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D-Index
48
Citations
12675
World Ranking
6105
National Ranking
2668

Overview

Allen W. Song is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with specific focus on several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Wireless Body Area Networks
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Allen W. Song has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • A randomized proof-of-mechanism trial applying the 'fast-fail' approach to evaluating κ-opioid antagonism as a treatment for anhedonia (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Umbilical Cord Blood Infusion for Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2020, The Journal of Pediatrics)
  • Recent Advances in Radio-Frequency Coil Technologies: Flexible, Wireless, and Integrated Coil Arrays (2021, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
  • Cortical iron mediates age-related decline in fluid cognition (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
  • Column-based cortical depth analysis of the diffusion anisotropy and radiality in submillimeter whole-brain diffusion tensor imaging of the human cortical gray matter in vivo (2023, NeuroImage)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Trong-Kha Truong
  • Dean Darnell
  • Fraser Robb
  • Devon Overson
  • David J. Madden

Allen W. Song has published multiple times in venues such as:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition / Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • NeuroImage
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Scott A. Huettel;Allen W. Song;Gregory McCarthy

  • Experience-dependent changes in cerebellar contributions to motor sequence learning

    Julien Doyon;Allen W. Song;Avi Karni;François Lalonde

  • Decisions under Uncertainty: Probabilistic Context Influences Activation of Prefrontal and Parietal Cortices

    Scott A. Huettel;Allen W. Song;Gregory McCarthy

  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Cerebral White Matter Integrity in Cognitive Aging

    David J. Madden;Ilana J. Bennett;Agnieszka Burzynska;Guy G. Potter

  • Cerebral White Matter Integrity and Cognitive Aging: Contributions from Diffusion Tensor Imaging

    David J. Madden;Ilana J. Bennett;Allen W. Song

  • Neural mechanisms of top-down control during spatial and feature attention.

    Barry Giesbrecht;Marty G. Woldorff;Allen W. Song;George R. Mangun

  • A robust multi-shot scan strategy for high-resolution diffusion weighted MRI enabled by multiplexed sensitivity-encoding (MUSE).

    Nan kuei Chen;Arnaud Guidon;Hing Chiu Chang;Allen W. Song

  • Distinct Value Signals in Anterior and Posterior Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

    David V. Smith;Benjamin Y. Hayden;Trong Kha Truong;Allen W. Song

  • Differential developmental trajectories of magnetic susceptibility in human brain gray and white matter over the lifespan

    Wei Li;Bing Wu;Bing Wu;Anastasia Batrachenko;Vivian Bancroft-Wu

  • Diffusion weighted fMRI at 1.5 T

    Allen W. Song;Eric C. Wong;Steve G. Tan;James S. Hyde

  • Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Parkinson Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Ying Hui Chou;Patrick T. Hickey;Mark Sundman;Allen W. Song

  • The Involvement of the Dopaminergic Midbrain and Cortico-Striatal-Thalamic Circuits in the Integration of Reward Prospect and Attentional Task Demands

    Ruth M. Krebs;Carsten N. Boehler;Carsten N. Boehler;Kenneth C. Roberts;Allen W. Song

  • Functional Parcellation of Attentional Control Regions of the Brain

    Marty G. Woldorff;Chad J. Hazlett;Harlan M. Fichtenholtz;Daniel H. Weissman

  • Conflict monitoring in the human anterior cingulate cortex during selective attention to global and local object features.

    Daniel H. Weissman;Barry Giesbrecht;Allen W. Song;George R. Mangun

  • White matter abnormalities in bipolar disorder: insights from diffusion tensor imaging studies

    Serene Heng;Allen W. Song;Kang Sim

  • Effect of Autologous Cord Blood Infusion on Motor Function and Brain Connectivity in Young Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

    Jessica M. Sun;Allen W. Song;Laura E. Case;Mohamad A. Mikati

  • Amygdala activation to sad pictures during high-field (4 tesla) functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Lihong Wang;Gregory McCarthy;Allen W. Song;Kevin S. LaBar

  • Single-shot epi with signal recovery from susceptibility-induced losses

    Allen W. Song

  • Linking Hemodynamic and Electrophysiological Measures of Brain Activity: Evidence from Functional MRI and Intracranial Field Potentials

    Scott A. Huettel;Martin J. McKeown;Allen W. Song;Sarah Hart

  • Integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming (iPRES)

    Hui Han;Allen W. Song;Trong Kha Truong

Frequent Co-Authors

Marty G. Woldorff
Marty G. Woldorff Duke University
Joanne Kurtzberg
Joanne Kurtzberg Duke University
Gregory McCarthy
Gregory McCarthy Yale University
David J. Madden
David J. Madden Duke University
Chunlei Liu
Chunlei Liu University of California, Berkeley
Mohamad A. Mikati
Mohamad A. Mikati Duke University
Carsten N. Boehler
Carsten N. Boehler Ghent University
Ruth M. Krebs
Ruth M. Krebs Ghent University
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University
Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University

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