OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Automated detection of COVID-19 using ensemble of transfer learning with deep convolutional neural network based on CT scans	113
A bilinear convolutional neural network for lung nodules classification on CT images	49
Chest X-ray image phase features for improved diagnosis of COVID-19 using convolutional neural network	46
Multi-task temporal convolutional networks for joint recognition of surgical phases and steps in gastric bypass procedures	46
Six artificial intelligence paradigms for tissue characterisation and classification of non-COVID-19 pneumonia against COVID-19 pneumonia in computed tomography lungs	45
SHA-MTL: soft and hard attention multi-task learning for automated breast cancer ultrasound image segmentation and classification	41
Fast and accurate online calibration of optical see-through head-mounted display for AR-based surgical navigation using Microsoft HoloLens	40
Deep learning to segment pelvic bones: large-scale CT datasets and baseline models	40
LiverNet: efficient and robust deep learning model for automatic diagnosis of sub-types of liver hepatocellular carcinoma cancer from H&E stained liver histopathology images	39
Dental disease detection on periapical radiographs based on deep convolutional neural networks	38
Artificial intelligence CT screening model for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy and tests under clinical conditions	38
Real-time deep learning semantic segmentation during intra-operative surgery for 3D augmented reality assistance	37
Differential diagnosis of ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocyst by machine learning of panoramic radiographs	36
Ultrasound-guided needle insertion robotic system for percutaneous puncture	34
Automatic CT image segmentation of maxillary sinus based on VGG network and improved V-Net	32
Liver disease classification from ultrasound using multi-scale CNN	31
Assessing and mitigating the effects of class imbalance in machine learning with application to X-ray imaging	29
Manual segmentation versus semi-automated segmentation for quantifying vestibular schwannoma volume on MRI	29
An image-guided hybrid robot system for dental implant surgery	28
Toward interprofessional team training for surgeons and anesthesiologists using virtual reality	28
Brain tumor segmentation in MRI images using nonparametric localization and enhancement methods with U-net	27
Bone age assessment based on deep convolution neural network incorporated with segmentation	27
Ultrasound in augmented reality: a mixed-methods evaluation of head-mounted displays in image-guided interventions	25
Enhancement of needle visualization and localization in ultrasound	25
Automating Periodontal bone loss measurement via dental landmark localisation	25

Comparing the effectiveness of augmented reality-based and conventional instructions during single ECMO cannulation training	25
HoloUS: Augmented reality visualization of live ultrasound images using HoloLens for ultrasound-guided procedures	24
Mixed reality as a novel tool for diagnostic and surgical navigation in orthopaedics	24
Unravelling the effect of data augmentation transformations in polyp segmentation	24
Synthetic CT image generation of shape-controlled lung cancer using semi-conditional InfoGAN and its applicability for type classification	24
Speed-of-sound imaging using diverging waves	23
Fast interactive medical image segmentation with weakly supervised deep learning method	23
A deep learning method for real-time intraoperative US image segmentation in prostate brachytherapy	23
Toward reliable automatic liver and tumor segmentation using convolutional neural network based on 2.5D models	23
Automatic segmentation of the carotid artery and internal jugular vein from 2D ultrasound images for 3D vascular reconstruction	22
Association of AI quantified COVID-19 chest CT and patient outcome	22
A learning-based method for online adjustment of C-arm Cone-beam CT source trajectories for artifact avoidance	22
3D axial-attention for lung nodule classification	21
Towards markerless surgical tool and hand pose estimation	20
Applying machine learning to optical coherence tomography images for automated tissue classification in brain metastases	20
Automatic robot-world calibration in an optical-navigated surgical robot system and its application for oral implant placement	20
HoloPointer: a virtual augmented reality pointer for laparoscopic surgery training	19
Deep learning-based fetoscopic mosaicking for field-of-view expansion	19
