I. Kawrakow

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

I. Kawrakow is a scholar working on Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Kawrakow has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Radiation, 55 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 41 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in I. Kawrakow's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (71 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (41 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (35 papers). I. Kawrakow is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (71 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (41 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (35 papers). I. Kawrakow collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. I. Kawrakow's co-authors include Ernesto Mainegra‐Hing, D. W. O. Rogers, B. R. B. Walters, Matthias Fippel, Frédéric Tessier, Klaus Friedrich, Jan Seuntjens, Klemens Zink, Alex F. Bielajew and Jeffrey V. Siebers and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Physics in Medicine and Biology and Medical Physics.

In The Last Decade

I. Kawrakow

94 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Accurate condensed history Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport. I. EGSnrc, the new EGS4 version

2000 808 citations I. Kawrakow Medical Physics profile →
Report of the AAPM Task Group No. 105: Issues associated with clinical implementation of Monte Carlo‐based photon and electron external beam treatment planning

2007 529 citations I. Kawrakow, D. W. O. Rogers et al. Medical Physics profile →
The EGSnrc Code System: Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport

2016 436 citations I. Kawrakow, Ernesto Mainegra‐Hing et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
I. Kawrakow Canada	35	4.8k	3.5k	3.1k	1.5k	204	96	5.3k
Anders Ahnesjö Sweden	30	3.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	137 0.7×	96	4.3k
Pedro Andreo Sweden	39	5.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.3×	2.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	473 2.3×	144	6.3k
Josep Sempau Spain	30	2.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	807 0.5×	270 1.3×	80	3.6k
Alex F. Bielajew United States	28	2.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	512 0.3×	276 1.4×	65	2.6k
Peter R. Almond United States	23	2.5k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	432 0.3×	197 1.0×	124	2.9k
Kenneth R. Hogstrom United States	28	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	840 0.3×	457 0.3×	108 0.5×	141	2.9k
Jerry Battista Canada	38	3.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	194 1.0×	157	4.3k
G Ding United States	29	4.0k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	58 0.3×	110	4.4k
Guillaume Landry Germany	34	2.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	99 0.5×	193	4.3k
Hugo Palmans United Kingdom	33	3.8k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	386 0.3×	190 0.9×	188	4.1k

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Palacios, M., S. Tetar, Tobias Finazzi, et al.. (2023). Accuracy of deformable image registration-based intra-fraction motion management in Magnetic Resonance-guided radiotherapy. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 26. 100437–100437. 8 indexed citations

Mutic, Sasa, Daniel A. Low, Thomas A. Chmielewski, et al.. (2016). The Design and Implementation of a Novel Compact Linear Accelerator–Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Guided Radiation Therapy (MR-IGRT) System. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 96(2). E641–E641. 15 indexed citations

Mutic, Sasa, Daniel A. Low, I. Kawrakow, et al.. (2016). TH‐AB‐BRA‐01: A Novel Doubly‐Focused Multileaf Collimator Design for MR‐Guided Radiation Therapy. Medical Physics. 43(6Part43). 3853–3853. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Yuan, I. Kawrakow, Parag J. Parikh, et al.. (2016). A comparative study of automatic image segmentation algorithms for target tracking in MR‐IGRT. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 17(2). 441–460. 27 indexed citations

Dimitrova, Ì., et al.. (2012). NUMERICS: An online image registration and image comparison platform. 3930–3935. 1 indexed citations

Staelens, Steven, Roel Van Holen, Jan De Beenhouwer, et al.. (2010). Fast and memory‐efficient Monte Carlo‐based image reconstruction for whole‐body PET. Medical Physics. 37(7Part1). 3667–3676. 34 indexed citations

Walters, B. R. B., G Ding, R Krämer, & I. Kawrakow. (2009). Skeletal dosimetry in cone beam computed tomography. Medical Physics. 36(7). 2915–2922. 28 indexed citations

Tessier, Frédéric & I. Kawrakow. (2009). Effective point of measurement of thimble ion chambers in megavoltage photon beams. Medical Physics. 37(1). 96–107. 35 indexed citations

Kawrakow, I., et al.. (2009). Monte Carlo simulation and patient dosimetry for a kilovoltage cone‐beam CT unit. Medical Physics. 36(9Part1). 4156–4167. 58 indexed citations

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Zink, Klemens, et al.. (2008). Efficiency improvements for ion chamber calculations in high energy photon beams. Medical Physics. 35(4). 1328–1336. 184 indexed citations

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Kawrakow, I., et al.. (2008). Verification of a fast EGSnrc based application for positron emission tomography simulations. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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McEwen, M, I. Kawrakow, & C. K. Ross. (2008). The effective point of measurement of ionization chambers and the build‐up anomaly in MV x‐ray beams. Medical Physics. 35(3). 950–958. 58 indexed citations

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Kawrakow, I., B. R. B. Walters, R Krämer, & G Ding. (2008). WE‐E‐332‐04: Skeletal Dosimetry in Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Medical Physics. 35(6Part25). 2958–2958. 1 indexed citations

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Mainegra‐Hing, Ernesto & I. Kawrakow. (2006). Efficient x-ray tube simulations. Medical Physics. 33(8). 2683–2690. 78 indexed citations

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Krämer, R, Helen J. Khoury, José Wilson Vieira, & I. Kawrakow. (2006). Skeletal dosimetry in the MAX06 and the FAX06 phantoms for external exposure to photons based on vertebral 3D-microCT images. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 51(24). 6265–6289. 28 indexed citations

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Kawrakow, I.. (2005). On the efficiency of photon beam treatment head simulations. Medical Physics. 32(7Part1). 2320–2326. 22 indexed citations

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Kawrakow, I., D. W. O. Rogers, & B. R. B. Walters. (2004). Large efficiency improvements in BEAMnrc using directional bremsstrahlung splitting. Medical Physics. 31(10). 2883–2898. 179 indexed citations

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Kawrakow, I.. (2000). Accurate condensed history Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport. I. EGSnrc, the new EGS4 version. Medical Physics. 27(3). 485–498. 808 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kawrakow, I. & Matthias Fippel. (2000). Investigation of variance reduction techniques for Monte Carlo photon dose calculation using XVMC. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 45(8). 2163–2183. 218 indexed citations

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Borg, Jette, I. Kawrakow, D. W. O. Rogers, & Jan Seuntjens. (2000). Monte Carlo study of correction factors for Spencer–Attix cavity theory at photon energies at or above 100 keV. Medical Physics. 27(8). 1804–1813. 50 indexed citations

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