71 results match your criteria: "SUSS University[Affiliation]"

Primate brain pattern-based automated Alzheimer's disease detection model using EEG signals.

Cogn Neurodyn

June 2023

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 599489 Singapore.

Electroencephalography (EEG) may detect early changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a debilitating progressive neurodegenerative disease. We have developed an automated AD detection model using a novel directed graph for local texture feature extraction with EEG signals. The proposed graph was created from a topological map of the macroscopic connectome, i.

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Objectives: Ultrasound is widely used in diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). However, the limitations of ultrasound in CTS detection are the lack of objective measures in the detection of nerve abnormality and the operator-dependent nature of ultrasound imaging. Therefore, in this study, we developed and proposed externally validated artificial intelligence (AI) models based on deep-radiomics features.

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Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Monkeypox: A Systematic Review.

Diagnostics (Basel)

February 2023

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Singapore 599489, Singapore.

Monkeypox or Mpox is an infectious virus predominantly found in Africa. It has spread to many countries since its latest outbreak. Symptoms such as headaches, chills, and fever are observed in humans.

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Skin lesion segmentation using two-phase cross-domain transfer learning framework.

Comput Methods Programs Biomed

April 2023

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, 599489, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of science and Technology, SUSS university, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Engineering, Asia university, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Background And Objective: Deep learning (DL) models have been used for medical imaging for a long time but they did not achieve their full potential in the past because of insufficient computing power and scarcity of training data. In recent years, we have seen substantial growth in DL networks because of improved technology and an abundance of data. However, previous studies indicate that even a well-trained DL algorithm may struggle to generalize data from multiple sources because of domain shifts.

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PatchResNet: Multiple Patch Division-Based Deep Feature Fusion Framework for Brain Tumor Classification Using MRI Images.

J Digit Imaging

June 2023

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 599489, Singapore.

Modern computer vision algorithms are based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and both end-to-end learning and transfer learning modes have been used with CNN for image classification. Thus, automated brain tumor classification models have been proposed by deploying CNNs to help medical professionals. Our primary objective is to increase the classification performance using CNN.

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Nowadays, the hectic work life of people has led to sleep deprivation. This may further result in sleep-related disorders and adverse physiological conditions. Therefore, sleep study has become an active research area.

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Swarm Intelligence in Internet of Medical Things: A Review.

Sensors (Basel)

January 2023

Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.

Continuous advancements of technologies such as machine-to-machine interactions and big data analysis have led to the internet of things (IoT) making information sharing and smart decision-making possible using everyday devices. On the other hand, swarm intelligence (SI) algorithms seek to establish constructive interaction among agents regardless of their intelligence level. In SI algorithms, multiple individuals run simultaneously and possibly in a cooperative manner to address complex nonlinear problems.

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Automated Adrenal Gland Disease Classes Using Patch-Based Center Symmetric Local Binary Pattern Technique with CT Images.

J Digit Imaging

June 2023

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 599489, Singapore.

Incidental adrenal masses are seen in 5% of abdominal computed tomography (CT) examinations. Accurate discrimination of the possible differential diagnoses has important therapeutic and prognostic significance. A new handcrafted machine learning method has been developed for the automated and accurate classification of adrenal gland CT images.

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Swin-textural: A novel textural features-based image classification model for COVID-19 detection on chest computed tomography.

Inform Med Unlocked

December 2022

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, 599489, Singapore.

Background: Chest computed tomography (CT) has a high sensitivity for detecting COVID-19 lung involvement and is widely used for diagnosis and disease monitoring. We proposed a new image classification model, swin-textural, that combined swin-based patch division with textual feature extraction for automated diagnosis of COVID-19 on chest CT images. The main objective of this work is to evaluate the performance of the swin architecture in feature engineering.

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  • Schizophrenia is a serious and long-lasting mental illness, and this study aims to improve its detection using advanced EEG signal analysis techniques.
  • The research introduces a new model called the carbon chain pattern (CCP) combined with an iterative tunable q-factor wavelet transform (ITQWT) to extract and analyze features from EEG signals effectively.
  • The model achieved impressive detection accuracies of 95.84% with a single EEG channel and 99.20% using a voting method across multiple channels, showcasing its potential for accurate schizophrenia diagnosis.
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An open-access breast lesion ultrasound image database‏: Applicable in artificial intelligence studies.

Comput Biol Med

January 2023

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, 599489, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, SUSS University, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Breast cancer is one of the largest single contributors to the burden of disease worldwide. Early detection of breast cancer has been shown to be associated with better overall clinical outcomes. Ultrasonography is a vital imaging modality in managing breast lesions.

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Multilevel hybrid accurate handcrafted model for myocardial infarction classification using ECG signals.

Int J Mach Learn Cybern

November 2022

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 599489 Singapore.

Myocardial infarction (MI) is detected using electrocardiography (ECG) signals. Machine learning (ML) models have been used for automated MI detection on ECG signals. Deep learning models generally yield high classification performance but are computationally intensive.

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Next basket recommendation is a critical task in market basket data analysis. It is particularly important in grocery shopping, where grocery lists are an essential part of shopping habits of many customers. In this work, we first present a new grocery Recommender System available on the MyGroceryTour platform.

