Benjamin E. Nelms

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Benjamin E. Nelms is a scholar working on Radiation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin E. Nelms has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Radiation, 35 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 35 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Benjamin E. Nelms's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (51 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (30 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (20 papers). Benjamin E. Nelms is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (51 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (30 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (20 papers). Benjamin E. Nelms collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Benjamin E. Nelms's co-authors include Wolfgang A. Tomé, John H.J. Petrini, H Zhen, Richard S. Maser, Vladimir Feygelman, Geoffrey Zhang, Greg Robinson, James F. MacKay, M. G. Lagally and Eduardo G. Moros and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin E. Nelms

55 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Per‐beam, planar IMRT QA passing rates do not predict clinically relevant patient dose errors

2011 354 citations Benjamin E. Nelms, H Zhen et al. Medical Physics profile →
Variation in external beam treatment plan quality: An inter-institutional study of planners and planning systems

2012 342 citations Benjamin E. Nelms, Greg Robinson et al. Practical Radiation Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin E. Nelms United States	20	2.2k	1.7k	1.4k	919	604	59	3.3k
C. Clifton Ling United States	31	3.2k 1.5×	2.2k 1.3×	2.9k 2.0×	456 0.5×	438 0.7×	68	4.4k
Clifton C. Ling United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	446 0.5×	366 0.6×	40	3.0k
Heng Li United States	32	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	473 0.5×	373 0.6×	144	3.6k
Tadaaki Miyamoto Japan	23	849 0.4×	614 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	253 0.3×	44 0.1×	80	2.3k
Shigeru Yamada Japan	24	963 0.4×	515 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	208 0.2×	78 0.1×	74	1.9k
Xiaodong Wu United States	23	1.0k 0.5×	818 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	340 0.4×	195 0.3×	100	2.0k
Shigeru Yamada Japan	25	533 0.2×	551 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	244 0.3×	76 0.1×	96	1.7k
H. Blattmann Switzerland	27	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	224 0.2×	234 0.4×	82	2.7k
W DˈSouza United States	26	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	157 0.2×	452 0.7×	108	2.4k
A. Tai United States	21	773 0.4×	722 0.4×	502 0.4×	111 0.1×	144 0.2×	77	1.4k

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Wahid, Kareem A., Diana Lin, Onur Sahin, et al.. (2023). Large scale crowdsourced radiotherapy segmentations across a variety of cancer anatomic sites. Scientific Data. 10(1). 161–161. 5 indexed citations

Hardcastle, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). The challenge of planning vertebral body SBRT: Optimizing target volume coverage. Medical dosimetry. 45(3). 302–307. 8 indexed citations

Moghanaki, Drew, Ben J. Slotman, Anand Swaminath, Benjamin E. Nelms, & Brian Wang. (2019). Assessing the Variability and Quality of Lung Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Treatment Plans Using a Web-Based Crowdsourcing Platform. Practical Radiation Oncology. 10(3). e118–e127. 5 indexed citations

Nelms, Benjamin E., et al.. (2016). Validation of an improved helical diode array and dose reconstruction software using TG‐244 datasets and stringent dose comparison criteria. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 17(6). 163–178. 8 indexed citations

Latifi, Kujtim, Jimmy J. Caudell, Benjamin E. Nelms, et al.. (2016). Initial evaluation of automated treatment planning software. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 17(3). 331–346. 67 indexed citations

Nelms, Benjamin E., et al.. (2015). Methods, software and datasets to verify DVH calculations against analytical values: Twenty years late(r). Medical Physics. 42(8). 4435–4448. 16 indexed citations

Feygelman, Vladimir, et al.. (2014). Cross-validation of two commercial methods for volumetric high-resolution dose reconstruction on a phantom for non-coplanar VMAT beams. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 110(3). 558–561. 16 indexed citations

Feygelman, Vladimir, Thomas J. Dilling, Kujtim Latifi, et al.. (2013). Dynamic Dose Interplay Does Not Meaningfully Affect Target Dose in VMAT SBRT Treatments. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 87(2). S700–S701. 7 indexed citations

Zhen, H, Benjamin E. Nelms, & Wolfgang A. Tomé. (2013). On the use of biomathematical models in patient‐specific IMRT dose QA. Medical Physics. 40(7). 71702–71702. 18 indexed citations

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Opp, Daniel, Benjamin E. Nelms, Geoffrey Zhang, Craig Stevens, & Vladimir Feygelman. (2013). Validation of measurement‐guided 3D VMAT dose reconstruction on a heterogeneous anthropomorphic phantom. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 14(4). 70–84. 35 indexed citations

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Feygelman, Vladimir, et al.. (2013). Motion as a perturbation: Measurement-guided dose estimates to moving patient voxels during modulated arc deliveries. Medical Physics. 40(2). 21708–21708. 18 indexed citations

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Nelms, Benjamin E., Thomas J. Dilling, Craig Stevens, et al.. (2013). Experimentally studied dynamic dose interplay does not meaningfully affect target dose in VMAT SBRT lung treatments. Medical Physics. 40(9). 91710–91710. 73 indexed citations

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Nelms, Benjamin E., et al.. (2012). Variation in external beam treatment plan quality: An inter-institutional study of planners and planning systems. Practical Radiation Oncology. 2(4). 296–305. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nelms, Benjamin E., et al.. (2012). VMAT QA: Measurement-guided 4D dose reconstruction on a patient. Medical Physics. 39(7Part1). 4228–4238. 94 indexed citations

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Nelms, Benjamin E., H Zhen, & Wolfgang A. Tomé. (2011). Per‐beam, planar IMRT QA passing rates do not predict clinically relevant patient dose errors. Medical Physics. 38(2). 1037–1044. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nelms, Benjamin E., et al.. (2010). Evaluation of a fast method of EPID‐based dosimetry for intensity‐modulated radiation therapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 11(2). 140–157. 42 indexed citations

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Nelms, Benjamin E., Wolfgang A. Tomé, Greg Robinson, & James Wheeler. (2010). Variations in the Contouring of Organs at Risk: Test Case From a Patient With Oropharyngeal Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 82(1). 368–378. 174 indexed citations

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Ehler, E, Benjamin E. Nelms, & Wolfgang A. Tomé. (2007). On the dose to a moving target while employing different IMRT delivery mechanisms. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 83(1). 49–56. 32 indexed citations

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Nelms, Benjamin E. & Jerry Markman. (2001). RT26: Implementation of 'Solid IMRT': Modulator Design, Fabrication, Dose Delivery, and Quality Assurance. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 24(4). 223.

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Maser, Richard S., et al.. (1997). hMre11 and hRad50 Nuclear Foci Are Induced During the Normal Cellular Response to DNA Double-Strand Breaks †. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(10). 6087–6096. 419 indexed citations

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