Reto Bale

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
202 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Reto Bale is a scholar working on Surgery, Hepatology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Reto Bale has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Surgery, 51 papers in Hepatology and 43 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Reto Bale's work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (50 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (30 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (25 papers). Reto Bale is often cited by papers focused on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (50 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (30 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (25 papers). Reto Bale collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Reto Bale's co-authors include Gerlig Widmann, Peter Schullian, Daniel Putzer, Michael Gabriel, Péter Kovács, Irene Virgolini, Georg Dobrozemsky, Clemens Decristoforo, Dorota Kendler and Christian Uprimny and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Hepatology and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Reto Bale

196 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

68Ga-DOTA-Tyr3-Octreotide PET in Neuroendocrine Tumors: Comparison with Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy and CT

2007 746 citations Michael Gabriel, Clemens Decristoforo et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Reto Bale	1.8k	1.5k	1.3k	1.0k	994	202	5.3k
Afshin Gangi	4.3k 2.3×	438 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	856 0.8×	545 0.5×	318	7.4k
Hitoshi Shibuya	1.7k 0.9×	694 0.5×	967 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	299 0.3×	261	5.1k
Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek	2.1k 1.1×	913 0.6×	690 0.5×	3.2k 3.1×	971 1.0×	252	7.3k
Werner Jaschke	3.6k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	503 0.4×	2.9k 2.8×	1.0k 1.1×	329	8.9k
P. Schnyder	2.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	496 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.4×	204	7.7k
Noriyuki Tomiyama	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	577 0.4×	2.7k 2.6×	998 1.0×	400	7.9k
Gerlig Widmann	885 0.5×	323 0.2×	379 0.3×	655 0.6×	378 0.4×	157	3.0k
Stefan Feuerbach	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	953 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	330 0.3×	186	4.7k
Hironobu Nakamura	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	721 0.6×	2.1k 2.1×	572 0.6×	273	7.6k
Thomas K. Pilgram	1.6k 0.9×	600 0.4×	431 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	697 0.7×	181	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Reto Bale

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Reto Bale

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Paolucci, Iwan, Yuan‐Mao Lin, Anna Maria Ierardi, et al.. (2025). Quantitative Ablation Confirmation Methods in Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors: Technical Insights, Clinical Evidence, and Future Outlook. Radiology Imaging Cancer. 7(3). e240293–e240293. 2 indexed citations

Dejaco, Daniel, Wolfgang Willenbacher, Andreas Meryk, et al.. (2025). Implementierung von ePROs in der Onkologie. 31(12). 1231–1242.

Laimer, Gregor, Gerjon Hannink, Sjoerd F.M. Jenniskens, et al.. (2024). Multicenter and inter-software evaluation of ablative margins after thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases. European Radiology. 35(2). 1046–1056. 7 indexed citations

Laimer, Gregor, et al.. (2023). Laser Target System in Combination with an Aiming Device for Percutaneous CT-Guided Interventions – An Accuracy Study. Academic Radiology. 30(12). 3047–3055. 6 indexed citations

Bale, Reto & Timothy M. Pawlik. (2023). Treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: evidence for the role of percutaneous ablation. Hepatoma Research.

Plaikner, Michaela, et al.. (2023). Ultrasound-guided versus computed tomography-controlled periradicular injections of the first sacral nerve: a prospective randomized clinical trial. Medical Ultrasonography. 25(1). 35–35. 3 indexed citations

Messner, Franka, Gregor Laimer, Angela Djanani, et al.. (2022). Multidisciplinary Treatment of Liver Metastases from Intracranial SFTs/HPCs: A Report of Three Consecutive Cases. Current Oncology. 29(11). 8720–8741. 2 indexed citations

Laimer, Gregor, et al.. (2022). Comparison of a Robotic and Patient-Mounted Device for CT-Guided Needle Placement: A Phantom Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(13). 3746–3746. 8 indexed citations

Schullian, Peter, Edward W. Johnston, Gregor Laimer, et al.. (2021). Stereotactic Radiofrequency Ablation of Breast Cancer Liver Metastases: Short- and Long-Term Results with Predicting Factors for Survival. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 44(8). 1184–1193. 17 indexed citations

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Wiggermann, Philipp, Niklas Verloh, Ingo Einspieler, et al.. (2020). Primary efficacy of percutaneous microwave ablation of malignant liver tumors: comparison of stereotactic and conventional manual guidance. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18835–18835. 20 indexed citations

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Schullian, Peter, Edward W. Johnston, Gregor Laimer, et al.. (2020). Frequency and risk factors for major complications after stereotactic radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors in 1235 ablation sessions: a 15-year experience. European Radiology. 31(5). 3042–3052. 26 indexed citations

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Schullian, Peter, Daniel Putzer, Gernot Eberle, Gregor Laimer, & Reto Bale. (2020). Simultaneous Stereotactic Radiofrequency Ablation of Multiple (≥ 4) Liver Tumors: Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 31(6). 943–952. 20 indexed citations

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Schneeberger, Stefan, C. Boesmueller, Abbas Agaimy, et al.. (2018). A rare case of Epstein‐Barr virus‐associated hepatosplenic smooth muscle tumors after kidney transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease. 20(3). e12860–e12860. 3 indexed citations

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Henninger, Benjamin, Daniel Putzer, Dorota Kendler, et al.. (2012). Diagnostic Value of Software-Based Image Fusion of Computed Tomography and F18-FDG PET Scans in Patients with Malignant Lymphoma. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2012. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

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Widmann, Gerlig, Peter Schullian, Marion Haidu, Franz J. Wiedermann, & Reto Bale. (2010). Respiratory motion control for stereotactic and robotic liver interventions. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 6(3). 343–349. 35 indexed citations

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Widmann, Gerlig, et al.. (2009). Accuracy and Feasibility of Frameless Stereotactic and Robot-Assisted CT-Based Puncture in Interventional Radiology: a Comparative Phantom Study. RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren. 181(9). 851–858. 30 indexed citations

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Gabriel, Michael, Georg Dobrozemsky, Clemens Decristoforo, et al.. (2009). ⁶⁸Ga-DOTA-Tyr³-Octreotide PET for Assessing Response to Somatostatin-Receptor–Mediated Radionuclide Therapy. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 50(9). 1427–1434. 160 indexed citations

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Bale, Reto, Michael Vogele, Anton J. Prassl, et al.. (2002). A novel vacuum device for extremity immobilisation during digital angiography: preliminary clinical experiences. European Radiology. 12(12). 2890–2894. 26 indexed citations

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Čapek, Martin, et al.. (2001). Multimodal Medical Volume Registration Based on Spherical Markers.. Digital Library (University of West Bohemia). 17–24. 2 indexed citations

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Auer, T., Paul Eichberger, A. Gunkel, et al.. (1998). 3D-Navigation in der interstitiellen stereotaktischen Brachytherapie. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 174(2). 82–87. 26 indexed citations

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