J1) C. P. Loizou, M. Millis, A. Kounoudes, “Detection of cognitive decline in elderly using an automated speech analysis system”, to be submitted.
J2) C. P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, C. S. Pattichius, “EDSS Based Multiple Sclerosis Disease Evolution Assessment in Brain MRI and its Correlation with Texture and Amplitude Modulation-Frequency Modulation (AM-FM) Features”, to be submitted.
J3) C.P. Loizou, E. Kyriakou, M. B. Griffin, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Texture analysis of the intima-media complex of the left and right common carotid artery”, to be submitted, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Engineering, 2020.
J4) E. Kyriakou, C.P. Loizou, S. Odeh, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Estimation of long- and short-term stroke risk based on ultrasound carotid imaging and clinical data of initially asymptomatic patients”, to be submitted, 2020.
J5) K.M. Meiburger, G. Zahnd, F. Faita, C.P. Loizou, et al., “Carotid Ultrasound Boundary Study (CUBS): an open multi-center analysis of automatic and semi-automatic measurement systems for the intima-media thickness (IMT) and its clinical impact”, EHJ Cardiovascular Imaging., 2020, submitted.
J6) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, E. Kyriakou, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Effect of internal carotid artery degree of stenosis on wall and plaque distensibility”, Med. Biol. Eng. & Comput., 2020, submitted.
J7) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, “Ultrasound common carotid artery video simulation, evaluation, texture and motion analysis”, J. Biomed. Graph. & Computing, submitted, 2020.
J8) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, C. S. Pattichis, “Normal appearing brain white matter changes in relapsing multiple sclerosis: Texture image and classification analysis in serial MRI scans,” Magnet. Reson. Image, vol. x, no. x, pp. xx-xx, resubmitted, 2020.
J9) C.P. Loizou, C. Chrysostomou, G. Minas, C.S. Pattichis, “Ultrasound diaphragmatic manual and semi-automated measurements: Application in simulated and in vivo data of critically ill subjects”, Comp. Methods & Prog. Biomed., vol. 194, pp. 1-10, Oct. 2020. Art. No. 105517.
J10) C.P. Loizou, D. Matamis, G. Minas, T. Kyprianou, C.D. Loizou, E. Soilemezi, E. Kotco, C.S. Pattichis, “A new method for diaphragmatic maximum relaxion rate ultrasonographic measurement in the assessment of patients with diaphragmatic dysfunction”, IEEE J. Translational Eng. Health & Medic., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-10, Dec. 2018.
J11) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, E. Kyriakou, A.N. Nicolaides, “Texture feature variability in ultrasound video of the atherosclerotic carotid plaque”, IEEE J. Translational Eng. Health & Medic., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-9, Oct. 2017.
J12) C.P. Loizou, A.N. Nicolaides, N. Georghiou, M. Griffin, E. Kyriakou, C.S. Pattichis, “A comparison of ultrasound intima-media thickness measurements of the left and right common carotid artery,” IEEE J. Translational Eng. Health & Medic., vol. 3, no.1, pp. 1-10, July 21, 2015.
J13) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, “An integrated system for the complete segmentation of the common carotid artery bifurcation in ultrasound images,” J. Biomed. Eng. & Informatics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 11-24, 2015.
J14) A.S. Panayides, M.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, A.G. Constantinides, C.S. Pattichis, “An effective ultrasound video communication system using despeckle filtering and HEVC,” IEEE J. Biomed. Health Inform., vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 668-676, 2015.
J15) C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, I. Seimenis, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Quantitative texture analysis of brain white matter lesions derived from T2-weighted MR images in MS patients with clinically isolated syndrome,” J. Neuroradiol., vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 99-114, 2015.
J16) C.P. Loizou, “A review on ultrasound common carotid artery image and video segmentation techniques,” Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 1073-1093, 2014. [Citations: 42]
J17) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, T. Lazarou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, “Manual and automated intima-media thickness and diameter measurements of the common carotid artery in patients with renal failure disease,” Comput. Biol. & Medicine, vol. 53, pp. 220-229, 2014.
J18) C.P. Loizou, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering for multiscale amplitude-modulation frequency-modulation (AM-FM) texture analysis of ultrasound images of the intima-media complex,” Int. J. Biomed. Imag., vol. 2014, Art. ID. 518414, 13 pages, 2014. (open access)
J19) C.P. Loizou, C. Theofanous, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, “Despeckle filtering software toolbox for ultrasound imaging of the common carotid artery”, Comput. Meth. & Progr. Biomed., vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 109-124, 2014. Best paper, editor’s choice.
J20) C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A.N. Nicolaides, “An integrated system for the segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque in ultrasound video”, IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Contr., vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 86-101, 2014.
J21) C.P. Loizou, C. Theofanous, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, P. Christodoulides, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering toolbox for medical ultrasound video,” Int. J. Monitoring & Surveill. Technol. Resear. (IJMSTR): Special issue Biomed. Monitor. Technol., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 61-79, 2013.
