Heber MacMahon

29.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
267 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Heber MacMahon is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Heber MacMahon has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 162 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 47 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Heber MacMahon's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (117 papers), Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (85 papers) and AI in cancer detection (47 papers). Heber MacMahon is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (117 papers), Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (85 papers) and AI in cancer detection (47 papers). Heber MacMahon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Heber MacMahon's co-authors include Alexander A. Bankier, Kunio Doi, Jacques Rémy, Néstor L. Müller, Theresa C. McLoud, David M. Hansell, Maryellen L. Giger, Samuel G. Armato, David P. Naidich and Cornelia Schaefer‐Prokop and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Heber MacMahon

262 papers receiving 14.2k 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.

Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging

2008 2.9k citations Heber MacMahon et al. Radiology profile →
Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017

2017 1.5k citations Heber MacMahon, William D. Travis et al. Radiology profile →
Recommendations for the Management of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules Detected at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society

2012 712 citations Heber MacMahon, John H. M. Austin et al. Radiology profile →
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer survivors and other high-risk groups

2012 464 citations Michael T. Jaklitsch, Francine L. Jacobson et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging

2024 91 citations Heber MacMahon, William D. Travis et al. Radiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Heber MacMahon	9.6k	7.7k	2.4k	1.5k	1.3k	267	14.8k
Mathias Prokop	10.4k 1.1×	10.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	2.7k 1.8×	3.7k 2.8×	465	19.9k
David P. Naidich	13.7k 1.4×	7.8k 1.0×	796 0.3×	3.2k 2.1×	1.5k 1.1×	252	19.1k
Jin Mo Goo	10.0k 1.0×	8.2k 1.1×	743 0.3×	1.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	406	15.4k
Luca Saba	5.0k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	874 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	580	11.8k
Claudia I. Henschke	11.4k 1.2×	7.5k 1.0×	554 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	394	15.8k
Joon Beom Seo	4.8k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	738 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	285	8.7k
Barış Türkbey	16.7k 1.7×	9.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	615	22.9k
Fergus Gleeson	6.9k 0.7×	3.8k 0.5×	293 0.1×	2.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	310	12.7k
Cornelia Schaefer‐Prokop	5.0k 0.5×	4.6k 0.6×	484 0.2×	704 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	148	7.9k
Myung Jin Chung	3.6k 0.4×	2.5k 0.3×	416 0.2×	1.0k 0.7×	695 0.5×	418	9.4k

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MacMahon, Heber, et al.. (2014). The Spectrum of Lung Disease due to Chronic Occult Aspiration. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(6). 865–873. 39 indexed citations

Jacobson, Francine L., John H. M. Austin, John K. Field, et al.. (2012). Development of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for low-dose computed tomography scans to screen for lung cancer in North America. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 144(1). 25–32. 84 indexed citations

Jaklitsch, Michael T., Francine L. Jacobson, John H. M. Austin, et al.. (2012). The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer survivors and other high-risk groups. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 144(1). 33–38. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

Mohammed, Tan-Lucien, Gautham P. Reddy, Judith K. Amorosa, et al.. (2011). ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Screening for Pulmonary Metastases. Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 26(1). W1–W3. 57 indexed citations

Kirsch, Jacobo, Tan-Lucien Mohammed, Judith K. Amorosa, et al.. (2011). ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Respiratory Illness in Immunocompetent Patients. Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 26(2). W42–W44. 15 indexed citations

Reeves, Anthony P., Alberto Biancardi, Tatiyana V. Apanasovich, et al.. (2007). The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC). Academic Radiology. 14(12). 1475–1485. 97 indexed citations

Armato, Samuel G., Geoffrey R. Oxnard, Heber MacMahon, et al.. (2004). Measurement of mesothelioma on thoracic CT scans: A comparison of manual and computer‐assisted techniques. Medical Physics. 31(5). 1105–1115. 69 indexed citations

Li, Feng, Shusuke Sone, Hiroyuki Abé, Heber MacMahon, & Kunio Doi. (2003). Low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer in a general population. Academic Radiology. 10(9). 1013–1020. 19 indexed citations

Abé, Hiroyuki, Kazuto Ashizawa, Feng Li, et al.. (2003). Artificial neural networks (ANNs) for differential diagnosis of interstitial lung disease : results of a simulation test with actual clinical cases1. Academic Radiology. 11(1). 29–37. 31 indexed citations

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Heshiki, A, et al.. (2002). Detection of Lung Nodules on Digital Chest Radiographs: Potential Usefulness of a New Contralateral Subtraction Technique¹ . Radiology. 223(1). 199–203. 17 indexed citations

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Masutani, Yoshitaka, Heber MacMahon, & Kazuya Doi. (2000). Computer-assisted detection of pulmonary embolism.. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3979. 944–950. 4 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Katsumi, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Roger Engelmann, et al.. (2000). Computerized Analysis of the Likelihood of Malignancy in Solitary Pulmonary Nodules with Use of Artificial Neural Networks. Radiology. 214(3). 823–830. 113 indexed citations

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Armato, Samuel G., Maryellen L. Giger, & Heber MacMahon. (1999). Computerized analysis of abnormal asymmetry in digital chest radiographs: Evaluation of potential utility. Journal of Digital Imaging. 12(1). 34–42. 5 indexed citations

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Armato, Samuel G., et al.. (1999). Computerized Detection of Pulmonary Nodules on CT Scans. Radiographics. 19(5). 1303–1311. 282 indexed citations

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Armato, Samuel G., Maryellen L. Giger, & Heber MacMahon. (1994). Computerized detection of abnormal asymmetry in digital chest radiographs. Medical Physics. 21(11). 1761–1768. 17 indexed citations

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Chen, Xuan, Kunio Doi, Shigehiko Katsuragawa, & Heber MacMahon. (1993). Automated selection of regions of interest for quantitative analysis of lung textures in digital chest radiographs. Medical Physics. 20(4). 975–982. 20 indexed citations

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MacMahon, Heber. (1992). Laser alignment for high-quality portable radiography. Radiographics. 12(2). 112–120. 2 indexed citations

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MacMahon, Heber, Kunio Doi, Heang‐Ping Chan, et al.. (1990). Computer-aided diagnosis in chest radiology. Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 5(1). 67–76. 44 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Mark K., Heber MacMahon, Alex G. Little, et al.. (1986). Regional accuracy of computed tomography of the mediastinum in staging of lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 91(4). 498–504. 43 indexed citations

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Levett, James M., Tom R. DeMeester, Harvey M. Golomb, et al.. (1982). Bronchogenic carcinoma located in the aortic window. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 83(4). 551–562. 5 indexed citations

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