William S. Ball

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

William S. Ball is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Ball has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Surgery, 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 20 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in William S. Ball's work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (9 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers). William S. Ball is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (9 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers). William S. Ball collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. William S. Ball's co-authors include Scott K. Holland, R. Scott Dunn, Janaka Wansapura, Kerry R. Crone, Erin Prenger, Kim M. Cecil, Richard B. Towbin, Anna W. Byars, Ton J. deGrauw and SS Kollias and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

William S. Ball

118 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

NMR relaxation times in the human brain at 3.0 tesla

1999 691 citations Scott K. Holland, R. Scott Dunn et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William S. Ball United States	37	1.2k	908	730	713	665	119	4.7k
W.K. Chong United Kingdom	50	960 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	1.0k 1.4×	903 1.3×	791 1.2×	140	6.4k
James A. Brunberg United States	44	1.4k 1.2×	464 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	669 0.9×	531 0.8×	104	7.2k
Linda Heier United States	35	695 0.6×	621 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	550 0.8×	471 0.7×	112	4.2k
Charles Raybaud France	41	893 0.8×	2.3k 2.5×	1.0k 1.4×	502 0.7×	351 0.5×	176	4.8k
John C. Haselgrove United States	40	1.7k 1.4×	548 0.6×	210 0.3×	539 0.8×	438 0.7×	121	5.2k
John Moossy United States	43	417 0.4×	576 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	807 1.1×	669 1.0×	151	5.7k
Fabio Triulzi Italy	37	925 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	962 1.3×	398 0.6×	351 0.5×	242	4.9k
Jay S. Tsuruda United States	38	4.1k 3.5×	697 0.8×	982 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	606 0.9×	72	5.7k
Jaap Valk Netherlands	42	1.7k 1.4×	593 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	845 1.2×	518 0.8×	116	6.8k
J. Keith Smith United States	47	2.8k 2.3×	2.0k 2.3×	512 0.7×	583 0.8×	754 1.1×	130	8.2k

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Mohamedahmed, Ali Yasen, et al.. (2024). Ambulatory management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis (AmbUDiv study): a multicentre, propensity score matching study. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 39(1). 184–184. 1 indexed citations

Quinn, Charles T., Robert C. McKinstry, Michael M. Dowling, et al.. (2012). Acute Silent Cerebral Ischemic Events in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia. JAMA Neurology. 70(1). 58–58. 48 indexed citations

Makoroff, Kathi L., Kim M. Cecil, Marguerite M. Caré, & William S. Ball. (2005). Elevated lactate as an early marker of brain injury in inflicted traumatic brain injury. Pediatric Radiology. 35(7). 668–676. 50 indexed citations

Dhawan, Atam P., et al.. (2000). Multi-level adaptive segmentation of multi-parameter MR brain images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 24(2). 87–98. 33 indexed citations

Palasis, Susan, John C. Egelhoff, Joan Morris, Bernadette L. Koch, & William S. Ball. (1998). Central nervous system relapse of treated stage IV neuroblastoma. Pediatric Radiology. 28(12). 990–994. 6 indexed citations

Dhawan, Atam P., et al.. (1996). System for MR brain image segmentation. 2. 732–733. 3 indexed citations

Kalinyak, Karen, Christopher Morris, William S. Ball, et al.. (1995). Bone marrow transplantation in a young child with sickle cell anemia. American Journal of Hematology. 48(4). 256–261. 26 indexed citations

Kollias, SS, William S. Ball, & Erin Prenger. (1995). Review of the embryologic development of the pituitary gland and report of a case of hypophyseal duplication detected by MRI. Neuroradiology. 37(1). 3–12. 53 indexed citations

Kollias, SS, William S. Ball, A. Aria Tzika, & Richard E. Harris. (1994). Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: neuroradiologic evaluation with pathologic correlation.. Radiology. 192(3). 743–754. 41 indexed citations

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Ball, William S., S N Nadel, R A Zimmerman, et al.. (1993). Phase III multicenter clinical investigation to determine the safety and efficacy of gadoteridol in children suspected of having neurologic disease.. Radiology. 186(3). 769–774. 19 indexed citations

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Tzika, A. Aria, et al.. (1993). Cerebral perfusion in children: detection with dynamic contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR images.. Radiology. 187(2). 449–458. 51 indexed citations

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Vázquez, Élida, William S. Ball, Erin Prenger, Amparo Castellote, & Kerry R. Crone. (1991). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Fourth Ventricular Choroid Plexus Neoplasms in Childhood. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 17(1). 48–52. 16 indexed citations

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Crone, Kerry R., et al.. (1989). Management of cerebral cavernous angiomas in children presenting with seizures. Child s Nervous System. 5(6). 347–349. 38 indexed citations

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Han, Bing, Richard B. Towbin, Gabrielle de Courten‐Myers, R. L. McLaurin, & William S. Ball. (1989). Reversal sign on CT: effect of anoxic/ischemic cerebral injury in children.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 10(6). 1191–1198. 46 indexed citations

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Towbin, Richard B., Henrique Manoel Lederman, J S Dunbar, William S. Ball, & Janet L. Strife. (1989). Esophageal edema as a predictor of unsuccessful balloon extraction of esophageal foreign body. Pediatric Radiology. 19(6-7). 359–360. 16 indexed citations

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Ball, William S., et al.. (1989). Congenital nasolacrimal mucoceles: CT evaluation.. Radiology. 173(3). 691–694. 67 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Junichi, Richard B. Towbin, & William S. Ball. (1989). Cranial chordomas in infancy and childhood. A report of two cases and review of the literature. Pediatric Radiology. 20(1-2). 28–32. 41 indexed citations

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Strife, Janet L., et al.. (1988). Arterial occlusions in neonates: use of fibrinolytic therapy.. Radiology. 166(2). 395–400. 44 indexed citations

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Ball, William S., Richard B. Towbin, & Robert A. Kaufman. (1988). Pediatric case of the day. Osteoblastoma of the lateral mass of C6 on the right.. Radiographics. 8(1). 191–194. 4 indexed citations

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Towbin, Richard B., et al.. (1987). Radiographic characteristics of skull fractures resulting from child abuse. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 8(3). 455–457. 9 indexed citations

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