Presentations

Featured Presentation

C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Measuring tissue dispersion using optical coherence tomography speckle,” Proc. SPIE. 10416, 2017. doi: 10.1117/12.22877

Recent Presentations

  1. Kassinopoulos, J. Dong, G.J. Tearney, C. Pitris, “Automated detection of esophageal dysplasia in in vivo optical coherence tomography images of the human esophagus,” Proc. SPIE. 10483, 2018. doi: 10.1117/12.2289612
  2. K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris, “A new method for breast micro-calcification detection and characterization using digital temporal subtraction of mammogram pairs,” 2019 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI), Chicago, IL, USA, 2019, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/BHI.2019.8834517
  3. C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Measuring tissue dispersion using the cross-correlation of half-spectrum optical coherence tomography images”, Proc. SPIE 10867, 2019. doi: 10.1117/12.2510949
  4. C. Photiou, G. Plastiras, G. J. Tearney, C. Pitris, “Comparison of classification methods of Barret’s and dysplasia in the esophagus from in vivo optical coherence tomography images,” Proc. SPIE 11228, 2020. doi: 10.1117/12.2546299
  5. C. Photiou, G. Plastiras, G. J. Tearney, C. Pitris, “Machine Learning Methods for Barret’s and Dysplasia classification from In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography Images of Human Esophagus,” Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020. doi: 10.1364/OCT.2020.OW2E.4.
  6. K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris, “Breast Mass Detection and Classification based on Digital Temporal Subtraction of Mammogram Pairs,” IEEE BIBE, 2020, pp. 894-899, doi: 10.1109/BIBE50027.2020.00152.

Αll Presentations since 2004

  1. C. Preza, P. Patsalis, C. Sismani, P. Patsalis, C. Pitris, “Three-dimensional FISH imaging of chromosomes using computational optical-sectioning microscopy,” II EFOMP Mediterranean Conference on Medical Physics, Limassol, Cyprus, April 28-30, 2004.
  2. C. Pitris, P. Heracleous, P. Patsalis, (Invited Paper) “Transillumination spatially modulated illumination microscopy for human chromosome imaging”, Proc. SPIE 5699, 1 (2005), Biomedical Optics, Photonics West, San Jose, CA, USA, January 22-27, 2005.
  3. P. Ioannides, C. Nicolaou, C. Pitris, “Wavelet Decomposition and Unresolvable Component Analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Signals,” Proc. SPIE 5861, 586109 (2005), European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 14-16, 2005.
  4. P. Ioannides, C. Nicolaou, C. Pitris, “Decomposition and Analysis of Unresolvable Optical Coherence Tomography Signals,” Proc. SPIE 6079, 60791U (2006), Biomedical Optics, Photonics West, San Jose, CA, USA, January 21-27, 2006.
  5. C. Pitris, A. Kyriakides, P. Ioannides, “Decomposition and Analysis of Unresolvable Optical Coherence Tomography Signals,” ICO Topical Meeting on Optoinformatics/Information Photonics 2006, St Petersburg, Russia, September 4-7, 2006.
  6. C. Pitris, P. Ioannides, A. Kartakoulis, “Scatterer size-based analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Images,” Proc. SPIE 6429, 64291T (2007), Photonics West, San Jose,  CA, USA, January 21-27, 2007.
  7. A. Kartakoulis, C. Pitris,  “Scatterer size-based analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Signals,” Proc. SPIE 6627, 66270N (2007), European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 17-21, 2007.
  8. C. Pitris. (Invited Paper) “Optical Molecular Imaging in Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics.” European Federation of Biotechnology, Symbiosis 2007, Barcelona, Spain, September, 16-19, 2007.
  9. C. Pitris, A. Kartakoulis, P. Ioannides, “Clustering of spectroscopic optical coherence tomography images for contrast enhancement, segmentation, and diagnosis,” Photonics West, San Jose, California USA, January 19–24, 2008.
  10. A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, J. Georgiou, B. Konnanath, A. Spanias, “Speech Recognition Using Rank-Order Coding,”  SenSIP Workshop, Sedona, AZ, May 12-14, 2008.
  11. A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, J. Georgiou, B. Konnanath, A. Spanias, “On the use of Rank-Order Coding in Speech Processing,” 1st Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, Nicosia, Cyprus, July 8, 2008
  12. Costas Pitris, Andreas Kartakoulis, Panayiotis Ioannides, (Invited Paper) “Spectral Analysis Of Optical Coherence Tomography Images,” Saratov Fall Meeting, Saratov, Russia, September 23-26, 2008.
  13. A. Kartakoulis, E. Bousi, C. Pitris, “AM-FM analysis of optical coherence tomography signals,” Proc. SPIE 7168, 71681M (2009), Photonics West, San Jose, California USA, January 24–29, 2009.
