Maria Angela Franceschini

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
166 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Maria Angela Franceschini is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Angela Franceschini has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 112 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 25 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Maria Angela Franceschini's work include Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (147 papers), Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (84 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (55 papers). Maria Angela Franceschini is often cited by papers focused on Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (147 papers), Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (84 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (55 papers). Maria Angela Franceschini collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Maria Angela Franceschini's co-authors include David A. Boas, Theodore J. Huppert, Solomon Diamond, Sergio Fantini, Enrico Gratton, Anders M. Dale, Stefan A. Carp, Gary Strangman, P. Ellen Grant and Richard D. Hoge and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Maria Angela Franceschini

159 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

HomER: a review of time-series analysis methods for near-infrared spectroscopy of the brain

2009 1.3k citations Theodore J. Huppert, Solomon Diamond et al. profile →
A temporal comparison of BOLD, ASL, and NIRS hemodynamic responses to motor stimuli in adult humans

2005 650 citations Theodore J. Huppert, Solomon Diamond et al. NeuroImage profile →
Diffuse optical imaging of brain activation: approaches to optimizing image sensitivity, resolution, and accuracy

2004 588 citations David A. Boas, Maria Angela Franceschini et al. NeuroImage profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Angela Franceschini United States	53	8.3k	6.5k	2.4k	1.2k	1.2k	166	10.6k
Martin Wolf Switzerland	50	5.3k 0.6×	4.3k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	975 0.8×	286	10.0k
Clare E. Elwell United Kingdom	55	6.5k 0.8×	4.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	206	10.6k
M. Cope United Kingdom	38	7.4k 0.9×	5.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	64	9.8k
Marco Ferrari Italy	42	4.5k 0.5×	3.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	170	8.8k
Hellmuth Obrig Germany	48	5.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	3.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	522 0.4×	144	8.3k
Joseph P. Culver United States	43	5.2k 0.6×	4.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	610 0.5×	379 0.3×	186	8.1k
Ilias Tachtsidis United Kingdom	40	4.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	609 0.5×	217	6.4k
Valentina Quaresima Italy	37	3.2k 0.4×	2.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	818 0.7×	117	7.0k
Sergio Fantini United States	44	5.0k 0.6×	4.4k 0.7×	798 0.3×	580 0.5×	731 0.6×	235	6.6k
David T. Delpy United Kingdom	67	14.9k 1.8×	12.1k 1.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	2.9k 2.5×	247	19.7k

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Robinson, Mitchell B., et al.. (2025). Pathlength-Selective, Interferometric Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 31(4: Adv. in Neurophoton. for Non). 1–14. 2 indexed citations

Sunwoo, John, et al.. (2025). Continuous, noninvasive blood pressure estimation using forehead NIRS-PPG and LSTM-CNN deep learning. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 113. 108943–108943.

Robinson, Mitchell B., Byungchan Kim, Xiaojun Cheng, et al.. (2024). Comparing the performance potential of speckle contrast optical spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy for cerebral blood flow monitoring using Monte Carlo simulations in realistic head geometries. Neurophotonics. 11(1). 15004–15004. 11 indexed citations

Sunwoo, John, Mitchell B. Robinson, Bernhard Zimmermann, et al.. (2024). Multi-wavelength multi-distance diffuse correlation spectroscopy system for assessment of premature infants’ cerebral hemodynamics. Biomedical Optics Express. 15(3). 1959–1959. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Byungchan, Bernhard Zimmermann, Mitchell B. Robinson, et al.. (2024). Choosing a camera and optimizing system parameters for speckle contrast optical spectroscopy. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11915–11915. 6 indexed citations

Carp, Stefan A., Mitchell B. Robinson, & Maria Angela Franceschini. (2023). Diffuse correlation spectroscopy: current status and future outlook. Neurophotonics. 10(1). 13509–13509. 39 indexed citations

Wu, Kuan-Cheng, et al.. (2023). Enhancing diffuse correlation spectroscopy pulsatile cerebral blood flow signal with near-infrared spectroscopy photoplethysmography. Neurophotonics. 10(3). 35008–35008. 11 indexed citations

Wu, Kuan-Cheng, et al.. (2023). Measuring pulsatile cortical blood flow and volume during carotid endarterectomy. Biomedical Optics Express. 15(3). 1355–1355. 3 indexed citations

El‐Dib, Mohamed, John Sunwoo, Sara Cherkerzian, et al.. (2022). Association of early cerebral oxygen saturation and brain injury in extremely preterm infants. Journal of Perinatology. 42(10). 1385–1391. 8 indexed citations

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Sunwoo, John, et al.. (2022). A Contact-Sensitive Probe for Biomedical Optics. Sensors. 22(6). 2361–2361. 2 indexed citations

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Farzam, Parisa, Erin M. Buckley, Pei‐Yi Lin, et al.. (2017). Shedding light on the neonatal brain: probing cerebral hemodynamics by diffuse optical spectroscopic methods. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15786–15786. 35 indexed citations

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Boas, David A., Sava Sakadžić, Juliette Selb, et al.. (2016). Establishing the diffuse correlation spectroscopy signal relationship with blood flow. Neurophotonics. 3(3). 31412–31412. 135 indexed citations

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Ou, Wanmei, Ilkka Nissilä, Harsha Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2009). Study of neurovascular coupling in humans via simultaneous magnetoencephalography and diffuse optical imaging acquisition. NeuroImage. 46(3). 624–632. 40 indexed citations

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Franceschini, Maria Angela, Ilkka Nissilä, Wei‐Cheng Wu, et al.. (2008). Coupling between somatosensory evoked potentials and hemodynamic response in the rat. NeuroImage. 41(2). 189–203. 61 indexed citations

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Themelis, George, Helen D’Arceuil, Solomon Diamond, et al.. (2007). Near-infrared spectroscopy measurement of the pulsatile component of cerebral blood flow and volume from arterial oscillations. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 12(1). 14033–14033. 54 indexed citations

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Diamond, Solomon, Theodore J. Huppert, Ville Kolehmainen, et al.. (2005). Dynamic physiological modeling for functional diffuse optical tomography. NeuroImage. 30(1). 88–101. 90 indexed citations

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Quaresima, Valentina, et al.. (2004). Spatial distribution of vastus lateralis blood flow and oxyhemoglobin saturation measured at the end of isometric quadriceps contraction by multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 9(2). 413–413. 36 indexed citations

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Franceschini, Maria Angela, Sergio Fantini, John H. Thompson, Joseph P. Culver, & David A. Boas. (2003). Hemodynamic evoked response of the sensorimotor cortex measured noninvasively with near‐infrared optical imaging. Psychophysiology. 40(4). 548–560. 217 indexed citations

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Fantini, Sergio, et al.. (1999). Optical Mammography with Intensity-Modulated Light. DIS111–DIS111. 8 indexed citations

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Jess, Helge, K. T. Moesta, Sergio Fantini, et al.. (1996). Intensity Modulated Breast Imaging: Technology and Clinical Pilot Study Results. 48. MT126–MT126. 6 indexed citations

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