OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery is 6. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A systematic analysis of surgical interventions for the airway in the mature unilateral cleft lip nasal deformity: a single case study	61
Surgical workflow recognition with 3DCNN for Sleeve Gastrectomy	54
Large-scale surgical workflow segmentation for laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy	44
Anisotropic neural deblurring for MRI acceleration	41
A convenient and stable vertebrae instance segmentation method for transforaminal endoscopic surgery planning	39
Cascaded neural network-based CT image processing for aortic root analysis	38
Acknowledgement to reviewers	34
Learning 3D medical image keypoint descriptors with the triplet loss	27
A virtual reality simulator for training the surgical reduction of patient-specific supracondylar humerus fractures	26
Spectral augmentation for heart chambers segmentation on conventional contrasted and unenhanced CT scans: an in-depth study	25
Effective methods of diabetic retinopathy detection based on deep convolutional neural networks	25
Ring artifact removal for differential phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography using a conditional generative adversarial network	24
Seeing under the cover with a 3D U-Net: point cloud-based weight estimation of covered patients	22
Intra-saccular device modeling for treatment planning of intracranial aneurysms: from morphology to hemodynamics	22
Object and anatomical feature recognition in surgical video images based on a convolutional neural network	21
Automatic measurement plane placement for 4D Flow MRI of the great vessels using deep learning	21
Towards targeted ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy by incorporating model and label uncertainty in cancer detection	21
Entropy and distance maps-guided segmentation of articular cartilage: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative	21
A multi-scale unsupervised learning for deformable image registration	20
Impact of deformation on a supine-positioned image-guided breast surgery approach	20
Development and experiments of a continuum robotic system for transoral laryngeal surgery	19
Brain tumor segmentation in MRI images using nonparametric localization and enhancement methods with U-net	19
Comprehensive metrics for evaluating surgical microscope use during tympanostomy tube placement	19
Video-based fully automatic assessment of open surgery suturing skills	18
An efficient multi-path 3D convolutional neural network for false-positive reduction of pulmonary nodule detection	18

Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks	18
Point detection through multi-instance deep heatmap regression for sutures in endoscopy	17
A study of three-dimensional reconstruction and printing models in two cases of soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh	16
Fully automated deep learning-based localization and segmentation of the locus coeruleus in aging and Parkinson’s disease using neuromelanin-sensitive MRI	16
Luminal enhancement in intracranial aneurysms: fact or feature?—A quantitative multimodal flow analysis	16
Correction to: Toward automatic C‑arm positioning for standard projections in orthopedic surgery	16
An inverse planning simulated annealing algorithm with adaptive weight adjustment for LDR pancreatic brachytherapy	15
DUDA-Net: a double U-shaped dilated attention network for automatic infection area segmentation in COVID-19 lung CT images	15
Three-dimensional ultrasound for knee osteophyte depiction: a comparative study to computed tomography	15
Binary polyp-size classification based on deep-learned spatial information	15
3D ultrasound navigation system for screw insertion in posterior spine surgery: a phantom study	13
Computational and image processing methods for analysis and automation of anatomical alignment and joint spacing in reconstructive surgery	13
Toward automatic atlas-based surgical planning for septoplasty	13
Thermographic analysis of postoperative changes in the nasal breathing efficiency in infants and young children with unilateral cleft lip	12
Correction to: Radiation exposure for intraoperative 3D scans in a hybrid operating room: how to reduce radiation exposure for the surgical team	12
Adapting the listening time for micro-electrode recordings in deep brain stimulation interventions	12
Accurate instance segmentation of surgical instruments in robotic surgery: model refinement and cross-dataset evaluation	11
Development of three-dimensional integral-type reconstruction formula for magnetic resonance elastography	11
Detecting failure modes in image reconstructions with interval neural network uncertainty	11
SD-Net: joint surgical gesture recognition and skill assessment	11
Spatiotemporal registration and fusion of transthoracic echocardiography and volumetric coronary artery tree	11
Can machine learning-based analysis of multiparameter MRI and clinical parameters improve the performance of clinically significant prostate cancer diagnosis?	11
Explaining a model predicting quality of surgical practice: a first presentation to and review by clinical experts	11
Mask-R$$^{2}$$CNN: a distance-field regression version of Mask-RCNN for fetal-head delineation in ultrasound images	11
COVID-19 and beyond: development of a comprehensive telemedical diagnostic framework	10
Automated description of the mandible shape by deep learning	10
Movement-level process modeling of microsurgical bimanual and unimanual tasks	10
Automated objective surgical planning for lateral skull base tumors	10
Towards accurate and interpretable surgical skill assessment: a video-based method for skill score prediction and guiding feedback generation	9
Augmented reality-based autostereoscopic surgical visualization system for telesurgery	9
Interactive teaching environment for diagnostic radiography with real-time X-ray simulation and patient positioning	9
Real-time virtual intraoperative CT in endoscopic sinus surgery	9
DVH-based inverse planning for LDR pancreatic brachytherapy	9
Automatic triangulated mesh generation of pulmonary airways from segmented lung 3DCTs for computational fluid dynamics	9
IJCARS: MICCAI 2020 special issue	8
High-resolution deep transferred ASPPU-Net for nuclei segmentation of histopathology images	8
Cardiac X-ray image-based haptic guidance for robot-assisted coronary intervention: a feasibility study	8
IJCARS–JAMIT 2019–2020 special issue	8
Definition and extraction of 2D shape indices of intracranial aneurysm necks for rupture risk assessment	7
Speed-of-sound imaging using diverging waves	7
Automating Periodontal bone loss measurement via dental landmark localisation	7
High-quality chest CT segmentation to assess the impact of COVID-19 disease	7
Study of needle punctures into soft tissue through audio and force sensing: can audio be a simple alternative for needle guidance?	7
IJCARS: BVM 2021 special issue	7
A novel complementation method of an acoustic shadow region utilizing a convolutional neural network for ultrasound-guided therapy	7
Extraction of metastasis hotspots in a whole-body bone scintigram based on bilateral asymmetry	6
An effective fine grading method of BI-RADS classification in mammography	6
Versatile anomaly detection method for medical images with semi-supervised flow-based generative models	6
HoloUS: Augmented reality visualization of live ultrasound images using HoloLens for ultrasound-guided procedures	6
Force-guided autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning control method for soft uncertain environment	6