Curriculum Vitae
TSANTIS STAVROS, MSc, PhD
Athens 2010
CONTENTS
1. CV SUMMARY………………………………….........................................................
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2. PERSONAL INFORMATION …………………………………………………………
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3. EDUCATION……………………………………………………………………...........
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4. PUBLICATIONS…………………………………………………………………….....
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4.1 Publications in International Scientific Journals………………………………….
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4.2 Publications in International Scientific Congresses……………………………….
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4.3 Publications in Greek Scientific Journals ………………………………………..
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4.4 Publications in Greek Scientific Congresses………………………………………
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4.5 Contributions ………………………………………………………………………
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5. CITATIONS …………………………………………………….....................................
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6. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES……………………………………………….......................
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6.1 Current Research Activity......................................................................................
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6.2 Participation in Research Programs........................................................................
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7. SCHOLARSHIPS – AWARDS: ………………………………………………………..
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8. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE………………………………………………………
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9. EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE……………………………………………………….
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9.1 Educational experience in Higher Education Institutes…………............................
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9.2 Other Educational experience …………………………………………….............
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10. LITERARY ACTIVITY…………………………………………….............................
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11. COMPUTER SKILLS……………………………………………….............................
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12. LANGUAGES…………………………………………………………………….........
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1. CV CUMMARY Personal Information: Full Name: Stavros Tsantis Birth Date: Athens, 1973. Residency: Ano Liosia, Athens. Marital Status: Married with children. 18 months Military Service. Telephone Number: 210-5534601, 210-2475923, 694-7635864, email:
[email protected] Education: Degree of Engineer in Medical Electronics & Instruments, Department of Medical Instruments Technology, Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I) Athens, 1998. Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering & Instrumentation. Department of Applied Physics, Electronics & Mechanics University of Dundee, Scotland, 1999. PhD in Medical Physics, Department of Medical Pysics University of Patras, 2007 Research Publications: 5 Publications in International Scientific Journals with impact factor
1 submitted manuscript under revision in International Scientific Journal with impact factor 21 Publications in International Scientific Congresses 17 Publications in Greek Scientific Congresses and Journals. Citations: 33 Citations, (h –Index = 3) Current Research Activity: Image processing and analysis in the Department of Medical Instrumentation Technology, TEI of Athens & department of Medical Physics, University of Patras. Professional Experience: 8 years as Biomedical Engineer in the Dept of Biomedical Engineering – General Hospital of Eleusina ‘THRIASIO’ 4 years and 5 months, of participation in research programs Educational experience in Higher Education Institutes: 9 academic years as Scientific Collaborator in the Department of Medical Instruments Technology Τ.Ε.Ι Athens – with subject: Physics & Instrumentation of Ultrasound – Laboratory of Ionizing and non-ionizing Radiation (2001 – 2010). 2 academic years as Scientific Collaborator in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate studies entitled: “Medical Physics,” University of Patras, Course: Ultrasound and Radiology Physics (2009 – 2010). 3 academic years as Scientific Collaborator in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate studies entitled: “Computer Science Technologies in Medicine and Biology” University of Athens. Course: Ultrasound physics and Instrumentation (2008 – 2010). Literary Activity: ‘Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation’, Univesrity Press ‘ARAKYNTHOS’.
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2. PERSONAL INFORMATION: FULL NAME
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STAVROS TSANTIS
DATE OF BIRTH
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13 / 04 /1973
ADDRESS OF RESIDENCE
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Dimitriou Xelioti 10, 13341 Ano-Liosia – Athens
TELEPHONE NUMBER
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210 – 2475923, 697.7635864
E-MAIL
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stsantis@teiath,gr,
[email protected]
MILITARY SERVICE
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18 month, Jan 1999 – July 2001
MARITAL STATUS
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Married with children
3. EDUCATION: UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE: 1994 – 1998
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Degree of Engineer in Medical Electronics & Instruments, Department of Medical Instruments Technology, Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I) Athens.
POSTGRADUATE DEGREE: 1998 – 1999
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Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering & Instrumentation. Department of Applied Physics, Electronics & Mechanics University of Dundee, Scotland.
