Farzin Mokhtarian

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Farzin Mokhtarian is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Farzin Mokhtarian has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 27 papers in Computational Mechanics and 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Farzin Mokhtarian's work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (22 papers), Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (22 papers) and Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (21 papers). Farzin Mokhtarian is often cited by papers focused on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (22 papers), Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (22 papers) and Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (21 papers). Farzin Mokhtarian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Japan. Farzin Mokhtarian's co-authors include Alan K. Mackworth, Sadegh Abbasi, Riku Suomela, Josef Kittler, Mirosław Bober, Farahnaz Mohanna, F. Kafyeke, David M. Birch, T. Yokomizo and V. J. Modi and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and Pattern Recognition.

In The Last Decade

Farzin Mokhtarian

79 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

A theory of multiscale, c... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1992 1986 200 400 600
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. A theory of multiscale, curvature-based shape representation for planar curves
    1992 609 citations Farzin Mokhtarian, Alan K. Mackworth IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence profile →
  2. Scale-Based Description and Recognition of Planar Curves and Two-Dimensional Shapes
    1986 580 citations Farzin Mokhtarian, Alan K. Mackworth IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Farzin Mokhtarian United Kingdom 21 2.5k 710 583 196 179 86 3.3k
Lourdes Agapito United Kingdom 29 2.1k 0.8× 860 1.2× 458 0.8× 192 1.0× 118 0.7× 80 2.5k
George Stockman United States 17 1.7k 0.7× 528 0.7× 153 0.3× 284 1.4× 366 2.0× 73 2.6k
Andreas Koschan United States 27 1.7k 0.7× 516 0.7× 407 0.7× 455 2.3× 93 0.5× 128 2.5k
Sven Dickinson Canada 30 3.4k 1.3× 689 1.0× 783 1.3× 418 2.1× 514 2.9× 103 4.2k
Chunxia Xiao China 27 2.0k 0.8× 300 0.4× 400 0.7× 397 2.0× 171 1.0× 149 2.6k
Andrea Fusiello Italy 31 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.7× 212 0.4× 450 2.3× 162 0.9× 155 3.2k
Kenichi Kanatani Japan 33 2.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 428 0.7× 403 2.1× 199 1.1× 189 3.6k
M.A. Abidi United States 26 1.6k 0.6× 516 0.7× 308 0.5× 450 2.3× 134 0.7× 101 2.3k
R.T. Chin United States 27 4.0k 1.6× 490 0.7× 387 0.7× 798 4.1× 341 1.9× 80 4.8k
Sang Uk Lee South Korea 24 2.1k 0.8× 387 0.5× 224 0.4× 329 1.7× 207 1.2× 167 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Farzin Mokhtarian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Farzin Mokhtarian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2007). MOTEXATION: Multi-Object Tracking with the Expectation-Maximization Algorithm. 1 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2007). Variational Particle Filter for Multi-Object Tracking. 1–8. 20 indexed citations
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Ning, Jin & Farzin Mokhtarian. (2006). Human motion recognition based on statistical shape analysis. 51. 4–9. 12 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2006). Data Fusion for Robust Head Tracking by Particles. 310. 33–40. 5 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin & Sadegh Abbasi. (2004). Matching Shapes With Self-Intersections: Application to Leaf Classification. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 13(5). 653–661. 84 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin & Sadegh Abbasi. (2003). Robust Recognition based on Fusion of Multiple Shape Descriptors.. 473–478. 5 indexed citations
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Mohanna, Farahnaz & Farzin Mokhtarian. (2002). Fusion of Corners from Multiple Scales for Robust Tracking.. 765–768. 2 indexed citations
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Mohanna, Farahnaz & Farzin Mokhtarian. (2002). A Multi-Scale Approach to Corner Tracking.. Digital Library (University of West Bohemia). 74–82. 2 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2002). Estimation of Error in Curvature Computation on Multi-Scale Free-Form Surfaces. International Journal of Computer Vision. 48(2). 131–149. 9 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2002). Flow Past an Airfoil with a Leading-Edge Rotation Cylinder. Journal of Aircraft. 39(6). 1079–1084. 10 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2001). FREE-FORM 3-D SURFACE DESCRIPTION IN MULTIPLE SCALES. Scientia Iranica. 8(4). 265–276. 2 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (2001). Parametric Motion Blending through Wavelet Analysis. Eurographics. 2 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (1999). Multi-Scale Free-Form Surface Description and Curvature Estimation. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Abbasi, Sadegh & Farzin Mokhtarian. (1999). Robustness of Shape Similarity Retrieval under Affine Transformation. Electronic workshops in computing. 6 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, Sadegh Abbasi, & Josef Kittler. (1998). Efficient and Robust Retrieval by Shape Content through Curvature Scale Space. 51–58. 37 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin. (1996). Indexing an image database by shape content using curvature scale space. 1996. 4–4. 5 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin & Alan K. Mackworth. (1992). A theory of multiscale, curvature-based shape representation for planar curves. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 14(8). 789–805. 609 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mokhtarian, Farzin. (1990). Convergence Properties of Curvature and Torsion. 102(35). 12356–8. 1 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, V. J. Modi, & T. Yokomizo. (1988). Rotating air scoop as airfoil boundary-layer control. Journal of Aircraft. 25(10). 973–975. 11 indexed citations
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Mokhtarian, Farzin, et al.. (1988). Effect of moving surfaces on the airfoil boundary-layer control. 7 indexed citations

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