2026 Hans Knutsson: 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	43	7774	7550	54	53	370	13449

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Computer Science

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Overview

Hans Knutsson is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and has produced research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Their work also spans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Statistics and Probability, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
MRI in cancer diagnosis
Bone and Joint Diseases
Statistical Methods and Inference
Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models

Hans Knutsson's recent publications demonstrate engagement with diffusion-weighted MRI signal analysis and Bayesian spatial modeling among other subjects. Notable papers include:

Computing the orientational-average of diffusion-weighted MRI signals: a comparison of different techniques, 2021, Scientific Reports
Computing the Orientational-Average of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Signals: A Comparison of Different Techniques, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Reply to Patrik Hall: Are Scandinavians Boring?, 2022, Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration
Anatomically Informed Bayesian Spatial Priors for FMRI Analysis, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in their published work include Maryam Afzali, Evren Özarslan, Derek K. Jones, Irvine Lapsley, and David Abramian. The scientist has contributed to different publication venues, prominently:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration

Best Publications

Cluster failure: Why fMRI inferences for spatial extent have inflated false-positive rates

Anders Eklund;Thomas E. Nichols;Hans Knutsson

3846
Citations
Signal processing for computer vision

GFosta H. Granlund;Hans Knutsson

1050
Citations
Representing local structure using tensors II

Hans Knutsson;Carl-Fredrik Westin;Mats Andersson

552
Citations
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2004

Anders Brun;Hans Knutsson;Hae-Jeong Park;Martha Elizabeth Shenton

460
Citations
Normalized and differential convolution

H. Knutsson;C.-F. Westin

447
Citations
q-space trajectory imaging for multidimensional diffusion MRI of the human brain.

Carl-Fredrik Westin;Carl-Fredrik Westin;Hans Knutsson;Ofer Pasternak;Filip Szczepankiewicz

367
Citations
Normalized and Differential Convolution : Methods for Interpolation and Filtering of Incomplete and Uncertain Data

Hans Knutsson;Carl-Fredrik Westin

304
Citations
Detection of neural activity in functional MRI using canonical correlation analysis.

Ola Friman;Jonny Cedefamn;Peter Lundberg;Magnus Borga

297
Citations
Clustering Fiber Traces Using Normalized Cuts.

Anders Brun;Hans Knutsson;Hae-Jeong Park;Hae-Jeong Park;Martha Elizabeth Shenton

251
Citations
Adaptive analysis of fMRI data

Ola Friman;Magnus Borga;Peter Lundberg;Hans Knutsson

249
Citations
Learning multidimensional signal processing

H. Knutsson;M. Borga;T. Landelius

248
Citations
Local multiscale frequency and bandwidth estimation

H. Knutsson;C.-F. Westin;G. Granlund

244
Citations
Texture Analysis Using Two-Dimensional Quadrature Filters

Hans Knutsson;Gösta H. Granlund

225
Citations
Anisotropic Nonstationary Image Estimation and Its Applications: Part I--Restoration of Noisy Images

H. Knutsson;R. Wilson;G. Granlund

202
Citations
Exploratory fMRI analysis by autocorrelation maximization.

Ola Friman;Magnus Borga;Peter Lundberg;Hans Knutsson

186
Citations
Constrained optimization of gradient waveforms for generalized diffusion encoding.

Jens Sjölund;Filip Szczepankiewicz;Markus Nilsson;Daniel Topgaard

178
Citations
Filtering and reconstruction in image processing

Hans Knutsson

158
Citations
Does Parametric fMRI Analysis with SPM Yield Valid Results? - An Empirical Study of 1484 Rest Datasets

Anders Eklund;Mats T. Andersson;Camilla Josephson;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson

139
Citations
Coloring of DT-MRI Fiber Traces Using Laplacian Eigenmaps

Anders Brun;Hae-Jeong Park;Hans Knutsson;Carl-Fredrik Westin

128
Citations
Morphons: segmentation using elastic canvas and paint on priors

H. Knutsson;M. Andersson

115
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl-Fredrik Westin Brigham and Women's Hospital

Thomas E. Nichols University of Oxford

Anders Ynnerman Linköping University

Ofer Pasternak Brigham and Women's Hospital

Hae-Jeong Park Yonsei University

Tony Stöcker German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Josef Bigun Halmstad University

Ron Kikinis Brigham and Women's Hospital

Martha E. Shenton Harvard University

Lennart Ljung Linköping University

External Links

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