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Thomas Bortfeld 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 Thomas Bortfeld sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 401 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Bortfeld 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 Thomas Bortfeld sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Radiology

Overview

Thomas Bortfeld is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Physics and Astronomy.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these, their subfields of focus cover:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Radiation
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Biomedical Engineering

Bortfeld's research addresses a variety of advanced topics, among which are:

  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following publication venues:

  • Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Medical Physics
  • 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

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Susu Yan
  • Nadya Shusharina
  • Gregory Buti
  • G Sharp
  • Ali Ajdari

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas Bortfeld include:

  • MR-guided proton therapy: a review and a preview, 2020, Radiation Oncology
  • Global democratisation of proton radiotherapy, 2023, The Lancet Oncology
  • Grand challenges for medical physics in radiation oncology, 2020, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Automated delineation of the clinical target volume using anatomically constrained 3D expansion of the gross tumor volume, 2020, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • The role of computational methods for automating and improving clinical target volume definition, 2020, Radiotherapy and Oncology

In 2021, Bortfeld was awarded membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for contributions related to Radiology.

Best Publications

  • Radiation oncology in the era of precision medicine

    Michael Baumann;Mechthild Krause;Jens Overgaard;Juergen Debus

  • X-ray field compensation with multileaf collimators

    Thomas R. Bortfeld;Darren L. Kahler;Timothy J. Waldron;Arthur L. Boyer

  • IMRT: a review and preview.

    Thomas Bortfeld

  • Conformal radiation treatment of prostate cancer using inversely-planned intensity-modulated photon beams produced with dynamic multileaf collimation.

    C.Clifton Ling;Chandra Burman;Chen S. Chui;Gerald J. Kutcher

  • Effects of motion on the total dose distribution.

    Thomas Bortfeld;Steve B Jiang;Eike Rietzel

  • Patient study of in vivo verification of beam delivery and range, using positron emission tomography and computed tomography imaging after proton therapy.

    Katia Parodi;Harald Paganetti;Helen A. Shih;Susan Michaud

  • An experimental investigation on intra-fractional organ motion effects in lung IMRT treatments

    Steve B Jiang;Cynthia Pope;Khaled M Al Jarrah;Jong H Kung

  • Number and orientations of beams in intensity‐modulated radiation treatments

    Jörg Stein;Radhe Mohan;Xiao Hong Wang;Thomas Bortfeld

  • Reducing the sensitivity of IMPT treatment plans to setup errors and range uncertainties via probabilistic treatment planning

    Jan Unkelbach;Thomas Bortfeld;Benjamin C. Martin;Martin Soukup

  • Realization and verification of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with modulated fields

    Thomas Bortfeld;Arthur L. Boyer;Wolfgang Schlegel;Darren L. Kahler

  • Optimized planning using physical objectives and constraints.

    Thomas Bortfeld

  • A treatment planning inter-comparison of proton and intensity modulated photon radiotherapy

    Antony J Lomax;Thomas Bortfeld;Gudrun Goitein;Juergen Debus

  • Radiotherapy treatment of early stage prostate cancer with IMRT and protons: a treatment planning comparison

    Alexei Trofimov;Paul L. Nguyen;John J. Coen;Karen P. Doppke

  • Single-Arc IMRT?

    Thomas Bortfeld;Steve Webb

  • Proton radiotherapy for childhood ependymoma: initial clinical outcomes and dose comparisons.

    Shannon M. MacDonald;Sairos Safai;Alexei Trofimov;John Wolfgang

  • IMPROVED PLANNING TIME AND PLAN QUALITY THROUGH MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION FOR INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY

    David L. Craft;Theodore S. Hong;Helen A. Shih;Thomas R. Bortfeld

  • Computer systems and mechanical tools for stereotactically guided conformation therapy with linear accelerators.

    Wolfgang Schlegel;Otto Pastyr;Thomas Bortfeld;Gerd Becker

  • Inverse planning for photon and proton beams

    U Oelfke;T Bortfeld

  • The potential and limitations of the inverse radiotherapy technique

    Radhe Mohan;Xiaohong Wang;Andrew Jackson;Thomas Bortfeld

  • The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy

    Wolfgang Schlegel;Thomas Bortfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory C. Sharp
Gregory C. Sharp Harvard University
Thomas F. DeLaney
Thomas F. DeLaney Harvard University
Radhe Mohan
Radhe Mohan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Georges El Fakhri
Georges El Fakhri Harvard University
Steve B Jiang
Steve B Jiang The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jay S. Loeffler
Jay S. Loeffler Harvard University
Dan G. Duda
Dan G. Duda Harvard University
C. Clifton Ling
C. Clifton Ling Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Anthony L. Zietman
Anthony L. Zietman Harvard University
Zvi Fuks
Zvi Fuks Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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