PhD DEGREE: 2003 – 2007
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PhD in Medical Physics, Department of Medical Pysics University of Patras, Greece entitled:‘ Image Processing and Analysis Methods in Thyroid Ultrasound Imaging’
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4. PUBLICATIONS: 4.1
Publications in International Scientific Journals
1. Taylor GM, Mires GJ, Abel EW, Tsantis S, Farrell T… The Development and Validation of an Algorithm for Real Time Computerized Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Labor. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (BJOG) September 2000; 107 (9): 1130 – 7. PMID: 11002957 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] This study has been received (16) citations (see section «Citations»).
2. S. Tsantis, D. Cavouras, I. Kalatzis, N. Piliouras, N. Dimitropoulos, and G. Nikiforidis.Development of a support vector machine-based image analysis system for assessing the thyroid nodule malignancy risk on ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 1451–1459, 2005. This study has been received (5) citations (see section «Citations»).
3. Tsantis S, N. Dimitropoulos, M. Ioannidou, D. Cavouras and G. Nikiforidis Inter-Scale Wavelet Analysis for Speckle Reduction in Thyroid Ultrasound Images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 117-127, 2007. This study has been received (3) citations (see section «Citations»).
4. S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras and G. Nikiforidis. A Hybrid Multi-Scale Model for Thyroid Nodule boundary detection on Ultrasound Images. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Volume 84, Issues 2-3, December 2006, Pages 86-98. This study has been received (9) citations (see section «Citations»).
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S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras, and G. Nikiforidis, Morphological and Wavelet Local Maxima Features towards Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules Malignancy Risk in Ultrasonography, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 33 (2), pp. 91-99,2009. This study has been received (1) citation (see section «Citations»).
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I. Georgakopoulos, S. Tsantis, P. Korfiatis, L. Costaridou, T. Petsas, and G. Panayiotakis, ‘PRP impact in Osseo integration of oral implants in dental panoramic radiography: Texture based evaluation’ under revision, in IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, April 2010. Publications in International Scientific Congresses
1. Eric Abel and Stavros Tsantis, Gary Mires and Graham Taylor An Improved Algorithm for Fetal Heart Rate Baseline in CTG. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings 2, pp. 1024, 1999. 2. S. Tsantis, N. S. Arikidis , N.Dimitropoulos, and D. Cavouras. Design and implementation of an adaptive edge preserving smoothing filter for speckle suppression in ultrasound images. 3rd European Symposium in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Patra – Greece, 2002.
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3. N. S. Arikidis, J. Kalatzis, S. Tsantis, B. Prasopoulos, and D. Cavouras. Suppression of high frequency noise from SPECT images using wavelet denoising. 3rd European Symposium in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Patra – Greece, 2002. 4. S.Tsantis, I.Kalantzis, N Piliouras, D. Cabouras, N Dimitropoulos, G. Nikiforidis. Computer-aided characterization of thyroid nodules by image analysis methods. Proceedings in International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2003 (ICCMSE 2003), pp 639:642, September 2003. 5. S.Tsantis, D. Cabouras, N Dimitropoulos, G. Nikiforidis. Denoising sonographic images of thyroid nodules via singularity detection employing the wavelet transform modulus maxima. Proceedings in International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2003 (ICCMSE 2003), pp 643:646, September 2003. 6. D.Nikolopoulos, P.Liaparinos, S.Tsantis, D.Cavouras, I.Kandarakis, G.Panagiotakis. Radiation Detection efficiency evaluation of yap scintillator by Monte – Carlo methods. Proceedings in International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2003 (ICCMSE 2003), pp 457:460, September 2003. 7. S.Tsantis, N.Piliouras, N.Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras and G.Nikiforidis. Evaluation of Support Vector Machines Wavelet kernels for the automatic categorization of thyroid nodules. 