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Publications - Book Chapters

  1. D. Pereira, A. Castro, P. Gomes, S. Faria, C.S. Couto, R. Cruz-Correia, M. Coimbra, “IS4Learning - A Multiplatform Simulation Technology To Teach And Evaluate Auscultation Skills”, in Health Professionals’ Education in the Age of Clinical Information Systems, Mobile Computing and Social Networks, Academic Press, pp.401-420, Dez 2017. (DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805362-1.00019-X)
  2. A. Castro, P. Carvalho, J. Muehlsteff, S.S. Mattos, M. Coimbra, “A review on noninvasive beat-to-beat systemic and pulmonary blood pressure estimation through surrogate cardiovascular signals”, in Computational Tools and Techniques for Biomedical Signal Processing, IGI Global, Sep 2016. (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0660-7)
  3. D. Pereira, A. Castro, P. Gomes, J. Areias, Z. Reis, R. Correia, M. Coimbra, “Digital Auscultation - Challenges and Perspectives”, in Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine, IGI Global, pp. 910-927, Jan 2016. (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9978-6.ch070)

Publications - Journal Papers

  1. J. Oliveira, F. Renna, P. Costa, M. Nogueira, C. Oliveira, C. Ferreira, A. Jorge, S. Mattos, T. Hatem, T. Tavares, A. Elola, A.B. Rad, R. Sameni, G.D. Clifford, and M. Coimbra, “The CirCor Digiscope Dataset: From Murmur Detection to Murmur Classification”, (early access) in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2021.3137048
  2. P. Venegas, F. Calderon, D. Riofrio, D. Benitez, G. Ramon, D. Ciesneros-Heredia, M. Coimbra, J. Rojo-Alvarez, N. Perez, “Automatic ladybird beetle detection using deep-learning models”, in PLOS ONE 16(6):e0253027, 2021, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253027
  3. S. Goldsworthy, P. Gomes, M. Coimbra, J.D. Patterson, J. Langille, G. Perez, L. Fasken, “Do basic auscultation skills need to be resuscitated? A new strategy for improving competency among nursing students”, in Nurse Education Today, vol. 97, 2021
  4. F. Riaz, S. Rehman, M. Ajmal, R. Hafiz, A. Hassan, N. Aljohani, R. Nawaz, R. Young, and M. Coimbra, “Gaussian Mixture Model Based Probabilistic Modeling of Images for Medical Image Segmentation”, in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 16846-16856, 2020. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2967676)
  5. M. Martins, P. Gomes, C. Oliveira, M. Coimbra, H. Silva, “Design and Evaluation of a Diaphragm for Electrocardiography in Electronic Stethoscopes”, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol.67(2), Feb 2020, pp.391-398. (DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2913913)
  6. J. Oliveira, F. Renna, and M. Coimbra, “A Subject-Driven Unsupervised Hidden Semi-Markov Model and Gaussian Mixture Model for Heart Sound Segmentation”, in IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 13(2), May 2019, pp.323-331. (DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2019.2908723)
  7. F. Renna, J. Oliveira, and M. Coimbra, “Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Heart Sound Segmentation”, in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol.23(6), Nov 2019, pp.2435-2445. (DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2019.2894222)
  8. J. Oliveira, F. Renna, T. Mantadelis, and M. Coimbra, “Adaptative Sojourn Time HSMM for Heart Sound Segmentation”, in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol.23(2), Mar 2019, pp.642-649. (DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2018.2841197)
  9. F. Riaz, A. Hassan, S. Naeem, and M. Coimbra, “Active Contours Based Segmentation and Lesion Periphery Analysis For Characterization of Skin Lesions in Dermoscopy Images”, in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol.23(2), Mar 2019, pp.489-500. (DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2018.2832455)
  10. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, E. Costa, D. Veiga, M. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “Virtual M-Mode for Echocardiography: A New Approach for the Segmentation of the Anterior Mitral Leaflet", in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 23(1), Jan 2019, pp 305-313. (DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2018.2799738)
  11. N. Martins, M.S. Sultan, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, F. Teixeira, M. Coimbra, “A New Active Contours Approach for Finger Extensor Tendon Segmentation in Ultrasound Images using Prior Knowledge and Phase Symmetry”, in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 22(4), July 2018, pp.1261-1268 (DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2017.2723819)
  12. C. Oliveira, S. Mattos, M. Coimbra, “Development and Assessment of an E-Learning Course for Neonatal Screening of Congenital Heart Diseases”, in Journal of Medical Internet Research – JMIR Medical Education, vol 3(1):e10, May 2017.
