OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
AF episodes recognition using optimized time-frequency features and cost-sensitive SVM	69
Effect of the period of EEG signals on the decoding of motor information	64
Shear wave elastography in chronic kidney disease – the physics and clinical application	64
A publicly available dataset of out-of-field dose profiles of a 6 MV linear accelerator	54
Scoping the future for interventional radiology and interventional neuroradiology: a clinical physics perspective	38
ACPSEM position paper on the clinical implementation of image registration	36
Glioma segmentation with DWI weighted images, conventional anatomical images, and post-contrast enhancement magnetic resonance imaging images by U-Net	34
Is the PhD a qualification that is more or less standardised and accepted all over the world?	29
Winning images from the Photography in Medical Physics (PiMP) competition	29
Inpainting-filtering for metal artifact reduction (IMIF-MAR) in computed tomography	27
Analysis of the threshold image contrast obtained with the CDMAM 3.4 and CDMAM 4.0 phantoms	26
Development of open access tool for automatic use factor calculation using DICOM-RT patient data	25
Interplay effect modeling in stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment of liver cancer using volumetric modulated arc therapy	25
Analysis of normal lung irradiation in radiosurgery treatments: a comparison of lung optimized treatment (LOT) on cyberknife, 4D target volume on helical tomotherapy, and DIBH on linear accelerator	24
Can magnetic resonance imaging after cranioplasty using titanium mesh detect brain tumors?	24
Noise reduction performance of a deep learning-based reconstruction in brain computed tomography images acquired with organ-based tube current modulation	24
Internationally trained medical physicists should be certified, through ACPSEM, in order to be employed in Australia and New Zealand as Radiation Oncology Medical Physicists	22
Winning images from the Art in Science and Engineering in Medicine (ARSENIC) competition	21
Segmentation of liver and liver lesions using deep learning	16
Arrhythmia detection and classification using ECG and PPG techniques: a review	16
An effective cross-scenario remote heart rate estimation network based on global–local information and video transformer	14
Book Review: Johns and Cunningham’s The Physics of Radiology, Fifth edition by Eva Bezak, Alun Beddoe, Loredana Marcu, Martin Ebert, Roger Price	14
A Q-transform-based deep learning model for the classification of atrial fibrillation types	13
The effects of distance between the imaging isocenter and brain center on the image quality of cone-beam computed tomography for brain stereotactic irradiation	13
Automated angular measurement for puncture angle using a computer-aided method in ultrasound-guided peripheral insertion	13

Image masking using convolutional networks improves performance classification of radiation pneumonitis for non-small cell lung cancer	12
Vectorgastrogram: dynamic trajectory and recurrence quantification analysis to assess slow wave vector movement in healthy subjects	12
Determining tolerance levels for quality assurance of 3D printed bolus for modulated arc radiotherapy of the nose	12
The efficacy of earplugs at a major hazard facility	12
Additive manufacturing of patient specific bolus for radiotherapy: large scale production and quality assurance	12
A novel TPS toolkit to assess correlation between transit fluence dosimetry and DVH metrics for adaptive head and neck radiotherapy	11
Analysis of dual-energy mammography subtraction technique for the dose and image quality evaluation using 3D-printed breast phantom	11
A structure-based gamma evaluation method for identifying clinically relevant dose differences in organs at risk	11
Comparison of the accuracy of Monte Carlo and Ray Tracing dose calculation algorithms for multiple target brain treatments on CyberKnife	11
An anthropomorphic 3D printed inhomogeneity thorax phantom slab for SBRT commissioning and quality assurance	11
Facial functional networks during resting state revealed by thermal infrared imaging	10
Physical characteristics of deep learning-based image processing software in computed tomography: a phantom study	10
Use of a PLA sleeve to remove electron enhancement in superficial X-ray therapy	9
Verhulst map measures: new biomarkers for heart rate classification	9
Dose from imaging at the time of treatment should be reduced	9
Webinar and survey on quality management principles within the Australian and New Zealand ACPSEM Workforce	9
Atrial fibrillation cardiac radioablation target visibility on magnetic resonance imaging	9
Lead equivalence testing using a custom-built testing kit	9
In Australia professional registration for qualified medical physicists should be mandated through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)	8
Quality improvement of images with metal artifact reduction using a noise recovery technique in computed tomography	8
MRI safety for leave-on powdered hair thickeners under 1.5-T and 3.0-T MRI: measurement of deflection force, MRI artifact, and evaluation of preexamination screening	8
Kilovoltage therapy is well and truly alive and needed in a modern radiotherapy centre	8
Automatic classification of brain magnetic resonance images with hypercolumn deep features and machine learning	7
Dosimetry investigation of a prototype of 169Yb seed brachytherapy for use in circular stapler	7
The effect of scan parameters on T1, T2 relaxation times measured with multi-dynamic multi-echo sequence: a phantom study	7
