William M. Whelan

930 total citations
48 papers, 638 citations indexed

About

William M. Whelan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Whelan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 638 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 39 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in William M. Whelan's work include Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (42 papers), Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (30 papers) and Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (15 papers). William M. Whelan is often cited by papers focused on Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (42 papers), Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (30 papers) and Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (15 papers). William M. Whelan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and India. William M. Whelan's co-authors include I. Alex Vitkin, Douglas R. Wyman, Alexander A. Oraevsky, Brian C. Wilson, Lee Chin, Michael C. Kolios, Christopher B. Riley, Sean M. Davidson, Amin Babaei‐Ghazvini and Marya Ahmed and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Carbohydrate Polymers and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

William M. Whelan

47 papers receiving 615 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William M. Whelan Canada 14 518 393 140 91 43 48 638
A. E. Worthington Canada 16 506 1.0× 380 1.0× 125 0.9× 44 0.5× 24 0.6× 28 648
Liansheng Xu China 4 258 0.5× 184 0.5× 128 0.9× 34 0.4× 19 0.4× 11 395
Dário B. Rodrigues United States 14 423 0.8× 254 0.6× 69 0.5× 38 0.4× 29 0.7× 31 612
Bastien Arnal United States 15 898 1.7× 657 1.7× 219 1.6× 30 0.3× 17 0.4× 45 1.0k
Daqing Piao United States 16 708 1.4× 586 1.5× 28 0.2× 199 2.2× 14 0.3× 114 930
Patrick D. Kumavor United States 16 613 1.2× 318 0.8× 228 1.6× 51 0.6× 19 0.4× 68 758
Scott T. Clegg United States 6 346 0.7× 226 0.6× 62 0.4× 19 0.2× 14 0.3× 8 429
A. Needles Canada 8 660 1.3× 404 1.0× 67 0.5× 7 0.1× 35 0.8× 24 756
H.T. Al-Hafid Canada 6 430 0.8× 86 0.2× 62 0.4× 24 0.3× 126 2.9× 9 569
J. W. Valvano United States 6 209 0.4× 199 0.5× 93 0.7× 18 0.2× 8 0.2× 10 411

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William M. Whelan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Babaei‐Ghazvini, Amin, Matthew J. Dunlop, Bishnu Acharya, et al.. (2020). Effect of magnetic field alignment of cellulose nanocrystals in starch nanocomposites: Physicochemical and mechanical properties. Carbohydrate Polymers. 247. 116688–116688. 42 indexed citations
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Riley, Christopher B., et al.. (2014). Optoacoustic characterization of prostate cancer in an in vivo transgenic murine model. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 19(5). 56008–56008. 22 indexed citations
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Whelan, William M., et al.. (2014). Optical absorption and scattering properties of bulk porcine muscle phantoms from interstitial radiance measurements in 650–900 nm range. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 59(10). 2431–2444. 9 indexed citations
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Whelan, William M., et al.. (2013). Tagging photons with gold nanoparticles as localized absorbers in optical measurements in turbid media. Biomedical Optics Express. 4(12). 2989–2989. 2 indexed citations
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Vitkin, I. Alex, et al.. (2012). Radiance detection of non-scattering inclusions in turbid media. Biomedical Optics Express. 3(11). 3001–3001. 7 indexed citations
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Whelan, William M., et al.. (2011). Detection of localized inclusions of gold nanoparticles in Intralipid-1% by point-radiance spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 16(7). 77003–77003. 9 indexed citations
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Whelan, William M., et al.. (2010). Study of laser-induced thermoelastic deformation of native and coagulated ex-vivo bovine liver tissues for estimating their optical and thermomechanical properties. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 15(6). 65002–65002. 31 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Matthew A., Robert Weersink, & William M. Whelan. (2010). Assessment of thermal coagulation in ex-vivo tissues using Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 15(6). 68001–68001. 4 indexed citations
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Chin, Lee, William M. Whelan, & I. Alex Vitkin. (2007). Perturbative diffusion theory formalism for interpreting temporal light intensity changes during laser interstitial thermal therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 52(6). 1659–1674. 4 indexed citations
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Chin, Lee, A. E. Worthington, William M. Whelan, & I. Alex Vitkin. (2007). Determination of the optical properties of turbid media using relative interstitial radiance measurements: Monte Carlo study, experimental validation, and sensitivity analysis. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 12(6). 64027–64027. 20 indexed citations
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Chin, Lee, William M. Whelan, & I. Alex Vitkin. (2006). Information content of point radiance measurements in turbid media: implications for interstitial optical property quantification. Applied Optics. 45(9). 2101–2101. 14 indexed citations
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Oraevsky, Alexander A., et al.. (2005). Optical and acoustic properties at 1064 nm of polyvinyl chloride-plastisol for use as a tissue phantom in biomedical optoacoustics. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 50(14). N141–N153. 130 indexed citations
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Davidson, Sean M., I. Alex Vitkin, Michael D. Sherar, & William M. Whelan. (2005). Characterization of measurement artefacts in fluoroptic temperature sensors: Implications for laser thermal therapy at 810 nm. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 36(4). 297–306. 15 indexed citations
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Fan, Ying, et al.. (2005). Laser photothermoacoustic heterodyned lock-in depth profilometry in turbid tissue phantoms. Physical Review E. 72(5). 51908–51908. 15 indexed citations
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Chin, Lee, William M. Whelan, & I. Alex Vitkin. (2003). Models and measurements of light intensity changes during laser interstitial thermal therapy: implications for optical monitoring of the coagulation boundary location. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 48(4). 543–559. 13 indexed citations
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Whelan, William M., et al.. (2001). Laser thermal therapy: utility of interstitial fluence monitoring for locating optical sensors. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 46(4). N91–N96. 9 indexed citations
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Chin, Lee, William M. Whelan, M.D. Sherar, & I. Alex Vitkin. (2001). Changes in relative light fluence measured during laser heating: implications for optical monitoring and modelling of interstitial laser photocoagulation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 46(9). 2407–2420. 16 indexed citations
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Whelan, William M. & Douglas R. Wyman. (1999). Dynamic modeling of interstitial laser photocoagulation: Implications for lesion formation in liver in vivo. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 24(3). 202–208. 24 indexed citations
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Wyman, Douglas R. & William M. Whelan. (1994). Basic optothermal diffusion theory for interstitial laser photocoagulation. Medical Physics. 21(11). 1651–1656. 12 indexed citations
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Wyman, Douglas R., William M. Whelan, & Brian C. Wilson. (1992). Interstitial laser photocoagulation: Nd:YAG 1064 nm optical fiber source compared to point heat source. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 12(6). 659–664. 33 indexed citations

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