  13. P. Pimentel-Nunes, D. Abrantes, M. Coimbra, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, et al., “A multicentre prospective study of the real time use of NBI in the diagnosis of premalignant gastric conditions and lesions”, in Endoscopy, vol.48(8), Aug 2016, pp 723-30 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-108435)
  14. F. Riaz, A. Hassan, R. Nisar, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, “Content-Adaptive Region-Based Color Texture Descriptors for Medical Images”, in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol 21(1), Jan 2017, pp.162-171(DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2015.2492464)
  15. C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, “An Automatic Subject-Adaptable Heartbeat Classifier based on Multi-view Learning”, in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 20(6), Nov 2016, pp.1485-1492 (DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2015.2468224)
  16. J.C. Neves, H. Castro, A. Tomás, M. Coimbra, H. Proença, “Detection and Separation of Overlapping Cells Based on Contour Concavity for Leishmania images”, in Cytometry A, vol. 85/6, Jun 2014, pp. 491-500.
  17. L. Rodrigues, R. Sampaio, M. Coimbra, “Contrast Medium Volume Optimization in Abdominal CT on Basis of Lean Body Weight”, in American Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol.3(6A), Dec 2013, pp.22-26.
  18. F. Riaz, F.B. Silva, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, and M. Coimbra, "Impact of Visual Features on The Segmentation of Gastroenterology Images Using Normalized Cuts", in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 60, 60/5, May 2013, pp. 1191-1201.
  19. F.B. Silva, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, et al.,"Endoscopic assessment and grading of Barrett’s esophagus using magnification endoscopy and narrow band imaging: impact of structured learning program and experience on the accuracy of the Amsterdam classification system.", in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Jan 2013.
  20. F. Riaz, F.B. Silva, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, and M. Coimbra, "Invariant Gabor Texture Descriptors for Classification of Gastroenterology Images", in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 59/10, Oct 2012, pp. 2893-2904.
  21. C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, "Heartbeat Classification using Morphological and Dynamic Features of ECG Signals", in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 59/10, Oct 2012, pp. 2930-2941.
  22. M. Coimbra, M. Mackiewicz, M. Fisher, C. Jamieson, J. Soares, J.P. Silva Cunha, “Computer Vision Tools for Capsule Endoscopy Exam Analysis”, invited paper in Eurasip NewsLetter, vol. 18/1, March 2007, pp. 1-19.
  23. J.P. Silva Cunha, M. Coimbra, P. Campos, J. Soares, “Automated Topographic Segmentation and Transit Time Estimation in Endoscopic Capsule Exams”, in IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging, vol. 27/1, Jan. 2008.
  24. M. Coimbra, and J.P. Silva Cunha, “MPEG-7 visual descriptors – Contributions for automated feature extraction in capsule endoscopy”, in IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 16/5, 2006, pp. 628-637.
  25. M. Coimbra, and M. Davies, “Approximating optical flow within the MPEG-2 compressed domain” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Volume: 15 , Issue: 1 , Jan. 2005, pp. 103-107.

Publications - Conference Papers

  1. P. Faustino, J. Oliveira, M. Coimbra, “Crackle and wheeze detection in lung sound signals using convolutional neural networks”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2021, Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct 2021.
  2. J. Oliveira, D. Nogueira, F. Renna, C. Ferreira, A.M. Jorge, M. Coimbra, “Do we really need a segmentation step in heart sound classification algorithms?”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2021, Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct 2021.
  3. F. Renna, M. Plumbley, M. Coimbra, “Source separation of the second heart sound via alternating optimization”, in Proc. of Computers in Cardiology, Brno, Check Republic, Sep 2021.
  4. S. Felicio, J. Hora, M.C. Ferreira, P. Costa, D. Abrantes, C. Dangelo, M. Coimbra, M.T. Galvão Dias, “Characterizing soft modes’ traveling in urban areas through indicators and simulated scenarios”, in Proc. of 4th International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications (IHSED 2021), Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sep 2021.
  5. D. Abrantes, M.C. Ferreira, P. Costa, S. Felicio, J. Hora, C. Dangelo, M.T. Galvão Dias, M. Coimbra, “Consideration for the need of new aspects in route planners”, in Proc. of 4th International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications (IHSED 2021), Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sep 2021.
