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Emad M. Boctor, PhD

Overview

Emad M. Boctor, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Medical Imaging Physics within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. He holds a joint appointment in the Whiting School of Engineering's Department of Computer Science. Dr. Boctor's research focuses on medical robotics, ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, and image-guided intervention. He has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles and holds several patents.

Education

Dr. Boctor received his B.Sc. in biomedical engineering from Cairo University in Egypt and subsequently obtained his master's and doctoral degrees in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.

Career and Research

After joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Boctor established the Medical UltraSound Imaging and Intervention Collaboration (MUSiiC) Research Laboratory. This laboratory focuses on developing innovative ultrasound technologies for medical applications. He is also affiliated with the JHU Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR) and the Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST) Engineering Research Center, a National Science Foundation-designated center.

Dr. Boctor has made significant contributions to the field of ultrasound imaging and intervention. He has authored and co-authored over 25 journal articles and a book titled "Enabling Technologies for Ultrasound Imaging in Computer-Assisted Intervention." His research interests include ultrasound elastography, photoacoustic imaging, and the development of robotic systems for medical applications.

Selected Publications

Affiliations and Awards

Dr. Boctor's affiliations include the Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST) Engineering Research Center and the Encephalitis Center. He holds several patents in the field of medical imaging and robotics.

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Emad M. Boctor Johns Hopkins University https://musiic.lcsr.jhu.edu/ Ultrasound system with stereo image guidance or tracking PJ Stolka, P Foroughi, MC Rendina, GD Hager, EM Boctor US Patent 9,622,720, 2017 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:hkOj_22Ku90C Cited by: 258

DaVinci canvas: a telerobotic surgical system with integrated, robot-assisted, laparoscopic ultrasound capability J Leven, D Burschka, R Kumar, G Zhang, S Blumenkranz, X Dai, M Awad, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2005: 8th …, 2005 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:T0nwzvlCxs8C Cited by: 236

Real-time regularized ultrasound elastography H Rivaz, EM Boctor, MA Choti, GD Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 30 (4), 928-945, 2010 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC Cited by: 222

Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach H Rivaz, E Boctor, P Foroughi, R Zellars, G Fichtinger, G Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 27 (10), 1373-1377, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC Cited by: 209

Three‐dimensional ultrasound‐guided robotic needle placement: an experimental evaluation EM Boctor, MA Choti, EC Burdette, RJ Webster Iii The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC Cited by: 168

Interventional in-situ image-guidance by fusing ultrasound video E Boctor, G Hager, D HEISENBERG, P STOLKA N/A Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:xtRiw3GOFMkC Cited by: 151

A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study EM Boctor, G Fischer, MA Choti, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C Cited by: 143

Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer EM Boctor, A Jain, MA Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 521-532, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C Cited by: 117

P6d-2 ultrasound bone segmentation using dynamic programming P Foroughi, E Boctor, MJ Swartz, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 2523-2526, 2007 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C Cited by: 116

A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration E Boctor, A Viswanathan, M Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger, G Hager 2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC Cited by: 116

Short-lag spatial coherence beamforming of photoacoustic images for enhanced visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds MAL Bell, N Kuo, DY Song, EM Boctor Biomedical optics express 4 (10), 1964-1977, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:l7t_Zn2s7bgC Cited by: 112

In vivo visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds with photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, NP Kuo, DY Song, JU Kang, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 19 (12), 126011-126011, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:WA5NYHcadZ8C Cited by: 111

Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation EM Boctor, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor, MA Choti Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 174-182, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC Cited by: 95

Iterative most-likely point registration (IMLP): A robust algorithm for computing optimal shape alignment SD Billings, EM Boctor, RH Taylor PloS one 10 (3), e0117688, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:PELIpwtuRlgC Cited by: 84

Cell cluster graph for prediction of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients from tissue microarrays S Ali, R Veltri, JA Epstein, C Christudass, A Madabhushi Medical Imaging 2013: Digital Pathology 8676, 164-174, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:OKy9v0bssVUC Cited by: 83

Transurethral light delivery for prostate photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, X Guo, DY Song, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 20 (3), 036002-036002, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:_B80troHkn4C Cited by: 81

Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies H Rivaz, I Fleming, L Assumpcao, G Fichtinger, U Hamper, M Choti, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2008: 11th …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC Cited by: 81

Localization of transcranial targets for photoacoustic-guided endonasal surgeries MAL Bell, AK Ostrowski, K Li, P Kazanzides, EM Boctor Photoacoustics 3 (2), 78-87, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:uLbwQdceFCQC Cited by: 80

Robot assisted ultrasound system EM Boctor, II Iordachita, X Guo, A Cheng, H Zhang, F Aalamifar US Patent 10,335,116, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:NJ774b8OgUMC Cited by: 79

