William E. Higgins

5.1k total citations
206 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

William E. Higgins is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Higgins has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 82 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 49 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in William E. Higgins's work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (81 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (80 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (39 papers). William E. Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (81 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (80 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (39 papers). William E. Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Taiwan. William E. Higgins's co-authors include Dennis F. Dunn, Thomas P. Weldon, J.P. Helferty, Geoffrey McLennan, Shu‐Yen Wan, Eric A. Hoffman, Joseph M. Reinhardt, D.C. Munson, Atilla P. Kiraly and Jason D. Gibbs and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

William E. Higgins

200 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William E. Higgins 1.9k 898 710 406 326 206 3.7k
Steven Haker 1.2k 0.6× 595 0.7× 1.6k 2.2× 290 0.7× 270 0.8× 65 3.8k
Nagaaki Ohyama 910 0.5× 608 0.7× 384 0.5× 147 0.4× 651 2.0× 215 2.9k
Heinz Handels 1.2k 0.6× 549 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 435 1.1× 329 1.0× 213 3.6k
Lucas J. van Vliet 1.9k 1.0× 183 0.2× 1.2k 1.6× 225 0.6× 231 0.7× 249 5.2k
A. van der Schaaf 477 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 1.1k 2.7× 388 1.2× 134 5.2k
Jürgen Hesser 656 0.3× 611 0.7× 561 0.8× 465 1.1× 231 0.7× 205 3.0k
Julia A. Schnabel 2.1k 1.1× 428 0.5× 2.6k 3.7× 431 1.1× 242 0.7× 188 4.8k
Hideaki Haneishi 542 0.3× 286 0.3× 666 0.9× 398 1.0× 159 0.5× 200 1.9k
Anthony P. Reeves 1.1k 0.6× 2.5k 2.8× 2.7k 3.7× 112 0.3× 167 0.5× 184 5.4k
Huazhong Shu 3.3k 1.8× 355 0.4× 1.5k 2.1× 340 0.8× 109 0.3× 296 5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William E. Higgins

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All Works

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He, Yuxuan, et al.. (2025). Two-phase radial endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy registration. Journal of Medical Imaging. 12(2). 25001–25001.
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Toth, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). Interactive analysis system for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy. 12036. 50–50. 1 indexed citations
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Schaer, Thomas P., et al.. (2023). Image-guided radial-probe EBUS bronchoscopy system: live study validation. 12034. 56–56. 1 indexed citations
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Dumas, Cédric, et al.. (2023). Vascular pattern recognition for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 19–19. 1 indexed citations
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Bascom, Rebecca, et al.. (2015). Thoracic cavity definition for 3D PET/CT analysis and visualization. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 62. 222–238. 9 indexed citations
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Merritt, Scott A., et al.. (2008). Interbronchoscopist Variability in Endobronchial Path Selection. CHEST Journal. 133(4). 897–905. 46 indexed citations
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Gibbs, Jason D., et al.. (2008). Image-Based Reporting for Bronchoscopy. Journal of Digital Imaging. 23(1). 39–50. 13 indexed citations
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Merritt, Scott A., et al.. (2008). Image-Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Lung Lesions. CHEST Journal. 134(5). 1017–1026. 41 indexed citations
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Helferty, J.P., Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, & William E. Higgins. (2007). Computer-based system for the virtual-endoscopic guidance of bronchoscopy. Computer Vision and Image Understanding. 108(1-2). 171–187. 57 indexed citations
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Wan, Shu‐Yen, Erik L. Ritman, & William E. Higgins. (2002). Multi-generational analysis and visualization of the vascular tree in 3D micro-CT images. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 32(2). 55–71. 38 indexed citations
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Higgins, William E., et al.. (2001). New techniques for efficient sliding thin-slab volume visualization. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 20(8). 823–835. 15 indexed citations
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Sherbondy, Anthony J., Atilla P. Kiraly, J.P. Helferty, et al.. (2000). Virtual bronchoscopic approach for combining 3D CT and endoscopic video. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 3978. 104–116. 1 indexed citations
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Higgins, William E., et al.. (1999). Interactive dynamic navigation for virtual endoscopy. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 29(5). 303–331. 11 indexed citations
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Higgins, William E., et al.. (1998). Virtual bronchoscopy for three--dimensional pulmonary image assessment: state of the art and future needs.. Radiographics. 18(3). 761–778. 99 indexed citations
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Higgins, William E., et al.. (1996). System for analyzing high-resolution three-dimensional coronary angiograms. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 15(3). 377–385. 38 indexed citations
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Reinhardt, Joseph M. & William E. Higgins. (1996). Efficient morphological shape representation. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 5(1). 89–101. 38 indexed citations
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Dunn, Dennis F. & William E. Higgins. (1995). Optimal Gabor filters for texture segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 4(7). 947–964. 302 indexed citations
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Hoford, John D., et al.. (1995). Impromptu: a system for automatic 3D medical image-analysis. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 19(1). 131–143. 12 indexed citations
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Higgins, William E., et al.. (1993). Interactive morphological watershed analysis for 3D medical images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 17(4-5). 387–395. 52 indexed citations

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