William E. Lorensen
Impact in
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- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition top 0.05%
- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
- Advanced Vision and Imaging
Papers in
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- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques 23
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation 6
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- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques 11
- Augmented Reality Applications 8
- Co-authors
- H. E. Cline (26 shared papers)W. J. Schroeder (7 shared papers)James E. Rumbaugh (2 shared papers)Michael R. Blaha (2 shared papers)Frederick D. Eddy (2 shared papers)William J. Premerlani (2 shared papers)Ferenc Andras Jolesz (16 shared papers)Ron Kikinis (6 shared papers)
- Journals
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4 papers)Computer Aided Surgery (4 papers)IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (3 papers)Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (3 papers)Neurosurgery (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesIsraelSwitzerland
In The Last Decade
William E. Lorensen
68 papers receiving 22.8k citations
William E. Lorensen's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 217
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 8.1k
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 9.0k
- Computational Mechanics 7.7k
- Geology 1.1k
- Software 833
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside William E. Lorensen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marching cubes: A high resolution 3D surface construction algorithm Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 8112 |
| 2 | Marching cubes: A high resolution 3D surface construction algorithm Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 7155 |
| 3 | Object-oriented modeling and design Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 3092 |
| 4 | Decimation of triangle meshes Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 1171 |
| 5 | Decimation of triangle meshes Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 584 |
| 6 | Engineering and Algorithm Design for an Image Processing API: A Technical Report on ITK - the Insight Toolkit Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 516 |
| 7 | 1998 | 421 | |
| 8 | 1995 | 345 | |
| 9 | 1990 | 322 | |
| 10 | 1988 | 310 | |
| 11 | 1992 | 219 | |
| 12 | 1993 | 180 | |
| 13 | 1991 | 175 | |
| 14 | 1987 | 173 | |
| 15 | 1993 | 171 | |
| 16 | 1996 | 166 | |
| 17 | The Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Toolkit for 3D Graphics and Visualization | 1996 | 146 |
| 18 | 1996 | 135 | |
| 19 | 1991 | 109 | |
| 20 | 1991 | 101 |
About William E. Lorensen
William E. Lorensen is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, having authored 71 papers that have together received 24.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (23 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (15 papers), Anatomy and Medical Technology (13 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (11 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (10 papers), Augmented Reality Applications (8 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (6 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (8.1k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (9.0k citations), Computational Mechanics (7.7k citations), Geology (1.1k citations) and Software (833 citations). William E. Lorensen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include H. E. Cline, W. J. Schroeder, James E. Rumbaugh, Michael R. Blaha, Frederick D. Eddy, William J. Premerlani, Ferenc Andras Jolesz, Ron Kikinis, Siegwalt Ludke and Ron Kikinis. Their work appears in journals such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computer Aided Surgery, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography and Neurosurgery.
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