Swantje Ecker

889 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 681 citations indexed

About

Swantje Ecker is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Swantje Ecker has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 681 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Radiation and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Swantje Ecker's work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (20 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (17 papers) and Radiation Effects in Electronics (5 papers). Swantje Ecker is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (20 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (17 papers) and Radiation Effects in Electronics (5 papers). Swantje Ecker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and France. Swantje Ecker's co-authors include Jürgen Debus, Oliver Jäkel, M. Ellerbrock, Stephanie E. Combs, Benjamin Ackermann, Daniel Habermehl, Katia Parodi, Andrea Mairani, Klaus Herfarth and Anna Nikoghosyan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

In The Last Decade

Swantje Ecker

25 papers receiving 675 citations

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Development of the open-source dose calculation and optimization toolkit matRad

2017 212 citations Andrea Mairani, Swantje Ecker et al. Medical Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Swantje Ecker Germany	14	519	446	170	81	80	25	681
Martin Jermann Switzerland	11	775 1.5×	607 1.4×	184 1.1×	63 0.8×	117 1.5×	12	928
M. Ellerbrock Germany	18	889 1.7×	648 1.5×	230 1.4×	182 2.2×	118 1.5×	38	1.1k
Stanley Rosenthal United States	11	398 0.8×	423 0.9×	189 1.1×	144 1.8×	24 0.3×	17	651
Jorn Verwey Switzerland	7	437 0.8×	289 0.6×	157 0.9×	89 1.1×	36 0.5×	12	651
L. Widesott Italy	16	586 1.1×	660 1.5×	368 2.2×	85 1.0×	38 0.5×	37	915
Maura Kirk United States	19	573 1.1×	507 1.1×	170 1.0×	116 1.4×	65 0.8×	45	723
Riwa Kishimoto Japan	18	501 1.0×	301 0.7×	367 2.2×	139 1.7×	21 0.3×	46	861
Ryosuke Kohno Japan	17	700 1.3×	645 1.4×	197 1.2×	98 1.2×	153 1.9×	72	924
Joachim Bogner Austria	17	326 0.6×	417 0.9×	305 1.8×	102 1.3×	12 0.1×	22	754
F. Fellin Italy	13	273 0.5×	311 0.7×	200 1.2×	16 0.2×	67 0.8×	56	556

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Tessonnier, Thomas, Swantje Ecker, J. Naumann, et al.. (2023). Commissioning of Helium Ion Therapy and the First Patient Treatment With Active Beam Delivery. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 116(4). 935–948. 31 indexed citations

Horst, Felix, Christoph Schuy, Oliver Jäkel, et al.. (2022). Experimental Comparison of Fiducial Markers Used in Proton Therapy: Study of Different Imaging Modalities and Proton Fluence Perturbations Measured With CMOS Pixel Sensors. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 830080–830080. 3 indexed citations

Schuy, Christoph, et al.. (2020). Fluence perturbation from fiducial markers due to edge-scattering measured with pixel sensors for ¹²C ion beams. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 65(8). 85005–85005. 7 indexed citations

Mein, Stewart, Benedikt Kopp, Thomas Tessonnier, et al.. (2019). Dosimetric validation of Monte Carlo and analytical dose engines with raster-scanning 1H, 4He, 12C, and 16O ion-beams using an anthropomorphic phantom. Physica Medica. 64. 123–131. 19 indexed citations

Jäkel, Oliver, Benjamin Ackermann, Swantje Ecker, et al.. (2019). Methodology paper: a novel phantom setup for commissioning of scanned ion beam delivery and TPS. Radiation Oncology. 14(1). 77–77. 8 indexed citations

Dreher, Constantin, Christian W. Scholz, Stephan Brons, et al.. (2016). Optimization of Carbon Ion Treatment Plans by Integrating Tissue Specific α/β-Values for Patients with Non-Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164473–e0164473. 5 indexed citations

Dreher, Constantin, Daniel Habermehl, Swantje Ecker, et al.. (2015). Optimization of carbon ion and proton treatment plans using the raster-scanning technique for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. Radiation Oncology. 10(1). 237–237. 14 indexed citations

Bauer, Julia, Florian Sommerer, A. Mairani, et al.. (2014). Integration and evaluation of automated Monte Carlo simulations in the clinical practice of scanned proton and carbon ion beam therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 59(16). 4635–4659. 60 indexed citations

Ackermann, Benjamin, et al.. (2014). Experimental verification of ion range calculation in a treatment planning system using a flat-panel detector. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 59(14). 3737–3747. 11 indexed citations

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Habermehl, Daniel, Swantje Ecker, Stefan Rieken, et al.. (2013). Early treatment response of a rare papillary tumor of the pineal region after primary proton-beam therapy using the raster-scanning technique at HIT.. PubMed. 98(5). 122e–125e. 2 indexed citations

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Vatnitsky, Stanislav, Niels Bassler, Hugo Palmans, et al.. (2013). Dosimetry auditing procedure with alanine dosimeters for light ion beam therapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 108(1). 99–106. 19 indexed citations

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Habermehl, Daniel, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of different fiducial markers for image-guided radiotherapy and particle therapy. Journal of Radiation Research. 54(suppl 1). i61–i68. 70 indexed citations

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Combs, Stephanie E., Kerstin A. Kessel, Klaus Herfarth, et al.. (2012). Treatment of pediatric patients and young adults with particle therapy at the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center (HIT): establishment of workflow and initial clinical data. Radiation Oncology. 7(1). 170–170. 42 indexed citations

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Ecker, Swantje, Daniel Habermehl, Stefan Rieken, et al.. (2012). Comparison of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with intensity modulated particle therapy (IMPT) using fixed beams or an ion gantry for the treatment of patients with skull base meningiomas. Radiation Oncology. 7(1). 44–44. 34 indexed citations

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Hauswald, Henrik, Stefan Rieken, Swantje Ecker, et al.. (2012). First experiences in treatment of low-grade glioma grade I and II with proton therapy. Radiation Oncology. 7(1). 189–189. 39 indexed citations

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Chaudhri, N., Daniel Richter, Swantje Ecker, et al.. (2012). SU‐E‐T‐334: Clinical Implementation of Gating and Dose Verification with Scanned Ion Beams at HIT. Medical Physics. 39(6Part15). 3780–3781. 3 indexed citations

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Jensen, Alexandra D, Anna Nikoghosyan, Swantje Ecker, et al.. (2011). Carbon ion therapy for advanced sinonasal malignancies: feasibility and acute toxicity. Radiation Oncology. 6(1). 30–30. 15 indexed citations

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Jensen, Alexandra D, Swantje Ecker, M. Ellerbrock, et al.. (2011). Carbon ion therapy for ameloblastic carcinoma. Radiation Oncology. 6(1). 13–13. 27 indexed citations

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Jensen, Alexandra D, Anna Nikoghosyan, Swantje Ecker, et al.. (2011). Raster-scanned carbon ion therapy for malignant salivary gland tumors: acute toxicity and initial treatment response. Radiation Oncology. 6(1). 149–149. 17 indexed citations

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Mast, Henning, Swantje Ecker, & Peter Marx. (1993). Cerebral ischemia induced by compression tests during transcranial Doppler sonography. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 71(1). 46–48. 9 indexed citations

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