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Dr Udantha Abeyratne

Honorary Associate Professor

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
udantha@eecs.uq.edu.au

Overview

Recent News

August, 2019: Post Doctoral Researchers/Resercah Associates/PhD Candidates

A/Prof Abeyratne is accepting (2021) post-doctoral researchers/covering the areas of: pattern recognition, machine learning, respiratory sound analysis, digital signal processing and smart phone programming. Qualified students are invited to apply for PhD scholarships on a competitve basis.

June 2021:

Snore sound based Sleep Apnea diagnostics intellectual property developed by Dr. Udantha Abeyratne and his team are available for commercialisation. The technology is the culmination of 20 years of ground breaking work leading to four patent applications including two granted ones in the USA (the rest are under examination at various stages) and a large portfolio of peer reviewed publications in international scholarly journals. A Matlab implementation of re-trainable technology and performance comparions against American Academy of Sleep Medicine scoring critera of 2007 (AASM 2007) are available. Prior comparisons on Chicago Criteria ("AASM 1999") are also available via peer-reviewed literature. Our software models indicate that the technology can diagnose sleep apnea at a sensitivity and specificity approching that of a standard facility-based polysomnography (sensitivity, specificity around 90%, 90%-- cross validation studies). Note that the model development data sets available to us (n=100 approx) had been scored per AASM 2007 clinical criteria. Thus, the resulting models require a straight-forward re-training (re-calibration) process on AASM 2012 data before they can be used on subjects diagnosed under AASM 2012 criteria (which is the clinical scoring standard in effect since 2012).

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Assoc./Prof. Udantha Abeyratne is the inventor of the cough-sound based respiratory diagnosis technology (ResApp Health Ltd. (ASX: RAP)) and snore sound based sleep apnea diagnosis technology SnoreSounds.

He earned a PhD (Biomedical Engineering) from Drexel University, USA, and MEng and BScEE degrees in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Tokushima U, Japan and U Peradeniya, (video here) Sri Lanka respectively. He also received formal post-graduate training in Higher Education (Grad Cert , U of Queensland, Australia) and Paediatric Sleep Science (Grad Cert., U of Western Australia, Australia). He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE, USA), and a full Member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

​Dr. Abeyratne started his research career with a paper on coding techniques for low-bandwidth communication channels. His master's thesis was on a machine learning approach to the human brain activity analysis using electroencephalography (EEG, Brain Waves) and evoked potentials. This approach won the best paper award in ISBET Brain Topography Conference (Osaka, Japan, 1990) and also placed Dr. Abeyratne as a finalist at the Young Investigators' Competition in IFMBE World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 1991 (Kyoto, Japan). He completed his PhD (1996) with Prof. Athina Petropulu as the advisor, working on Higher-Order-Spectra and medical ultrasound imaging. The thesis developed slice-based low-complexity algorithms for blind signal identification, tumor detection in ultarsound images, and image deconvolution.

Teaching Activities:

Assoc/Prof. Abeyratne has designed and taught university level courses on digital signal processing, electronic circuits, medical and general instrumentation, medical signal processing, medical imaging, control systems, project management and electromagnetic waves. He has supervised both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation thesis projects in these areas. Within the last decade five students supervised by him won competitive awards at the UQ Innovation Expo.

Current Research Profile:

Assoc./Prof. Abeyratne's research interests encompass digital signal processing, machine learning, medical instrumentation, medical imaging, electrophysiology, bio-signal analysis and electronics. Over the last two decades A/Prof. Abeyratne has conceptualized, initiated and led the development of a number of innovative technologies funded by prestigious granting agencies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Australian Research Council and the A*-Star Singapore. His research programmes are characteristic of unorthodox approaches resulting in pioneering outcomes that produced spin-off companies, patents and scholarly publications. His research has recieved multiple peer accolades at the international level.

1. Electronic Instrument Design: hand-held ultrasound devices for medical, agricultural and industrial use; stethoscopes for the 21st century (The "Magithescope(c)", winner of two UQ Expo awards in 2013, 2014); biomimetic sensing devices (e.g. electronic nose, e-tongue), low-cost, portable electronic devices ("Tricoders") for diagnosing diseases such as apnea, asthma, pneumonia; wearable electrophysiological devices; real-time fatigue measurement and warning systems; hand-held instruments for the condition monitoring of machinery such as power transformers. Development of diagnostic and treatment devices for sleep apnea. Dr. Abeyratne is especially interested in developing accurate, multi-purpose and low-cost in-situ decision devices for applications in resource-poor regions of the world.

