Denis Le Bihan

46.6k total citations · 15 hit papers
296 papers, 33.8k citations indexed

About

Denis Le Bihan is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Le Bihan has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 33.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 88 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 25 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Denis Le Bihan's work include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (145 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (145 papers) and MRI in cancer diagnosis (81 papers). Denis Le Bihan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (145 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (145 papers) and MRI in cancer diagnosis (81 papers). Denis Le Bihan collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. Denis Le Bihan's co-authors include Stanislas Dehaene, Jean‐François Mangin, Élodie Breton, D Lallemand, M Laval-Jeantet, Robert Turner, Cyril Poupon, Laurent Cohen, Philippe Pinel and Manuela Piazza and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Denis Le Bihan

292 papers receiving 33.0k citations

Hit Papers

MR imaging of intravoxel ... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 1988 2001 2003 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. MR imaging of intravoxel incoherent motions: application to diffusion and perfusion in neurologic disorders.
    1986 2.9k citations Denis Le Bihan et al. profile →
  2. Separation of diffusion and perfusion in intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging.
    1988 2.6k citations Denis Le Bihan et al. profile →
  3. Diffusion tensor imaging: Concepts and applications
    2001 2.5k citations Denis Le Bihan, Jean‐François Mangin et al. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging profile →
  4. Looking into the functional architecture of the brain with diffusion MRI
    2003 1.2k citations Denis Le Bihan profile →
  5. Cerebral mechanisms of word masking and unconscious repetition priming
    2001 948 citations Stanislas Dehaene, Denis Le Bihan et al. profile →
  6. Tuning Curves for Approximate Numerosity in the Human Intraparietal Sulcus
    2004 836 citations Manuela Piazza, Philippe Pinel et al. Neuron profile →
  7. Imaging unconscious semantic priming
    1998 781 citations Stanislas Dehaene, Ghislaine Dehaene‐Lambertz et al. profile →
  8. A Magnitude Code Common to Numerosities and Number Symbols in Human Intraparietal Cortex
    2007 633 citations Manuela Piazza, Philippe Pinel et al. Neuron profile →
  9. Topographical Layout of Hand, Eye, Calculation, and Language-Related Areas in the Human Parietal Lobe
    2002 620 citations Jean‐François Mangin, Denis Le Bihan et al. Neuron profile →
  10. Artifacts and pitfalls in diffusion MRI
    2006 577 citations Denis Le Bihan, Cyril Poupon et al. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging profile →
  11. Distributed and Overlapping Cerebral Representations of Number, Size, and Luminance during Comparative Judgments
    2004 549 citations Philippe Pinel, Manuela Piazza et al. Neuron profile →
  12. Clinical Intravoxel Incoherent Motion and Diffusion MR Imaging: Past, Present, and Future
    2015 392 citations Mami Iima, Denis Le Bihan profile →
  13. What can we see with IVIM MRI?
    2017 323 citations Denis Le Bihan NeuroImage profile →
  14. Body diffusion kurtosis imaging: Basic principles, applications, and considerations for clinical practice
    2015 287 citations Denis Le Bihan et al. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging profile →
  15. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the breast—a consensus and mission statement from the EUSOBI International Breast Diffusion-Weighted Imaging working group
    2019 270 citations Mami Iima, Denis Le Bihan et al. European Radiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Denis Le Bihan France 85 20.8k 11.0k 3.1k 2.9k 2.8k 296 33.8k
John C. Gore United States 115 21.0k 1.0× 25.5k 2.3× 4.8k 1.6× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 839 57.6k
Jean‐François Mangin France 62 7.4k 0.4× 7.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 2.7k 0.9× 747 0.3× 282 15.8k
Thomas E. Nichols United Kingdom 78 16.4k 0.8× 30.1k 2.7× 1.5k 0.5× 2.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 335 49.7k
Roger P. Woods United States 72 9.5k 0.5× 15.1k 1.4× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 463 0.2× 186 28.8k
Heidi Johansen‐Berg United Kingdom 97 26.1k 1.3× 27.4k 2.5× 1.5k 0.5× 4.8k 1.7× 481 0.2× 259 52.3k
Mark W. Woolrich United Kingdom 68 22.0k 1.1× 32.1k 2.9× 1.3k 0.4× 3.2k 1.1× 471 0.2× 234 49.9k
John Ashburner United Kingdom 83 20.3k 1.0× 33.8k 3.1× 3.0k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 815 0.3× 195 60.8k
James C. Gee United States 64 14.3k 0.7× 9.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 3.1k 1.1× 239 0.1× 370 33.1k
Keith J. Worsley Canada 63 6.7k 0.3× 18.6k 1.7× 1.5k 0.5× 903 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 129 29.0k
Timothy E.J. Behrens United Kingdom 103 32.2k 1.6× 43.4k 3.9× 2.4k 0.8× 5.6k 2.0× 626 0.2× 193 70.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Palombo, Marco, Benedetta Bodini, Francesco Grussu, et al.. (2025). ESR Essentials: diffusion-weighted MRI—practice recommendations by the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology. European Radiology. 36(3). 2198–2208.