Effect of marker position and size on the registration accuracy of HoloLens in a non-clinical setting with implications for high-precision surgical tasks	19
A visual SLAM-based bronchoscope tracking scheme for bronchoscopic navigation	18
Deep learning approaches for automated classification and segmentation of head and neck cancers and brain tumors in magnetic resonance images: a meta-analysis study	18
Advancing intraoperative magnetic tracing using 3D freehand magnetic particle imaging	18
DUDA-Net: a double U-shaped dilated attention network for automatic infection area segmentation in COVID-19 lung CT images	17
Three-dimensional deep learning with spatial erasing for unsupervised anomaly segmentation in brain MRI	17
Motion analysis of the JHU-ISI Gesture and Skill Assessment Working Set using Robotics Video and Motion Assessment Software	17
Smartphone- versus smartglasses-based augmented reality (AR) for percutaneous needle interventions: system accuracy and feasibility study	17
Generation of annotated multimodal ground truth datasets for abdominal medical image registration	17
Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks	16
Mask-R$$^{2}$$CNN: a distance-field regression version of Mask-RCNN for fetal-head delineation in ultrasound images	16
High-resolution deep transferred ASPPU-Net for nuclei segmentation of histopathology images	16
Automatic collateral circulation scoring in ischemic stroke using 4D CT angiography with low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition	16
A simple tool to automate the insertion process in cochlear implant surgery	16
Multiple sclerosis lesion segmentation from brain MRI using U-Net based on wavelet pooling	16
Automatic and accurate needle detection in 2D ultrasound during robot-assisted needle insertion process	16
Surgical workflow recognition with 3DCNN for Sleeve Gastrectomy	16
Agreement between rhinomanometry and computed tomography-based computational fluid dynamics	15
Bone shadow segmentation from ultrasound data for orthopedic surgery using GAN	15
MR-contrast-aware image-to-image translations with generative adversarial networks	15
Generative multi-adversarial network for striking the right balance in abdominal image segmentation	15
Automatic mandible segmentation from CT image using 3D fully convolutional neural network based on DenseASPP and attention gates	15
Can machine learning-based analysis of multiparameter MRI and clinical parameters improve the performance of clinically significant prostate cancer diagnosis?	15
Video-based fully automatic assessment of open surgery suturing skills	14
A machine learning-based pulmonary venous obstruction prediction model using clinical data and CT image	14
Toward autonomous robotic prostate biopsy: a pilot study	14
Computer-assisted surgical planning of complex bone tumor resections improves negative margin outcomes in a sawbones model	13
Time-aware deep neural networks for needle tip localization in 2D ultrasound	13
Design of a novel tendon-driven manipulator structure based on monolithic compliant rolling-contact joint for minimally invasive surgery	13
Automatic, global registration in laparoscopic liver surgery	13
Automated description of the mandible shape by deep learning	13
Force feedback controls of multi-gripper robotic endovascular intervention: design, prototype, and experiments	13

Automatic needle tracking using Mask R-CNN for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions	13
Binary polyp-size classification based on deep-learned spatial information	12
Digitizing rhinoplasty: a web application with three-dimensional preoperative evaluation to assist rhinoplasty surgeons with surgical planning	12
Aorta-aware GAN for non-contrast to artery contrasted CT translation and its application to abdominal aortic aneurysm detection	12
Multiview multimodal network for breast cancer diagnosis in contrast-enhanced spectral mammography images	12
Value of the surgeon’s sightline on hologram registration and targeting in mixed reality	12
Simulation-to-real domain adaptation with teacher–student learning for endoscopic instrument segmentation	12
Patient-specific plate for navigation and fixation of the distal radius: a case series	12
A handheld flexible manipulator system for frontal sinus surgery	12
Augmented reality for inner ear procedures: visualization of the cochlear central axis in microscopic videos	12
Accurate instance segmentation of surgical instruments in robotic surgery: model refinement and cross-dataset evaluation	12
A generative flow-based model for volumetric data augmentation in 3D deep learning for computed tomographic colonography	12