Stefan Klein

15.7k citations

255 papers · 9.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.1%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition top 0.5%
- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
- Advanced Neural Network Applications

Papers in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 124
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications 40
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging 38
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications 37
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications 27
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 68
- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques 66

Co-authors: Marius Staring (27 shared papers)Josien P. W. Pluim (23 shared papers)Max A. Viergever (6 shared papers)Keelin Murphy (3 shared papers)Wiro J. Niessen (105 shared papers)Esther E. Bron (32 shared papers)Theo van Walsum (32 shared papers)Meike W. Vernooij (20 shared papers)
Journals: Medical Image Analysis (14 papers)Medical Physics (12 papers)NeuroImage (9 papers)IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (9 papers)European Radiology (8 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Stefan Klein

244 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Stefan Klein's Hit Papers

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Multimodal machine learning-based knee osteoarthritis progression prediction from plain radiographs and clinical data 2019 · 197 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu)
2009 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

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1	elastix: A Toolbox for Intensity-Based Medical Image Registration IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Stefan Klein, Marius Staring, Keelin Murphy, Max A. Viergever, Josien P. W. Pluim Hit paper breakdown →	2009	3056
2	Automatic segmentation of the prostate in 3D MR images by atlas matching using localized mutual information Medical Physics ·Stefan Klein, Uulke A. van der Heide, Irene M. Lips, Marco van Vulpen, Marius Staring, Josien P. W. Pluim	2008	316
3	Evaluation of Optimization Methods for Nonrigid Medical Image Registration Using Mutual Information and B-Splines IEEE Transactions on Image Processing ·Stefan Klein, Marius Staring, Josien P. W. Pluim	2007	302
4	Adaptive Stochastic Gradient Descent Optimisation for Image Registration International Journal of Computer Vision ·Stefan Klein, Josien P. W. Pluim, Marius Staring, Max A. Viergever	2008	292
5	SimpleElastix: A User-Friendly, Multi-lingual Library for Medical Image Registration Kasper Marstal, Floris F. Berendsen, Marius Staring, Stefan Klein	2016	202
6	Changes in Normal-Appearing White Matter Precede Development of White Matter Lesions Stroke ·Marius de Groot, Benjamin F.J. Verhaaren, Renske de Boer, Stefan Klein, Albert Hofman, Aad van der Lugt, M. Arfan Ikram, Wiro J. Niessen, Meike W. Vernooij	2013	198
7	Multimodal machine learning-based knee osteoarthritis progression prediction from plain radiographs and clinical data University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu) ·Aleksei Tiulpin, Stefan Klein, Sita Bierma‐Zeinstra, Jérôme Thevenot, Esa Rahtu, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Edwin H. G. Oei, Simo Saarakkala Hit paper breakdown →	2019	197
8	Nonrigid registration of dynamic medical imaging data using nD+t B-splines and a groupwise optimization approach Medical Image Analysis ·Coert Metz, Stefan Klein, Michiel Schaap, Theo van Walsum, Wiro J. Niessen	2010	168
9	Improving alignment in Tract-based spatial statistics: Evaluation and optimization of image registration NeuroImage ·Marius de Groot, Meike W. Vernooij, Stefan Klein, M. Arfan Ikram, Frans M. Vos, Stephen M. Smith, Wiro J. Niessen, Jesper Andersson	2013	149
10	PCA-based groupwise image registration for quantitative MRI Medical Image Analysis ·Wyke Huizinga, Dirk H. J. Poot, Jean-Marie Guyader, Remy Klaassen, Bram F. Coolen, Matthijs van Kranenburg, Robert‐Jan van Geuns, André Uitterdijk, Mathias Polfliet, Jef Vandemeulebroucke, Alexander Leemans, Wiro J. Niessen, Stefan Klein	2015	121
11	Adaptive local multi-atlas segmentation: Application to the heart and the caudate nucleus Medical Image Analysis ·Eva M. van Rikxoort, Ivana Išgum, Yulia Arzhaeva, Marius Staring, Stefan Klein, Max A. Viergever, Josien P. W. Pluim, Bram van Ginneken	2009	120
12	Trajectories of imaging markers in brain aging: the Rotterdam Study Neurobiology of Aging ·Elisabeth J. Vinke, Marius de Groot, Vikram Venkatraghavan, Stefan Klein, Wiro J. Niessen, M. Arfan Ikram, Meike W. Vernooij	2018	120
13	A rigidity penalty term for nonrigid registration Medical Physics ·Marius Staring, Stefan Klein, Josien P. W. Pluim	2007	111
14	Combined molecular subtyping, grading, and segmentation of glioma using multi-task deep learning Neuro-Oncology ·Sebastian R. van der Voort, Fatih Incekara, Maarten M.J. Wijnenga, Georgios Kapsas, Renske Gahrmann, Joost W. Schouten, Rishi Nandoe Tewarie, Geert J. Lycklama, Philip C. De Witt Hamer, Roelant S. Eijgelaar, Pim J. French, Hendrikus J. Dubbink, Arnaud J.P.E. Vincent, Wiro J. Niessen, Martin J. van den Bent, Marion Smits, Stefan Klein	2022	104
15	Objective classification of residents based on their psychomotor laparoscopic skills Surgical Endoscopy ·Magdalena K. Chmarra, Stefan Klein, Joost de Winter, Frank Willem Jansen, Jenny Dankelman	2009	91
16	Feature Selection Based on the SVM Weight Vector for Classification of Dementia IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics ·Esther E. Bron, Marion Smits, Wiro J. Niessen, Stefan Klein	2015	89
17	Semi-automatic construction of reference standards for evaluation of image registration Medical Image Analysis ·Keelin Murphy, Bram van Ginneken, Stefan Klein, Marius Staring, B.J. de Hoop, Max A. Viergever, Josien P. W. Pluim	2010	85
18	Evaluation of a multi‐atlas based method for segmentation of cardiac CTA data: a large‐scale, multicenter, and multivendor study Medical Physics ·Hortense A. Kirişli, Michiel Schaap, Stefan Klein, Stella‐Lida Papadopoulou, Mara Bonardi, C. H. Chen, Annick C. Weustink, Nico R. Mollet, E.-J. Vonken, Rob J. van der Geest, Theo van Walsum, Wiro J. Niessen	2010	82
19	Registration of Cervical MRI Using Multifeature Mutual Information IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ·Marius Staring, Uulke A. van der Heide, Stefan Klein, Max A. Viergever, Josien P. W. Pluim	2009	73
20	Diagnostic classification of arterial spin labeling and structural MRI in presenile early stage dementia Human Brain Mapping ·Esther E. Bron, Rebecca M. E. Steketee, J. Graeme Houston, Ruth Oliver, Hakim C. Achterberg, Marco Loog, John C. van Swieten, Alexander Hammers, Wiro J. Niessen, Marion Smits, Stefan Klein, (unknown)	2014	70

About Stefan Klein

Stefan Klein is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, having authored 255 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (66 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (40 papers), Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (38 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (37 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (23 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (18 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (3.4k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2.2k citations), Radiation (554 citations), Health Informatics (65 citations) and Neurology (364 citations). Stefan Klein has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Marius Staring, Josien P. W. Pluim, Max A. Viergever, Keelin Murphy, Wiro J. Niessen, Esther E. Bron, Theo van Walsum, Meike W. Vernooij, Uulke A. van der Heide and Aad van der Lugt. Their work appears in journals such as Medical Image Analysis, Medical Physics, NeuroImage, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and European Radiology.

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