  14. E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris, “Urinary tract infection diagnosis and response to antibiotics using Raman spectroscopy,” Proc. SPIE 7169, 71690I (2009) , Photonics West, San Jose, California USA, January 24–29, 2009. 
  15. C. Pitris. (Invited Paper) “Ultra High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography,” Proceedings of the XVII Winter Course of the CATAI, Canary Ils, Spain, March 10-16, 2009
  16. A. Kartakoullis, E. Bousi, C. Pitris, “AM-FM techniques in optical coherence tomography,” Proc. SPIE 7372, 73720U (2009) , European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 14-19, 2009.
  17. C. Moustakas, C. Pitris, “A method for determining nutritional facts with Raman spectroscopy,” Proc. SPIE 7368, 73682A (2009) , European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 14-19, 2009.
  18. E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris, “UTI diagnosis and antibiogram using Raman spectroscopy,” Proc. SPIE 7368, 73680U (2009) , European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 14-19, 2009.
  19. A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, E. Kastanos, “Classification of Raman Spectra using Support Vector Machines with the Correlation Similarity Measure,” 2nd Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, Nicosia, Cyprus, July 14, 2009.
  20. C. Moustakas, C. Pitris. “Raman Spectroscopy for Determining Nutritional Facts,” IEEE 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, November 5-7, 2009, Larnaca, Cyprus, DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394426.
  21. A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, C. Pitris,  “Classification of Raman Spectra using Support Vector Machines,” IEEE 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, November 5-7, 2009, Larnaca, Cyprus, DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394428.
  22. E. Bousi, A. Kartakoullis, C. Pitris, “Spectral Analysis for Scatterer Estimation in Optical Coherence Tomography Images,” IEEE 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, November 5-7, 2009, Larnaca, Cyprus, DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394413.
  23. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, “Raman Spectroscopy for UTI Diagnosis and Antibiogram,” IEEE 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, November 5-7, 2009, Larnaca, Cyprus, DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394425.
  24. C. Keroglou, N.V. Tsekos, I. Seimenis, E. Eracleous, C.G. Christodoulou, C. Pitris, E.G. Christoforou, “Design of MR-compatible robotic devices: magnetic and geometric compatibility aspects,” IEEE 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, November 5-7, 2009, Larnaca, Cyprus, DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394417
  25. E. Bousi, I. Charalambous, C. Pitris, “Optical coherence tomography resolution improvement by step-frequency encoding,” Proc. SPIE 7554, 75541W (2010), Photonics West, San Francisco, California USA, January 23–28, 2009.
  26. E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, “Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for urinary tract infection diagnosis and antibiogram,” Proc. SPIE 7560, 75600A (2010), Photonics West, San Francisco, California USA, January 23–28, 2009.
  27. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, “Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Urinary Tract Infection diagnosis and antibiogram,” Nanotheranostics: Fabrication and Safety Concerns, International Conference, April 27-30, 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
  28. M. Angelidou, C. Pitris, “Design of Novel, Bioinspired, Gold Nanostructures for Diagnostic Applications,” Nanotheranostics: Fabrication and Safety Concerns, International Conference, April 27-30, 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
  29. C. Keroglou, I. Seimenis, N. Tsekos, C. Pitris, E. Eracleous, E. Christoforou, “Consideration of Geometric Constraints Regarding MR-Compatible Interventional Robotic Devices,” Third IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics – BioRob 2010, September 27-29, Tokyo, Japan.
  30. E.G. Christoforou, C. Keroglou, N.V. Tsekos, E. Andreou, C. Pitris, E. Eracleous, I. Seimenis. “An approach to MR-guided interventions with a manually-operated manipulator,” 10th IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, Corfu, Greece, November 3-5, 2010.
  31. E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, “Classification of bacterial samples as negative or positive for a UTI and antibiogram using surface enhanced raman spectroscopy,” Proc. SPIE 7911, 791107 (2011). Photonics West, San Francisco, California USA, January 22–27, 2011.
  32. M. Angelidou, C. Pitris, “Novel monolayer and bilayer shell aggregate gold nanostructures,” Proc. SPIE 7911, 791114 (2011). Photonics West, San Francisco, California USA, January 22–27, 2011.
  33. E. Bousi, I. Charalambous, C. Pitris, “Modulated deconvolution for resolution improvement in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography,” Proc. SPIE 7889, 78893A (2011). Photonics West, San Francisco, California USA, January 22–27, 2011.
  34. A. Kyriakides, E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris, “The correlation kernel and support vector machines for the classification of Raman spectra,” Proc. SPIE 7890, 789047, 2011.