J22) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, M. Poliviou, “Evaluation of wound healing process based on texture image analysis,” J. Biomed. Graph. & Comput., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-13, 2013. [Citations: 5]
J23) C.P. Loizou, E.C. Kyriacou, I. Seimenis, M. Pantziaris, S. Petroudi, M. Karaolis, C.S. Pattichis, “Brain white matter lesion classification in multiple sclerosis subjects for the prognosis of future disability,” Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal (IDT), vol. 7, pp. 3-10, 2013.
J24) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, I. Seimenis, “Brain MRI Image normalization in texture analysis of multiple sclerosis,” J. Biomed. Graph. & Comput., vol. 3, no.1, pp. 20-34, 2013.
J25) S. Petroudi, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Segmentation of the common carotid intima-media complex in ultrasound images using active contours,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 3060-3069, 2012.
J26) L. Christodoulou, C.P. Loizou, C. Spyrou, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, “Full-automated medical imaging system for segmentation and detection of carotid plaque and carotid artery lumen from ultrasound images,” Biomed. Techn., vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 197-207, 2012.
J27) A. Panayides, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, A. Pitsillides, “Atherosclerotic plaque ultrasound video encoding, wireless transmission, and quality assessment using H.264,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Tech. Biomed., vol.15, no. 3, pp. 387-397, 2011.
J28) C.P. Loizou, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Multiscale amplitude modulation-frequency modulation (AM-FM) texture analysis of ultrasound images of the intima and media layers of the carotid artery,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Tech. Biomed., vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 178-188, 2011.
J29) C.P. Loizou, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, I. Seimenis, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Multi-scale amplitude modulation-frequency modulation (AM-FM) texture analysis of multiple sclerosis in brain MRI images,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Tech. Biomed., vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 119-129, 2011.
J30) E. Kyriacou, C. Pattichis, M. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, C. Christodoulou, S. Kakos, A. Nicolaides, “A review of non-invasive ultrasound imaging processing methods in the analysis of carotid plaque morphology for the assessment of stroke,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Tech. Biomed., vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1027-1038, 2010.
J31) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, M.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriakou, C.S. Pattichis, “Ultrasound image texture analysis of the intima and media layers of the common carotid artery and its correlation with age and gender,” Comput. Med. Imag. Graph., vol. 33, no.4, pp. 317-324, 2009.
J32) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, A. Nicolaides, M. Pantziaris, “Manual and automated media and intima thickness measurements of the common carotid artery,” IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Contr., vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 983-994, 2009.
J33) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, “An integrated system for the segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Techn. Biomed.,” vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 661-667, 2007.
J34) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, T. Tyllis, A. Nicolaides, “Snakes based segmentation of the common carotid artery intima media,” Med. Biol. Eng. Comput.,” vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 35-49, Jan. 2007.
J35) E. Kyriacou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Karaolis, C.P. Loizou, C. Christodoulou, M.S. Pattichis, S. Kakos, A. Nicolaides, “An Integrated system for assessing stroke risk,” IEEE Eng. Medic. & Biol. Magaz., vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 43-50, 2007.
J36) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, T. Tyllis, A. Nicolaides, “Quality evaluation of ultrasound imaging in the carotid artery based on normalization and speckle reduction filtering,” Med. Biol. Eng. Comput.,” vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 414-426, 2006.
J37) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, C.I. Christodoulou, R.S.H. Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides “Comparative evaluation of despeckle filtering in ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery,” IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Contr., vol. 52, no. 10, pp. 1653-1669, 2005.
Conference Publications
C1) C. P. Loizou, P. Christodoulides, “A brief survey of voice signal analysis techniques for stress assessment”, submitted to Int. Conf. on Engineering Systems (ICES 2020), Moscow, Russia, 20-22 May, 2020, accepted.
C2) A. S. Panayides, C. P. Loizou, M. S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, C. S. Pattichis, “The battle of codecs in the healthcare domain: VVC or AV1?”, 41st Int. Engineer. Medicine & Biology Conf. (EMBC), Berlin Germany, pp. 1-4, 23-27 July 2019.
C3) E. Ambrosini1, M. Caielli1, M. Milis, C. P. Loizou, et al., “Automatic speech analysis to early detect cognitive impairment in elderly population”, 41st Ann. IEEE Int. Conf. Eng. Medic. Biol. Society (EMBC), pp. 12-16, Berlin, Germany, 23-27 July, 2019.
C4) Efthivoulos Kyriakou, Alexandra Constandinou, Christos P. Loizou, Andrew Nicolaides, Maura Griffin, Marios S Pattichis, Hamed Nasrabadi, Constandinos S. Pattichis, “Carotid bifurcation plaque stability estimation based on motion analysis”, IEEE CBMS 30th Int. Symp. Comp.-Based Med. Syst., Thessaloniki, Greece, June 22-24, pp. 1-4, 2017.
