	Enhancing Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with iCE, a Novel System for Automated Multi-Criterial Treatment Planning Including Beam Angle Optimization 2021 ·Cancers ·(unknown), L.B. Hysing, Ben Heijmen, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, (unknown), (unknown), Sebastiaan Breedveld, Linda Rossi	9
13	The role of computational methods for automating and improving clinical target volume definition 2020 ·Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Jan Unkelbach, Thomas Bortfeld, Carlos Cárdenas, Vincent Grégoire, (unknown), Ben Heijmen, Robert Jeraj, Stine Korreman, Roman Ludwig, Bertrand Pouymayou, Nadya Shusharina, (unknown), Iuliana Toma-Daşu, Esther G.C. Troost, Eliana Vásquez Osorio	31
14	Accurate 3D-dose-based generation of MLC segments for robotic radiotherapy 2020 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), Ben Heijmen, Sebastiaan Breedveld	4
15	Automated prioritised 3D dose-based MLC segment generation for step-and-shoot IMRT 2019 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), Sebastiaan Breedveld, Linda Rossi, Merel Keijzer, Ben Heijmen	7
16	Hypofractionation and prostate cancer: A good option for Africa? 2017 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Luca Incrocci, Ben Heijmen, Patrick A. Kupelian, Hannah Simonds	5
17	Performance evaluation of the first two generations of multi-leaf collimators for a robotic radiosurgery system 2016 ·Cureus ·Christoph Fürweger, Paulette Prins, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ben Heijmen	1
18	Hypofractionated versus conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for patients with localised prostate cancer (HYPRO): final efficacy results from a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial breakdown → 2016 ·The Lancet Oncology ·Luca Incrocci, Ruud C. Wortel, Wendimagegn Alemayehu, Shafak Aluwini, Erik C. Schimmel, Augustinus D. G. Krol, Peter-Paul van der Toorn, (unknown), Wilma D. Heemsbergen, Ben Heijmen, Floris J. Pos	329
19	A symmetric nonrigid registration method to handle large organ deformations in cervical cancer patients 2010 ·Medical Physics ·Luiza Bondar, Mischa S. Hoogeman, Eliana Vásquez Osorio, Ben Heijmen	66
20	Reducing monitor units for robotic radiosurgery by optimized use of multiple collimators 2008 ·Medical Physics ·(unknown), Mischa S. Hoogeman, Jean‐Briac Prévost, Joost J. Nuyttens, Peter C. Levendag, Ben Heijmen	28

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