4th European Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, Patra, 25th - 27th June 2004 8. S.Tsantis, Dimitris Glotsos, Giannis Kalatzis, Nikos Dimitropoulos, George Nikiforidis, Dionisis Cavouras. Automatic contour delineation of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images employing the wavelet transform modulus-maxima chains 1st International Conference “From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering”, IC-SCCE, Athens, 8-10 September, 2004. 9. S.Tsantis, Dimitris Glotsos, Panagiota Spyridonos, Giannis Kalatzis, Nikos Dimitropoulos, George Nikiforidis, Dionisis Cavouras. Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in the classification of thyroid cancer by combining quantitative information extracted from both ultrasound and cytological images. 1st International Conference “From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering”, IC-SCCE, Athens, 8-10 September, 2004. 10. Glotsos D., Spyridonos P., Ravazoula I., Kalatzis G., Tsantis S., Nikiforidis G., Cavouras D. Evaluating the Generalization Performance of a Support Vector Machine based Classification Methodology in Brain Tumor Astrocytomas Grading. 1st International Conference “From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering”, IC-SCCE, Athens, 8-10 September, 2004. 11. Glotsos D., Spyridonos P., Tsantis S., Kalatzis I., Dimitropoulos N., Nikiforidis G., Cavouras D Unsupervised Segmentation of Fine Needle Aspiration Nuclei Images of Thyroid Cancer using a Support Vector Machine Clustering Methodology. 1st International Conference “From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering”, IC-SCCE, Athens, 8-10 September, 2004. 12. S. Tsantis, D. Glotsos, I. Kalatzis, P. Spyridonos, N. Dimitropoulos, G. Nikiforidis1, Computer- Assisted Diagnosis of thyroid nodules malignancy, paper C-0355, European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2005. 13. D. Glotsos, S. Tsantis, J. Kybic, I. Kalatzis, P. Ravazoula, N. Dimitropoulos, G. Nikiforidis, D. Cavouras, Pattern recognition based segmentation versus wavelet maxima Tsantis Stavros, September 2010
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chain edge representation for nuclei detection in microscopy images of thyroid nodules 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 20-25 November, 2005 14. G. Manoussaridis, N. Kalivas, Ch. Michail, P. Liaparinos, S. Tsantis, and I. Kandarakis. Computer-Assisted Laboratory Exercises for Quality Control of X-Ray Modalities. WSEAS International Conference on Engineering Education, Bouliagmeni 8-10 July, 2005. 15. G. Manousaridis, N. Roussos, P. Liaparinos, S. Tsantis, and I. Kandarakis. ComputerAssisted Laboratory Exercise for Quality Control of Computed Tomography Systems. WSEAS International Conference on Engineering Education, Bouliagmeni 8-10 July, 2005. 16. N.Roussos, E.Fasoulis, M.Zisis, N. Arikidis, P. Liaparinos, S. Tsantis, and I. Kandarakis. An Educational Software for Two Dimensional Computed Tomography Image Reconstruction with Parallel and Fan X-Ray Beam. WSEAS International Conference on Engineering Education, Bouliagmeni 8-10 July, 2005. 17. G. Saatsakis, D. Siapikas, P. Liaparinos, S. Tsantis, and I. Kandarakis. Development of Educational Software for Teaching Positron Emission Tomography Fundamentals. WSEAS International Conference on Engineering Education, Bouliagmeni 8-10 July, 2005. 18. S. Tsantis, N.Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras and G. Nikiforidis, Morphological Features towards Ultrasound Thyroid Nodules Malignancy Evaluation 2nd IC-EpsMsO, Athens, 47 July, 2007 19. S. Tsantis, N.Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras and G. Nikiforidis, 1st Order vs. 2nd Order Derivatives towards Wavelet-Based Speckle Suppression in Ultrasound Images 2nd ICEpsMsO, Athens, 4-7 July, 2007 20. Ioannis Georgakopoulos, Stavros Tsantis, Panayiotis Korfiatis, Lena Costaridou, Theodoris Petsas and George Panayiotakis, Texture based evaluation of Osseo integration of oral implants in dental panoramic radiography, 9th IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine (Cyprus, 6-8 November, ITAB 2009) 21. Liaskos M., Arikidis N., Karahaliou A., Tsantis S., Vassiou K., Costaridou L. "Empirical Pharmacokinetic Models in Breast MRI"4th International Conference "From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering", Athens, 4-7 July, 2010
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Publications in Greek Scientific Journals Ιωάννης Κανδαράκης, Τσαντής Σταύρος, Φυσική και Οργανολογία των Υπερήχων. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Hellenica, Διαλέξεις από το τακτικό Εκπαιδευτικό Πρόγραμμα 2005, Σελ 27-32. Publications in Greek Scientific Congresses
1. Σταύρος Τσαντής Βασικές Αρχές Τεχνολογίας και Φυσικής Υπερήχων., 3ο Συνέδριο Ελληνικής Εταιρίας Τραύματος & Επείγουσας Χειρουργικής, Σελ 32, Αθήνα 25-27 Φεβρουαρίου 2005.