C5) Christos P. Loizou, Christos Papacharalambous, Giorgos Samaras, Efthivoulos Kyriakou, Takis Kasparis, Marios Pantziaris, Eleni Eracleous, Constandinos S. Pattichis, “Brain Image and Lesions Registration and 3D Reconstruction in Dicom MRI Images”, IEEE CBMS 30th Int. Symp. Comp.-Based Med. Syst., Thessaloniki, Greece. June 22 - 24, pp. 1-4, 2017.
C6) C.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriakou, C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, M.S. Pattichis, C. Christodoulou, A. Nicolaides, “Ultrasound video analysis of carotid plaque morphology for the assessment of stroke”, IEEE Int. Conf. Biomed & Health Inform., BHI, Orlando, Florida, 16-19, pages 1, Feb. 2017.
C7) G. Michael, K. Tsaparellas, G. Panis, C.P. Loizou, A. Lanitis, “Towards non-invasive patient monitoring through iris tracking and pain detection”, XIV Mediter. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng. & Comput., Medicon, Paphos, Cyprus, March 31-Apr. 2, pp. 361-366, vol. 57, 2016.
C8) N. Soulis, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, C.P. Loizou, “Texture features variability in ultrasound video of atherosclerotic carotid plaques”, XIV Mediter. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng. & Comput., Medicon, Paphos, Cyprus, March 31-Apr. 2, pp. 351-354, vol. 57, 2016.
C9) C.D. Loizou, C.P. Loizou, D. Matamis, K. Soleimezi, G. Minas, C.S. Pattichis, “Suggesting a novel sonographic index to measure ultrasound diaphragmatic MRR”, XIV Mediter. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng. & Comput., Medicon, Paphos, Cyprus, March 31-Apr. 2, pp. 355-360, vol. 57, 2016.
C10) R. Solomou, C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, “Ultrasound common carotid artery video simulation and motion analysis”, XIV Mediter. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng. & Comput., Medicon, Paphos, Cyprus, March 31-Apr. 2, pp. 347-350, vol. 57, 2016.
C11) E. Kyriakou, P. Vogazianos, C. Christodoulou, C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, M. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, A. Panayides, “Prediction of the time period of stroke based on ultrasound image analysis of initially asymptomatic carotid plaques”, in Proc. 37th Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. & Biol. Society (EMBC), Milan, Italy, August 25-29, pp. 334-337, 2015.
C12) C. Chrysostomou, C.P. Loizou, G. Minas, K. Delimbasis, C.S. Pattichis, “Measurement of ultrasonic diaphragmatic motion”, in Proc. 37th Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. & Biol. Society, Milan, Italy, August 25-29, pp. 6358-6361, 2015.
C13) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, “Despeckle filtering of the intima-media complex in ultrasound images for multiscale Amplitude-Modulation Frequency-Modulation (AM-FM) texture analysis”, Int. conf. Significant Advances in Biomed. Eng. (MBE-2015), Apr. 27-29, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 99-103, 2015.
C14) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Atherosclerotic carotid plaque texture features variability in ultrasound videos”, 6th Europ. Conf. Int. Fed. Med. & Biolog. Eng. (MBEC), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 7-11 Sept., IFMBE Proc., vol. 45, pp. 176-179, 2014.
C15) C.P. Loizou, N. Georghiou, M. Griffin, E. Kyriakou, A.N. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “Texture analysis of the media-layer of the left and right common carotid artery,” IEEE Int. Conf. Biomed. & Health Inform. (BHI), Valencia, Spain, June 1-4, pp. 684-687, 2014.
C16) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, N. Georghiou, M. Griffin, A.N. Nicolaides, “A comparison of ultrasound intima-media thickness measurements of the left and right common carotid artery,” 12th Int. Conf. Bioinf. & Bioeng. (BIBE), Chania, Crete, Nov. 11-13, pages 4, T.1.5.4, 2013.
C17) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, M. Theofilou, T. Kasparis, E. Kyriakou, “Texture analysis in ultrasound images of carotid plaque components of asymptomatic and symptomatic subjects”, IFIP Int. Fed. Inform. Proc., 9th Int. Conf. Artific. Intellig. Applic. & Innov. (AIAI 2013) IFIP AICT 412, Pafos, Cyprus, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, pp. 282-291, 2013.
C18) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, C. Spyrou, M. Pantziaris, “Integrated system for the complete segmentation of the carotid artery bifurcation in ultrasound images”, IFIP Int. Feder.Inform. Proc., 9th Int. Conf. on Artific. Intellig. Applic. & Innov. (AIAI 2013) IFIP AICT 412, Pafos, Cyprus, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2013, pp. 292-301, 2013.
C19) C.P. Loizou, E. Anastasiou, T. Kasparis, T. Lazarou, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Ultrasound intima-media thickness and diameter measurements of the common carotid artery in patients with renal failure disease”, IFIP Int. Federation for Inform. Proc., 9th Int. Conf. on Artific. Intellig. Applic. & Innov. (AIAI 2013) IFIP AICT 412, Pafos, Cyprus, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2013, pp. 272-281, 2013.