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Objectives: Deep learning algorithms have shown potential in streamlining difficult clinical decisions. In the present study, we report the diagnostic profile of a deep learning model in differentiating malignant and benign lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.

Methods: An in-house deep learning-based model called "ClymphNet" was developed and tested using two datasets containing ultrasound images of 195 malignant and 178 benign lymph nodes.

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Novel favipiravir pattern-based learning model for automated detection of specific language impairment disorder using vowels.

Neural Comput Appl

November 2022

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 599489 Singapore.

Article Synopsis
  • Specific language impairment (SLI) is a prevalent condition in children and early detection is crucial for effective treatment, but traditional diagnostics are complex and slow.
  • This study introduces a novel machine learning framework that employs features from the favipiravir molecule and various extraction techniques to enhance SLI diagnosis using vowel sounds.
  • The proposed model achieved high accuracy rates of 99.87% and 98.86% for SLI detection through advanced validation methods, showcasing its effectiveness in distinguishing SLI in children.
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Automated robust human emotion classification system using hybrid EEG features with ICBrainDB dataset.

Health Inf Sci Syst

December 2022

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 599489 Singapore.

Emotion identification is an essential task for human-computer interaction systems. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals have been widely used in emotion recognition. So far, there have been several EEG-based emotion recognition datasets that the researchers have used to validate their developed models.

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Purpose: To develop and validate a machine learning (ML) model for the classification of breast lesions on ultrasound images.

Method: In the present study, three separate data cohorts containing 1288 breast lesions from three countries (Malaysia, Iran, and Turkey) were utilized for MLmodel development and external validation. The model was trained on ultrasound images of 725 breast lesions, and validation was done separately on the remaining data.

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Explainable multi-module semantic guided attention based network for medical image segmentation.

Comput Biol Med

December 2022

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, 599489, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of science and Technology, SUSS university, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Engineering, Asia university, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Automated segmentation of medical images is crucial for disease diagnosis and treatment planning. Medical image segmentation has been improved based on the convolutional neural networks (CNNs) models. Unfortunately, they are still limited by scenarios in which the segmentation objective has large variations in size, boundary, position, and shape.

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TMP19: A Novel Ternary Motif Pattern-Based ADHD Detection Model Using EEG Signals.

Diagnostics (Basel)

October 2022

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 599489, Singapore.

Article Synopsis
  • ADHD is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder, and this research involves analyzing over 4000 noisy EEG signals to distinguish between ADHD and healthy individuals.
  • A new EEG classification model, named TMP19, combines various techniques including the Tunable Q Wavelet Transform (TQWT) and neighborhood component analysis (NCA) to extract, select, and classify informative features from the EEG data.
  • The model achieved impressive classification accuracies of 95.57% and 77.93% using different validation methods, showcasing the effectiveness of this approach in differentiating between ADHD and non-ADHD individuals.
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L-Tetrolet Pattern-Based Sleep Stage Classification Model Using Balanced EEG Datasets.

Diagnostics (Basel)

October 2022

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Singapore 599489, Singapore.

Background: Sleep stage classification is a crucial process for the diagnosis of sleep or sleep-related diseases. Currently, this process is based on manual electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis, which is resource-intensive and error-prone. Various machine learning models have been recommended to standardize and automate the analysis process to address these problems.

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Use of Differential Entropy for Automated Emotion Recognition in a Virtual Reality Environment with EEG Signals.

Diagnostics (Basel)

October 2022

Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 599489, Singapore.

Emotion recognition is one of the most important issues in human-computer interaction (HCI), neuroscience, and psychology fields. It is generally accepted that emotion recognition with neural data such as electroencephalography (EEG) signals, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is better than other emotion detection methods such as speech, mimics, body language, facial expressions, etc., in terms of reliability and accuracy.

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  • The study focuses on classifying pain intensity from facial images using a novel model that segments images into dynamic-sized "shutter blinds" for analysis.
  • It employs a pre-trained deep learning network (DarkNet19) to extract features from these segments and uses a k-nearest neighbor classifier for accurate classification.
  • The model achieved over 95% accuracy on datasets from two public pain expression databases, suggesting its potential utility in aiding doctors to detect pain non-verbally in patients who cannot communicate.
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  • * A new deep learning model, which fuses features from both types of images, has been developed to achieve high accuracy in classifying large datasets, taking into account the uncertainty of predictions.
  • * This model demonstrated impressive performance with 99.08% accuracy for CT scans and 96.35% for X-rays, and it is robust against noise and unfamiliar data; the code is publicly accessible.
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Automated BI-RADS classification of lesions using pyramid triple deep feature generator technique on breast ultrasound images.

Med Eng Phys

October 2022

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, 599489, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, SUSS University, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Engineering, Asia, University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Ultrasound (US) is an important imaging modality used to assess breast lesions for malignant features. In the past decade, many machine learning models have been developed for automated discrimination of breast cancer versus normal on US images, but few have classified the images based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) classes. This work aimed to develop a model for classifying US breast lesions using a BI-RADS classification framework with a new multi-class US image dataset.

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