Billy W. Loo

26.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
282 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Billy W. Loo is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Billy W. Loo has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 205 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 134 papers in Radiation and 130 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Billy W. Loo's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (133 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (122 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (67 papers). Billy W. Loo is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (133 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (122 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (67 papers). Billy W. Loo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Billy W. Loo's co-authors include Maximilian Diehn, Peter G. Maxim, Heather A. Wakelee, Quynh‐Thu Le, Joel W. Neal, Ash A. Alizadeh, Aaron M. Newman, Joseph B. Shrager, Chih Long Liu and Scott V. Bratman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Billy W. Loo

266 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

An ultrasensitive method for quantitating circulating tumor DNA with broad patient coverage

2014 1.5k citations Aaron M. Newman, Jacob Wynne et al. profile →
Integrated digital error suppression for improved detection of circulating tumor DNA

2016 716 citations Aaron M. Newman, Alexander F. Lovejoy et al. profile →
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Operable Early-Stage Lung Cancer

2018 251 citations Billy W. Loo et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Billy W. Loo	6.0k	3.6k	3.3k	2.5k	2.0k	282	9.9k
Anca-Ligia Grosu	5.3k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	417	11.3k
Guy Storme	6.0k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	4.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	255	10.8k
Michael Flentje	5.2k 0.9×	4.5k 1.3×	5.3k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	370	11.7k
Stephanie E. Combs	6.3k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	503	13.5k
M. Molls	3.7k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	318	9.8k
Yuta Shibamoto	5.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	912 0.4×	2.4k 1.2×	563	11.2k
Daniel T. Chang	4.5k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	4.5k 2.3×	361	12.0k
Howard D. Thames	8.6k 1.4×	5.3k 1.5×	5.0k 1.5×	2.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.6×	298	16.4k
Dirk De Ruysscher	5.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	921 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	237	8.4k
Vincent Khoo	7.2k 1.2×	3.0k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	2.6k 1.3×	227	11.4k

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Melemenidis, Stavros, Vignesh Viswanathan, Suparna Dutt, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of FLASH vs. Conventional Dose Rate Radiotherapy in a Model of Orthotopic, Murine Breast Cancer. Cancers. 17(7). 1095–1095. 1 indexed citations

Kashyap, Mehr, Xi Wang, Neil Panjwani, et al.. (2025). Automated Deep Learning–based Detection and Segmentation of Lung Tumors at CT Imaging. Radiology. 314(1). e233029–e233029. 3 indexed citations

Loo, Billy W., et al.. (2024). Navigating the Critical Translational Questions for Implementing FLASH in the Clinic. Seminars in Radiation Oncology. 34(3). 351–364. 17 indexed citations

Butler, Santino, Scott Jackson, Daniel E. Clark, et al.. (2024). Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation After Thoracic Radiotherapy. JACC CardioOncology. 6(6). 935–945. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Kevin, Ziyi Li, David K. Swanson, et al.. (2024). Redefining FLASH Radiation Therapy: The Impact of Mean Dose Rate and Dose Per Pulse in the Gastrointestinal Tract. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 121(4). 1063–1076. 16 indexed citations

Hui, Caressa, Eleanor Brown, Millie Das, et al.. (2023). Personalized Accelerated ChEmoRadiation (PACER) for Lung Cancer: Protocol for a Bayesian Optimal Phase I/II Trial. Clinical Lung Cancer. 25(2). 186–189. 1 indexed citations

Melemenidis, Stavros, Vignesh Viswanathan, Rakesh Manjappa, et al.. (2023). Human enteroids as a tool to study conventional and ultra-high dose rate radiation. Integrative Biology. 15. 3 indexed citations

Eke, Iris, Billy W. Loo, Arthur Sung, et al.. (2023). Unilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis After Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy to a Lung Tumor Abutting the Course of the Phrenic Nerve. Practical Radiation Oncology. 13(5). e383–e388. 3 indexed citations

Schulte, R., Carol Johnstone, S. Boucher, et al.. (2023). Transformative Technology for FLASH Radiation Therapy. Applied Sciences. 13(8). 5021–5021. 24 indexed citations

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Khan, Syamantak, Maxime Bassenne, Jinghui Wang, et al.. (2021). Multicellular Spheroids as In Vitro Models of Oxygen Depletion During FLASH Irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 110(3). 833–844. 39 indexed citations

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Schüler, Emil, Lei Wang, Billy W. Loo, & Peter G. Maxim. (2019). Conical beam geometry intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 64(12). 125014–125014. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Percy, Billy W. Loo, Tithi Biswas, et al.. (2019). Local Control After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 110(1). 160–171. 37 indexed citations

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Li, Bailiang, Yi Cui, Xiaoli Sun, et al.. (2018). A Quantitative CT Imaging Signature Predicts Survival and Complements Established Prognosticators in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 102(4). 1098–1106. 20 indexed citations

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Jeong, Youngtae, Ngoc T. Hoang, Alexander F. Lovejoy, et al.. (2016). Role of KEAP1 / NRF2 and TP53 Mutations in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Development and Radiation Resistance. Cancer Discovery. 7(1). 86–101. 243 indexed citations

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Chaudhuri, Aadel A., Alex Lovejoy, Jacob J. Chabon, et al.. (2016). CAPP-Seq Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis for Early Detection of Tumor Progression After Definitive Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 96(2). S41–S42. 3 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Tokihiro, Sven Kabus, Christian D. Lorenz, et al.. (2014). Pulmonary Ventilation Imaging Based on 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography: Comparison With Pulmonary Function Tests and SPECT Ventilation Images. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 90(2). 414–422. 79 indexed citations

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Carlsson, Anders, Viswam S. Nair, Madelyn Luttgen, et al.. (2014). Circulating Tumor Microemboli Diagnostics for Patients with Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 9(8). 1111–1119. 59 indexed citations

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Wynne, Jacob, L.A. Modlin, Andrea Fan, et al.. (2013). Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 87(2). S200–S201. 3 indexed citations

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Shultz, David, J.C. Grecula, James A. Hayman, Maximilian Diehn, & Billy W. Loo. (2013). The Optimal Use of Radiotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 11(1). 107–114. 1 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Tokihiro, U. W. Langner, Billy W. Loo, John Shen, & Paul Keall. (2008). Retrospective Analysis of Artifacts in Four-Dimensional CT Images of 50 Abdominal and Thoracic Radiotherapy Patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 72(4). 1250–1258. 215 indexed citations

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