C20) A. Karatzias, Sp. Rekatsinas, A. Panayides, C.P. Loizou, G. Koulermou, “Assessment and evaluation of wound healing process based on texture analysis in the clinical setting, a preliminary study for a valuable tool”, 17th World Congress Int. Feder. Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetics Surgery, IPRAS 2013, 4 pages, 24 Feb.-1st March 2013.
C21) A. Panayides, C.P. Loizou, M.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriacou, C.N. Shizas, A.N. Nicolaides, and C.S. Pattichis, “Ultrasound video despeckle filtering for high efficiency video coding in M-Health systems”, Constantinides Int. Workshop on Sign. Proces., CIWSP 2013, London, UK, Jan. 25, 4 pages, 2013.
C22) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, O. Mitsi, M. Poliviou, “Evaluation of wound healing process based on texture analysis,” 12th Int. Conf. Bioinf. & Bioeng. Proc. (BIBE), Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov. 11-13, 4 pages, 2012.
C23) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, P. Papakyriakou, L. Christodoulou, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Video segmentation of the common carotid artery intima-media complex”, 12th Int. Conf. Bioinf. & Bioeng. Proc. (BIBE), Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov. 11-13, 4 pages, 2012.
C24) C.P. Loizou, T. Kasparis, P. Christodoulides, C. Theofanous, M. Pantziaris, E. Kyriakou, C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering in ultrasound video of the common carotid artery”, 12th Int. Conf. Bioinf. & Bioeng. Proc. (BIBE), Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov. 11-13, 4 pages, 2012.
C25) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, S. Petroudi, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, A.N. Nicolaides, “Segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque in ultrasound video,” 34th Ann. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol., EMBC, San Diego, USA, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, pages 4, Paper WeA03.2, 2012.
C26) L. Christodoulou, C.P. Loizou, C. Spyrou, T. Kasparis, M. Pantziaris, “Full-automated system for the segmentation of the common carotid artery in ultrasound images,” 5th Int. Symposium on Commun. Contr. & Sign. Proc. (ISCCSP), Rome, Italy, pages 6, 2-4 May 2012.
C27) S. Murillo, V. Murray, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pattichis, E.S. Barriga, “Multi-scale AM-FM motion analysis of ultrasound videos of carotid artery plaques,” SPIE Med. Imag., Town & Country Resort and Convention Centre, San Diego, California, USA, Proc. SPIE 8320, 8320-11, 4-9 Feb. 2012.
C28) S. Murillo, V. Murray, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M.S. Pattichis, E.S. Barriga, “Motion analysis of ultrasound videos with applications to classification of carotid artery plaques,” SPIE Med. Imag., Town & Country Resort, Conv. Centre, San Diego, California, USA, Proc. SPIE 8320-37, 4-9 Feb. 2012.
C29) C.P. Loizou, E.C. Kyriacou, I. Seimenis, M. Pantziaris, C. Christodoulou, M.S. Pattichis, and C.S. Pattichis, “Brain white matter lesions classification in multiple sclerosis subjects for the prognosis of future disability,” 12th Eng. Applic. Neur. Netw. (EANN)/7th Artific. Intellig. Applic. & Innov. (AIAI), Corfu, Greece, Sept. 15-18, Part II, IFIP AICT 364, pp. 400-409, 2011.
C30) S. Petroudi, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, M.S Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, “A fully automated method using active contours for the evaluation of the intima-media thickness in carotid US images,” 33rd An. Int. IEEE EMBS Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. & Biol. Society, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, pages 6, SaP24.22, 2011.
C31) F. Molinari, C.P. Loizou, G. Zeng, C. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, W. Liboni, A. Nicoliades, J. Suri, “Completely automated multi-resolution edge snapper (CAMES)–A new technique for an accurate carotid ultrasound IMT measurement and its validation on a multi-institutional database,” SPIE Med. Imag. Proces., Orlando, FL, USA, Feb. 12-17, vol. 7962, pp. 79623T-1-79623T-10, 2011.
C32) C.P. Loizou, I. Seimenis, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, C.S. Pattichis, “Texture image analysis of normal white matter areas in clinically isolated syndrome that evolved in demyelinating lesions in subsequent MRI scans: Multiple sclerosis disease evolution,” ITAB2010-10th Int. Conf. Inform. Techn. & Applic. Biomed., Corfu, Greece, Nov. 3-5, 2010, pages 5, 2010.
C33) S. Petroudi, C.P. Loizou, C. S. Pattichis, “Atherosclerotic carotid wall segmentation in ultrasound imaging using Markov Random fields”, ITAB2010-10th Int. Conf. Inform. Techn. & Applic. in Biomed., Corfu, Greece, Nov. 3-5, pages 4, 2010.
