University Of Cyprus
Research Center of Excellence

2019 -  AM-FM Methods Experimental Comparisons

Download AM-FM Methods Experimental Comparisons.

This code provides comparisons between the following AM-FM methods: (i) multiscale AM-FM method using a Gabor filterbank, (ii) the Multidimensional Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition method, and (iii) the Variational Mode Decomposition for the modified Lagrangian. When using this code, please give gredit to the following paper:

K. Constantinou, I. Constantinou, M. S. Pattichis and C. S. Pattichis, Medical Image Analysis Using AM-FM Models and Methods, IEEE Reviews on Biomedical Engineering, revised version submitted Nov. 2019.

2015 -  Variable Quality ROI Encoding

Download Variable Quality ROI Encoding using H.264/AVC

The software builds on and extends JM Reference Software 15.1 to support variable quality ROI encoding. Read copyright notice in Copyright-Variable-Quality-ROI-Encoding.txt. The research is to be cited in the bibliography as:

A. Panayides, M. Pattichis, C. Pattichis, C. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, A. Pitsillides, Atherosclerotic Plaque Ultrasound Video Encoding, Wireless Transmission, and Quality Assessment Using H.264, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol.15, no.3, pp. 387-397, May 2011. DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2011.2105882.

A. Panayides, Z. Antoniou, Y. Mylonas, M. S. Pattichis, A. Pitsillides, and C. S. Pattichis, High-Resolution, Low-delay, and Error-resilient Medical Ultrasound Video Communication Using H.264/AVC Over Mobile WiMAX Networks, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol:17, no.3, pp. 619-628, May 2013. DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2012.2232675

2014 - Biomedical Video Motion Analysis Software

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An integrated system for the segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque in ultrasound video, C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, and A.N. Nicolaides, IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Contr., vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 86-101, 2014.

M-mode state-based identification in ultrasound videos of the common carotid artery, C.P. Loizou, M. Pantziaris, C.S. Pattichis, and E. Kyriakou, Proc. Of the 4th Int. Symp. on Commun. Contr. & Sign. Proces., ISCCSP 2010,  Limassol, Cyprus, pages 6, March 3-5, 2010.

2014 - Image Despeckle Filtering (IDF)

Download Image Despeckle Filtering (IDF) Toolbox:

Please reference the following papers when using the software:

C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, and A.N. Nicolaides, “An integrated system for the segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque in ultrasound video”, IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Contr., vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 86-101, Jan. 2014.

C.P. Loizou, C.S. Pattichis, C.I. Christodoulou, R.S.H. Istepanian, M. Pantzaris, and A.N. Nicolaides, "Comparative Evaluation of Despeckle Filtering in Ultrasound Imaging of the Carotid Artery", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 52, issue 10, pp. 1653-1669, 2005.

C.P. Loizou, C. Theofanous, M. Pantziaris, and T. Kasparis, “Despeckle filtering software toolbox for ultrasound imaging of the common carotid artery”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, no. 114, pp. 109-124, January 2014.

C.P. Loizou, C. Theofanous, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, P. Christodoulides, A.N. Nicolaides, and  C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering toolbox for medical ultrasound video”, Int. J. of Monitoring & Surveillance Technol. Research (IJMSTR): Special issue on Biomedical Monitoring Technologies, vol. 4,  no. 1, pp. 61-79, Oct.-Dec. 2013.

2013 - Video Despeckle Filtering (VDF)

Download Video Despeckle Filtering (VDF) Toolbox:

Please reference the following papers when using the software:

C.P. Loizou, S. Petroudi, C.S. Pattichis, M. Pantziaris, and A.N. Nicolaides, “An integrated system for the segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque in ultrasound video”, IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Contr., vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 86-101, Jan. 2014.

C.P. Loizou, C. Theofanous, M. Pantziaris, T. Kasparis, P. Christodoulides, A.N. Nicolaides, and  C.S. Pattichis, “Despeckle filtering toolbox for medical ultrasound video”, Int. J. of Monitoring & Surveillance Technol. Research (IJMSTR): Special issue on Biomedical Monitoring Technologies, vol. 4,  no. 1, pp. 61-79, Oct.-Dec. 2013.

2008 - Despekle Filtering Toolbox

Download Despekle Filtering Toolbox:

Despeckle Filtering Algorithms and Software for Ultrasound Imaging, C.P. Loizou, and C.S. Pattichis, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, CA, USA, 2008.