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2. Δ. Γκλώτσος, Ι. Καλατζής, Σ. Τσαντής, N. Δημητρόπουλος, Γ. Νικηφορίδης, ‘Εποπτευόμενες και Μη Εποπτευόμενες Μέθοδοι Αναγνώρισης Μορφών για Αυτόματη Ταξινόμηση Όζων Θυρεοειδούς Αδένα’, Συνέδριο ΕΠΕΑΕΚ Αρχιμήδης, Ελλάδα 2006, σελ. 247-254. 3. Σταύρος Τσαντής Αρχές Φυσικής και Τεχνολογίας των Υπερήχων. Ανατομία του διαδερμικού και διορθικού Ηχοβολέα. 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 3738, 2007. 4. Σταύρος Τσαντής Βασικοί κανόνες φυσικής και τεχνολογίας: Linear, convex, Διακολπικός ηχοβολέας. Αναφορά στο έγχρωμο Doppler., 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 96-96, 2007. 5. Σταύρος Τσαντής Φυσική και Τεχνολογία Υπερήχων στην γυναικολογία Διαδερμικοί και διακολπικοί ηχοβολείς, 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 105-106, 2007. 6. Σταύρος Τσαντής, Φυσική των Υπερήχων, Artefacts στην υπερηχογραφία του μυοσκελετικού συστήματος, 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 275-276, 2007. 7. Κανδαράκης Ιωάννης – Σταύρος Τσαντής Φυσική και Τεχνολογία Υπερήχων: Βασικοί κανόνες διάδοσης της δέσμης των υπερήχων στο ουροποιητικό σύστημα. Convex Ηχοβολέας., 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 356-357, 2007. 8. Κανδαράκης Ιωάννης – Σταύρος Τσαντής Αρχές φυσικής και τεχνολογίας στην υπερηχογραφική εξέταση άνω και κάτω κοιλίας. 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 196-198, 2007. 9. Κανδαράκης Ιωάννης – Σταύρος Τσαντής, Φυσική και τεχνολογία των υπερήχων, linear ηχοβολείς. Έγχρωμο και Pulsed Doppler., 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 217-218, 2007. 10. Γ.Ε Δελήμπασης, Ι Μπεχράκης, Α. Μιχαηλίδης, Κ. Χαντζιμιχαήλ, Γ Αδαμάκης, Κ.Πάχου, Σ.Τσαντής, Δ Κόκκινος, Π.Σ Ζουμπούλης, Υπερηχογραφικός Έλεγχος κατά γόνυ άρθρωσης 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 473, 2007. 11. Γ.Ε Δελήμπασης, Ι Μπεχράκης, Α. Μιχαηλίδης, Κ. Χαντζιμιχαήλ, Γ Αδαμάκης, Κ.Πάχου, Σ.Τσαντής, Δ Κόκκινος, Π.Σ Ζουμπούλης, Υπερηχογραφικός Έλεγχος ποδοκνημικής άθρωσης και άκρου ποδός 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 474, 2007. 12. Γ.Ε Δελήμπασης, Ι Μπεχράκης, Α. Μιχαηλίδης, Κ. Χαντζιμιχαήλ, Γ Αδαμάκης, Κ.Πάχου, Σ.Τσαντής, Δ Κόκκινος, Π.Σ Ζουμπούλης, Υπερηχογραφικός Έλεγχος Αγκώνος 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 471, 2007. 13. Γ.Ε Δελήμπασης, Ι Μπεχράκης, Α. Μιχαηλίδης, Κ. Χαντζιμιχαήλ, Γ Αδαμάκης, Κ.Πάχου, Σ.Τσαντής, Δ Κόκκινος, Π.Σ Ζουμπούλης, Υπερηχογραφικός Έλεγχος Ισχίου 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Υπερηχογραφίας, σελ 472, 2007. 14. Σ.Τσαντής, Ποιος υπερηχογραφος και ποιος ηχοβολέας για χρήση στα επείγοντα και στην ΜΕΘ, Ημερίδα: Η Υπερηχογραφία σήμερα, 2010. 15. Σ.Τσαντής, Εισαγωγή στην φυσική και στις αρχές των Ενισχυτών Ηχογένειας, Ημερίδα: Η Υπερηχογραφία σήμερα, 2010. 16. Σ.Τσαντής, Βασικές αρχές στην φυσική και τεχνολογία των υπερήχων στην απεικόνιση του μαστού, Ημερίδα: Η Υπερηχογραφία σήμερα, 2010.