2. Diagnostic and Treatment Technology for Sleep Disorders: speech-like analysis of snore and breathing sounds; sleep diagnostic instrument design; sleep polysomnography, brain wave (EEG) analysis in sleep, quantification of fatigue and sleepiness; sleep apnea; design of apnea treatment devices (CPAP, dental devices); interaction of apnea and chronic diseases. mHealth approaches in sleep diagnostics. A/Prof. Abeyratne pioneered speech-like processing of respiratory sounds, leading to patents, papers and a spin-off company. He conceptualized and led the development of EEG based technology to quantifiy sleepiness in real-time in actual work environments. Outcomes of this program have recieved wide coverage in international media outlets due to its groundbreaking nature and the potential impact.

3. Respiratory Diagnostic Technology: diagnostic instrumentation and algorithm design for respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia, bronchiolitis, asthma, bronchiectasis and COPD; cough sound analysis in respiratory medicine; imaging technology for respiratory diagnosis; Portable diagnostic technologies and mHealth approaches for remote resource-poor areas of the world. About 1 million children below the age of 5 yrs die every year of pneumonia alone, mainly in remote resource-poor areas of the world. Poor access to diagnostics and medical treatment are the major reasons for pneumonia fatalities. A/Prof. Abeyratne proposed a ground-breaking new technology to diagnose pneumonia centred about cough sound analysis. For this research Dr. Abeyratne received funding from UQ, UniQuest and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which lauded the project (Page 4) as an exmaple for an innovative idea with high impact. Outcomes led to scholarly publications and contributed to patents as well as a spinoff company by UQ.

4. Signal Processing and Machine Intelligence: the analysis of bio-signals such as electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG); speech and industrial sound analysis, bowel sound analysis and the characterisation of inflammatory bowel disease; cardiovascular signal processing, source localization and blind source separation, higher order spectra, wavelets, pattern recognition, classifier design. Developing technology for monitoring the condition of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD).

5. mHealth: research on smart phone and other consumer devices as a platform for healthcare delivery. A/Prof Abeyratne is actively engaged in developing mHealth diagnostic solutions, including translating and customising sleep and respiratory technologies. He is also in the process of expanding the work to include meaningful deployment of the technology in both the developed and developing worlds, in collaboration with international NGOs, experts in community medicine, and the UQ spin-off companies resulting from the research program. New national and international collaborations are currently being negotiated to fund and facilitate this work.

The Research Team, Past & Present:

Associate professor Udantha Abeyratne, Dr. Keegan Kosasih (Past PhD graduate); Dr Duleep Herath (past PhD gradute, )Dr. Shahin Akhter (Past PhD graduate), Dr. Vinayak Swarnkar (Past PhD graduate ); Dr. Yusuf Amrulloh (Past PhD graduate); Dr. Shaminda de Silva (Past PhD graduate); Dr. Samantha Karunajeewa (Past PhD graduate); Dr. Suren Rathnayake (Past PhD graduate), Dr. Xiao Di (Past PhD graduate), Dr. T. Emoto (Past PhD work in UQ while at UT), ; Mrunal Markendeya (Current PhD Student); Karen McCloy (current PhD student), Ajith Wakwella (Past MPhil graduate); Lee Teck Hock (Past MPhil Graduate), Tang Xiaoyan (Past MPhil Graduate), Dr. Zhang Guanglan (Past MPhil Graduate), Dr. Syed Adnan (Past MPhil Graduate) and many past and present dissertation thesis students.

Research Collaborators:

Dr. Craig Hukins & Brett Duce (Princess Alexandra Hospital), Prof. Y. Kinouchi & Dr. T. Emoto (U of Tokushima, Japan), Dr. Sarah Biggs (Monash), Dr.Simon Smith (QUT), Dr. Chandima Ekanayake (Griffith U), Dr. Paul Porter (PMH Hospital), Prof. Anne Chang (Menzies School of Health Reserach, CDU), Dr. Scott Mckenzie (Princess Charles Hospital), Dr. Nirmal Weeresekera (JKMRC, UQ), Dr. Rina Triasih (Gadjah Mada U, Indonesia), Dr. K. Puvanendran (1998-2002: Singapore General Hospital, Singapore), Prof.Stanislaw Gubanski (Chalmers U, Sweden).

