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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Engineering and Technology D-index 72 Citations 16,785 454 World Ranking 428 National Ranking 13

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Neuroscience

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Optics, Contrast, Spatial frequency, Psychophysics and Neuroscience. His Optics research includes elements of Curvature and Pattern recognition. His studies in Contrast integrate themes in fields like Monocular, Optometry, Visual acuity, Sensitivity and Developmental psychology.

Robert F. Hess has included themes like Strabismic amblyopia, Luminance, Spatial filter, Artificial intelligence and Methods of contour integration in his Spatial frequency study. His research integrates issues of Stimulus and Form perception in his study of Psychophysics. His work in the fields of Neuroscience, such as Visual cortex, Perception, Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Motion processing, overlaps with other areas such as Spatial localization.

His most cited work include:

  • Contour integration by the human visual system: evidence for a local "association field". (1409 citations)
  • The threshold contrast sensitivity function in strabismic amblyopia: Evidence for a two type classification (395 citations)
  • The functional area for summation to threshold for sinusoidal gratings. (236 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Optics, Spatial frequency, Contrast, Artificial intelligence and Neuroscience. His Optics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Stimulus, Orientation and Psychophysics. The Spatial frequency study combines topics in areas such as Human visual system model, Peripheral vision, Visual processing and Linear filter.

His study on Contrast also encompasses disciplines like

  • Audiology and related Strabismus,
  • Optometry most often made with reference to Visual acuity. His study looks at the intersection of Artificial intelligence and topics like Communication with Motion perception. The study incorporates disciplines such as Chromatic scale and Achromatic lens in addition to Neuroscience.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (30.40%)
  • Spatial frequency (26.25%)
  • Contrast (23.42%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Neuroscience (18.77%)
  • Ocular dominance (7.81%)
  • Contrast (23.42%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Neuroscience, Ocular dominance, Contrast, Binocular vision and Monocular. His Contrast study is concerned with the field of Optics as a whole. His work deals with themes such as Stereopsis and Video game, which intersect with Binocular vision.

His research investigates the link between Monocular and topics such as Audiology that cross with problems in Stimulus, Perception and Spatial frequency. His Spatial frequency research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Computer vision and Pattern recognition. His Artificial intelligence research incorporates themes from Psychophysics, Methods of contour integration and Visual processing.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Amblyopia and the binocular approach to its therapy. (107 citations)
  • Dichoptic movie viewing treats childhood amblyopia (58 citations)
  • Effectiveness of a Binocular Video Game vs Placebo Video Game for Improving Visual Functions in Older Children, Teenagers, and Adults With Amblyopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (55 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Neuroscience
  • Optics

Binocular vision, Ocular dominance, Contrast, Visual acuity and Neuroscience are his primary areas of study. The subject of his Binocular vision research is within the realm of Artificial intelligence. His work carried out in the field of Artificial intelligence brings together such families of science as Pattern recognition and Sensitivity.

The various areas that he examines in his Ocular dominance study include Ophthalmology, Monocular and Psychophysics. His Monocular research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Chromatic scale, Achromatic lens and Spatial frequency. His Contrast study is concerned with the larger field of Optics.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Contour integration by the human visual system: evidence for a local "association field".

David J. Field;Anthony Hayes;Robert F. Hess.
Vision Research (1993)

1973 Citations

The threshold contrast sensitivity function in strabismic amblyopia: Evidence for a two type classification

R.F. Hess;E.R. Howell.
Vision Research (1977)

539 Citations

Vision through cataracts

R Hess;G Woo.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (1978)

332 Citations

The cortical deficit in humans with strabismic amblyopia.

G. R. Barnes;R. F. Hess;S. O. Dumoulin;R. L. Achtman.
The Journal of Physiology (2001)

309 Citations

Deficits to global motion processing in human amblyopia

Anita J Simmers;Tim Ledgeway;Robert F Hess;Paul V McGraw.
Vision Research (2003)

299 Citations

The functional area for summation to threshold for sinusoidal gratings.

E.R. Howell;R.F. Hess.
Vision Research (1978)

299 Citations

Human peripheral spatial resolution for achromatic and chromatic stimuli: limits imposed by optical and retinal factors.

S J Anderson;K T Mullen;R F Hess.
The Journal of Physiology (1991)

298 Citations

Dichoptic training enables the adult amblyopic brain to learn

Jinrong Li;Benjamin Thompson;Daming Deng;Lily Y.L. Chan.
Current Biology (2013)

275 Citations

Integration of contours: new insights.

Robert Hess;David Field.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences (1999)

269 Citations

A new binocular approach to the treatment of Amblyopia in adults well beyond the critical period of visual development

RF Hess;B Mansouri;Benjamin Thompson.
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience (2010)

265 Citations

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