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Contributions
1. Contribution in Dimitris Glotsos and Jan Kybic: Development of a wavelet-assisted edge-detection algorithm for boundary detection of fine needle aspiration images of thyroid nodules. Research Report CTU-CMP-2005-17, Center for Machine Perception, K13133 FEE Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2005
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5. CITATIONS The amount of citations is (27): The Publication number 1: [Taylor GM, Mires GJ, Abel EW, Tsantis S, Farrell T… The Development and Validation of an Algorithm for Real Time Computerized Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Labor. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (BJOG) September 2000; 107 (9): 1130 – 7. PMID: 11002957]
has been received 16 citations 1. Elliott, C., Warrick, P.A., Graham, E., Hamilton, E.F. Graded classification of fetal heart rate tracings: association with neonatal metabolic acidosis and neurologic morbidity American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 202 (3), pp. 258-258, 2010 2. Chen, C.-Y., Chen, J.-C., Yu, C., Lin, C.-WA, comparative study of a new cardiotocography analysis program, Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 , art. no. 5335287, pp. 2567-2570 3. Steer, P.J. , Surveillance during labour, Journal of Perinatal Medicine 37 (5), pp. 451456, 2009 4. Use of fetal electrocardiogram for intrapartum monitoring, Su, L.-L., Chong, Y.-S., Biswas, A., Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 36 (6), pp. 416-420, 2007 5. Novel approach for fetal heart rate classification introducing grammatical evolution, Chudácek, V., Petrik, M., Georgoulas, G., Cepek, M., Lhotská, L., Stylios, C., Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference 2007, pp. 3844-3847, 2007 6. Introducing grammatical evolution in fetal heart rate analysis and classification Tsoulos, I., Georgoulas, G., Gavrilis, D., Stylios, C., Bernardes, J., Groumpos, P. IEEE Intelligent Systems, art. no. 4155487, pp. 560-565 7. Feature extraction and classification of fetal heart rate using wavelet analysis and support vector machines. Georgoulas, G., Stylios, C., Groumpos, P. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools 15 (3), pp. 411-432, 2006 8. Predicting the risk of metabolic acidosis for newborns based on fetal heart rate signal classification using support vector machines Georgoulas G, Stylios CD, Groumpos PP IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 53 (5): 875-884 MAY 2006 9. Classification of fetal heart rate during labour using hidden markov models. Georgoulas, G.G., Stylios, C.D., Nokas, G., Groumpos, P.P. IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings 3, pp. 2471-2475, 2004 10. Interobserver agreements in assessing 549 labor admission tests after a standardized training program Blix, E., Øian, P. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 84 (11), pp. 1087-1092 , 2005. 11. Visual analysis of antepartum fetal heart rate tracings: Inter- and intra-observer agreement and impact of knowledge of neonatal outcome Figueras, F., Albela, S., Bonino, S., Palacio, M., Barrau, E., Hernandez, S., Casellas, et al Journal of Perinatal Medicine 33 (3), pp. 241- 245, 2005. 12. Comparison of fetal heart rate baseline estimation by SisPorto® 2.01 and a consensus of clinicians Ayres-De- Campos, D., Bernardes, J. European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 117 (2), pp. 174-178, 2004 13. Classification of fetal heart rate during labour using hidden markov models Georgoulas, G.G., Stylios, C.D., Nokas, G., Groumpos, P.P. IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks – Conference Proceedings3, pp. 2471- 2475, 2004. 14. Can the reproducibility of fetal heart rate baseline estimation be improved? Ayres-deCampos, D., Bernardes, J., Marsal, K., Nickelsen, C., Makarainen, L., Banfield, P., Xavier, P., Campos,I. European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 112 (1), pp. 49- 54, 2004.
