Browsing by Subject "Biochemical engineering"

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      AM-FM texture image analysis in multiple sclerosis brain white matter lesions 

      Loizou, Christos P.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Seimenis, Ioannis; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2010)
      In this study we investigate the use of multiscale Amplitude Modulation-Frequency Modulation (AM-FM) methods for analyzing brain white matter lesions that are associated with multiple sclerosis MRI lesions imaged at 0 and ...
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      Atherosclerotic carotid plaque texture variability in ultrasound video 

      Loizou, Christos P.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Springer Verlag, 2015)
      Ultrasound video of the common carotid artery (CCA) combined with texture feature analysis has the potential in differentiating between asymptomatic and symptomatic atherosclerotic carotid plaque and is used widely for the ...
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      Comparison of AM-FM features with standard features for the classification of surface electromyographic signals 

      Christodoulou, Christodoulos I.; Kaplanis, P. A.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2010)
      In this work AM-FM features extracted from surface electromyographic (SEMG) signals were compared with standard time and frequency domain features, for the classification of neuromuscular disorders at different force levels. ...
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      Computational protein design: The proteus software and selected applications 

      Simonson, T.; Gaillard, T.; Mignon, D.; Schmidt Am Busch, M.; Lopes, A.; Amara, Najette; Polydorides, Savvas; Sedano, A.; Druart, Karen; Archontis, Georgios Z. (2013)
      We describe an automated procedure for protein design, implemented in a flexible software package, called Proteus. System setup and calculation of an energy matrix are done with the XPLOR modeling program and its sophisticated ...
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      Data protection issues of integrated Electronic Health Records (EHR) 

      Schiza, Eirini C.; Fakas, Georgios John; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Petkov, N.; Schizas, Christos N. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      An Electronic Health Record (EHR) of a patient in perspective maintains the medical history of the citizen electronically in medical databanks serviced locally or is cloud based. The ownership and the access control should ...
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      Dynamic network adaptation for real-time medical video communication 

      Antoniou, Zinonas C.; Panayides, Andreas S.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Constantinides, Anthony G.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      The wider adoption of mHealth video communication systems in standard clinical practice requires adequate levels of clinical video quality to support reliable diagnosis. The latter dictates that real-time adaptation to ...
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      Effect of links’ center of gravity position on the performance of a four-bar linkage as an upper limb rehabilitation mechanism: A parametric study 

      Xydas, E.; Herodotou, P.; Louca, Loucas S.; Mueller, A. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      It has been shown that mechanisms based on closed kinematic chains, with integrated passive elements (springs) can generate motions that replicate the natural hand motion and therefore they can be potentially useful in ...
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      Evaluation of spatial dependence matrices on multiscale instantaneous amplitude for mammogram classification 

      Petroudi, Styliani; Constantinou, Ioannis P.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Tziakouri, Chrysa H.; Tziakouri, Chrysa H.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Springer Verlag, 2015)
      Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Mammography is the only breast cancer screening method that has proven to be effective. Mammographic breast density is increasingly assessed towards the development of more ...
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      First trimester diagnosis of trisomy-21 using artificial neural networks 

      Neocleous, Andreas C.; Nikolaides, Kypros H.; Neokleous, Kleanthis C.; Schizas, Christos N. (2010)
      Langdon Down in 1866 reported on a syndrome in which individuals have skin appearing to be too large for the body, a nose small and a flat face. This is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an ...
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      Haemostasis in minimal invasive gynaecological surgery energies: Technical aspects, safety and efficacy 

      Tanos, Vasilios; Neofytou, Marios S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      The objective of this article is to examine the options, the effectiveness and the safety of the energies used in gynaecological minimal invasive surgery (MIGS), laparoscopic surgery developed in the end of 20th century. ...
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      ICT systems and services for Ageing Well: Identification and assessment of an important set (package) of ICT services for active ageing and independent living 

      Christophorou, C.; Georgiadis, Dimosthenis; Andreou, Panayiotis G.; Kleanthous, Styliani; Cereghetti, D. M.; Meijers, J.; Christodoulou, Eleni; Samaras, George S. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      Currently, the main care model for supporting elderly people living alone at home is based on informal and formal caregivers assistance. Considering the demographic changes of older population, which increases rapidly, ...
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      Mechanical stress regulates tissue oxygenation, cancer cell proliferation and drug delivery during progression of solid tumors 

      Mpekris, F.; Angeli, S.; Pirentis, A. P.; Stylianopoulos, T. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      Oxygen supply plays a central role in cancer cell proliferation. While vascular density increases at the early stages of carcinogenesis, mechanical solid stresses developed during growth compress tumor blood vessels and, ...
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      A national Electronic Health Record System for Cyprus 

      Neokleous,Kleanthis C.; Schiza, Eirini C.; Salameh, E.; Palazis, K.; Schizas, Christos N. (Springer Verlag, 2014)
      This paper presents part of the work done for the "Electronic Health Record (EHR) at National Level project" under the Framework Program for Research, Technological Development and Innovation 2009-2010 of the Research ...
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      Non-invasive trisomy 21 diagnosis using fuzzy cognitive maps 

      Papaioannou, Maria; Neocleous, Costas K.; Schizas, Christos N. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      A fuzzy Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS) has been developed, exploiting the possibilities of a specific algorithm which transforms a crisp dataset into fuzzy. The purpose of the developed fuzzy DDSS is the diagnosis ...
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      An overview of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging analysis studies in the assessment of alzheimer’s disease 

      Leandrou, Stephanos; Petroudi, Styliani; Kyriacou, Panicos A.; Reyes-Aldasoro, C. C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      Medical image analysis and visualization, can contribute in quantitative and qualitative analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) towards an earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Moreover, the early detection ...
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      Prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidy using artificial neural networks in relation to health economics 

      Neocleous, Andreas C.; Neocleous, Costas K.; Petkov, N.; Nicolaides, Kypros H.; Schizas, Christos N. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      The early detection of fetal chromosomal abnormalities such as aneuploidies, has been an important subject in medicine over the last thirty years. A pregnant woman is advised by the doctor to perform an amniocentesis test, ...
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      Reliable hysteroscopy color imaging 

      Constantinou, Ioannis P.; Tanos, Vasilios; Neofytou, Marios S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2010)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of two hysteroscopy cameras, the Circon IP 4 and Karl Storz HD, in relation to white balance, camera response over time, and color correction. Experimental results, ...
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      A robotic cloud ecosystem for elderly care and ageing well: The GrowMeUp approach 

      Georgiadis, Dimosthenis; Christophorou, C.; Kleanthous, Styliani; Andreou, Panayiotis G.; Santos, L.; Christodoulou, Eleni; Samaras, George S. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      Robotic systems in Ageing Well, like GrowMeUp, are among those assistive technologies, providing companionship and offering functionality related to the support of active and independent living, monitoring and maintaining ...
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      Suggesting a sonographic index to measure ultrasound diaphragmatic MRR 

      Loizou, Christos P.; Loizou, Christos P.; Matamis, D.; Soleimezi, E.; Minas, G.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      Measurements of ultrasound diaphragmatic motion may provide important and essential information about diaphragmatic fatigue. In this work, we propose a semiautomated analysis system for measuring the diaphragmatic motion ...
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      A system for monitoring children with suspected cardiac arrhythmias - Technical optimizations and evaluation 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Hoplaros, Demetris; Kounoudes, A.; Milis, M.; Jossif, Antonis P. (2010)
      Children with cardiac arrhythmias constitute one of the most difficult problems in cardiology both in terms of diagnosis and management. In such cases continuous monitoring of ECG vital signs and environmental conditions ...