Immediate ultrasound calibration with three poses and minimal image processing A Viswanathan, EM Boctor, RH Taylor, G Hager, G Fichtinger Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2004: 7th …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC Cited by: 78

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Emad M. Boctor Johns Hopkins University https://musiic.lcsr.jhu.edu/ Ultrasound system with stereo image guidance or tracking PJ Stolka, P Foroughi, MC Rendina, GD Hager, EM Boctor US Patent 9,622,720, 2017 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:hkOj_22Ku90C Cited by: 258

DaVinci canvas: a telerobotic surgical system with integrated, robot-assisted, laparoscopic ultrasound capability J Leven, D Burschka, R Kumar, G Zhang, S Blumenkranz, X Dai, M Awad, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2005: 8th …, 2005 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:T0nwzvlCxs8C Cited by: 236

Real-time regularized ultrasound elastography H Rivaz, EM Boctor, MA Choti, GD Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 30 (4), 928-945, 2010 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC Cited by: 222

Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach H Rivaz, E Boctor, P Foroughi, R Zellars, G Fichtinger, G Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 27 (10), 1373-1377, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC Cited by: 209

Three‐dimensional ultrasound‐guided robotic needle placement: an experimental evaluation EM Boctor, MA Choti, EC Burdette, RJ Webster Iii The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC Cited by: 168

Interventional in-situ image-guidance by fusing ultrasound video E Boctor, G Hager, D HEISENBERG, P STOLKA N/A Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:xtRiw3GOFMkC Cited by: 151

A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study EM Boctor, G Fischer, MA Choti, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C Cited by: 143

Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer EM Boctor, A Jain, MA Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 521-532, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C Cited by: 117

P6d-2 ultrasound bone segmentation using dynamic programming P Foroughi, E Boctor, MJ Swartz, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 2523-2526, 2007 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C Cited by: 116

A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration E Boctor, A Viswanathan, M Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger, G Hager 2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC Cited by: 116

Short-lag spatial coherence beamforming of photoacoustic images for enhanced visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds MAL Bell, N Kuo, DY Song, EM Boctor Biomedical optics express 4 (10), 1964-1977, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:l7t_Zn2s7bgC Cited by: 112

In vivo visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds with photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, NP Kuo, DY Song, JU Kang, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 19 (12), 126011-126011, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:WA5NYHcadZ8C Cited by: 111

Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation EM Boctor, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor, MA Choti Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 174-182, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC Cited by: 95

Iterative most-likely point registration (IMLP): A robust algorithm for computing optimal shape alignment SD Billings, EM Boctor, RH Taylor PloS one 10 (3), e0117688, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:PELIpwtuRlgC Cited by: 84

Cell cluster graph for prediction of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients from tissue microarrays S Ali, R Veltri, JA Epstein, C Christudass, A Madabhushi Medical Imaging 2013: Digital Pathology 8676, 164-174, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:OKy9v0bssVUC Cited by: 83

Transurethral light delivery for prostate photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, X Guo, DY Song, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 20 (3), 036002-036002, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:_B80troHkn4C Cited by: 81

Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies H Rivaz, I Fleming, L Assumpcao, G Fichtinger, U Hamper, M Choti, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2008: 11th …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC Cited by: 81

Localization of transcranial targets for photoacoustic-guided endonasal surgeries MAL Bell, AK Ostrowski, K Li, P Kazanzides, EM Boctor Photoacoustics 3 (2), 78-87, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:uLbwQdceFCQC Cited by: 80

Robot assisted ultrasound system EM Boctor, II Iordachita, X Guo, A Cheng, H Zhang, F Aalamifar US Patent 10,335,116, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:NJ774b8OgUMC Cited by: 79

Immediate ultrasound calibration with three poses and minimal image processing A Viswanathan, EM Boctor, RH Taylor, G Hager, G Fichtinger Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2004: 7th …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC Cited by: 78

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Emad M. Boctor Johns Hopkins University https://musiic.lcsr.jhu.edu/ Ultrasound system with stereo image guidance or tracking PJ Stolka, P Foroughi, MC Rendina, GD Hager, EM Boctor US Patent 9,622,720, 2017 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:hkOj_22Ku90C Cited by: 258

DaVinci canvas: a telerobotic surgical system with integrated, robot-assisted, laparoscopic ultrasound capability J Leven, D Burschka, R Kumar, G Zhang, S Blumenkranz, X Dai, M Awad, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2005: 8th …, 2005 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:T0nwzvlCxs8C Cited by: 236

Real-time regularized ultrasound elastography H Rivaz, EM Boctor, MA Choti, GD Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 30 (4), 928-945, 2010 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC Cited by: 222

Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach H Rivaz, E Boctor, P Foroughi, R Zellars, G Fichtinger, G Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 27 (10), 1373-1377, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC Cited by: 209

