S. Kovacic

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 913 citations indexed

About

S. Kovacic is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Kovacic has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in S. Kovacic's work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (8 papers), Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods (4 papers) and Video Analysis and Summarization (3 papers). S. Kovacic is often cited by papers focused on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (8 papers), Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods (4 papers) and Video Analysis and Summarization (3 papers). S. Kovacic collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia and United States. S. Kovacic's co-authors include Ruzena Bajcsy, Janez Perš, Martin Reivich, John D. Hoford, Robert Dann, Goran Vučković, Matej Kristan, Matej Perše, Peter Rogelj and Goran Vučković and has published in prestigious journals such as Pattern Recognition Letters, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography and Advances in Production Engineering & Management.

In The Last Decade

S. Kovacic

18 papers receiving 820 citations

Hit Papers

Multiresolution elastic matching 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 200 400 600
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. Multiresolution elastic matching
    1989 711 citations Ruzena Bajcsy, S. Kovacic Computer Vision Graphics and Image Processing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Kovacic Slovenia 9 721 284 166 122 92 19 913
H. Siegfried Stiehl Germany 14 690 1.0× 246 0.9× 243 1.5× 161 1.3× 86 0.9× 50 990
Hüseyin Tek United States 14 569 0.8× 188 0.7× 141 0.8× 92 0.8× 59 0.6× 23 751
David Tucker United States 6 700 1.0× 164 0.6× 118 0.7× 79 0.6× 155 1.7× 11 953
Daniel Fritsch United States 13 674 0.9× 201 0.7× 135 0.8× 165 1.4× 80 0.9× 37 1.0k
Anfei Fan United States 3 585 0.8× 160 0.6× 105 0.6× 44 0.4× 132 1.4× 6 699
Hervé Lombaert Canada 14 432 0.6× 351 1.2× 131 0.8× 53 0.4× 118 1.3× 40 843
John A. Little United Kingdom 10 382 0.5× 310 1.1× 264 1.6× 53 0.4× 36 0.4× 17 826
F. Pernuš Slovenia 13 813 1.1× 584 2.1× 511 3.1× 88 0.7× 82 0.9× 31 1.5k
Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam United States 8 405 0.6× 216 0.8× 71 0.4× 67 0.5× 87 0.9× 18 603
Régis Vaillant France 15 684 0.9× 460 1.6× 216 1.3× 65 0.5× 91 1.0× 45 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by S. Kovacic

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Kovacic

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Kovacic

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Kovacic. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Kovacic 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 S. Kovacic. S. Kovacic is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Kovacic, S., et al.. (2013). Simulation based CAD/CAM model for extrusion tools. Advances in Production Engineering & Management. 8(1). 33–40. 4 indexed citations
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Kovacic, S., et al.. (2007). A Simple Model For Image Self-Similarity And The Possible Use Of Mutual Information. INFM-OAR (INFN Catania). 975–979. 5 indexed citations
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Vučković, Goran, et al.. (2005). Motion analysis of the international and national rank squash players. 334–338. 10 indexed citations
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Kristan, Matej, et al.. (2005). Multiple interacting targets tracking with application to team sports. 322–327. 18 indexed citations
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Perš, Janez, S. Kovacic, & Goran Vučković. (2005). Analysis and pattern detection on large amounts of annotated sport motion data using standard SQL. 339–344. 4 indexed citations
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Perše, Matej, Janez Perš, Matej Kristan, S. Kovacic, & Goran Vučković. (2005). Physics-based modelling of human motion using Kalman filter and collision avoidance algorithm. 328–333. 10 indexed citations
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Perš, Janez, et al.. (2004). Scale-based human motion representation for action recognition. 2. 668–673. 5 indexed citations
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Pernuš, F., et al.. (2003). Noninformation-preserving shape features at multiple resolution. 166–169.
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Kovacic, S., et al.. (2003). Three-dimensional registration of PET and CT images. 548–549. 1 indexed citations
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Rogelj, Peter & S. Kovacic. (2002). Local similarity measures for multimodal image matching. 1496. 81–86. 9 indexed citations
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Perš, Janez, et al.. (2002). A low-cost real-time tracker of live sport events. 362–365. 18 indexed citations
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Kovacic, S.. (2002). [Spine abnormalities and their prevention].. PubMed. 78(9-10). 459–63. 1 indexed citations
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Perš, Janez & S. Kovacic. (2002). Computer vision system for tracking players in sports games. 177–182. 29 indexed citations
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Pernuš, F., et al.. (1996). Segmentation of muscle fibre images using Voronoi diagrams and active contour models. 2. 538–542 vol.3. 3 indexed citations
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Pernuš, Franjo, Aleš Leonardis, & S. Kovacic. (1994). Two-dimensional object recognition using multiresolution non-information-preserving shape features. Pattern Recognition Letters. 15(11). 1071–1079. 7 indexed citations
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Dann, Robert, John D. Hoford, S. Kovacic, Martin Reivich, & Ruzena Bajcsy. (1989). Evaluation of Elastic Matching System for Anatomic (CT, MR) and Functional (PET) Cerebral Images. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 13(4). 603–611. 68 indexed citations
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Bajcsy, Ruzena & S. Kovacic. (1989). Multiresolution elastic matching. Computer Vision Graphics and Image Processing. 46(1). 1–21. 711 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dann, Robert, John D. Hoford, S. Kovacic, Martin Reivich, & Ruzena Bajcsy. (1988). Three-Dimensional Computerized Brain Atlas For Elastic Matching: Creation And Initial Evaluation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9 indexed citations
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Bajcsy, Růžena, Martin Reivich, & S. Kovacic. (1988). Evaluation of Registration of PET Images With CT Images. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 1 indexed citations

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