World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
55
Citations
9043
World Ranking
3073
National Ranking
913

Overview

Chris J. Diederich is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Medicine, with significant contributions in Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Additional subfields include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiation, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

The main topics of Diederich's work focus heavily on ultrasound and hyperthermia applications. Other notable areas include photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, advanced MRI techniques and applications, ultrasound imaging and elastography, infrared thermography in medicine, advanced radiotherapy techniques, and ultrasound in clinical applications.

Diederich has published extensively in various specialized venues, frequently contributing to Medical Physics and the International Journal of Hyperthermia. Other publication venues include 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, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Chris J. Diederich include:

  • AAPM Task Group 241: A medical physicist's guide to MRI-guided focused ultrasound body systems (2021, Medical Physics)
  • Anatomic thermochromic tissue-mimicking phantom of the lumbar spine for pre-clinical evaluation of MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) ablation of the facet joint (2021, International Journal of Hyperthermia)
  • LIPUS far-field exposimetry system for uniform stimulation of tissues in-vitro: development and validation with bovine intervertebral disc cells (2020, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express)
  • Deployable ultrasound applicators for endoluminal delivery of volumetric hyperthermia (2021, International Journal of Hyperthermia)
  • In silico feasibility assessment of extracorporeal delivery of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to intervertebral discs within the lumbar spine (2020, Physics in Medicine and Biology)

Frequent collaborators of Diederich include Eugene Ozhinsky, Matthew S. Adams, Ki Soo Kim, Stanley Benedict, and Angela Keyser. These co-authors have worked with Diederich on multiple projects, reflecting ongoing research partnerships across related subjects.

Best Publications

  • Method and apparatus for thermal therapy of tumors

    Chris J. Diederich

  • Survival benefit of hyperthermia in a prospective randomized trial of brachytherapy boost +/- hyperthermia for glioblastoma multiforme.

    Penny K. Sneed;Paul R. Stauffer;Michael W. McDermott;Chris J. Diederich

  • Interstitial Heating Technologies

    P. R. Stauffer;C. J. Diederich;M. H. Seegenschmiedt

  • Thermal ablation and high-temperature thermal therapy: overview of technology and clinical implementation.

    Chris J Diederich

  • Implantable thermal treatment method and apparatus

    Chris J Diederich;Jeffrey C Lotz;Will Nau;David S Bradford

  • Ultrasound technology for hyperthermia.

    Chris J Diederich;Kullervo Hynynen

  • Method of manufacture of a transurethral ultrasound applicator for prostate gland thermal therapy

    Everette C. Burdette;Chris J. Diederich

  • Simulation techniques in hyperthermia treatment planning

    Margarethus M Paulides;Paul R Stauffer;Esra Neufeld;Paolo F Maccarini

  • Catheter based balloon for therapy modification and positioning of tissue

    Chris J. Diederich;Dana L. Deardorff

  • Acute biomechanical and histological effects of intradiscal electrothermal therapy on human lumbar discs.

    Frank S. Kleinstueck;Chris J. Diederich;William H. Nau;Christian M. Puttlitz

  • Method of treating back pain with microwave sources

    Chris J. Diederich;Jeffrey C. Lotz;Will Nau;David S. Bradford

  • Transurethral ultrasound applicators with directional heating patterns for prostate thermal therapy: in vivo evaluation using magnetic resonance thermometry.

    C. J. Diederich;R. J. Stafford;W. H. Nau;E. C. Burdette

  • MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery, present and future

    David Schlesinger;Stanley H Benedict;Chris Diederich;Wladyslaw Gedroyc

  • Two phase I dose-escalation/pharmacokinetics studies of low temperature liposomal doxorubicin (LTLD) and mild local hyperthermia in heavily pretreated patients with local regionally recurrent breast cancer

    Timothy M. Zagar;Zeljko Vujaskovic;Silvia Formenti;Hope Rugo

  • MRI-guided thermal therapy of transplanted tumors in the canine prostate using a directional transurethral ultrasound applicator

    John D. Hazle;Chris J. Diederich;Marko Kangasniemi;Roger E. Price

  • Transurethral ultrasound array for prostate thermal therapy: initial studies

    C.J. Diederich;E.C. Burdette

  • Induction of hyperthermia using an intracavitary multielement ultrasonic applicator

    C.J. Diederich;K. Hynynen

  • Ultrasound applicators with integrated catheter-cooling for interstitial hyperthermia: Theory and preliminary experiments

    C J Diederich

  • Quality assurance guidelines for superficial hyperthermia clinical trials: I. Clinical requirements

    Hana Dobsicek Trefna;Hans Crezee;Manfred Schmidt;Dietmar Marder

  • Method for transurethral delivery of thermal therapy to tissue

    Chris J. Diederich

  • Referenceless MR Thermometry for Monitoring Thermal Ablation in the Prostate

    V. Rieke;A.M. Kinsey;A.B. Ross;W.H. Nau

  • Magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity ultrasound ablation of the prostate.

    Kim Butts Pauly;Chris J. Diederich;Viola Rieke;Donna Bouley

  • Evaluation of multielement catheter-cooled interstitial ultrasound applicators for high-temperature thermal therapy

    W. H. Nau;C. J. Diederich;E. C. Burdette

  • Quality assurance guidelines for superficial hyperthermia clinical trials : II. Technical requirements for heating devices

    Hana Dobšíček Trefná;Johannes Crezee;Manfred Schmidt;Dietmar Marder

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey C. Lotz
Jeffrey C. Lotz University of California, San Francisco
Kim Butts Pauly
Kim Butts Pauly Stanford University
Michael D. Lesh
Michael D. Lesh University of California, San Francisco
John Kurhanewicz
John Kurhanewicz University of California, San Francisco
Kullervo Hynynen
Kullervo Hynynen Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Penny K. Sneed
Penny K. Sneed University of California, San Francisco
Theodore L. Phillips
Theodore L. Phillips University of California, San Francisco
Tao Sun
Tao Sun University of Virginia
Nathan McDannold
Nathan McDannold Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hope S. Rugo
Hope S. Rugo University of California, San Francisco

External Links

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Chris J. Diederich

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles