Michael E. Leventon

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Leventon is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Leventon has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Leventon's work include Anatomy and Medical Technology (6 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (4 papers) and Image and Object Detection Techniques (4 papers). Michael E. Leventon is often cited by papers focused on Anatomy and Medical Technology (6 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (4 papers) and Image and Object Detection Techniques (4 papers). Michael E. Leventon collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Michael E. Leventon's co-authors include W. Eric L. Grimson, Olivier Faugeras, Nicholas R. Howe, William T. Freeman, William M. Wells, Gil J. Ettinger, Ron Kikinis, Tina Kapur, Martha E. Shenton and Linda S. Aglio and has published in prestigious journals such as Epilepsia, Medical Image Analysis and Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Leventon

16 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Statistical shape influence in geodesic active contours 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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. Statistical shape influence in geodesic active contours
    2002 755 citations Michael E. Leventon, W. Eric L. Grimson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael E. Leventon United States 11 1.1k 176 168 165 119 16 1.3k
David Tucker United States 6 700 0.7× 164 0.9× 118 0.7× 155 0.9× 79 0.7× 11 953
Carole Twining United Kingdom 19 971 0.9× 198 1.1× 218 1.3× 117 0.7× 321 2.7× 45 1.3k
Eric Grimson United States 20 950 0.9× 163 0.9× 182 1.1× 503 3.0× 67 0.6× 34 1.5k
Karl Rohr Germany 21 1.2k 1.2× 271 1.5× 336 2.0× 143 0.9× 166 1.4× 73 1.6k
William A. Barrett United States 15 1.2k 1.2× 235 1.3× 146 0.9× 159 1.0× 183 1.5× 49 1.7k
Christian Brechbühler Switzerland 6 511 0.5× 256 1.5× 126 0.8× 83 0.5× 133 1.1× 8 933
Jean‐Philippe Thirion France 18 891 0.8× 423 2.4× 158 0.9× 115 0.7× 245 2.1× 34 1.4k
Jon Sporring Denmark 16 399 0.4× 212 1.2× 95 0.6× 51 0.3× 99 0.8× 77 940
Rafeef Abugharbieh Canada 24 654 0.6× 490 2.8× 350 2.1× 167 1.0× 142 1.2× 110 1.7k
Tommaso Mansi United States 24 481 0.5× 646 3.7× 442 2.6× 121 0.7× 94 0.8× 80 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael E. Leventon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael E. Leventon

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Leventon, Michael E., Olivier Faugeras, W. Eric L. Grimson, & William M. Wells. (2005). Level set based segmentation with intensity and curvature priors. 14. V_2_1–V_2_8. 15 indexed citations
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Leventon, Michael E., W. Eric L. Grimson, & Olivier Faugeras. (2005). Statistical shape influence in geodesic active contours. V_3_1–V_3_8. 86 indexed citations
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Leventon, Michael E., W. Eric L. Grimson, & Olivier Faugeras. (2002). Statistical shape influence in geodesic active contours. 1. 316–323. 755 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leventon, Michael E., Olivier Faugeras, W. Eric L. Grimson, & William M. Wells. (2002). Level set based segmentation with intensity and curvature priors. 4–11. 87 indexed citations
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Chabrerie, Alexandra, Arya Nabavi, Fatma Özlen, et al.. (2001). Three-Dimensional Reconstruction for Cortical Surgery: The Brigham and Women's Hospital Experience. 7(1). 61–69. 3 indexed citations
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Gugino, Laverne D., Linda S. Aglio, Geoffrey Potts, et al.. (2001). Perioperative Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. 7(1). 33–51. 3 indexed citations
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Grimson, Eric, Michael E. Leventon, Olivier Faugeras, & William M. Wells. (2000). Computer Vision Methods for Image Guided Surgery. 1.1–1.12. 4 indexed citations
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Howe, Nicholas R., Michael E. Leventon, & William T. Freeman. (1999). Bayesian Reconstruction of 3D Human Motion from Single-Camera Video. Smith ScholarWorks (Smith College). 12. 820–826. 177 indexed citations
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Ettinger, Gil J., Michael E. Leventon, W. Eric L. Grimson, et al.. (1998). Experimentation with a transcranial magnetic stimulation system for functional brain mapping. Medical Image Analysis. 2(2). 133–142. 29 indexed citations
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Özlen, Fatma, Shin Nakajima, Alexandra Chabrerie, et al.. (1998). Excision of Cortical Dysplasia in the Language Area with Use of a Surgical Navigator: A Case Report. Epilepsia. 39(12). 1361–1366. 4 indexed citations
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Chabrerie, Alexandra, Fatma Özlen, Shin Nakajima, et al.. (1998). Three-dimensional image reconstruction for low-grade glioma surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 4(4). E9–E9. 13 indexed citations
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Potts, Geoffrey F., Laverne D. Gugino, Michael E. Leventon, et al.. (1998). Visual Hemifield Mapping Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coregistered With Cortical Surfaces Derived From Magnetic Resonance Images. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 15(4). 344–350. 28 indexed citations
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Chabrerie, Alexandra, Fatma Özlen, Shin Nakajima, et al.. (1997). Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Surgical Navigation in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 27(6). 304–310. 19 indexed citations
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Grimson, W. Eric L., et al.. (1997). Utilizing Segmented MRI Data in Image-Guided Surgery. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. 11(8). 1367–1397. 52 indexed citations
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Ettinger, Gil J., W. Eric L. Grimson, Michael E. Leventon, et al.. (1996). Non-invasive functional brain mapping using registered transcranial magnetic stimulation. 32–41. 10 indexed citations
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Huttenlocher, Daniel P., Michael E. Leventon, & W.J. Rucklidge. (1995). Visually-guided navigation by comparing edge images. 85–96. 4 indexed citations

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