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K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris. “An Automated Breast Micro-Calcification Detection and Classification Technique Using Temporal Subtraction of Mammograms,” IEEE Access, 8:52785-95, 2020
Recent Publications
- E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, and C. Pitris, “Lateral resolution improvement of oversampled OCT images using Capon estimation of weighted subvolume contribution,” Biomed. Opt. Express 8(3), 1319-1331 (2017).
- M. Kassinopoulos, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “The correlation of the derivative as a robust estimator of scatterer size in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT),” Biomed. Opt. Express 8(3), 1598-1606 (2017).
- C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Using Speckle to Measure Tissue Dispersion in Optical Coherence Tomography,” Opt. Express 8(5), 2528-2535 (2017)
- C. Photiou, C. Pitris, “Comparison of tissue dispersion measurement techniques based on optical coherence tomography,” Journal of biomedical optics, 24(4) 46003, 2019. DOI/10.1117 / 1.JBO.24.4.046003
- C. Photiou, C. Pitris, ”Dual-angle optical coherence tomography for index of refraction estimation using rigid registration and cross-correlation,” Journal of biomedical optics. 24(10):106001, 2019.
- L. Koniali, A. Hadjisavvas, A. Constantinidou, K. Christodoulou, Y. Christou, C. Demetriou, A. S. Panayides, C. Pitris, C. S. Pattichis, E. Zamba-Papanicolaou, K. Kyriacou, “Risk factors for breast cancer brain metastases: a systematic review,” Oncotarget, 11( 6) 650-669, 2020.
- K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris. “An Automated Breast Micro-Calcification Detection and Classification Technique Using Temporal Subtraction of Mammograms,” IEEE Access, 8:52785-95, 2020.
All Publications
Books
- D. A. Boas, C. Pitris, N. Ramanujam eds. Handbook of Biomedical Optics. CRC Press, 2011. ISBN 1420090364
Book Chapters
- C. Pitris, M. E. Brezinski, and J. G. Fujimoto. “Chapter 21: Imaging Neoplasias,” in the “Handbook of optical coherence tomography,” B. E. Bouma, G. J. Tearney, eds, pp. 563-589. Informa Healthcare, 2001. ISBN: 0824705580
- C. Pitris, A. Kartakoullis, and E. Bousi. “Chapter 14: Optical Coherence Tomography Theory and Spectral Time-Frequency Analysis,” in the “Handbook of Photonics for Biomedical Science,” V. Tuchin, ed, pp.299-327. CRC Press, 2010. ISBN: 9781439806289.
- Y. Chen, E. Bousi, C. Pitris, and J.G. Fujimoto, “Optical Coherence Tomography: Introduction and Theory,” D. Boas, C. Pitris, N. Rammanujam, eds, CRC Press, 2011. ISBN 1420090364
- E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris. “Identification and Antibiotic Sensitivity of UTI Pathogens Using Raman Spectroscopy”, in “Urinary Tract Infections”, Dr. Peter Tenke (Ed.), InTech, 2011. ISBN: 978-953-307-757-4.
- C.Pitris, T. Vo-Dinh, R.E. Goodson, S.E. Goodson, “Chapter 26. Medical applications of photonics” in the “Handbook of Optoelectronics: Applied Optical Electronics”, J.P. Dakin and R.G.W. Brown, eds, CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 9781138102262.
Recent Jοurnal Articles
- C. Pitris, B. E. Bouma, M. Shiskov, and G. J. Tearney, A GRISM-based probe for spectrally encoded confocal microscopy,” Optics Express 11, 120 – 124, 2003.
- R.A. Drezek, R. Richards-Kortum, M.A. Brewer, M.S. Feld, C. Pitris, A. Ferenczy, M.L. Faupel, M. Follen, “Optical imaging of the cervix,” Cancer 98, 2015-27, 2003.
- X. Li, S. Martin, C. Pitris, R. Ghanta, D.L. Stamper, M. Harman, J.G. Fujimoto, M.E. Brezinski, “High-resolution optical coherence tomographic imaging of osteoarthritic cartilage during open knee surgery,” Arthritis Res Ther 7:R318-R323, 2005.
