Michael E. Phelps

25.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
195 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

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Michael E. Phelps is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Phelps has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 30 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 19 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Phelps's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (106 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (57 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (30 papers). Michael E. Phelps is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (106 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (57 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (30 papers). Michael E. Phelps collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Michael E. Phelps's co-authors include Heinrich R. Schelbert, John C. Mazziotta, David E. Kuhl, Johannes Czernin, Sung‐Cheng Huang, Harry T. Chugani, Jerome Engel, Edward J. Hoffman, Richard C. Brunken and Jorge R. Barrio and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Phelps

194 papers receiving 16.8k 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.

Positron emission tomography provides molecular imaging of biological processes

2000 944 citations Michael E. Phelps profile →
Reversibility of Cardiac Wall-Motion Abnormalities Predicted by Positron Tomography

1986 941 citations Markus Schwaiger, Michael E. Phelps et al. profile →
Maturational Changes in Cerebral Function in Infants Determined by ¹⁸ FDG Positron Emission Tomography

1986 484 citations Michael E. Phelps et al. profile →
Infantile spasms: I. PET identifies focal cortical dysgenesis in cryptogenic cases for surgical treatment

1990 474 citations Michael E. Phelps et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael E. Phelps United States	75	9.9k	2.6k	2.2k	2.2k	2.1k	195	17.8k
Michael E. Phelps United States	89	12.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	3.2k 1.5×	2.1k 1.0×	313	26.1k
Terry Jones United Kingdom	70	9.2k 0.9×	942 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	258	18.8k
Alan J. Fischman United States	76	5.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	3.3k 1.5×	2.9k 1.4×	410	20.3k
Michael E. Moseley United States	81	14.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	4.0k 1.8×	1.1k 0.5×	345	26.7k
Henrik Larsson Denmark	60	8.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	768 0.4×	305	14.6k
Olaf B. Paulson Denmark	76	5.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	408	18.5k
Yoshiharu Yonekura Japan	68	7.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	790 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	838 0.4×	455	15.5k
Adriaan A. Lammertsma Netherlands	92	17.2k 1.7×	4.1k 1.6×	3.6k 1.6×	4.1k 1.9×	3.5k 1.7×	692	32.8k
Niels A. Lassen Denmark	74	5.5k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	3.8k 1.7×	2.3k 1.1×	305	22.5k
Henry N. Wagner United States	58	4.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	440	13.7k

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Walter, Franziska, Timothy F. Cloughesy, Martin A. Walter, et al.. (2012). Impact of 3,4-Dihydroxy-6-¹⁸F-Fluoro-l-Phenylalanine PET/CT on Managing Patients with Brain Tumors: The Referring Physician's Perspective. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 53(3). 393–398. 37 indexed citations

Shu, Chengyi J., Dean O. Campbell, Jason T. Lee, et al.. (2010). Novel PET Probes Specific for Deoxycytidine Kinase. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 51(7). 1092–1098. 39 indexed citations

Fueger, Barbara J., Johannes Czernin, Timothy F. Cloughesy, et al.. (2010). Correlation of 6-¹⁸F-Fluoro-l-Dopa PET Uptake with Proliferation and Tumor Grade in Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Gliomas. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 51(10). 1532–1538. 111 indexed citations

Yu, Amy S., et al.. (2009). Quantification of Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate in Mice Using¹⁸F-FDG and Small-Animal PET. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 50(6). 966–973. 34 indexed citations

Small, Gary W., Prabha Siddarth, Daniel Silverman, et al.. (2008). Cognitive and Cerebral Metabolic Effects of Celecoxib Versus Placebo in People With Age-Related Memory Loss: Randomized Controlled Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 16(12). 999–1009. 42 indexed citations

Apostolova, Liana G., Ivo D. Dinov, Paul M. Thompson, et al.. (2006). P2–374: MR–guided 3D PET mapping of longitudinal changes in regional cerebral metabolism of normal subjects. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 2(3S_Part_12). 1 indexed citations

Seltzer, Marc, Richard Sparks, David B. Stout, et al.. (2004). Radiation dose estimates in humans for (11)C-acetate whole-body PET.. PubMed. 45(7). 1233–6. 74 indexed citations

Seltzer, Marc, C Schiepers, Daniel Silverman, et al.. (2001). Impact of 18F-FDG PET on managing patients with colorectal cancer: the referring physician's perspective.. PubMed. 42(4). 586–90. 90 indexed citations

Namavari, Mohammad, Jorge R. Barrio, Tatsushi Toyokuni, et al.. (2000). Synthesis of 8-[18F]fluoroguanine derivatives: in vivo probes for imaging gene expression with positron emission tomography. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 27(2). 157–162. 59 indexed citations

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Seltzer, Marc, Zoran L. Barbaric, Arie S. Belldegrun, et al.. (1999). COMPARISON OF HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY, POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SCANS FOR EVALUATION OF LYMPH NODE METASTASES IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN RELAPSE AFTER TREATMENT FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER. The Journal of Urology. 1322–1328. 6 indexed citations

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Kofoed, Klaus F., Johannes Czernin, Jon Kobashigawa, et al.. (1997). Effects of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy on Myocardial Blood Flow, Vasodilatory Capacity, and Coronary Vasomotion. Circulation. 95(3). 600–606. 55 indexed citations

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Satyamurthy, Nagichettiar, et al.. (1996). Identification and quantitation of gaseous compounds of fluorine generated in [18F]F2 target systems. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 23(4). 391–405. 6 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Randall A., Carl K. Hoh, John A. Glaspy, et al.. (1992). The role of positron emission tomography in oncology and other whole-body applications. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 22(4). 268–284. 55 indexed citations

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Guzé, Barry H., John M. Hoffman, Lewis R. Baxter, John C. Mazziotta, & Michael E. Phelps. (1991). Functional Brain Imaging and Alzheimer-Type Dementia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 5(4). 215–230. 19 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Randall A., Sung‐Cheng Huang, Jorge R. Barrio, et al.. (1989). Estimation of Local Cerebral Protein Synthesis Rates with L-[1-¹¹C]Leucine and PET: Methods, Model, and Results in Animals and Humans. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 9(4). 446–460. 67 indexed citations

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DeLuca, Hector F., et al.. (1988). Vitamin D metabolites and bioactive parathyroid hormone levels during Spacelab 2.. PubMed. 59(11 Pt 1). 1038–41. 37 indexed citations

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Sochor, Heinz, Markus Schwaiger, H. R. Schelbert, et al.. (1987). Relationship between TI-201, Tc-99m (Sn) pyrophosphate and F-18 2-deoxyglucose uptake in ischemically injured dog myocardium. American Heart Journal. 114(5). 1066–1077. 27 indexed citations

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Phelps, Michael E., John C. Mazziotta, & Heinrich R. Schelbert. (1986). Positron emission tomography and autoradiography: Principles and applications for the brain and heart. Raven Press eBooks. 292 indexed citations

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Schelbert, Heinrich R., E. Henze, R.E. Keen, et al.. (1983). C-11 palmitate for the noninvasive evaluation of regional myocardial fatty acid metabolism with positron-computed tomography. IV. In vivo evaluation of acute demand-induced ischemia in dogs. American Heart Journal. 106(4). 736–750. 58 indexed citations

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Carson, Richard E., Sung‐Cheng Huang, & Michael E. Phelps. (1981). BLD: A Software System for Physiological Data Handling and Model Analysis. PubMed Central. 562–565. 32 indexed citations

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