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Emad M. Boctor publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emad M. Boctor sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 275 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Emad M. Boctor D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emad M. Boctor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Emad M. Boctor is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Engineering and Medicine, with a specific focus on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Mechanics of Materials, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scholarly work centers on several key topics, including Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques, Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography, Surgical Simulation and Training, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, and Medical Imaging and Analysis.

Boctor's frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Ultrasonics

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably Jeeun Kang, Yixuan Wu, Russell H. Taylor, Hyunwoo Song, and Baichuan Jiang.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Boctor demonstrate a range of applications and methodologies in medical and photoacoustic imaging:

  • "The Use of Three-dimensional Visualization Techniques for Prostate Procedures: A Systematic Review" (2020), published in European Urology Focus
  • "Dual contrast agents for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging: evaluation in a murine model of prostate cancer" (2021), published in Nanoscale
  • "Transcranial photoacoustic imaging of NMDA-evoked focal circuit dynamics in the rat hippocampus" (2020), published in Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "Transcranial photoacoustic characterization of neurovascular physiology during early-stage photothrombotic stroke in neonatal piglets in vivo" (2021), published in Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "System-level optimization in spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging of prostate cancer" (2022), published in Photoacoustics

Best Publications

  • Real-Time Regularized Ultrasound Elastography

    H Rivaz;E M Boctor;M A Choti;G D Hager

  • Ultrasound Elastography: A Dynamic Programming Approach

    H. Rivaz;E. Boctor;P. Foroughi;R. Zellars

  • Three-dimensional ultrasound-guided robotic needle placement: an experimental evaluation.

    Emad M. Boctor;Michael A. Choti;Everette C. Burdette;Robert J. Webster

  • A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study

    E.M. Boctor;G. Fischer;M.A. Choti;G. Fichtinger

  • In vivo visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds with photoacoustic imaging.

    Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell;Nathanael P. Kuo;Danny Y. Song;Jin U. Kang

  • P6D-2 Ultrasound Bone Segmentation Using Dynamic Programming

    P. Foroughi;E. Boctor;M.J. Swartz;R.H. Taylor

  • Short-lag spatial coherence beamforming of photoacoustic images for enhanced visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds

    Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell;Nathanael Kuo;Danny Y. Song;Emad M. Boctor

  • A Rapid Calibration Method for Registration and 3D Tracking of Ultrasound Images Using Spatial Localizer

    Emad M. Boctor;Ameet Jain;Michael A. Choti;Russell H. Taylor

  • Iterative most-likely point registration (IMLP): a robust algorithm for computing optimal shape alignment.

    Seth D. Billings;Emad M. Boctor;Russell H. Taylor

  • A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration

    E. Boctor;A. Viswanathan;M. Choti;R.H. Taylor

  • Low-cost image-guided navigation and intervention systems using cooperative sets of local sensors

    Philipp Jakob Stolka;Emad Moussa Boctor

  • Transurethral light delivery for prostate photoacoustic imaging.

    Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell;Xiaoyu Guo;Danny Y. Song;Emad M. Boctor

  • Localization of Transcranial Targets for Photoacoustic-Guided Endonasal Surgeries

    Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell;Anastasia K. Ostrowski;Anastasia K. Ostrowski;Ke-ke Li;Peter Kazanzides

  • Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies

    Hassan Rivaz;Ioana Fleming;Lia Assumpcao;Gabor Fichtinger

  • Enabling fast and high quality LED photoacoustic imaging: a recurrent neural networks based approach.

    Emran Mohammad Abu Anas;Haichong K. Zhang;Jin Kang;Emad Boctor

  • Ultrasound elastography using multiple images

    Hassan Rivaz;Emad M. Boctor;Michael A. Choti;Gregory D. Hager

  • Virtual remote center of motion control for needle placement robots.

    Emad M. Boctor;Robert J. Webster;Herve Mathieu;Allison M. Okamura

  • The ACUSITT ultrasonic ablator: the first steerable needle with an integrated interventional tool

    E. Clif Burdette;D. Caleb Rucker;Punit Prakash;Chris J. Diederich

  • Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation

    Emad M. Boctor;Gabor Fichtinger;Russell H. Taylor;Michael A. Choti

  • Immediate Ultrasound Calibration with Three Poses and Minimal Image Processing

    Anand Viswanathan;Emad M. Boctor;Russell H. Taylor;Gregory Hager

  • Force-assisted ultrasound imaging system through dual force sensing and admittance robot control.

    Ting Yun Fang;Haichong K. Zhang;Rodolfo Finocchi;Russell H. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell H. Taylor
Russell H. Taylor Johns Hopkins University
Gregory D. Hager
Gregory D. Hager Johns Hopkins University
Jin U. Kang
Jin U. Kang Johns Hopkins University
Gabor Fichtinger
Gabor Fichtinger Queen's University
Michael A. Choti
Michael A. Choti The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Arman Rahmim
Arman Rahmim University of British Columbia
Leslie M. Loew
Leslie M. Loew University of Connecticut
Peter Kazanzides
Peter Kazanzides Johns Hopkins University
Iulian Iordachita
Iulian Iordachita Johns Hopkins University
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen

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