In his lifetime, Oldendorf wrote three textbooks and over 250 scientific articles, including The Quest for an Image of the Brain: Computerized Tomography in the Perspective of Past and Future Imaging Methods (Raven Press, New York, 1980) and Basics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Kluwer Academic Press, Boston, 1988).
Throughout his career, Oldendorf produced three instructional books and more than 250 scholarly writings, including The Quest for an Image of the Brain: Computerized Tomography in the Context of Past and Future Imaging Techniques (Raven Press, New York, 1980) and Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Kluwer Academic Press, Boston, 1988).