Alan H. Barr

12.9k citations

67 papers · 7.8k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design top 0.02%
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
Computational Mechanics top 0.05%
- 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
- Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques

Papers in

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 42
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques 40
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation 9
Computational Mathematics 3

Co-authors: Kurt Fleischer John Platt Mathieu Desbrun Demetri Terzopoulos Mark Meyer Peter Schröder Brian Von Herzen Ronen Barzel
Journals: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (2 papers)Journal of Experimental Biology (1 paper)ACM Transactions on Graphics (1 paper)Computer Graphics Forum (1 paper)Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Alan H. Barr

67 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Implicit fairing of irregular meshes using diffusion and curvature flow 1999 · 1.1k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1999 Implicit fairing of irregular meshes using diffusion and curvature flow
1987 Elastically deformable models
1987 ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics
1984 Global and local deformations of solid primitives

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Automated Tracking of Multiple C. Elegans PubMed ·Ebraheem Fontaine, Joel W. Burdick, Alan H. Barr	2006	32
2	Level Set Modeling and Segmentation of DT-MRI Brain Data Leonid Zhukov, Ken Museth, David E. Breen, (unknown), Alan H. Barr	2003	7
3	Oriented tensor reconstruction: tracing neural pathways from diffusion tensor MRI IEEE Visualization ·Leonid Zhukov, Alan H. Barr	2002	58
4	Semi-immersive space mission design and visualization: case study of the "terrestrial planet finder" mission IEEE Visualization ·Ken Museth, Alan H. Barr, Martin W. Lo	2001	3
5	Fast extraction of adaptive multiresolution meshes with guaranteed properties from volumetric data IEEE Visualization ·Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Shaprinskyi, Joel Carranza, David E. Breen, Alan H. Barr	2001	4
6	A Computational Approach for Simulating Muscle Morphologic Changes in Musculoskeletal Modeling Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering ·David Hawkins, Alan H. Barr	2001	4
7	Interactive animation of cloth-like objects for virtual reality Mathieu Desbrun, Mark Meyer, Alan H. Barr	2000	10
8	Partial-volume Bayesian classification of material mixtures in MR volume data using voxel histograms IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·David H. Laidlaw, Kurt Fleischer, Alan H. Barr	1998	147
9	Dynamic Splines with Constraints for Animation CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) ·Ravi Ramamoorthi, Benjamin M. Dally, Alan H. Barr	1997	3
10	Pure phase-encoded MRI and classification of solids IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Kris Jenner, David H. Laidlaw, Kurt Fleischer, Alan H. Barr, Russell E. Jacobs	1995	9
11	Cellular texture generation Kurt Fleischer, David H. Laidlaw, T. Siripan, Alan H. Barr	1995	85
12	Correction of geometric perceptual distortions in pictures Denis Zorin, Alan H. Barr	1995	76
13	Applying Constrained Optimization to Computer Graphics SMPTE Journal ·Jeff Goldsmith, Alan H. Barr	1993	1
14	A Simulation Testbed for the Study of Multicellular Development: The Multiple Mechanisms of Morphogenesis Kurt Fleischer, Alan H. Barr	1993	25
15	Analog VLSI Implementation of Multi-dimensional Gradient Descent CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) ·David B. Kirk, Douglas Kerns, Kurt Fleischer, Alan H. Barr	1992	15
16	Analog VLSI Implementation of Gradient Descent Neural Information Processing Systems ·K.B. MYERS A.MEIKE, Douglas Kerns, Kurt Fleischer, Alan H. Barr	1992	13
17	Smooth interpolation of orientations with angular velocity constraints using quaternions ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics ·Alan H. Barr, T. Siripan, Steven A. Gabriel, John F. Hughes	1992	65
18	Constrained Optimization Applied to the Parameter Setting Problem for Analog Circuits CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) ·David B. Kirk, Kurt Fleischer, Sizonenko To, Alan H. Barr	1991	1
19	Constrained Differential Optimization CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) ·John Platt, Alan H. Barr	1987	57
20	Elastically deformable models Demetri Terzopoulos, John Platt, Alan H. Barr, Kurt Fleischer Hit paper breakdown →	1987	1231

About Alan H. Barr

Alan H. Barr is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mathematics, Computational Mechanics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 67 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (40 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (34 papers), Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (23 papers), Human Motion and Animation (11 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (9 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (4 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (4 papers) and Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (4.3k citations), Computational Mechanics (4.8k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2.6k citations), Computational Mathematics (50 citations) and Control and Systems Engineering (1.5k citations). Alan H. Barr has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Kurt Fleischer, John Platt, Mathieu Desbrun, Demetri Terzopoulos, Mark Meyer, Peter Schröder, Brian Von Herzen, Ronen Barzel, Gilles Debunne and Marie‐Paule Cani. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Journal of Experimental Biology, ACM Transactions on Graphics, Computer Graphics Forum and Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering.

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