Gary E. Christensen

12.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Gary E. Christensen is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary E. Christensen has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 46 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 37 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Gary E. Christensen's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (40 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (36 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (34 papers). Gary E. Christensen is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (40 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (36 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (34 papers). Gary E. Christensen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Gary E. Christensen's co-authors include Michael I. Miller, Hans J. Johnson, Richard D. Rabbitt, Joseph M. Reinhardt, Sarang Joshi, Ulf Grenander, Kunlin Cao, Joo Hyun Song, Kai Ding and Eric A. Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Gary E. Christensen

155 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Evaluation of 14 nonlinear deformation algorithms applied to human brain MRI registration

2009 1.7k citations Gary E. Christensen, Joo Hyun Song et al. profile →
Deformable templates using large deformation kinematics

1996 745 citations Gary E. Christensen, Richard D. Rabbitt et al. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gary E. Christensen	3.9k	2.9k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	158	8.1k
Frederik Maes	5.3k 1.4×	5.1k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	868 0.7×	307	13.5k
David J. Hawkes	7.7k 2.0×	7.5k 2.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	843 0.7×	209	15.5k
Paul Suetens	7.0k 1.8×	6.2k 2.1×	889 0.7×	875 0.7×	701 0.6×	429	17.4k
Simon K. Warfield	7.8k 2.0×	4.6k 1.6×	3.7k 2.8×	582 0.5×	2.1k 1.7×	449	21.5k
Tom Vercauteren	4.3k 1.1×	4.0k 1.4×	924 0.7×	340 0.3×	954 0.8×	251	11.2k
Paul Aljabar	3.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	858 0.7×	501 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	100	8.0k
Dirk Vandermeulen	3.7k 0.9×	5.7k 2.0×	455 0.3×	408 0.3×	745 0.6×	200	11.0k
Sarang Joshi	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	534 0.4×	777 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	154	6.9k
Paul A. Yushkevich	7.9k 2.0×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	280 0.2×	4.3k 3.5×	218	18.2k
Stefan Klein	4.5k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	698 0.6×	574 0.5×	253	9.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Williams, Aislinn, Gary E. Christensen, Michelle W. Voss, et al.. (2024). Machine learning with multiple modalities of brain magnetic resonance imaging data to identify the presence of bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 368. 448–460. 3 indexed citations

Casten, Lucas G., Jess G. Fiedorowicz, Aislinn Williams, et al.. (2023). Cerebellar morphological differences and associations with extrinsic factors in bipolar disorder type I. Journal of Affective Disorders. 340. 269–279. 5 indexed citations

Gerard, Sarah E., et al.. (2023). Predicting pulmonary ventilation damage after radiation therapy for nonsmall cell lung cancer using a ResNet generative adversarial network. Medical Physics. 50(5). 3199–3209. 7 indexed citations

Burris, Nicholas S., Theodorus M. J. van Bakel, Himanshu J. Patel, et al.. (2021). Vascular Deformation Mapping for CT Surveillance of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Growth. Radiology. 302(1). 218–225. 18 indexed citations

Shao, Wei, et al.. (2019). N-Phase Local Expansion Ratio for Characterizing Out-of-Phase Lung Ventilation. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 39(6). 2025–2034. 17 indexed citations

Gerard, Sarah E., et al.. (2018). FissureNet: A Deep Learning Approach For Pulmonary Fissure Detection in CT Images. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 38(1). 156–166. 85 indexed citations

Saha, Punam K., et al.. (2017). Fuzzy Object Skeletonization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 24(8). 2298–2314. 20 indexed citations

Li, Baojun, Gary E. Christensen, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, & Joseph M. Reinhardt. (2012). Establishing a Normative Atlas of the Human Lung. Academic Radiology. 19(11). 1368–1381. 19 indexed citations

Amelon, Ryan, Kunlin Cao, Kai Ding, et al.. (2011). Three-dimensional characterization of regional lung deformation. Journal of Biomechanics. 44(13). 2489–2495. 65 indexed citations

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Kaczka, David W., Kunlin Cao, Gary E. Christensen, Jason H. T. Bates, & Brett A. Simon. (2010). Analysis of Regional Mechanics in Canine Lung Injury Using Forced Oscillations and 3D Image Registration. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 39(3). 1112–1124. 63 indexed citations

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Li, Baojun, Gary E. Christensen, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, & Joseph M. Reinhardt. (2008). Pulmonary CT image registration and warping for tracking tissue deformation during the respiratory cycle through 3D consistent image registration. Medical Physics. 35(12). 5575–5583. 21 indexed citations

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Christensen, Gary E., Joo Hyun Song, Wei Lü, Issam El Naqa, & Daniel A. Low. (2007). Tracking lung tissue motion and expansion/compression with inverse consistent image registration and spirometry. Medical Physics. 34(6Part1). 2155–2163. 95 indexed citations

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Christensen, Gary E. & Milan Sonka. (2005). Information processing in medical imaging : 19th International Conference, IPMI 2005, Glenwood Springs, CO, USA, July 10-15, 2005 : proceedings. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 9 indexed citations

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Lü, Wei, Parag J. Parikh, Issam M. El Naqa, et al.. (2005). Quantitation of the reconstruction quality of a four‐dimensional computed tomography process for lung cancer patients. Medical Physics. 32(4). 890–901. 85 indexed citations

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Low, Daniel A., Michelle M. Nystrom, E.N. Kalinin, et al.. (2003). A method for the reconstruction of four‐dimensional synchronized CT scans acquired during free breathing. Medical Physics. 30(6). 1254–1263. 380 indexed citations

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Christensen, Gary E., et al.. (2003). Large Deformation Inverse Consistent Elastic Image Registration. Lecture notes in computer science. 18. 438–449. 24 indexed citations

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Dybkjær, L., et al.. (1998). Associations between behavioural indicators of `stress' in weaner pigs and respiratory lesions at slaughter. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 34(2-3). 175–190. 2 indexed citations

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Christensen, Gary E., Richard D. Rabbitt, & Michael I. Miller. (1996). Deformable templates using large deformation kinematics. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 5(10). 1435–1447. 745 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miller, Michael I., Gary E. Christensen, Yali Amit, & Ulf Grenander. (1993). Mathematical textbook of deformable neuroanatomies.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(24). 11944–11948. 308 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Grete Helen Meisfjord & Gary E. Christensen. (1966). Relationship between haemoglobin values and fur properties in mink.. 18. 166–173. 4 indexed citations

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