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D-Index
33
Citations
4665
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9402
National Ranking
2647

Walter F. Block publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter F. Block sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 108 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Walter F. Block D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter F. Block sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Walter F. Block is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Biomedical Engineering; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Neurology; and Radiation.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis

Recent papers authored by Walter F. Block include:

  • Autologous transplant therapy alleviates motor and depressive behaviors in parkinsonian monkeys, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • [18F]FEPPA PET imaging for monitoring CD68-positive microglia/macrophage neuroinflammation in nonhuman primates, 2020, EJNMMI Research
  • Multiscale Label-Free Imaging of Fibrillar Collagen in the Tumor Microenvironment, 2023, Methods in molecular biology
  • Real-time trajectory guide tracking for intraoperative MRI-guided neurosurgery, 2022, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Neural network for autonomous segmentation and volumetric assessment of clot and edema in acute and subacute intracerebral hemorrhages, 2023, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walter F. Block include:

  • Thomas Lilieholm
  • Azam Ahmed
  • Erica Knavel Koepsel
  • Yunlong Tao
  • Scott Vermilyea

Publication venues with multiple contributions from this researcher 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
  • Nature Medicine
  • EJNMMI Research
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Walter F. Block was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1951. The award marks a longstanding contribution in their scientific career.

Best Publications

  • Undersampled projection reconstruction applied to MR angiography.

    Dana C. Peters;Frank R. Korosec;Thomas M. Grist;Walter F. Block

  • Time-resolved contrast-enhanced imaging with isotropic resolution and broad coverage using an undersampled 3D projection trajectory

    Andrew V. Barger;Walter F. Block;Yuriy Toropov;Thomas M. Grist

  • Highly constrained backprojection for time-resolved MRI

    C. A. Mistretta;O. Wieben;J. Velikina;W. Block

  • PC VIPR: a high-speed 3D phase-contrast method for flow quantification and high-resolution angiography.

    Tianliang Gu;Frank R Korosec;Walter F Block;Sean B Fain

  • Improved 3D Phase Contrast MRI with Off-resonance Corrected Dual Echo VIPR

    Kevin M. Johnson;Darren P. Lum;Patrick A. Turski;Walter F. Block

  • Undersampled projection-reconstruction imaging for time-resolved contrast-enhanced imaging†

    Karl K. Vigen;Dana C. Peters;Thomas M. Grist;Walter F. Block

  • Breast lesion localization: a freehand, interactive MR imaging-guided technique.

    B L Daniel;R L Birdwell;D M Ikeda;S S Jeffrey

  • Overexpressing Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Primate Amygdala Increases Anxious Temperament and Alters Its Neural Circuit

    Ned H. Kalin;Andrew S. Fox;Rothem Kovner;Marissa K. Riedel

  • Fast Realistic MRI Simulations Based on Generalized Multi-Pool Exchange Tissue Model.

    Fang Liu;Julia V. Velikina;Walter F. Block;Richard Kijowski

  • Magnetic resonance angiography using undersampled 3d projection imaging

    Charles A. Mistretta;Andrew V. Barger;Walter F. Block

  • Time-resolved, undersampled projection reconstruction imaging for high-resolution CE-MRA of the distal runoff vessels.

    J. Du;T.J. Carroll;H.J. Wagner;K. Vigen

  • Consistent fat suppression with compensated spectral-spatial pulses

    Walter Block;John Pauly;Adam Kerr;Dwight Nishimura

  • Characterizing and correcting gradient errors in non‐cartesian imaging: Are gradient errors linear time‐invariant (LTI)?

    Ethan K. Brodsky;Alexey A. Samsonov;Walter F. Block

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of frozen tissues: temperature-dependent MR signal characteristics and relevance for MR monitoring of cryosurgery.

    Bruce L. Daniel;Kim Butts;Walter F. Block

  • Generation and visualization of four-dimensional MR angiography data using an undersampled 3-D projection trajectory

    Jing Liu;M.J. Redmond;E.K. Brodsky;A.L. Alexander

  • Noncontrast-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) intracranial MR angiography using pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling and accelerated 3D radial acquisition.

    Huimin Wu;Walter F. Block;Patrick A. Turski;Charles A. Mistretta

  • Rapid fat-suppressed isotropic steady-state free precession imaging using true 3D multiple-half-echo projection reconstruction.

    Aiming Lu;Ethan Brodsky;Thomas M. Grist;Walter F. Block

  • Improved least squares MR image reconstruction using estimates of k‐Space data consistency

    Kevin M. Johnson;Walter F. Block;Scott. B. Reeder;Alexey Samsonov

  • Noncontrast dynamic 3D intracranial MR angiography using pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (PCASL) and accelerated 3D radial acquisition.

    Huimin Wu;Walter F. Block;Patrick A. Turski;Charles A. Mistretta

  • Combined time-resolved and high-spatial-resolution 3D MRA using an extended adaptive acquisition

    Yousef Mazaheri;Yousef Mazaheri;Timothy J. Carroll;Jiang Du;Walter F. Block

  • Contrast-enhanced peripheral magnetic resonance angiography using time-resolved vastly undersampled isotropic projection reconstruction.

    Jiang Du;Timothy J. Carroll;Ethan Brodsky;Aiming Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Mistretta
Charles A. Mistretta University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew L. Alexander
Andrew L. Alexander University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fang Liu
Fang Liu Beihang University
Su-Chun Zhang
Su-Chun Zhang University of Wisconsin–Madison
Garry E. Gold
Garry E. Gold Stanford University
Robert G. Radwin
Robert G. Radwin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Guang-Hong Chen
Guang-Hong Chen University of Wisconsin–Madison
John M. Pauly
John M. Pauly Stanford University
Andrew S. Fox
Andrew S. Fox University of California, Davis
Bradley T. Christian
Bradley T. Christian University of Wisconsin–Madison

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