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    • Book Chapter  

      Improving tracking accuracy using illumination neutralization and high dynamic range imaging 

      Ladas, N.; Chrysanthou, Yiorgos L.; Loscos, C. (Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
      Object recognition and tracking is a common task in video processing with multiple applications including surveillance, security, industrial inspection, medicine, and more. Recognition and tracking accuracy can drop ...
    • Article  

      Multi-purpose healthcare telemedicine systems with mobile communication link support 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pavlopoulos, Sotirios A.; Berler, A.; Neophytou, Marios; Bourka, A.; Georgoulas, Aggelos; Anagnostaki, Anthoula P.; Karayiannis, D.; Schizas, Christos N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Andreou, Andreas S.; Koutsouris, Demetrios Dionysios (2003)
      The provision of effective emergency telemedicine and home monitoring solutions are the major fields of interest discussed in this study. Ambulances, Rural Health Centers (RHC) or other remote health location such as Ships ...
    • Article  

      Editorial intelligent biomedical systems 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Promponas, Vasilis J.; Maglogiannis, I.; Schizas, Christos N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2014)
    • Article  

      Prediction of high-risk asymptomatic carotid plaques based on ultrasonic image features 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Petroudi, Styliani; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Griffin, Maura B.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2012)
      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 ...
    • Conference Object  

      Multipurpose health care telemedicine system 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pavlopoulos, Sotirios A.; Koutsouris, Demetrios Dionysios; Andreou, Andreas S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Schizas, Christos N. (2001)
      In this study we present a multipurpose health care telemedicine system, which can be used for emergency or patient monitoring cases. Ambulances, Rural Health Centers (RHC) or other remote health location, Ships navigating ...
    • Conference Object  

      Prediction of the time period of stroke based on ultrasound image analysis of initially asymptomatic carotid plaques 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Vogazianos, Paris; Christodoulou, Chris C.; Loizou, Christos P.; Panayides, Andreas S.; Petroudi, Styliani; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
      Non-invasive ultrasound imaging of carotid plaques can provide information on the characteristics of the arterial wall including the size, morphology and texture of the atherosclerotic plaques. Several studies were carried ...
    • Article  

      Texture synthesis based simulation of secondary agents 

      Kyriakou, M.; Chrysanthou, Yiorgos L. (2008)
      Realistic simulation of virtual characters is essential in many applications and particularly in computer games. Having a realistic simulation of an agent is a complex matter since there are many different ways in which ...
    • Article  

      Interaction with virtual crowd in Immersive and semi-Immersive Virtual Reality systems 

      Kyriakou, M.; Pan, X.; Chrysanthou, Yiorgos L. (2016)
      This study examines attributes of virtual human behavior that may increase the plausibility of a simulated crowd and affect the user's experience in Virtual Reality. Purpose-developed experiments in both Immersive and ...
    • Conference Object  

      Interaction with virtual agents - Comparison of the participants' experience between an IVR and a semi-IVR system 

      Kyriakou, M.; Pan, X.; Chrysanthou, Yiorgos L. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
      In this paper we compare participants' behavior and experience when navigating through a virtual environment populated with virtual agents in an IVR (Immersive Virtual Reality) system and a semi-IVR system. We measured the ...
    • Article  

      Classification of atherosclerotic carotid plaques using morphological analysis on ultrasound images 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Mavrommatis, A.; Christodoulou, Christodoulos I.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2009)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of multilevel binary and gray scale morphological analysis in the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plaques. Ultrasound images were recorded from 137 asymptomatic ...
    • Conference Object  

      Multiscale morphological analysis of the atherosclerotic carotid plaque 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Christodoulou, Christodoulos I.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2005)
      The aim of this paper was to investigate the usefulness of multiscale morphological analysis in the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plagues. Ultrasound images were recorded from 137 asymptomatic and 137 symptomatic ...
    • Conference Object  

      A wireless system for monitoring of children with suspected cardiac arrhythmias 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Anastasis, Kounoudes; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Paraskeva, Loucas; Jossif, Antonis P.; Hoplaros, Demetris; Vogiatzis, Dimitrios G. (2009)
      Arrhythmia is one of the most difficult problems in Cardiology and especially in Pediatric Cardiology. In this study, we present a mobile health (m-Health) system that will be used for continuous monitoring of children ...
    • Article  

      Ultrasound imaging in the analysis of carotid plaque morphology for the assessment of stroke 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Christodoulou, Christodoulos I.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Griffin, Maura B.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2005)
      The aim of this chapter is to summarise the recent advances in ultrasonic plaque characterisation and to evaluate the efficacy of computer aided diagnosis based on neural and statistical classifiers using as input texture ...
    • Conference Object  

      An m-health system for continuous monitoring of children with suspected cardiac arrhythmias 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Jossif, Antonis P.; Vogiatzis, Dimitrios G.; Paraskeva, Loucas; Konstantinides, A.; Kounoudes, A. (2008)
      In this study, we present a mobile health (m-Health) system that will be used for continuous monitoring of children with suspected cardiac arrhythmias. The system is able to do real-time acquisition and transmission of ECG ...
    • Article  

      A review of noninvasive ultrasound image processing methods in the analysis of carotid plaque morphology for the assessment of stroke risk 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Loizou, Christos P.; Christodoulou, Chris C.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2010)
      Noninvasive ultrasound imaging of carotid plaques allows for the development of plaque-image analysis methods associated with the risk of stroke. This paper presents several plaque-image analysis methods that have been ...
    • Article  

      Classification of atherosclerotic carotid plaques using gray level morphological analysis on ultrasound images 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Mavrommatis, A.; Panagiotou, S.; Christodoulou, Christodoulos I.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2006)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of gray scale morphological analysis in the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plagues. Ultrasound images were recorded from 137 asymptomatic and 137 symptomatic ...
    • Conference Object  

      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 ...
    • Article  

      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)
    • Conference Object  

      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 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 ...