Konstantina S. Nikita, Ph.D., M.D.

 

E-mail

knikita@cc.ece.ntua.gr

Present Position
Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Education

1981-1986

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (Diploma of Electrical Engineer)
1987-1990

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering)
1987-1993

School of Medicine, University of Athens (M.D.)

Research Interests

  • Medical Imaging, Medical Image Processing
  • Therapeutic and Diagnostic Techniques Based on the Use of Microwaves
  • Applied Computational Bioelectromagnetics
  • Simulation of Biological and Physiological Systems
  • Medical Decision Support Systems
  • Bioinformatics
  • Neuroinformatics - Computational neuroscience

Scientific Activities

  • Associate editor of the IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine
  • Reviewer of technical papers in several journals (IEEE Trans. MTT, IEEE Trans. EMC, IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science, Bioelectromagnetics, Image and Vision Computing Journal, ACES, JEWA, JOSA, AIM, etc).
  • Chair or Member of the organizing and/or scientific committee of 25 international conferences on medical imaging, computational electromagnetics etc.
  • Organizer and chair of 40 sessions in national and international symposia (IEEE, URSI, COMCON etc) on biomedical engineering, medical imaging, personal communications.
  • Invited speaker at more than 50 international workshops (organized by NATO, WHO, ICNIRP) and conferences (IEEE, URSI, COMCON, PIERS etc) in the field of biomedical engineering, medical informatics, electromagnetic dosimetry for mobile communication terminals, safety during exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
  • Member of various working groups and teams of experts appointed by the European Commission, the Greek Ministries of Education and Health and Cyprus Ministry of Education .
  • Evaluator of research proposals of the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology, the Greek Ministry of Health, the EC Framework Programmes, the Science Foundation Ireland, the Cyprus Foundation for Research Advancement .
  • National representative of the european projects COST 244 bis "Biomedical Effects of Electromagnetic Fields" and COST 281 "Potential Health Implications from Mobile Communication Systems".
  • Project leader or technical manager of 30 european (eHealth, IST, ISIS, SMT, Telematics, ESPRIT, ê.ëð. ) or national (ÅPÁÍ, ÅPÅÔ2, SÕÍ, PÅÍÅD, ÊÅSÕ e.t.c.) funded research projects.
  • Member of the evaluation committee of members of staff at several Greek Universities.
  • Member of an international team of experts to evaluate educational programs of private institutions of tertiary education in "Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science".
  • Advisor of more than 70 Diploma and 20 M.Sc. Theses at the National Technical University of Athens.
  • Advisor of 14 completed Ph.D. theses (Five of these Ph.D. students received various Awards for outstanding performance at the National Technical University of Athens). Currently, she is advisor of 12 Ph.D. theses.

Honors and Awards

  • IEEE Honor Award for outstanding organization of IST 2007 , Krakow, Poland (2007)
  • IEEE Honor Award for outstanding organization of IST 2008, Chania, Greece (2008)
  • IEEE Honor Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contributions as a General Chair to the BIBE 2008, Athens, Greece (2008)
  • 2003 Bodossakis Foundation Academic Prize for exceptional achievements in "Theory and Applications of Information Technology in Medicine".
  • 1981-1986 Bakalas Foundation Fellowship
  • 1991 Best paper award in the 45 th Panhellenic Symposium of Medical / Surgical Society
  • 1996 Best paper award in the 1 st International Congress on Pancreatic Cancer

Scientific - Professional Societies

  • Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic s Engineers (IEEE) , Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Neural Networks Council, Pervasive Computing Computer Society
  • IEEE-EMBS Greek Chapter Ambassador, Chapter Co-Chair and Membership Development Founding Officer
  • Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
  • Member of the Athens Medical Association
  • Member of the Helenic Society of Biomedical Engineering

Publications

  • 1 book in Greek (Physiological Systems Modelling, Tziolas 2010) as author
  • 1 book in Greek (Medical Imaging Systems, Tziolas 2004) as co-author
  • 1 book and 1 part of a book in English (Computational Electromagnetics: State of the Art and Future Trends, Springer 2000) as co-editor
  • 4 special issues of international scientific journals as guest co-editor
  • 130 papers in referred international journals and chapters in books
  • 227 international conference papers
  • 25 technical reports
  • 2 patents

Selected Journal Publications

•S.G. Mougiakakou, C. Bartsocas, E. Bozas, N. Chaniotakis, D. Iliopoulou, I. Kouris, S. Pavlopoulos, A. Prountzou, M. Skevofylakas, A. Tsoukalis, K. Varotsis, A. Vazeou, K. Zarkogianni and K. S. Nikita, "SMARTDIAB: A Communication and Information Technology Approach for the Intelligent Monitoring, Management and Follow-up of Type 1 Diabetes Patients", to appear in IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Special Issue: New and Emerging Trends in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering , 2010.