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15. Qualitative data analysis of thinking-aloud role-play exercises: Usefulness in softwareengineering requirements analysis Dixon, M., Jagodzinski, A.P. Proceedings of the 10th ISPE International Conference On Concurrent Engineering, pp. 107-113, 2003. 16. Inter-observer variation in assessment of 845 labour admission tests: Comparison between midwives and obstetricians in the clinical setting and two experts Blix, E., Sviggum, O., Koss, K.S., Øian, P. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 110 (1), pp. 1-5, 2003. The Publication number 2: S. Tsantis, D. Cavouras, I. Kalatzis, N. Piliouras, N. Dimitropoulos, and G. Nikiforidis.Development of a support vector machine-based image analysis system for assessing the thyroid nodule malignancy risk on ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 1451–1459, 2005.
Has been received 5 citations: 1. Thyroid texture representation via noise resistant image features, Keramidas, E.G., Iakovidis, D.K., Maroulis, D., Dimitropoulos, N. Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, art. no. 4562057, pp. 560-565,2008 2. Morphological and Wavelet Local Maxima Features towards Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules Malignancy Risk in Ultrasonography S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras, and G. Nikiforidis, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 33 (2), pp. 91-99,2009. 3. Computer-aided diagnosis in breast ultrasound, Chen, D.-R., Hsiao, Y.-H. Journal of Medical Ultrasound 16 (1), pp. 46-56, 2008 4. Tsantis, S., Dimitropoulos, N., Cavouras, D., Nikiforidis, G. “A hybrid multi-scale model for thyroid nodule boundary detection on ultrasound images”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2006, 84 (2-3), pp. 86-98. 5. Michalis Savelonas, Dimitris Maroulis and Manolis Sangriotis “A Computer-Aided System for Malignancy Risk Assessment of Nodules in Thyroid US Images based on Boundary Features” Accepted for publication in Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine The Publication number 3: Tsantis S, N. Dimitropoulos, M. Ioannidou, D. Cavouras and G. Nikiforidis Inter-Scale Wavelet Analysis for Speckle Reduction in Thyroid Ultrasound Images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 117-127, 2007.
Has been received 2 citations: 1. Huang, Q., Zheng, Y., Lu, M., Wang, T., Chen, S. A new adaptive interpolation algorithm for 3D ultrasound imaging with speckle reduction and edge preservation, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 33 (2), pp. 100-110,2009 2. S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras, and G. Nikiforidis Morphological and Wavelet Local Maxima Features towards Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules Malignancy Risk in Ultrasonography, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 33 (2), pp. 91-99,2009. The Publication number 4: S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras and G. Nikiforidis. A Hybrid Multi-Scale Model for Thyroid Nodule boundary detection on Ultrasound Images. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Volume 84, Issues 2-3, December 2006, Pages 86-98.