- C.Pitris, P.Eracleous, “Transillumination Spatially Modulated Illumination Microscopy,” Optics Letters, 30:2590-2592, 2005.
- C. Pitris, A. Kartakoullis, E. Bousi, “AM-FM techniques in the analysis of optical coherence tomography signals,” J. of Biophotonics, 2: 364-369,2009.
- A. Kartakoulis, E. Bousi, C. Pitris. “Scatterer size-based analysis of optical coherence tomography images using spectral estimation techniques.” Optics Express, 18: 9181-9191, 2010.
- E. Bousi, I. Charalambous, C. Pitris. “Axial resolution improvement in time domain optical coherence tomography by step-frequency encoding.” Optics Express, 18:11877–11890, 2010.
- E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris. “A Novel Method for Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis and Antibiogram Using Raman Spectroscopy.” J. of Raman Spectroscopy, DOI 10.1002/jrs.2540.
- A. Kyriakides, E. Kastanos, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris. “Similarity Kernel for Analysis of Spectroscopic Signals.” J. of Raman Spectroscopy, DOI 10.1002/jrs.2809.
- I. Seimenis, N. V. Tsekos, C. Keroglou, E. Eracleous, C. Pitris, E. G. Christoforou. “An Approach for Preoperative Planning and Performance of MR-guided Interventions Demonstrated With a Manual Manipulator in a 1.5T MRI Scanner.” Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, DOI 10.1007/s00270-011-0147-5, 2011
- M. Angelidou, C. Pitris. “Investigation of shell aggregate gold nanostructures” Int. J. Nanotechnol., 8:507-522, 2011.
- E. Kastanos, A. Kyriakides, K. Hadjigeorgiou, C. Pitris. “A Novel Method for Bacterial UTI Diagnosis Using Raman Spectroscopy.” Int J Spectroscopy, DOI:10.1155/2012/195317, 2012.
- E. Bousi , C. Pitris, “Axial resolution improvement by modulated deconvolution in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography”, J. Biomed. Opt. 17, 071307, DOI:10.1117/1.JBO.17.7.071307, 2012.
- P. Demosthenous, C. Pitris, G. Georgiou, “Infrared fluorescence-based cancer screening capsule for the small intestine,” IEEE Tarns Biomed Circuits Syst 10(2) 467-476, 2016.
- E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, and C. Pitris, “Lateral resolution improvement of oversampled OCT images using Capon estimation of weighted subvolume contribution,” Biomed. Opt. Express 8(3), 1319-1331, 2017.
- M. Kassinopoulos, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “The correlation of the derivative as a robust estimator of scatterer size in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT),” Biomed. Opt. Express 8(3), 1598-1606, 2017.
- C. Photiou, E. Bousi, I. Zouvani, C. Pitris, “Using Speckle to Measure Tissue Dispersion in Optical Coherence Tomography,” Opt. Express 8(5), 2528-2535, 2017.
- M. Tziakouri M, C. Pitris, C. Orphanidou. Classification of AF and Other Arrhythmias from a Short Segment of ECG Using Dynamic Time Warping. Computing. 44:1, 2017.
- A. S. Panayides, M. S. Pattichis, S. Leandrou, C. Pitris, A. Constantinidou, and C.S. Pattichis. “Radiogenomics for Precision Medicine With A Big Data Analytics Perspective,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, DOI 10.1109/JBHI.2018.2879381.
- C. S. Pattichis, C. Pitris, J. Liang and Y. Zhang, “Guest Editorial on the Special Issue on Integrating Informatics and Technology for Precision Medicine,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 23(1) 12-13, 2019.
- C. Photiou, C. Pitris, “Comparison of tissue dispersion measurement techniques based on optical coherence tomography,” Journal of biomedical optics, 24(4) 46003, 2019. DOI/10.1117 / 1.JBO.24.4.046003
- C. Photiou, C. Pitris, ”Dual-angle optical coherence tomography for index of refraction estimation using rigid registration and cross-correlation,” Journal of biomedical optics. 24(10):106001, 2019.
- L. Koniali, A. Hadjisavvas, A. Constantinidou, K. Christodoulou, Y. Christou, C. Demetriou, A. S. Panayides, C. Pitris, C. S. Pattichis, E. Zamba-Papanicolaou, K. Kyriacou, “Risk factors for breast cancer brain metastases: a systematic review,” Oncotarget, 11( 6) 650-669, 2020.