  6. R. Fulgêncio, M.C. Ferreira, D. Abrantes, M. Coimbra, “Restart: A Route Planner to Encourage the Use of Public Transport Services in a Pandemic Context”, in Proc. of 24th EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting, EWGT 2021, Aveiro, Portugal, Sep 2021.
  7. D. Pereira, M.A. Ferreira, R. Correia, and M. Coimbra, “Teaching Cardiopulmonary Auscultation to Medical Students using a Virtual Patient Simulation Technology”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2020, Montreal, Canada, Jul 2020.
  8. J. Reisinho, M. Coimbra, F. Renna, “Deep convolutional neural network ensembles for multi-classification of skin lesions from dermoscopic and clinical images”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2020, Montreal, Canada, Jul 2020.
  9. P. Teixeira, P. Sousa, and M. Coimbra, “Computer Vision Challenges for Chronic Wounds Assessment”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2020, Montreal, Canada, Jul 2020.
  10. J. Oliveira, M. Nogueira, C. Ramos, F. Renna, C. Ferreira, M. Coimbra, “Using Soft Attention Mechanisms to Classify Heart Sounds”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2019, Berlin, Germany, Jul 2019.
  11. F. Renna, A. Illanes, J. Oliveira, N. Esmaeili, M. Friebe, M. Coimbra, “Assessment of Sound Features for Needle Perforation Event Detection”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2019, Berlin, Germany, Jul 2019.
  12. A. Illanes, N. Esmaeili, F. Renna, J. Oliveira, M. Coimbra, and M. Friebe, “Acoustic emission integration for ultrasound guidance: a feasibility study for needle based clinical procedures” (abstract), in Proc. of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS 2019), Rennes, France, June 2019.
  13. A. Silva, R. Santos, R. Silva, and M. Coimbra, “Designing a Software for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Oropharyngeal Swallowing by Videofluoroscopy”, in Proc. of 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, ENBENG 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 2019.
  14. T. Moreira, N. Almeida, N. Bettencourt, and M. Coimbra, “Quantification of the difference between Cardiac Magnetic Resonance signals in perfusion studies with and without motion correction algorithms”, in Proc. of 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, ENBENG 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 2019.
  15. L. Pirez, and M. Coimbra, “Rheumatic Fever Characterization Based on indicators extracted from Echocardiograms exams”, in Proc. of 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, ENBENG 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 2019.
  16. N. Martins, E. Costa, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, and M. Coimbra, “Joint Capsule Segmentation in Ultrasound Images of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint using Convolutional Neural Networks”, in Proc. of 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, ENBENG 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 2019.
  17. E. Costa, N. Martins, M.S. Sultan, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “Mitral Valve Leaflets Segmentation in Echocardiography using Convolutional Neural Networks”, in Proc. of 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, ENBENG 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 2019.
  18. F. Renna, J. Oliveira, and M. Coimbra, "Convolutional Neural Networks for Heart Sound Segmentation", in Proc. of 26th European Conference in Signal Processing, EUSIPCO 2018, Rome, Italy, Sep 2018.
  19. T. Freitas, R. Martins, M. Coimbra, D. Bogas, and J. Rodrigues, “Panoptic, Privacy over Edge-Clouds”, in Prof. of IEEE 6th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud-2018), Barcelona, Spain, Aug 2018.
  20. N. Martins, M.S. Sultan, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, and M. Coimbra, “Fully Automatic Finger Extensor Tendon Segmentation in Ultrasound Images of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2018, Honolulu, USA, Jul 2018.
  21. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, E. Costa, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “A New Method for the Anterior Mitral Leaflet Segmentation in Echocardiography Videos by Using the Virtual M-mode Space”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2018, Honolulu, USA, Jul 2018.
  22. L. Pires, M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, E. Costa, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “Extracting Thickness Profiles of Anterior Mitral Leaflets in Echocardiography Videos”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2018, Honolulu, USA, Jul 2018.
  23. N. Martins, M.S. Sultan, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, and M. Coimbra, “Joint Capsule Segmentation in Ultrasound Images of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint Using a Split and Merge Approach”, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, BHI 2018, Las Vegas, USA, March 2018.
  24. J. Oliveira, T. Mantadelis, F. Renna, P. Gomes and M. Coimbra, “On modifying the temporal modeling of HSMMs for pediatric heart sound segmentation”, in Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS 2017, Lorient, France, Oct 2017.