Evaluation of physical properties and image of polyvinyl chloride as breast tissue equivalence for dual-modality (mammography and ultrasound)	7
Effects of MR imaging time reduction on substitute CT generation for prostate MRI-only treatment planning	7
Evaluation of intrafractional prostate displacement during prostate radiotherapy using real-time ultrasound system	7
Properties of the SSIM metric in medical image assessment: correspondence between measurements and the spatial frequency spectrum	6
Phantom and clinical evaluation of Block Sequential Regularized Expectation Maximization (BSREM) reconstruction algorithm in 68Ga-PSMA PET-CT studies	6
Novel method for evaluating spatial resolution of magnetic resonance images	6
Real-time in vivo dose measurement using ruby-based fibre optic dosimetry during internal radiation therapy	6
Lifetime radiation-induced sarcoma risk in patients subjected to IMRT or VMAT for uterine cervix carcinoma	6
Comparing log file to measurement-based patient-specific quality assurance	6
Epileptic-seizure onset detection using PARAFAC model with cross-wavelet transformation on multi-channel EEG	6
Use of light-weight foaming polylactic acid as a lung-equivalent material in 3D printed phantoms	6
Graph features based classification of bronchial and pleural rub sound signals: the potential of complex network unwrapped	5
Explainable machine learning for knee osteoarthritis diagnosis based on a novel fuzzy feature selection methodology	5
Status of medical physics education and training in AFOMP region	5
Improving motion management in radiation therapy: findings from a workshop and survey in Australia and New Zealand	5
Development and performance evaluation of a novel scintillation-based active shielding gamma probe	5
Photoplethysmography-based non-invasive blood pressure monitoring via ensemble model and imbalanced dataset processing	5
Reconstruction residual network with a fused spatial-channel attention mechanism for automatically classifying diabetic foot ulcer	5
Voting-based 1D CNN model for human lower limb activity recognition using sEMG signal	5
Curvature correction factors for the independent verification of monitor units of electron treatment plans calculated in Eclipse	5
Optimization of penalization function in Bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm for [18F]flutemetamol amyloid PET images	5
Evaluation of direct point dose estimation based on the distribution of the size-specific dose estimate	5
Effects of illuminance intensity on the green channel of remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) signals	5
Study of PRESAGE® dosimeter for end-to-end 3D radiotherapy verification using an anthropomorphic phantom with bespoke dosimeter insert	5
Developing a robust model to predict depth of anesthesia from single channel EEG signal	5

Assessing focal spot alignment in clinical linear accelerators: a comprehensive evaluation with triplet phantoms	5
A comparison of automatic and manual compensation methods for the calculation of tube currents during off-centered patient positioning with a noise-based automatic exposure control system in computed	4
Prediction of endovascular leaks after thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair though machine learning applied to pre-procedural computed tomography angiographs	4
CT scatter spectra transmission data of 80, 100, 120 and 140 kVp primary beams for various shielding materials	4
Winning images from the Photography in Medical Physics (PiMP) competition	4
Performance analyses of five neural network classifiers on nodule classification in lung CT images using WEKA: a comparative study	4
LCADNet: a novel light CNN architecture for EEG-based Alzheimer disease detection	4
Gafchromic EBT3 film provides equivalent dosimetric performance to EBT-XD film for stereotactic radiosurgery dosimetry	4
Estimation of dose to a bystander from F-18 FDG patients using Monte Carlo simulation in clinical exposure scenarios	4
Comparison of treatment plans between static jaw and jaw tracking techniques in postmastectomy intensity-modulated radiation therapy	4
Evaluation of HyperArc™ using film and portal dosimetry quality assurance	4
Open-source, fully-automated hybrid cardiac substructure segmentation: development and optimisation	4
Modeling of interstitial microwave hyperthermia for hepatic tumors using floating sleeve antenna	4
The future of biomedical engineering education is transdisciplinary	4
Computer simulations can replace in-vivo experiments for implantable medical devices	4
Dynamic intrafractional position monitoring with implanted fiducial markers for enhanced accuracy in radiotherapy of prostate cancer	4
An iterative algorithm for computing gradient directions for white matter fascicles detection in brain MRI	4
Super-resolution deep-learning reconstruction for cardiac CT: impact of radiation dose and focal spot size on task-based image quality	4
Parametric analysis of landing injury	4
Intelligent deep model based on convolutional neural network’s and multi-layer perceptron to classify cardiac abnormality in diabetic patients	4
Addressing challenges in diagnostic X-ray dosimetry: uncertainties and corrections for Al2O3:C-based optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters	4
Effect of radioprotective curtain length on the scattered dose rate distribution and endoscopist eye lens dose with an over-couch fluoroscopy system	4
PE-Ynet: a novel attention-based multi-task model for pulmonary embolism detection using CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) scan images	4
A multi-label dataset and its evaluation for automated scoring system for cleanliness assessment in video capsule endoscopy	4
