Simon Léonard

3.2k citations

78 papers · 2.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 20

Impact in

Health Informatics top 0.2%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Endocrinology top 5%

Papers in ⓘ

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 31
- Advanced Vision and Imaging 13
- Augmented Reality Applications 12
Health Informatics 2

Co-authors: Axel Krieger (27 shared papers)Justin D. Opfermann (17 shared papers)Peter C.W. Kim (8 shared papers)Azad Shademan (7 shared papers)Ryan Decker (5 shared papers)Jean‐François Laliberté (4 shared papers)Marc Fortin (3 shared papers)Daniel Plante (2 shared papers)
Journals: European Journal of Anaesthesiology (3 papers)IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (3 papers)Journal of General Virology (2 papers)IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2 papers)IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada France

In The Last Decade

Simon Léonard

74 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis 2022 · 183 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Science Robotics
2016 Science Translational Medicine

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1	Supervised autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery Science Translational Medicine ·Azad Shademan, Ryan Decker, Justin D. Opfermann, Simon Léonard, Axel Krieger, Peter C.W. Kim Hit paper breakdown →	2016	373
2	Legal, regulatory, and ethical frameworks for development of standards in artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous robotic surgery International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery ·Shane O’Sullivan, Nathalie Nevejans, Colin Allen, Andrew Blyth, Simon Léonard, Ugo Pagallo, Katharina Holzinger, Andreas Holzinger, Mohammed Imran Sajid, Hutan Ashrafian	2018	248
3	Complex Formation between Potyvirus VPg and Translation Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E Correlates with Virus Infectivity Journal of Virology ·Simon Léonard, Daniel Plante, Sylvie Wittmann, Nicole Daigneault, Marc Fortin, Jean‐François Laliberté	2000	238
4	Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis Science Robotics ·Hamed Saeidi, Justin D. Opfermann, Michael Kam, Shuwen Wei, Simon Léonard, Michael H. Hsieh, Jeeun Kang, Axel Krieger Hit paper breakdown →	2022	183
5	Interaction of VPg-Pro of Turnip mosaic virus with the translation initiation factor 4E and the poly(A)-binding protein in planta Journal of General Virology ·Simon Léonard, Catherine Viel, Chantal Beauchemin, Nicole Daigneault, Marc Fortin, Jean‐François Laliberté	2004	112
6	Smart Tissue Anastomosis Robot (STAR): A Vision-Guided Robotics System for Laparoscopic Suturing IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Simon Léonard, Kyle L. Wu, Yonjae Kim, Axel Krieger, Peter C.W. Kim	2014	92
7	Path Planning for Improved Visibility Using a Probabilistic Road Map IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·Matthew Baumann, Simon Léonard, Elizabeth A. Croft, James J. Little	2010	58
8	Evaluation and Stability Analysis of Video-Based Navigation System for Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery on <italic>In Vivo</italic> Clinical Data IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Simon Léonard, Ayushi Sinha, Austin Reiter, Masaru Ishii, Gary L. Gallia, Russell H. Taylor, Gregory D. Hager	2018	57
9	Semi-autonomous electrosurgery for tumor resection using a multi-degree of freedom electrosurgical tool and visual servoing PubMed ·Justin D. Opfermann, Simon Léonard, Ryan Decker, Nicholas A. Uebele, Christopher E. Bayne, Arjun S. Joshi, Axel Krieger	2017	35
10	Autonomous Laparoscopic Robotic Suturing with a Novel Actuated Suturing Tool and 3D Endoscope PubMed ·Hamed Saeidi, Hanh N. D. Le, Justin D. Opfermann, Simon Léonard, A. Kim, Michael H. Hsieh, Jeeun Kang, Axel Krieger	2019	35
11	Augmented reality environment with virtual fixtures for robotic telemanipulation in space Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Tian Xia, Simon Léonard, Anton Deguet, Louis L. Whitcomb, Peter Kazanzides	2012	28
12	Interaction in vitro between the proteinase of Tomato ringspot virus (genus Nepovirus) and the eukaryotic translation initiation factor iso4E from Arabidopsis thaliana Journal of General Virology ·Simon Léonard, Joan Chisholm, Jean‐François Laliberté, Hélène Sanfaçon	2002	28
13	Operational framework and training standard requirements for AI‐empowered robotic surgery International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery ·Shane O’Sullivan, Simon Léonard, Andreas Holzinger, Colin Allen, Fiorella Battaglia, Nathalie Nevejans, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen, Mohammed Imran Sajid, Michael Friebe, Hutan Ashrafian, Helmut Heinsen, Dominic Wichmann, Margaret Hartnett, Anthony G. Gallagher	2019	25
14	Plenoptic cameras in surgical robotics: Calibration, registration, and evaluation PubMed ·Azad Shademan, Ryan Decker, Justin D. Opfermann, Simon Léonard, Peter C.W. Kim, Axel Krieger	2016	24
15	A Confidence-Based Shared Control Strategy for the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) PubMed ·Hamed Saeidi, Justin D. Opfermann, Michael Kam, Sudarshan Raghunathan, Simon Léonard, Axel Krieger	2018	24
16	Image-based navigation for functional endoscopic sinus surgery using structure from motion Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Simon Léonard, Austin Reiter, Ayushi Sinha, Masaru Ishii, Russell H. Taylor, Gregory D. Hager	2016	24
17	Biocompatible Near-Infrared Three-Dimensional Tracking System IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Ryan Decker, Azad Shademan, Justin D. Opfermann, Simon Léonard, Peter C.W. Kim, Axel Krieger	2017	24
18	Model-based telerobotic control with virtual fixtures for satellite servicing tasks Tian Xia, Simon Léonard, Isha Kandaswamy, Amy Blank, Louis L. Whitcomb, Peter Kazanzides	2013	24
19	Demonstration of a laparoscopic structured-illumination three-dimensional imaging system for guiding reconstructive bowel anastomosis Journal of Biomedical Optics ·Hanh N. D. Le, Hieu Nguyen, Zhaoyang Wang, Justin D. Opfermann, Simon Léonard, Axel Krieger, Jin U. Kang	2018	23
20	The Use of Three-dimensional Visualization Techniques for Prostate Procedures: A Systematic Review European Urology Focus ·Shu Wang, James Frisbie, Zachery Keepers, Zachary Bolten, Anjana Hevaganinge, Emad M. Boctor, Simon Léonard, Junichi Tokuda, Axel Krieger, Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui	2020	19

About Simon Léonard

Simon Léonard is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Health Informatics, Aerospace Engineering, Geology and Otorhinolaryngology, having authored 78 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Surgical Simulation and Training (21 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (19 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (18 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (13 papers), Augmented Reality Applications (12 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (11 papers), Anatomy and Medical Technology (10 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health Informatics (283 citations), Endocrinology (116 citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (428 citations), Biomedical Engineering (687 citations) and Surgery (633 citations). Simon Léonard has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Axel Krieger, Justin D. Opfermann, Peter C.W. Kim, Azad Shademan, Ryan Decker, Jean‐François Laliberté, Marc Fortin, Daniel Plante, Hamed Saeidi and Michael Kam. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Anaesthesiology, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Journal of General Virology, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

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