Qian Kemao

11.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
168 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Qian Kemao is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Mechanical Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Kemao has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 71 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 56 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Qian Kemao's work include Optical measurement and interference techniques (120 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (65 papers) and Image Processing Techniques and Applications (52 papers). Qian Kemao is often cited by papers focused on Optical measurement and interference techniques (120 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (65 papers) and Image Processing Techniques and Applications (52 papers). Qian Kemao collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Qian Kemao's co-authors include Anand Asundi, Bing Pan, Huimin Xie, Lei Huang, Haixia Wang, Kaiqiang Wang, Jianlin Zhao, Jianglei Di, Hock Soon Seah and Seah Hock Soon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Qian Kemao

159 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Two-dimensional digital image correlation for in-plane displacement and strain measurement: a review

2009 2.5k citations Bing Pan, Qian Kemao et al. profile →
Two-dimensional windowed Fourier transform for fringe pattern analysis: Principles, applications and implementations

2006 580 citations Qian Kemao Optics and Lasers in Engineering profile →
Study on subset size selection in digital image correlation for speckle patterns

2008 503 citations Bing Pan, Qian Kemao et al. Optics Express profile →
Deep learning in optical metrology: a review

2022 446 citations Chao Zuo, Jiaming Qian et al. Light Science & Applications profile →
Windowed Fourier transform for fringe pattern analysis

2004 444 citations Qian Kemao profile →
One-step robust deep learning phase unwrapping

2019 276 citations Kaiqiang Wang, Qian Kemao et al. Optics Express profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Kemao Singapore	40	6.7k	2.8k	2.5k	1.6k	1.5k	168	9.3k
Anand Asundi Singapore	52	7.7k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.8×	515	13.8k
Bing Pan China	55	8.7k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	3.7k 1.5×	3.2k 2.0×	2.2k 1.5×	260	13.9k
Hubert W. Schreier United States	19	3.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	692 0.5×	32	6.9k
Zhaoyang Wang China	34	3.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	626 0.4×	766 0.5×	169	4.7k
Lei Huang China	36	4.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	423 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	134	5.6k
Stéphane Roux France	62	3.7k 0.6×	823 0.3×	4.0k 1.6×	3.3k 2.1×	691 0.5×	392	14.0k
François Hild France	57	4.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	5.0k 2.0×	4.2k 2.6×	765 0.5×	413	13.4k
Shijie Feng China	36	4.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	471 0.3×	928 0.6×	104	5.3k
W. F. Ranson United States	11	2.8k 0.4×	624 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	585 0.4×	28	5.1k

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Yu, Hongshan, et al.. (2025). NPC-SPU: Nonlinear Phase Coding-Based Stereo Phase Unwrapping for Efficient 3D Measurement. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 34. 5642–5657.

Qian, Jiaming, Yijie Liu, Songlin Yang, et al.. (2025). Microsphere-Integrated Photonic Crystal Sensors for Spatially-Resolved Refractive Index Measurement. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 37(20). 1173–1176.

Wang, Tianyi, Xiaolong Ke, Lei Huang, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review of dwell time optimization methods in computer-controlled optical surfacing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

Zuo, Chao, Jiaming Qian, Shijie Feng, et al.. (2022). Deep learning in optical metrology: a review. Light Science & Applications. 11(1). 39–39. 446 indexed citations breakdown →

Yin, Wei, Yan Hu, Shijie Feng, et al.. (2021). Single-shot 3D shape measurement using an end-to-end stereo matching network for speckle projection profilometry. Optics Express. 29(9). 13388–13388. 49 indexed citations

Kemao, Qian. (2021). Carrier fringe pattern analysis: Links between methods. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 150. 106874–106874. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Kaiqiang, Jiazhen Dou, Qian Kemao, Jianglei Di, & Jianlin Zhao. (2019). Y-Net: a one-to-two deep learning framework for digital holographic reconstruction. Optics Letters. 44(19). 4765–4765. 152 indexed citations

Kemao, Qian, et al.. (2018). Robust and efficient techniques for texture-less object recognition. 3951. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Chenxing, Qian Kemao, Feipeng Da, & Shaoyan Gai. (2017). Application of EMD in fringe analysis: new developments. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10250. 1025019–1025019. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ran, Wen‐De Zhong, & Qian Kemao. (2017). A singular value decomposition-based positioning algorithm for indoor visible light positioning system. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Feng, et al.. (2012). Coupling between Meshless FEM Modeling and Rendering on GPU for Real-time Physically-based Volumetric Deformation. DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University). 20. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Feng, et al.. (2009). Automated Local Adaptive Thresholding for Real-time Feature Detection and Rendering of 3D Endomicroscopic Images on GPU.. 10–16. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Feng, et al.. (2009). Synchronized Volumetric Cell Image Acquisition with FPGA-Controlled Endomicroscope.. European Symposium on Algorithms. 61–67. 4 indexed citations

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Thong, Patricia S. P., Malini Olivo, Feng Lin, et al.. (2009). Detection and diagnosis of human oral cancer using hypericin fluorescence endoscopic imaging interfaced with embedded computing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7380. 73806U–73806U. 3 indexed citations

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Pan, Bing, Qian Kemao, Lei Huang, & Anand Asundi. (2009). Phase error analysis and compensation for nonsinusoidal waveforms in phase-shifting digital fringe projection profilometry. Optics Letters. 34(4). 416–416. 283 indexed citations

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Soon, Seah Hock, et al.. (2006). FPGA Implementation of Real-time Fluorescence Endoscopy Imaging Algorithms. 73–78. 2 indexed citations

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Kemao, Qian, Yu Fu, Qi Liu, Hock Soon Seah, & Anand Asundi. (2006). Generalized three-dimensional windowed Fourier transform for fringe analysis. Optics Letters. 31(14). 2121–2121. 18 indexed citations

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Kemao, Qian. (2004). Windowed Fourier transform method for demodulation of carrier fringes. Optical Engineering. 43(7). 1472–1472. 29 indexed citations

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Kemao, Qian. (2001). Phase measurement methods in optical interferometry. Journal of Experimental Mechanics.

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Kemao, Qian. (2001). Theoretical analysis of Stoilov algorithm in phase shifting interferometry. 5 indexed citations

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