Browsing by Author "Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C."
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Despeckle filtering in ultrasound video of the common carotid artery
Loizou, Christos P.; Kasparis, Takis; Christodoulides, Paul; Theofanous, Charoula; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2012)Noise reduction is essential for increasing the visual quality or as a preprocessing step for further automated analysis in video sequences and video coding. The objective of this work was to investigate four different ...
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Editorial intelligent biomedical systems
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Promponas, Vasilis J.; Maglogiannis, I.; Schizas, Christos N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2014)
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EEmergency health care information systems
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Constantinides, P.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Panayides, Andreas S. (2011)In this paper we provide an overview of the way that information and communication technologies have been used for emergency healthcare support. The paper provides a literature review of case studies exploring information ...
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eEmergency health care information systems.
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Constantinides, P.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Panayides, Andreas S. (2011)In this paper we provide an overview of the way that information and communication technologies have been used for emergency healthcare support. The paper provides a literature review of case studies exploring information ...
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The effect of color correction of endoscopy images for quantitative analysis in endometrium
Neophytou, Michael S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Tanos, Vasilios; Pattichis, Marios S.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Koutsouris, Demetrios Dionysios (2005)The objective of this study was to develop a standardized protocol for the capturing and analysis of endoscopy digital images for subsequent use in a Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system in gynaecological cancer. Images ...
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Effect of zooming on texture features of ultrasonic images
Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Geroulakos, George (2006)Background: Unstable carotid plaques on subjective, visual, assessment using B-mode ultrasound scanning appear as echolucent and heterogeneous. Although previous studies on computer assisted plaque characterisation have ...
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Erratum: Juxtaluminal hypoechoic area in ultrasonic images of carotid plaques and hemispheric symptoms (Journal of Vascular Surgery (2010) 52 (69-76))
Griffin, Maura B.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Bond, Dawn; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Sabetai, Michael; Geroulakos, George; Georgiou, Niki; Doré, C. J.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2010)
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Evaluation of the risk of stroke with confidence predictions based on ultrasound carotid image analysis
Lambrou, Alexandra; Papadopoulos, Harris; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Gammerman, A.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2012)Conformal Predictors (CPs) are Machine Learning algorithms that can provide reliable confidence measures to their predictions. In this work, we make use of the Conformal Prediction framework for the assessment of stroke ...
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A feasibility study for the provision of electronic healthcare tools and services in areas of Greece, Cyprus and Italy
Mougiakakou, Stavroula Gr; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Perakis, Konstantinos; Papadopoulos, Homer; Androulidakis, Aggelos; Konnis, Georgios J.; Tranfaglia, Riccardo; Pecchia, Leandro; Bracale, Umberto; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Koutsouris, Demetrios Dionysios (2011)Through this paper, we present the initial steps for the creation of an integrated platform for the provision of a series of eHealth tools and services to both citizens and travelers in isolated areas of thesoutheast ...
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First and second order statistical texture features in carotid plaque image analysis: Preliminary results from ongoing research
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Petroudi, Styliani; Pattichis, Marios S.; Griffin, Maura B.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Makris, Gregory C. (2011)Carotid plaques have been associated with ipsilateral neurological symptoms. High-resolution ultrasound can provide information not only on the degree of carotid artery stenosis but also on the characteristics of the ...
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First and second order statistical texture features in carotid plaque image analysis: preliminary results from ongoing research.
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Petroudi, Styliani; Pattichis, Marios S.; Griffin, Maura B.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Makris, Gregory C. (2011)Carotid plaques have been associated with ipsilateral neurological symptoms. High-resolution ultrasound can provide information not only on the degree of carotid artery stenosis but also on the characteristics of the ...
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Guest Editorial introduction to the special issue on Biomedical Signal Processing and Analysis selected papers from ITAB 2009
Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Bamidis, Panagiotis D.; Christodoulou, Chris C.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Mitsis, Georgios D.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pitris, Constantinos (2011)
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Guest editorial introduction to the special issue on citizen centered e-health systems in a global healthcare environment: Selected papers from ITAB 2009
Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Schizas, Christos N.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Fotiadis, Dimitrios Ioannis; Pattichis, Marios S.; Bamidis, Panagiotis D. (2011)The January 2011 Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine includes selected papers from Information Technology in Biomedicine (ITAB 2009), held in the month of October in Cyprus. The ...
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Guest editorial: Introduction to the special section on computational intelligence in medical systems
Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Schizas, Christos N.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Micheli-Tzanakou, Litsa Evangelia; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Fotiadis, Dimitrios Ioannis (2009)
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An integrated CAD system facilitating the endometrial cancer diagnosis
Constantinou, Ioannis P.; Koumourou, C. A.; Neofytou, Marios S.; Tanos, Vasilios; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C. (2009)In this study we present an integrated system for supporting the diagnosis of endometrial cancer. The system consists of an electronic patient record that incoporates a hysteroscopy imaging CAD system for the early detection ...
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Integrated platform for continuous monitoring of children with suspected cardiac arrhythmias
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Hoplaros, Demetris; Jossif, Antonis P.; Kounoudes, A.; Milis, M.; Vogiatzis, Dimitrios G. (2009)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 ...
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An integrated system for assessing stroke risk
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Karaolis, Minas A.; Loizou, Christos P.; Christodoulou, Christodoulos I.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2007)
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An integrated teleconsultation system for the evaluation of the risk of stroke
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Christodoulou, Chris C.; Karaolis, Minas A.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (Plymouth University, 2005)This paper describes the design and development of an integrated teleconsultation system for the estimation of the annual incidence of stroke related to carotid atherosclerotic plaque and the detection of high risk and low ...
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Juxtaluminal hypoechoic area in ultrasonic images of carotid plaques and hemispheric symptoms
Griffin, Maura B.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Bond, Dawn; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Sabetai, Michael; Geroulakos, George; Georgiou, Niki; Doré, C. J.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2010)Objectives: The aim was to determine the diagnostic value of a juxtaluminal black (hypoechoic) area without a visible echogenic cap (JBA) in ultrasonic images of internal carotid artery plaques. Methods: Ultrasonic images ...
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m-health e-emergency systems: Current status and future directions
Herscovici, N.; Christodoulou, Chris C.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Panayides, Andreas S.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2007)Rapid advances in wireless communications and networking technologies, linked with advances in computing and medical technologies, facilitate the development and offering of emerging mobile systems and services in the ...