Birgit Westermann

863 total citations
29 papers, 634 citations indexed

About

Birgit Westermann is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Westermann has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 634 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Westermann's work include Surgical Simulation and Training (5 papers), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (5 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (5 papers). Birgit Westermann is often cited by papers focused on Surgical Simulation and Training (5 papers), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (5 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (5 papers). Birgit Westermann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Chile. Birgit Westermann's co-authors include Elise Wattendorf, Thomas Hummel, Peter Fuhr, Rolf Hauser, Klaus Fiedler, Deniz Bilecen, Antje Welge‐Lüssen, Rudolf Probst, Martín Lotze and Marco R. Celio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Westermann

27 papers receiving 611 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Westermann Switzerland 14 240 196 168 153 107 29 634
Robert J. Cowie United States 12 77 0.3× 342 1.7× 10 0.1× 52 0.3× 241 2.3× 14 971
José‐Luis Bueno‐López Spain 13 20 0.1× 234 1.2× 47 0.3× 28 0.2× 190 1.8× 33 575
Athanasios Katsarkas Canada 18 355 1.5× 18 0.1× 13 0.1× 92 0.6× 54 0.5× 39 901
Ellis Douek United Kingdom 16 417 1.7× 98 0.5× 39 0.2× 20 0.1× 68 0.6× 39 792
D. Mrowinski Germany 12 229 1.0× 50 0.3× 26 0.2× 16 0.1× 24 0.2× 59 551
Annette Limberger Germany 13 279 1.2× 45 0.2× 15 0.1× 11 0.1× 49 0.5× 19 537
Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar Brazil 19 383 1.6× 24 0.1× 11 0.1× 114 0.7× 33 0.3× 75 1.0k
Aaron M. Johnson United States 16 43 0.2× 32 0.2× 13 0.1× 47 0.3× 29 0.3× 62 722
James O. Phillips United States 20 429 1.8× 23 0.1× 10 0.1× 60 0.4× 24 0.2× 68 1.2k
Julia Dlugaiczyk Germany 17 352 1.5× 19 0.1× 15 0.1× 78 0.5× 83 0.8× 54 782

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Westermann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Westermann, Birgit, et al.. (2022). When laughter arrests speech: fMRI-based evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1863). 20210182–20210182. 8 indexed citations
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Greuter, Ladina, Davide Marco Croci, Daniel Zumofen, et al.. (2021). Augmented Reality Fluorescence Imaging in Cerebrovascular Surgery: A Single-Center Experience with Thirty-Nine Cases. World Neurosurgery. 151. 12–20. 4 indexed citations
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Wattendorf, Elise, Birgit Westermann, Klaus Fiedler, et al.. (2019). Laughter is in the air: involvement of key nodes of the emotional motor system in the anticipation of tickling. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 14(8). 837–847. 16 indexed citations
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Oleszkiewicz, Anna, et al.. (2017). Olfactory deficits decrease the time resolution for trigeminal lateralization. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 121. 18–21. 5 indexed citations
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Wattendorf, Elise, Birgit Westermann, Klaus Fiedler, et al.. (2012). Exploration of the Neural Correlates of Ticklish Laughter by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cerebral Cortex. 23(6). 1280–1289. 64 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit, et al.. (2010). The course of olfactory deficits in patients with Parkinson's disease—A study based on psychophysical and electrophysiological measures. Neuroscience Letters. 486(3). 166–170. 33 indexed citations
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Welge‐Lüssen, Antje, Elise Wattendorf, Peter Fuhr, et al.. (2009). Olfactory-induced brain activity in Parkinson's disease relates to the expression of event-related potentials: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuroscience. 162(2). 537–543. 49 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit, Elise Wattendorf, Peter Fuhr, et al.. (2007). Functional imaging of the cerebral olfactory system in patients with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 79(1). 19–24. 85 indexed citations
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Wattendorf, Elise, et al.. (2003). Language experience determines functional organization of prefrontal language areas. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 63(5). 1 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit & Rolf Hauser. (2000). Online Head Motion Tracking Applied to the Patient Registration Problem. Computer Aided Surgery. 5(3). 137–147. 7 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit & Rolf Hauser. (2000). Online head motion tracking applied to the patient registration problem. Computer Aided Surgery. 5(3). 137–147. 11 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit & Rolf Hauser. (2000). Online head motion tracking applied to the patient registration problem. Computer Aided Surgery. 5(3). 137–147. 2 indexed citations
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Reinhardt, H, M. Trippel, Birgit Westermann, & O. Gratzl. (1999). Computer aided surgery with special focus on neuronavigation. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 23(5). 237–244. 20 indexed citations
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Hauser, Rolf, Birgit Westermann, & Rudolf Probst. (1997). Noninvasive Tracking of Patient's Head Movements During Computer‐Assisted Intranasal Microscopic Surgery. The Laryngoscope. 107(4). 491–499. 41 indexed citations
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Hauser, R., Birgit Westermann, & Rudolf Probst. (1997). A non-invasive patient registration and reference system for interactive intraoperative localization in intranasal sinus surgery. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine. 211(4). 327–334. 16 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit & Rolf Hauser. (1996). Non-invasive 3-D patient registration for image-guided skull base surgery. Computers & Graphics. 20(6). 793–799. 11 indexed citations
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Reinhardt, H, M. Trippel, Birgit Westermann, Gerhard A. Horstmann, & O. Gratzl. (1996). Computer assisted brain surgery for small lesions in the central sensorimotor region. Acta Neurochirurgica. 138(2). 200–205. 17 indexed citations
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Hauser, R., Birgit Westermann, H Reinhardt, & Rudolf Probst. (1996). Computerunterstützte Chirurgie der Nasennebenhöhlen mit einem optoelektronischen Ortungssystem*,**. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 75(4). 199–207. 12 indexed citations
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Westermann, Birgit, M. Trippel, & H Reinhardt. (1995). Optically-Navigable Operating Microscope for Image-Guided Surgery. min - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. 38(3). 112–116. 13 indexed citations
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Horstmann, Gerhard A., et al.. (1995). Microstereometrically Guided Cortical Stimulation for the Intraoperative Identification of the Central Motor Strip. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 65(1-4). 130–135. 2 indexed citations

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