Behnam Molavi

880 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 670 citations indexed

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Behnam Molavi is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Behnam Molavi has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Behnam Molavi's work include Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (10 papers), Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (8 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (4 papers). Behnam Molavi is often cited by papers focused on Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (10 papers), Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (8 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (4 papers). Behnam Molavi collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Iran and South Africa. Behnam Molavi's co-authors include Guy A. Dumont, Babak Shadgan, Andrew Macnab, Ainara Garde, Parastoo Dehkordi, J. Mark Ansermino, Manuel Carreiras, Janet F. Werker, Lillian May and Judit Gervain and has published in prestigious journals such as Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience and Physiological Measurement.

In The Last Decade

Behnam Molavi

15 papers receiving 656 citations

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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.

Wavelet-based motion artifact removal for functional near-infrared spectroscopy

2012 454 citations Behnam Molavi, Guy A. Dumont Physiological Measurement profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Behnam Molavi Canada	7	364	307	262	173	91	16	670
Sonja Spichtig Switzerland	6	377 1.0×	295 1.0×	237 0.9×	151 0.9×	41 0.5×	7	640
Hirokazu Atsumori Japan	14	635 1.7×	398 1.3×	540 2.1×	208 1.2×	69 0.8×	31	1.0k
Jay Dubb United States	8	424 1.2×	344 1.1×	186 0.7×	84 0.5×	52 0.6×	13	618
Hagar Bernad‐Elazari Israel	12	333 0.9×	370 1.2×	272 1.0×	150 0.9×	29 0.3×	15	1.0k
Silvia Bisconti Italy	10	347 1.0×	211 0.7×	283 1.1×	98 0.6×	27 0.3×	10	601
Patrick Wiegel Germany	9	346 1.0×	329 1.1×	351 1.3×	356 2.1×	63 0.7×	16	1.1k
Dorte Phillip Denmark	7	294 0.8×	194 0.6×	155 0.6×	95 0.5×	47 0.5×	8	429
Harsimrat Singh United Kingdom	16	150 0.4×	147 0.5×	275 1.0×	90 0.5×	217 2.4×	41	772
Tsunehiko Suzuki Japan	8	400 1.1×	354 1.2×	333 1.3×	136 0.8×	68 0.7×	14	1.0k
Günther Bauernfeind Austria	17	456 1.3×	383 1.2×	761 2.9×	196 1.1×	26 0.3×	42	1.0k

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Dehkordi, Parastoo, Ainara Garde, Behnam Molavi, J. Mark Ansermino, & Guy A. Dumont. (2018). Extracting Instantaneous Respiratory Rate From Multiple Photoplethysmogram Respiratory-Induced Variations. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 49 indexed citations

Stothers, Lynn, et al.. (2016). Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Screening for Bladder Disease in Africa: Training Rural Clinic Staff to Collect Data of Diagnostic Quality. Journal of Spectroscopy. 2016. 1–7. 6 indexed citations

Shadgan, Babak, et al.. (2015). Near infrared spectroscopy evaluation of bladder function: the impact of skin pigmentation on detection of physiologic change during voiding. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9303. 93030U–93030U. 3 indexed citations

Macnab, Andrew, Babak Shadgan, Behnam Molavi, & Lynn Stothers. (2015). Transcutaneous NIRS of the bladder: Optimal photon migration in pigmented subjects. 4(3). 283–297. 3 indexed citations

Dehkordi, Parastoo, Ainara Garde, Behnam Molavi, et al.. (2015). Estimating instantaneous respiratory rate from the photoplethysmogram. PubMed. 40. 6150–6153. 8 indexed citations

Molavi, Behnam, Lillian May, Judit Gervain, et al.. (2014). Analyzing the resting state functional connectivity in the human language system using near infrared spectroscopy. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 921–921. 35 indexed citations

Molavi, Behnam, Babak Shadgan, Andrew Macnab, & Guy A. Dumont. (2013). Noninvasive Optical Monitoring of Bladder Filling to Capacity Using a Wireless Near Infrared Spectroscopy Device. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 8(3). 325–333. 41 indexed citations

Molavi, Behnam & Guy A. Dumont. (2012). Wavelet-based motion artifact removal for functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Physiological Measurement. 33(2). 259–270. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

Molavi, Behnam, Guy A. Dumont, Babak Shadgan, & Andrew Macnab. (2011). Attenuation of motion artifact in near infrared spectroscopy signals using a wavelet based method. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7890. 78900M–78900M. 4 indexed citations

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Molavi, Behnam & Guy A. Dumont. (2010). Wavelet based motion artifact removal for Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy. PubMed. 2010. 5–8. 44 indexed citations

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Molavi, Behnam, Guy A. Dumont, & Babak Shadgan. (2010). Motion artifact removal from muscle NIR Spectroscopy measurements. 1–4. 9 indexed citations

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Shadgan, Babak, Behnam Molavi, W. Darlene Reid, Guy A. Dumont, & Andrew Macnab. (2010). Do radio frequencies of medical instruments common in the operating room interfere with near-infrared spectroscopy signals?. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7555. 755512–755512. 6 indexed citations

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Molavi, Behnam, Ali Sadr, & H. Ahmadi Noubari. (2007). Design of Optimum Wavelet for Noise Suppression and its Application to Ultrasonic Echo Delay Estimation. 209–212. 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Dylan Dah‐Chuan & Behnam Molavi. (2007). Hysteresis Control of Single-Stage Power-Factor-Corrected Converters. 943–948. 4 indexed citations

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Molavi, Behnam & Ali Sadr. (2007). Optimum wavelet design for noise reduction and feature extraction. 1096–1101. 2 indexed citations

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Noubari, H. Ahmadi & Behnam Molavi. (2006). Watermarking Scheme in Wavelet Domain Based on Wavelet Threshold Estimators. 4314. 537–540.

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