Lei Tian

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
194 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Lei Tian is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Tian has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 59 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 53 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Lei Tian's work include Digital Holography and Microscopy (79 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (53 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (30 papers). Lei Tian is often cited by papers focused on Digital Holography and Microscopy (79 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (53 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (30 papers). Lei Tian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Lei Tian's co-authors include Laura Waller, George Barbastathis, Xiao Li, Kannan Ramchandran, Yunzhe Li, Qian Chen, Chao Zuo, Yujia Xue, Alex Matlock and Jonathan C. Petruccelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lei Tian

178 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Multiplexed coded illumination for Fourier Ptychography with an LED array microscope
    2014 419 citations Lei Tian et al. Biomedical Optics Express profile →
  2. 3D intensity and phase imaging from light field measurements in an LED array microscope
    2015 329 citations Lei Tian et al. Optica profile →

Peers

Lei Tian
Laura Waller United States
Baoli Yao China
Yoav Shechtman Israel
Guoan Zheng United States
George Barbastathis United States
Giancarlo Pedrini Germany
Javier Garcı́a Spain
Zeev Zalevsky Israel
Jiasong Sun China
Yair Rivenson United States
Laura Waller United States
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Citations per year, relative to Lei Tian Lei Tian (= 1×) peers Laura Waller

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Tian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Tian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Tian based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lei Tian. Lei Tian is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Liu, Jianing, et al.. (2025). Chiral phase‐imaging meta‐sensors. Nanophotonics. 14(7). 947–957.
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Wang, Zihao, et al.. (2024). Data-driven fault diagnosis of PEMFC water management with segmented cell and deep learning technologies. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 67. 715–727. 22 indexed citations
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Xue, Yujia, Zhengjue Wang, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Block-modulating video compression: an ultralow complexity image compression encoder for resource-limited platforms. 1(2). 21002–21002. 2 indexed citations
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Greene, J. E., et al.. (2024). HiLo microscopy with caustic illumination. Biomedical Optics Express. 15(7). 4101–4101.
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Wang, Hao, et al.. (2024). NeuPh: scalable and generalizable neural phase retrieval with local conditional neural fields. Advanced Photonics Nexus. 3(5). 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Hanrui, et al.. (2024). Transferable graph auto-encoders for cross-network node classification. Pattern Recognition. 150. 110334–110334. 8 indexed citations
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Guo, Ruipeng, et al.. (2024). Wide-field, high-resolution reconstruction in computational multi-aperture miniscope using a Fourier neural network. Optica. 11(6). 860–860. 7 indexed citations
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Platiša, Jelena, Allison M. Ahrens, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). High-speed low-light in vivo two-photon voltage imaging of large neuronal populations. Nature Methods. 20(7). 1095–1103. 52 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Jangwoon Sung, Guorong Hu, et al.. (2023). Fourier ptychographic topography. Optics Express. 31(7). 11007–11007. 17 indexed citations
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Matlock, Alex, et al.. (2023). Multiple-scattering simulator-trained neural network for intensity diffraction tomography. Optics Express. 31(3). 4094–4094. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, et al.. (2022). High-fidelity intensity diffraction tomography with a non-paraxial multiple-scattering model. Optics Express. 30(18). 32808–32808. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianing, Hao Wang, Yuyu Li, et al.. (2022). Optical spatial filtering with plasmonic directional image sensors. Optics Express. 30(16). 29074–29074. 6 indexed citations
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Lin, Haonan, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Nathan Tague, et al.. (2021). Microsecond fingerprint stimulated Raman spectroscopic imaging by ultrafast tuning and spatial-spectral learning. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3052–3052. 89 indexed citations
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Li, Jiaji, Alex Matlock, Yunzhe Li, et al.. (2020). Resolution-enhanced intensity diffraction tomography in high numerical aperture label-free microscopy. Photonics Research. 8(12). 1818–1818. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Yunzhe, et al.. (2020). Plasmonic ommatidia for lensless compound-eye vision. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1637–1637. 61 indexed citations
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Fan, Yao, et al.. (2019). Optimal illumination scheme for isotropic quantitative differential phase contrast microscopy. Photonics Research. 7(8). 890–890. 56 indexed citations
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Luo, Hao, Lei Tian, & Hong Jiang. (2014). qNVRAM: quasi non-volatile RAM for low overhead persistency enforcement in smartphones. 4–4. 19 indexed citations
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Fei, Wenwen, Rui Li, Longmei Yang, et al.. (2013). Synthesis, crystal structure and photophysical properties of a series of metal complexes MI2L2 (M = Zn, Cd, Hg) from an imidazole derivative. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 139(2-3). 403–409. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Liqun, et al.. (2006). Wavelet-based Watershed for Image Segmentation Algorithm. 9595–9599. 7 indexed citations

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