  35. E. Bousi, I. Charalambous,  C. Pitris,  “Fourier domain optical coherence tomography axial resolution improvement with modulated deconvolution,” Proc. SPIE 8091, 80910P (2011). European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, May 22-26, 2011. doi: 10.1117/12.889762
  36. M. Angelidou, C. Pitris, “Plasmon resonances of novel monolayer and bilayer shell aggregate gold nanostructures,” Proc. SPIE 8089, 808907 (2011). European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, May 22-26, 2011. doi: 10.1117/12.889764
  37. A. Kyriakides, E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris, “Raman spectra classification with support vector machines and a correlation kernel,” Proc. SPIE 8087, 808706 (2011). European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, May 22-26, 2011. doi: 10.1117/12.889763
  38. A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, A. Spanias. “Isolated Word Endpoint Detection using Time-Frequency Kernels”, 4th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, July 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  39. A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, A. Fink, A. Spanias,  “Isolated word endpoint detection using time-frequency variance kernels,” Forty Fifth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2011, vol., no., pp.1041-1045, 6-9 Nov. 2011, doi: 10.1109/ACSSC.2011.6190170.
  40. E. Bousi,  C. Pitris, “Lateral resolution improvement in oversampled optical coherence tomography images assuming weighted oversampled multi-scatterer contributions,” Proc. SPIE. 8213, 82132T, 2012. doi: 10.1117/12.908811.
  41. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, “Complete urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnosis and antibiogram using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS),” Proc. SPIE. 8229, 82290D, 2012. doi: 10.1117/12.907997.
  42. M. Angelidou, C. Pitris, “Investigation of nanostructure scattering and absorption for combined optical diagnostic and therapeutic applications,” Proc. SPIE. 8231, 823108, 2012. doi: 10.1117/12.907949.
  43. A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris, A. Spanias. “Isolated Word Endpoint Detection using Time-Frequency Kernels”, 5th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 10 July 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  44. N. Neophytou, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris. “Time-Frequency Analysis of Electrocardiograhic (ECG) Signals”, 5th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 10 July 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  45. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, C. Pitris. “Point-of-care diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) using Surface enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS),” Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.333,337, 11-13 Nov. 2012. doi: 10.1109/BIBE.2012.6399646
  46. M. Angelidou, C. Pitris. “Design of a new nanostructure for theranostic applications,” Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.240,244, 11-13 Nov. 2012. doi: 10.1109/BIBE.2012.6399681.
  47. E. Bousi, C. Pitris. “Lateral resolution improvement in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images,” Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.598,601, 11-13 Nov. 2012. doi: 10.1109/BIBE.2012.6399740
  48. E. Bousi, C. Pitris. “Estimation of weighted multi-scatterer contributions for improvement of lateral resolution of optical coherence tomography images,” Proc. SPIE. 8802, 2013. doi: 10.1117/12.2032671.
  49. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, C. Pitris. “Multi-bacteria multi-antibiotic testing using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnosis,” Proc. SPIE. 8798, 2013. doi: 10.1117/12.2032905.
  50. A. Kyriakides, E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris. “Rank order ,ernels for the classification of Raman spectra of bacteria,” Proc. SPIE. 8798, 2013. doi: 10.1117/12.2032958.
  51. E. Bousi, C. Pitris. “Estimation of weighted multi-scatterer contributions for improvement of lateral resolution of optical coherence tomography images” Proc. SPIE. 8802, 2013) doi: 10.1117/12.2032671.
  52. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, C. Pitris. “Multi-bacteria multi-antibiotic testing using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnosis”, Proc. SPIE. 8798, 2013, doi: 10.1117/12.2032905.
  53. A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, C. Pitris. “Rank order Kernels for the classification of Raman spectra of bacteria”, Proc. SPIE. 8798, 2013, doi: 10.1117/12.2032958.
  54. C. Kilili, C. Pitris. “Classification of Speech Samples of Cypriot Dialect from two Different Regions of Cyprus Using Time-Frequency Analysis”, 6th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 9 July 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  55. A. Kyriakides, A. Spanias, J. Georgiou, C. Pitris. “Noise-Robust Classification using Rank Order Kernels”, 6th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 9 July 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  56. C. Pitris. “Light-Tissue Interaction”, NanoResistance IAPP Advanced Summer School, 22-24 September, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus
  57. C. Pitris. “Optical molecular imaging and endoscopic approaches”, NanoResistance IAPP Advanced Summer School, 22-24 September, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus
  58. M. Angelidou, C. Pitris. “Theoretical investigation of a new metal nanoparticle for combined imaging and therapy applications”, International Conference on Nanotheranostics (ICoN 2013), 26-28 September, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus.
