Medical Imaging and Analysis
Medical Imaging and Analysis is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 9.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the automated segmentation, detection, and identification of vertebrae in medical imaging data, particularly CT and MRI scans of the spine. The research involves the development and application of deep learning and computer-aided diagnosis techniques for precise and efficient analysis of spinal structures.
- Spine Segmentation
- Vertebrae Detection
- Automatic Localization
- Medical Image Analysis
- Deep Learning
- CT and MRI
- Computer-Aided Diagnosis
- Segmentation Methods
- Vertebral Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +36% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Medical Imaging and Analysis research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.9k works
- 2 United States 1.1k works
- 3 India 914 works
- 4 Indonesia 252 works
- 5 South Korea 227 works
- 6 Germany 226 works
- 7 Japan 226 works
- 8 United Kingdom 197 works
- 9 Türkiye 182 works
- 10 Italy 139 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.
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Which institutions lead Medical Imaging and Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Medical Imaging and Analysis research, followed by Vellore Institute of Technology University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 40 works
- 2 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 29 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 29 works
- 4 Peking UniversityChina 29 works
- 5 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 28 works
- 6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 23 works
- 7 Chitkara UniversityIndia 23 works
- 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 22 works
- 9 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 21 works
- 10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Medical Imaging and Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Imaging and Analysis include Andrew Zisserman, Alan Yuille and Cyrus Cooper.
- 1 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom 25k citations
- 2 Alan Yuille United States 8.4k citations
- 3 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Medical Imaging and Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Medical Imaging and Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chennai (India) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manipal and Chennai.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ManipalIN · 20.1 works4.7×
- ChennaiIN · 137.3 works3.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Imaging and Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Medical Imaging and Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Chitkara University, Vellore Institute of Technology University and Saveetha University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitkara UniversityIndia | 52.5 | 12.3% | 8.1× | 23 | — |
| 2 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 50.7 | 19.2% | 4.1× | 29 | — |
| 3 | Saveetha UniversityIndia | 49.3 | 6.7% | 5.8× | 40 | — |
| 4 | Technical University of MunichGermany | 46.9 | 31.4% | 1.8× | 10 | +50.3% |
| 5 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 46.3 | 24.5% | 1.8× | 29 | -19.5% |
| 6 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 45.5 | 22.8% | 2.1× | 13 | +13.4% |
| 7 | Peking UniversityChina | 45.1 | 16.0% | 2.6× | 29 | +51.3% |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 44.3 | 15.4% | 3.0× | 23 | +65.4% |
| 9 | SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 44.2 | 11.5% | 4.6× | 28 | — |
| 10 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 43.3 | 27.3% | 1.3× | 12 | +44.7% |
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 Imaging and Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Imaging and Analysis.
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.