Research Interests

  • Differential Diagnosis of Pneumonia: Respiratory Diagnostics for the Developing and Developed Worlds
    Pneumonia annually kills about a million children throughout the world. The vast majority of these deaths occur in resource poor regions such as the sub-Saharan Africa and remote Asia. Throughout the world pneumonia can be a serious problem in the aftermath of natural disasters and among the elderly. The management of pneumonia is difficult due to field-ready diagnostic facilities as well as the scarcity of trained healthcare workers. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a simple clinical algorithm to classify pneumonia. It has a reasonably high sensitivity but a poor specificity leading to over-prescription of antibiotics and the wastage of drug stocks. It has also met with operational challenges in remote communities. We are developing automated pneumonia diagnostic decision technology targeting ubiquitous consumer devices such as iPads/smart phones. Our mathematical algorithms will be available on self-contained smart phones. The phone will be used as the data acquisition, analysis and decision display unit. Our pilot studies indicate that it is indeed possible to diagnose pneumonia using cough sound analysis alone at high performance (sensitivity >90%, specificity>80%). We have also demonstrated that other clinical observations can be used alone, or, together with cough. Recent results we obtained suggest that other measurements alone (e.g. existence of runny nose, #days with runny nose, breathing rate and temperature) can achieve a sensitivity of 91% at the specificity around 72%. Specificity of our method is substantially higher than that, i.e., 38%, of the WHO algorithm while the sensitivities are similar. These methods need further development, validation and implementation on smart phones. Students with a background on Digital Signal Processing/Machine Learning/Pattern Recognition/iOS-Android programming and a keen interest in biomedical signal processing will be suitable for this project.
  • Cough Counting: Respiratory Diagnostics for the Developing and Developed Worlds
    Cough is a common and one of the earliest symptoms in a range of respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, Congestive Heart Disease, pneumonia, asthma and pertussis. Cough frequency and coughing patterns can be useful in the differential diagnosis of diseases and in assessing the treatment outcomes. The nature of nocturnal cough patterns can also be highly useful in managing respiratory diseases. The manual counting of coughs in overnight (or long term) recordings is a tedious process. We are developing cough identification technology targeting ubiquitous consumer devices such as iPads/smart phones. Our methods will be available for both adults and children, including subjects with respiratory diseases. These methods need further development, validation and implementation on smart phones. Students with a background on Digital Signal Processing/Machine Learning/Pattern Recognition/iOS-Android programming and a keen interest in biomedical signal processing will be suitable for this project.

Research Impacts

Patents rsulting from A/Prof Abeyratne's Research Programs:

Multi-parametric analysis of snore sounds for the community screening of sleep apnea with non-gaussianity index, #18880207, USA, Granted (2014); An expanded version under examination (#20150039110, USA, (2015)); Method and apparatus for determining sleep stages, Application #20110301487, USA (2011); A method and apparatus for processing patient sounds, application #2013239327 (Australia); #14/389291 (USA); #13768257.1 (Europe); 2015-502020 (Japan); #201380028268 (China); 10-2014-7030062 (Korea); About 5 other Australian & International PCT stage filings since 2005.

Research spinoff companies resulting from A/Prof Abeyratne's Research Programs (all through The University of Queensland):

News Media Coverage of Research Outputs:

More than 200 major news outlets have reported my work on sleep apnea and respiratory disgnostics. Examples include: ABC Science (Australia), Discovery News (USA), The Australian (Australia), Medical News Today (USA), Z-News (India), (Journal) Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Springer USA Press Release, HealthLine News, Science Daily, Australian Life Sceintist, The Times (UK), Nine News (Australia) - video, CBC News (Canada), Sleep Review (journal), Lung Disease News, 2015.

Featured in Magazines

The Future of Healthcare, Ingenuity ("UQ Biomedical Engineering Research Addresses Global Issues", Pages 26-27), Discovery at UQ 2012 ("Sound Asleep?" Page 12), Bill & Melind Gates Foundation Discovery Stretegy Overview (page 4). International Innovation ("Field of Dreams"), UK, 2015.