•  I.K. Valavanis, G. Spyrou, K.S. Nikita, "Similarity Network Approach for the Analysis and Comparison of Protein Sequence/Structure Sets", Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2010 (to appear).

• G. Tsirogiannis, A. Tagaris, D. Sakas, K.S. Nikita, "A population level computational model of the basal ganglia that generates parkinsonian local field potential activity", Biological Cybernetics, 2009.

• M. Christopoulou , S. Koulouridis , K.S. Nikita, "Parametric Study of Power Absorption Patterns Induced in Adult and Child Head Models by Small Helical Antennas", Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER, 2009.  

• C. Papageorgiou, G. A. Giannakakis, K. S. Nikita, D. Anagnostopoulos, G. N. Papadimitriou, A. Rabavilas, "Abnormal auditory ERP N100 in children with dyslexia: comparison with their control siblings", Behavioral and Brain Functions, 5:26, 2009.

•  A. Alexandridou, G.T. Tsangaris, K. Vougas, K.S. Nikita, G. Spyrou, "UniMaP: Finding Unique Mass and Peptide signatures in the Human Proteome", Bioinformatics, 2009.

• S.G. Mougiakakou, I.K. Valavanis, A. Nikita, K.S. Nikita, "Differential diagnosis of CT focal liver lesions using ensemble driven classifier and bootstrapping approach", Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 41 (1) , 25-37, 2008.

•  J. Stoitsis, G. A. Giannakakis, C. Papageorgiou, K.S. Nikita, A. Rabavilas, D. Anagnostopoulos, "Evidence of a posterior cingulated involvement (Brodman area 31) in dyslexia: A study based on source lacalization algorithm of event-related potentials", Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry , vol. 32 (3), pp. 733-738, April 2008.

•  A. Alexandridou, G.T. Ôsangaris, K. Vougas, K.S. Nikita, G. Spyrou, "Peptide Finder: mapping measured molecular masses to peptides and proteins", Bioinformatics, 24 (19): 2267-2269, October 2008.

• S.G. Mougiakakou, S. Golemati, I. Gousias, A.N. Nikolaides, K.S. Nikita, "Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Carotid Atherosclerosis Based on Ultrasound Image Statistics, Laws' Texture and Neural Networks," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 33 (1): 26-36, January 2007.

•  S. Golemati, J. Stoitsis, K.S. Nikita, " Motion Analysis of the Carotid Artery Wall and Plaque Using B-mode Ultrasound", Vascular Disease Prevention , November 2007.

•  S. Golemati, J. Stoitsis, E. Sifakis, T. Balkiza and K.S. Nikita, "Using the Hough Transform to segment ultrasound images of longitudinal and transverse sections of the carotid artery", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology , December 2007.

•  S.G. Mougiakakou, I.K. Valavanis, A. Nikita, K.S. Nikita," Differential diagnosis of CT focal liver lesions using texture features, feature selection and ensemble driven classifiers", Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 41, iss. 1, pp. 25-37, pp. 25-37, 2007.

•  J. Stoitsis, S. Golemati, K.S. Nikita, "A modular software system to assist interpretation of medical images - Application to vascular ultrasound images", IEEE Transactions on Instumentation and Measurement , vol. 55 (6), pp. 1944-1952, Dec. 2006.

•  E. Karali, G.K. Loudos,N. Sakellios, K.S. Nikita, "A comparative evaluation of scatter correction techniques in high-resolution detectors based on PSPMTs and scintillator arrays", IEEE Transactions on Instumentation and Measurement, vol. 55 (6), pp. 1913-1917, Dec 2006.

•  G. Polychronaki, J. Stoitsis, G. Tsirogiannis, G.A. Giannakakis, A. Psegiannakis, S. Gatzonis, A. Chatzis, A. Siatouni, M. Stefanatou, N. Georgakoulias, M. Papathanasiou, M. Remoundou, E. Aggelopoulos, C. Baltogiannis, P. Sdrolias, E. Singounas, D. Sakas, K.S. Nikita, "Design and development of a web-based database system for the management and analysis of epilepsy patients' data: Epilepsy database EPILDA", Epilepsia , vol. 47: p.67, Suppl. 3, 2006.

