Table 1.
The top 10 cited papers published in the SPIE Medical Imaging conference proceedings by decade.
| Authors | Title | Year | Proceedings title | Volume | Number of citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1972 to 1979 | |||||
| Bunch et al.1 | A free-response approach to the measurement and characterization of radiographic-observer performance | 1977 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VI | 127 | 199 |
| Winkler2 | Quality control in diagnostic radiology | 1975 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine IV | 70 | 71 |
| Frost et al.3 | A digital video acquisition system for extraction of subvisual information in diagnostic medical imaging | 1977 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VI | 127 | 34 |
| Yester and Barnes4 | Geometrical limitations of computed tomography (CT) scanner resolution | 1977 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VI | 127 | 33 |
| Jucius and Kambic5 | Radiation dosimetry in computed tomography (CT) | 1977 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VI | 127 | 33 |
| Wagner and Weaver6 | An assortment of image quality indexes for radiographic film-screen combinations – can they be resolved? | 1972 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine I | 35 | 26 |
| Burgess et al.7 | Detection of bars and discs in quantum noise | 1979 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VII | 173 | 20 |
| Kinsey et al.8 | Application of digital image change detection to diagnosis and follow-up of cancer involving the lungs | 1975 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine IV | 70 | 16 |
| Hanson9 | Detectability in the presence of computed tomographic reconstruction noise | 1977 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VI | 127 | 15 |
| Doi and Rossmann10 | Evaluation of focal spot distribution by RMS value and its effect on blood vessel imaging in angiography | 1974 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine III | 47 | 14 |
| Years: 1980 to 1989 | |||||
| Lewitt et al.11 | Fourier method for correction of depth-dependent collimator blurring | 1989 | Medical Imaging III: Image Processing | Volume | Citing Works Count |
| Evans et al.12 | Anatomical-functional correlative analysis of the human brain using three-dimensional imaging systems | 1989 | Medical Imaging III: Image Processing | 1092 | 108 |
| LeFree et al.13 | Digital radiographic assessment of coronary arterial geometric diameter and videodensitometric cross-sectional area | 1986 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems | 1092 | 106 |
| Pizer et al.14 | Adaptive histogram equalization for automatic contrast enhancement of medical images | 1986 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems | 626 | 60 |
| Gamboa-Aldeco et al.15 | Correlation of 3D surfaces from multiple modalities in medical imaging | 1986 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems | 626 | 42 |
| Hoffmann et al.16 | Automated tracking of the vascular tree in DSA images using a double-square-box region-of-search algorithm | 1986 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems | 626 | 41 |
| Hanson17 | Variations in task and the ideal observer | 1983 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI | 626 | 40 |
| Hohne et al.18 | Display of multiple 3D-objects using the generalized voxel-model | 1988 | Medical Imaging II | 419 | 39 |
| Kuklinski et al.19 | Application of fractal texture analysis to segmentation of dental radiographs | 1989 | Medical Imaging III: Image Processing | 914 | 35 |
| Loo et al.20 | An empirical investigation of variability in contrast-detail diagram measurements | 1983 | Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI | 1092 | 34 |
| Years: 1990 to 1999 | |||||
| Evans et al.21 | Warping of a computerized 3-D atlas to match brain image volumes for quantitative neuroanatomical and functional analysis | 1991 | Medical Imaging V: Image Processing | 1445 | 190 |
| Udupa et al.22 | 3DVIEWNIX: an open, transportable, multidimensional, multimodality, multiparametric imaging software system | 1994 | Medical Imaging 1994: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display | 2164 | 129 |
| Abboud et al.23 | Finite element modeling for ultrasonic transducers | 1998 | Medical Imaging 1998: Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering | 3341 | 119 |
| Lee et al.24 | New digital detector for projection radiography | 1995 | Medical Imaging 1995: Physics of Medical Imaging | 2432 | 115 |
| McKeighen25 | Design guidelines for medical ultrasonic arrays | 1998 | Medical Imaging 1998: Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering | 3341 | 94 |