C34) C.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriacou, M.S. Pattichis, C.I. Christodoulou, C.P. Loizou, S. Kakkos, A. Spanias and A. Nicolaides, “A review of non-invasive ultrasound image processing methods in the analysis of carotid plaque morphology for the assessment of stroke,” Recent advances in health and medical sciences, (2nd RAHMS) Int. Conf., Paphos, Cyprus, pp. 1-4, 8-12 July 2010.
C35) C.P. Loizou, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “ΑM-FM Texture image analysis in multiple sclerosis brain white matter lesions,” XII Med. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng. & Comput., IFMBE Proc., Medicon 2010, Porto Caras, Greece, May 27-30, pp. 446-449, 2010.
C36) C.P. Loizou, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “ΑM-FM Texture image analysis in brain white matter lesions in the progression of multiple sclerosis,” IEEE Southwest Symp. Image Analysis & Interpretation-SSIAI 2010, Austin, Texas-USA, paper 1068, pp. 61-64, May 23-25, 2010.
C37) I. Seimenis, C.P. Loizou, E. Economides, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, “Temporal texture and shape analysis for quantification and monitoring of lesion load in multiple sclerosis,” Europ. Congr. Radiology (ECR2010), Vienna, Austria, paper number 1445, pages 4, March 4-8, 2010.
C38) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriakou, “M-mode state-based identification in ultrasound videos of the common carotid artery,” Proc. 4th Int. Symp. Commun. Contr. & Sign. Proces., ISCCSP 2010, Limassol, Cyprus, pages 6, March 3-5, 2010.
C39) S. Murillo, M.S. Pattichis, P. Soliz, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, “Global optimization for motion estimation with applications to ultrasound videos of carotid artery plaques,” SPIE Medic. Imag., San Diego, California, USA, pp. 7629-7632, Feb. 13-18, 2010.
C40) A. Panayides, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, “Wireless ultrasound video transmission for stroke risk assessment: Quality metrics and system design,” 4th Int. Worksh. Video Proces. & Qual. Metrics Consumer Electr.-VPQM2010, Scottsdale, Arizona USA, paper 28, pp-14, Jan. 13-15, 2010.
C41) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, I. Seimenis, C.S. Pattichis, “MRI intensity normalization in brain multiple sclerosis subjects,” ITAB2009-9th Int. Conf. Inform. Techn. & Applic. in Biomed., Larnaca, Cyprus, pp. 1-5, Nov. 5-7, 2009.
C42) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, I. Seimenis, M. Pantziaris, “Quantitative Analysis of Brain White Matter Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Subjects,” ITAB2009-9th Int. Conf. Inform. Techn. & Applic. Biomed., Larnaca, Cyprus, pp. 1-4, Nov. 5-7, 2009.
C43) A. Panayides, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, A. Pitsillides, “Error resilient medical ultrasound video ROI encoding using flexible macroblock ordering”, Int. Conf. Image Process. (ICIP), Cairo, Egypt, pp. 1-4, Nov. 7-9, 2009.
C44) C.P. Loizou, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Christodoulou, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, C.S. Pattichis, “ΑM-FM Texture Image Analysis of the Intima and Media Layers of the Carotid Artery,” ICANN-2009, Proc. II of 19th Int. Conf. Artificial Neur. Networks, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 885-894, Sept. 14-17, 2009.
C45) A. Panayides, M. Pattichis, C. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, A. Pitsillides, “Robust and efficient ultrasound video coding in noisy channels using H.264,” EMBC 09, 31st Annual Int. IEEE EMBS Conf., Sept. 2-6, Hilton Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, SaBPo11.4, pages 4, 2009.
C46) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, A.N. Nicolaides, A. Spanias, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, “Ultrasound imaging media Layer texture analysis of the carotid artery,” 8th IEEE Int. Conf. Bioinf. & Bioeng. (BIBE), Athens, Greece, pp. 1-6, 8-10 Oct. 2008.
C47) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, I. Seimenis, E. Eracleous, C.N. Schizas, M. Pantziaris, “Quantitative analysis of brain white matter lesions in multiple sclerosis subjects: Preliminary findings,” IEEE Proc. of the the 5th Int. Conf. Inf. Techn. & Appl. In Biomed., ITAB 2008, Shenzhen, China, pp. 58-61, May 30-31, 2008.
C48) R.S.H. Istepanian, M. Martini, C.P. Loizou, N. Philip, A. Sungoor, “Quality compression requirements for microarray image compression and transmission,” IEEE Int. Worksh. Genomic Signal Proces. & Statistics, Phoenix, Arizona, GSS.2, pp. 1-4, June 8-10, 2008.
C49) N. Tsapatsoulis, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, “Region of interest video coding for low bit-rate transmission of carotid ultrasound videos over 3G wireless networks,” Proc. 29th An. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. (EMBS), Cite Int., Lyon-France, FrP2D2.10, pp. 3717-3720, Aug. 23-26, 2007.
C50) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, N. Georgiou, E. Kyriakou, “Media thickness measurement of the common carotid artery,” Proc. IEEE EMBS 2007, 29th Annual Int. Conf. IEEE Engin. Med. Biol., Cite Int., Lyon, France, FrP1B6.5, pp. 2171-2174, Aug. 23-26, 2007.
