2026 Keith D. Paulsen: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	107	99	93	38	36	895	36598

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2017 - OSA Fellows Keith D. Paulsen Dartmouth College, United States “for applications of diffuse optical tomography reconstruction methods and surgical guidance with stereovision and fluorescence” (Engineering, Application and Development)
2016 - IEEE Fellow For leadership in biomedical technologies in medical imaging for diagnosis and intervention
2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
2013 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Keith D. Paulsen is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their research spans primarily within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biomedical Engineering, with notable work also touching on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Cancer Research.

The main topics explored in their research include:

Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Elasticity and Material Modeling
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

Paulsen has published in a variety of specialized journals and venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

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
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Sensors
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Medical Physics

Their collaboration network includes several frequent co-authors, notably:

Matthew McGarry
Brian W. Pogue
Curtis L. Johnson
Elijah Van Houten
Xiaoyao Fan

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Keith D. Paulsen include:

"Standard-space atlas of the viscoelastic properties of the human brain," 2020, published in Human Brain Mapping
"Anisotropic mechanical properties in the healthy human brain estimated with multi-excitation transversely isotropic MR elastography," 2022, published in Brain Multiphysics
"A heterogenous, time harmonic, nearly incompressible transverse isotropic finite element brain simulation platform for MR elastography," 2020, published in Physics in Medicine and Biology
"The shape of breast cancer," 2020, published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
"Mapping heterogenous anisotropic tissue mechanical properties with transverse isotropic nonlinear inversion MR elastography," 2022, published in Medical Image Analysis

Paulsen has been recognized with various professional honors, including:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2019)
OSA Fellow (2017) for applications of diffuse optical tomography reconstruction methods and surgical guidance with stereovision and fluorescence
IEEE Fellow (2016) for leadership in biomedical technologies in medical imaging for diagnosis and intervention
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2016)
SPIE Fellow (2013)

Best Publications

A clinical prototype for active microwave imaging of the breast

P.M. Meaney;M.W. Fanning;Dun Li;S.P. Poplack

984
Citations
NEAR INFRARED OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY USING NIRFAST: ALGORITHM FOR NUMERICAL MODEL AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

Hamid Dehghani;Matthew E. Eames;Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy;Scott C. Davis

927
Citations
Intraoperative brain shift and deformation: a quantitative analysis of cortical displacement in 28 cases.

David W. Roberts;Alexander Hartov;Francis E. Kennedy;Michael I. Miga

657
Citations
Quantitative hemoglobin tomography with diffuse near-infrared spectroscopy: pilot results in the breast.

Brian W. Pogue;Steven P. Poplack;Troy O. McBride;Wendy A. Wells

603
Citations
Assessing the future of diffuse optical imaging technologies for breast cancer management.

Bruce J. Tromberg;Brian W. Pogue;Keith D. Paulsen;Arjun G. Yodh

425
Citations
Spatially varying optical property reconstruction using a finite element diffusion equation approximation

Keith D. Paulsen;Huabei Jiang

408
Citations
Fast 3-D Tomographic Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

T. M. Grzegorczyk;P. M. Meaney;P. A. Kaufman;Roberta M. di Florio-Alexander

393
Citations
Coregistered fluorescence-enhanced tumor resection of malignant glioma: relationships between δ-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence, magnetic resonance imaging enhancement, and neuropathological parameters. Clinical article.

David W. Roberts;Pablo A. Valdés;Brent T. Harris;Kathryn M. Fontaine

378
Citations
Interpreting hemoglobin and water concentration, oxygen saturation, and scattering measured in vivo by near-infrared breast tomography

Subhadra Srinivasan;Brian W. Pogue;Shudong Jiang;Hamid Dehghani

377
Citations
Electromagnetic breast imaging: results of a pilot study in women with abnormal mammograms.

Steven P. Poplack;Tor D. Tosteson;Wendy A. Wells;Brian W. W. Pogue

371
Citations
Initial Clinical Experience with Microwave Breast Imaging in Women with Normal Mammography

Paul M. Meaney;Margaret W. Fanning;Timothy Raynolds;Colleen J. Fox

368
Citations
Optical image reconstruction using frequency-domain data: simulations and experiments

Huabei Jiang;Keith D. Paulsen;Ulf L. Osterberg;Brian W. Pogue

359
Citations
Spatially variant regularization improves diffuse optical tomography

Brian W. Pogue;Troy O. McBride;Judith Prewitt;Ulf L. Österberg

353
Citations
Multiwavelength three-dimensional near-infrared tomography of the breast: initial simulation, phantom, and clinical results

Hamid Dehghani;Brian W. Pogue;Steven P. Poplack;Keith D. Paulsen

346
Citations
Nonlinear Microwave Imaging for Breast-Cancer Screening Using Gauss–Newton's Method and the CGLS Inversion Algorithm

T. Rubk;P.M. Meaney;P.. Meincke;K.D. Paulsen

321
Citations
Initial in vivo experience with steady-state subzone-based MR elastography of the human breast

Elijah E.W. Van Houten;Marvin M. Doyley;Francis E. Kennedy;John B. Weaver

316
Citations
Instrumentation and design of a frequency-domain diffuse optical tomography imager for breast cancer detection

Brian W. Pogue;Markus Testorf;Troy McBride;Ulf Osterberg

308
Citations
Imaging breast adipose and fibroglandular tissue molecular signatures by using hybrid MRI-guided near-infrared spectral tomography

Ben Brooksby;Brian W. Pogue;Shudong Jiang;Hamid Dehghani

289
Citations
Maximum Principal Strain and Strain Rate Associated with Concussion Diagnosis Correlates with Changes in Corpus Callosum White Matter Indices

Thomas W. McAllister;James C. Ford;Songbai Ji;Jonathan G. Beckwith

284
Citations
A computational model for tracking subsurface tissue deformation during stereotactic neurosurgery

K.D. Paulsen;M.I. Miga;F.E. Kennedy;P.J. Hoopens

284
Citations
An overlapping subzone technique for MR-based elastic property reconstruction.

E.E.W. Van Houten;K.D. Paulsen;K.D. Paulsen;M.I. Miga;F.E. Kennedy

282
Citations