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Erik L. Ritman

Erik L. Ritman

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
19500
World Ranking
17712
National Ranking
8842

Erik L. Ritman publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik L. Ritman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 499 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Erik L. Ritman D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik L. Ritman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Erik L. Ritman is affiliated with Mayo Clinic in the United States, focusing on research at the intersection of Medicine and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, and Radiation.

Their research predominantly addresses Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Radiation Dose and Imaging, and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications. Other areas of contribution include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, MRI in cancer diagnosis, and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Shuai Leng, Cynthia H. McCollough, Andrew J. Vercnocke, Kishore Rajendran, and Shengzhen Tao. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications in recognized venues.

Erik L. Ritman's recent papers demonstrate a focus on improving imaging techniques and quantification accuracy, particularly in computed tomography (CT). Notable publications are:

  • Overcoming calcium blooming and improving the quantification accuracy of percent area luminal stenosis by material decomposition of multi-energy computed tomography datasets, 2020, Journal of Medical Imaging
  • A Blooming correction technique for improved vasa vasorum detection using an ultra-high-resolution photon-counting detector CT, 2020, Medical Imaging 2020: Physics of Medical Imaging
  • Measurement of enhanced vasa vasorum density in a porcine carotid model using photon counting detector CT, 2023, Journal of Medical Imaging
  • Erratum to "Impact of Effective Detector Pixel and CT Voxel Size on Accurate Estimation of Blood Volume in Opacified Microvasculature" [Acad Radiol 2019; 26:1410-1416], 2020, Academic Radiology
  • Image reconstruction from limited angle projections collected by multisource interior x-ray imaging systems, 2020, UNC Libraries

Their work has been published frequently in the Journal of Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging 2020: Physics of Medical Imaging, Academic Radiology, and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Micro-computed tomography - Current status and developments

    Erik L. Ritman

  • Enhanced coronary vasa vasorum neovascularization in experimental hypercholesterolemia.

    Hyuck Moon Kwon;Giuseppe Sangiorgi;Erik L. Ritman;Charles McKenna

  • Three-dimensional imaging of vasculature and parenchyma in intact rodent organs with X-ray micro-CT

    Steven M. Jorgensen;Omer Demirkaya;Erik L. Ritman

  • Simvastatin Preserves the Structure of Coronary Adventitial Vasa Vasorum in Experimental Hypercholesterolemia Independent of Lipid Lowering

    Stephanie H. Wilson;Joerg Herrmann;Lilach O. Lerman;David R. Holmes

  • Poly(propylene fumarate) bone tissue engineering scaffold fabrication using stereolithography: effects of resin formulations and laser parameters.

    Kee Won Lee;Shanfeng Wang;Bradley C. Fox;Erik L. Ritman

  • Coronary vasa vasorum neovascularization precedes epicardial endothelial dysfunction in experimental hypercholesterolemia.

    Joerg Herrmann;Lilach O Lerman;Martin Rodriguez-Porcel;David R Holmes

  • Local tomography

    Adel Faridani;Erik L. Ritman;Kennan T. Smith

  • The Dynamic Vasa Vasorum

    Erik L. Ritman;Amir Lerman

  • Human Imaging With Photon Counting-Based Computed Tomography at Clinical Dose Levels: Contrast-to-Noise Ratio and Cadaver Studies.

    Ralf Gutjahr;Ahmed F. Halaweish;Zhicong Yu;Shuai Leng

  • Adventitial vasa vasorum in balloon-injured coronary arteries: Visualization and quantitation by a microscopic three-dimensional computed tomography technique

    Hyuck Moon Kwon;Giuseppe Sangiorgi;Erik L Ritman;Amir Lerman

  • Current Status of Developments and Applications of Micro-CT

    Erik L. Ritman

  • Position and motion of the human diaphragm during anesthesia-paralysis.

    Sebastian Krayer;Kai Rehder;Jörg Vettermann;E. Paul Didier

  • Evaluation of conventional imaging performance in a research whole-body CT system with a photon-counting detector array

    Zhicong Yu;Shuai Leng;Steven M Jorgensen;Zhoubo Li;Zhoubo Li

  • Estrogen regulates the rate of bone turnover but bone balance in ovariectomized rats is modulated by prevailing mechanical strain

    Kim C. Westerlind;Thomas J. Wronski;Erik L. Ritman;Zong Ping Luo

  • The use of microcomputed tomography to study microvasculature in small rodents.

    Michael D. Bentley;Maria C. Ortiz;Erik L. Ritman;J. Carlos Romero

  • Molecular imaging in small animals--roles for micro-CT.

    Erik L. Ritman

  • Structural morphology of renal vasculature

    David A. Nordsletten;Shane Blackett;Michael D. Bentley;Erik L. Ritman

  • Quantitative Analysis of Interconnectivity of Porous Biodegradable Scaffolds with Micro-Computed Tomography

    Michael J. Moore;Esmaiel Jabbari;Erik L. Ritman;Lichun Lu

  • Noninvasive measurement of concurrent single-kidney perfusion, glomerular filtration, and tubular function

    James D. Krier;Erik L. Ritman;Zeljko Bajzer;J. Carlos Romero

  • High-speed three-dimensional X-ray computed tomography: The dynamic spatial reconstructor

    R.A. Robb;E.A. Hoffman;L.J. Sinak;L.D. Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Robb
Richard A. Robb Mayo Clinic
Lilach O. Lerman
Lilach O. Lerman Mayo Clinic
Amir Lerman
Amir Lerman Mayo Clinic
Eric A. Hoffman
Eric A. Hoffman University of Iowa
David R. Holmes
David R. Holmes Mayo Clinic
David O. Warner
David O. Warner Mayo Clinic
Russell T. Turner
Russell T. Turner Oregon State University
William E. Higgins
William E. Higgins Pennsylvania State University

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