Elisa Canu

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Elisa Canu is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisa Canu has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Neurology, 56 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 55 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Elisa Canu's work include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (48 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (40 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (36 papers). Elisa Canu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (48 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (40 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (36 papers). Elisa Canu collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Serbia and United States. Elisa Canu's co-authors include Federica Agosta, Massimo Filippi, Gıancarlo Comı, Giuseppe Magnani, Silvia Basaia, Andrea Falini, Massimiliano Copetti, Vladimir Kostić, Giovanni B. Frisoni and Roberto Santangelo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Elisa Canu

133 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Automated classification of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment using a single MRI and deep neural networks

2018 462 citations Silvia Basaia, Federica Agosta et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elisa Canu Italy	41	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	141	4.8k
Giuseppe Magnani Italy	40	2.0k 1.1×	964 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	146	5.2k
Julio Acosta‐Cabronero United Kingdom	38	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	853 0.7×	67	4.6k
Corey T. McMillan United States	44	2.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	553 0.4×	1.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	199	5.4k
Luca Passamonti United Kingdom	48	2.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	169	6.7k
Fausto Viader France	35	1.8k 1.0×	936 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	87	5.0k
Joana B. Pereira Sweden	38	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	803 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	112	4.3k
Päivi Hartikainen Finland	32	995 0.6×	881 0.5×	489 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.7×	105	4.2k
Patrice Péran France	33	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	647 0.5×	363 0.3×	140	3.7k
Mark Mühlau Germany	38	2.9k 1.7×	815 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	662 0.6×	109	6.3k
Marie Sarazin France	38	1.5k 0.9×	745 0.4×	483 0.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.8k 1.6×	119	4.7k

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Agosta, Federica, Elisa Canu, Edoardo Gioele Spinelli, et al.. (2025). Frontotemporal dementia characterization using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging. Brain Communications. 7(6). fcaf442–fcaf442.

Canu, Elisa, Federica Agosta, Silvia Basaia, et al.. (2025). Connected Speech Alterations and Progression in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia Variants. Neurology. 104(9). e213524–e213524.

Sarasso, Elisabetta, Silvia Basaia, Davide Corbetta, et al.. (2025). Handwriting, touchscreen dexterity and bradykinesia measures in Parkinson’s disease: a feature selection study. Journal of Neurology. 272(6). 389–389.

Crivellaro, Cinzia, Francesca Bertola, Veronica Castelnovo, et al.. (2024). Clinical and neuroimaging characterization of the first frontotemporal dementia family carrying the MAPT p.K298E mutation. Neurogenetics. 25(3). 215–223. 1 indexed citations

Sarasso, Elisabetta, Roberta Balestrino, Andrea Grassi, et al.. (2024). Neural correlates of bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease: a kinematic and functional MRI study. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 167–167. 6 indexed citations

Cecchetti, Giordano, Federica Agosta, Elisa Canu, et al.. (2024). Analysis of individual alpha frequency in a large cohort from a tertiary memory center. European Journal of Neurology. 31(10). e16424–e16424. 4 indexed citations

Canu, Elisa, Silvia Basaia, Giordano Cecchetti, et al.. (2024). Real-word application of the AT(N) classification and disease-modifying treatment eligibility in a hospital-based cohort. Journal of Neurology. 271(5). 2716–2729. 5 indexed citations

Cecchetti, Giordano, Silvia Basaia, Elisa Canu, et al.. (2023). EEG Correlates in the 3 Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Neurology. 102(3). e207993–e207993. 2 indexed citations

Filippi, Massimo, Camilla Cividini, Silvia Basaia, et al.. (2023). Age-related vulnerability of the human brain connectome. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(12). 5350–5358. 14 indexed citations

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Sarasso, Elisabetta, Noemi Piramide, Maria Antonietta Volonté, et al.. (2021). Dual-task clinical and functional MRI correlates in Parkinson's disease with postural instability and gait disorders. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 91. 88–95. 26 indexed citations

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Tomić, Aleksandra, Federica Agosta, Elisabetta Sarasso, et al.. (2020). Brain Structural Changes in Focal Dystonia—What About Task Specificity? A Multimodal MRI Study. Movement Disorders. 36(1). 196–205. 33 indexed citations

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Kostić, Milutin, Elisa Canu, Federica Agosta, et al.. (2016). The cumulative effect of genetic polymorphisms on depression and brain structural integrity. Human Brain Mapping. 37(6). 2173–2184. 12 indexed citations

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Imperiale, Francesca, Federica Agosta, Elisa Canu, et al.. (2016). Functional and Structural Brain Alterations in Patients with Posterior Cortical Atrophy (P5.189). Neurology. 86(16_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Sarasso, Elisabetta, Federica Agosta, Elisa Canu, et al.. (2015). Brain structural and functional abnormalities in Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait (P6.072). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 2 indexed citations

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Sarasso, Elisabetta, Federica Agosta, Elisa Canu, et al.. (2015). Brain structural and functional abnormalities in Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait (I3-2B). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Caso, Francesca, Federica Agosta, Alberto Inuggi, et al.. (2013). Dysfunction of the Default Mode Network in Early Parkinson's Disease: A Resting State fMRI Study (P06.081). Neurology. 80(7_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Kastman, Erik K., Auriel A. Willette, Christopher L. Coe, et al.. (2012). A Calorie-Restricted Diet Decreases Brain Iron Accumulation and Preserves Motor Performance in Old Rhesus Monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(34). 11897–11904. 31 indexed citations

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Kastman, Erik K., Auriel A. Willette, Christopher L. Coe, et al.. (2010). A Calorie-Restricted Diet Decreases Brain Iron Accumulation and Preserves Motor Performance in Old Rhesus Monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(23). 7940–7947. 69 indexed citations

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Willette, Auriel A., Catherine L. Gallagher, Barbara B. Bendlin, et al.. (2010). Homocysteine, neural atrophy, and the effect of caloric restriction in rhesus monkeys. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(4). 670–680. 25 indexed citations

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Geroldi, Cristina, Elisa Canu, Amalia C. Bruni, et al.. (2008). The Added Value of Neuropsychologic Tests and Structural Imaging for the Etiologic Diagnosis of Dementia in Italian Expert Centers. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 22(4). 309–320. 14 indexed citations

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