Volker Westphal

9.0k citations
63 papers · 6.5k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

    • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Biophysics top 0.02%
    • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
    • Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Papers in

    • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications 19
    • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques 32

Volker Westphal

60 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nanometer resolution imaging and tracking of fluorescent molecules with minimal photon fluxes 2016 · 800 citations
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Peers

Volker Westphal
Comparison fields: 5 of 130
  • Structural Biology 1.3k
  • Biophysics 3.1k
  • Biomedical Engineering 2.6k
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics 43
  • Ophthalmology 323
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20247
2 201744
3 201749
4 201552
5 201442
6 201215
7 20121
8 201031
9 201090
10 201053
11 200961
12
Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement
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2008596
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STED microscopy reveals that synaptotagmin remains clustered after synaptic vesicle exocytosis
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2006884
14
Nanoscale Resolution in the Focal Plane of an Optical Microscope
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2005341
15 200545
16 2005169
17
Automated Anterior Chamber Biometry with High-speed Optical Coherence Tomography
20033
18 200394
19 200243
20 200140

About Volker Westphal

Volker Westphal is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 63 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (32 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (20 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (19 papers), Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (17 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (10 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (7 papers), Corneal surgery and disorders (5 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (1.3k citations), Biophysics (3.1k citations), Biomedical Engineering (2.6k citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (43 citations) and Ophthalmology (323 citations). Volker Westphal has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Stefan W. Hell, Silvio O. Rizzoli, W. Kleemann, M. D. Glinchuk, Reinhard Jahn, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Katrin I. Willig, Dirk Kamin, Joseph A. Izatt and Andrew M. Rollins. Their work appears in journals such as Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Optics Express, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biophysical Journal and Scientific Reports.

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