Ron Alterovitz

6.0k total citations
105 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Ron Alterovitz is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Alterovitz has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 65 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 37 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ron Alterovitz's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (56 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (48 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (37 papers). Ron Alterovitz is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (56 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (48 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (37 papers). Ron Alterovitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Israel. Ron Alterovitz's co-authors include Ken Goldberg, Sachin Patil, Allison M. Okamura, Robert J. Webster, Jur van den Berg, Luis G. Torres, Sachin Patil, Jean Pouliot, Vincent Duindam and Sarthak Misra and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Cognitive Sciences, IEEE Access and ACM Transactions on Graphics.

In The Last Decade

Ron Alterovitz

103 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ron Alterovitz United States 38 2.6k 1.5k 1.5k 804 770 105 3.9k
Shuang Song China 35 1.9k 0.7× 709 0.5× 650 0.4× 656 0.8× 796 1.0× 237 4.3k
Jaydev P. Desai United States 40 3.7k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.7× 545 0.7× 202 7.0k
Stefano Stramigioli Netherlands 40 3.6k 1.4× 910 0.6× 3.5k 2.4× 2.1k 2.6× 829 1.1× 343 7.2k
Zheng Li Hong Kong 32 2.2k 0.8× 441 0.3× 940 0.6× 666 0.8× 879 1.1× 204 3.5k
Peter Kazanzides United States 33 3.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 847 0.6× 776 1.0× 628 0.8× 242 5.6k
H. Inoue Japan 36 2.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 509 0.6× 667 0.9× 241 4.9k
Michel de Mathelin France 29 1.7k 0.6× 703 0.5× 832 0.6× 438 0.5× 272 0.4× 151 3.4k
Christian Duriez France 33 2.1k 0.8× 444 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 173 0.2× 118 3.8k
Gerd Hirzinger Germany 46 4.6k 1.8× 1.5k 1.0× 4.8k 3.3× 2.3k 2.9× 1.3k 1.7× 242 8.6k
Heinz Wörn Germany 25 1.0k 0.4× 558 0.4× 791 0.5× 535 0.7× 203 0.3× 244 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ron Alterovitz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ron Alterovitz

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All Works

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Fried, Inbar, et al.. (2025). Safe Start Regions for Medical Steerable Needle Automation. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41. 2424–2440. 1 indexed citations
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Dang, Khoa, et al.. (2024). Design of Transmission Tubes for Surgical Concentric Push-Pull Robots. PubMed. 2024. 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Cahoon, James F., et al.. (2024). Transforming science labs into automated factories of discovery. Science Robotics. 9(95). eadm6991–eadm6991. 13 indexed citations
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Kuntz, Alan, Maxwell Emerson, Inbar Fried, et al.. (2023). Autonomous medical needle steering in vivo. Science Robotics. 8(82). eadf7614–eadf7614. 29 indexed citations
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Fu, Mengyu, Inbar Fried, Maxwell Emerson, et al.. (2021). Backward Planning for a Multi-Stage Steerable Needle Lung Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(2). 3987–3994. 24 indexed citations
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Kuntz, Alan, et al.. (2020). Learning the Complete Shape of Concentric Tube Robots. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 2(2). 140–147. 28 indexed citations
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Emerson, Maxwell, Inbar Fried, Mengyu Fu, et al.. (2020). Decoupling Steerability From Diameter: Helical Dovetail Laser Patterning for Steerable Needles. IEEE Access. 8. 181411–181419. 14 indexed citations
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Bigman, Yochanan, Adam Waytz, Ron Alterovitz, & Kurt Gray. (2019). Holding Robots Responsible: The Elements of Machine Morality. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 23(5). 365–368. 113 indexed citations
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Emerson, Maxwell, Robert J. Webster, Ron Alterovitz, et al.. (2019). Design and control of a compact modular robot for transbronchial lung biopsy. PubMed. 10951. 17–17. 13 indexed citations
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Alterovitz, Ron, Sven Koenig, & Maxim Likhachev. (2016). Robot Planning in the Real World: Research Challenges and Opportunities. AI Magazine. 37(2). 76–84. 48 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qingyu, et al.. (2015). Surface Registration in the Presence of Missing Patches and Topology Change.. 8–13. 5 indexed citations
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Wirz, Raúl, Luis G. Torres, Philip J. Swaney, et al.. (2015). An Experimental Feasibility Study on Robotic Endonasal Telesurgery. Neurosurgery. 76(4). 479–484. 48 indexed citations
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Kuntz, Alan, Luis G. Torres, Richard H. Feins, Robert J. Webster, & Ron Alterovitz. (2015). Motion planning for a three-stage multilumen transoral lung access system. PubMed. 2015. 3255–3261. 32 indexed citations
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Bowen, Chris, Ye Gu, & Ron Alterovitz. (2014). Asymptotically Optimal Motion Planning for Learned Tasks Using Time-Dependent Cost Maps. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 12(1). 171–182. 14 indexed citations
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Abayazid, Momen, et al.. (2014). Experimental evaluation of ultrasound-guided 3D needle steering in biological tissue. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 9(6). 931–939. 61 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Ken, Siamak Faridani, & Ron Alterovitz. (2014). Two Large Open-Access Datasets for Fitts’ Law of Human Motion and a Succinct Derivation of the Square-Root Variant. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. 45(1). 62–73. 15 indexed citations
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Patil, Sachin & Ron Alterovitz. (2010). Interactive motion planning for steerable needles in 3D environments with obstacles. PubMed. 893–899. 84 indexed citations
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Duindam, Vincent, Ron Alterovitz, S. Shankar Sastry, & Ken Goldberg. (2008). Screw-based motion planning for bevel-tip flexible needles in 3D environments with obstacles. PubMed. 2483–2488. 93 indexed citations
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Alterovitz, Ron, Étienne Lessard, Jean Pouliot, et al.. (2006). Optimization of HDR brachytherapy dose distributions using linear programming with penalty costs. Medical Physics. 33(11). 4012–4019. 48 indexed citations
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Alterovitz, Ron & Ken Goldberg. (2002). Comparing algorithms for soft tissue deformation: accuracy metrics and benchmarks. 4 indexed citations

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