Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 84k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging in oncology, covering topics such as PET/CT imaging, cancer tumor imaging, image reconstruction, molecular imaging, quantitative analysis, attenuation correction, and response criteria. The cluster also discusses the application of PET imaging in small animal research.
- PET/CT
- imaging
- cancer
- tumor
- reconstruction
- molecular
- quantitative
- attenuation correction
- response criteria
- small animal
- Research works
- 84k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% 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 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.8k and 2.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.8k works
- 2 China 2.2k works
- 3 Germany 855 works
- 4 Japan 711 works
- 5 United Kingdom 457 works
- 6 France 455 works
- 7 India 422 works
- 8 Italy 411 works
- 9 South Korea 388 works
- 10 Canada 298 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Stanford University publishes the most Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications research, followed by Tsinghua University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Stanford UniversityUnited States 70 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 63 works
- 3 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 53 works
- 4 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 52 works
- 5 United Imaging Healthcare (China)China 50 works
- 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 49 works
- 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 48 works
- 8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 47 works
- 9 University of California, DavisUnited States 46 works
- 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 43 works
Who are the leading researchers in Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications include R. Kowalewski, S. L. Wu and Sw. Banerjee.
- 1 R. Kowalewski United Kingdom 11k citations
- 2 S. L. Wu United Kingdom 10k citations
- 3 Sw. Banerjee United Kingdom 10k citations
- 4 P. Jackson United Kingdom 10k citations
- 5 X. Wu Switzerland 9.6k citations
- 6 M. Morii United Kingdom 9.6k citations
- 7 J. M. Izen United Kingdom 9.5k citations
- 8 T. Adye United Kingdom 9.3k citations
- 9 B. Stugu United Kingdom 9.3k citations
- 10 H. F-W. Sadrozinski United States 9.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Forchheim.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ForchheimDE · 26.1 works95×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, ShanghaiTech University, Medical University of Vienna and Fukushima Medical University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ShanghaiTech UniversityChina | 59.1 | 21.1% | 10.6× | 23 | — |
| 2 | Medical University of ViennaAustria | 56.1 | 20.7% | 8.1× | 28 | +16.6% |
| 3 | Fukushima Medical UniversityJapan | 52.3 | 13.8% | 9.9× | 9 | +415.6% |
| 4 | University of BernSwitzerland | 51.8 | 33.4% | 3.2× | 16 | +76.9% |
| 5 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 51.2 | 39.0% | 2.5× | 14 | +48.2% |
| 6 | University of Southern DenmarkDenmark | 50.7 | 36.4% | 2.3× | 9 | +152.6% |
| 7 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 49.4 | 15.8% | 5.0× | 70 | -6.7% |
| 8 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 49.3 | 26.7% | 1.1× | 27 | +179.5% |
| 9 | University of California, DavisUnited States | 48.6 | 17.1% | 5.3× | 46 | +21.1% |
| 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 46.3 | 23.8% | 1.9× | 49 | +45.3% |
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 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.
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.