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Walter Heindel 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 Walter Heindel sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 879 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter Heindel 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 Walter Heindel sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Walter Heindel is a researcher affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany, primarily engaged in the field of Medicine with a focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Their work includes substantial contributions to the study of pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, epidemiology, and genetics.

Their research spans multiple topics, notably in radiomics and machine learning applications in medical imaging. Other key areas include the global incidence and screening of cancer, artificial intelligence in cancer detection, various medical imaging techniques and applications, digital radiography and breast imaging, breast cancer treatment studies, and investigations into functional brain connectivity.

Heindel has authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Quantifying Deviations of Brain Structure and Function in Major Depressive Disorder Across Neuroimaging Modalities, 2022, JAMA Psychiatry
  • A Systematic Evaluation of Machine Learning-Based Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder, 2024, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Simultaneous FAPI PET/MRI Targeting the Fibroblast-Activation Protein for Breast Cancer, 2021, Radiology
  • Longitudinal Structural Brain Changes in Bipolar Disorder: A Multicenter Neuroimaging Study of 1232 Individuals by the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 2021, Biological Psychiatry

Their collaborative research involves frequent co-authorship with several scientists, including Stefanie Weigel, Max Masthoff, Moritz Wildgruber, Dominik Grotegerd, and Philipp Schindler.

Heindel's publications are commonly featured in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren
  • Scientific Reports
  • Senologie - Zeitschrift für Mammadiagnostik und -therapie
  • European Radiology
  • Cancers

The specific focus on radiology and imaging, combined with a significant number of works in oncology and pulmonary medicine, reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating diagnostic imaging and biomedical research. This integration supports advancements in cancer detection, brain disorder characterization, and imaging biomarker development.

Best Publications

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Limbic Scars: Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment Revealed by Functional and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Udo Dannlowski;Anja Stuhrmann;Victoria Beutelmann;Peter Zwanzger

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Screening for early lung cancer with low-dose spiral CT: prevalence in 817 asymptomatic smokers.

    Stefan Diederich;Dag Wormanns;Michael Semik;Michael Thomas

  • Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study to Refine Management Recommendations for Women at Elevated Familial Risk of Breast Cancer: The EVA Trial

    Christiane Kuhl;Stefanie Weigel;Simone Schrading;Birke Arand

  • Atrial fibrillation in stroke-free patients is associated with memory impairment and hippocampal atrophy

    Stefan Knecht;Christian Oelschläger;Thomas Duning;Hubertus Lohmann

  • Volumetric measurements of pulmonary nodules at multi-row detector CT: in vivo reproducibility.

    Dag Wormanns;Gerhard Kohl;Ernst Klotz;Anke Marheine

  • Automatic mood-congruent amygdala responses to masked facial expressions in major depression.

    Thomas Suslow;Carsten Konrad;Harald Kugel;Daniel Rumstadt

  • Human brain tumors: spectral patterns detected with localized H-1 MR spectroscopy.

    H Kugel;W Heindel;R I Ernestus;J Bunke

  • Multi-detector row CT of left ventricular function with dedicated analysis software versus MR imaging: initial experience.

    Kai Uwe Juergens;Matthias Grude;David Maintz;Eva Maria Fallenberg

  • Effective electroconvulsive therapy reverses glutamate/glutamine deficit in the left anterior cingulum of unipolar depressed patients

    Bettina Pfleiderer;Nikolaus Michael;Andreas Erfurth;Patricia Ohrmann

  • Metabolic imaging of patients with intracranial tumors: H-1 MR spectroscopic imaging and PET.

    P R Luyten;A J Marien;W Heindel;P H van Gerwen

  • Osteoid osteoma: CT-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation and follow-up in 47 patients.

    Klaus Woertler;Klaus Woertler;Thomas Vestring;Friedrich Boettner;Winfried Winkelmann

  • 64-slice multidetector coronary CT angiography: in vitro evaluation of 68 different stents

    David Maintz;Harald Seifarth;Rainer Raupach;Thomas Flohr

  • Brain morphometric biomarkers distinguishing unipolar and bipolar depression. A voxel-based morphometry-pattern classification approach.

    Ronny Redlich;Jorge J. R. Almeida;Dominik Grotegerd;Nils Opel

  • Childhood maltreatment is associated with an automatic negative emotion processing bias in the amygdala.

    Udo Dannlowski;Udo Dannlowski;Harald Kugel;Franziska Huber;Anja Stuhrmann

  • Metabolic changes within the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex occurring with electroconvulsive therapy in patients with treatment resistant unipolar depression.

    Nikolaus Michael;A. Erfurth;P. Ohrmann;V. Arolt

  • Reduced amygdala-prefrontal coupling in major depression: association with MAOA genotype and illness severity.

    Udo Dannlowski;Patricia Ohrmann;Carsten Konrad;Katharina Domschke

  • Functional anatomy of visuo-spatial working memory during mental rotation is influenced by sex, menstrual cycle, and sex steroid hormones.

    S. Schöning;A. Engelien;A. Engelien;H. Kugel;S. Schäfer

  • Cell tagging with clinically approved iron oxides: feasibility and effect of lipofection, particle size, and surface coating on labeling efficiency.

    Lars Matuszewski;Thorsten Persigehl;Alexander Wall;Wolfram Schwindt

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Kugel
Harald Kugel University of Münster
Udo Dannlowski
Udo Dannlowski University of Münster
Volker Arolt
Volker Arolt University of Münster
Ernst J. Rummeny
Ernst J. Rummeny Technical University of Munich
Thomas Suslow
Thomas Suslow Leipzig University
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Ronny Redlich
Ronny Redlich University of Münster
Patricia Ohrmann
Patricia Ohrmann University of Münster
Dominik Grotegerd
Dominik Grotegerd University of Münster
Katharina Domschke
Katharina Domschke University of Freiburg

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