Ahmed J. Afifi

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 777 citations indexed

About

Ahmed J. Afifi is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed J. Afifi has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 777 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Ahmed J. Afifi's work include Retinal Imaging and Analysis (8 papers), Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases (4 papers) and Remote-Sensing Image Classification (4 papers). Ahmed J. Afifi is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Imaging and Analysis (8 papers), Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases (4 papers) and Remote-Sensing Image Classification (4 papers). Ahmed J. Afifi collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Pakistan. Ahmed J. Afifi's co-authors include Lihong Zheng, Junbin Gao, Toufique Ahmed Soomro, Olaf Hellwich, Shafiullah Soomro, Manoranjan Paul, Ahmed Ali, Ming Yin, Wesam M. Ashour and Mohammad A. U. Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed J. Afifi

24 papers receiving 725 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Image Segmentation for MR Brain Tumor Detection Using Machine Learning: A Review

2022 182 citations Toufique Ahmed Soomro, Lihong Zheng et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ahmed J. Afifi Germany	12	442	416	246	165	124	26	777
João Dallyson Sousa de Almeida Brazil	15	387 0.9×	232 0.6×	248 1.0×	51 0.3×	133 1.1×	84	725
Behdad Dashtbozorg Netherlands	17	1.1k 2.4×	479 1.2×	735 3.0×	31 0.2×	79 0.6×	69	1.3k
Syed S. Naqvi Pakistan	20	626 1.4×	604 1.5×	431 1.8×	123 0.7×	150 1.2×	53	1.1k
Kamil Říha Czechia	14	237 0.5×	328 0.8×	115 0.5×	22 0.1×	119 1.0×	66	665
Yankui Sun China	11	235 0.5×	194 0.5×	149 0.6×	24 0.1×	57 0.5×	45	511
Farshad Tajeripour Iran	13	278 0.6×	417 1.0×	80 0.3×	122 0.7×	151 1.2×	36	810
Sharib Ali United Kingdom	15	500 1.1×	471 1.1×	125 0.5×	56 0.3×	310 2.5×	46	1.0k
Muyi Sun China	13	188 0.4×	229 0.6×	76 0.3×	32 0.2×	107 0.9×	38	556
João Otávio Bandeira Diniz Brazil	15	526 1.2×	267 0.6×	24 0.1×	91 0.6×	325 2.6×	50	839
Márton Szemenyei Hungary	6	275 0.6×	251 0.6×	139 0.6×	41 0.2×	73 0.6×	19	434

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All Works

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2024). Improving Mineral Classification Using Multimodal Hyperspectral Point Cloud Data and Multi-Stream Neural Network. Remote Sensing. 16(13). 2336–2336. 5 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2024). Dimensional Dilemma: Navigating the Fusion of Hyperspectral and Lidar Point Cloud Data for Optimal Precision – 2D vs. 3D. 7729–7733. 4 indexed citations

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Gloaguen, Richard, Ahmed J. Afifi, Sandra Lorenz, et al.. (2024). Towards 3D Hyperspectral Imaging. 8573–8576.

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Ramadan, Mohamed S., et al.. (2024). Machine learning base models to predict the punching shear capacity of posttensioned UHPC flat slabs. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 3969–3969. 7 indexed citations

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Yin, Ming, Toufique Ahmed Soomro, Muhammad Irfan, et al.. (2023). Dual-Branch U-Net Architecture for Retinal Lesions Segmentation on Fundus Image. IEEE Access. 11. 130451–130465. 8 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2023). Transformer-Based Models for Hyperspectral Point Clouds Segmentation. 30. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., Samuel T. Thiele, Sandra Lorenz, et al.. (2023). Tinto: Multisensor Benchmark for 3-D Hyperspectral Point Cloud Segmentation in the Geosciences. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 62. 1–15. 11 indexed citations

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Ramadan, Mohamed S., et al.. (2023). Punching shear behavior of HSC & UHPC post tensioned flat slabs – An experimental study. Results in Engineering. 17. 100882–100882. 19 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yifan, Ahmed J. Afifi, J. Aderhold, et al.. (2023). Multi-sensor data fusion using deep learning for bulky waste image classification. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 9–9. 3 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2023). Punching Capacity of UHPC Post Tensioned Flat Slabs with and Without Shear Reinforcement: An Experimental Study. Civil Engineering Journal. 9(3). 567–582. 4 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., Adel R. Moustafa, & Hany Helmy. (2022). Insights on the hydrocarbon possibilities of the offshore Egyptian Red Sea margin. 21(2). 187–204. 1 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2021). Synthesizing Fundus Photographies for Training Segmentation Networks. 67–78.

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Soomro, Toufique Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Artificial intelligence (AI) for medical imaging to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a detailed review with direction for future research. Artificial Intelligence Review. 55(2). 1409–1439. 70 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2019). Strided fully convolutional neural network for boosting the sensitivity of retinal blood vessels segmentation. Expert Systems with Applications. 134. 36–52. 88 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J., et al.. (2018). Simultaneous Object Classification and Viewpoint Estimation using Deep Multi-task Convolutional Neural Network. Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 177–184. 3 indexed citations

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Soomro, Toufique Ahmed, Ahmed J. Afifi, Junbin Gao, et al.. (2017). Boosting Sensitivity of a Retinal Vessel Segmentation Algorithm with Convolutional Neural Network. 1–8. 42 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J. & Olaf Hellwich. (2016). Object Depth Estimation from a Single Image Using Fully Convolutional Neural Network. 1–7. 8 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J. & Wesam M. Ashour. (2012). Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Invariant Color and Texture Features. 1–6. 29 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J. & Wesam M. Ashour. (2012). Image Retrieval Based on Content Using Color Feature. 2012. 1–11. 35 indexed citations

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Afifi, Ahmed J. & Wesam M. Ashour. (2011). Image Retrieval Based on Content Using Color Feature: Color Image Processing and Retrieving. 2 indexed citations

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