Three‐dimensional ultrasound‐guided robotic needle placement: an experimental evaluation EM Boctor, MA Choti, EC Burdette, RJ Webster Iii The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC Cited by: 168

Interventional in-situ image-guidance by fusing ultrasound video E Boctor, G Hager, D HEISENBERG, P STOLKA N/A Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:xtRiw3GOFMkC Cited by: 151

A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study EM Boctor, G Fischer, MA Choti, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C Cited by: 143

Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer EM Boctor, A Jain, MA Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 521-532, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C Cited by: 117

P6d-2 ultrasound bone segmentation using dynamic programming P Foroughi, E Boctor, MJ Swartz, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 2523-2526, 2007 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C Cited by: 116

A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration E Boctor, A Viswanathan, M Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger, G Hager 2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC Cited by: 116

Short-lag spatial coherence beamforming of photoacoustic images for enhanced visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds MAL Bell, N Kuo, DY Song, EM Boctor Biomedical optics express 4 (10), 1964-1977, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:l7t_Zn2s7bgC Cited by: 112

In vivo visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds with photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, NP Kuo, DY Song, JU Kang, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 19 (12), 126011-126011, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:WA5NYHcadZ8C Cited by: 111

Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation EM Boctor, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor, MA Choti Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 174-182, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC Cited by: 95

Iterative most-likely point registration (IMLP): A robust algorithm for computing optimal shape alignment SD Billings, EM Boctor, RH Taylor PloS one 10 (3), e0117688, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:PELIpwtuRlgC Cited by: 84

Cell cluster graph for prediction of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients from tissue microarrays S Ali, R Veltri, JA Epstein, C Christudass, A Madabhushi Medical Imaging 2013: Digital Pathology 8676, 164-174, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:OKy9v0bssVUC Cited by: 83

Transurethral light delivery for prostate photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, X Guo, DY Song, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 20 (3), 036002-036002, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:_B80troHkn4C Cited by: 81

Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies H Rivaz, I Fleming, L Assumpcao, G Fichtinger, U Hamper, M Choti, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2008: 11th …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC Cited by: 81

Localization of transcranial targets for photoacoustic-guided endonasal surgeries MAL Bell, AK Ostrowski, K Li, P Kazanzides, EM Boctor Photoacoustics 3 (2), 78-87, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:uLbwQdceFCQC Cited by: 80

Robot assisted ultrasound system EM Boctor, II Iordachita, X Guo, A Cheng, H Zhang, F Aalamifar US Patent 10,335,116, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:NJ774b8OgUMC Cited by: 79

Immediate ultrasound calibration with three poses and minimal image processing A Viswanathan, EM Boctor, RH Taylor, G Hager, G Fichtinger Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2004: 7th …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC Cited by: 78

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Emad M. Boctor

Johns Hopkins University

https://musiic.lcsr.jhu.edu/

Ultrasound system with stereo image guidance or tracking PJ Stolka, P Foroughi, MC Rendina, GD Hager, EM Boctor US Patent 9,622,720, 2017 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:hkOj_22Ku90C

DaVinci canvas: a telerobotic surgical system with integrated, robot-assisted, laparoscopic ultrasound capability J Leven, D Burschka, R Kumar, G Zhang, S Blumenkranz, X Dai, M Awad, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2005: 8th …, 2005 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:T0nwzvlCxs8C

Real-time regularized ultrasound elastography H Rivaz, EM Boctor, MA Choti, GD Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 30 (4), 928-945, 2010 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC

Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach H Rivaz, E Boctor, P Foroughi, R Zellars, G Fichtinger, G Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 27 (10), 1373-1377, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC

Three‐dimensional ultrasound‐guided robotic needle placement: an experimental evaluation EM Boctor, MA Choti, EC Burdette, RJ Webster Iii The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC

Interventional in-situ image-guidance by fusing ultrasound video E Boctor, G Hager, D HEISENBERG, P STOLKA N/A Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:xtRiw3GOFMkC

A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study EM Boctor, G Fischer, MA Choti, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C

Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer EM Boctor, A Jain, MA Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 521-532, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C

P6d-2 ultrasound bone segmentation using dynamic programming P Foroughi, E Boctor, MJ Swartz, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 2523-2526, 2007 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C

A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration E Boctor, A Viswanathan, M Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger, G Hager 2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC

Short-lag spatial coherence beamforming of photoacoustic images for enhanced visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds MAL Bell, N Kuo, DY Song, EM Boctor Biomedical optics express 4 (10), 1964-1977, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:l7t_Zn2s7bgC

In vivo visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds with photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, NP Kuo, DY Song, JU Kang, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 19 (12), 126011-126011, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:WA5NYHcadZ8C

Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation EM Boctor, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor, MA Choti Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 174-182, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC

Iterative most-likely point registration (IMLP): A robust algorithm for computing optimal shape alignment SD Billings, EM Boctor, RH Taylor PloS one 10 (3), e0117688, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:PELIpwtuRlgC

