David MacDonald

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

David MacDonald is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David MacDonald has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David MacDonald's work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (7 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (5 papers). David MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (7 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (5 papers). David MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. David MacDonald's co-authors include Alan C. Evans, Noor Jehan Kabani, David Avis, Paul M. Thompson, Jay N. Giedd, Roger P. Woods, Arthur W. Toga, Colin J. Holmes, Yasser Ad-Dab’bagh and Sun I. Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

David MacDonald

48 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Automated 3-D extraction and evaluation of the inner and outer cortical surfaces using a Laplacian map and partial volume effect classification

2005 680 citations June Sic Kim, Vivek Kumar Singh et al. NeuroImage profile →
Automated 3-D Extraction of Inner and Outer Surfaces of Cerebral Cortex from MRI

2000 661 citations David MacDonald, Noor Jehan Kabani et al. NeuroImage profile →
Growth patterns in the developing brain detected by using continuum mechanical tensor maps

2000 658 citations Paul M. Thompson, Jay N. Giedd et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David MacDonald Canada	20	2.1k	1.5k	871	555	373	52	4.2k
Claude Lepage Canada	24	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	552 0.6×	527 0.9×	454 1.2×	51	3.9k
Noor Jehan Kabani Canada	19	2.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	916 1.7×	431 1.2×	21	6.0k
James J. Levitt United States	35	2.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	355 0.6×	289 0.8×	70	4.4k
Dongrong Xu United States	33	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	543 0.6×	266 0.5×	288 0.8×	95	4.1k
Nancy L. Sicotte United States	37	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	565 0.6×	282 0.5×	265 0.7×	78	5.4k
Ragini Verma United States	40	2.9k 1.4×	2.7k 1.7×	657 0.8×	779 1.4×	681 1.8×	145	6.8k
M GROSSMAN United States	5	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	409 0.5×	845 1.5×	293 0.8×	9	3.7k
Denis Rivière France	34	3.1k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	384 0.4×	368 0.7×	439 1.2×	110	5.0k
James C. Ehrhardt United States	40	1.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.8×	1.1k 1.3×	172 0.3×	514 1.4×	95	6.0k
Andrew L. Janke Australia	26	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	398 0.7×	272 0.7×	60	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David MacDonald

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Vincent, Robert D., P. Neelin, Najmeh Khalili‐Mahani, et al.. (2016). MINC 2.0: A Flexible Format for Multi-Modal Images. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 10. 35–35. 49 indexed citations

Mitra, Dipayan, et al.. (2011). Accelerated myelination with motor system involvement in a neonate with immediate postnatal onset of seizures and hemimegalencephaly. Epilepsy & Behavior. 22(2). 391–394. 17 indexed citations

MacDonald, David, et al.. (2009). Stereoscopic CG camera rigs and associated metadata for cinematic production. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7237. 72370C–72370C. 1 indexed citations

Eck, Werner, et al.. (2008). EIN WEITERES DIPLOM AUS DER KONSTITUTION DES ANTONINUS PIUS FÜR DIE TRUPPEN VON MOESIA SUPERIOR VOM 23. APRIL 157. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 165(165). 237–239. 1 indexed citations

Kim, June Sic, Vivek Kumar Singh, Jun Ki Lee, et al.. (2005). Automated 3-D extraction and evaluation of the inner and outer cortical surfaces using a Laplacian map and partial volume effect classification. NeuroImage. 27(1). 210–221. 680 indexed citations breakdown →

Kabani, Noor Jehan, Georges Le Goualher, David MacDonald, & Alan C. Evans. (2001). Measurement of Cortical Thickness Using an Automated 3-D Algorithm: A Validation Study. NeuroImage. 13(2). 375–380. 215 indexed citations

MacDonald, David, et al.. (2000). TRAFFIC AND TRAVELLER INFORMATION ON THE MOBILE PHONE TERMINAL. 2 indexed citations

MacDonald, David, Noor Jehan Kabani, David Avis, & Alan C. Evans. (2000). Automated 3-D Extraction of Inner and Outer Surfaces of Cerebral Cortex from MRI. NeuroImage. 12(3). 340–356. 661 indexed citations breakdown →

Andermann, Frédérick, François Dubeau, Andrea Bernasconi, et al.. (1998). Morphometric Analysis of the Temporal Lobe in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 39(7). 727–736. 82 indexed citations

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Thompson, Paul M., Jay N. Giedd, Rebecca E. Blanton, et al.. (1998). Growth Patterns in the Developing Human Brain Detected Using Continuum-Mechanical Tensor Maps and Serial MRI. NeuroImage. 7(4). S38–S38. 6 indexed citations

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Evans, Alan C., D. Louis Collins, Colin J. Holmes, et al.. (1997). A 3D probabilistic atlas of normal human neuroanatomy. 5(10). 5657–62. 7 indexed citations

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Thompson, Paul M., et al.. (1997). Detection and Mapping of Abnormal Brain Structure with a Probabilistic Atlas of Cortical Surfaces. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 21(4). 567–581. 227 indexed citations

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Caramanos, Zografos, David MacDonald, Alex Zijdenbos, et al.. (1996). In vivo morphometry of the intrasulcal gray matter in the human cingulate, paracingulate, and superior-rostral sulci: Hemispheric asymmetries, gender differences and probability maps. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 376(4). 664–673. 201 indexed citations

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Paus, Tomáš, Francesco Tomaiuolo, David MacDonald, et al.. (1996). Human Cingulate and Paracingulate Sulci: Pattern, Variability, Asymmetry, and Probabilistic Map. Cerebral Cortex. 6(2). 207–214. 273 indexed citations

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MacDonald, David & David MacDonald. (1996). The problem knee, 2nd edition. Current Orthopaedics. 10(3). 207–208. 1 indexed citations

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MacDonald, David, et al.. (1984). Purification of zirconyl sulfate by solvent extraction. Report of investigations/1984. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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MacDonald, David, et al.. (1978). The Early Cistophoric Coinage. The American Historical Review. 83(1). 136–136. 10 indexed citations

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MacDonald, David, et al.. (1973). Density of molten sodium chloride-titanium dichloride-titanium trichloride mixtures. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 18(2). 187–188. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, George H. Y. & David MacDonald. (1969). Stability constant of ethylenebisbiguanidenickel(II) ion. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 31(10). 3233–3239. 1 indexed citations

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MacDonald, David. (1967). Absorption spectra of square-planar complexes of ethylenebisbiguanide with nickel(II) and palladium(II). Inorganic Chemistry. 6(12). 2269–2270. 24 indexed citations

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