C51) V. Murray, S. Murrilo, M.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriakou, A. Nicolaides, “An AM-FM model for motion estimation in atherosclerotic plaque videos,” in 41st IEEE Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems & Computers, pp. 746-750, Nov. 4-7, 2007.
C52) N. Tsapatsoulis, C. Pattichis, A. Kounoudes, C.P. Loizou, A. Constantinides, J. Taylor, “Visual attention based region of interest coding for video-telephony applications,” 5th Int. Symp., CSNDSP Commun. Systems, Networks & Digit. Sign. Proces., July 19-21, pp. 1-6, Jul. 2006.
C53) S.E. Murillo, M.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriakou, A.G. Constantinides, A.N. Nicolaides, “Atherosclerotic plaque motion trajectory analysis from ultrasound videos,” IEEE Int. Special Topic Conf. Inform. Techn. Biomed., Ioannina, Greece, paper 166, pp.1-5, 26-28 Oct. 2006.
C54) S. Murillo, M.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, E. Kyriacou, A.G. Constantinides, A. Nicolaides, “Atherosclerotic plaque motion analysis from ultrasound videos,” IEEE Asilomar Conf. Signals, Syst. & Comp., Pacific Grove, CA, USA, paper TA 3.4, pp. 1-5, Oct. 29- Nov. 1, 2006.
C55) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, “Performance evaluation of active contour models for carotid plaque segmentation,” Proc. EMBEC 2005, 3rd Eur. Medic. & Biolog. Eng. Conf. IFMBE Biomed. Eng., Prague, Czech Republic, vol. 11, no. 1, pages 6, Nov. 20-25, 2005.
C56) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, R.S.H. Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, T. Tyllis, A. Nicolaides, “Quality evaluation of ultrasound imaging in the carotid artery,” IEEE Int. Conf. Melecon, Dubrovnik-Croatia, vol. I, pp. 395-398, May 12-15, 2004.
C57) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, R.S.H. Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, “Atherosclerotic carotid plaque segmentation,” II EFOMP Med. Conf. Medic. Phys., Cyprus, pp. W2-3 (6 pages), April 28-30, 2004.
C58) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, R. Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, “Intima media segmentation of the carotid artery,” IEEE Int. Conf. Medicon, July 31-Aug. 5, Ischia, Naples-Italy, X Medit. Conf. Medic. & Biolog. Engin., "Health in the Information Society”, POS-03, 499, pp. 1-4, 2004.
C59) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, R.S.H. Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, “Atherosclerotic carotid plaque segmentation,” Proc. 26th Annual Int. Conf. IEEE EMBS, San Francisco, California, USA, Sept. 1-5, pp. 1403-1406, 2004.
C60) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, R.S.H Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, E. Kyriakou, T. Tyllis, A. Nicolaides, “Ultrasound image quality evaluation,” ITAB 2003, Proc. 4th Annual Int. IEEE Conf. Technol. Applicat. Biomed., Birmingham UK, pp.138-141, 24-26 April, 2003.
C61) C.P. Loizou, C.I. Christodoulou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Patziaris, A. Nicolaides, “Ultrasonic imaging De-speckling and texture analysis for the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid,” 1st Medit. Congress Neurology, Limassol-Cyprus, pp. 1-4, April 25-28, 2002.
C62) C.P. Loizou, C.I. Christodoulou, C.S. Pattichis, R. Istepanian, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, “Speckle reduction in ultrasound images of atherosclerotic carotid plaque,” DSP-2002, 14th Int. IEEE Conf. Digital Sign. Proces., Santorini-Greece, pp. 525-528, July 1-3, 2002.
C63) C.I. Christodoulou, C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, E. Kyriakou, M.S. Pattichis, C.N. Schizas, A. Nicolaides, “De-speckle filtering in ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery,” 2nd joint EMBS/BMES IEEE Engin. Medic. & Biol. Society & Biomed. Engin. Society, Houston, TX, USA, pp. 1027-1028, 23-26 October, 2002.
C64) T. Greiner, C.P. Loizou, M. Pandit, J. Mauruschat, F.W. Albert, “Speckle reduction in ultrasound imaging for medical applications,” Proc. of the ICASSP 91-1991 Int. Conf. Acoustic Speech & Sign. Proces. Toronto, Canada, pp. 2993-2996, May 14-17, 1991.
Books
1) Christos P. Loizou, Constandinos S. Pattichis, Jan D’Hooge, “Handbook of Speckle Filtering and Tracking in Cardiovascular Ultrasound Imaging and Video”, Ed. C. P. Loizou, C. S. Pattchis, J. d’Hooge, IET SciTech Publishing, 500 pages, 31. Jan. 2018, ISBN-13: 978-1-78561-290-9.