  25. F. Renna, J. Oliveira, M. Coimbra, "A Data-Driven Feature Extraction Method for En-hanced Phonocardiogram Segmentation", in Proc. of Computing in Cardiology, CInC 2017, Rennes, France, Sep 2017.
  26. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, E. Costa, D. Veiga, M. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “Tracking Large Anterior Mitral Leaflet Displacements by Incorporating Optical Flow in an Active Contours Framework", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2017, Jeju Island, South Korea, Jul 2017.
  27. C. Pinto, D. Pereira, J. Ferreira-Coimbra, J. Português, V. Gama, M. Coimbra, “A Comparative Study of Electronic Stethoscopes for Cardiac Auscultation”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2017, Jeju Island, South Korea, Jul 2017.
  28. J. Oliveira, C. Sousa, M. Coimbra, “Coupled Hidden Markov Model for Automatic ECG and PCG Segmentation”, in Proc. IEEE ICASSP 2017, New Orleans, USA, Mar 2017.
  29. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, E. Costa, D. Veiga, M. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “Real-time Anterior Mitral Leaflet Tracking using Morphological Operators and Active Contours", in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2017.
  30. E. Costa, N. Martins, M.S. Sultan, D. Veiga, M. Ferreira, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “A preliminary approach for the segmentation of mitral valve regurgitation jet in Doppler ecocardiography images", in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2017.
  31. N. Perez, S. Faria, and M. Coimbra, "Understanding the Energy Saving Potential of Smart Scale Selection in the Viola and Jones Facial Detection Algorithm", in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2017.
  32. J. Oliveira, B. Cardoso, M. Coimbra, “Exploratory study of the cardiac dynamic trajectory in the embedding space”, in Proc. Computing in Cardiology, CinC 2016, Vancouver, Canada, Sep 2016.
  33. E. Soares, C. Oliveira, J. Maia, R. Almeida, M. Coimbra, P. Brandão, R. Prior, “Modular Health Kiosk for Health Self-Assessment”, in Proc. IEEE ICTS4eHealth 2016, Messina, Italy, Jun 2016.
  34. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, and M. Coimbra, “Tracking of the Anterior Mitral Leaflet in Echocardiographic Sequences using Active Contours”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  35. N. Martins, M.S. Sultan, D. Veiga, M.J. Ferreira, and M. Coimbra, “Segmentation of the metacarpus and phalange in musculoskeletal ultrasound images using local active contours”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  36. F. Riaz, A. Hassan, P. Pimentel-Nunes, D. Libnio, J. Lage, and M. Coimbra, “How Well Can The Fusion of Gabor Filters And Local Binary Patterns Help In Identifying Gastric Lesions?”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  37. P. Gomes, S. Faria, and M. Coimbra, “The Effect of Data Exchange Protocols on Decision Support Systems for Heart Sounds”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  38. D. Abrantes, P. Gomes, D. Pereira, and M. Coimbra, “Measuring the intuitive response of users when faced with different interactive paradigms to control a gastroenterology CAD system”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  39. A. Castro, P. Gomes, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, “Comparison Between Users of a New Methodology for Heart Sound Auscultation”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  40. D. Pereira, P. Gomes, S. Faria, R. Correia, and M. Coimbra, “Teaching Cardiopulmonary Auscultation in Workshops using a Virtual Patient Simulation Technology - A Pilot Study”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  41. J. Oliveira, T. Mantadelis, and and M. Coimbra, “Why should you model time when you use Markov Models for analysing heart sounds”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, USA, Aug 2016.
  42. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, D. Veiga, M. Ferreira, M. Coimbra, "Automatic segmentation of extensor tendon of the MCP joint in ultrasound images", in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2016, Rome, Italy, Feb 2016.
  43. T. Mantadelis, J. Oliveira, and M. Coimbra, “Most Probable Explanation for MetaProbLog and its application in Heart Sound Segmentation”, in Proc. of 31st International Conference on Logic Programming, ICLP 2015, Cork, Ireland, Aug 2015
  44. J. Oliveira, C. Oliveira, B. Cardoso, M.S. Sultan, M. Coimbra, "A multi-spot exploration of the topological structures of the reconstructed phase-space for the detection of cardiac murmurs", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2015, Milan, Italy, Aug 2015
  45. M.S. Sultan, N. Martins, M. Ferreira, M. Coimbra, "Segmentation of Bones and MCP Joint Region of the Hand from Ultrasound Images", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2015, Milan, Italy, Aug 2015
  46. P. Pimentel-Nunes, D. Libânio, J. Lage, D. Abrantes, M. Coimbra, G. Esposito, S. Drasovean, J.R. White, D. Dobru, K. Ragunath, B. Annibale, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, “Estudo Prospetivo Multicêntrico da Utilização Real Time da Endoscopia NBI no Diagnóstico de Condições e Lesões Pré-Malignas Gástricas”, (abstract) in Semana Digestiva 2015, National Meeting in GastroEnterology, Porto, Portugal, Jun 2015. (winner of Best Endoscopy Oral Presentation award).
