Fred S. Azar

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Fred S. Azar is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred S. Azar has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Fred S. Azar's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (5 papers). Fred S. Azar is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (5 papers). Fred S. Azar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Fred S. Azar's co-authors include Dimitris Metaxas, Mitchell D. Schnall, Ali Khamene, Susan L. Troyan, John V. Frangioni, Summer L. Gibbs‐Strauss, Rafiou Oketokoun, Sylvain Gioux, Long Ngo and Vida Kianzad and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Medical Physics and Annals of Surgical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Fred S. Azar

25 papers receiving 969 citations

Hit Papers

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The FLARE™ Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging System: A First-in-Human Clinical Trial in Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping

2009 547 citations Susan L. Troyan, Vida Kianzad et al. Annals of Surgical Oncology profile →

Peers

Fred S. Azar

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Dimitris Gorpas Germany

Helen Hong South Korea

Chunwu Zhou China

Michael Iv United States

Maximilien Vermandel France

Jifke F. Veenland Netherlands

Wentao Kong China

Darren Roblyer United States

Catherine W. Piccoli United States

Thomas Wendler Germany

Dimitris Gorpas Germany

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340 ×0.9

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176 ×0.9

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238 ×1.2

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56 ×0.5

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred S. Azar

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Azar, Fred S. & Xavier Intes. (2012). Multimodal Biomedical Imaging VII. 8216. 1 indexed citations

Azar, Fred S. & Xavier Intes. (2009). Multimodal Biomedical Imaging IV. 4 indexed citations

Troyan, Susan L., Vida Kianzad, Summer L. Gibbs‐Strauss, et al.. (2009). The FLARE™ Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging System: A First-in-Human Clinical Trial in Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 16(10). 2943–2952. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

Azar, Fred S., et al.. (2009). An extensible imaging platform for optical imaging applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7171. 717108–717108. 8 indexed citations

Konecky, Soren D., Regine Choe, Alper Corlu, et al.. (2008). Comparison of diffuse optical tomography of human breast with whole-body and breast-only positron emission tomography. Medical Physics. 35(2). 446–455. 27 indexed citations

Azar, Fred S., Kijoon Lee, Ali Khamene, et al.. (2007). Standardized platform for coregistration of nonconcurrent diffuse optical and magnetic resonance breast images obtained in different geometries. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 12(5). 51902–51902. 26 indexed citations

Azar, Fred S., Kijoon Lee, Regine Choe, et al.. (2007). Joint analysis of non-concurrent magnetic resonance imaging and diffuse optical tomography of breast cancer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6434. 643419–643419. 2 indexed citations

Khamene, Ali, Fred S. Azar, Loren Schwarz, et al.. (2007). A Unified and Efficient Approach for Free-form Deformable Registration. 12. 1–8. 2 indexed citations

Azar, Fred S.. (2007). Multimodal Biomedical Imaging II. 6431. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Fusheng, Peiya Liu, Jennifer Pearson, Fred S. Azar, & Gerald Madlmayr. (2006). Experiment Management with Metadata-based Integration for Collaborative Scientific Research. 96–96. 11 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S., Ali Khamene, Leo Grady, et al.. (2006). A software platform for visualization and multimodal registration of diffuse optical tomography and MRI of breast cancer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6081. 60810L–60810L. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yiyong, et al.. (2005). Registration of high-resolution 3D atrial images with electroanatomical cardiac mapping: evaluation of registration methodology. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5744. 299–299. 10 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S., et al.. (2004). User performance analysis of different image-based navigation systems for needle placement procedures. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5367. 110–110. 11 indexed citations

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Khamene, Ali, Frank Wacker, Sebastian Vogt, et al.. (2003). An Augmented Reality System for MRI-Guided Needle Biopsies. Studies in health technology and informatics. 94. 151–7. 20 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S., Dimitris Metaxas, & Mitchell D. Schnall. (2002). Methods for modeling and predicting mechanical deformations of the breast under external perturbations. Medical Image Analysis. 6(1). 1–27. 111 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S., et al.. (2002). Methods for predicting mechanical deformations in the breast during clinical breast biopsy. 63–64. 11 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S., Dimitris Metaxas, & Mitchell D. Schnall. (2001). A Deformable Finite Element Model of the Breast for Predicting Mechanical Deformations under External Perturbations. Academic Radiology. 8(10). 965–975. 108 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S.. (2000). Multiattribute Decision-Making: Use of Three Scoring Methods to Compare the Performance of Imaging Techniques for Breast Cancer Detection. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 30 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S.. (2000). Imaging Techniques for Detecting Breast Cancer: Survey and Perspectives. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 7 indexed citations

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Azar, Fred S., Dimitris Metaxas, Reid Miller, & Mitchell D. Schnall. (1999). Methods for Modeling and Predicting Mechanical Deformations of the Breast during Interventional Procedures. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 1 indexed citations

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