Sheng Xu

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Sheng Xu is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheng Xu has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 50 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sheng Xu's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (46 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (25 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (22 papers). Sheng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (46 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (25 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (22 papers). Sheng Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Canada. Sheng Xu's co-authors include Bradford J. Wood, Peter L. Choyke, Barış Türkbey, Peter A. Pinto, Jochen Kruecker, Neil Glossop, Pingkun Yan, Julia K. Locklin, Anurag K. Singh and Ardeshir R. Rastinehad and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Sheng Xu

123 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Ultrasound Fusion Guided Prostate Biopsy Improves Cancer Detection Following Transrectal Ultrasound Biopsy and Correlates With Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2011 351 citations Jochen Kruecker, Sheng Xu et al. profile →
Federated semi-supervised learning for COVID region segmentation in chest CT using multi-national data from China, Italy, Japan

2021 176 citations Dong Yang, Ziyue Xu et al. Medical Image Analysis profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheng Xu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Methodological Considerations in Saliva‐Based Biomarker Research: Addressing Patient‐Specific Variability in Translational Research Protocols 2025 ·Current Protocols ·Sheng Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Katherine A. Maki	0
2	Participation and Yield of Gastric Cancer Screening Programs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2025 ·Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Jian Wang, (unknown), Huiyun Zhu, Wenbo Zhu, Zhantong Wang, Sheng Wu, Sheng Xu, Yongming Qiu, Chanjuan Wang, Zhaoshen Li, (unknown)	0
3	Dual-camera Augmented Reality-Based Navigation System for Precision CT-guided Biopsy and Ablation 2025 ·CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology ·(unknown), Sheng Xu, (unknown), Michael Kassin, Nicole Varble, Bradford J. Wood	0
4	Integrated Needle Guide on Smartphone for Percutaneous Interventions Using Augmented Reality 2025 ·CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology ·(unknown), Nicole Varble, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Kassin, (unknown), Ivane Bakhutashvili, (unknown), (unknown), Sheng Xu, Vania Tacher, Hicham Kobeiter, Keith M. Horton, (unknown), Bradford J. Wood	0
5	Estimation of tumor coverage after RF ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma using single 2D image slices 2025 ·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·Nicole Varble, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sheng Xu, Riccardo Lencioni, Bradford J. Wood	1
6	Changes observed in land surface and air temperature after the Yushu (China) (6.9 Mw) and Kaikoura (New Zealand) (7.8 Mw) earthquakes using Landsat thermal and geophysical datasets 2024 ·Journal of Earth System Science ·Biswajit Nath, Wei Zhao, (unknown), Ling Wang, Sheng Xu, Suvojit Acharjee, Ashok Mitra	0
7	Thermochromic phantoms and paint to characterize and model image-guided thermal ablation and ablation devices: a review 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ayele H. Negussie, (unknown), (unknown), Jose F. Delgado, Sheng Xu, Bradford J. Wood	3
8	Smart goggles augmented reality CT–US fusion compared to conventional fusion navigation for percutaneous needle insertion 2024 ·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicole Varble, (unknown), Michael Kassin, (unknown), Keith M. Horton, Jose F. Delgado, Charles E. Martin, Sheng Xu, William F. Pritchard, John W. Karanian, Bradford J. Wood	4
9	Ultrasound and x-ray imageable poloxamer-based hydrogel for loco-regional therapy delivery in the liver 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Jose F. Delgado, Joshua Owen, William F. Pritchard, Nicole Varble, Tania L. Lopez‐Silva, Andrew S. Mikhail, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sheng Xu, (unknown), Joel P. Schneider, John W. Karanian, Bradford J. Wood	1
10	Advantages of a Photodiode Detector Endoscopy System in Fluorescence-Guided Percutaneous Liver Biopsies 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Pedram Heidari, Sheng Xu, Bradford J. Wood, Umar Mahmood	1
11	Shape description losses for medical image segmentation 2023 ·Machine Vision and Applications ·Xi Fang, Xuanang Xu, James J. Xia, Thomas Sanford, Barış Türkbey, Sheng Xu, Bradford J. Wood, Pingkun Yan	3
12	Ultrasound Volume Reconstruction From Freehand Scans Without Tracking 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), Hanqing Chao, Sheng Xu, Bradford J. Wood, Jing Wang, Pingkun Yan	12
13	Patient-specific needle guidance templates drilled intraprocedurally for image guided intervention: feasibility study in swine 2022 ·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·Neil Glossop, Reto Bale, Sheng Xu, William F. Pritchard, John W. Karanian, Bradford J. Wood	1
14	Federated semi-supervised learning for COVID region segmentation in chest CT using multi-national data from China, Italy, Japan breakdown → 2021 ·Medical Image Analysis ·Dong Yang, Ziyue Xu, Wenqi Li, Andriy Myronenko, Holger R. Roth, (unknown), Sheng Xu, Barış Türkbey, Evrim Türkbey, Xiaosong Wang, Wentao Zhu, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Francesca Patella, Maurizio Cariati, Hirofumi Obinata, Hitoshi Mori, Kaku Tamura, Peng An, Bradford J. Wood, Daguang Xu	176
15	Endovascular steerable and endobronchial precurved guiding sheaths for transbronchial needle delivery under augmented fluoroscopy and cone beam CT image guidance 2021 ·Translational Lung Cancer Research ·Quirina M. B. de Ruiter, (unknown), William F. Pritchard, Michal Mauda‐Havakuk, Ivane Bakhutashvili, J. Esparza-Trujillo, Nicole Varble, (unknown), Sheng Xu, Reza Seifabadi, Robert Browning, Bradford J. Wood, John W. Karanian	7
16	Targeted early chest CT in COVID-19 outbreaks as diagnostic tool for containment of the pandemic–A multinational opinion 2020 ·Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology ·Amel Amalou, Barış Türkbey, Thomas Sanford, Stephanie A. Harmon, Evrim Türkbey, Sheng Xu, Peng An, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Maurizio Cariati, Francesca Patella, Hirofumi Obinata, Hitoshi Mori, Kaiyuan Sun, David Spiro, Robert D. Suh, Hayet Amalou, Bradford J. Wood	7
17	Applications of Wireless Power Transfer in Medicine: State-of-the-Art Reviews 2018 ·Annals of Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Sheng Xu, Bradford J. Wood, Hongliang Ren, Zion Tsz Ho Tse	38
18	Fabricating biomedical origami: a state-of-the-art review 2017 ·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·(unknown), Yue Chen, Sierra Hovet, Sheng Xu, Bradford J. Wood, Hongliang Ren, Junichi Tokuda, Zion Tsz Ho Tse	95
19	Transfer learning from RF to B-mode temporal enhanced ultrasound features for prostate cancer detection 2017 ·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·Shekoofeh Azizi, Parvin Mousavi, Pingkun Yan, Amir Tahmasebi, Jin Tae Kwak, Sheng Xu, Barış Türkbey, Peter L. Choyke, Peter Pinto, Bradford J. Wood, Purang Abolmaesumi	23
20	Simultaneous integrated boost of biopsy proven, MRI defined dominant intra-prostatic lesions to 95 Gray with IMRT: early results of a phase I NCI study 2007 ·Radiation Oncology ·Anurag K. Singh, Peter Guion, (unknown), Karen Ullman, Sharon L. Smith, Paul S. Albert, Gábor Fichtinger, Peter L. Choyke, Sheng Xu, Jochen Kruecker, Bradford J. Wood, Axel Krieger, Holly Ning	65

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