Nolan Esplen

541 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 403 citations indexed

About

Nolan Esplen is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Nolan Esplen has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 403 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 17 papers in Radiation and 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Nolan Esplen's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (17 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (17 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (9 papers). Nolan Esplen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (17 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (17 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (9 papers). Nolan Esplen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Nolan Esplen's co-authors include Magdalena Bazalova‐Carter, Marc S. Mendonca, Luc Beaulieu, A. Gottberg, Cornelia Hoehr, François Therriault‐Proulx, Derek Wells, R. Corsini, Peter Woulfe and Sinéad O’Keeffe and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

In The Last Decade

Nolan Esplen

18 papers receiving 397 citations

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Physics and biology of ultrahigh dose-rate (FLASH) radiotherapy: a topical review

2020 194 citations Nolan Esplen, Marc S. Mendonca et al. Physics in Medicine and Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nolan Esplen Canada	11	355	348	104	48	24	18	403
D R Shipley United Kingdom	13	315 0.9×	312 0.9×	112 1.1×	58 1.2×	38 1.6×	53	371
A. Ostrowsky France	12	309 0.9×	279 0.8×	97 0.9×	27 0.6×	41 1.7×	31	350
Mahbubur Rahman United States	10	417 1.2×	434 1.2×	144 1.4×	62 1.3×	15 0.6×	21	474
Michele Togno Switzerland	12	301 0.8×	297 0.9×	75 0.7×	77 1.6×	31 1.3×	24	344
Ricardo Augusto Germany	7	293 0.8×	256 0.7×	111 1.1×	84 1.8×	57 2.4×	24	390
M. Pacitti Italy	10	343 1.0×	329 0.9×	48 0.5×	96 2.0×	17 0.7×	16	380
S. Trovati United States	7	338 1.0×	364 1.0×	133 1.3×	84 1.8×	18 0.8×	14	405
Liliana Stolarczyk Poland	15	531 1.5×	507 1.5×	128 1.2×	81 1.7×	48 2.0×	42	615
Adam Konefał Poland	12	319 0.9×	298 0.9×	107 1.0×	16 0.3×	42 1.8×	40	379
Rafael Kranzer Germany	15	475 1.3×	432 1.2×	92 0.9×	111 2.3×	22 0.9×	26	511

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Liu, Kevin, U Titt, Nolan Esplen, et al.. (2025). Discordance in Acute Gastrointestinal Toxicity between Synchrotron-Based Proton and Linac-based Electron Ultra-High Dose Rate Irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 122(2). 491–501. 5 indexed citations

Ford, Nancy L., Xi Ren, Nolan Esplen, et al.. (2025). Respiratory-gated micro-computed tomography imaging to measure radiation-induced lung injuries in mice following ultra-high dose-rate and conventional dose-rate radiation therapy. Journal of Medical Imaging. 12(1). 14002–14002. 1 indexed citations

Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2024). Mini-GRID radiotherapy on the CLEAR very-high-energy electron beamline: collimator optimization, film dosimetry, and Monte Carlo simulations. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 69(5). 55003–55003. 10 indexed citations

Farabolini, Wilfrid, Nolan Esplen, R. Corsini, et al.. (2024). Plastic Scintillator Dosimetry of Ultrahigh Dose-Rate 200 MeV Electrons at CLEAR. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(9). 14229–14237. 13 indexed citations

Esplen, Nolan, Xi Ren, Nancy L. Ford, et al.. (2024). Dosimetric characterization of a novel UHDR megavoltage X-ray source for FLASH radiobiological experiments. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 822–822. 8 indexed citations

Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2023). A feasibility study of ultra-high dose rate mini-GRID therapy using very-high-energy electron beams for a simulated pediatric brain case. Physica Medica. 112. 102637–102637. 8 indexed citations

Ren, Xi, Nolan Esplen, Cornelia Hoehr, et al.. (2023). Using in vivo respiratory-gated micro-computed tomography imaging to monitor pulmonary side effects in 10 MV FLASH and conventional radiotherapy. 31–31. 2 indexed citations

Bazalova‐Carter, Magdalena, et al.. (2022). Monte Carlo optimization of a GRID collimator for preclinical megavoltage ultra-high dose rate spatially-fractionated radiation therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 67(18). 185001–185001. 5 indexed citations

Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2022). Design optimization of an electron-to-photon conversion target for ultra-high dose rate x-ray (FLASH) experiments at TRIUMF. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 67(10). 105003–105003. 20 indexed citations

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Therriault‐Proulx, François, et al.. (2022). Lead-doped scintillator dosimeters for detection of ultrahigh dose-rate x-rays. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 67(10). 105007–105007. 12 indexed citations

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Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2022). Dose calculations for preclinical radiobiology experiments conducted with single‐field cabinet irradiators. Medical Physics. 49(3). 1911–1923. 7 indexed citations

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Esplen, Nolan, Marc S. Mendonca, & Magdalena Bazalova‐Carter. (2020). Physics and biology of ultrahigh dose-rate (FLASH) radiotherapy: a topical review. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 65(23). 23TR03–23TR03. 194 indexed citations breakdown →

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Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2020). Monte Carlo simulations of EBT3 film dose deposition for percentage depth dose (PDD) curve evaluation. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 21(12). 314–324. 12 indexed citations

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Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2020). Initial Evaluation of the Performance of Novel Inorganic Scintillating Detectors for Small Animal Irradiation Dosimetry. IEEE Sensors Journal. 20(9). 4704–4712. 14 indexed citations

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Esplen, Nolan, François Therriault‐Proulx, Luc Beaulieu, & Magdalena Bazalova‐Carter. (2019). Preclinical dose verification using a 3D printed mouse phantom for radiobiology experiments. Medical Physics. 46(11). 5294–5303. 10 indexed citations

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Bazalova‐Carter, Magdalena & Nolan Esplen. (2019). On the capabilities of conventional x‐ray tubes to deliver ultra‐high (FLASH) dose rates. Medical Physics. 46(12). 5690–5695. 58 indexed citations

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Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2018). Monte Carlo optimization of a microbeam collimator design for use on the small animal radiation research platform (SARRP). Physics in Medicine and Biology. 63(17). 175004–175004. 10 indexed citations

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Esplen, Nolan, et al.. (2018). Technical Note: Manufacturing of a realistic mouse phantom for dosimetry of radiobiology experiments. Medical Physics. 46(2). 1030–1036. 14 indexed citations

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