  59. K. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kastanos, C. Pitris. “Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for Point-Of-Care Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections”, International Conference on Nanotheranostics (ICoN 2013), 26-28 September, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus.
  60. A. Odysseos, C. Pitris. “Short Course on Nanotheranostics”, International Conference on Nanotheranostics (ICoN 2013), 26-28 September, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus.
  61. A. Odysseos, C. Pitris. “Shedding Light onto Colorectal Cancer: An Integrated Theranostics Approach”, Pancyprian Congress of Pathology, 25-27 October, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus
  62. A. Odysseos, Y. Christou, L. Loizou, A. Keramidas, E. Maltezou, M. Katsiboula, N. Kostomitsopoulos, I. Zouvani, Z. Ktori, C. Pitris. Optically Activatable “Mitocans” for Colon Cancer Theranostics”, Pancyprian Congress of Pathology, 25-27 October, 2013, Larnaca, Cyprus.
  63. E. Bousi, P. Ioannides, C. Pitris. “Wavelet decomposition for speckle reduction with feature preservation in optical coherence tomography,” Proc. SPIE. 8934, 2014. doi: 10.1117/12.2042033.
  64. E. Bousi, S. Timotheous, C. Pitris. “Design of pupil filter for extended depth of focus and lateral superresolution in optical coherence tomography,” Proc. SPIE. 8934, 2014. doi: 10.1117/12.2041967.
  65. E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris. “Rapid identification of bacterial resistance to Ciprofloxacin using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy,” Proc. SPIE. 8951, 2014. doi: 10.1117/12.2040953.
  66. E. Bousi, C. Pitris. “Fourier domain optical coherence tomography artifact and speckle reduction by autoregressive spectral estimation without a loss of resolution,” Proc. SPIE. 9312, 2015. doi: 10.1117/12.2080755
  67. M. Kassinopoulos, C. Pitris. “Development of a New Spectroscopic Metric for Scatterer Size Estimation Using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)”, 8th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 3 July 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  68. P.Ntoas, C. Pitris. “Estimating the Extend of Lung Involvement Using a Dual Head Stethoscope: Initial Simulations”, 8th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 3 July 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  69. C. Timinis, C. Pitris. “Evaluation of the Refrigeration Time and the Bacterial Load of Pork  Using Raman Spectroscopy”, 8th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, 3 July 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  70. M. Kassionopoulos, C. Pitris, “Development of a new, robust and accurate, spectroscopic metric for scatterer size estimation in optical coherence tomography (OCT) images,” Proc. SPIE. 9697, 2016. doi: 10.1117/12.2214112
  71. C. Timinis, C. Pitris, “Raman spectroscopy for highly accurate estimation of the age of refrigerated porcine muscle,” Proc. SPIE. 9704, 2016. doi: 10.1117/12.2214089
  72. C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Using speckle to measure tissue dispersion in optical coherence tomography,” Proc. SPIE. 10053, 2017. doi: 10.1117/12.2251698
  73. C. Photiou, C. Pitris, “Tissue dispersion measurement techniques using optical coherence tomography,” Proc. SPIE. 10053, 2017. doi: 10.1117/12.2251681
  74. C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Measuring tissue dispersion using optical coherence tomography speckle,” Proc. SPIE. 10416, 2017. doi: 10.1117/12.228773
  75. M. Kassinopoulos, J. Dong, G.J. Tearney, C. Pitris, “Automated detection of esophageal dysplasia in in vivo optical coherence tomography images of the human esophagus,” Proc. SPIE. 10483, 2018. doi: 10.1117/12.2289612
  76. K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris, “A new method for breast micro-calcification detection and characterization using digital temporal subtraction of mammogram pairs,” 2019 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI), Chicago, IL, USA, 2019, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/BHI.2019.8834517
  77. C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Measuring tissue dispersion using the cross-correlation of half-spectrum optical coherence tomography images”, Proc. SPIE 10867, 2019. doi: 10.1117/12.2510949
  78. C. Photiou, G. Plastiras, G. J. Tearney, C. Pitris, “Comparison of classification methods of Barret’s and dysplasia in the esophagus from in vivo optical coherence tomography images,” Proc. SPIE 11228, 2020. doi: 10.1117/12.2546299
  79. C. Photiou, G. Plastiras, G. J. Tearney, C. Pitris, “Machine Learning Methods for Barret’s and Dysplasia classification from In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography Images of Human Esophagus,” Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020. doi: 10.1364/OCT.2020.OW2E.4.
  80. K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris, “Breast Mass Detection and Classification based on Digital Temporal Subtraction of Mammogram Pairs,” IEEE BIBE, 2020, pp. 894-899, doi: 10.1109/BIBE50027.2020.00152.