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Frank M. Bengel is affiliated with Hannover Medical School in Germany and has a substantial publication record primarily in the field of medicine, with a focus on radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their work spans multiple subfields, including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and surgery.

Their research contributes to several main topics within medical imaging and diagnostics. These include:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Frank M. Bengel has published in a range of frequent venues, with notable contributions in:

  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Left ventricular remodelling post-myocardial infarction: pathophysiology, imaging, and novel therapies," published in 2022 in European Heart Journal
  • "Incidental Findings Suggestive of COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Nuclear Medicine Procedures in a High-Prevalence Region," published in 2020 in Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • "Clinical quantitative cardiac imaging for the assessment of myocardial ischaemia," published in 2020 in Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Expert consensus on the monitoring of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy," published in 2021 in European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "The Future of Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging, and Theranostics," published in 2020 in Journal of Nuclear Medicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research. These include:

  • Tobias L. Roß
  • Thorsten Derlin
  • James T. Thackeray
  • Johanna Diekmann
  • Rudolf A. Werner

Best Publications

  • Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Adam Torbicki;Arnaud Perrier;Stavros Konstantinides;Giancarlo Agnelli

  • Assessment of Myocardial Viability With Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Comparison With Positron Emission Tomography

    Christoph Klein;Stephan G. Nekolla;Frank M. Bengel;Mitsuru Momose

  • Cardiac computed tomography: Indications, applications, limitations, and training requirements - Report of a Writing Group deployed by the Working Group Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Council of Nuclear Cardiology

    Stephen Schroeder;Stephan Achenbach;Frank Bengel;Christof Burgstahler

  • Anatomic versus physiologic assessment of coronary artery disease. Role of coronary flow reserve, fractional flow reserve, and positron emission tomography imaging in revascularization decision-making.

    K. Lance Gould;Nils P. Johnson;Timothy M. Bateman;Rob S. Beanlands

  • EANM/ESC procedural guidelines for myocardial perfusion imaging in nuclear cardiology

    B. Hesse;K. Tägil;A. Cuocolo;C. Anagnostopoulos

  • Effect of sympathetic reinnervation on cardiac performance after heart transplantation.

    Frank M. Bengel;Peter Ueberfuhr;Nina Schiepel;Stephan G. Nekolla

  • Serial Assessment of Sympathetic Reinnervation After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation A Longitudinal Study Using PET and C-11 Hydroxyephedrine

    Frank M. Bengel;Peter Ueberfuhr;Sibylle I. Ziegler;Stephan Nekolla

  • EANM procedural guidelines for radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT and SPECT/CT: 2015 revision

    Hein J. Verberne;Wanda Acampa;Constantinos Anagnostopoulos;Jim Ballinger

  • Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography

    Frank M. Bengel;Takahiro Higuchi;Mehrbod S. Javadi;Riikka Lautamäki

  • Noninvasive quantification and optimization of acute cell retention by in vivo positron emission tomography after intramyocardial cardiac-derived stem cell delivery.

    John Terrovitis;Riikka Lautamäki;Michael Bonios;James Fox

  • Myocardial Inflammation Predicts Remodeling and Neuroinflammation After Myocardial Infarction.

    James T. Thackeray;Henri C. Hupe;Yong Wang;Jens P. Bankstahl

  • Computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging with 320-row detector computed tomography accurately detects myocardial ischemia in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease

    Richard T. George;Armin Arbab-Zadeh;Julie M. Miller;Andrea L. Vavere

  • Ectopic expression of the sodium-iodide symporter enables imaging of transplanted cardiac stem cells in vivo by single-photon emission computed tomography or positron emission tomography.

    John Terrovitis;Keng Fai Kwok;Riikka Lautamäki;James M. Engles

  • Molecular Imaging of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 After Acute Myocardial Infarction.

    James T. Thackeray;Thorsten Derlin;Arash Haghikia;L. Christian Napp

  • Positron Emission Tomography-Guided Therapy of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (PETAL): A Multicenter, Randomized Phase III Trial.

    Ulrich Dührsen;Stefan Müller;Bernd Hertenstein;Henrike Thomssen

  • Hybrid cardiac imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT. A joint position statement by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR) and the European Council of Nuclear Cardiology (ECNC)

    Albert Flotats;Juhani Knuuti;Matthias Gutberlet;Claudio Marcassa

  • Prediction of Short-Term Cardiovascular Events Using Quantification of Global Myocardial Flow Reserve in Patients Referred for Clinical 82Rb PET Perfusion Imaging

    Kenji Fukushima;Mehrbod S. Javadi;Takahiro Higuchi;Riikka Lautamäki

  • Role of Imaging in Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy

    Saskia L.M.A. Beeres;Frank M. Bengel;Jozef Bartunek;Douwe E. Atsma

  • Extent of Cardiac Sympathetic Neuronal Damage Is Determined by the Area of Ischemia in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Ichiro Matsunari;Ullrich Schricke;Frank M. Bengel;Hans Ullrich Haase

  • Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

    Adam Torbicki;Arnaud Perrier;Stavros Konstantinides;Giancarlo Agnelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Schwaiger
Markus Schwaiger Technical University of Munich
Stephan G. Nekolla
Stephan G. Nekolla Technical University of Munich
Johann Bauersachs
Johann Bauersachs Hannover Medical School
Benjamin M. W. Tsui
Benjamin M. W. Tsui Johns Hopkins University
Hans-Jürgen Wester
Hans-Jürgen Wester Technical University of Munich
Kai C. Wollert
Kai C. Wollert Hannover Medical School
Juhani Knuuti
Juhani Knuuti Turku University Hospital
Richard L. Wahl
Richard L. Wahl Washington University in St. Louis
Martin G. Pomper
Martin G. Pomper Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Eduardo Marbán
Eduardo Marbán Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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