Wouter J. Heerink

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Wouter J. Heerink is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wouter J. Heerink has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wouter J. Heerink's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (6 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (5 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (5 papers). Wouter J. Heerink is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (6 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (5 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (5 papers). Wouter J. Heerink collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands. Wouter J. Heerink's co-authors include Matthijs Oudkerk, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Geertruida H. de Bock, Harry J.M. Groen, G. J. de Jonge, Simeon J. S. Ruiter, Koert P. de Jong, Ruud Schreurs, Thomas Maal and Tong Xi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Radiology and European Urology.

In The Last Decade

Wouter J. Heerink

18 papers receiving 796 citations

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Complication rates of CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy: meta-analysis

2016 490 citations Wouter J. Heerink, Geertruida H. de Bock et al. European Radiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wouter J. Heerink Netherlands	9	489	163	149	145	94	19	804
Seishi Nakatsuka Japan	18	673 1.4×	172 1.1×	75 0.5×	289 2.0×	149 1.6×	76	1.1k
Tomohisa Okuma Japan	18	725 1.5×	168 1.0×	84 0.6×	102 0.7×	189 2.0×	45	982
Eliodoro Faiella Italy	17	235 0.5×	280 1.7×	161 1.1×	233 1.6×	74 0.8×	98	817
Lambros Tsélikas France	19	328 0.7×	148 0.9×	112 0.8×	289 2.0×	166 1.8×	39	784
Hoen‐oh Shin Germany	17	283 0.6×	291 1.8×	243 1.6×	225 1.6×	35 0.4×	57	739
Tokuhiko Omatsu Japan	17	241 0.5×	330 2.0×	52 0.3×	143 1.0×	107 1.1×	39	802
Tadasu Kohno Japan	22	1.0k 2.1×	175 1.1×	97 0.7×	371 2.6×	151 1.6×	72	1.4k
Shigeyuki Naka Japan	19	169 0.3×	196 1.2×	239 1.6×	229 1.6×	214 2.3×	76	802
Roland Syha Germany	19	171 0.3×	281 1.7×	134 0.9×	291 2.0×	42 0.4×	65	805
Hyun Jeong Park South Korea	20	213 0.4×	269 1.7×	60 0.4×	422 2.9×	216 2.3×	79	1.0k

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Groen, Harald C., et al.. (2024). The influence of the da Vinci surgical robot on electromagnetic tracking in a clinical environment. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 18(1). 54–54. 6 indexed citations

Groen, Harald C., Esther Wit, Wouter J. Heerink, et al.. (2024). Surgical navigation for targeted retroperitoneal lymph-node removal: a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. EClinicalMedicine. 74. 102754–102754. 2 indexed citations

Heerink, Wouter J., Harald C. Groen, H.G. Van Der Poel, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of Image-guided Navigation with Electromagnetic Tracking During Robot-assisted Sentinel Node Biopsy: A Prospective Study. European Urology. 87(4). 482–490. 3 indexed citations

Heerink, Wouter J., Harald C. Groen, Brechtje A. Grotenhuis, et al.. (2024). Real-time intraoperative ultrasound registration for accurate surgical navigation in patients with pelvic malignancies. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 20(2). 249–258. 1 indexed citations

Heerink, Wouter J., Harald C. Groen, Henk G. van der Poel, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of image-guided navigation during robotic-assisted surgery: A prospectivestudy. European Urology. 85. S560–S560.

Heerink, Wouter J., et al.. (2023). Feasibility of tracked ultrasound registration for pelvic–abdominal tumor navigation: a patient study. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 18(9). 1725–1734. 7 indexed citations

Groen, Harald C., A.G. den Hartog, Wouter J. Heerink, et al.. (2022). Use of Image-Guided Surgical Navigation during Resection of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer. Life. 12(5). 645–645. 10 indexed citations

Heerink, Wouter J., et al.. (2022). Real-Time Wireless Tumor Tracking in Navigated Liver Resections: An Ex Vivo Feasibility Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 29(6). 3951–3960. 1 indexed citations

Reijers, Sophie J. M., Wouter J. Heerink, Jasper Nijkamp, et al.. (2021). Surgical navigation for challenging recurrent or pretreated intra‐abdominal and pelvic soft tissue sarcomas. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 124(7). 1173–1181. 4 indexed citations

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Kuhlmann, Koert F.D., Harald C. Groen, Jolanda M. van Dieren, et al.. (2020). Accurate surgical navigation with real-time tumor tracking in cancer surgery. npj Precision Oncology. 4(1). 8–8. 28 indexed citations

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Jong, Koert P. de, et al.. (2020). Robotic versus freehand needle positioning in CT-guided ablation of liver tumors: A randomized controlled trial. HPB. 22. S356–S356. 1 indexed citations

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Groen, Harald C., Wouter J. Heerink, Nikie J. Hoetjes, et al.. (2020). Association of Image-Guided Navigation With Complete Resection Rate in Patients With Locally Advanced Primary and Recurrent Rectal Cancer. JAMA Network Open. 3(7). e208522–e208522. 22 indexed citations

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Heerink, Wouter J., Simeon J. S. Ruiter, Jan Pieter Pennings, et al.. (2019). Robotic versus Freehand Needle Positioning in CT-guided Ablation of Liver Tumors: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Radiology. 290(3). 826–832. 44 indexed citations

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Heerink, Wouter J., Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Simeon J. S. Ruiter, et al.. (2018). The relationship between applied energy and ablation zone volume in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal liver metastasis. European Radiology. 28(8). 3228–3236. 35 indexed citations

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Ruiter, Simeon J. S., Wouter J. Heerink, & Koert P. de Jong. (2018). Liver microwave ablation: a systematic review of various FDA-approved systems. European Radiology. 29(8). 4026–4035. 66 indexed citations

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Heerink, Wouter J., Monique D. Dorrius, Harry J.M. Groen, et al.. (2018). Respiratory level tracking with visual biofeedback for consistent breath-hold level with potential application in image-guided interventions. European Radiology Experimental. 2(1). 22–22. 3 indexed citations

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Heerink, Wouter J., et al.. (2017). Computed tomography (CT)-compatible remote center of motion needle steering robot: Fusing CT images and electromagnetic sensor data. Medical Engineering & Physics. 45(1). 71–77. 24 indexed citations

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Heerink, Wouter J., Geertruida H. de Bock, G. J. de Jonge, et al.. (2016). Complication rates of CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy: meta-analysis. European Radiology. 27(1). 138–148. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xi, Tong, Ruud Schreurs, Wouter J. Heerink, Stefaan Bergé, & Thomas Maal. (2014). A Novel Region-Growing Based Semi-Automatic Segmentation Protocol for Three-Dimensional Condylar Reconstruction Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). PLoS ONE. 9(11). e111126–e111126. 57 indexed citations

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