S. Nijsten

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

S. Nijsten is a scholar working on Radiation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Nijsten has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Radiation, 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in S. Nijsten's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (35 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (23 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (14 papers). S. Nijsten is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (35 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (23 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (14 papers). S. Nijsten collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and United Kingdom. S. Nijsten's co-authors include Philippe Lambin, Ben J. Mijnheer, Wouter van Elmpt, André Dekker, A. Minken, Frank Verhaegen, Wouter J. C. van Elmpt, M. Wendling, Leah N. McDermott and L. Persoon and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Physics in Medicine and Biology and Medical Physics.

In The Last Decade

S. Nijsten

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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A literature review of electronic portal imaging for radiotherapy dosimetry

2008 356 citations Wouter van Elmpt, S. Nijsten et al. Radiotherapy and Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Nijsten Netherlands	22	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	254	47	40	1.6k
N. Jornet Spain	20	1.2k 0.8×	787 0.7×	782 0.7×	270 1.1×	58 1.2×	52	1.3k
Boyd McCurdy Canada	23	1.2k 0.8×	841 0.7×	826 0.8×	355 1.4×	30 0.6×	68	1.4k
Chen‐Shou Chui United States	15	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	213 0.8×	92 2.0×	22	1.6k
Timothy J. Waldron United States	10	994 0.7×	743 0.6×	671 0.6×	140 0.6×	57 1.2×	18	1.1k
Niko Papanikolaou United States	22	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	982 0.9×	279 1.1×	51 1.1×	89	1.7k
Wouter Crijns Belgium	18	850 0.6×	559 0.5×	662 0.6×	218 0.9×	29 0.6×	59	1.1k
D. Huyskens Belgium	22	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	391 1.5×	52 1.1×	42	2.2k
J. Wolthaus Netherlands	21	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	329 1.3×	33 0.7×	53	1.9k
H. Harold Li United States	17	997 0.7×	596 0.5×	877 0.8×	144 0.6×	9 0.2×	46	1.2k
Marta Paiusco Italy	17	841 0.6×	636 0.5×	832 0.8×	313 1.2×	11 0.2×	64	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Nijsten

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Verhaegen, Frank, Stefan Scheib, Maria Jacobs, et al.. (2025). Toward a human‐centric co‐design methodology for AI detection of differences between planned and delivered dose in radiotherapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 26(6). e70071–e70071.

Nijsten, S., Wouter van Elmpt, Stefan Scheib, et al.. (2017). Detection of anatomical changes in lung cancer patients with 2D time-integrated, 2D time-resolved and 3D time-integrated portal dosimetry: a simulation study. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 62(15). 6044–6061. 6 indexed citations

Swinnen, Ans, et al.. (2017). Influence of the jaw tracking technique on the dose calculation accuracy of small field VMAT plans. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 18(1). 186–195. 17 indexed citations

Smet, Mariska de, D. Schuring, S. Nijsten, & Frank Verhaegen. (2016). Accuracy of dose calculations on kV cone beam CT images of lung cancer patients. Medical Physics. 43(11). 5934–5941. 49 indexed citations

Voorde, Lien Van De, Ruben T. H. M. Larue, L. Persoon, et al.. (2015). The influence of gastric filling instructions on dose delivery in patients with oesophageal cancer: A prospective study. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 117(3). 442–447. 8 indexed citations

Persoon, L., Mark Podesta, Lone Hoffmann, et al.. (2015). Is integrated transit planar portal dosimetry able to detect geometric changes in lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy?. Acta Oncologica. 54(9). 1501–1507. 14 indexed citations

Persoon, L., et al.. (2013). First clinical results of adaptive radiotherapy based on 3D portal dosimetry for lung cancer patients with atelectasis treated with volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Acta Oncologica. 52(7). 1484–1489. 30 indexed citations

Persoon, L., S. Nijsten, Mark Podesta, et al.. (2012). Interfractional trend analysis of dose differences based on 2D transit portal dosimetry. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 57(20). 6445–6458. 26 indexed citations

Granton, Patrick V., et al.. (2012). A combined dose calculation and verification method for a small animal precision irradiator based on onboard imaging. Medical Physics. 39(7Part1). 4155–4166. 38 indexed citations

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Persoon, L., Mark Podesta, Wouter J. C. van Elmpt, S. Nijsten, & Frank Verhaegen. (2011). A fast three‐dimensional gamma evaluation using a GPU utilizing texture memory for on‐the‐fly interpolations. Medical Physics. 38(7). 4032–4035. 34 indexed citations

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Petit, Steven, Wouter J. C. van Elmpt, S. Nijsten, Philippe Lambin, & André Dekker. (2008). Calibration of megavoltage cone‐beam CT for radiotherapy dose calculations: Correction of cupping artifacts and conversion of CT numbers to electron density. Medical Physics. 35(3). 849–865. 31 indexed citations

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Elmpt, Wouter J. C. van, S. Nijsten, André Dekker, Ben J. Mijnheer, & Philippe Lambin. (2007). Treatment verification in the presence of inhomogeneities using EPID‐based three‐dimensional dose reconstruction. Medical Physics. 34(7). 2816–2826. 37 indexed citations

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Nijsten, S., Wouter J. C. van Elmpt, Maria Jacobs, et al.. (2007). A global calibration model for EPIDs used for transit dosimetry. Medical Physics. 34(10). 3872–3884. 83 indexed citations

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Steck, Harald, C. Dehing, Hiska L. van der Weide, et al.. (2006). Models combining clinical data with medical knowledge are more accurate than doctors in predicting NSCLC after (chemo-)radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 81.

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McDermott, L., S. Nijsten, Jan‐Jakob Sonke, et al.. (2006). Comparison of ghosting effects for three commercial EPIDs. Medical Physics. 33(7Part1). 2448–2451. 58 indexed citations

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Elmpt, Wouter J. C. van, S. Nijsten, André Dekker, et al.. (2006). A Monte Carlo based three‐dimensional dose reconstruction method derived from portal dose images. Medical Physics. 33(7Part1). 2426–2434. 58 indexed citations

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Nijsten, S., Maud H. W. Starmans, S. Wanders, et al.. (2006). Palliative chest irradiation in sitting position in patients with bulky advanced lung cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 79(3). 285–287. 16 indexed citations

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Nijsten, S., Maud H. W. Starmans, S. Wanders, et al.. (2005). Decreasing lung exposure of patients suffering from advanced NSCLC by palliative irradiation in sitting position. Lung Cancer. 49.

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Nijsten, S., et al.. (2005). 283 Qualitative determination of errors causing portal transit dose differences using gamma evaluation parameters. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 76. S131–S132. 1 indexed citations

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Elmpt, Wouter J. C. van, S. Nijsten, B.J. Mijnheer, & A. Minken. (2005). Experimental verification of a portal dose prediction model. Medical Physics. 32(9). 2805–2818. 60 indexed citations

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