Thomas Deffieux

14.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
209 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Deffieux is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Deffieux has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 76 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thomas Deffieux's work include Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (62 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (50 papers) and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (38 papers). Thomas Deffieux is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (62 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (50 papers) and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (38 papers). Thomas Deffieux collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Morocco. Thomas Deffieux's co-authors include Mickaël Tanter, Jean‐Luc Gennisson, Mathias Fink, Gabriel Montaldo, Mathieu Pernot, Charlie Demené, Jean‐François Aubry, Marie Müller, J.N. Barbotin and Elisa E. Konofagou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Deffieux

204 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

  1. Ultrasound elastography: Principles and techniques
    2013 735 citations Jean‐Luc Gennisson, Thomas Deffieux et al. Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging profile →
  2. Spatiotemporal Clutter Filtering of Ultrafast Ultrasound Data Highly Increases Doppler and fUltrasound Sensitivity
    2015 655 citations Charlie Demené, Thomas Deffieux et al. profile →
  3. Quantitative Assessment of Breast Lesion Viscoelasticity: Initial Clinical Results Using Supersonic Shear Imaging
    2008 571 citations Mickaël Tanter, Thomas Deffieux et al. profile →
  4. Viscoelastic and Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of in vivo Muscle Tissue Assessed by Supersonic Shear Imaging
    2010 529 citations Jean‐Luc Gennisson, Thomas Deffieux et al. profile →
  5. Breast Lesions: Quantitative Elastography with Supersonic Shear Imaging—Preliminary Results
    2010 423 citations Mickaël Tanter, Thomas Deffieux et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Deffieux 5.7k 5.2k 1.6k 1.5k 888 209 9.9k
Ingolf Sack 5.6k 1.0× 6.3k 1.2× 371 0.2× 1.0k 0.7× 372 0.4× 265 9.4k
Armen Sarvazyan 3.0k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 855 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 382 0.4× 153 5.3k
Chrit Moonen 5.5k 1.0× 7.4k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 209 0.1× 148 0.2× 282 12.9k
Bruce J. Tromberg 6.7k 1.2× 4.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 131 0.1× 377 0.4× 216 10.9k
Anita Mahadevan‐Jansen 2.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 247 0.2× 243 0.3× 239 9.0k
Michael B. Smith 2.2k 0.4× 4.7k 0.9× 2.4k 1.5× 76 0.1× 710 0.8× 205 12.0k
John R. Griffiths 1.4k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 2.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 108 0.1× 235 10.2k
Michael S. Patterson 11.3k 2.0× 9.0k 1.7× 1.4k 0.8× 277 0.2× 433 0.5× 201 16.2k
Andrew D. McCulloch 4.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.2× 4.9k 3.0× 320 0.2× 295 0.3× 326 15.4k
Zhihong Huang 2.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.2× 1.4k 0.9× 583 0.4× 3.9k 4.4× 467 11.6k

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All Works

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Baranger, Jérôme, Charlie Demené, Bruno-Félix Osmanski, et al.. (2025). Physio-fUS: a tissue-motion based method for heart and breathing rate assessment in neurofunctional ultrasound imaging. EBioMedicine. 112. 105581–105581. 1 indexed citations
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Deffieux, Thomas, Alexandre Dizeux, M. Cristina Avramut, et al.. (2025). Non-invasive characterization of pericyte dysfunction in mouse brain using functional ultrasound localization microscopy. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 10(2). 214–230. 2 indexed citations
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Giroud, M., et al.. (2025). Monitoring microvascular changes over time with a repositionable 3D ultrasonic capacitive micromachined row-column sensor. Science Advances. 11(13). eadr6449–eadr6449. 1 indexed citations
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Sitt, Jacobo, Isabelle Rivals, Yushan Liu, et al.. (2024). Specific and non-uniform brain states during cold perception in mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(12). e0909232023–e0909232023.
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Griggs, Whitney S., Sumner L. Norman, Thomas Deffieux, et al.. (2023). Decoding motor plans using a closed-loop ultrasonic brain–machine interface. Nature Neuroscience. 27(1). 196–207. 24 indexed citations
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Dizeux, Alexandre, Thomas Deffieux, Serge Picaud, et al.. (2023). Co-variations of cerebral blood volume and single neurons discharge during resting state and visual cognitive tasks in non-human primates. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112369–112369. 8 indexed citations
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Goazigo, Annabelle Réaux‐Le, Lauriane Delay, Isabelle Rivals, et al.. (2022). Ultrasound localization microscopy and functional ultrasound imaging reveal atypical features of the trigeminal ganglion vasculature. Communications Biology. 5(1). 330–330. 11 indexed citations
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Blaize, Kévin, Fabrice Arcizet, Marc Gesnik, et al.. (2020). Functional ultrasound imaging of deep visual cortex in awake nonhuman primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14453–14463. 44 indexed citations
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Bergel, Antoine, Elodie Tiran, Thomas Deffieux, et al.. (2020). Publisher Correction: Adaptive modulation of brain hemodynamics across stereotyped running episodes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6449–6449. 1 indexed citations
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Bergel, Antoine, Elodie Tiran, Thomas Deffieux, et al.. (2020). Adaptive modulation of brain hemodynamics across stereotyped running episodes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6193–6193. 27 indexed citations
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Anfray, Antoine, Antoine Drieu, Vincent Hingot, et al.. (2019). Circulating tPA contributes to neurovascular coupling by a mechanism involving the endothelial NMDA receptors. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 40(10). 2038–2054. 29 indexed citations
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Deffieux, Thomas, et al.. (2019). The SVD Beamformer: Physical Principles and Application to Ultrafast\n Adaptive Ultrasound. arXiv (Cornell University). 35 indexed citations
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Deffieux, Thomas, Charlie Demené, Mathieu Pernot, & Mickaël Tanter. (2018). Functional ultrasound neuroimaging: a review of the preclinical and clinical state of the art. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 50. 128–135. 115 indexed citations
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Bergel, Antoine, Thomas Deffieux, Charlie Demené, Mickaël Tanter, & Ivan Cohen. (2018). Local hippocampal fast gamma rhythms precede brain-wide hyperemic patterns during spontaneous rodent REM sleep. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5364–5364. 78 indexed citations
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Deffieux, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Modulates Monkey Visuomotor Behavior. Current Biology. 23(23). 2430–2433. 304 indexed citations
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Gennisson, Jean‐Luc, Thomas Deffieux, Mathias Fink, & Mickaël Tanter. (2013). Ultrasound elastography: Principles and techniques. Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging. 94(5). 487–495. 735 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gabibov, Alexander G., Alain Friboulet, Thomas Deffieux, et al.. (2002). Antibody Proteases: Induction of Catalytic Response. Biochemistry (Moscow). 67(10). 1168–1179. 8 indexed citations
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Sannier, Fredéric, Jean‐Marie Piot, D. Guillochon, Pascal Dhulster, & Thomas Deffieux. (1993). Stabilization of pepsin on duolite for the continuous hydrolysis of bovine haemoglobin at pH2 and 40�C. Biotechnology Techniques. 7(1). 25–30. 9 indexed citations
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Sayadi, Sami, Monçef Nasri, J.N. Barbotin, & Thomas Deffieux. (1989). Effect of environmental growth conditions on plasmid stability, plasmid copy number, and catechol 2,3‐dioxygenase activity in free and immobilized Escherichia coli cells. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 33(7). 801–808. 49 indexed citations

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