Frank Verhaegen

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
372 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Frank Verhaegen is a scholar working on Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Verhaegen has authored 372 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 281 papers in Radiation, 223 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 205 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Frank Verhaegen's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (260 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (157 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (118 papers). Frank Verhaegen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (260 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (157 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (118 papers). Frank Verhaegen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and Belgium. Frank Verhaegen's co-authors include Guillaume Landry, Jan Seuntjens, Luc Beaulieu, Brigitte Reniers, Patrick V. Granton, F DeBlois, Hugo Palmans, Emily Poon, Magdalena Bazalova‐Carter and Philip Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer Research, Scientific Reports and Clinical Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Frank Verhaegen

364 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

SpekCalc: a program to calculate photon spectra from tungsten anode x-ray tubes

2009 547 citations Guillaume Landry, Frank Verhaegen et al. Physics in Medicine and Biology profile →
Report of the Task Group 186 on model‐based dose calculation methods in brachytherapy beyond the TG‐43 formalism: Current status and recommendations for clinical implementation

2012 388 citations Luc Beaulieu, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren et al. Medical Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Verhaegen Netherlands	50	6.9k	5.8k	5.5k	3.7k	365	372	9.8k
Jan Seuntjens Canada	47	7.1k 1.0×	4.7k 0.8×	6.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	510 1.4×	307	9.1k
Indra J. Das United States	40	6.1k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	4.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	233 0.6×	295	7.2k
Anders Brahme Sweden	48	6.1k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	4.8k 0.9×	925 0.3×	344 0.9×	205	7.5k
Dietmar Georg Austria	50	6.1k 0.9×	4.1k 0.7×	4.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	148 0.4×	345	9.2k
Daniel A. Low United States	62	14.6k 2.1×	11.6k 2.0×	10.2k 1.9×	3.4k 0.9×	281 0.8×	433	18.0k
Bruce Faddegon United States	35	4.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.4×	4.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	230 0.6×	131	5.7k
Timothy D. Solberg United States	53	5.6k 0.8×	4.4k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	80 0.2×	305	8.9k
Jeffrey F. Williamson United States	48	8.6k 1.2×	6.3k 1.1×	5.4k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	218 0.6×	216	10.7k
Sasa Mutic United States	55	10.4k 1.5×	9.3k 1.6×	6.7k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	163 0.4×	319	14.0k
Stephen F. Kry United States	47	5.3k 0.8×	3.8k 0.7×	4.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	143 0.4×	225	6.7k

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Fonseca, Gabriel Paiva, Cécile R. L. P. N. Jeukens, Vicki Trier Taasti, et al.. (2025). Assessing quantitative material characteristics with low dose imaging in photon-counting and dual-energy computed tomography for radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 70(22). 225008–225008.

Jong, Evelyn E.C. de, et al.. (2024). Turning the attention to time-resolved EPID-images: treatment error classification with transformer multiple instance learning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 69(16). 165030–165030. 1 indexed citations

Limbergen, Evert J. Van, et al.. (2024). Dosimetry and Monte Carlo modelling of the Papillon+ contact X-ray brachytherapy device. Brachytherapy. 23(5). 535–548. 2 indexed citations

Taasti, Vicki Trier, et al.. (2024). Development of a novel 3D-printed dynamic anthropomorphic thorax phantom for evaluation of four-dimensional computed tomography. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 32. 100656–100656. 2 indexed citations

Lieuwes, Natasja G., et al.. (2023). A deep-learning assisted bioluminescence tomography method to enable radiation targeting in rat glioblastoma. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 68(15). 155013–155013. 3 indexed citations

Worp, Wouter R. P. H. van de, Jan Theys, Brent van der Heyden, et al.. (2023). A novel orthotopic mouse model replicates human lung cancer cachexia. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 14(3). 1410–1423. 9 indexed citations

Verhaegen, Frank, et al.. (2022). What is the optimal input information for deep learning-based pre-treatment error identification in radiotherapy?. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 24. 14–20. 6 indexed citations

Seidensticker, Max, Florian Streitparth, Franziska Walter, et al.. (2021). Validation of the collapsed cone algorithm for HDR liver brachytherapy against Monte Carlo simulations. Brachytherapy. 20(4). 936–947. 2 indexed citations

Edwards, Christopher, Maria Antico, Matteo Dunnhofer, et al.. (2018). Quality Assessment of Transperineal Ultrasound Images of the Male Pelvic Region Using Deep Learning. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 1–4.

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Trani, Daniela, Ala Yaromina, Ludwig J. Dubois, et al.. (2015). Preclinical Assessment of Efficacy of Radiation Dose Painting Based on Intratumoral FDG-PET Uptake. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(24). 5511–5518. 22 indexed citations

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Landry, Guillaume, et al.. (2013). Deriving effective atomic numbers from DECT based on a parameterization of the ratio of high and low linear attenuation coefficients. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 58(19). 6851–6866. 97 indexed citations

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Enger, Shirin A., Anders Ahnesjö, Frank Verhaegen, & Luc Beaulieu. (2012). Dose to tissue medium or water cavities as surrogate for the dose to cell nuclei at brachytherapy photon energies. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 57(14). 4489–4500. 19 indexed citations

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Landry, Guillaume, Brigitte Reniers, Jean‐Philippe Pignol, Luc Beaulieu, & Frank Verhaegen. (2011). The difference of scoring dose to water or tissues in Monte Carlo dose calculations for low energy brachytherapy photon sources. Medical Physics. 38(3). 1526–1533. 39 indexed citations

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Fontanarosa, Davide, Skadi van der Meer, Emma Harris, & Frank Verhaegen. (2011). A CT based correction method for speed of sound aberration for ultrasound based image guided radiotherapy. Faculty of Health. 2 indexed citations

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Beaulieu, Luc, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren, Jean‐François Carrier, et al.. (2011). SU‐E‐T‐701: Guidance for Early Adoption of Model‐Based Dose Calculation Algorithms in Brachytherapy: Progress Report from AAPM Task Group 186. Medical Physics. 38(6Part21). 3651–3651. 1 indexed citations

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Reniers, Brigitte, S. Vynckier, & Frank Verhaegen. (2004). Theoretical analysis of microdosimetric spectra and cluster formation for 103Pd and 125I photon emitters.. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven).

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Buffa, Francesca M. & Frank Verhaegen. (2004). Backscatter and Dose Perturbations for Low- to Medium-Energy Electron Point Sources at the Interface between Materials with Different Atomic Numbers. Radiation Research. 162(6). 693–701. 9 indexed citations

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Buffa, Francesca M., Frank Verhaegen, Glenn Flux, & David P. Dearnaley. (2003). A Monte-Carlo Method for Interface Dosimetry of Beta Emitters. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 18(3). 463–471. 7 indexed citations

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Reniers, Brigitte, Frank Verhaegen, S. Vynckier, & John Gueulette. (2002). Dosimetric and microdosimetric study of 103Pd and 125I seed sources. Medical Physics. 29(6). 1357–1357. 1 indexed citations

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Palmans, Hugo, et al.. (1999). Dose measurements compared with Monte Carlo simulations of narrow 6 MV multileaf collimator shaped photon beams. Medical Physics. 26(9). 1874–1882. 65 indexed citations

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