Francis Duck

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Francis Duck is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Duck has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 41 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 20 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Francis Duck's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (46 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (34 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (19 papers). Francis Duck is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (46 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (34 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (19 papers). Francis Duck collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Francis Duck's co-authors include Valma J Robertson, Kerry Baker, Hazel C. Starritt, Stanley B Barnett, Marvin C. Ziskin, V.F. Humphrey, Gail ter Haar, Кazuo Maeda, Hans‐Dieter Rott and Jacqueline Shipley and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

In The Last Decade

Francis Duck

84 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Physical properties of tissue : a comprehensive reference book

1990 1.4k citations Francis Duck Academic Press eBooks profile →
Physical properties of tissue

1990 712 citations Francis Duck profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis Duck United Kingdom	27	3.0k	2.2k	713	452	451	86	4.6k
James A. Zagzebski United States	43	4.0k 1.3×	4.4k 1.9×	1.8k 2.5×	206 0.5×	410 0.9×	191	6.3k
William D. O’Brien United States	43	4.6k 1.6×	3.6k 1.6×	1.8k 2.6×	910 2.0×	573 1.3×	358	8.6k
Edwin L. Carstensen United States	42	3.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	451 0.6×	1.4k 3.1×	291 0.6×	156	4.9k
F. Dunn United States	29	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	748 1.0×	445 1.0×	206 0.5×	102	3.5k
Meng‐Xing Tang United Kingdom	37	3.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	477 0.7×	498 1.1×	280 0.6×	204	4.6k
Thomas Deffieux France	50	5.7k 1.9×	5.2k 2.3×	1.5k 2.1×	546 1.2×	513 1.1×	209	9.9k
Ernest L. Madsen United States	37	3.5k 1.2×	3.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.9×	127 0.3×	237 0.5×	131	4.9k
Mathieu Pernot France	56	6.8k 2.3×	6.5k 2.9×	1.6k 2.3×	605 1.3×	469 1.0×	251	9.2k
William F. Walker United States	31	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	80 0.2×	441 1.0×	210	4.3k
Shigao Chen United States	42	4.2k 1.4×	4.4k 2.0×	1.7k 2.3×	277 0.6×	622 1.4×	228	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Francis Duck

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Duck

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Duck, Francis. (2022). Langevin’s Ultrasonic Metrology. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 70(2). 173–180. 2 indexed citations

Dietrich, Christoph F., Luigi Bolondi, Francis Duck, et al.. (2022). History of Ultrasound in Medicine from its birth to date (2022), on occasion of the 50 Years Anniversary of EFSUMB. A publication of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound In Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), designed to record the historical development of medical ultrasound. Medical Ultrasonography. 24(4). 434–434. 30 indexed citations

Baker, Kerry, Valma J Robertson, & Francis Duck. (2010). A Review of Therapeutic Ultrasound. Journal of Womenʼs Health Physical Therapy. 34(3). 111–118. 14 indexed citations

Duck, Francis. (2009). Acoustic Dose and Acoustic Dose-Rate. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 35(10). 1679–1685. 19 indexed citations

Duck, Francis. (2009). ‘The Electrical Expansion of Quartz’ by Jacques and Pierre Curie. Ultrasound. 17(4). 197–203. 9 indexed citations

Barnett, Stanley B, Francis Duck, & Marvin C. Ziskin. (2007). Recommendations on the safe use of ultrasound contrast agents. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 33(2). 173–174. 24 indexed citations

Barnett, Stanley B, Francis Duck, & Marvin C. Ziskin. (2007). WFUMB symposium on safety of ultrasound in medicine: Conclusions and recommendations on biological effects and safety of ultrasound contrast agents, 2006. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 33(2). 233–234. 14 indexed citations

Duck, Francis, et al.. (2007). Surface heating by transvaginal transducers. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 29(4). 427–432. 17 indexed citations

Melodelima, David, Jeffrey C. Bamber, Francis Duck, Jacqueline Shipley, & Lijun Xu. (2006). Elastography for breast cancer diagnosis using radiation force: System development and performance evaluation. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 32(3). 387–396. 34 indexed citations

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Duck, Francis, et al.. (2006). 2032. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 32(5). P90–P91. 1 indexed citations

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Verma, Prashant Kumar, Victor F. Humphrey, & Francis Duck. (2005). Broadband measurements of the frequency dependence of attenuation coefficient and velocity in amniotic fluid, urine and human serum albumin solutions. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 31(10). 1375–1381. 19 indexed citations

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Duck, Francis. (2003). IPEM Report No 84: Guidelines for the Testing and Calibration of Physiotherapy Ultrasound Machines. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 48(2). 276–277. 6 indexed citations

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Humphrey, Victor F., et al.. (2003). Ultrasound-induced heating in a foetal skull bone phantom and its dependence on beam width and perfusion. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 29(6). 779–788. 15 indexed citations

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Starritt, Hazel C., Caroline L. Hoad, Francis Duck, et al.. (2000). Measurement of acoustic streaming using magnetic resonance. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 26(2). 321–333. 19 indexed citations

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Barnett, Stanley B, Gail ter Haar, Marvin C. Ziskin, et al.. (2000). International recommendations and guidelines for the safe use of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 26(3). 355–366. 275 indexed citations

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Porter, Helen, et al.. (1999). In vitro heating of human fetal vertebra by pulsed diagnostic ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 25(8). 1289–1294. 13 indexed citations

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Duck, Francis. (1999). Acoustic saturation and output regulation. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 25(6). 1009–1018. 39 indexed citations

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Price, Gareth J., et al.. (1997). Measurement of radical production as a result of cavitation in medical ultrasound fields. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 4(2). 165–171. 39 indexed citations

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Duck, Francis. (1997). Ultrasonic tissue characterisation. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 23(1). 151–151.

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Duck, Francis. (1990). Physical properties of tissue : a comprehensive reference book. Academic Press eBooks. 1364 indexed citations breakdown →

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