  47. D. Abrantes, P. Pimental-Nunes, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, "Identifying technology interaction opportunities within a gastroenterology exam room", in Proc. of Medical Informatics Europe, MIE 2015, Madrid, Spain, May 2015.
  48. A. Castro, A. Moukadem, S. Schmidt, A. Dieterlen, and M. Coimbra, “Analysis of the Electromechanical Activity of the Heart from Synchronized ECG and PCG Signals of Subjects Under Stress”, in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 2015.
  49. P. Gomes, S. Frade, A. Castro, R. Cruz-Correia, and M. Coimbra, “A proposal to incorporate digital auscultation and its processing into an existing electronic health record”, in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 2015.
  50. J.H. Oliveira, V. Ferreira and M. Coimbra, “Can We Find Deterministic Signatures in ECG and PCG Signals?”, in Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 2015.
  51. A. Castro, S.S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, "Noninvasive Blood Pressure and the Second Heart Sound Analysis", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2014, Chicago, USA, Aug 2014.
  52. J. Oliveira, A. Castro, M. Coimbra, "Exploring Embedding Matrices and the Entropy Gradient for the Segmentation of Heart Sounds in Real Noisy Environments", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2014, Chicago, USA, Aug 2014.
  53. F. Riaz, A. Hassan, M.Y. Javed and M. Coimbra, "Detecting Melanoma in Dermoscopy Images Using Scale Adaptive Local Binary Patterns", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2014, Chicago, USA, Aug 2014.
  54. R. Sousa, D.C. Moura, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, and M. Coimbra, "Local Self Similar Descriptors: Comparison and Application to Gastroenterology Images", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2014, Chicago, USA, Aug 2014.
  55. R. Sousa, A.R. Rocha Neto, G.A. Barreto, J.S. Cardoso, M. Coimbra, "Reject Option Paradigm for the Reduction of Support Vectors", in Proc. of European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning, (ESANN 2014), Bruges, Belgium, Apr 2014.
  56. N. Marques, A.P. Rocha, R. Almeida, and M. Coimbra, “Exploring the stationary wavelet transform detail coefficients for the detection and identification of the S1 and S2 heart sounds”, in Proc. Computers in Cardiology, Zaragoza, Spain, Sep 2013.
  57. F. Riaz, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, P. Pimentel-Nunes, M. Coimbra "A DFT Based Rotation and Scale Invariant Gabor Texture Descriptor and its Application to Gastroenterology”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Sep 2013.
  58. D. Pereira, P. Gomes, É. Mota, E. Costa, R. Cruz-Correia, M. Coimbra, “Combining a tablet and an electronic stethoscope to create a new interaction paradigm for teaching cardiac auscultation”, in Proc. 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2013, Las Vegas, USA, Jul 2013.
  59. A. Castro, T. Vinhoza, S. Mattos, M. Coimbra, "Heart Sound Segmentation of Pediatric Auscultations Using Wavelet Analysis", in Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2013, Osaka, Japan, Jul 2013.
  60. F. Riaz, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, P. Pimentel-Nunes, M. Coimbra, "Integral Scale Histogram Local Binary Patterns for Classification of Narrow-band Gastroenterology Images", in Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2013, Osaka, Japan, Jul 2013.
  61. J. Ramos , P. Carvalho, M. Coimbra, "Towards a Time-Feature Independent Phonocardiogram Segmentation", in Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2013, Osaka, Japan, Jul 2013.
  62. P. Gomes, M. Kaiseler, B. Lopes, S. Faria, C. Queirós, M. Coimbra, "Are standard heart rate variability measures associated with the self-perception of stress of firefighters in action?", in Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2013, Osaka, Japan, Jul 2013.
