Sharon Thomsen

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sharon Thomsen is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon Thomsen has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sharon Thomsen's work include Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (5 papers), Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (3 papers) and Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine (3 papers). Sharon Thomsen is often cited by papers focused on Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (5 papers), Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (3 papers) and Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine (3 papers). Sharon Thomsen collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Sharon Thomsen's co-authors include Rebecca Richards‐Kortum, Anita Mahadevan, Mote Mitchell, Nirmala Ramanujam, Steve Warren, Henricus J. C. M. Sterenborg, Steven L. Jacques, Elvio G. Silva, Richard F. Wagner and Mo Motamedi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and Photochemistry and Photobiology.

In The Last Decade

Sharon Thomsen

13 papers receiving 996 citations

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PATHOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF PHOTOTHERMAL AND PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECTS OF LASER–TISSUE INTERACTIONS

1991 445 citations Sharon Thomsen Photochemistry and Photobiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharon Thomsen United States	11	478	473	293	208	105	13	1.0k
Sharon Thomsen United States	21	587 1.2×	626 1.3×	444 1.5×	339 1.6×	225 2.1×	58	1.8k
Stephen C. Kanick United States	26	788 1.6×	1.0k 2.2×	520 1.8×	199 1.0×	79 0.8×	68	1.6k
Joseph E. Hayward Canada	17	424 0.9×	424 0.9×	193 0.7×	177 0.9×	32 0.3×	55	892
Vladislav A. Kamensky Russia	18	325 0.7×	659 1.4×	120 0.4×	190 0.9×	89 0.8×	97	977
Marie J. Hammer‐Wilson United States	20	188 0.4×	450 1.0×	431 1.5×	87 0.4×	193 1.8×	38	1.0k
Arjen Amelink Netherlands	25	1.0k 2.1×	1.1k 2.4×	547 1.9×	367 1.8×	68 0.6×	90	1.8k
R. Engelhardt Germany	17	431 0.9×	784 1.7×	93 0.3×	182 0.9×	107 1.0×	50	1.3k
Dan J. Castro United States	24	529 1.1×	461 1.0×	498 1.7×	36 0.2×	189 1.8×	90	1.5k
Mo Motamedi United States	15	298 0.6×	271 0.6×	109 0.4×	133 0.6×	217 2.1×	30	850
Stephen T. Flock United States	15	1.1k 2.3×	1.1k 2.2×	186 0.6×	268 1.3×	25 0.2×	34	1.7k

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Brookner, Carrie, Michele Follen, Iouri Boiko, et al.. (2000). Autofluorescence Patterns in Short-Term Cultures of Normal Cervical Tissue. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 71(6). 730–730. 69 indexed citations

Saarnak, A.E., Tiago B. Rodrigues, Ana L. Moore, et al.. (1998). Influence of tumour depth, blood absorption and autofluorescence on measurements of exogenous fluorophores in tissue. Lasers in Medical Science. 13(1). 22–31. 10 indexed citations

Çilesiz, İnci, et al.. (1996). Controlled temperature tissue fusion: Argon laser welding of canine intestine in vitro. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 18(4). 325–334. 20 indexed citations

Nauta, J.M., Max J. H. Witjes, J.L.N. Roodenburg, et al.. (1996). Photofrin-mediated photodynamic therapy of rat palatal mucosa: Normal tissue effects and light dosimetry. Lasers in Medical Science. 11(3). 163–174. 2 indexed citations

Chan, Eric K., et al.. (1995). Corneal photocoagulation with continuous wave and pulsed holmium:YAG radiation. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 21(3). 258–267. 10 indexed citations

Warren, Steve, Youseph Yazdi, Ashley J. Welch, et al.. (1995). Combined ultrasound and fluorescence spectroscopy for physico-chemical imaging of atherosclerosis. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 42(2). 121–132. 17 indexed citations

Sterenborg, Henricus J. C. M., Sharon Thomsen, Steven L. Jacques, & Massoud Motamedi. (1995). In vivo autofluorescence of an unpigmented melanoma in mice. Correlation of spectroscopic properties to microscopic structure. Melanoma Research. 5(4). 211–216. 18 indexed citations

Thomsen, Sharon, et al.. (1995). Lifetime testing of sapphire and sculpted silica fiber scalpels. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 16(2). 189–196. 4 indexed citations

Sterenborg, Henricus J. C. M., Mo Motamedi, Richard F. Wagner, et al.. (1994). In vivo fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging of human skin tumours. Lasers in Medical Science. 9(3). 191–201. 87 indexed citations

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Ramanujam, Nirmala, Mote Mitchell, Anita Mahadevan, et al.. (1994). In vivo diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia using 337-nm-excited laser-induced fluorescence.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(21). 10193–10197. 205 indexed citations

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Richards‐Kortum, Rebecca, Mote Mitchell, Nirmala Ramanujam, Anita Mahadevan, & Sharon Thomsen. (1994). In vivo fluorescence spectroscopy: potential for non-invasive, automated diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and use as a surrogate endpoint biomarker.. PubMed. 19. 111–9. 48 indexed citations

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Mahadevan, Anita, Mote Mitchell, Elvio G. Silva, Sharon Thomsen, & Rebecca Richards‐Kortum. (1993). Study of the fluorescence properties of normal and neoplastic human cervical tissue. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 13(6). 647–655. 88 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Sharon. (1991). PATHOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF PHOTOTHERMAL AND PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECTS OF LASER–TISSUE INTERACTIONS. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 53(6). 825–835. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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