Ellen M. Kerkhof

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ellen M. Kerkhof is a scholar working on Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen M. Kerkhof has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Radiation, 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ellen M. Kerkhof's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (17 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (9 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (6 papers). Ellen M. Kerkhof is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (17 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (9 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (6 papers). Ellen M. Kerkhof collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Ellen M. Kerkhof's co-authors include Bas W. Raaymakers, J J W Lagendijk, Marco van Vulpen, Johan Overweg, Kevin J. Brown, Alexander Raaijmakers, Uulke A. van der Heide, Björn Hårdemark, Joseph H. Allen and S.P.M. Crijns and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Ellen M. Kerkhof

25 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Integrating a 1.5 T MRI scanner with a 6 MV accelerator: proof of concept

2009 469 citations Bas W. Raaymakers, J J W Lagendijk et al. Physics in Medicine and Biology profile →
MRI/linac integration

2007 397 citations J J W Lagendijk, Bas W. Raaymakers et al. Radiotherapy and Oncology profile →

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Gijsbert H. Bol Netherlands

Yanle Hu United States

Noriyuki Kadoya Japan

C.F. Behrens Denmark

Boon-Keng Kevin Teo United States

Yusung Kim United States

Eliana Vásquez Osorio United Kingdom

Yuichi Akino Japan

Sasha H. Wahab United States

Davide Cusumano Italy

Gijsbert H. Bol Netherlands

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761 ×0.9

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121 ×0.9

109 ×1.0

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen M. Kerkhof

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Vu, T. H. Khanh, Ellen M. Kerkhof, C. Rasch, et al.. (2025). Clinical outcomes and risk factors for local failure and visual impairment in patients treated with Ru-106 brachytherapy for uveal melanoma. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 52. 100939–100939. 1 indexed citations

Kerkhof, Ellen M., et al.. (2024). Keeping your best options open with AI-based treatment planning in prostate and cervix brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 23(2). 188–198. 4 indexed citations

Ercan, Ece, et al.. (2020). Applicator visualization using ultrashort echo time MRI for high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 19(5). 618–623. 3 indexed citations

Appelt, Ane, Ellen M. Kerkhof, Mark Teo, et al.. (2019). Robust dose planning objectives for mesorectal radiotherapy of early stage rectal cancer – A multicentre dose planning study. Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology. 11. 14–21. 11 indexed citations

Rijkmans, E.C., Akin Inderson, Ellen M. Kerkhof, et al.. (2019). EUS-guided fiducial marker placement for radiotherapy in rectal cancer: feasibility of two placement strategies and four fiducial types. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(11). E1357–E1364. 7 indexed citations

Rijkmans, E.C., Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Baukelien van Triest, et al.. (2019). Predictive factors for response and toxicity after brachytherapy for rectal cancer; results from the HERBERT study. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 133. 176–182. 18 indexed citations

Horeweg, Nanda, Carien L. Creutzberg, E.C. Rijkmans, et al.. (2019). Efficacy and toxicity of chemoradiation with image-guided adaptive brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 29(2). 257–265. 23 indexed citations

Kerkhof, Ellen M., Monique E. van Leerdam, Femke P. Peters, et al.. (2019). Feasibility of Gold Fiducial Markers as a Surrogate for Gross Tumor Volume Position in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy of Rectal Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 105(5). 1151–1159. 2 indexed citations

Kerkhof, Ellen M., Els L. van Persijn van Meerten, E.C. Rijkmans, et al.. (2018). MRI visibility of gold fiducial markers for image-guided radiotherapy of rectal cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 132. 93–99. 13 indexed citations

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Rijkmans, E.C., Baukelien van Triest, Remi A. Nout, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of clinical and endoscopic toxicity after external beam radiotherapy and endorectal brachytherapy in elderly patients with rectal cancer treated in the HERBERT study. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 126(3). 417–423. 18 indexed citations

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Rijkmans, E.C., Ellen M. Kerkhof, Remi A. Nout, et al.. (2017). Benefit of adaptive CT-based treatment planning in high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy for rectal cancer. Brachytherapy. 17(1). 78–85. 4 indexed citations

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Kerkhof, Ellen M., James M. Balter, K.A. Vineberg, & Bas W. Raaymakers. (2010). Treatment plan adaptation for MRI-guided radiotherapy using solely MRI data: a CT-based simulation study. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 55(16). N433–N440. 26 indexed citations

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Kerkhof, Ellen M., Bas W. Raaymakers, Marco van Vulpen, et al.. (2010). A new concept for non‐invasive renal tumour ablation using real‐time MRI‐guided radiation therapy. British Journal of Urology. 107(1). 63–68. 18 indexed citations

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Kerkhof, Ellen M., et al.. (2009). Contour propagation in MRI-guided radiotherapy treatment of cervical cancer: the accuracy of rigid, non-rigid and semi-automatic registrations. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 54(23). 7135–7150. 24 indexed citations

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Kerkhof, Ellen M., et al.. (2009). Intrafraction motion in patients with cervical cancer: The benefit of soft tissue registration using MRI. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 93(1). 115–121. 43 indexed citations

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Overweg, Johan, J G M Kok, Alexander Raaijmakers, et al.. (2009). INTEGRATED 1.5 T MRI AND ACCELERATOR: PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR REAL-TIM E MRI GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 92. S33–S33. 1 indexed citations

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Kerkhof, Ellen M., et al.. (2008). Variation in target and rectum dose due to prostate deformation: an assessment by repeated MR imaging and treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 53(20). 5623–5634. 32 indexed citations

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Raaymakers, Bas W., et al.. (2008). A novel method for comparing 3D target volume delineations in radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 53(8). 2149–2159. 17 indexed citations

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Kerkhof, Ellen M., Bas W. Raaymakers, Uulke A. van der Heide, et al.. (2008). Online MRI guidance for healthy tissue sparing in patients with cervical cancer: An IMRT planning study. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 88(2). 241–249. 59 indexed citations

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Lagendijk, J J W, Bas W. Raaymakers, Alexander Raaijmakers, et al.. (2007). MRI/linac integration. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 86(1). 25–29. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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