Thomas Pyka

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Pyka is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Pyka has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 16 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Pyka's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (16 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (11 papers). Thomas Pyka is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (16 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (11 papers). Thomas Pyka collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Denmark. Thomas Pyka's co-authors include Markus Schwaiger, Jens Gempt, Tobias Maurer, Matthias Eiber, Claus Zimmer, Christine Preibisch, Bernhard Meyer, Benedikt Wiestler, Florian Ringel and Margitta Retz and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Pyka

29 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Comparison of bone scintigraphy and 68Ga-PSMA PET for skeletal staging in prostate cancer
    2016 280 citations Thomas Pyka, Shozo Okamoto et al. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Pyka Germany 18 896 528 419 118 101 30 1.2k
Sina Burth Germany 14 1.4k 1.5× 196 0.4× 579 1.4× 70 0.6× 79 0.8× 18 1.7k
Oliver Eidel Germany 9 1.0k 1.2× 157 0.3× 482 1.2× 68 0.6× 71 0.7× 10 1.3k
Martha Nowosielski Austria 20 1.1k 1.3× 331 0.6× 1.1k 2.6× 151 1.3× 221 2.2× 45 1.8k
Semi Harrabi Germany 21 298 0.3× 805 1.5× 525 1.3× 131 1.1× 134 1.3× 91 1.3k
Vera Wenter Germany 22 968 1.1× 744 1.4× 575 1.4× 258 2.2× 184 1.8× 51 1.7k
Samantha J. Mills United Kingdom 21 692 0.8× 138 0.3× 440 1.1× 51 0.4× 107 1.1× 56 1.4k
Andra Krauze United States 15 351 0.4× 347 0.7× 373 0.9× 135 1.1× 124 1.2× 64 1.0k
Giuseppe Palma Italy 23 826 0.9× 434 0.8× 42 0.1× 103 0.9× 49 0.5× 80 1.3k
Iuliana Toma-Daşu Sweden 27 1.1k 1.2× 1.3k 2.5× 111 0.3× 90 0.8× 425 4.2× 112 2.1k
S. Levegrün Germany 16 651 0.7× 933 1.8× 56 0.1× 179 1.5× 86 0.9× 29 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Pyka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Pyka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pyka, Thomas, Clemens Mingels, Hasan Sari, et al.. (2025). Kinetics of the amino acid uptake tracer O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) in human brain. EJNMMI Research. 15(1). 90–90.
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Fraum, Tyler J., Hasan Sari, André H. Dias, et al.. (2024). Whole-Body Multiparametric PET in Clinical Oncology: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. American Journal of Roentgenology. 223(5). e2431712–e2431712. 2 indexed citations
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Alberts, Ian, Hasan Sari, Clemens Mingels, et al.. (2023). Long-axial field-of-view PET/CT: perspectives and review of a revolutionary development in nuclear medicine based on clinical experience in over 7000 patients. Cancer Imaging. 23(1). 28–28. 45 indexed citations
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Pyka, Thomas, Federico Caobelli, Lale Umutlu, et al.. (2023). What Role Does PET/MRI Play in Musculoskeletal Disorders?. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 55(2). 277–289. 4 indexed citations
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Mei, Riccardo, Thomas Pyka, Hasan Sari, et al.. (2023). The clinical acceptability of short versus long duration acquisitions for head and neck cancer using long-axial field-of-view PET/CT: a retrospective evaluation. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 51(5). 1436–1443. 10 indexed citations
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Pyka, Thomas, Axel Rominger, Claire Delbridge, et al.. (2022). Multiparametric Characterization of Intracranial Gliomas Using Dynamic [18F]FET-PET and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Diagnostics. 12(10). 2331–2331. 5 indexed citations
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Rotkopf, Lukas T., Benedikt Wiestler, Christine Preibisch, et al.. (2020). The wavelet power spectrum of perfusion weighted MRI correlates with tumor vascularity in biopsy-proven glioblastoma samples. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0228030–e0228030. 6 indexed citations
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Cabello, Jorge, Friederike Liesche‐Starnecker, Paul Eichinger, et al.. (2020). Imaging glioma biology: spatial comparison of amino acid PET, amide proton transfer, and perfusion-weighted MRI in newly diagnosed gliomas. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 47(6). 1468–1475. 38 indexed citations
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Liesche‐Starnecker, Friederike, Mathias Lukas, Christine Preibisch, et al.. (2019). 18F-Fluoroethyl-tyrosine uptake is correlated with amino acid transport and neovascularization in treatment-naive glioblastomas. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 46(10). 2163–2168. 15 indexed citations
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Lipková, Jana, Panagiotis Angelikopoulos, Stephen Wu, et al.. (2018). Personalized Radiotherapy Planning for Glioma Using Multimodal Bayesian Model Calibration.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Buchmann, Niels, Jens Gempt, Yu‐Mi Ryang, et al.. (2018). Can Early Postoperative O-(2-18FFluoroethyl)-l-Tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography After Resection of Glioblastoma Predict the Location of Later Tumor Recurrence?. World Neurosurgery. 121. e467–e474. 17 indexed citations
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Pyka, Thomas, Shozo Okamoto, Robert Tauber, et al.. (2016). Comparison of bone scintigraphy and 68Ga-PSMA PET for skeletal staging in prostate cancer. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 43(12). 2114–2121. 280 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bette, Stefanie, Johannes Kaesmacher, Claire Delbridge, et al.. (2016). Static FET–PET and MR Imaging in Anaplastic Gliomas (WHO III). World Neurosurgery. 91. 524–531.e1. 7 indexed citations
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Göttler, Jens, Mathias Lukas, Stephan Kaczmarz, et al.. (2016). Intra-lesional spatial correlation of static and dynamic FET-PET parameters with MRI-based cerebral blood volume in patients with untreated glioma. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 44(3). 392–397. 33 indexed citations
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Wiestler, Benedikt, Mathias Lukas, Jens Gempt, et al.. (2016). Multiparametric MRI-based differentiation of WHO grade II/III glioma and WHO grade IV glioblastoma. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35142–35142. 51 indexed citations
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Pyka, Thomas, Jens Gempt, Florian Ringel, et al.. (2015). Textural analysis of pre-therapeutic [18F]-FET-PET and its correlation with tumor grade and patient survival in high-grade gliomas. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 43(1). 133–141. 72 indexed citations
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Gempt, Jens, Stefanie Bette, Niels Buchmann, et al.. (2015). Volumetric Analysis of F-18-FET-PET Imaging for Brain Metastases. World Neurosurgery. 84(6). 1790–1797. 20 indexed citations
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Pyka, Thomas, Gregor Weirich, Ingo Einspieler, et al.. (2015). 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET for Differential Diagnosis of Suggestive Lung Lesions in Patients with Prostate Cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 57(3). 367–371. 115 indexed citations
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Gempt, Jens, Stefanie Bette, Yu‐Mi Ryang, et al.. (2015). 18F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine positron emission tomography for grading and estimation of prognosis in patients with intracranial gliomas. European Journal of Radiology. 84(5). 955–962. 26 indexed citations

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