D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

William E. Higgins

Pennsylvania State University
United States

D-Index & Metrics 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.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Computer Science D-index 44 Citations 7,186 207 World Ranking 4840 National Ranking 2394

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2004 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to three-dimensional medical imaging and processing.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study William E. Higgins is best known for:

Lanthanide
Europium
Thulium

His Scintillation research extends to the thematically linked field of Detector. As part of his studies on Scintillation, he often connects relevant subjects like Optics. His Scintillation counter research extends to the thematically linked field of Optics. In his articles, he combines various disciplines, including Scintillation counter and Photoelectric effect. William E. Higgins undertakes multidisciplinary investigations into Photoelectric effect and Gamma ray in his work. While working on this project, he studies both Gamma ray and Scintillator. His Scintillator study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Detector. His research ties Neutron detection and Nuclear physics together. He performs integrative study on Neutron detection and Neutron temperature in his works.

His most cited work include:

Scintillation Properties of 1 Inch ${\rm Cs}{2}{\rm LiYCl}{6}{:}{\rm Ce}$ Crystals (114 citations)
Effects of Ce concentration on scintillation properties of LaBr/sub 3/:Ce (109 citations)
Level location and spectroscopy of , , , and in (82 citations)

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

William E. Higgins is involved in relevant fields of research such as Doping, Luminescence and Europium in the realm of Optoelectronics. His Doping study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Optoelectronics. Much of his study explores Luminescence relationship to Optics. His research on Optics frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Spectrometer. In his study, he carries out multidisciplinary Spectrometer and Gamma ray research. While working in this field, William E. Higgins studies both Gamma ray and Scintillation counter. Detector is frequently linked to Gamma spectroscopy in his study. William E. Higgins regularly links together related areas like Detector in his Gamma spectroscopy studies. William E. Higgins integrates Scintillator and Scintillation counter in his studies.

William E. Higgins most often published in these fields:

Optics (82.35%)
Detector (76.47%)
Scintillator (58.82%)

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Best Publications

Optimal Gabor filters for texture segmentation

D. Dunn;W.E. Higgins.
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (1995)

715 Citations

Texture segmentation using 2-D Gabor elementary functions

D. Dunn;W.E. Higgins;J. Wakeley.
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (1994)

564 Citations

Efficient Gabor filter design for texture segmentation

Thomas P. Weldon;William E. Higgins;Dennis F. Dunn.
Pattern Recognition (1996)

449 Citations

Symmetric region growing

S.-Y. Wan;W.E. Higgins.
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2003)

302 Citations

Three-Dimensional Human Airway Segmentation Methods for Clinical Virtual Bronchoscopy☆

Atilla P. Kiraly;William E. Higgins;William E. Higgins;Geoffrey McLennan;Eric A. Hoffman.
Academic Radiology (2002)

241 Citations

Virtual bronchoscopy for three--dimensional pulmonary image assessment: state of the art and future needs.

William E. Higgins;Krishnan Ramaswamy;Roderick D. Swift;Geoffrey McLennan.
Radiographics (1998)

225 Citations

Method and apparatus for continuous guidance of endoscopy

William E. Higgins;Scott A. Merritt;Lav Rai;Jason D. Gibbs.
(2008)

205 Citations

Three-dimensional path planning for virtual bronchoscopy

A.P. Kiraly;J.P. Helferty;E.A. Hoffman;G. McLennan.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (2004)

174 Citations

CeBr/sub 3/ scintillators for gamma-ray spectroscopy

K.S. Shah;J. Glodo;W. Higgins;E.V.D. van Loef.
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2005)

167 Citations

Fast 3d-2d image registration method with application to continuously guided endoscopy

William E. Higgins;Scott A. Merritt;Lav Rai.
(2006)

156 Citations

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External Links

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