2) Christos P. Loizou, Constantinos S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering for ultrasound imaging and video,” Vol. II: Selected applications, Synthesis lectures on algorithms and software in engineering, Ed. Morgan & Claypool publishers, 1537 Fourth Street, Suite 228, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-180, August 2015, ISBN-9781627058148.
3) Christos P. Loizou, Constantinos S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering for ultrasound imaging and video, Vol. I: Algorithms and software,” Synthesis lectures on algorithms and software in engineering, Ed. Morgan & Claypool publishers, 1537 Fourth street, Suite 228, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-180, April 2015. ISBN: 9781627056687.
4) Christos Loizou, “Ultrasound image analysis of the carotid artery, Applications in ultrasound filtering, segmentation and texture analysis,” Lambert academic publishing GmbH & Co. KG, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-8473-7592-0.
5) Christos P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering algorithms and software for ultrasound imaging,” Synthesis lectures on algorithms and software for engineering, Ed. Morgan & Claypool, 1537 Fourth street, Suite 228, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA, June 2008, ISBN-13: 9781598296204.
Chapters in Books
1) E. Kyriakou, C. P. Loizou, “Cardiovascular Disease Stratification based on ultrasound images of the carotid artery”, in “Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare”, in Studies in Computational Intelligence Springer Book Series. Ed. Maglogiannis I., 2019.
2) C.P. Loizou, E. Kyriakou, “Ultrasound asymptomatic carotid plaque image analysis for the prediction of the risk of stroke”, in Cardiovascular Computing - Methodologies and Clinical Applications, Ed. By C. Nikita and S. Golemati, Springer Science and Business Media Singapore Private Ltd, 2018.
3) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, “Atherosclerotic carotid plaque segmentation in ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery,” In Handbook of Atherosclerosis, Ed. By L. Saba, J.M. Sanches, Pedro, and J.S. Suri, Multi-modality atherosclerosis imaging and diagnosis, Springer Science & Business Media, London, UK, Chapter 18, pp. 237-246, 2014.
4) C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris and C.S. Pattichis, “Media and intima thickness and texture analysis of the common carotid artery,” In ultrasound imaging, Ed. By J.M. Sanches, A.F. Lane, and J.S. Suri, Springer Publishing Company, London, UK, pp. 99-128, 2012.
5) C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckling,” In Handbook of ultrasound and carotid bifurcation atherosclerosis, Part 2: Ultrasound measurements processing and analysis, chapter 9, editors: A. Nicolaides, K. Beach, C. Pattichis, E. Kyriakou, Springer Publishing Company, Chapter 7, pp. 153-194, 2011.
6) C.P. Loizou, and C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering of ultrasound images,” In Handbook of atherosclerosis disease management, Ed. By J.S. Suri, C. Kathuria, F. Molinari, Springer Publishing Company, London, UK, Chapter 7, pp. 153-194, 2011, DOI: 100.1007/978-1-4419-7221-7.
7) A. Panayides, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, and A. Pitsillides, “Towards diagnostically robust medical ultrasound video streaming using H.264, in biomedical engineering,” Ed. by Carlos Alexander Barros De Mello, IN-TECH, Vienna, Austria, pp. 219-237, 2009.
8) E. Kyriacou, C.I. Christodoulou, C.P. Loizou, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, S. Kakos, A. Nicolaides, “Assessment of stroke by analysing carotid plaque morphology, in Handbook of research on advanced techniques in diagnostic imaging and biomedical applications,” chapter XI, pp. 160-180, Editors: T.P. Exarchos, A. Papadopoulos, D.I. Fotiadis, IGI Global Publications, USA, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-60566-314-2.
9) C.P. Loizou, “Quality evaluation of ultrasound imaging in the carotid artery,” in Advances in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound Imaging, chapter 4, pp. 93-110, Ed. By J.S. Suri, C. Kathuria, R.-F. Chang, F. Molinari, A. Fenster, Artech House, Norwood, MA, USA, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-1-59693-144-2.
10) C.P. Loizou, “Despeckle filtering in ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery,” in Advances in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound Imaging, chapter 2, pp. 37-63, Ed. By J.S. Suri, C. Kathuria, R.-F. Chang, F. Molinari, A. Fenster, Artech House, Norwood, MA, USA, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-1-59693-144-2.
11) C.P. Loizou, “Ultrasound imaging,” in Cancer Imaging, Lung and Breast Carcinomas, vol. 1, ch. 9, Ed. M.A. Hayat, Kean University, Union, Academic Press, New Jersey, USA, 2007, ISBN 9-78012370-468-9.
12) C.S. Pattichis, C. Christodoulou, E. Kyriakou, M. Pantziaris, A. Nicolaides, M.S. Pattichis, and C.P. Loizou, “Ultrasonic imaging of carotid atherosclerosis,” in Wiley encyclopaedia of Biomedical Engineering, Ed. By M. Akay, Wiley, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, p.1-12, 2006, dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780471740360.ebs0002, online.