•  S. Koulouridis, M. Christopoulou, K.S. Nikita, "Comparative assessment of power absorption in heads of adults and children exposed to the radiation of cellular phones at 1800 MHz", Assesment of Power Absorption in Human Head Models of Adults and Children Irradiated by Cellular Phone Helical Antennas/ Special Issue of The Environmentalist , vol. 25, pp. 223-232, 2005.

•  A.T. Vouldis, C.N. Kechribaris, T.A. Maniatis, K.S. Nikita, N.K. Uzunoglu, "Investigating the Enhancement of Three Dimensional Diffraction Tomography by Using Multiple Illumination Planes", Journal of the Optical Society of America A , vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1251-1262, July 2005.

•  Å. Ntasis, M. Gletsos, N. Mouravliansky, E. Zacharaki, C. Vasios, S. Golemati, T.A. Maniatis, K.S. Nikita, "Telematics Enabled Virtual Simulation System for Radiation Treatment Planning", Computers in Biology and Medicine , vol. 35, pp. 765-781, 2005.

•  S. Koulouridis, K.S. Nikita, "Study of the Coupling Between Human Head and Cellular Phone Helical Antennas" IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility , vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 62-70, February 2004.

•  A. Karafotias, H. Anastassiu, K.S. Nikita, "Application of the modified method of auxiliary sources to the analysis of helical and quadrifilar antennas", Electromagnetics , vol. 24(7), pp. 539-554, October 2004.

• K. Kechribaris, K.S. Nikita, N.K. Uzunoglu, "Reconstruction of Two-Dimensional Dielectric Properties Distribution Using an Improved Rytov Approximation and Nonlinear Optimization," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications , vol. 17(2), pp. 183-208, February 2003.

•  V.E. Kouloulias, E. Ntasis, Ph. Poortmans, T.A. Maniatis, K.S. Nikita, "A Scenario for a Web-based Radiation Treatment Planning Structure. A new Tool for Quality Assurance Procedure?," Technology and Health Care , vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 105-114, 2003.

•  M. Gletsos, S.G. Mougiakakou, G. Matsopoulos, K.S. Nikita, A. Nikita, D. Kelekis, "A Computer-Aided Diagnostic System to Characterize CT Focal Liver Lesions: Design and Optimization of a Neural Network Classifier," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine , vol. 7, pp. 153-162, September 2003.

•  E. Ntasis, T.A. Maniatis, K.S. Nikita, "Secure Environment for Real-Time Tele-Collaboration on Virtual Simulation of Radiation Treatment Planning," Technology and Health Care , vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 41-52, 2003.

•  G. Stamatakos, D.D. Dionysiou, E.I. Zacharaki, N.A. Mouravliansky, K.S. Nikita, N.K. Uzunoglu, "In Silico Radiation Oncology: Combining Novel Simulation Algorithms with Current Visualization Techniques," Proceedings the IEEE , Special Issue on Bioinformatics: Advances and Challenges , vol. 90, no. 11, December 2002.

•  E. Ntasis, T.A. Maniatis and K.S. Nikita, "Fourier Volume Rendering for Real Time Preview of Digital Reconstructed Radiographs: A Web-Based Implementation," Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics , vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 1-8, January 2002.

•  E. Ntasis, T.A. Maniatis and K.S. Nikita, "Real-Time Collaborative Work in Virtual Simulator of Radiation Treatment Planning," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering , Special Issue: Applications of Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 1444-1451, December 2002.

•  K.S. Delibasis, G.K. Matsopoulos, N. Mouravliansky, K.S. Nikita, "A Novel and Efficient Implementation of the Marching Cubes Algorithm," Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics , vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 343-352, July - August 2001.

•  T.A. Maniatis, K.S. Nikita, N.K. Uzunoglu, "Two Dimensional Dielectric Profile Reconstruction Based on Spectral Domain Moment Method and Non-Linear Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques , Special Issue on Biological Effects and Medical Applications of RF/Microwaves, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 1831-1840, November 2000.

•  K.S. Nikita, G.S. Stamatakos, N.K. Uzunoglu, A. Karafotias, "Analysis of the Interaction Between a Layered Spherical Human Head Model and a Finite Length Dipole," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques , Special Issue on Biological Effects and Medical Applications of RF/Microwaves, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 2003-2013, November 2000.

