2026 Punam K. Saha: 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	53	4866	4731	2267	2188	227	10242

Overview

Punam K. Saha is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, and Physiology.

Their body of work addresses key topics such as:

Bone health and osteoporosis research
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Bone and Joint Diseases
Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Hip and Femur Fractures

Recent publications by Punam K. Saha include:

"A CT-Based Automated Algorithm for Airway Segmentation Using Freeze-and-Grow Propagation and Deep Learning" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
"A comparative study of trabecular bone micro-structural measurements using different CT modalities" (2020), published in Physics in Medicine and Biology
"Finite element analysis of trabecular bone microstructure using CT imaging and continuum mechanical modeling" (2022), published in Medical Physics
"3dSpAn: An interactive software for 3D segmentation and analysis of dendritic spines" (2021), published in Neuroinformatics
"Bone and non-contractile soft tissue changes following open kinetic chain resistance training and testosterone treatment in spinal cord injury: an exploratory study" (2021), published in Osteoporosis International

Punam K. Saha has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

Eric A. Hoffman
Alejandro P. Comellas
Syed Ahmed Nadeem
Xiaoliu Zhang
Indranil Guha

The scientist's work appears regularly in key academic venues, most notably:

Medical Physics
JBMR Plus
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Neuroinformatics
Methods

Best Publications

CT Super-Resolution GAN Constrained by the Identical, Residual, and Cycle Learning Ensemble (GAN-CIRCLE)

Chenyu You;Wenxiang Cong;Michael W. Vannier;Punam K. Saha

486
Citations
Scale-Based Fuzzy Connected Image Segmentation

Punam K. Saha;Jayaram K. Udupa;Dewey Odhner

436
Citations
A survey on skeletonization algorithms and their applications

Punam K. Saha;Gunilla Borgefors;Gabriella Sanniti di Baja

404
Citations
Optimum image thresholding via class uncertainty and region homogeneity

P.K. Saha;J.K. Udupa

299
Citations
Fuzzy connectedness and image segmentation

J.K. Udupa;P.K. Saha

283
Citations
Digital Topological Analysis of In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Microimages of Trabecular Bone Reveals Structural Implications of Osteoporosis

Felix W. Wehrli;Bryon R. Gomberg;Punam K. Saha;Hee Kwon Song

270
Citations
Quantitative MRI for the assessment of bone structure and function.

Felix W. Wehrli;Hee Kwon Song;Punam K. Saha;Alexander C. Wright

269
Citations
3D Digital Topology under Binary Transformation with Applications

P.K. Saha;B.B. Chaudhuri

263
Citations
Role of magnetic resonance for assessing structure and function of trabecular bone.

Felix W Wehrli;Punam K Saha;Bryon R Gomberg;Hee Kwon Song

254
Citations
A new shape preserving parallel thinning algorithm for 3D digital images

Punam K. Saha;Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri;D. Dutta Majumder

248
Citations
Detection of 3-D simple points for topology preserving transformations with application to thinning

P.K. Saha;B.B. Chaudhuri

247
Citations
Quantification of the Roles of Trabecular Microarchitecture and Trabecular Type in Determining the Elastic Modulus of Human Trabecular Bone

Xiaowei S Liu;Paul Sajda;Punam K Saha;Felix W Wehrli

234
Citations
Disclaimer: "Relative fuzzy connectedness and object definition: theory, algorithms, and applications in image segmentation"

J.K. Udupa;P.K. Saha;R.A. Lotufo

227
Citations
Fuzzy distance transform: theory, algorithms, and applications

Punam K. Saha;Felix W. Wehrli;Bryon R. Gomberg

208
Citations
Methodology for evaluating image-segmentation algorithms

Jayaram K. Udupa;Vicki R. LaBlanc;Hilary Schmidt;Celina Imielinska

200
Citations
Breast tissue density quantification via digitized mammograms

P.K. Saha;J.K. Udupa;E.F. Conant;D.P. Chakraborty

180
Citations
CT Super-resolution GAN Constrained by the Identical, Residual, and Cycle Learning Ensemble(GAN-CIRCLE)

Chenyu You;Guang Li;Yi Zhang;Xiaoliu Zhang

180
Citations
Topological analysis of trabecular bone MR images

B.R. Gomberg;P.K. Saha;Hee Kwon Song;S.N. Hwang

173
Citations
Measurement of trabecular bone thickness in the limited resolution regime of in vivo MRI by fuzzy distance transform

P.K. Saha;F.W. Wehrli

171
Citations
Three-dimensional digital topological characterization of cancellous bone architecture

Punam K. Saha;Bryon R. Gomberg;Felix W. Wehrli

170
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jayaram K. Udupa University of Pennsylvania

Mita Nasipuri Jadavpur University

Milan Sonka University of Iowa

Azriel Rosenfeld University of Maryland, College Park

Ziyue Xu Nvidia (United States)

Ram Sarkar Jadavpur University

Nibaran Das Jadavpur University

Bidyut B. Chaudhuri Indian Statistical Institute

Paul Sajda Columbia University

Le T. Duong MSD (United States)

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