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Iima, Mami, Masako Kataoka, Maya Honda, & Denis Le Bihan. (2024). Diffusion-Weighted MRI for the Assessment of Molecular Prognostic Biomarkers in Breast Cancer. Korean Journal of Radiology. 25(7). 623–623. 5 indexed citations
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Boulant, Nicolas, Franck Mauconduit, Alexis Amadon, et al.. (2024). In vivo imaging of the human brain with the Iseult 11.7-T MRI scanner. Nature Methods. 21(11). 2013–2016. 13 indexed citations
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Bihan, Denis Le. (2023). From Black Holes Entropy to Consciousness: The Dimensions of the Brain Connectome. Entropy. 25(12). 1645–1645. 4 indexed citations
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Olivier, Etienne, Christine Granotier, Laurent Gauthier, et al.. (2023). XLF/Cernunnos loss impairs mouse brain development by altering symmetric proliferative divisions of neural progenitors. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112342–112342. 4 indexed citations
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Boido, Davide, Ravi L. Rungta, Bruno-Félix Osmanski, et al.. (2019). Mesoscopic and microscopic imaging of sensory responses in the same animal. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1110–1110. 67 indexed citations
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Boumezbeur, Fawzi, Alexandre Vignaud, Guillaume Madelin, et al.. (2019). Tissue sodium concentration and sodium T1 mapping of the human brain at 3 T using a Variable Flip Angle method. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 58. 116–124. 17 indexed citations
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Rochefort, Ludovic de, Mathieu Santin, Romain Valabrègue, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous multi-parametric mapping of total sodium concentration, T1, T2 and ADC at 7 T using a multi-contrast unbalanced SSFP. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 53. 156–163. 5 indexed citations
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Posse, Stefan, et al.. (2014). High Speed ‘H Spectroscopic Imaging in Human Brain by Echo Planar Spatial-Spectral Encoding. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations
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Pinel, Philippe, Fabien Fauchereau, Antonio Moreno, et al.. (2012). Genetic Variants ofFOXP2andKIAA0319/TTRAP/THEM2Locus Are Associated with Altered Brain Activation in Distinct Language-Related Regions. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(3). 817–825. 117 indexed citations
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Cloos, Martijn A., Michel Luong, Guillaume Ferrand, et al.. (2010). Local SAR reduction in parallel excitation based on channel‐dependent Tikhonov parameters. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 32(5). 1209–1216. 35 indexed citations
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Dubois, Jessica, et al.. (2008). Microstructural Correlates of Infant Functional Development: Example of the Visual Pathways. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(8). 1943–1948. 93 indexed citations
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Dubois, Jessica, Lucie Hertz‐Pannier, Arnaud Cachia, et al.. (2008). Structural Asymmetries in the Infant Language and Sensori-Motor Networks. Cerebral Cortex. 19(2). 414–423. 200 indexed citations
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Piazza, Manuela, Philippe Pinel, Denis Le Bihan, & Stanislas Dehaene. (2007). A Magnitude Code Common to Numerosities and Number Symbols in Human Intraparietal Cortex. Neuron. 53(2). 293–305. 633 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bihan, Denis Le, Shin‐ichi Urayama, Toshihiko Aso, Takashi Hanakawa, & Hidenao Fukuyama. (2006). Direct and fast detection of neuronal activation in the human brain with diffusion MRI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(21). 8263–8268. 194 indexed citations
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Bihan, Denis Le & Stéphane Lehéricy. (1999). Aspects pratiques de la réalisation d'une IRM fonctionnelle. Journal of Neuroradiology. 26(1). 2 indexed citations
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Vallar, Giuseppe, E. Löbel, Gaspare Galati, et al.. (1999). A fronto-parietal system for computing the egocentric spatial frame of reference in humans. Experimental Brain Research. 124(3). 281–286. 189 indexed citations
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Hertz‐Pannier, Lucie, Catherine Chiron, Pierre‐François Van de Moortele, et al.. (1999). Multi-task fMRI presurgical language mapping in children with cognitive impairment. NeuroImage. 9. 4 indexed citations
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Rueckert, Linda, et al.. (1994). MRI Functional activation of left frontal cortex during covert word production. Journal of Neuroimaging. 67–70. 13 indexed citations
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Bihan, Denis Le. (1992). Theoretical Principles of Perfusion Imaging: Application to Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Investigative Radiology. 27. S6–S11. 27 indexed citations

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