•  S.G. Mougiakakou and K.S. Nikita, "A Neural Network Approach for Insulin Regime and Dose Adjustment in IDDM," Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics , vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 381-389, November 2000.

•  K.S. Nikita, M. Cavagnaro, P. Bernardi, N.K. Uzunoglu, S. Pisa, E. Piuzzi, J.N. Sahalos, G.I. Krikelas, J.A. Vaul, P.S. Excell, G. Cerri, S. Chiarandini, R. De Leo, P. Russo, "A Study of Uncertainties in Modeling Antenna Performance and Power Absorption in the Head of a Cellular Phone User," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques , vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 2676 -2685, December 2000.

•  G.K. Matsopoulos, N. Á . Mouravliansky, K.K. Delibasis and K.S. Nikita, "Automatic Registration of Retinal Images with Global Optimization techniques," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine, vol. 3(1), pp. 47-60, 1999.

Funded Research

  • EC-COST BM0704 "Emerging EMF Technologies and Health Risk Management", 2008-2012.
  • GSRT - PENED 03, " Development of advanced computational algorithms to assist planning of functional interventions in Parkinson's disease and refractory epilepsy ", 2006-2009.
  • FP6-IST-4-027333-STP FP6-IST-4-027333-STP "Micro2DNA: Integrated polymer-base microfluidic micro system for DNA extraction, amplification, and silicon-based detection", 2006-2009.
  • IST-2005-028055, "iWebCare: Integrated Web Services Platform for the Faclitation of Fraud Detection in Health Care e-government Services", 2006-2008.
  • INTERREG III ARCHIMED, "An INTEgrated broadband telecommunication pilot teleservices-platform for improving health care provision in the Region of MEDiterranean (INTERMED)", 2006-2007.
  • INTERREG III B ARCHIMED, "eMEDIT: East Mediterranean Cohesion on Information and Telecommunications", 2006-2007.
  • ÉNTERREG IIIA / Greece-Cyprus, "Analysis, planning and development of a telemedicine network for isolated regions in Aegean and Cyprus", 2006-2007.
  • GSRT - Scientific and Technological Cooperation between RTD Organizations in Greece and RTD Organizations in U.S.A, " Implementation of Variance Reduction Techniques for Improvement of the Computational Efficiency of the GATE Monte Carlo Simulation Package on a Distributed Computing Platform- fastGATE ", 2005-2008.
  • Greek Ministry of Health, Greek Ministry of Health, " Health effects of non-ionizing radiation emitted by mobile communication systems ", 2006.
  • GSRT-EPAN, "SMARTDIAB: An Insulin Infusion Intelligent System", 2005-2008.
  • GSRT - Bilateral Collaboration Greece-Spain, GSRT - Bilateral Collaboration Greece-Spain, "Monte- Carlo simulation of new generation, high resolution, small dimension positron emission tomography systems (small animal PET)", 2005-2006.
  • GSRT - ÅPÁÍ, " Access Control, Ticketing and Marketing Applications based on a Multi-application Smart Card Platform for the Sport Events Industry (ACTIONS) ", 2003-2004.
  • GSRT - EPAN, "Intelligent Access Control System for Spectators and Accredited Persons in Athletic Events (Bioathletics)".
  • ICCS (ARCHIMEDES), " Solving the Inverse Scattering Problem - Applications in Medical Diagnosis ", 2000- 2002.
  • GSRT/EPET2, " GALENOS: Development of Virtual Simulation and Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology ", 1999- 2001.
  • GSRT/RTD Cooperation Greece-Italy, " Rational Assessment of Health Effects Related to the Use of Mobile Phones ", 1999-2001.
  • GSRT-SYN96, " Improvement of CT-Based Diagnostic Ability Using Advanced Image Processing Techniques ", 1998- 2001.
  • GSRT - DIAVLOS 96, GSRT - DIAVLOS 96, " Cellular methods for the treatment of metabolic diseases emphasizing on the treatement of diabetes "
  • Å C - Telematics HC4024 "Virtual Simulation and Treatment via Telematics Applications in Clinical Radiooncology (VIRTUOSO)" , 1997-1999 .
  • GSRT-RTD Cooperation Greece-U.K., " Optimization of Mobile Phone Antenna and Handset Design to Minimize the Exposure of the Human Head ", 1997-1999.
  • GSRT - PENED 95, " Development of a algorithms to assess findings of orthopedic interest in radiological images ", 1996-1998.
 
 
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