2026 Derek D. Lichti: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	41	8882	8631	354	339	174	6686

Overview

Derek D. Lichti is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has made contributions across several intertwined areas of research including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Computer Science, and Environmental Science. Their work intersects various subfields such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Geology, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their research extensively covers topics related to 3D surveying and cultural heritage, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, robotics and sensor-based localization, optical measurement and interference techniques, advanced vision and imaging, image and object detection techniques, and medical image segmentation techniques.

The scientist has published in multiple academic venues with the highest frequency in the following journals and proceedings:

The "international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
Automation in Construction
ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Among their recent papers are the following:

"A critical review of discontinuity plane extraction from 3D point cloud data of rock mass surfaces" (2022), published in Computers & Geosciences
"Extraction of indoor objects based on the exponential function density clustering model" (2022), published in Information Sciences
"Geometric modelling and calibration of a spherical camera imaging system" (2020), published in The Photogrammetric Record
"Robust detection of non-overlapping ellipses from points with applications to circular target extraction in images and cylinder detection in point clouds" (2021), published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
"Towards automatic digital documentation and progress reporting of mechanical construction pipes using smartphones" (2021), published in Automation in Construction

Derek D. Lichti collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Ting On Chan, Reza Maalek, Robert Radovanovic, Kate Pexman, and Petra Helmholz. Their collaborative networks often coincide with their publication venues and topics.

Best Publications

Accuracy Analysis of Kinect Depth Data

K. Khoshelham

1006
Citations
Rigorous approach to bore-sight self-calibration in airborne laser scanning

Jan Skaloud;Derek Lichti

315
Citations
Error modelling, calibration and analysis of an AM–CW terrestrial laser scanner system

Derek D. Lichti

308
Citations
Modeling Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data for Precise Structural Deformation Measurement

Stuart J. Gordon;Derek D. Lichti

306
Citations
Static Calibration and Analysis of the Velodyne HDL-64E S2 for High Accuracy Mobile Scanning

Craig L. Glennie;Derek D. Lichti

241
Citations
A method for automated registration of unorganised point clouds

Kwang-Ho Bae;Derek D. Lichti

238
Citations
Angular resolution of terrestrial laser scanners

Derek D. Lichti;Sonam Jamtsho

219
Citations
Error Models and Propagation in Directly Georeferenced Terrestrial Laser Scanner Networks

Derek D. Lichti;Derek D. Lichti;Stuart J. Gordon;Stuart J. Gordon;Taravudh Tipdecho;Taravudh Tipdecho

203
Citations
Ground-based Laser Scanners: Operation, systems and Applications

Derek Lichti;S. Gordon;Michael Stewart

149
Citations
Error Propagation in Directly Georeferenced Terrestrial Laser Scanner Point Clouds for Cultural Heritage Recording

Derek D. Lichti;Stuart J. Gordon

142
Citations
Terrestrial laser scanner self-calibration: Correlation sources and their mitigation

Derek D. Lichti

136
Citations
CALIBRATION AND TESTING OF A TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER

D. D. Lichti;M. P. Stewart;M. Tsakiri;A. J. Snow

113
Citations
Automatic Recognition of Common Structural Elements from Point Clouds for Automated Progress Monitoring and Dimensional Quality Control in Reinforced Concrete Construction

Reza Maalek;Derek D. Lichti;Janaka Y. Ruwanpura

103
Citations
A critical review of discontinuity plane extraction from 3D point cloud data of rock mass surfaces

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85
Citations
APPLICATION OF A HIGH-RESOLUTION, GROUND-BASED LASER SCANNER FOR DEFORMATION MEASUREMENTS

Stuart Gordon;Derek Lichti;Mike Stewart

83
Citations
EXPERIENCES WITH TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER MODELLING AND ACCURACY ASSESSMENT

Derek D Lichti;Maria Gabriele Licht

81
Citations
Spectral Filtering and Classification of Terrestrial Laser Scanner Point Clouds

Derek D. Lichti

76
Citations
A system and method for measuring and mapping a surface relative to a reference

Michael Paul Stewart;Derek Lichti;Jochen Franke

75
Citations
Registration and Calibration

Derek Lichti;Jan Skaloud

70
Citations
Detection of Road Poles from Mobile Terrestrial Laser Scanner Point Cloud

Sherif Ibrahim El-Halawany;Derek D. Lichti

70
Citations
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A LOW-COST TRIANGULATION-BASED 3D CAMERA: MICROSOFT KINECT SYSTEM

J. C .K. Chow;K. D. Ang;D. D. Lichti;W. F. Teskey

68
Citations
A RESOLUTION MEASURE FOR TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS

Derek D. Lichti

59
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ayman Habib Purdue University West Lafayette

Norbert Pfeifer TU Wien

Hans-Gerd Maas TU Dresden

Naser El-Sheimy University of Calgary

Qihao Weng Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Will Featherstone Curtin University

Vishnu Pareek Curtin University

External Links

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