  63. A. Castro, P. Amorim, M. Coimbra, "Cardiovascular variability and nociception/anti-nociception balance during anesthesia", in Proc. IEEE Computer Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2013, Porto, Portugal, Jun 2013.
  64. F. Riaz, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, P. Pimentel-Nunes, M. Coimbra, "Segmentation of gastroenterology images: A comparison between clustering and fitting models approaches", in Proc. IEEE Computer Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2013, Porto, Portugal, Jun 2013.
  65. R. Sousa, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, P. Pimentel-Nunes, M. Coimbra, "Impact of SVM Multiclass Decomposition Rules for Recognition of Cancer in Gastroenterology Images", in Proc. of IEEE Computer Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2013, Porto, Portugal, Jun 2013.
  66. P. Ferreira, T. Vinhoza, A. Castro, F. Mourato, T. Tavares, S. Mattos, I. Dutra, M. Coimbra, "Knowledge on Heart Condition of Children based on Demographic and Physiological Features", in Proc. of IEEE Computer Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2013, Porto, Portugal, Jun 2013.
  67. J. Neves, H. Castro, H. Proença, M. Coimbra, "Automatic Detection of Leishmania Infections using Fluorescence Microscopy", in Proc. International Conference of Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2013, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, Jun 2013.
  68. B.Lopes, H. Castro, S. Romão, T. Cruz, A. M. Tomás, M. Coimbra, "CellNote: A Framework for Assisted Annotation of Cellular Imaging", in Proc. 9th Conference on Telecommunications, Castelo Branco, Portugal, May 2013.
  69. E.F. Gomes, P.J. Bentley, M. Coimbra, E. Pereira, Y. Deng, “Classifying Heart Sounds: approaches and results for the PASCAL Challenge”, in Proc. 6th International Conference on Health Informatics, HealthInf 2013, Barcelona, Spain, Feb 2013.
  70. C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, “Combining General Multi-class and Specific Two-class Classifiers for Improved Customized ECG Heartbeat Classification”, in Proc. IEEE ICPR, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, Nov 2012.
  71. P. Gomes, B. Lopes, M. Coimbra, "Field Validation of a Framework for Annotating Biological Signals of First Responders in Action", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, San Diego, USA, Set 2012.
  72. P. Gomes, M. Kaiseler, C. Queirós, M. Oliveira, B. Lopes, M. Coimbra, "Vital Analysis: Annotating sensed physiological signals with the stress levels of first responders in action", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, San Diego, USA, Set 2012.
  73. F. Hedayioglu, M. Jafari, S. Mattos, M. Plumbley, M. Coimbra, "Denoising of the Second Heart Sound Using Matching Pursuit", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, San Diego, USA, Sep 2012.
  74. P. Ferreira, F. Mourato, D. Pereira, M. Coimbra, R. Cruz-Correia, S. Mattos and I. Dutra, "Detecting Cardiac Pathologies from Annotated Auscultations", in Proc. of 25th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2012), Rome, Italy, Jun 2012.
  75. M. Coimbra, J.P.S. Cunha, “Vital Responder – Wearable Sensing Challenges in Uncontrolled Critical Environments”, (invited paper) in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software (S-Cube), Lisbon, Jun 2012
  76. Z. Reis, C. Freire, A Pereira, C. Couto, R. Correia, M. Coimbra, “Ensino da ausculta cardíaca em ambiente e-learning para capacitação de estudantes e profissionais de saúde no diagnóstico de cardiopatias em gestantes” (abstract), in 49º Congresso Brasileiro de Educação Médica, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Nov 2011.
  77. F. Baldaque Silva, N. Marques, M. Coimbra, et al., “Accuracy and Learning Curve of the Amsterdam Endoscopic Classification of Barrett’s Esophagus” (abstract), in 19th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW 2011), Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 2011.
  78. C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, “Human Identification based on ECG Signals from Wearable Health Monitoring Devices”, in Proc. 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2011), Barcelona, Spain, Oct 2011.
  79. M. Jafari, F. Hedayioglu, M. Coimbra, M. Plumbley, "Blind source separation of periodic sources from sequentially recorded instantaneous mixtures", in Proc. International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sep 2011.
  80. J. Pallauf, P. Gomes, S. Brás, J.P.S. Cunha, M. Coimbra, "Associating ECG features with firefighter’s activities", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, Boston, USA, Sep 2011.
  81. C. Ye, J. Pallauf, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, "Customizing Training Dataset for Improved Heartbeat Recognition Performance in Long-Term ECG Signal Analysis", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, Boston, USA, Sep 2011.
