Kullervo Hynynen

48.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
616 papers, 36.3k citations indexed

About

Kullervo Hynynen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kullervo Hynynen has authored 616 papers receiving a total of 36.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 562 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 374 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 148 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kullervo Hynynen's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (533 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (291 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (271 papers). Kullervo Hynynen is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (533 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (291 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (271 papers). Kullervo Hynynen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Finland. Kullervo Hynynen's co-authors include Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jólesz, Natalia Vykhodtseva, Gregory T. Clement, Meaghan A. O’Reilly, Yuexi Huang, Nir Lipsman, Alison Burgess, Nickolai Sheikov and Isabelle Aubert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Kullervo Hynynen

604 papers receiving 35.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Blood–brain barrier opening in Alzheimer’s disease using MR-guided focused ultrasound

2018 666 citations Nir Lipsman, Ying Meng et al. profile →
Noninvasive localized delivery of Herceptin to the mouse brain by MRI-guided focused ultrasound-induced blood–brain barrier disruption

2006 531 citations Nathan McDannold, Ferenc A. Jólesz et al. profile →
Local and reversible blood–brain barrier disruption by noninvasive focused ultrasound at frequencies suitable for trans-skull sonications

2004 528 citations Kullervo Hynynen, Nathan McDannold et al. profile →
Overview of Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications and Safety Considerations

2012 512 citations Kullervo Hynynen et al. profile →
Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Primary Brain Tumors with Non-invasive MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Clinical Safety and Feasibility Study

2019 464 citations Nir Lipsman, Yuexi Huang et al. Scientific Reports profile →
MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: a proof-of-concept study

2013 425 citations Nir Lipsman, Michael L. Schwartz et al. profile →
First-in-human trial of blood–brain barrier opening in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using MR-guided focused ultrasound

2019 350 citations Agessandro Abrahão, Ying Meng et al. profile →
Super-resolution Ultrasound Imaging

2020 343 citations Kullervo Hynynen, Meaghan A. O’Reilly et al. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology profile →
Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

2020 312 citations Ying Meng, Kullervo Hynynen et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Focused ultrasound capsulotomy: predicting the probability of successful lesioning based on skull morphology 2025 ·Journal of neurosurgery ·(unknown), Yuexi Huang, Ryan M. Jones, Ying Meng, Xingshan Cao, Anusha Baskaran, Kullervo Hynynen, Clement Hamani, Nir Lipsman, Maged Goubran, Benjamin Davidson	1
2	A Transmit-Receive Phased Array for Microbubble-Mediated Focused Ultrasound Brain Therapy in Small Animals 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), Dallan McMahon, Ryan M. Jones, Kullervo Hynynen	1
3	A PVDF Receiver for Acoustic Monitoring of Microbubble-Mediated Ultrasound Brain Therapy 2023 ·Sensors ·(unknown), Meaghan A. O’Reilly, Kullervo Hynynen	4
4	Safety of Bilateral Staged Magnetic Resonance‐Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor 2023 ·Movement Disorders Clinical Practice ·Nadia Scantlebury, (unknown), Jennifer S. Rabin, Yana Yunusova, Yuexi Huang, Ryan M. Jones, Ying Meng, Clement Hamani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Melissa McSweeney, Benjamin Lam, Kullervo Hynynen, Michael L. Schwartz, Nir Lipsman, Agessandro Abrahão	16
5	Targeted Nanoparticle for Co‐delivery of HER2 siRNA and a Taxane to Mirror the Standard Treatment of HER2+ Breast Cancer: Efficacy in Breast Tumor and Brain Metastasis 2022 ·Small ·Worapol Ngamcherdtrakul, Daniel S. Bejan, William Cruz‐Muñoz, Moataz Reda, (unknown), Natnaree Siriwon, (unknown), Ruijie Wang, Molly A. Nelson, (unknown), Joe W. Gray, Kullervo Hynynen, Wassana Yantasee	42
6	Implementation of a Skull-Conformal Phased Array for Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Therapy 2021 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·C.J. Adams, Ryan M. Jones, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuheng Zhou, Kang Uk Lee, Yuexi Huang, Kullervo Hynynen	30
7	A Noninvasive Ultrasound Resonance Method for Detecting Skull Induced Phase Shifts May Provide a Signal for Adaptive Focusing 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Lulu Deng, (unknown), Kullervo Hynynen	21
8	Acoustic radiation force induced accumulation and dynamics of microbubbles on compliant surfaces 2019 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), Ben Y. C. Leung, (unknown), Julian Wang, Kullervo Hynynen, David E. Goertz	5
9	Evaluating the safety profile of focused ultrasound and microbubble-mediated treatments to increase blood-brain barrier permeability 2019 ·Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery ·Dallan McMahon, Charissa Poon, Kullervo Hynynen	71
10	Acute effects of focused ultrasound-induced increases in blood-brain barrier permeability on rat microvascular transcriptome 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Dallan McMahon, Reina Bendayan, Kullervo Hynynen	108
11	Enhanced drug delivery in rabbit VX2 tumours using thermosensitive liposomes and MRI-controlled focused ultrasound hyperthermia 2012 ·International Journal of Hyperthermia ·Robert Staruch, Milan Ganguly, Ian F. Tannock, Kullervo Hynynen, Rajiv Chopra	64
12	MRIgHIFU: A tool for image‐guided therapeutics 2011 ·Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging ·Kullervo Hynynen	57
13	Transcranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging– Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Brain Tumors 2010 ·Neurosurgery ·Nathan McDannold, Gregory T. Clement, Peter McL. Black, Ferenc A. Jólesz, Kullervo Hynynen	431
14	Impact of Focused Ultrasound-enhanced Drug Delivery on Survival in Rats with Glioma 2009 ·AIP conference proceedings ·Lisa H. Treat, Yongzhi Zhang, Nathan McDannold, Kullervo Hynynen, Emad S. Ebbini	12
15	MR acoustic radiation force imaging: In vivo comparison to ultrasound motion tracking 2009 ·Medical Physics ·Yuexi Huang, Laura Curiel, (unknown), Donald B. Plewes, Rajiv Chopra, Kullervo Hynynen	22
16	Clinical applications of focused ultrasound—The brain 2007 ·International Journal of Hyperthermia ·Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement	100
17	The use of quantitative temperature images to predict the optimal power for focused ultrasound surgery: In vivo verification in rabbit muscle and brain 2002 ·Medical Physics ·Nathan McDannold, Randy L. King, Ferenc A. Jólesz, Kullervo Hynynen	19
18	Thermal dosimetry of a focused ultrasound beam in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging 1999 ·Medical Physics ·Andrew H. Chung, Ferenc A. Jólesz, Kullervo Hynynen	150
19	Pulse duration and peak intensity during focused ultrasound surgery: Theoretical and experimental effects in rabbit brain in vivo 1994 ·Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·Natalia Vykhodtseva, Kullervo Hynynen, Christakis Damianou	56
20	Temperature distributions during clinical scanned, focused ultrasound hyperthermia treatments 1990 ·International Journal of Hyperthermia ·Kullervo Hynynen, David S. Shimm, D. Anhalt, Baldassarre Stea, (unknown), J. Robert Cassady, Ryan Roemer	44

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