Jay B. West

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Jay B. West is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay B. West has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Jay B. West's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (9 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (9 papers). Jay B. West is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (9 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (9 papers). Jay B. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Jay B. West's co-authors include J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Calvin R. Maurer, Robert J. Maciunas, Steven A. Toms, Yu Shyr, Colin Studholme, David Hill, Benoît M. Dawant, Robert Kessler and Jeremy A. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Neurosurgery and Computer Aided Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Jay B. West

21 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Predicting error in rigid-body point-based registration

1998 759 citations J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Jay B. West et al. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jay B. West United States	12	892	719	554	553	427	21	2.0k
Michael Figl Austria	32	729 0.8×	922 1.3×	597 1.1×	697 1.3×	265 0.6×	117	2.3k
Takeyoshi Dohi Japan	27	834 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	420 0.8×	792 1.4×	200 0.5×	163	2.5k
Ziv Yaniv United States	22	548 0.6×	843 1.2×	648 1.2×	608 1.1×	186 0.4×	65	2.1k
Ken Masamune Japan	29	625 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	391 0.7×	834 1.5×	159 0.4×	157	2.4k
Graeme Penney United Kingdom	25	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	1.2k 2.2×	558 1.0×	311 0.7×	85	2.8k
Ali Uneri United States	25	493 0.6×	1.3k 1.9×	898 1.6×	706 1.3×	152 0.4×	150	2.1k
Alexander Seitel Germany	20	392 0.4×	657 0.9×	422 0.8×	468 0.8×	149 0.3×	72	1.5k
Robert L. Galloway United States	30	1.4k 1.5×	1.5k 2.0×	722 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	550 1.3×	150	3.3k
Wolfgang Birkfellner Austria	35	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.9×	1000 1.8×	1.0k 1.8×	360 0.8×	141	3.4k
R. Kikinis United States	20	736 0.8×	659 0.9×	739 1.3×	394 0.7×	117 0.3×	46	2.1k

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West, Jay B., Calvin R. Maurer, John Dooley, & Gustavo K. Rohde. (2006). Deformable registration of abdominal CT images: tissue stiffness constraints using B-splines. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6144. 61440W–61440W. 2 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., Calvin R. Maurer, & John Dooley. (2005). Hybrid point-and-intensity-based deformable registration for abdominal CT images. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5747. 204–204. 9 indexed citations

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West, Jay B. & Calvin R. Maurer. (2004). Designing Optically Tracked Instruments for Image-Guided Surgery. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 23(5). 533–545. 124 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., et al.. (2003). Nonlinear averaging method to optimize the accuracy of optical tracking. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5029. 311–311. 1 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., et al.. (2003). Overcoming the distortion problem in image-enhanced fluoroscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5032. 344–344. 1 indexed citations

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Shahidi, Ramin, Michael R. Bax, Calvin R. Maurer, et al.. (2002). Implementation, calibration and accuracy testing of an image-enhanced endoscopy system. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 21(12). 1524–1535. 121 indexed citations

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West, Jay B. & Calvin R. Maurer. (2002). Extension of target registration error theory to the composition of transforms. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4684. 574–574. 3 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., et al.. (2002). <title>Method for increasing accuracy of manual localization for skin markers in three-dimensional images</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4681. 510–515. 1 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, J. Michael & Jay B. West. (2001). The distribution of target registration error in rigid-body point-based registration. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 20(9). 917–927. 336 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Steven A. Toms, Calvin R. Maurer, & Robert J. Maciunas. (2001). Fiducial Point Placement and the Accuracy of Point-based, Rigid Body Registration. Neurosurgery. 48(4). 810–817. 40 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Steven A. Toms, Calvin R. Maurer, & Robert J. Maciunas. (2001). Fiducial Point Placement and the Accuracy of Point-based, Rigid Body Registration. Neurosurgery. 48(4). 810–817. 264 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., et al.. (2001). <title>Point-based registration under a similarity transform</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4322. 611–622. 6 indexed citations

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Rohlfing, Torsten, et al.. (2000). Registration of functional and anatomical MRI: Accuracy assessment and application in navigated neurosurgery. Computer Aided Surgery. 5(6). 414–425. 38 indexed citations

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Rohlfing, Torsten, et al.. (2000). Registration of Functional and Anatomical MRI: Accuracy Assessment and Application in Navigated Neurosurgery. Computer Aided Surgery. 5(6). 414–425. 28 indexed citations

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West, Jay B. & J. Michael Fitzpatrick. (2000). <title>Point-based rigid registration: clinical validation of theory</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3979. 353–359. 10 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Benoît M. Dawant, et al.. (1999). Retrospective intermodality registration techniques for images of the head: surface-based versus volume-based. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 18(2). 144–150. 95 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, J. Michael, Jay B. West, & Calvin R. Maurer. (1998). Predicting error in rigid-body point-based registration. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 17(5). 694–702. 759 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fitzpatrick, J. Michael, David Hill, Yu Shyr, et al.. (1998). Visual assessment of the accuracy of retrospective registration of MR and CT images of the brain. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 17(4). 571–585. 99 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, J. Michael, Jay B. West, & Calvin R. Maurer. (1998). <title>Derivation of expected registration error for point-based rigid-body registration</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3338. 16–27. 12 indexed citations

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West, Jay B., et al.. (1991). Cyclone: A Laser Scanner For Mobile Robot Navigation. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 92. 17080. 12 indexed citations

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