2026 Josien P. W. Pluim: 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	60	3162	3070	32	30	281	26017

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Netherlands Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Josien P. W. Pluim is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within medicine and computer science, focusing notably on radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their work encompasses various subfields including artificial intelligence, oncology, and biomedical engineering. The main topics covered by their research include radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, advanced MRI techniques and applications, AI in cancer detection, medical image segmentation techniques, medical imaging techniques and applications, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, and advanced neural network applications.

Josien P. W. Pluim has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with a significant presence in several publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging
Medical Image Analysis

Among their recent publications are:

"associated_data_Investigating the Effectiveness of clDice Loss for Road Crack Segmentation," 2025, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Deep Learning Regression for Prostate Cancer Detection and Grading in Bi-Parametric MRI," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
"Adversarial attack vulnerability of medical image analysis systems: Unexplored factors," 2021, Medical Image Analysis
"Deep learning-based breast cancer grading and survival analysis on whole-slide histopathology images," 2022, Scientific Reports
"Cross-scanner and cross-protocol multi-shell diffusion MRI data harmonization: Algorithms and results," 2020, NeuroImage

Collaborations form a notable aspect of their scientific output. Frequent coauthors working alongside Josien P. W. Pluim include:

Mitko Veta
Marcel Breeuwer
Sina Amirrajab
Yasmina Al Khalil
Cristian Lorenz

This researcher's body of work represents a interdisciplinary approach blending medicine and technology, with a strong emphasis on the development and application of artificial intelligence methods to medical imaging problems. Their contributions are documented across diverse, often high-impact, venues in medical imaging and machine learning communities.

Best Publications

elastix : A Toolbox for Intensity-Based Medical Image Registration

S. Klein;M. Staring;K. Murphy;M.A. Viergever

4296
Citations
Mutual-information-based registration of medical images: a survey

J.P.W. Pluim;J.B.A. Maintz;M.A. Viergever

4091
Citations
Image registration by maximization of combined mutual information and gradient information

J.P.W. Pluim;J.B.A. Maintz;M.A. Viergever

1143
Citations
Not-so-supervised: A survey of semi-supervised, multi-instance, and transfer learning in medical image analysis

Veronika Cheplygina;Marleen de Bruijne;Josien P.W. Pluim

963
Citations
Gland segmentation in colon histology images: The GlaS challenge contest

Korsuk Sirinukunwattana;Josien P.W. Pluim;Hao Chen;Xiaojuan Qi

930
Citations
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -- Miccai 2010

Tianzi Jiang;Nassir Navab;Josien P. W. Pluim;Max A. Viergever

897
Citations
Breast Cancer Histopathology Image Analysis: A Review

Mitko Veta;Josien P. W. Pluim;Paul J. van Diest;Max A. Viergever

778
Citations
Evaluation of Optimization Methods for Nonrigid Medical Image Registration Using Mutual Information and B-Splines

S. Klein;M. Staring;J.P.W. Pluim

611
Citations
Automatic segmentation of the prostate in 3D MR images by atlas matching using localized mutual information.

Stefan Klein;Uulke A. van der Heide;Irene M. Lips;Marco van Vulpen

548
Citations
Assessment of algorithms for mitosis detection in breast cancer histopathology images

Mitko Veta;Paul J. van Diest;Stefan M. Willems;Haibo Wang

533
Citations
Adaptive Stochastic Gradient Descent Optimisation for Image Registration

Stefan Klein;Josien P. Pluim;Marius Staring;Max A. Viergever

519
Citations
Evaluation of Registration Methods on Thoracic CT: The EMPIRE10 Challenge

K. Murphy;B. van Ginneken;J. M. Reinhardt;S. Kabus

518
Citations
Interpolation Artefacts in Mutual Information-Based Image Registration

Josien P.W. Pluim;J.B. Antoine Maintz;Max A. Viergever

455
Citations
Automatic Nuclei Segmentation in H&E Stained Breast Cancer Histopathology Images

Mitko Veta;Paul J. van Diest;Robert Kornegoor;André Huisman

433
Citations
Robust Retinal Vessel Segmentation via Locally Adaptive Derivative Frames in Orientation Scores

Jiong Zhang;Behdad Dashtbozorg;Erik Bekkers;Josien P. W. Pluim

406
Citations
clDice - a Novel Topology-Preserving Loss Function for Tubular Structure Segmentation

Suprosanna Shit;Johannes C. Paetzold;Anjany Sekuboyina;Ivan Ezhov

383
Citations
A survey of medical image registration - under review

Max A. Viergever;J.B. Antoine Maintz;Stefan Klein;Keelin Murphy

344
Citations
Label Fusion in Atlas-Based Segmentation Using a Selective and Iterative Method for Performance Level Estimation (SIMPLE)

Thomas Robin Langerak;U A van der Heide;A N T J Kotte;M A Viergever

322
Citations
Predicting breast tumor proliferation from whole-slide images: The TUPAC16 challenge.

Mitko Veta;Yujing J. Heng;Nikolas Stathonikos;Babak Ehteshami Bejnordi

316
Citations
Car license plate recognition with neural networks and fuzzy logic

J.A.G. Nijhuis;M.H. Ter Brugge;K.A. Helmholt;J.P.W. Pluim

309
Citations
Image registration

J.P.W. Pluim;J.M. Fitzpatrick

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Max A. Viergever Utrecht University

Stefan Klein Erasmus University Rotterdam

Marius Staring Leiden University Medical Center

Bram van Ginneken Radboud University

Ivana Išgum University of Amsterdam

Nick F. Ramsey Utrecht University

Marleen de Bruijne Erasmus University Rotterdam

Joseph M. Reinhardt University of Iowa

Wiro J. Niessen Erasmus University Rotterdam

Nassir Navab Technical University of Munich

External Links

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