Has been received 9 citations: 1. Chang, C.-Y., Huang, H.-C., Chen, S.-J. Automatic thyroid nodule segmentation and component analysis in ultrasound images, Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications 22 (2), pp. 81-89, 2010
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2. Chang, C.-Y., Huang, H.-C., Chen, S.-J. Thyroid nodule segmentation and component analysis in ultrasound image, APSIPA ASC 2009 - Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference , pp. 910-917 3. Xiao, Z., Shi, J., Chang, Q. Automatic image segmentation algorithm based on PCNN and fuzzy mutual information Proceedings - IEEE 9th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2009 1, art. no. 5329529, pp. 241-245 4. Zhiheng, X., Jun, S., Qian, C Image segmentation with simplified PCNN 2009 Proceedings of the 2009 2nd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP'09 , art. no. 5303833 5. Savelonas, M.A., Iakovidis, D.K., Legakis, I., Maroulis, D Active contours guided by echogenicity and texture for delineation of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images,. 2009 IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine 13 (4), pp. 519-527 6. Morphological and Wavelet Local Maxima Features towards Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules Malignancy Risk in Ultrasonography S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras, and G. Nikiforidis, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 33 (2), pp. 91-99,2009. 7. Computer-aided malignancy risk assessment of nodules in thyroid US images utilizing boundary descriptors, Savelonas, M.A., Maroulis, D.E., Iakovidis, D.K., Dimitropoulos, N., Proceedings - 12th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI 2008, art. no. 4621555, pp. 157-160,2008 8. Medical image segmentation: Quo Vadis Zaidi, H. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 84 (2-3), pp. 63-65, 2006 9. A color image segmentation method based on automatic seeded region growing, Li, W., Huang, H., Zhang, D., Tang, H., Wang, C. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2007, art. no. 4338888, pp. 1925-1929
The Publication number 5: S. Tsantis, N. Dimitropoulos, D. Cavouras, and G. Nikiforidis, Morphological and Wavelet Local Maxima Features towards Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules Malignancy Risk in Ultrasonography, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 33 (2), pp. 91-99,2009.
Has been received 1 citation: 1. Wang, W., Ozolek, J.A., Rohde, G.K. , Detection and classification of thyroid follicular lesions based on nuclear structure from histopathology images, Cytometry Part A 77 (5), pp. 485-494, 2010
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6. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 6.1
Current Research Activity
My current research activity is with Department of Medical Instruments Technology Τ.Ε.Ι Athens Αθήνας and the Department of Medical Physics, Medical School, Univesrity of Patras in the following research fields: Processing (noise reduction, 2d & 3d segmentation) in Ultrasound and MRI images Pattern Recognition in Ultrasound, MRI & Panoramic radiograph images Processing and analysis in Optical Coherence Tomography images 6.2
Participation in Research Programs
2003 – 2005
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Scientific collaborator in the program "Reformation of Second cycle Program Study" Τ.Ε.Ι. Athens, (EPEAEK ΙΙ). Creation and pilot trial of software of/educational exercises for the laboratory of Ionizing and non-ionizing Radiation (Department of Medical Instruments Technology). Total experience: 2 years.
2004 – 2006
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Member of Inquiring Team of sub-project program “Archimedean TEI ATHENS EPEAEK II” with title: «Automatic Diagnosis System of Thyroid Nodules Cancer "Department of Medical Instruments Technology T.E.I. Athens. Total experience: 31 months.
7. Scholarships/Awards Scholarships 1998
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Scholarship from Municipality of Ano-Liosia for the postgraduate program in the university of Dundee.
1999
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First reward in the department of postgraduate students Department of Applied Physics, Electronics & Mechanics, University of Dundee for best poster presentation.
2008
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International scientist of the year for 2008 – International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England
Awards
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Reviewer 1. Invited reviewer by the associate editor of the journal Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine for reviewing the paper “Quantitative Evaluation of US Kidney Images for Computer Aided Diagnosis and Disorder Classification using Scale Space Representation” (ref. no. CMPB-D-06-00241). Invitation for revision Dec 2006. 2. Invited reviewer by the associate editor of the journal Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine for reviewing the paper “A computer-based approach for malignancy risk assessment of thyroid nodules in US images” (ref. no. CMPB-D-08-00223. Invitation for revision Oct 2008. 3. Invited reviewer by the associate editor of the journal Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine for reviewing the paper “ΤND: A THYROID NODULE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF ULTRASOUND IMAGES AND VIDEOS” (ref. no. CMPB-D-09-00227). Invitation for revision Aug 2009. 4. Invited reviewer by the associate editor of the journal Artificial Inteligence in Medicine for reviewing the paper ‘Hybrid Wavelet-based Discrimination of Human Organ Radiological Patterns in Automated Medical Diagnosis Systems’. (ref.no. AIIM-D-0900102). Invitation for revision Aug 2009. 5. Invited reviewer by the associate editor of the journal Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology for reviewing the paper ‘A new quantitative measurement for thyroid cancer detection based on elastography’. (ref.no. UMB-D-10-00302). Invitation for revision Aug 2010. Other Scientific Activities 1. 2009: Chairman in medical image processing session in the 4th International Conference "From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering", Athens, 4-7 July, 2009. 2. 2010: Chairman in medical image processing session in the 4th International Conference "From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering", Athens, 4-7 July, 2010.
