Wolfgang Drexler

24.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
382 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Drexler is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Drexler has authored 382 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 273 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 174 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 162 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Drexler's work include Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (251 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (103 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (89 papers). Wolfgang Drexler is often cited by papers focused on Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (251 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (103 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (89 papers). Wolfgang Drexler collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and United Kingdom. Wolfgang Drexler's co-authors include Adolf F. Fercher, Christoph K. Hitzenberger, James G. Fujimoto, Angelika Unterhuber, Boris Považay, Oliver Findl, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Harald Sattmann, Theo Lasser and Uwe Morgner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Drexler

356 papers receiving 16.9k 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.

Optical coherence tomography - principles and applications

2003 1.3k citations Wolfgang Drexler et al. profile →
Ultrahigh-resolution ophthalmic optical coherence tomography

2001 688 citations Wolfgang Drexler, Joel S. Schuman et al. profile →
State-of-the-art retinal optical coherence tomography

2007 655 citations Wolfgang Drexler, James G. Fujimoto profile →
In vivo ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography

1999 646 citations Wolfgang Drexler, James G. Fujimoto et al. profile →
Optical coherence tomography today: speed, contrast, and multimodality

2014 336 citations Wolfgang Drexler, Mengyang Liu et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Drexler

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Context-Aware Real-Time Semantic View Expansion of Intraoperative 4D OCT 2025 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·(unknown), (unknown), Tony Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Tilman Schmoll, Nassir Navab	0
2	Image Quality in Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography of Diabetic Patients 2025 ·Diagnostics ·(unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Drexler, Andreas Pollreisz, Michael Pircher	0
3	Spectral Region Optimization and Machine Learning-Based Nonlinear Spectral Analysis for Raman Detection of Cardiac Fibrosis Following Myocardial Infarction 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Marco Andreana, Richard D. Walton, (unknown), (unknown), Kanchan Kulkarni, Wolfgang Drexler, Angelika Unterhuber	0
4	Ultrasound-induced reorientation for multi-angle optical coherence tomography 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rainer A. Leitgeb, Wolfgang Drexler, Monika Ritsch‐Marte	13
5	Association of microaneurysms with retinal vascular alterations in patients with retinal vein occlusion 2024 ·Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Schlegl, Wolfgang Drexler, Tilman Schmoll, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Andreas Pollreisz, Ursula Schmidt‐Erfurth, Stefan Sacu	1
6	Ultra-high-resolution optical coherence tomography for the investigation of thin multilayered pharmaceutical coatings 2023 ·International Journal of Pharmaceutics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mengyang Liu, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Richard Haindl	10
7	Live 4D-OCT denoising with self-supervised deep learning 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexander Freytag, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Thomas Schlegl, Tilman Schmoll	10
8	Association of Diabetic Lesions and Retinal Nonperfusion Using Widefield Multimodal Imaging 2023 ·Ophthalmology Retina ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Schlegl, Irene Steiner, Stefan Sacu, Wolfgang Drexler, Tilman Schmoll, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Ursula Schmidt‐Erfurth, Andreas Pollreisz	9
9	DEBI-NN: Distance-encoding biomorphic-informational neural networks for minimizing the number of trainable parameters 2023 ·Neural Networks ·László Papp, (unknown), (unknown), Clemens P. Spielvogel, (unknown), Marko Grahovac, (unknown), Wolfgang Drexler	0
10	Microaneurysm detection using high‐speed megahertz optical coherence tomography angiography in advanced diabetic retinopathy 2023 ·Acta Ophthalmologica ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Schlegl, Irene Steiner, Gergely Nagy, (unknown), Bernhard Baumann, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Ursula Schmidt‐Erfurth, Tilman Schmoll, Andreas Pollreisz	2
11	Ultra-Widefield OCT Angiography 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·(unknown), Luís de Sisternes, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Schlegl, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ursula Schmidt‐Erfurth, Andreas Pollreisz, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Tilman Schmoll	31
12	An optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy system using a fiber optic sensor 2021 ·APL Photonics ·(unknown), Richard Haindl, Edward Zhang, Paul C. Beard, (unknown), Caterina Sturtzel, Qian Li, (unknown), Harald Sattmann, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Yi Yuan, Leopold Schmetterer, Manojit Pramanik, Martin Distel, Wolfgang Drexler, Mengyang Liu	13
13	Morpho-Molecular Metabolic Analysis and Classification of Human Pituitary Gland and Adenoma Biopsies Based on Multimodal Optical Imaging 2021 ·Cancers ·(unknown), Alexander Micko, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), László Papp, (unknown), Clemens P. Spielvogel, Michael Winklehner, Romana Höftberger, Greisa Vila, Marco Andreana, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Wolfgang Drexler, Stefan Wolfsberger, Angelika Unterhuber	20
14	Towards ultrahigh resolution OCT based endoscopical pituitary gland and adenoma screening: a performance parameter evaluation 2020 ·Biomedical Optics Express ·(unknown), Alexander Micko, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Winklehner, Arthur Hosmann, Marco Andreana, Romana Höftberger, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Stefan Wolfsberger, Angelika Unterhuber	5
15	A clinical MHz swept-source OCT prototype for ultra-widefield imaging 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthias Salas, Laurin Ginner, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Tilman Schmoll	1
16	Morpho-molecular ex vivo detection and grading of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer using forward imaging probe based multimodal optical coherence tomography and Raman spectroscopy 2019 ·The Analyst ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ç‪ağlar Ataman, Gregers G. Hermann, Karin Mogensen, Thomas Hasselager, Peter E. Andersen, Hans Zappe, Jürgen Popp, Wolfgang Drexler, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Iwan W. Schie	25
17	Spiral Scanning OCT Angiography 2019 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Matthias Salas, Rainer A. Leitgeb, Wolfgang Drexler, Tilman Schmoll	1
18	A Real Time, Ray-Traced, Global Illumination, High Dynamic Range Image Shaded, Three Dimensional Visualization System for Segmentational Data in Ophthalmology 2009 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Carl Glittenberg, Ilse Krebs, Stefan Hagen, (unknown), (unknown), Peter K. Ahnelt, Wolfgang Drexler, Susanne Binder	1
19	Thickness Mapping of Photoreceptors of the Foveal Region in Normals Using Three–Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography 2005 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Boris Hermann, Stephan Michels, Rainer A. Leitgeb, C. Ahlers, (unknown), Stefan Sacu, Harald Sattmann, Angelika Unterhuber, Ursula Schmidt‐Erfurth, Wolfgang Drexler	3
20	Quantification Of Photoreceptor Layer Thickness Using Ultrahigh Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography 2004 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Boris Hermann, Angelika Unterhuber, Matthias Wirtitsch, Michael Stur, Ergün Erdem, Christoph Scholda, Tony H. Ko, Joel S. Schuman, James G. Fujimoto, Wolfgang Drexler	1

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