  82. N. Marques, E. Dias, J.P.S. Cunha, M. Coimbra, "Compressed Domain Topographic Classification for Capsule Endoscopy", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, Boston, USA, Sep 2011.
  83. D. Pereira, F. Hedayioglu, R. Correia, T. Silva, I. Dutra, F. Almeida, S. S. Mattos, M. Coimbra, "DigiScope – Unobtrusive Collection and Annotating of Auscultations in Real Hospital Environments", in Proc. IEEE EMBC, Boston, USA, Sep 2011.
  84. F. Riaz, F. Vilarino, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, “Identifying potentially cancerous tissues in Chromoendoscopy images”, in Proc. Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Gran Canaria, Spain, Jun 2011.
  85. F. Hedayioglu, M. Jafari, S. Mattos, M. Plumbley, M. Coimbra, “Separating sources from sequentially acquired mixtures of heart signals”, in Proc. IEEE ICASSP, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2011.
  86. F. Riaz, M. Areia, F. Baldaque Silva, P. Nunes, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, ”Gabor Textons for Classification of Gastroenterology Images”, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Chicago, USA, Apr 2011.
  87. C. Ye, M. Coimbra, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, “Investigation of Human Identification using Two-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Signals”, in Proc. IEEE Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, Washington DC, USA, Sep 2010.
  88. C. Ye, M. Coimbra, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, “Arrhythmia Detection and Classification using Morphological and Dynamic Features of ECG Signals”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sep 2010.
  89. M. Coimbra, F. Riaz, M. Areia, F. Baldaque Silva, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, “Segmentation for Classification of Gastroenterology Images”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sep 2010.
  90. M. Marques, F. Baldaque Silva, P. Bastos, R. Ramalho, P. Pereira, A. Ribeiro, N. Marques, M. Coimbra, M. Vieth, L. Lundell, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, HU. Marschall, G. Macedo, “Validade diagnóstica e curva de aprendizagem da classificação de Kara na avaliação do esófago de Barrett usando endoscopia de magnificação e narrow band imaging”, (abstract) in 30th National Meeting in GastroEnterology, Vilamoura, Portugal, Jun 2010.
  91. J.P.S. Cunha, S. Lima, D. Pacheco, I. Oliveira, J. M. Fernandes, L. Alves, M. Coimbra, and J. Soares, "Automated Endoscopic Capsule Massive Analysis using a Grid Computing Environment," (abstract) in VIII Reunião Ibérica de Cápsula Endoscópica, Porto, Portugal, 2010.
  92. J.P.S. Cunha, S. Lima, M. Coimbra, and J. Soares, "ECCA - A Tool for fast annotation of endoscopic capsule exams and its use in a new polyp detection algorithm," (abstract) in VIII Reunião Ibérica de Cápsula Endoscópica, Porto, Portugal, 2010.
  93. M. Dinis-Ribeiro, F. Riaz, A. Sousa, P. Pimentel-Nunes, M. Areia, M. Coimbra, "Computer-assisted analysis of gastric magnification chromoendoscopy images: feasibility and potential aplications", (abstract) in World Congress of Gastroenterology, London, UK, Nov 2009.
  94. A. Sousa, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Areia, M. Coimbra, "Identifying cancer regions in vital-stained magnification endoscopy images using adapted color histograms", in Proc. of IEEE ICIP 2009, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 2009.
  95. F. Riaz, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, “Quantitative Comparison of Segmentation Methods for In-Body Images”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2009, Minneapolis, USA, Sep 2009.
  96. S. Lima, J.P. Silva Cunha, M. Coimbra, J. Soares, "ECCA – Endoscopic Capsule Capview cAtaloguer", in Proc. of 11th World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, Sep 2009.
  97. F. Riaz, A. Sousa, P. Pimentel-Nunes, M. Areia, M. Coimbra, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, "Análise assistida por computador de imagens de cromendoscopia gástrica: praticabilidade e aplicabilidade", (abstract) in 29th National Meeting in GastroEnterology, Porto, Portugal, 2009.
  98. F. Riaz, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra,"A Review of Current Computer Aided Diagnosis Systems for Polyp Detection in Virtual Colonoscopy",7th Conference on Telecommunications, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, May 2009.
  99. F. Riaz, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, M. Coimbra, "Semantic relevance of current image segmentation algorithms", in Proc. of IEEE WIAMIS 2009, London, UK, May 2009.