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8. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 11/97 – 5/98
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2003 – ...
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Biomedical Engineer in the Dept of Biomedical Engineering – General Hospital of Eleusina ‘THRIASIO’ Total experience so far: 8 years
2002 – 2007
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Scientific Collaborator of ‘ECHONET’ Institute for development of seminars regarding ‘Physics & Instrumentation of Ultrasound’
Six-month practical experience in the department of Medical Support Company Pharmaserve Lilly as Application Specialist in UltraSound Equipment.
Total experience so far: 6 years 2003 – 2010
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Scientific Collaborator in the Scientific Committee for the certification exams of Vocational Training in Medical Instrument Technology’ Total experience : 6 years
2003 – 2005
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Scientific collaborator in the program "Reformation of Second cycle Program Study" Τ.Ε.Ι. Athens, (EPEAEK ΙΙ). Creation and pilot trial of software of/educational exercises for the laboratory of Ionizing and nonionizing Radiation (Department of Medical Instruments Technology). Total experience: 2 years.
2004 – 2006
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Member of Inquiring Team of sub-project program “Archimedean TEI ATHENS EPEAEK II” with title: «Automatic Diagnosis System of Thyroid Nodules Cancer "Department of Medical Instruments Technology T.E.I. Athens. Total experience: 31 months.
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9. EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Educational experience in Higher Education Institutes: 2001 –2010
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Scientific Collaborator in the Department of Medical Instruments Technology Τ.Ε.Ι Athens – with subject: Physics & Instrumentation of Ultrasound – Laboratory of Ionizing and non-ionizing Radiation. Total experience: 9 years.
2008 – 2010
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Scientific Collaborator in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate studies entitled: “Medical Physics,” University of Patras, Course : Ultrasound and Radiology Physics Total experience: 2 years.
2007 – 2010
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Scientific Collaborator in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate studies entitled: “Computer Science Technologies in Medicine and Biology” University of Athens. Course: Ultrasound physics and Instrumentation Total experience: 2 years.
Other Educational experience: 2002 – 2003
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Vocational Training Department ‘DELTA’ Course: Technology of Medical Instruments & Medical Physics. Total experience: 1 year.
2002 – 2003
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Public Vocational Training Department, Course: Technology of Medical Instruments & Medical Physics. Total experience: 6 months
2008 – 2010
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Vocational Training Department ‘AKMH’ Course: Technology of Medical Instruments & Medical Physics. Total experience: 2 year.
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10. LITERARY ACTIVITY ‘Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation’, Univesrity Press ‘ARAKYNTHOS’. Undergraduate thesis: ‘ Blood Flow measurements with Doppler Effect’. Department of MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGY, TEI of Athens Postgraduate Thesis: ‘Development of Computerized Analysis of the Cardiotocograms in Labour’. Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Applied Physics, Electronics and Mechanics, APEME, University of Dundee. PhD Thesis: ‘Image Processing and Analysis Methods in Thyroid Ultrasound Imaging’. Department of Medical Physics, Medical School, Univesrity of Patras.
11. Computer Skills Excellent knowledge in Windows XP, 7. Excellent knowledge of MATLAB, C, PASCAL (Algorithm implementation during postgraduate and PhD studies). Excellent knowledge of MS Office.
12. LANGUAGES English Proficiency
Athens, 2010
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