Assessment of biomedical engineering knowledge using true–false questions	4
SPINDILOMETER: a model describing sleep spindles on EEG signals for polysomnography	4
Reducing ExacTrac intrafraction imaging uncertainty for prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy using a pre-treatment CBCT	4
Dosimetric comparison of proton therapy and CyberKnife in stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver cancers	4
Evaluation and assessment of clique arrangements for the estimation of omnipolar electrograms in high density electrode arrays: an experimental animal model study	4
Physical and visual evaluations of CT image quality of large low-contrast objects with visual model-based iterative reconstruction technique: a phantom study	4
Publisher Correction to: Sensitivity improvement of a deuterium-deuterium neutron generator based in vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA) system	4
Detection of stage of lung changes in COVID-19 disease based on CT images: a radiomics approach	4
Multimodal Kernel-based discriminant correlation analysis data-fusion approach: an automated autism spectrum disorder diagnostic system	3
Detection of fetal arrhythmia by adaptive single channel electrocardiogram extraction	3
A deep learning approach in automated detection of schizophrenia using scalogram images of EEG signals	3
Influence of spill-over for 99mTc images and the effect of scatter correction for dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition with 99mTc and 18F using small-animal SPECT-PET/CT system	3
Mammogram mass segmentation and classification based on cross-view VAE and spatial hidden factor disentanglement	3
Estimation of body segmental orientation for prosthetic gait using a nonlinear autoregressive neural network with exogenous inputs	3
Applicator-guided proton therapy versus multichannel brachytherapy for vaginal vault irradiation	3
Generating missing patient anatomy from partially acquired cone-beam computed tomography images using deep learning: a proof of concept	3
Deep learning-based ultrasound transducer induced CT metal artifact reduction using generative adversarial networks for ultrasound-guided cardiac radioablation	3
Nanodosimetric quantity-weighted dose optimization for carbon-ion treatment planning	3
Automated detection, delineation and quantification of whole-body bone metastasis using FDG-PET/CT images	3
PCXMC cone beam computed tomography dosimetry investigations	3
Improvising limitations of DNN based ultrasound image reconstruction	3
Hybrid participation options to mitigate discrimination and maximise productivity in post-COVID higher education and research workplaces	3
ACPSEM position paper: pre-treatment patient specific plan checks and quality assurance in radiation oncology	3
Age induced interactions between heart rate variability and systolic blood pressure variability using approximate entropy and recurrence quantification analysis: a multiscale cross correlation analysi	3
Identification of OSAHS patients based on ReliefF-mRMR feature selection	3
Trends in patient dose and compression force for digital (DR) mammography systems over an eleven-year period	3
Evaluation of MU2net as an online secondary dose check for MR guided radiation therapy with the Elekta unity MR linac	3
Phantom study of layered sensor module for photon-counting BMD detector	3
Condition control training-based ConVMLP-ResU-Net for semantic segmentation of esophageal cancer in 18F-FDG PET/CT images	3
Prediction of treatment response in major depressive disorder using a hybrid of convolutional recurrent deep neural networks and effective connectivity based on EEG signal	3
Assessment of thoracic spinal curvatures in static postures using spatially tracked 3D ultrasound volumes: a proof-of-concept study	3
Generation of fluoroscopy-alike radiographs as alternative datasets for deep learning in interventional radiology	3
Clinical implementation of HyperArc	3
CT slice alignment to whole-body reference geometry by convolutional neural network	3
Organ dose in cardiac dual-energy computed tomography: a Monte Carlo study	3
Effect of foam insertion in aneurysm sac on flow structures in parent lumen: relating vortex structures with disturbed shear	3
Multi-resolution auto-encoder for anomaly detection of retinal imaging	3
Development of a 3D printed phantom for commissioning and quality assurance of multiple brain targets stereotactic radiosurgery	3
Detectability of cold tumors by xSPECT bone technology compared with hot tumors: a supine phantom study	3
Investigation of scatter radiation intensities in the cardiac catheter laboratory: novel versus traditional shielding solutions	3
Development of a novel detection method for changes in lung conditions during radiotherapy using a temporal subtraction technique	3
Two-versus three-dimensional regions of interest for quantifying SPECT-CT images	3
A major depressive disorder diagnosis approach based on EEG signals using dictionary learning and functional connectivity features	3
EPSM 2021, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine	3
Enhanced premature ventricular contraction pulse detection and classification using deep convolutional neural network	3
Multiple analyses suggests texture features can indicate the presence of tumor in the prostate tissue	3
In-silico evaluation of the effect of set-up errors on dose delivery during mouse irradiations with a Cs-137 cell irradiator-based collimator system	3
Transit dosimetry of stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments with electronic portal dosimetry device in patient with spinal implant	3
Evaluation of radiation exposure to operators of portable hand-held dental X-ray units	3