Chris A. Flask

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
135 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Chris A. Flask is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris A. Flask has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Chris A. Flask's work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (40 papers), MRI in cancer diagnosis (24 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (22 papers). Chris A. Flask is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (40 papers), MRI in cancer diagnosis (24 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (22 papers). Chris A. Flask collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Chris A. Flask's co-authors include Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Paras N. Prasad, Rajiv Kumar, Marcin Nyk, Mark D. Pagel, Jeffrey L. Duerk, Tapan K. Jain, Vinod Labhasetwar, Bernadette O. Erokwu and John Richey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Chris A. Flask

131 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

The mTOR pathway is regulated by polycystin-1, and its inhibition reverses renal cystogenesis in polycystic kidney disease

2006 612 citations Jonathan M. Shillingford, Noel Murcia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Krüppel-like factor 4 regulates macrophage polarization

2011 601 citations Chris A. Flask et al. profile →
Combined Optical and MR Bioimaging Using Rare Earth Ion Doped NaYF₄ Nanocrystals

2009 554 citations Chris A. Flask et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chris A. Flask	1.8k	1.4k	1.3k	940	862	135	6.1k
Jesús Ruı́z-Cabello	2.2k 1.2×	888 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	937 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	204	7.1k
Anna Moore	2.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	763 0.9×	123	6.9k
Leslie L. Muldoon	1.8k 1.0×	574 0.4×	965 0.8×	933 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	119	6.5k
Piotr Walczak	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	1.4k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	197	7.8k
Noriaki Ohuchi	3.1k 1.7×	966 0.7×	729 0.6×	448 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	388	9.8k
Jan Grimm	2.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	3.1k 2.5×	1.3k 1.4×	1.9k 2.2×	139	9.0k
Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz	1.8k 1.0×	556 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	547 0.6×	505 0.6×	79	5.6k
Bernard Gallez	3.8k 2.1×	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	2.5k 2.9×	313	11.3k
Dale O. Kiesewetter	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	792 0.8×	2.6k 3.0×	184	7.8k
Dmitri Artemov	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	939 0.8×	675 0.7×	1.8k 2.1×	119	6.5k

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Erokwu, Bernadette O., Barbara J. Schiemann, Chunying Wu, et al.. (2025). Dynamic contrast enhanced‐magnetic resonance fingerprinting (DCE‐MRF): A new quantitative MRI method to reliably assess tumor vascular perfusion. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 94(6). 2578–2592. 1 indexed citations

Clark, Heather A., Bernd Kuehn, Xin Yu, et al.. (2024). Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessments of Kidney Disease Severity in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease. Kidney International Reports. 9(12). 3592–3595. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Yuning, Junqing Zhu, Mark A. Griswold, et al.. (2024). 3D MR fingerprinting for dynamic contrast‐enhanced imaging of whole mouse brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 93(1). 67–79. 2 indexed citations

Flask, Chris A., et al.. (2024). pH-responsive i-motif-conjugated nanoparticles for MRI analysis. Sensors & Diagnostics. 3(4). 623–630.

Weaver, John, Mandy Rickard, Lauren Erdman, et al.. (2023). Deep learning of renal scans in children with antenatal hydronephrosis. Journal of Pediatric Urology. 19(5). 514.e1–514.e7. 9 indexed citations

Ma, Dan, Chaitra Badve, Jessie Sun, et al.. (2023). Motion Robust MR Fingerprinting Scan to Image Neonates With Prenatal Opioid Exposure. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 59(5). 1758–1768. 6 indexed citations

Jafri, Anjum, Arne Rietsch, Rebecca Darrah, et al.. (2023). A minimally invasive bronchoscopic approach for direct delivery to murine airways and application to models of pulmonary infection. Laboratory Animals. 57(6). 611–622. 1 indexed citations

McBennett, Kimberly, Mitchell L. Drumm, Mark A. Griswold, et al.. (2021). Rapid B₁-Insensitive MR Fingerprinting for Quantitative Kidney Imaging. Radiology. 300(2). 380–387. 16 indexed citations

Luo, Yi, Eric Kim, Chris A. Flask, & Heather A. Clark. (2018). Nanosensors for the Chemical Imaging of Acetylcholine Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. ACS Nano. 12(6). 5761–5773. 34 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, Dan Ma, Yun Jiang, et al.. (2015). Preclinical MR fingerprinting (MRF) at 7 T: effective quantitative imaging for rodent disease models. NMR in Biomedicine. 28(3). 384–394. 50 indexed citations

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Erokwu, Bernadette O., David DeSantis, Colleen M. Croniger, et al.. (2015). Initial evaluation of hepatic T₁ relaxation time as an imaging marker of liver disease associated with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). NMR in Biomedicine. 29(1). 84–89. 6 indexed citations

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Lozada, Kristen L., Darcie D. Seachrist, Jonathan D. Mosley, et al.. (2014). Combined SFK/mTOR Inhibition Prevents Rapamycin-Induced Feedback Activation of AKT and Elicits Efficient Tumor Regression. Cancer Research. 74(17). 4762–4771. 34 indexed citations

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Babcook, Melissa A., Sanjeev Shukla, Pingfu Fu, et al.. (2014). Synergistic Simvastatin and Metformin Combination Chemotherapy for Osseous Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 13(10). 2288–2302. 58 indexed citations

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Erokwu, Bernadette O., George W. Farr, Rebecca Darrah, et al.. (2014). Arterial spin labeling‐fast imaging with steady‐state free precession (ASL‐FISP): a rapid and quantitative perfusion technique for high‐field MRI. NMR in Biomedicine. 27(8). 996–1004. 25 indexed citations

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McMahan, Rachel H., Silvia Giugliano, Cara E. Porsche, et al.. (2013). Signal Transduction and Cell Function. Hepatology. 58(S1). 459A–471A. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Weiwen, Zhe Tang, Lihong Yin, et al.. (2011). MET-Independent Lung Cancer Cells Evading EGFR Kinase Inhibitors Are Therapeutically Susceptible to BH3 Mimetic Agents. Cancer Research. 71(13). 4494–4505. 59 indexed citations

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Tang, Zhe, Shan Jiang, Chan Wu, et al.. (2008). Dual MET–EGFR combinatorial inhibition against T790M-EGFR-mediated erlotinib-resistant lung cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 99(6). 911–922. 152 indexed citations

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Shukla, Sanjeev, Gregory T. MacLennan, Chris A. Flask, et al.. (2007). Blockade of β-Catenin Signaling by Plant Flavonoid Apigenin Suppresses Prostate Carcinogenesis in TRAMP Mice. Cancer Research. 67(14). 6925–6935. 100 indexed citations

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Fei, Baowei, Hesheng Wang, Raymond F. Muzic, et al.. (2006). Deformable and rigid registration of MRI and microPET images for photodynamic therapy of cancer in mice. Medical Physics. 33(3). 753–760. 41 indexed citations

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Shillingford, Jonathan M., Noel Murcia, Seng Hui Low, et al.. (2006). The mTOR pathway is regulated by polycystin-1, and its inhibition reverses renal cystogenesis in polycystic kidney disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(14). 5466–5471. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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