Boudewijn Brans

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
110 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Boudewijn Brans is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Boudewijn Brans has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 26 papers in Physiology and 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Boudewijn Brans's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (20 papers). Boudewijn Brans is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (20 papers). Boudewijn Brans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Boudewijn Brans's co-authors include Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Patrick Schrauwen, Felix M. Mottaghy, Anouk A.J.J. van der Lans, Joris Hoeks, Guy H. E. J. Vijgen, Maarten J. Vosselman, Nicole D. Bouvy, Roel Wierts and Johanna A. Jörgensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Boudewijn Brans

109 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Cold acclimation recruits human brown fat and increases nonshivering thermogenesis

2013 654 citations Joris Hoeks, Boudewijn Brans et al. profile →
Short-term cold acclimation improves insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

2015 449 citations Mark J. W. Hanssen, Joris Hoeks et al. profile →
The Bile Acid Chenodeoxycholic Acid Increases Human Brown Adipose Tissue Activity

2015 343 citations Evie P. M. Broeders, Emmani B. M. Nascimento et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Boudewijn Brans Netherlands	40	2.9k	1.4k	1.2k	975	871	110	5.7k
G. J. J. Teule Netherlands	34	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	745 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	113	6.7k
Gerrit J. Kemerink Netherlands	28	2.8k 1.0×	843 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	616 0.6×	895 1.0×	67	4.8k
Gerald M. Kolodny United States	31	4.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.9×	122	7.5k
Axel Linke Germany	50	1.8k 0.6×	659 0.5×	741 0.6×	645 0.7×	4.4k 5.0×	115	8.4k
Tapio Viljanen Finland	28	1.5k 0.5×	507 0.4×	675 0.6×	279 0.3×	643 0.7×	56	3.3k
James E. Faber United States	47	1.5k 0.5×	351 0.3×	886 0.7×	236 0.2×	1.5k 1.7×	146	5.9k
Volker Adams Germany	47	2.0k 0.7×	277 0.2×	563 0.5×	584 0.6×	3.3k 3.8×	170	8.1k
Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard Sweden	32	1.7k 0.6×	793 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	165 0.2×	735 0.8×	112	3.8k
Jukka Kemppainen Finland	37	736 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	344 0.3×	172 0.2×	913 1.0×	115	3.6k
Masayasu Matsumoto Japan	52	1.2k 0.4×	921 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	141 0.1×	2.9k 3.3×	296	9.9k

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Stokke, Caroline, Pablo Mínguez Gabiña, Francesco Cicone, et al.. (2017). Dosimetry-based treatment planning for molecular radiotherapy: a summary of the 2017 report from the Internal Dosimetry Task Force. EJNMMI Physics. 4(1). 27–27. 73 indexed citations

Bucerius, Jan, Guy H. E. J. Vijgen, Boudewijn Brans, et al.. (2015). Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Carotid Artery Inflammation and the Metabolic Activity in Different Adipose Tissues. Medicine. 94(20). e725–e725. 24 indexed citations

Peters, Mark, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of a short dynamic 18F-fluoride PET/CT scanning method to assess bone metabolic activity in spinal orthopedics. Annals of Nuclear Medicine. 29(9). 799–809. 5 indexed citations

Broeders, Evie P. M., Emmani B. M. Nascimento, Bas Havekes, et al.. (2015). The Bile Acid Chenodeoxycholic Acid Increases Human Brown Adipose Tissue Activity. Cell Metabolism. 22(3). 418–426. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

Hanssen, Mark J. W., Roel Wierts, Joris Hoeks, et al.. (2014). Glucose uptake in human brown adipose tissue is impaired upon fasting-induced insulin resistance. Diabetologia. 58(3). 586–595. 75 indexed citations

Kleppe, Marjolein, Toon Van Gorp, B.F.M. Slangen, et al.. (2013). Sentinel node in ovarian cancer: study protocol for a phase 1 study. Trials. 14(1). 47–47. 6 indexed citations

Vosselman, Maarten J., Boudewijn Brans, Roel Wierts, et al.. (2013). Brown adipose tissue activity after a high-calorie meal in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(1). 57–64. 136 indexed citations

Vijgen, Guy H. E. J., Nicole D. Bouvy, L. Leenen, et al.. (2013). Vagus Nerve Stimulation Increases Energy Expenditure: Relation to Brown Adipose Tissue Activity. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77221–e77221. 73 indexed citations

Zegers, Catharina M.L., Wouter van Elmpt, Roel Wierts, et al.. (2013). Hypoxia imaging with [18F]HX4 PET in NSCLC patients: Defining optimal imaging parameters. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 109(1). 58–64. 69 indexed citations

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Dongen, Thijs M. A. van, Robert J. Stokroos, Jaap Teule, et al.. (2010). Bone metabolic activity in hyperostosis cranialis interna measured with 18F-fluoride PET. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 38(5). 884–893. 11 indexed citations

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Loon, Judith van, Janneke P.C. Grutters, Rinus Wanders, et al.. (2009). 18FDG-PET-CT in the follow-up of non-small cell lung cancer patients after radical radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy: An economic evaluation. European Journal of Cancer. 46(1). 110–119. 36 indexed citations

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Laßmann, Michael, Boudewijn Brans, & Glenn Flux. (2007). 2nd International Symposium on Radionuclide Therapy and Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 22(1). 101–104. 1 indexed citations

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Tennvall, Jan & Boudewijn Brans. (2007). EANM procedure guideline for 32P phosphate treatment of myeloproliferative diseases. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 34(8). 1324–1327. 14 indexed citations

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Laßmann, Michael, Boudewijn Brans, & Thomas M. Behr. (2005). Introduction; 1st International Symposium on Radionuclide Therapy and Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 20(1). 45–46. 2 indexed citations

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Monsieurs, Myriam, Boudewijn Brans, Klaus Bacher, Rudi Dierckx, & Hubert Thierens. (2002). Patient dosimetry for 131 I-MIBG therapy for neuroendocrine tumours based on 123 I-MIBG scans. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 29(12). 1581–1587. 40 indexed citations

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Bacher, Klaus, et al.. (2001). 188-Re-lipiodol: Prediction of the patient dose based on 131-I-lipiodol bi-planar scanning and Monte-Carlo simulation. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Brans, Boudewijn, Frédéric De Winter, Luc Defreyne, et al.. (2001). The Anti-Tumoral Activity of Neoadjuvant Intra-Arterial ¹³¹ I-Lipiodol Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Pilot Study. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 16(4). 333–338. 15 indexed citations

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Audenaert, Kurt, Boudewijn Brans, Koen Van Laere, et al.. (2000). Verbal fluency as a prefrontal activation probe: a validation study using 99mTc-ECD brain SPET. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 27(12). 1800–1808. 73 indexed citations

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Vonck, Kristl, et al.. (1999). Vagus nerve stimulation induces ipsilateral thalamic and hippocampal inhibition in patients with refractory epilepsy: An acute SPECT study. Epilepsia. 40. 92–93. 2 indexed citations

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Brans, Boudewijn, Geneviève Laureys, Vera Schelfhout, et al.. (1998). Activity of iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine in childhood neuroblastoma: lack of relation to tumour differentiation in vivo. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 25(2). 144–149. 16 indexed citations

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