Qualifications

  • Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Sleep Science, The University of Western Australia
  • Graduate Certificate in Education, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Hons), University of Peradeniya
  • Masters of Engineering, Tokushima
  • PhD, Drexel

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  • Mapping sleep spindle characteristics to vigilance outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

    McCloy, K., Duce, B., Hukins, C. and Abeyratne, U. (2021). Mapping sleep spindle characteristics to vigilance outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (IEEE EMBC), Electr Network, 1-5 November 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629998

  • Detection of asthma exacerbation in adolescent and adult subjects with chronic asthma using a cough- centred, smartphone-based algorithm

    Claxton, S., Porter, P., Brisbane, J., Bear, N., Peltonin,, Woods, J., Smith, C., Purdie, F. and Abeyratne, U. (2020). Detection of asthma exacerbation in adolescent and adult subjects with chronic asthma using a cough- centred, smartphone-based algorithm. TSANZSRS 2020 The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting for Leaders in Lung Health & Respiratory Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 27 – 31 March 2020. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/resp.13778

  • A cough analysis smartphone application for diagnosis of acute respiratory illnesses in children

    Moschovis, P. P., Sampayo, E. M., Porter, P., Abeyratne, U., Doros, G., Swarnkar, V., Sharan, R. and Carl, J. C. (2019). A cough analysis smartphone application for diagnosis of acute respiratory illnesses in children. American Thoracic Society International Conference, Dallas, TX, United States, 17-22 May 2019. New York, United States: American Thoracic Society. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1181

  • An investigation of critical frequency sub-bands of snoring sounds for OSA diagnosis

    Herath, Dulip L., Abeyratne, Udantha R., Hukins, Craig and Markandeya, Mrunal N. (2019). An investigation of critical frequency sub-bands of snoring sounds for OSA diagnosis. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 23-27 July 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856431

  • Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations using a smartphone-based, cough-centred algorithm

    Porter, Paul, Claxton, Scott, Wood, Javan, Peltonen, Vesa, Brisbane, Joanna, Purdie, Fiona, Smith, Claire, Bear, Natasha and Abeyratne, Udantha (2019). Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations using a smartphone-based, cough-centred algorithm. European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress, Madrid, Spain, 28 September - 2 October 2019 . Lausanne, Switzerland: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA4278

  • Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using a smartphone-based cough-centred algorithm in a mixed disease acute-care cohort

    Porter, Paul, Claxton, Scott, Brisbane, Joanna, Purdie, Fiona, Smith, Claire, Wood, Javan, Peltonen, Vesa, Bear, Natasha and Abeyratne, Udantha (2019). Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using a smartphone-based cough-centred algorithm in a mixed disease acute-care cohort. 24th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Hanoi, Vietnam, 14–17 November 2019. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

  • Diagnosis of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) and pneumonia using a smartphone-based cough-centred algorithm in an adolescent and adult acute-care cohort

    Porter, Paul, Claxton, Scott, Brisbane, Joanna, Purdie, Fiona, Smith, Claire, Wood, Javan, Peltonen, Vesa, Bear, Natasha and Abeyratne, Udantha (2019). Diagnosis of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) and pneumonia using a smartphone-based cough-centred algorithm in an adolescent and adult acute-care cohort. 24th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 – 17 November 2019. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

  • Night-time brain inter-hemispheric asynchrony in sleep apnea patients carry information on neuropsychological impairment

    Swarnkar, Vinayak R., Abeyratne, Udantha R., Duce, Brett, Sharan, Roneel V., Hukins, Craig and McCloy, Karen (2019). Night-time brain inter-hemispheric asynchrony in sleep apnea patients carry information on neuropsychological impairment. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Nara, Japan, 17-19 October 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/BIOCAS.2019.8919147

  • Severity Analysis of Upper Airway Obstructions: Oesophageal Pressure Versus Snoring Sounds

    Markandeya, Mrunal, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Sharan, Roneel V., Hukins, Craig, Duce, Brett and McCloy, Karen (2019). Severity Analysis of Upper Airway Obstructions: Oesophageal Pressure Versus Snoring Sounds. 2019 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Nara, Japan, 17-19 October 2019. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/BIOCAS.2019.8919149

  • Smart phone based snoring sound analysis to identify upper airway obstructions

    Markandeya, Mrunal N. and Abeyratne, Udantha R. (2019). Smart phone based snoring sound analysis to identify upper airway obstructions. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 23-27 July 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857016

  • Using polysomnographic data to investigate symptom clusters associated with cognitive decline in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

    McCloy, Karen, Sharan, Roneel V., Abeyratne, Udantha R., Duce, Brett, Hukins, Craig and Swarnkar, Vinayak R. (2019). Using polysomnographic data to investigate symptom clusters associated with cognitive decline in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Nara, Japan, 17-19 October 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/BIOCAS.2019.8919225

  • A non-contact snore based technique to identify males and females with OSA in REM/NREM sleep

    Akhter, S., Abeyratne, U., Swarnkar, V. and Hukins, C. (2018). A non-contact snore based technique to identify males and females with OSA in REM/NREM sleep. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.

