Bianca Bignotti

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Bianca Bignotti is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bianca Bignotti has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 22 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bianca Bignotti's work include Peripheral Nerve Disorders (17 papers), Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (13 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (11 papers). Bianca Bignotti is often cited by papers focused on Peripheral Nerve Disorders (17 papers), Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (13 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (11 papers). Bianca Bignotti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Australia and Spain. Bianca Bignotti's co-authors include Alberto Tagliafico, Federica Rossi, Carlo Martinoli, Massimo Calabrese, Alessio Signori, Lorenzo Torri, Nehmat Houssami, Francesca Valdora, Maria Pia Sormani and Manuela Durando and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Bianca Bignotti

54 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sarcopenia: how to measure, when and why 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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.

  1. Sarcopenia: how to measure, when and why
    2022 162 citations Alberto Tagliafico, Bianca Bignotti et al. La radiologia medica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bianca Bignotti Italy 21 637 387 374 249 205 55 1.4k
Kelly S. Myers United States 15 732 1.1× 623 1.6× 244 0.7× 86 0.3× 172 0.8× 67 1.5k
Musib Siddique United Kingdom 22 1.3k 2.0× 365 0.9× 236 0.6× 119 0.5× 503 2.5× 41 1.8k
Andrea Delli Pizzi Italy 22 828 1.3× 425 1.1× 433 1.2× 84 0.3× 571 2.8× 78 1.5k
Constantinus F. M. Buckens Netherlands 20 382 0.6× 260 0.7× 351 0.9× 20 0.1× 120 0.6× 40 1.5k
Robert Kozarski United Kingdom 15 989 1.6× 598 1.5× 252 0.7× 62 0.2× 555 2.7× 22 1.7k
Takeyuki Watadani Japan 18 234 0.4× 632 1.6× 354 0.9× 71 0.3× 280 1.4× 49 1.6k
M. Funke Germany 18 591 0.9× 197 0.5× 302 0.8× 89 0.4× 101 0.5× 59 1.1k
Francesco Fiz Italy 19 583 0.9× 435 1.1× 292 0.8× 24 0.1× 354 1.7× 95 1.2k
Mengsu Zeng China 25 1.2k 1.9× 390 1.0× 342 0.9× 25 0.1× 363 1.8× 89 1.9k
Valerio Nardone Italy 20 628 1.0× 465 1.2× 237 0.6× 59 0.2× 405 2.0× 105 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bianca Bignotti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bianca Bignotti

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gatto, Federico, et al.. (2024). Temporal and masseter muscle evaluation by MRI provides information on muscle mass and quality in acromegaly patients. Pituitary. 27(5). 507–517. 1 indexed citations
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Russo, Elisa, Alberto Tagliafico, Lorenzo E. Derchi, et al.. (2023). Role of Renal Parenchyma Attenuation and Perirenal Fat Stranding in Chest CT of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 929–929. 2 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Clarissa Valle, Pietro Andrea Bonaffini, et al.. (2022). Myeloma Spine and Bone Damage Score (MSBDS) on Whole-Body Computed Tomography (WBCT): Multiple Reader Agreement in a Multicenter Reliability Study. Diagnostics. 12(8). 1894–1894. 2 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, Lorenzo Torri, & Federica Rossi. (2022). Sarcopenia: how to measure, when and why. La radiologia medica. 127(3). 228–237. 162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Cristina Campi, Bianca Bignotti, et al.. (2022). Blockchain in radiology research and clinical practice: current trends and future directions. La radiologia medica. 127(4). 391–397. 30 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, Federica Rossi, Francesca Valdora, & Carlo Martinoli. (2019). Local recurrence of soft tissue sarcoma: a radiomic analysis. Radiology and Oncology. 53(3). 300–306. 19 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, Federica Rossi, et al.. (2019). Breast cancer Ki-67 expression prediction by digital breast tomosynthesis radiomics features. European Radiology Experimental. 3(1). 36–36. 45 indexed citations
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Bignotti, Bianca, Massimo Calabrese, Alessio Signori, et al.. (2019). Background parenchymal enhancement assessment: Inter- and intra-rater reliability across breast MRI sequences. European Journal of Radiology. 114. 57–61. 7 indexed citations
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Rossi, Federica, Francesca Valdora, Bianca Bignotti, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of body Computed Tomography-determined sarcopenia in breast cancer patients and clinical outcomes: A systematic review. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications. 21. 100154–100154. 39 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Michele Cea, Federica Rossi, et al.. (2019). Differentiating diffuse from focal pattern on Computed Tomography in multiple myeloma: Added value of a Radiomics approach. European Journal of Radiology. 121. 108739–108739. 34 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Massimo Calabrese, Bianca Bignotti, et al.. (2017). Accuracy and reading time for six strategies using digital breast tomosynthesis in women with mammographically negative dense breasts. European Radiology. 27(12). 5179–5184. 23 indexed citations
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Messina, Carmelo, Bianca Bignotti, Alberto Tagliafico, et al.. (2017). A critical appraisal of the quality of adult musculoskeletal ultrasound guidelines using the AGREE II tool: an EuroAIM initiative. Insights into Imaging. 8(5). 491–497. 27 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, Giulio Tagliafico, & Carlo Martinoli. (2015). Peripheral nerve MRI: precision and reproducibility of T2*-derived measurements at 3.0-T. Skeletal Radiology. 44(5). 679–686. 5 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, & Carlo Martinoli. (2015). Elbow US: Anatomy, Variants, and Scanning Technique. Radiology. 275(3). 636–650. 34 indexed citations
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Bignotti, Bianca, Alessio Signori, Maria Pia Sormani, et al.. (2015). Ultrasound versus magnetic resonance imaging for Morton neuroma: systematic review and meta-analysis. European Radiology. 25(8). 2254–2262. 61 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, et al.. (2015). Effects on short-term quality of life of vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: comparison between digital breast tomosynthesis and digital mammography. British Journal of Radiology. 88(1056). 20150593–20150593. 4 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, Giulio Tagliafico, et al.. (2015). Quantitative evaluation of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on breast MRI. A feasibility study with a semi-automatic and automatic software compared to observer-based scores. British Journal of Radiology. 88(1056). 20150417–20150417. 19 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, Bianca Bignotti, Maribel Miguel‐Pérez, et al.. (2013). Contribution of ultrasound in the assessment of patients with suspect idiopathic pudendal nerve disease. Clinical Neurophysiology. 125(6). 1278–1284. 15 indexed citations
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Tagliafico, Alberto, et al.. (2012). Reliability of side‐to‐side ultrasound cross‐sectional area measurements of lower extremity nerves in healthy subjects. Muscle & Nerve. 46(5). 717–722. 67 indexed citations

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