Procrastination to find the most cited paper in the field of MRI

I have posted recently about the most cited (important?) papers in Medical Imaging in the last ten/five/two years here. Today I look for the most cited papers in the field of MRI. Interesting to note that these 3 papers were published in Neuroimage.

Most cited paper in Radiology, Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging Field about MRI:

- of the last 10 years with 1346 citations:
Ashburner, J., & Friston, K. (2005). Unified segmentation NeuroImage, 26 (3), 839-851 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.018 

This paper is the basis for the SPM framework, one of the most important in the field of MRI. Thus, it is understandable that this paper has a lot of citations, because most researchers who use this framework (and there are a lot, myself included) use this paper in their citations.

- of the last 5 years with 250 citations:
Klein, A., Andersson, J., Ardekani, B., Ashburner, J., Avants, B., Chiang, M., Christensen, G., Collins, D., Gee, J., Hellier, P., Song, J., Jenkinson, M., Lepage, C., Rueckert, D., Thompson, P., Vercauteren, T., Woods, R., Mann, J., & Parsey, R. (2009). Evaluation of 14 nonlinear deformation algorithms applied to human brain MRI registration NeuroImage, 46 (3), 786-802 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.12.037

I have to say that I am quite surprised by finding this paper on top. Brain MRI registration is nowadays considered almost a solved problem and I don't think there are many people looking into this anymore. However, it is always nice to put in your own paper: "I used this registration, because this paper says it is the best".

- of the last 2 years with 106 citations:
Smith, S., Miller, K., Salimi-Khorshidi, G., Webster, M., Beckmann, C., Nichols, T., Ramsey, J., & Woolrich, M. (2011). Network modelling methods for FMRI NeuroImage, 54 (2), 875-891 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.063

I have talked about brain networks some times in this blog and this paper shows me that this topic has been hot in the last two years. This papers discusses different methods to obtain networks with fMRI data: "Many different methods are being used in the literature, but almost none has been carefully validated or compared for use on FMRI timeseries data."

Procrastination with the 3 month thesis blog

I have several friends who are writing their thesis now and I can only wish them the best for the most insane part of a PhD! A great blog about thesis writing is http://3monththesis.com/blog/. James Hayton wrote his PhD thesis in 3 months after months of procrastination and self-doubt. Now he shares what he knows and learns on the blog.

A nice post: 10 tips for being a happy thesis writer. I wasn't!
or How to choose a thesis topic ...

But, I think the best are the videos http://www.youtube.com/user/threemonththesis?feature=watch such as this seminar talk with tips:

Procrastination with the Pink Shrink

Pink Shrink is a PhD blogger that I follow and how she understands me:

Procrastination with MRI "Pornography"

This week I have come across the "strangest" MRI videos. The video consists of an MRI acquisition of a couple having sex. The "interesting" part comes after minute 1:30. My first comment was: I can't understand where the actual "interface" between the two people is in some positions. We truly become "One"! Technically I think this must not be easy, because there is not so much space inside the bore and because the couple might not feel very comfortable to do it in such conditions...

Procrastination with ...

Dear random or frequent blog reader,

This week I have been procrastinating and I haven't post in this blog as much as I should. I had some thinking to do. I promise that from tomorrow, everything will be back to normal and I'll be posting once per day.

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Have a nice weekend!

Procrastination with IEEE

IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, read I-Triple-E). The good thing about procrastination with IEEE is that you don't feel that bad, because it is work related. IEEE spectrum is the magazine for the members and there is also a version online: http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging
I found this article very interesting in IEEE spectrum and I recommend:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/imaging/medical-imaging-group-calls-for-fewer-ct-tests-and-more-research-on-health-effects

And also there are seminars available online:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/

Procrastination with Google Scholar

When you don't feel like doing any real work, you can procrastinate with Google Scholar Profiles. Either to find some papers from your favorite authors or just to update your profile.

Why and How to get a Google profile: http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html

Here is some examples of Google scholar profiles with lots of citations and papers:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9fGrB0sAAAAJ&hl=en
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jHEgTSwAAAAJ&hl=en
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CeajmrUAAAAJ&hl=en

And some Medical Imaging Journals:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&view_op=search_venues&vq=medical+imaging

Procrastination #4

Another cartoonist talks about medical imaging: http://www.poormd.com/

Procrastination #3

And because today is Saturday, I give you some more procrastination sources:

A Programmer's life (a cartoon based on real events!): http://aprogrammerslife.info/
Khan academy brain teasers: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/brain-teasers

Procrastination #2

Have you ever wonder how fruits look inside? Look at this MRIs of fruits and vegetables:
http://insideinsides.blogspot.com/

The blog is maintained by an MRI technologist at Boston University Medical School (research only) who has  manually acquired all the images you see on the blog.

Can you guess what vegetable/fruit this is?

Procrastination

My parents learned the word procrastination last month and they overused it during the Christmas holidays. I told them that when I started my PhD I learned very fast the meaning of the word... But I this we all need a bit of procrastination from time to time. Therefore and because it is Saturday, I give you some of my favorite procrastination sites lately:

PhD Comics: http://www.phdcomics.com
Research in Progress: http://researchinprogress.tumblr.com/
OverlyHonest"Something": OverlyHonestMethods and OverlyHonestReviews
IamScience: http://iamsciencestories.tumblr.com/

And finally a procrastination stripe from PhD comics: