Richard Laforest

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
223 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Laforest is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Laforest has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 66 papers in Radiation and 41 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Richard Laforest's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (123 papers), Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (56 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (41 papers). Richard Laforest is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (123 papers), Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (56 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (41 papers). Richard Laforest collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Richard Laforest's co-authors include Michael J. Welch, Jason S. Lewis, Farrokh Dehdashti, Douglas J. Rowland, Barry A. Siegel, Yuan‐Chuan Tai, A. Ruangma, Perry W. Grigsby, Yang Miao-xian and Qiang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard Laforest

210 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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Gold Nanocages as Photothermal Transducers for Cancer Treatment

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluation of [ ¹¹ C]CS1P1 in Healthy Young and Older Adults 2025 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Karl A. Friedrichsen, (unknown), Lynne A. Jones, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Farzaneh Rahmani, (unknown), Christopher R. King, Aisling M. Chaney, Michael L. Nickels, Robert J. Gropler, Cyrus A. Raji, Robert L. White, Joel S. Perlmutter, Richard Laforest, Hongyu An, (unknown), Tammie L.S. Benzinger, Matthew R. Brier	1
2	Objective Task-Based Evaluation of Quantitative Medical Imaging Methods 2025 ·PET Clinics ·(unknown), (unknown), Nancy A. Obuchowski, Richard Laforest, Arman Rahmim, Barry A. Siegel, Abhinav K. Jha	0
3	Accuracy and Longitudinal Consistency of PET/MR Attenuation Correction in Amyloid PET Imaging amid Software and Hardware Upgrades 2024 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·(unknown), Yasheng Chen, Yan Yan, Shaney Flores, Richard Laforest, Tammie L.S. Benzinger, Hongyu An	1
4	Patlak Slope versus Standardized Uptake Value Image Quality in an Oncologic PET/CT Population: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study 2024 ·Diagnostics ·Semra İnce, Richard Laforest, Malak Itani, Vikas Prasad, Saeed Ashrafinia, Anne M. Smith, Richard L. Wahl, Tyler J. Fraum	1
5	Addressing lung truncation in 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT for 90Y microsphere radioembolization treatment planning 2024 ·EJNMMI Physics ·M.A. Thomas, Richard Laforest, (unknown), Dario Giardinà, Tyler J. Fraum, Christopher Malone, Justin Mikell	3
6	FAST (fast analytical simulator of tracer)-PET: an accurate and efficient PET analytical simulation tool 2024 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tyler J. Fraum, Jingqin Luo, Richard Laforest, Kooresh I. Shoghi	1
7	MIRD Pamphlet No. 29: MIRDy90—A⁹⁰Y Research Microsphere Dosimetry Tool 2024 ·Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Lukas M. Carter, Pat Zanzonico, Wesley E. Bolch, Richard Laforest, Adam Kesner	2
8	A simplified method to correct saturation of arterial input function for cardiac magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion imaging: validation with simultaneously acquired PET 2023 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Richard Laforest, Pamela K. Woodard, Jie Zheng	3
9	An automatic pipeline for PET/MRI attenuation correction validation in the brain 2023 ·EJNMMI Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Hongyu An, Richard Laforest	1
10	Optimal dynamic step and shoot temporal design for quantitative multi-organ dynamic PET imaging 2023 ·Suya Li, Richard Laforest, Timothy Whitehead, Yuan‐Chuan Tai, Kooresh I. Shoghi	0
11	A list-mode multi-energy window low-count SPECT reconstruction method for isotopes with multiple emission peaks 2023 ·EJNMMI Physics ·(unknown), Zekun Li, (unknown), Richard Laforest, Daniel L.J. Thorek, Abhinav K. Jha	4
12	Observer-study-based approaches to quantitatively evaluate the realism of synthetic medical images 2023 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Ziping Liu, Scott W. Wolfe, (unknown), Richard Laforest, Joyce Mhlanga, Tyler J. Fraum, Malak Itani, Farrokh Dehdashti, Barry A. Siegel, Abhinav K. Jha	3
13	Ultrasmall, elementary and highly translational nanoparticle X-ray contrast media from amphiphilic iodinated statistical copolymers 2022 ·Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ·Lu Su, (unknown), Hannah Luehmann, Sussana Elkassih, Sangho Cho, Xun He, Lisa Detering, Yen‐Nan Lin, Na‐Ri Kang, Dennis A. Moore, Richard Laforest, Guorong Sun, Yongjian Liu, Karen L. Wooley	2
14	Heterogeneity in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake among different muscle groups in healthy lean people and people with obesity 2021 ·Diabetologia ·Han‐Chow E. Koh, Stephan van Vliet, Gretchen A. Meyer, Richard Laforest, Robert J. Gropler, Samuel Klein, Bettina Mittendorfer	19
15	Cardiac Applications of PET/MR Imaging 2017 ·Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America ·(unknown), Richard Laforest, Felix Nensa, Jie Zheng, Robert J. Gropler, Pamela K. Woodard	11
16	[89Zr]Trastuzumab: Evaluation of Radiation Dosimetry, Safety, and Optimal Imaging Parameters in Women with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer 2016 ·Molecular Imaging and Biology ·Richard Laforest, Suzanne E. Lapi, (unknown), Ron Bose, Adel Tabchy, Bernadette Marquez‐Nostra, (unknown), Brian D. Wright, Jennifer B. Frye, Sarah Frye, Barry A. Siegel, Farrokh Dehdashti	115
17	Beyond Whole-Body Imaging 2014 ·Clinical Nuclear Medicine ·(unknown), Constantine A. Raptis, Jonathan McConathy, Richard Laforest, Barry A. Siegel, Pamela K. Woodard, Kathryn J. Fowler	6
18	Demonstration of intermittent ischemia and stunning in hibernating myocardium 2013 ·Journal of Nuclear Cardiology ·(unknown), Richard Laforest, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Zheng, Robert J. Gropler, Pamela K. Woodard	6
19	Assessment of Progesterone Receptors in Breast Carcinoma by PET with 21-¹⁸F-Fluoro-16α,17α-[(R)-(1′-α-furylmethylidene)Dioxy]-19-Norpregn-4-Ene-3,20-Dione 2012 ·Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Farrokh Dehdashti, Richard Laforest, Feng Gao, Rebecca Aft, Carmen S. Dence, Dong Zhou, Kooresh I. Shoghi, Barry A. Siegel, John A. Katzenellenbogen, Michael J. Welch	61
20	NEMA NU 4-2008 Comparison of Preclinical PET Imaging Systems 2012 ·Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Andrew L. Goertzen, Qinan Bao, Mélanie Bergeron, Eric Blankemeyer, Stephan Blinder, Mario Cañadas, Arion F. Chatziioannou, Katherine Dinelle, (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo Lage, Roger Lecomte, Vesna Sossi, Suleman Surti, Yuan‐Chuan Tai, J.J. Vaquero, E. Vicente, (unknown), Richard Laforest	182

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