William E. Lorensen
Impact in
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- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
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- 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 3
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- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques 11
- Augmented Reality Applications 5
- Co-authors
- H. E. Cline (27 shared papers)W. J. Schroeder (7 shared papers)James E. Rumbaugh (2 shared papers)Michael R. Blaha (2 shared papers)William J. Premerlani (2 shared papers)Ron Kikinis (24 shared papers)Ferenc Andras Jolesz (21 shared papers)Siegwalt Ludke (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Computer Aided Surgery (4 papers)Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4 papers)IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (3 papers)Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (3 papers)Applied Optics (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesJapanSwitzerland
In The Last Decade
William E. Lorensen
69 papers receiving 22.8k citations
William E. Lorensen's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 6.4k
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6.1k
- Computational Mechanics 5k
- Software 933
- Biomedical Engineering 2.8k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marching cubes: A high resolution 3D surface construction algorithm Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 8134 |
| 2 | Marching cubes: A high resolution 3D surface construction algorithm Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 7188 |
| 3 | Object-oriented modeling and design Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 3037 |
| 4 | Decimation of triangle meshes Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 1161 |
| 5 | Decimation of triangle meshes Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 579 |
| 6 | Engineering and Algorithm Design for an Image Processing API: A Technical Report on ITK - the Insight Toolkit Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 518 |
| 7 | 1998 | 432 | |
| 8 | 1995 | 332 | |
| 9 | 1990 | 322 | |
| 10 | 1988 | 307 | |
| 11 | 1992 | 217 | |
| 12 | 1993 | 177 | |
| 13 | 1991 | 176 | |
| 14 | 1987 | 174 | |
| 15 | 1993 | 169 | |
| 16 | 1996 | 167 | |
| 17 | The Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Toolkit for 3D Graphics and Visualization | 1996 | 147 |
| 18 | 1996 | 134 | |
| 19 | 1991 | 109 | |
| 20 | 1991 | 100 |
About William E. Lorensen
William E. Lorensen is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Computational Mechanics, having authored 72 papers that have together received 24.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (23 papers), Anatomy and Medical Technology (19 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (11 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (7 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Augmented Reality Applications (5 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers) and Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (6.4k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (6.1k citations), Computational Mechanics (5k citations), Software (933 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (2.8k citations). William E. Lorensen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include H. E. Cline, W. J. Schroeder, James E. Rumbaugh, Michael R. Blaha, William J. Premerlani, Ron Kikinis, Ferenc Andras Jolesz, Siegwalt Ludke, Terry S. Yoo and Michael Ackerman. Their work appears in journals such as Computer Aided Surgery, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography and Applied Optics.
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