David W. Townsend

9.3k citations

106 papers · 6.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 42

Impact in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.1%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
Radiation top 0.5%
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Papers in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 80
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications 75
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging 33
- Radiation Dose and Imaging 13
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications 12
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications 11
Radiation 19
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques 13
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies 7

Co-authors: Thomas Beyer Todd M. Blodgett Carolyn C. Meltzer Jonathan Carney B. Bendriem Terry Jones Jeffrey T. Yap Nathan C. Hall
Journals: Journal of Nuclear Medicine (9 papers)EJNMMI Research (4 papers)Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound (4 papers)Physics in Medicine and Biology (4 papers)Insights into Imaging (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Singapore United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

David W. Townsend

104 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Procedure guideline for tumor imaging with F-18 FDG PET/CT 2006 · 493 citations

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2006 Procedure guideline for tumor imaging with F-18 FDG PET/CT

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Factors leading to diagnostic delay in tuberculosis in the tropical north of Australia Internal Medicine Journal ·JIA KaiJun, Kaniyaa Francis, Christopher Lowbridge, David W. Townsend, Anna P. Ralph	2023	2
2	Application of Annihilation Coincidence Detection to Transaxial Reconstruction Tomography (perspective on “Application of Annihilation Coincidence Detection to Transaxial Reconstruction Tomography” J Nucl Med. 1975;16:210–224) Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·David W. Townsend, Terry Jones	2020	0
3	Capsinoids activate brown adipose tissue (BAT) with increased energy expenditure associated with subthreshold 18-fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in BAT-positive humans confirmed by positron emission tomography scan American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Li Sun, Stefan Gerardus Camps, Hui Jen Goh, G G Goble, Joshua Schaefferkoetter, David W. Townsend, Sanjay Kumar Verma, S. Sendhil Velan, Lei Sun, Siu Kwan Sze, Su Chi Lim, Bernhard O. Boehm, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Melvin Khee‐Shing Leow	2018	41
4	Introduction Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Johannes Czernin, Markus Schwaiger, David W. Townsend	2014	1
5	Clinical PET-CT in radiology : integrated imaging in oncology Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend	2011	7
6	Radioimmunodetection of amyloid deposits in patients with AL amyloidosis Blood ·Jonathan S. Wall, Stephen J. Kennel, Alan Stuckey, Misty Long, David W. Townsend, Gary T. Smith, Karen Wells, Yitong Fu, Michael G. Stabin, Deborah Weiss, Alan Solomon	2010	71
7	An Assessment of the Impact of Incorporating Time-of-Flight Information into Clinical PET/CT Imaging Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Cristina Lois, Bjoern Jakoby, Misty Long, Karl F. Hübner, David Barker, Michael Casey, Maurizio Conti, Vladimir Panin, D.J. Kadrmas, David W. Townsend	2010	203
8	Normal Thoracic And Abdominal Distribution Of 2-Deoxy-2-[ 18 f]Fluoro-D-Glucose ( 18 FDG) With Positron Emission Tomography In Adult Cats Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound ·Amy K. LeBlanc, Luis Raúl. actor Santiago García, Federica Morandi, de Franciscis S, Alan Stuckey, Bjoern Jakoby, David W. Townsend, Gregory B. Daniel	2009	1
9	NORMAL THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL DISTRIBUTION OF 2‐DEOXY‐2‐[¹⁸F]FLUORO‐d‐GLUCOSE (¹⁸FDG) IN ADULT CATS Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound ·Amy K. LeBlanc, Jonathan S. Wall, Federica Morandi, Stephen J. Kennel, Alan Stuckey, Bjoern Jakoby, David W. Townsend, Gregory B. Daniel	2009	20
10	Physical and Clinical Evaluation of Standardized Uptake Values Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Cristina Lois, Bjoern Jakoby, Karl F. Hübner, H F Mechanic, David W. Townsend	2008	1
11	Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Seminars in Nuclear Medicine ·David W. Townsend	2008	141
12	Multimodality imaging: an update on PET/CT technology European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ·Osama Mawlawi, David W. Townsend	2008	76
13	Dual-Modality Imaging: Combining Anatomy and Function Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·David W. Townsend	2008	195
14	Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography (PET/CT) Scanning for Preoperative Staging of Patients With Oral/Head and Neck Cancer Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ·Claude Nahmias, Eric R. Carlson, Lisa Duncan, Todd M. Blodgett, Jason Kennedy, Misty Long, Chris Carr, Karl F. Hübner, David W. Townsend	2007	80
15	Concurrent PET/CT with an Integrated Imaging System: Intersociety Dialogue from the Joint Working Group of the American College of Radiology, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Journal of the American College of Radiology ·R. Edward Coleman, Dominique Delbeke, Milton J. Guiberteau, Peter S. Conti, Henry D. Royal, Jeffrey C. Weinreb, Barry A. Siegel, Michael P. Federle, David W. Townsend, Lincoln L. Berland	2005	64
16	Gender differences in patterns of cerebral activation during equal experience of painful laser stimulation Journal of Pain ·Stuart Derbyshire, Thomas E. Nichols, Leonard L. Firestone, David W. Townsend, Anthony Jones	2002	82
17	Clinically feasible reconstruction of 3D whole-body PET/CT data using blurred anatomical labels Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Claude Comtat, Paul E. Kinahan, Jeffrey A. Fessler, Thomas Beyer, David W. Townsend, Michel Defrise, Christian Michel	2001	137
18	Combining anatomy and function: the path to true image fusion European Radiology ·David W. Townsend, Simon R. Cherry	2001	149
19	The Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Evaluating Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastases in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Lung Cancer ·James D. Luketich, David M. Friedman, Carolyn C. Meltzer, Chandra P. Belani, David W. Townsend, Neil A. Christie, Tracey L. Weigel	2001	16
20	A method for the assessment of the functional neuroanatomy of human sleep using FDG PET Brain Research Protocols ·Eric A. Nofzinger, Mark A. Mintun, Julie C. Price, Carolyn C. Meltzer, David W. Townsend, Daniel J. Buysse, Charles F. Reynolds, 紀彦榊原, Isha Sengupta, David J. Kupfer, Robert Y. Moore	1998	35

About David W. Townsend

David W. Townsend is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation, Otorhinolaryngology, Biomedical Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, having authored 106 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (75 papers), Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (33 papers), Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (27 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (13 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (13 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (12 papers), Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (11 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (4.6k citations), Radiation (1.2k citations), Otorhinolaryngology (190 citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1.4k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.4k citations). David W. Townsend has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Singapore and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Beyer, Todd M. Blodgett, Carolyn C. Meltzer, Jonathan Carney, B. Bendriem, Terry Jones, Jeffrey T. Yap, Nathan C. Hall, Dale L. Bailey and Simon R. Cherry. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Nuclear Medicine, EJNMMI Research, Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, Physics in Medicine and Biology and Insights into Imaging.

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