William D. O’Brien

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
358 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

William D. O’Brien is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. O’Brien has authored 358 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 139 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 105 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in William D. O’Brien's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (161 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (131 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (87 papers). William D. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (161 papers), Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (131 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (87 papers). William D. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Finland. William D. O’Brien's co-authors include Michael L. Oelze, James F. Zachary, Chris Edwards, P.M. Embree, I.A. Hein, Aiguo Han, Timothy A. Bigelow, Leon A. Frizzell, John W. Erdman and Rita J. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William D. O’Brien

339 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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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.

Ultrasound–biophysics mechanisms

2006 541 citations William D. O’Brien Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology profile →
Modified assay for determination of hydroxyproline in a tissue hydrolyzate

1980 424 citations William D. O’Brien et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fully Integrated Tunable III-V/Si Laser With On-Chip SOA 2024 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·Ranjeet Kumar, Guan-Lin Su, Duanni Huang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hari Mahalingam, (unknown), (unknown), Chenyang Wu, William D. O’Brien, (unknown), David Gold, (unknown), Richard Jones, Haisheng Rong	6
2	High-Power Heterogeneously Integrated III-V/Silicon Superluminescent Diode 2023 ·IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·(unknown), Olufemi Dosunmu, (unknown), (unknown), Chenyang Wu, (unknown), (unknown), David Gold, Shenghong Huang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William D. O’Brien, Richard Jones	3
3	A 10% Tomato Diet Selectively Reduces Radiation-Induced Damage in TRAMP Mice 2021 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Joe L. Rowles, Matthew A. Wallig, Kimberly A. Selting, Timothy M. Fan, Rita J. Miller, William D. O’Brien, John W. Erdman	2
4	Inter-sonographer reproducibility of quantitative ultrasound outcomes and shear wave speed measured in the right lobe of the liver in adults with known or suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 2018 ·European Radiology ·Aiguo Han, Yassin Labyed, Ethan Sy, Andrew S. Boehringer, Michael P. André, John W. Erdman, Rohit Loomba, Claude B. Sirlin, William D. O’Brien	33
5	Quantitative Ultrasound Comparison of MAT and 4T1 Mammary Tumors in Mice and Rats Across Multiple Imaging Systems 2015 ·Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine ·Lauren A. Wirtzfeld, Goutam Ghoshal, Iván M. Rosado-Méndez, Kibo Nam, (unknown), (unknown), Rita J. Miller, Douglas G. Simpson, James A. Zagzebski, Michael L. Oelze, Timothy J. Hall, William D. O’Brien	13
6	Noninvasive Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Quantification of Liver Fat Using a New Quantitative Ultrasound Technique 2014 ·Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Steven C. Lin, Elhamy Heba, Tanya Wolfson, Brandon Ang, Anthony Gamst, Aiguo Han, John W. Erdman, William D. O’Brien, Michael P. André, Claude B. Sirlin, Rohit Loomba	207
7	Contrast Ultrasound Imaging of the Aorta Alters Vascular Morphology and Circulating von Willebrand Factor in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits 2012 ·Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine ·(unknown), Douglas G. Simpson, (unknown), Rita J. Miller, James P. Blue, Alexander Haak, William D. O’Brien, John W. Erdman	6
8	Quantitative ultrasonic characterization of diffuse scatterers in the presence of structures that produce coherent echoes 2012 ·IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Adam Luchies, Goutam Ghoshal, William D. O’Brien, Michael L. Oelze	17
9	Improvement of in vitro thrombolysis employing magnetically-guided microspheres 2007 ·Thrombosis Research ·Michael D. Torno, Michael D. Kaminski, Yumei Xie, (unknown), Carol J. Mertz, Xianqiao Liu, William D. O’Brien, Axel J. Rosengart	40
10	Ultrasound–biophysics mechanisms breakdown → 2006 ·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·William D. O’Brien	541
11	Excess risk thresholds in ultrasound safety studies: Statistical methods for data on occurrence and size of lesions 2004 ·Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·Douglas G. Simpson, Moon-Ho Ringo Ho, Yang Yan, Jianhui Zhou, James F. Zachary, William D. O’Brien	5
12	Attenuation coefficient and propagation speed estimates of intercostal tissue as a function of pig age 2002 ·IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·Rita J. Miller, Leon A. Frizzell, James F. Zachary, William D. O’Brien	9
13	Superthreshold behavior and threshold estimation of ultrasound-induced lung hemorrhage in adult mice and rats 2001 ·IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·James F. Zachary, (unknown), Leon A. Frizzell, Douglas G. Simpson, William D. O’Brien	53
14	Diagnostic ultrasound should be performed without upper intensity limits 2001 ·Medical Physics ·William D. O’Brien, Douglas L. Miller, William R. Hendee	6
15	Evaluation of the unscanned soft-tissue thermal index 1999 ·IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·William D. O’Brien, D. S. Ellis	20
16	Comparison of the Output Display Standard's TIS Estimates with Independently Determined Maximum Temperature Increase Calculations 1996 ·William D. O’Brien, D. S. Ellis	2
17	Decision-directed line detection with application to medical ultrasound. 1996 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·R.N. Czerwinski, (unknown), William D. O’Brien	2
18	Flow velocity profile via time-domain correlation: error analysis and computer simulation 1990 ·IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·(unknown), P.M. Embree, William D. O’Brien	180
19	In-vivo fetal ultrasound exposimetry 1990 ·IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ·C.M.W. Daft, T A Siddiqi, D.W. Fitting, Richard A. Meyer, William D. O’Brien	12
20	Bioeffects considerations for the safety of diagnostic ultrasound 1988 ·Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine ·F.L. Lizzi, Alysia D. Vrailas‐Mortimer, Edwin L. Carstensen, Frederick W. Kremkau, Don R. Miller, Mary V. Miller, Wesley L. Nyborg, William D. O’Brien, Marvin C. Ziskin	111

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