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Medical Image Segmentation Techniques

Medical Image Segmentation Techniques is a research topic within Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in image segmentation techniques, particularly focusing on medical image analysis, graph cuts, active contours, MRI segmentation, deformable image registration, level set methods, statistical shape models, deep learning, and texture analysis.

  • Image Segmentation
  • Medical Image Analysis
  • Graph Cuts
  • Active Contours
  • MRI Segmentation
  • Deformable Image Registration
  • Level Set Methods
  • Statistical Shape Models
  • Deep Learning
  • Texture Analysis
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Medical Image Segmentation Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.8k and 824 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.8k works
  2. 2 India 824 works
  3. 3 United States 787 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 219 works
  5. 5 Germany 215 works
  6. 6 France 191 works
  7. 7 Japan 145 works
  8. 8 South Korea 141 works
  9. 9 Canada 119 works
  10. 10 Italy 92 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 51.0%India: 14.8%United States: 14.1%United Kingdom: 3.9%6 others listed: 16.2%51%largest
China2,847 · 51.0%India824 · 14.8%United States787 · 14.1%United Kingdom219 · 3.9%6 others listed904 · 16.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Medical Image Segmentation Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Medical Image Segmentation Techniques research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

Who are the leading researchers in Medical Image Segmentation Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques include Andrew Zisserman, Serge Belongie and Jitendra Malik.

  1. 1 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom 25k citations
  2. 2 Serge Belongie United States 14k citations
  3. 3 Jitendra Malik United States 12k citations
  4. 4 Pietro Perona United States 11k citations
  5. 5 Michael Maire United States 10k citations
  6. 6 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 8.5k citations
  7. 7 Alan Yuille United States 8.4k citations
  8. 8 Stanley Osher United States 8k citations
  9. 9 Jiaya Jia Hong Kong 7.5k citations
  10. 10 Thomas S. Huang United States 7.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Medical Image Segmentation Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Medical Image Segmentation Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shenzhen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 420 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 246 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 140 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 136 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 123 works
  6. 6 Chengdu China 119 works
  7. 7 Shenzhen China 117 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 114 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 101 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 99 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ShenzhenCN · 117.2 works5.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Image Segmentation Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical Image Segmentation Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University and Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 26.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: 16, 46.4%ShanghaiTech University: 12, 29.3%Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 19, 24.7%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 30, 18.1%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 20, 34.1%Shenzhen University: 31, 21.5%Shandong Normal University: 8, 30.6%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 51, 25.1%Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications: 18, 9.9%Soochow University: 17, 27.7%Hong Kong University…ShanghaiTech Univers…Chongqing University…Vellore Institute of…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong 62.446.4%5.9×16 -7.7%
2 ShanghaiTech UniversityChina 55.129.3%9.4×12
3 Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 54.224.7%9.5×19 +28.4%
4 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 51.218.1%4.4×30 +219.7%
5 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 50.134.1%4.1×20 -25.3%
6 Shenzhen UniversityChina 48.421.5%6.1×31 -2.9%
7 Shandong Normal UniversityChina 46.630.6%4.9×8 +219.3%
8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 46.025.1%3.4×51 -29.0%
9 Xi’an University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 44.29.9%12.8×18 +21.8%
10 Soochow UniversityChina 44.027.7%3.1×17 +129.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Medical Image Segmentation Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Image Segmentation Techniques.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.