Cell cluster graph for prediction of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients from tissue microarrays S Ali, R Veltri, JA Epstein, C Christudass, A Madabhushi Medical Imaging 2013: Digital Pathology 8676, 164-174, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:OKy9v0bssVUC

Transurethral light delivery for prostate photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, X Guo, DY Song, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 20 (3), 036002-036002, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:_B80troHkn4C

Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies H Rivaz, I Fleming, L Assumpcao, G Fichtinger, U Hamper, M Choti, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2008: 11th …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC

Localization of transcranial targets for photoacoustic-guided endonasal surgeries MAL Bell, AK Ostrowski, K Li, P Kazanzides, EM Boctor Photoacoustics 3 (2), 78-87, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:uLbwQdceFCQC

Robot assisted ultrasound system EM Boctor, II Iordachita, X Guo, A Cheng, H Zhang, F Aalamifar US Patent 10,335,116, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:NJ774b8OgUMC

Immediate ultrasound calibration with three poses and minimal image processing A Viswanathan, EM Boctor, RH Taylor, G Hager, G Fichtinger Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2004: 7th …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC

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Emad M. Boctor

Johns Hopkins University

https://musiic.lcsr.jhu.edu/

Ultrasound system with stereo image guidance or tracking PJ Stolka, P Foroughi, MC Rendina, GD Hager, EM Boctor US Patent 9,622,720, 2017 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:hkOj_22Ku90C

DaVinci canvas: a telerobotic surgical system with integrated, robot-assisted, laparoscopic ultrasound capability J Leven, D Burschka, R Kumar, G Zhang, S Blumenkranz, X Dai, M Awad, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2005: 8th …, 2005 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:T0nwzvlCxs8C

Real-time regularized ultrasound elastography H Rivaz, EM Boctor, MA Choti, GD Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 30 (4), 928-945, 2010 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC

Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach H Rivaz, E Boctor, P Foroughi, R Zellars, G Fichtinger, G Hager IEEE transactions on medical imaging 27 (10), 1373-1377, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC

Three‐dimensional ultrasound‐guided robotic needle placement: an experimental evaluation EM Boctor, MA Choti, EC Burdette, RJ Webster Iii The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC

Interventional in-situ image-guidance by fusing ultrasound video E Boctor, G Hager, D HEISENBERG, P STOLKA N/A Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:xtRiw3GOFMkC

A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study EM Boctor, G Fischer, MA Choti, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C

Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer EM Boctor, A Jain, MA Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 521-532, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C

P6d-2 ultrasound bone segmentation using dynamic programming P Foroughi, E Boctor, MJ Swartz, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, 2523-2526, 2007 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C

A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration E Boctor, A Viswanathan, M Choti, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger, G Hager 2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC

Short-lag spatial coherence beamforming of photoacoustic images for enhanced visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds MAL Bell, N Kuo, DY Song, EM Boctor Biomedical optics express 4 (10), 1964-1977, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:l7t_Zn2s7bgC

In vivo visualization of prostate brachytherapy seeds with photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, NP Kuo, DY Song, JU Kang, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 19 (12), 126011-126011, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:WA5NYHcadZ8C

Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation EM Boctor, G Fichtinger, RH Taylor, MA Choti Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 5035, 174-182, 2003 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC

Iterative most-likely point registration (IMLP): A robust algorithm for computing optimal shape alignment SD Billings, EM Boctor, RH Taylor PloS one 10 (3), e0117688, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:PELIpwtuRlgC

Cell cluster graph for prediction of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients from tissue microarrays S Ali, R Veltri, JA Epstein, C Christudass, A Madabhushi Medical Imaging 2013: Digital Pathology 8676, 164-174, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:OKy9v0bssVUC

Transurethral light delivery for prostate photoacoustic imaging MA Lediju Bell, X Guo, DY Song, EM Boctor Journal of biomedical optics 20 (3), 036002-036002, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:_B80troHkn4C

Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies H Rivaz, I Fleming, L Assumpcao, G Fichtinger, U Hamper, M Choti, … Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2008: 11th …, 2008 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC

Localization of transcranial targets for photoacoustic-guided endonasal surgeries MAL Bell, AK Ostrowski, K Li, P Kazanzides, EM Boctor Photoacoustics 3 (2), 78-87, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:uLbwQdceFCQC

Robot assisted ultrasound system EM Boctor, II Iordachita, X Guo, A Cheng, H Zhang, F Aalamifar US Patent 10,335,116, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:NJ774b8OgUMC

Immediate ultrasound calibration with three poses and minimal image processing A Viswanathan, EM Boctor, RH Taylor, G Hager, G Fichtinger Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2004: 7th …, 2004 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=17P8v9QAAAAJ&citationforview=17P8v9QAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC

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