Publications
Aikaterini Matsakou, Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Automated detection of the carotid artery wall in longitudinal B-Mode images using active contours initialized by the Hough transform”. 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC{\textquoteright}11), 2011.
Aimilia Gastounioti, Nikolaos N Tsiaparas, Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Affine optical flow combined with multiscale image analysis for motion estimation of the arterial wall from B-mode ultrasound”. 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC{\textquoteright}11), 2011.
2010
Nikolaos N Tsiaparas, Spyretta Golemati, Ioannis I Andreadis, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Multiscale Geometric Texture Analysis of Ultrasound Images of Carotid Atherosclerosis”. 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine-ITAB 2010, 2010.
Aimilia Gastounioti, Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Kalman-Filter-Based Block Matching for Arterial Wall Motion Estimation from B-Mode Ultrasound”. IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, 2010.
Spyretta Golemati, Zourou, V, Konstantina S Nikita. “Comparison of Entropy Measures for Estimating Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea from Overnight Pulse Oximetry Data”. 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine-ITAB 2010, 2010.
2009
Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Analysis and quantification of motion within the cardiovascular system - Implications for the mechanical strain of cardiovascular structures” in Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications. 2009.
Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Perakis, Dimitris, Varela, Emily, Alexandridou, Anastasia, Davos, Constantinos, Konstantina S Nikita. “Carotid artery motion estimation from sequences of B-mode ultrasound images: effect of scanner settings and image normalization”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 58, pp. 2102-2112, 2009.
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Nikolaos N Tsiaparas, Konstantina S Nikita. “Texture Characterization of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque from B-mode Ultrasound Using Gabor Filters”. 31st Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, 2009.
Nikolaos N Tsiaparas, Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Discrete Wavelet Transform vs. Wavelet Packets for Texture Analysis of Ultrasound Images of Carotid Atherosclerosis”. 9 th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine-ITAB 2009, 2009.
2008
Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “On the Use of Block Matching for the Estimation of Arterial Wall Motion”. 8th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE 2008), 2008.
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Koropouli, Vassiliki, Konstantina S Nikita. “Simulating dynamic B-mode ultrasound image data of the common carotid artery”. IST 2008 - IEEE Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings, 2008.
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Kendros, S, Konstantina S Nikita. “Automated detection of the carotid artery wall in B-mode ultrasound images using active contours initialized by the Hough transform”. 30 th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2008.
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Kendros, S, Konstantina S Nikita. “Automated detection of the carotid artery wall in B-mode ultrasound images using active contours initialized by the Hough Transform.”. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2008.
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Kendros, S, Konstantina S Nikita. “Automated detection of the carotid artery wall in B-mode ultrasound images using active contours initialized by the Hough Transform.”. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2008.
2007
Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Sifakis, Emmanouil G, Balkizas, Thomas, Konstantina S Nikita. “Using the Hough Transform to segment ultrasound images of longitudinal and transverse sections of the carotid artery”. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 33, pp. 1918-1932, 2007.
Spyretta Golemati, John S Stoitsis, Konstantina S Nikita. “Motion Analysis of the Carotid Artery Wall and Plaque Using B-mode Ultrasound”. Vascular Disease Prevention, vol. 4, pp. 296-302, 2007.
Mougiakakou, Stavroula G, Spyretta Golemati, Gousias, Ioannis, Nikolaides, Andrew N, Konstantina S Nikita. “Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Carotid Atherosclerosis Based on Ultrasound Image Statistics, Laws{\textquoteright} Texture and Neural Networks”. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 33, pp. 26- 36, 2007.
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Effi Bastouni, Konstantina S Nikita. “A mathematical model of the mechanical deformation of the carotid artery wall and its application to clinical data”. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2007.
John S Stoitsis, Effi Bastouni, Karampinos, Dimitrios C, Bosshard, John C, Lu, Jiaxi, Spyretta Golemati, Wright, Steven M, Georgiadis, John G, Konstantina S Nikita. “Imaging Systems and Techniques”. IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IEEE- IST2007), 2007.
2006
John S Stoitsis, Spyretta Golemati, Konstantina 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, pp. 1944-1952, 2006.