Citations Prize 2013

Abstract

Physics in Medicine and Biology (PMB) awards its ‘Citations Prize’ to the authors of the original research paper that has received the most citations in the preceding five years (according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)). The lead author of the winning paper is presented with the Rotblat Medal (named in honour of Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat, a Nobel Prize winner who also was the second—and longest serving—Editor of PMB, from 1961–1972).The winner of the 2013 Citations Prize for the paper which has received the most citations in the previous five years (2008–2012) isFigure. Four of the prize winning authors. From left to right: Thomas Istel (Philips), Jens-Peter Schlomka (with medal, MorphoDetection), Ewald Roessl (Philips), and Gerhard Martens (Philips).Title: Experimental feasibility of multi-energy photon-counting K-edge imaging in pre-clinical computed tomographyAuthors: Jens Peter Schlomka1, Ewald Roessl1, Ralf Dorscheid2, Stefan Dill2, Gerhard Martens1, Thomas Istel1, Christian Bäumer3, Christoph Herrmann3, Roger Steadman3, Günter Zeitler3, Amir Livne4 and Roland Proksa1Institutions: 1 Philips Research Europe, Sector Medical Imaging Systems, Hamburg, Germany2 Philips Research Europe, Engineering & Technology, Aachen, Germany3 Philips Research Europe, Sector Medical Imaging Systems, Aachen, Germany4 Philips Healthcare, Global Research and Advanced Development, Haifa, IsraelReference: Schlomka et al 2008 Phys. Med. Biol. 53 4031–47This paper becomes the first to win both this citations prize and also the PMB best paper prize (The Roberts Prize), which it won for the year 2008. Discussion of the significance of the winning paper can be found in this medicalphysicsweb article from the time of the Roberts Prize win (http://medicalphysicsweb.org/cws/article/research/39907). The author's enthusiasm for their prototype spectral CT system has certainly been reflected in the large number of citations the paper subsequently has received. Our warm congratulations go to the winning authors.