Stephen M. Pizer

15.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
234 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. Pizer is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. Pizer has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 47 papers in Computational Mechanics and 41 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. Pizer's work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (107 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (43 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (40 papers). Stephen M. Pizer is often cited by papers focused on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (107 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (43 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (40 papers). Stephen M. Pizer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Canada. Stephen M. Pizer's co-authors include John B. Zimmerman, Robert Cromartie, John D. Austin, Bart M. ter Haar Romeny, Karel J. Zuiderveld, Trey Greer, Keith E. Muller, P. Thomas Fletcher, Richard Johnston and Henry Fuchs and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Proceedings of the IEEE and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Stephen M. Pizer

223 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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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.

Adaptive histogram equalization and its variations

1987 2.6k citations Stephen M. Pizer et al. profile →
Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization image processing to improve the detection of simulated spiculations in dense mammograms

1998 515 citations Stephen M. Pizer et al. profile →
Principal Geodesic Analysis for the Study of Nonlinear Statistics of Shape

2004 460 citations Chao Lu, Stephen M. Pizer et al. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging profile →
Contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization: speed and effectiveness

2002 446 citations Stephen M. Pizer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen M. Pizer United States	42	6.3k	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	234	9.8k
Allen Tannenbaum United States	55	5.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	687 0.5×	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	428	15.6k
Vicent Caselles Spain	38	7.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	776 0.7×	125	10.3k
Olivier Faugeras France	63	12.2k 1.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	778 0.7×	295	16.2k
Ron Kimmel Israel	56	10.9k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	4.4k 3.7×	1.1k 1.1×	212	14.7k
Anthony Yezzi United States	39	4.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	487 0.4×	864 0.7×	711 0.7×	188	6.7k
Michael Kass United States	22	11.1k 1.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	3.1k 2.6×	1.5k 1.4×	35	16.0k
Baba C. Vemuri United States	39	4.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	433 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	740 0.7×	202	8.3k
Jayaram K. Udupa United States	59	5.7k 0.9×	3.8k 2.0×	573 0.4×	803 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	428	12.1k
Ross Whitaker United States	48	3.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	416 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	522 0.5×	233	8.0k
Dirk Vandermeulen Belgium	44	5.7k 0.9×	3.7k 1.9×	509 0.4×	610 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	200	11.0k

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Damon, James, et al.. (2023). Geometric and Statistical Models for Analysis of Two-Object Complexes. International Journal of Computer Vision. 131(8). 1877–1891. 1 indexed citations

Vicory, Jared, Ye Han, Juan Carlos Prieto, et al.. (2023). SlicerSALT: From Medical Images to Quantitative Insights of Anatomy. Lecture notes in computer science. 14350. 201–210.

Schulz, Jörn, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Joint Shape Variation from Multi-Object Complexes. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision. 65(3). 542–562. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Rui, et al.. (2018). Deforming generalized cylinders without self-intersection by means of a parametric center curve. Computational Visual Media. 4(4). 305–321. 3 indexed citations

Styner, Martin, Jared Vicory, Shireen Elhabian, et al.. (2017). Skeletal Shape Correspondence Through Entropy. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 37(1). 1–11. 19 indexed citations

Zhao, Qingyu, et al.. (2015). Surface Registration in the Presence of Missing Patches and Topology Change.. 8–13. 5 indexed citations

Siddiqi, Kaleem & Stephen M. Pizer. (2008). Medial Representations: Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 203 indexed citations

Damon, James, et al.. (2007). Population-Based Fitting of Medial Shape Models with Correspondence Optimization. Lecture notes in computer science. 20. 700–712. 5 indexed citations

Chaney, Edward L., Stephen M. Pizer, Sarang Joshi, et al.. (2004). Automatic male pelvis segmentation from CT images via statistically trained multi-object deformable m-rep models. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 60(1). S153–S154. 13 indexed citations

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Lu, Chao, et al.. (2003). A Markov Random Field Approach to Multi-scale Shape Analysis. 1 indexed citations

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Pizer, Stephen M., Andrew Thall, & David Chen. (1999). M-Reps: A New Object Representation for Graphics. Journal of Internal Medicine. 270(4). 356–64. 18 indexed citations

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Bullitt, E., et al.. (1997). Three‐dimensional reconstruction of curves from pairs of projection views in the presence of error. II. Analysis of error. Medical Physics. 24(11). 1679–1687. 13 indexed citations

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Interrante, Victoria, Henry Fuchs, & Stephen M. Pizer. (1995). Enhancing transparent skin surfaces with ridge and valley lines. IEEE Visualization. 52–59. 95 indexed citations

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Burbeck, Christina A. & Stephen M. Pizer. (1995). Object representation by cores: Identifying and representing primitive spatial regions. Vision Research. 35(13). 1917–1930. 124 indexed citations

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Höhne, Κ. H., Henry Fuchs, & Stephen M. Pizer. (1990). 3D imaging in medicine : algorithms, systems, applications. Springer eBooks. 56 indexed citations

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Gauch, John M. & Stephen M. Pizer. (1989). The multiresolution intensity axis of symmetry and its application to image segmentation. 22(15). 36–36. 7 indexed citations

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Pizer, Stephen M., et al.. (1987). Proceedings of the 1986 workshop on Interactive 3D graphics. 27 indexed citations

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Pizer, Stephen M.. (1983). To compute numerically: Concepts and strategies (Little, Brown computer systems series). 4(6). 1251–6. 7 indexed citations

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Pizer, Stephen M. & Victor L. Wallace. (1983). To compute numerically : concepts and strategies. Little, Brown eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Heinz, R, Philip J. Dubois, B P Drayer, et al.. (1980). Intravenous Carotid Imaging Utilizing the 3Rd Dimension. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1(4). 363–363. 2 indexed citations

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