- K. Loizidou, G. Skouroumouni, C. Nikolaou, C. Pitris. “An Automated Breast Micro-Calcification Detection and Classification Technique Using Temporal Subtraction of Mammograms,” IEEE Access, 8:52785-95, 2020.
PhD Theses
- Alexandros Kyriakides, “Noise-Robust Classification using Rank Order Kernels.” June 2012.
- Evgenia Bousi, “Novel Techniques in Optical Coherence Tomography.” July 2012.
- Myria Angelidou, “Design of Novel Bioinspired Multiscale Nanostructures.” June 2014.
- Katerina Hadjigeorgiou , “Multi-bacteria, Multi-antibiotic, Testing Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Diagnosis“, May 2020.
- Christos Fotiou, “Feature Extraction from Optical Coherence Tomography Images for Tissue Classification“, May 2020.
MSc Theses
- Myria Angelidou, “Design of nanosurfaces with optimized optical properties using the DDA algorithm,” June 2007.
- Andreas Kartakoulis, “Optical Coherence Tomography for nerve imaging,” June 2008.
- Andreas Andreou, “Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Cow Manure with Barley Straw and Low Hectolitric Weight Barley Seeds,” Feb. 2012
- Katerina Hadjigeorgiou, “A Novel Method for Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis and Antibiogram Using Raman Spectroscopy., June 2012
- Neophytos Neophytou, “ECG Event Detection & Recognition using Time-Frequency Analysis,” June 2012 (Univ. of Patras)
- Maria Fiakkou, “Use of OCT for the evaluation of watermelon properties,” June 2015.
- Michallis Kassinopoulos, “Development of a new spectroscopic metric for scatterer size estimation using OCT,” June 2015.
- Panos Ntoas, “Dual Channel stethoscope for sound localization,” June 2016.
Selected Undergraduate Theses (in Greek)
- Avgousta Kyriakidou, “Automated quantitative evaluation of histologic images from normal and dysplastic nevi.” Senior Project, 9/2004-5/2005. Third prize, Research Promotion Foundation national competition for undergraduate research (PROFIT), 2005.
- Katerina Hadjigeorgiou, “Antibiotic resistance/susceptibility detected using Raman Spectroscopy.” May 2008.
- Christos Moustakas, “Nutrient content analysis using Raman Spectroscopy.” May 2008.
- Elias Elia, “Spectrogram-based word recognition.” May 2009.
- Christakis Christodouloy, “Aluminum Nanostructures for SERS.” May 2009.
- Elisavet Xenofontos, “Aluminum Nanostructures for SERS.” May 2010.
- Yvonne Neophytou, “Triage and Monitoring Algorithms.” May 2011.
- Chrysovalanto Aristeidou, “Study of the effect of static electricity’s effect in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) ,” May 2012.
- Iliana Giannarou, “Word recognition in voice signals based on time-frequency features,” May 2012.
- Vasiliki Daniel, “Estimation of bacterial concentrations using laser transmission,” May 2012.
- Pantelitsa Nikolaou, “Analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG), respiratory, and other waveforms from intensive care unit (ICU) patients,” May 2012.
- Andria Vasiliou, “Use of laser speckle for the non-destructive evaluation of apples,” May 2014.
- Panagiota Kleanthous, “Pharmacokinetics study of biomarkers with fluorescence microscopy,” May 2014.
- Xenia Nestoros, “ECG signal analysis with time-frequency techniques,” Expected Graduation: Dec. 2014
- Constantinos Timinis, “Use of Raman spectroscopy for the dating of meat,” Expected Graduation: May 2016.
- George Nicolaou, “Drawing movement analysis as a diagnostic tool,” May 2016.
- Panagiotis Zacharoudiou, “Eye tracking as a diagnostic tool,” May 2016.
- Andria Petsa, “Concurrent ECG and auscultation signal transmission through a single audio channel,” May 2017.
- Antonia Ioannou, “CT image analysis for identification of fractures in the ER,” May 2017.
- Constantinos Christofides, “Evaluation of meat fat content using Raman Spectroscopy,” May 2017.