Kenneth J. Ruchala

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kenneth J. Ruchala is a scholar working on Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. Ruchala has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Radiation, 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. Ruchala's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (21 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (11 papers). Kenneth J. Ruchala is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (21 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (11 papers). Kenneth J. Ruchala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Kenneth J. Ruchala's co-authors include G Olivera, Weiguo Lu, K Langen, Patrick A. Kupelian, Sanford L. Meeks, G. Olivera, Quan Chen, J Haimerl, T Mackie and F Yin 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

Kenneth J. Ruchala

25 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The management of imaging dose during image‐guided radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 75

2007 426 citations Martin J. Murphy, James M. Balter et al. Medical Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth J. Ruchala United States	18	1.4k	1.3k	657	519	185	25	1.7k
Kuo Men China	16	793 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	379 0.6×	364 0.7×	153 0.8×	85	1.4k
Maarten L.P. Dirkx Netherlands	24	1.4k 1.0×	961 0.7×	975 1.5×	330 0.6×	44 0.2×	52	1.7k
J OˈDaniel United States	22	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	992 1.5×	735 1.4×	226 1.2×	54	2.5k
Lambert Zijp Netherlands	13	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	870 1.3×	472 0.9×	55 0.3×	23	1.8k
Jun Zhou United States	22	820 0.6×	933 0.7×	751 1.1×	463 0.9×	204 1.1×	121	1.6k
A. Touw Netherlands	9	1.2k 0.8×	891 0.7×	779 1.2×	377 0.7×	133 0.7×	13	1.4k
Neelam Tyagi United States	23	900 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	551 0.8×	290 0.6×	170 0.9×	82	1.6k
Hans C.J. de Boer Netherlands	25	2.3k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 2.3×	516 1.0×	42 0.2×	45	2.5k
George W. Sherouse United States	22	1.0k 0.7×	953 0.7×	727 1.1×	219 0.4×	96 0.5×	43	1.5k
Pengpeng Zhang United States	19	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	788 1.2×	331 0.6×	110 0.6×	83	1.6k

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Layman, Rick R., Kirsten Boedeker, Hao Dang, et al.. (2024). AAPM Task Group Report 299: Quality control in multi‐energy computed tomography. Medical Physics. 51(10). 7012–7037. 5 indexed citations

Lu, Weiguo, Kenneth J. Ruchala, Quan Chen, et al.. (2009). Real-time motion-adaptive-optimization (MAO) in TomoTherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 54(14). 4373–4398. 20 indexed citations

Lu, Weiguo, et al.. (2009). Efficient gamma index calculation using fast Euclidean distance transform. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 54(7). 2037–2047. 27 indexed citations

Langen, K, D. Buchholz, Sanford L. Meeks, et al.. (2008). Investigation of Accelerated Partial Breast Patient Alignment and Treatment With Helical Tomotherapy Unit. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 70(4). 1272–1280. 21 indexed citations

Lu, Weiguo, et al.. (2008). Adaptive fractionation therapy: II. Biological effective dose. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 53(19). 5513–5525. 6 indexed citations

Shah, Amish P., K Langen, Kenneth J. Ruchala, et al.. (2008). Patient Dose From Megavoltage Computed Tomography Imaging. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 70(5). 1579–1587. 79 indexed citations

McIntosh, Alyson, Paul W. Read, Douglas W. Arthur, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of Coplanar Partial Left Breast Irradiation Using Tomotherapy-Based Topotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 71(2). 603–610. 15 indexed citations

Lee, Choonik, K Langen, Weiguo Lu, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of geometric changes of parotid glands during head and neck cancer radiotherapy using daily MVCT and automatic deformable registration. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 89(1). 81–88. 98 indexed citations

Lu, Weiguo, et al.. (2008). Adaptive fractionation therapy: I. Basic concept and strategy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 53(19). 5495–5511. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Mingli, Weiguo Lu, Quan Chen, Kenneth J. Ruchala, & G. Olivera. (2007). A simple fixed‐point approach to invert a deformation fielda). Medical Physics. 35(1). 81–88. 76 indexed citations

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Murphy, Martin J., James M. Balter, Stephen Balter, et al.. (2007). The management of imaging dose during image‐guided radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 75. Medical Physics. 34(10). 4041–4063. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Buchholz, D., K Langen, G Olivera, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of two tomotherapy-based techniques for the delivery of whole-breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 65(1). 284–290. 60 indexed citations

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Lu, Weiguo, et al.. (2006). Real-time respiration monitoring using the radiotherapy treatment beam and four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT)—a conceptual study. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 51(18). 4469–4495. 14 indexed citations

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Kupelian, Patrick A., K Langen, O. Zeidan, et al.. (2006). Daily variations in delivered doses in patients treated with radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 66(3). 876–882. 122 indexed citations

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Jeraj, Robert, Kenneth J. Ruchala, G Olivera, et al.. (2005). A novel method to correct for pitch and yaw patient setup errors in helical tomotherapy. Medical Physics. 32(6Part1). 1630–1639. 31 indexed citations

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Lu, Weiguo, et al.. (2004). Fast free-form deformable registration via calculus of variations. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 49(14). 3067–3087. 198 indexed citations

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Welsh, James S., Kristin Bradley, Kenneth J. Ruchala, et al.. (2004). Megavoltage Computed Tomography Imaging: A Potential Tool to Guide and Improve the Delivery of Thoracic Radiation Therapy. Clinical Lung Cancer. 5(5). 303–306. 45 indexed citations

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Ruchala, Kenneth J., G. Olivera, J M Kapatoes, Paul Reckwerdt, & T Mackie. (2002). Methods for improving limited field‐of‐view radiotherapy reconstructions using imperfect a priori images. Medical Physics. 29(11). 2590–2605. 33 indexed citations

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Kapatoes, Jeff, H. Keller, Richard Schmidt, et al.. (2002). <title>Development of a new multielement detector system for megavoltage photons</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4682. 809–818. 7 indexed citations

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Ruchala, Kenneth J., G Olivera, & J M Kapatoes. (2002). Limited-data image registration for radiotherapy positioning and verification. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 54(2). 592–605. 53 indexed citations

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