Projects/Grants
1) Horizon 2020, European Commission, Research & Innovation, Study Title: Multiple-aCtors Virtual Empathic CARgiver for the Elder (MoveCare), H2020-ICT-2016-2017, Pr. No. 732158. Coordinating the Cyprus team with SignalGenerix Ltd. Jan. 2017-Jan. 2021, University of Milano, Total Budget allocated: EURO 5,933,611 (out of which SignalGenerix receives EURO: 380,000). Developing a voice command system to be integrated in a robot for assisting the elders and caregivers.
2) USA Human Research Review Committee (HRRC) Approval of New Research Protocol, HRRC#: 10-373, Co-investigator, Study Title: Stroke Risk Stratification through Plaque Motion Analysis of Longitudinal Carotid Ultrasound. Dec 2012-Dec 2015, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Centre, is the Host Organisation. Total Budget allocated: US $ 1,600,679 (EUR 1,110,870). Developing a part of a system for analysing risk of stroke from carotid video plaques that would improve the care of anyone with any stage of carotid vascular disease.
3) EUREKA/EUNEA/0311/01: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Co-investigator, Study Title: “STRIC-A software platform for small range-imaging cameras-”. University of Cyprus is the Host Organisation. European funding projects. In cooperation with Neovision s.r.o and the Technical University of Prague, 01 March 2012- 01 March 2014. Total Budget allocated: EUR 154,000. STRIC (Software Toolbox for Range Imaging Cameras) aims at designing and developing a software toolbox for range imaging cameras and data handling. The toolbox will be capable of handling industrial, archaeological or medical applications and these applications.
4) ΤΠΕ/ΟΡΙΖΟ/0308/(ΒΙΕ)/15: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Project Co-ordinator, Study Title: “Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Brain White Matter Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Subjects”. Centre of Applied Research and Technology (KEET) is the Host Organisation 2008 Annual Program for the Financing of Research projects, Dec 2008-June 2011. Total Budget allocated: EUR 129,775. Development of a system for assisting the doctor in the assessment and diagnosis of multiple sclerosis disease. This will help in the early diagnosis, accurate prognosis and follow up of the disease. In co-operation with University of Cyprus, Ayios Therissos Medical and Diagnostic Centre, Institute of Neurology and Genetics.
5) ΑΝΑΒΑΘΜΙΣΗ/ΠΑΓΙΟ/0308/10: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Project Co-ordinator, Study Title: “Installation and upgrade of a 300 WB NMR spectrometer. Drug design through conformational analysis studies and prognosis of diseases through magnetic resonance imaging”, Dec 2008-Jan 2012. Total Budget allocated: EUR 400,000. Centre of Applied Research and Technology (KEET) is the Host Organisation. 2008 Annual Program for the Financing of Research projects.
6) VISEMA APOEM/0505/05 Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Project co-ordinator, Study Title: “Video segmentation and motion analysis of the atherosclerotic carotid plaque in ultrasound imaging”, February 2006-February 2007. Centre of Applied Research and Technology (KEET) is the Host Organisation. 6th Annual Program for the Financing of Research projects 2006, Hosting an expatriate researcher. Total Budget allocated: EUR 57,457 (CY Pounds 35,405). Developing a system for assessing plaque motion analysis patterns of ultrasound image sequences of atherosclerotic carotid plaque. In co-operation with Imperial College, London, UK, University of New Mexico, USA, University of Cyprus, Institute of Neurology and Genetics.
7) OPTOPOIISI PLIRO/1104: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Co-investigator, Study Title: “Model development of optical attention by incorporating knowledge for video coding based on the human perception”. June 2005-July 2007, Total Budget allocated: EUR 136,826 (CY Pounds 79,550). 6th Annual Program for the Financing of Research projects, In co-operation with the, University of Cyprus, Department of Computer Science, and Kings College, London.
8) NEVRORAFI IGIA/1104: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Co-investigator, Study Title: “Guidance of the neurosurgery procedure using optical coherence tomography imaging”. June 2005-July 2007, Total Budget allocated: EUR 184,771 (CY Pounds 107,425). 6th Annual Program for the Financing of Research projects. System development for guiding a nerve surgery. In co-operation with the University of Cyprus, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and the American Heart Institute of Cyprus.
9) TALOS PLIRO/0603/05: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Co-Investigator. Study Title: “Integrated system for the evaluation of ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery”. June 2003-Febr. 2006. Total Budget allocated: EUR 132,199 (CY Pounds 76,860). In co-operation with, the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics-Nicosia, the University of Cyprus and the Cardiology Institute of Cyprus. Development of neural networks based image-processing techniques for predicting the risk of stroke based on ultrasound images of the carotid arteries.
10) IASIS PLIRO/0601: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus: Co-Investigator, Study Title: “Integrated system for the support of the diagnosis for the risk of stroke”, December 2002-November 2005. Total Budget allocated: EUR 137,700 (CY Pounds 80,530). 5th Annual Program for the Financing of Research projects. Development of a network for computer aided diagnosis of the risk of stroke. In co-operation with, the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Department of Computer Science University of Cyprus.
