Blake Hannaford

19.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
318 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Blake Hannaford is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Blake Hannaford has authored 318 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 109 papers in Surgery and 98 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Blake Hannaford's work include Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (91 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (85 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (84 papers). Blake Hannaford is often cited by papers focused on Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (91 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (85 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (84 papers). Blake Hannaford collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Blake Hannaford's co-authors include Jacob Rosén, Mika Sinanan, Richard J. Adams, Jee-Hwan Ryu, Glenn K. Klute, Joseph M. Czerniecki, Jeha Ryu, Jeffrey D. Brown, D.-S. Kwon and Lawrence Stark and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Circulation Research and Journal of Biomechanics.

In The Last Decade

Blake Hannaford

305 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

Measurement and modeling of McKibben pneumatic artificial... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1996 1989 2002 1999 2021 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Measurement and modeling of McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles
    1996 1.3k citations Blake Hannaford et al. profile →
  2. A design framework for teleoperators with kinesthetic feedback
    1989 727 citations Blake Hannaford profile →
  3. Time-domain passivity control of haptic interfaces
    2002 579 citations Blake Hannaford et al. profile →
  4. Stable haptic interaction with virtual environments
    1999 477 citations Blake Hannaford et al. profile →
  5. A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020
    2021 306 citations Pierre E. Dupont, Bradley J. Nelson et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers

Blake Hannaford
Allison M. Okamura United States
Septimiu E. Salcudean Canada
Mark R. Cutkosky United States
Rajni V. Patel Canada
Shuxiang Guo China
Robert D. Howe United States
Kouhei Ohnishi Japan
Kaspar Althoefer United Kingdom
Darwin G. Caldwell Italy
J. Kenneth Salisbury United States
Allison M. Okamura United States
Blake Hannaford
Citations per year, relative to Blake Hannaford Blake Hannaford (= 1×) peers Allison M. Okamura

Countries citing papers authored by Blake Hannaford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Blake Hannaford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blake Hannaford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Blake Hannaford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Blake Hannaford based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Blake Hannaford. Blake Hannaford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lewis, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Efficient data-driven joint-level calibration of cable-driven surgical robots. 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Bly, Randall A., et al.. (2024). Design Evolution of an Everting Emergency Airway Device. 10(01n02).
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Dupont, Pierre E., Bradley J. Nelson, Michael Goldfarb, et al.. (2021). A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020. Science Robotics. 6(60). 306 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hansen, Ryan N., et al.. (2021). Opportunities and Barriers to Rural Telerobotic Surgical Health Care in 2021: Report and Research Agenda from a Stakeholder Workshop. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 28(7). 1050–1057. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Yangming, et al.. (2019). The Raven Open Surgical Robotic Platforms: A Review and Prospect. Acta Polytechnica Hungarica. 16(8). 9 indexed citations
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Friedman, Seth D., Randall A. Bly, Jeffrey P. Otjen, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Micro–Computed Tomography and Clinical Computed Tomography Protocols for Visualization of Nasal Cartilage Before Surgical Planning for Rhinoplasty. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. 21(3). 237–243. 13 indexed citations
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Wright, Andrew S., et al.. (2011). An Instrumented Minimally Invasive Surgical Tool: Design and Calibration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Rosén, Jacob, Blake Hannaford, & Richard M. Satava. (2011). Surgical robotics : systems, applications and visions. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 65 indexed citations
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King, H. Hawkeye, Kotaro Tadano, Diana C. W. Friedman, et al.. (2009). Preliminary protocol for interoperable telesurgery. Tokyo Tech Research Repository (Tokyo Institute of Technology). 1–6. 23 indexed citations
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Friedman, Diana C. W., H. Hawkeye King, Tim Broderick, et al.. (2008). Field Operation of a Surgical Robot via Airborne Wireless Radio Link. 4 indexed citations
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Sankaranarayanan, Ganesh, H. Hawkeye King, Seong-Young Ko, et al.. (2007). Portable surgery master station for mobile robotic telesurgery. 28. 20 indexed citations
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Sankaranarayanan, Ganesh, Lauren M. Potter, & Blake Hannaford. (2007). Measurement and emulation of time varying packet delay with applications to networked haptic virtual environments. 20. 11 indexed citations
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Friedman, Diana C. W., et al.. (2007). Automated Tool Handling for the Trauma Pod Surgical Robot. 1936–1941. 16 indexed citations
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Rosén, Jacob, et al.. (2006). The human arm kinematics and dynamics during daily activities - toward a 7 DOF upper limb powered exoskeleton. TECNALIA Publications (Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation). 532–539. 140 indexed citations
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Lester, Jonathan, Tanzeem Choudhury, Nicky Kern, Gaetano Borriello, & Blake Hannaford. (2005). A Hybrid Discriminative/Generative Approach for Modeling Human Activities. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 297 indexed citations
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Rosén, Jacob, et al.. (2000). A Passive Mechanical Pantograph System for Measuring Tool Position During Minimally Invasive Surgery. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 28. 1 indexed citations
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Buttolo, Pietro, et al.. (1995). Force feedback in virtual and shared environments. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 3 indexed citations
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Hannaford, Blake, et al.. (1992). Evaluation Of Performance Of A Telerobot. NASA Tech Briefs. 16(2). 2 indexed citations
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Hannaford, Blake. (1986). The Electronic Spreadsheet: A Workstation Front End for Parallel Processors.. 316–323. 1 indexed citations

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