  100. S. Lima, M. Coimbra, J. Soares, J.P. Silva Cunha, "A Tool for Endoscopic Capsule Dataset Preparation for Clinical Video Event Detector Algorithms", in Proc. of Healthinf 2009, Porto, Portugal.
  101. F. Hedayioglu, S. Mattos, and M. Coimbra, "A Survey of Audio Processing Algorithms for Digital Stethoscopes", in Proc. of HealthInf 2009, Porto, Portugal.
  102. A. Sousa, M.Dinis-Ribeiro, M.Areia, M.Correia, M. Coimbra, “Towards more adequate colour histograms for in-body images”, in Proc. of IEEE EMBC 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 2008.
  103. M. Coimbra, J. Kustra, P. Campos, J.P. Silva Cunha, “Combining Color with Spatial and Temporal Position of the Endoscopic Capsule for Improved Topographic Classification and Segmentation”, in Proc. of SAMT 2006, Athens, Greece, 2006.
  104. J.P. Silva Cunha, M. Coimbra, J. Kustra, P. Campos, J. Soares, “Posição e Velocidade Espacial da Cápsula Endoscópica como Ferramenta de Apoio ao Diagnóstico Clínico”, (abstract) in 26th National Meeting in GastroEnterology, Porto, Portugal, 2006.
  105. J. Soares, F. Baldaque, L. Lopes, M. Coimbra, J.P. Silva Cunha, “Precisão e Eficiência da Anotação Topográfica Manual de Exames de Cápsula Endoscópica”, (abstract) in 26th National Meeting in GastroEnterology, Porto, Portugal, 2006.
  106. J.P. Silva Cunha, M. Coimbra, C. Vollmar, S. Noachtar, “Quantification of 3d Motion Data for Seizure Semiology Analysis in Epilepsy”, (abstract) in 18th National Meeting in Epileptology, Porto, Portugal, 2006.
  107. J.P. Silva Cunha, M. Coimbra, P. Campos, J. Soares, “Faster Wireless Capsule Exam Analysis using Automatic Tools”, (abstract), in Proc. of International Conference on Capsule Endoscopy 2006, Miami, USA, 2006.
  108. M. Coimbra, J.P. Silva Cunha, P. Campos, J. Soares, “Capview.org: A Research Framework for the Development of Automatic Tools for Capsule Endoscopy”, (abstract), invited paper in Proc. of. 4th Iberian Meeting of Capsule Endoscopy, Coimbra, Portugal, 2006.
  109. J.P. Silva Cunha, M. Coimbra, P. Campos, J. Soares, “The First Capview.Org Automatic Tool for Capsule Endoscopy”, (abstract), invited paper in Proc. of. 4th Iberian Meeting of Capsule Endoscopy, Coimbra, Portugal, 2006.
  110. M. Coimbra, P. Campos, and J.P. Silva Cunha, “Topographic Segmentation and Transit Time Estimation for Endoscopic Capsule Exams”, in Proc. of IEEE ICASSP 2006, Toulouse, France, 2006.
  111. M. Coimbra, P. Campos, and J.P. Silva Cunha, “Extracting clinical information from endoscopic capsule exams using MPEG-7 visual descriptors”, in Proc. of IEE EWIMT 2005, London, UK, 2005.
  112. M. Coimbra, J.P. Silva Cunha, R. Bausinger, C. Bräuchle, A. Zumbusch, “Objective analysis of illumination noise in fluorescence microscopy”, in Proc. of WIAMIS 2005, April, Montreux, Switzerland, 2005.
  113. M. Coimbra, and M. Davies, "A Numerical Comparison of Compressed Domain Approximations to Optical Flow", WIAMIS 2004, Lisbon.
  114. M. Coimbra, and M. Davies, “Segmentation of moving pedestrians within the compressed domain”, in Proc. of IEEE ICASSP 04, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
  115. M. Coimbra, and M. Davies, "A New Pedestrian Detection system using MPEG-2 Compressed Domain Information", in Proc. of IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP 2003), Spain, 2003, pp. 598-602.
  116. M. Coimbra, M. Davies and S. Velastin, "Pedestrian Detection using MPEG-2 Motion Vectors", in Proc. of WIAMIS 2003, London, 2003, pp. 164-169.

Patents

  1. M. Coimbra and M. Davies, PCT International Application No. PCT/EP2004/051325, “Optical Flow Estimation Method”, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1st July 2004.