Wolfgang Heidrich

17.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
291 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Heidrich is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Heidrich has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 87 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 78 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Heidrich's work include Advanced Vision and Imaging (113 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (86 papers) and Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (49 papers). Wolfgang Heidrich is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Vision and Imaging (113 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (86 papers) and Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (49 papers). Wolfgang Heidrich collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Saudi Arabia and United States. Wolfgang Heidrich's co-authors include Felix Heide, Gordon Wetzstein, Rafał Mantiuk, Allan G. Rempel, Greg Ward, Derek Bradley, Hans‐Peter Seidel, Kil Joong Kim, Xiong Dun and Ivo Ihrke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Heidrich

275 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

High Dynamic Range Imagin... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2011 2011 2018 2017 250 500 750
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.

  1. High Dynamic Range Imaging: Acquisition, Display, and Image-Based Lighting
    2010 866 citations Greg Ward, Wolfgang Heidrich et al. profile →
  2. HDR-VDP-2
    2011 475 citations Wolfgang Heidrich et al. ACM Transactions on Graphics profile →
  3. HDR-VDP-2
    2011 345 citations Wolfgang Heidrich et al. profile →
  4. Hybrid optical-electronic convolutional neural networks with optimized diffractive optics for image classification
    2018 343 citations Wolfgang Heidrich et al. profile →
  5. Deep Video Deblurring for Hand-Held Cameras
    2017 343 citations Wolfgang Heidrich et al. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Heidrich Canada 57 7.7k 2.7k 2.6k 1.8k 1.8k 291 11.7k
Gordon Wetzstein United States 57 4.8k 0.6× 3.9k 1.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 245 10.8k
Paul Debevec United States 49 9.8k 1.3× 2.0k 0.8× 4.8k 1.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 200 11.8k
Shree K. Nayar United States 79 21.1k 2.7× 8.6k 3.2× 3.7k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 2.8k 1.6× 288 25.9k
Katsushi Ikeuchi Japan 59 8.3k 1.1× 923 0.3× 2.7k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 498 11.9k
Ravi Ramamoorthi United States 63 12.4k 1.6× 1.7k 0.6× 7.5k 2.9× 4.2k 2.3× 809 0.4× 280 16.1k
Ren Ng United States 27 5.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 588 0.3× 45 7.7k
Jan Kautz United Kingdom 61 13.4k 1.7× 2.4k 0.9× 4.1k 1.6× 2.4k 1.3× 540 0.3× 234 17.2k
Marc Levoy United States 58 16.0k 2.1× 2.8k 1.1× 9.4k 3.7× 6.5k 3.6× 1.2k 0.6× 109 22.9k
Hans‐Peter Seidel Germany 74 14.4k 1.9× 1.4k 0.5× 8.1k 3.1× 7.8k 4.3× 976 0.5× 592 20.5k
Jonathan T. Barron United States 38 8.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 3.8k 1.5× 2.8k 1.5× 441 0.2× 64 10.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Heidrich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Heidrich

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Raskar, Ramesh, et al.. (2025). NeST: Neural Stress Tensor Tomography by leveraging 3D Photoelasticity. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 44(2). 1–18.
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Sun, Jipeng, Kaixuan Wei, Congli Wang, et al.. (2025). Collaborative On-Sensor Array Cameras. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 44(4). 1–18.
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Li, Yuqi, et al.. (2024). Progressive Self-Supervised Learning for CASSI Computational Spectral Cameras. IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging. 10. 1505–1518. 3 indexed citations
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Bijelic, Mario, et al.. (2024). Split-Aperture 2-in-1 Computational Cameras. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 43(4). 1–19. 5 indexed citations
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Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Curriculum learning for ab initio deep learned refractive optics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6572–6572. 24 indexed citations
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Heidrich, Wolfgang, et al.. (2023). MoiréTag: Angular Measurement and Tracking with a Passive Marker. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology). 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Hexagonal diffractive optical elements. Optics Express. 31(26). 43864–43864. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Yuqi, et al.. (2023). BUSIFusion: Blind Unsupervised Single Image Fusion of Hyperspectral and RGB Images. IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging. 9. 94–105. 19 indexed citations
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Qi, Miao & Wolfgang Heidrich. (2023). Scattering-aware Holographic PIV with Physics-based Motion Priors. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology).
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Wang, Congli, et al.. (2019). Polarization Demosaicking for Monochrome and Color Polarization Focal Plane Arrays.. Vision Modeling and Visualization. 117–124. 10 indexed citations
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Berger, Kai, Ivo Ihrke, Bradley Atcheson, Wolfgang Heidrich, & Marcus Magnor. (2009). Tomographic 4D Reconstruction of Gas Flows in the Presence of Occluders.. Vision Modeling and Visualization. 29–36. 7 indexed citations
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Seetzen, Helge, et al.. (2007). 3.2: High Dynamic Range Projection Systems. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 38(1). 4–7. 14 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Abhijeet, Matthew Trentacoste, Helge Seetzen, & Wolfgang Heidrich. (2005). Real illumination from virtual environments. 243–252. 3 indexed citations
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Burke, David, Abhijeet Ghosh, & Wolfgang Heidrich. (2005). Bidirectional importance sampling for direct illumination. 147–156. 54 indexed citations
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Tam, Roger & Wolfgang Heidrich. (2004). Computing polygonal surfaces from unions of balls. 86–92. 1 indexed citations
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Goesele, Michael, Wolfgang Heidrich, & Hans‐Peter Seidel. (2001). Entropy-Based Dark Frame Subtraction. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 293–298. 3 indexed citations
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Vázquez, Pere‐Pau, Miquel Feixas, Mateu Sbert, & Wolfgang Heidrich. (2001). Viewpoint Selection using Viewpoint Entropy. Vision Modeling and Visualization. 273–280. 216 indexed citations
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Heidrich, Wolfgang & Hans‐Peter Seidel. (2000). Hardware Shading: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges. 51(4). 434–41. 1 indexed citations
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Heidrich, Wolfgang, et al.. (2000). Soft Shadow Maps for Linear Lights. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 269–280. 2 indexed citations
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Röttger, Stefan, Wolfgang Heidrich, Philipp Slusallek, & Hans-Peter Seidel. (1998). Real-time generation of continuous levels of detail for height fields. Digital Library (University of West Bohemia). 96 indexed citations

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