| Seibert et al.26 | Flat-field correction technique for digital detectors | 1998 | Medical Imaging 1998: Physics of Medical Imaging | 3336 | 92 |
| Barrett et al.27 | Stabilized estimates of Hotelling-observer detection performance in patient-structured noise | 1998 | Medical Imaging 1998: Image Perception | 3340 | 78 |
| Hasegawa et al.28 | Description of a simultaneous emission-transmission CT system | 1990 | Medical Imaging IV: Image Formation | 1231 | 74 |
| Cotton and Claridge29 | Developing a predictive model of human skin coloring | 1996 | Medical Imaging 1996: Physics of Medical Imaging | 2708 | 71 |
| Koch et al.30 | X-ray camera for computed microtomography of biological samples with micrometer resolution using Lu3Al5O12 and Y3Al5O12 scintillators | 1999 | Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging | 3659 | 70 |
| Chaussat et al.31 | New CsIa-Si 17 x 17 X-ray flat panel detector provides superior detectivity and immediate direct digital output for general radiography systems | 1998 | Medical Imaging 1998: Physics of Medical Imaging | 3336 | 70 |
| Years: 2000 to 2009 | |||||
| Mertelmeier et al.32 | Optimizing filtered backprojection reconstruction for a breast tomosynthesis prototype device | 2006 | Medical Imaging 2006: Physics of Medical Imaging | 6142 | 157 |
| Gueld et al.33 | Quality of DICOM header information for image categorization | 2002 | Medical Imaging 2002: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation | 4685 | 148 |
| Lehmann et al.34 | The IRMA code for unique classification of medical images | 2003 | Medical Imaging 2003: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation | 5033 | 144 |
| Seifert et al.35 | Hierarchical parsing and semantic navigation of full body CT data | 2009 | Medical Imaging 2009: Image Processing | 7259 | 128 |
| Clunie36 | Lossless compression of grayscale medical images: effectiveness of traditional and state of the art approaches | 2000 | Medical Imaging 2000: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues | 3980 | 111 |
| Mizutani et al.37 | Automated microaneurysm detection method based on double ring filter in retinal fundus images | 2009 | Medical Imaging 2009: Computer-Aided Diagnosis | 7260 | 97 |
| Michael Fitzpatrick38 | Fiducial registration error and target registration error are uncorrelated | 2009 | Medical Imaging 2009: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling | 7261 | 95 |
| Zou and Silver39 | Analysis of fast kV-switching in dual energy CT using a pre-reconstruction decomposition technique | 2008 | Medical Imaging 2008: Physics of Medical Imaging | 6913 | 89 |
| Lankton et al.40 | Hybrid geodesic region-based curve evolutions for image segmentation | 2007 | Medical Imaging 2007: Physics of Medical Imaging | 6510 | 89 |
| Bissonnette et al.41 | Digital breast tomosynthesis using an amorphous selenium flat panel detector | 2005 | Medical Imaging 2005: Physics of Medical Imaging | 5745 | 88 |
| Years: 2010 to 2019 | |||||
| Cruz-Roa et al.42 | Automatic detection of invasive ductal carcinoma in whole slide images with convolutional neural networks | 2014 | Medical Imaging 2014: Digital Pathology | 9041 | 261 |
| Bar et al.43 | Deep learning with non-medical training used for chest pathology identification | 2015 | Medical Imaging 2015: Computer-Aided Diagnosis | 9414 | 187 |
| Roth et al.44 | Deep convolutional networks for pancreas segmentation in CT imaging | 2015 | Medical Imaging 2015: Image Processing | 9413 | 109 |
| Sun et al.45 | Computer aided lung cancer diagnosis with deep learning algorithms | 2016 | Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis | 9785 | 108 |
| Hwang et al.46 | A novel approach for tuberculosis screening based on deep convolutional neural networks | 2016 | Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis | 9785 | 86 |
| Liu et al.47 | Prostate cancer diagnosis using deep learning with 3D multiparametric MRI | 2017 | Medical Imaging 2017: Computer-Aided Diagnosis | 10134 | 72 |
| Wang et al.48 | Cascaded ensemble of convolutional neural networks and handcrafted features for mitosis detection | 2014 | Medical Imaging 2014: Digital Pathology | 9041 | 71 |
| Kappler et al.49 | First results from a hybrid prototype CT scanner for exploring benefits of quantum-counting in clinical CT | 2012 | Medical Imaging 2012: Physics of Medical Imaging | 8313 | 68 |
| Kim et al.50 | A deep semantic mobile application for thyroid cytopathology | 2016 | Medical Imaging 2016: PACS and Imaging Informatics: Next Generation and Innovations | 9789 | 66 |
| Anirudh et al.51 | Lung nodule detection using 3D convolutional neural networks trained on weakly labeled data | 2016 | Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis | 9785 | 62 |