J. D. Briers

3.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

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J. D. Briers is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, J. D. Briers has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 15 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in J. D. Briers's work include Thermoregulation and physiological responses (15 papers), Optical measurement and interference techniques (10 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (9 papers). J. D. Briers is often cited by papers focused on Thermoregulation and physiological responses (15 papers), Optical measurement and interference techniques (10 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (9 papers). J. D. Briers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and Germany. J. D. Briers's co-authors include Adolf F. Fercher, Helen Crank, Garry A. Tew, Markos Klonizakis, Gary J. Hodges, N. E. Flower and Paul R. Yoder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Botany and Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

In The Last Decade

J. D. Briers

38 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Flow visualization by means of single-exposure speckle photography

1981 510 citations Adolf F. Fercher, J. D. Briers Optics Communications profile →
Laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA): a nonscanning, full-field technique for monitoring capillary blood flow

1996 510 citations J. D. Briers Journal of Biomedical Optics profile →
Laser Doppler, speckle and related techniques for blood perfusion mapping and imaging

2001 500 citations J. D. Briers Physiological Measurement profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. D. Briers United Kingdom	16	1.8k	1.6k	618	465	195	40	2.7k
Donald D. Duncan United States	22	764 0.4×	980 0.6×	620 1.0×	255 0.5×	96 0.5×	74	2.1k
Yoshihisa Aizu Japan	19	431 0.2×	671 0.4×	500 0.8×	44 0.1×	54 0.3×	115	1.2k
Ashwin B. Parthasarathy United States	17	480 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	617 1.0×	147 0.3×	166 0.9×	66	1.5k
E. F. J. Ring United Kingdom	27	769 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	283 0.5×	67 0.1×	308 1.6×	70	2.8k
David J. Cuccia United States	31	391 0.2×	2.3k 1.4×	2.2k 3.6×	54 0.1×	251 1.3×	67	3.0k
Alessandro Torricelli Italy	50	301 0.2×	5.4k 3.3×	5.0k 8.2×	67 0.1×	379 1.9×	355	8.1k
Matthias Essenpreis United Kingdom	16	236 0.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 3.0×	36 0.1×	312 1.6×	31	2.8k
Tatsuo Togawa Japan	28	584 0.3×	596 0.4×	1.3k 2.1×	40 0.1×	925 4.7×	159	3.4k
Haiying Cheng China	15	443 0.2×	697 0.4×	223 0.4×	118 0.3×	18 0.1×	43	1.1k
Wim Verkruysse United States	25	306 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 3.2×	12 0.0×	752 3.9×	63	3.0k

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Tew, Garry A., Markos Klonizakis, Helen Crank, J. D. Briers, & Gary J. Hodges. (2011). Comparison of laser speckle contrast imaging with laser Doppler for assessing microvascular function. Microvascular Research. 82(3). 326–332. 110 indexed citations

Briers, J. D.. (2007). Laser speckle contrast imaging for measuring blood flow. Optica Applicata. 37. 139–152. 111 indexed citations

Briers, J. D.. (2001). Laser Doppler, speckle and related techniques for blood perfusion mapping and imaging. Physiological Measurement. 22(4). R35–R66. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

Briers, J. D.. (1999). Optical testing: a review and tutorial for optical engineers. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 32(2). 111–138. 20 indexed citations

Briers, J. D., et al.. (1997). <title>Capillary-blood-flow monitoring using laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA): improving the dynamic range</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 19 indexed citations

Briers, J. D.. (1996). Laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA): a nonscanning, full-field technique for monitoring capillary blood flow. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 1(2). 174–174. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

Briers, J. D.. (1996). <title>Monitoring biomedical motion and flow by means of coherent light fluctuations</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2732. 2–15. 4 indexed citations

Briers, J. D.. (1994). Laser speckle techniques in biology and medicine. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2083. 238–238. 5 indexed citations

Briers, J. D.. (1993). Holographic, speckle and moiré techniques in optical metrology. Progress in Quantum Electronics. 17(3). 167–233. 10 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1985). Best-fit Spheres and Conics as an Aid in the Manufacture and Testing of Diamond-turned Aspheric Optics. Journal of Modern Optics. 32(2). 169–178. 3 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1985). Best-fit spheres and conics as an aid in the manufacture and testing of diamond-turned aspheric optics. Optica Acta International Journal of Optics. 32(2). 169–178. 3 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D. & Adolf F. Fercher. (1983). <title>Laser Speckle Technique For The Visualization Of Retinal Blood Flow</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 369. 22–28. 9 indexed citations

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Fercher, Adolf F. & J. D. Briers. (1981). Flow visualization by means of single-exposure speckle photography. Optics Communications. 37(5). 326–330. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Briers, J. D., et al.. (1979). Speckle Photography Applied to the Measurement of in-plane Rotation. Optica Acta International Journal of Optics. 26(10). 1229–1231. 7 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1979). Ronchi test formulae. Optics & Laser Technology. 11(4). 189–196. 13 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1978). The statistics of fluctuating speckle patterns produced by a mixture of moving and stationary scatterers. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 10(4). 364–366. 31 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1977). The Measurement of Plant Elongation Rates by Means of Holographic Interferometry: Possibilities and Limitations. Journal of Experimental Botany. 28(2). 493–506. 13 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1975). A note on the statistics of laser speckle patterns added to coherent and incoherent uniform background fields, and a possible application for the case of incoherent addition. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 7(5). 422–424. 15 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1975). Wavelength dependence of intensity fluctuations in laser speckle patterns from biological specimens. Optics Communications. 13(3). 324–326. 58 indexed citations

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Briers, J. D.. (1969). Prism shearing interferometer. 1(4). 196–202. 9 indexed citations

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