D.W. Townsend

8.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
109 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

D.W. Townsend is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D.W. Townsend has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 62 papers in Radiation and 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in D.W. Townsend's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (90 papers), Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (43 papers) and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (32 papers). D.W. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (90 papers), Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (43 papers) and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (32 papers). D.W. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. D.W. Townsend's co-authors include Paul E. Kinahan, Thomas Beyer, Michel Defrise, Christian Michel, D. Sashin, R. Nutt, Martin Charron, L. Byars, John W. Young and M. Sibomana and has published in prestigious journals such as NeuroImage, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

D.W. Townsend

105 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

A combined PET/CT scanner for clinical oncology.

2000 1.2k citations Thomas Beyer, D.W. Townsend et al. profile →
Attenuation correction for a combined 3D PET/CT scanner

1998 668 citations Paul E. Kinahan, D.W. Townsend et al. Medical Physics profile →
Exact and approximate rebinning algorithms for 3-D PET data

1997 583 citations Michel Defrise, Paul E. Kinahan et al. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging profile →
Physical and clinical performance of the mCT time-of-flight PET/CT scanner

2011 413 citations Bjoern Jakoby, Y. Bercier et al. Physics in Medicine and Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Physical and clinical performance of the mCT time-of-flight PET/CT scanner breakdown → 2011 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Bjoern Jakoby, Y. Bercier, Maurizio Conti, M.E. Casey, B. Bendriem, D.W. Townsend	413
2	Time Course of Early Response to Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with 18F-FDG PET/CT 2007 ·Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Claude Nahmias, Wahid T. Hanna, Lindi M. Wahl, (unknown), Karl F. Hübner, D.W. Townsend	99
3	Exploration in outbred mice covaries with general learning abilities irrespective of stress reactivity, emotionality, and physical attributes 2006 ·Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ·Louis D. Matzel, D.W. Townsend, Henya C. Grossman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kathleen C. Light, Stefan Kolata	75
4	Fast Fully 3-D Image Reconstruction in PET Using Planograms 2004 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·D. Brasse, Paul E. Kinahan, Rolf Clackdoyle, Michel Defrise, Claude Comtat, D.W. Townsend	27
5	Cerebral Responses to Noxious Thermal Stimulation in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients and Normal Controls 2002 ·NeuroImage ·Stuart Derbyshire, Anthony Jones, Peter A. Creed, (unknown), Carolyn C. Meltzer, D.W. Townsend, Ann M. Peterson, Leonard L. Firestone	106
6	Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging for the Detection of Recurrent Ovarian and Fallopian Tube Carcinoma: A Retrospective Review 2002 ·Gynecologic Oncology ·Sharmila Makhija, N Howden, Robert P. Edwards, Joseph L. Kelley, D.W. Townsend, C C Meltzer	94
7	Comparison of 3-D reconstruction with 3D-OSEM and with FORE+OSEM for PET 2001 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Xuan Liu, Claude Comtat, Christian Michel, Paul E. Kinahan, Michel Defrise, D.W. Townsend	103
8	Image Analysis in Patients with Cancer Studied with a Combined PET and CT Scanner 2000 ·Clinical Nuclear Medicine ·Martin Charron, T Beyer, (unknown), Paul E. Kinahan, (unknown), (unknown), R. Nutt, C C Meltzer, Victor L. Villemagne, D.W. Townsend	117
9	Exact rebinning methods for three-dimensional PET 1999 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Xuan Liu, Michel Defrise, Christian Michel, M. Sibomana, Claude Comtat, Paul E. Kinahan, D.W. Townsend	43
10	Attenuation correction for a combined 3D PET/CT scanner breakdown → 1998 ·Medical Physics ·Paul E. Kinahan, D.W. Townsend, Thomas Beyer, D. Sashin	668
11	Exact and approximate rebinning algorithms for 3-D PET data breakdown → 1997 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Michel Defrise, Paul E. Kinahan, D.W. Townsend, Christian Michel, M. Sibomana, D.F. Newport	583
12	Quantitative Metabolic PET Imaging of a Plasma Cell Granuloma 1994 ·Journal of Thoracic Imaging ·Daniel O. Slosman, Anastase Spiliopoulos, Albert Keller, Roxane Lemoine, (unknown), (unknown), D.W. Townsend, (unknown)	33
13	Rotating positron tomographs revisited 1994 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·D.W. Townsend, L. Byars, M. Defrise, Antoine Geissbühler, R. Nutt	13
14	Physical performance of a positron tomograph for brain imaging with retractable septa 1992 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·T.J. Spinks, Terry Jones, Dale L. Bailey, D.W. Townsend, S. Grootoonk, P Bloomfield, Maria Carla Gilardi, M. Casey, (unknown), J. Reed	256
15	Noise equivalent count measurements in a neuro-PET scanner with retractable septa 1991 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Dale L. Bailey, Terry Jones, T.J. Spinks, Maria Carla Gilardi, D.W. Townsend	79
16	A normalization technique for 3D PET data 1991 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Michel Defrise, D.W. Townsend, Dale L. Bailey, Antoine Geissbühler, Terry Jones	80
17	Fully three-dimensional reconstruction for a PET camera with retractable septa 1991 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·D.W. Townsend, Antoine Geissbühler, Michel Defrise, E.J. Hoffman, T.J. Spinks, Dale L. Bailey, Maria Carla Gilardi, Terry Jones	160
18	Assessment of response function in two PET scanners with and without interplane septa 1991 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Christian Michel, Anne Bol, T J Spinks, D.W. Townsend, Dale L. Bailey, S. Grootoonk, Terry Jones	36
19	Three-dimensional image reconstruction from complete projections 1989 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Michel Defrise, D.W. Townsend, R. Clack	67
20	Tomographic Imaging of the Human Thyroid with a Positron Camera before and after Partial Thyroidectomy 1985 ·European Surgical Research ·(unknown), D.W. Townsend, (unknown), Anastase Spiliopoulos, Olivier Huber, A Donath, A.P. Jeavons	3

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