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Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 79k research works in it since 1950. 19.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of applications and techniques related to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the field of medicine. It includes topics such as perfusion imaging, spectroscopy, parallel imaging, susceptibility weighted imaging, deep learning applications, brain metabolites, functional MRI, quantitative susceptibility mapping, and cardiovascular MRI.

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Perfusion Imaging
  • Spectroscopy
  • Parallel Imaging
  • Susceptibility Weighted Imaging
  • Deep Learning
  • Brain Metabolites
  • Functional MRI
  • Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
  • Cardiovascular MRI
Research works
79k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.8k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.8k works
  2. 2 China 1.7k works
  3. 3 Germany 750 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 557 works
  5. 5 Japan 488 works
  6. 6 France 384 works
  7. 7 Canada 338 works
  8. 8 Italy 292 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 279 works
  10. 10 India 276 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 35.5%China: 21.7%Germany: 9.5%United Kingdom: 7.1%6 others listed: 26.2%36%largest
United States2,791 · 35.5%China1,706 · 21.7%Germany750 · 9.5%United Kingdom557 · 7.1%6 others listed2,058 · 26.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beihang University publishes the most Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications research, followed by Harvard University and Stanford University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beihang University China 75 works
  2. 2 Harvard University United States 66 works
  3. 3 Stanford University United States 57 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins University United States 50 works
  5. 5 Massachusetts General Hospital United States 50 works
  6. 6 University of Pennsylvania United States 47 works
  7. 7 University Hospital of Bern Switzerland 47 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 44 works
  9. 9 King's College London United Kingdom 44 works
  10. 10 New York University United States 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications include Stanley Osher.

  1. 1 Stanley Osher 8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Forchheim, Malvern and Billerica.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 374 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 224 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 207 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 152 works
  5. 5 New York United States 141 works
  6. 6 Paris France 138 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 119 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 117 works
  9. 9 Baltimore United States 114 works
  10. 10 Los Angeles United States 93 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ForchheimDE · 36.4 works160×
  2. MalvernUS · 22.4 works59×
  3. BillericaUS · 27.0 works56×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Beihang University, Hefei University and Medical University of Vienna score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 24.49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Beihang University: 75, 33.8%Hefei University: 18, 26.8%Medical University of Vienna: 30, 17.6%Harvard University: 66, 25.1%ShanghaiTech University: 20, 21.2%King's College London: 44, 21.5%Johns Hopkins University: 50, 24.1%New York University: 42, 22.9%University of Southern California: 36, 20.4%Xiamen University: 25, 31.5%Beihang UniversityHefei UniversityHarvard UniversityMedical University o…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Beihang University China 76.733.8%6.9×75 +145.2%
2Hefei University China 61.026.8%18.5×18
3Medical University of Vienna Austria 59.117.6%10.4×30 +13.3%
4Harvard University United States 58.725.1%5.5×66 -4.6%
5ShanghaiTech University China 58.121.2%10.9×20
6King's College London United Kingdom 54.021.5%6.1×44 -2.8%
7Johns Hopkins University United States 51.724.1%4.8×50 -12.8%
8New York University United States 51.222.9%5.4×42 -0.7%
9University of Southern California United States 49.620.4%5.1×36 +50.5%
10Xiamen University China 49.631.5%3.5×25 +32.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.