  • A systematic review of the association between urinary biomarkers and pain

    McCloy, K., Doan, N. and Abeyratne, U. (2018). A systematic review of the association between urinary biomarkers and pain. 6th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam, BME 2016, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 27-29 June 2016. Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4361-1_75

  • Effects of different scoring criteria on the smartphone-based diagnosis of sleep apnoea

    Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, U., Hukins, C. and Duce, B. (2018). Effects of different scoring criteria on the smartphone-based diagnosis of sleep apnoea. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.

  • Electroencephalography in the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of chronic pain

    McCloy, K., Doan, N. and Abeyratne, U. (2018). Electroencephalography in the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of chronic pain. 6th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam, BME 2016, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 27-29 June 2016. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4361-1_71

  • HMM based cough sound analysis for classifying pneumonia and asthma in pediatric population

    Amrulloh, Y. A., Abeyratne, U. R., Swarnkar, V., Herath, D., Triasih, R. and Setyati, A. (2018). HMM based cough sound analysis for classifying pneumonia and asthma in pediatric population. European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Tampere, Finland, 11-15 June 2017. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_213

  • Identifying upper airway obstructions using wide band analysis of snore sounds

    Markandeya, M. and Abeyratne, U. (2018). Identifying upper airway obstructions using wide band analysis of snore sounds. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.

  • Smartphones-based diagnosis of sleep apnoea using the nocturnal respiratory sound spectrum from breathing to snoring

    Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, U., Duce, B. and Hukins, C. (2018). Smartphones-based diagnosis of sleep apnoea using the nocturnal respiratory sound spectrum from breathing to snoring. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.

  • The dynamic indices of respiratory, arousal and sleep fragmentation as descriptors of sleep related events

    Mccloy, K., Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, U. and Hukins, C. (2018). The dynamic indices of respiratory, arousal and sleep fragmentation as descriptors of sleep related events. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.

  • The relationship between standardized sleep indices and pre-sleep systolic blood pressure

    Mccloy, K., Swarnkar, V., Hukins, C. and Abeyratne, U. (2018). The relationship between standardized sleep indices and pre-sleep systolic blood pressure. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.

  • Automatic picking of snore events from overnight breath sound recordings

    Swarnkar, Vinayak R., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Sharan, Roneel V. (2017). Automatic picking of snore events from overnight breath sound recordings. 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017. New York NY United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037444

  • Characterizing the NREM/REM Sleep Specific Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity using Snore Sounds

    Akhter, S., Abeyratne, U.R. and Swarnker, V. (2017). Characterizing the NREM/REM Sleep Specific Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity using Snore Sounds. 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037445

  • Considerations of Handheld Respiratory Rate Estimation via a Stabilized Video Magnification Approach

    Alam, Shafaf, Singh, Surya P. N. and Abeyratne, Udantha (2017). Considerations of Handheld Respiratory Rate Estimation via a Stabilized Video Magnification Approach. 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, South Korea, 11-15 July 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037805

  • Cough sound analysis for diagnosing croup in pediatric patients using biologically inspired features

    Sharan, Roneel V., Abeyratne, Udantha R., Swarnkar, Vinayak R. and Porter, Paul (2017). Cough sound analysis for diagnosing croup in pediatric patients using biologically inspired features. 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2017, Jeju Island, Korea, July 11-15, 2017. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037875

  • A human absolute pitch model for identifying musical pitch

    Shono, Takeshi, Emoto, Takahiro, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Akutagawa, Masatake and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2016). A human absolute pitch model for identifying musical pitch. 12th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2016, Innsbruck, Switzerland, 15-16 February 2016. Anaheim, CA, United States: Acta Press. doi: 10.2316/P.2016.832-050

  • Auditory image model for the characterisation of obstructive sleep apnoea

    Emoto, Takahiro, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Shono, Takeshi, Nonaka, Ryo, Jinnouchi, Osamu, Kawata, Ikuji, Akutagawa, Masatake and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2016). Auditory image model for the characterisation of obstructive sleep apnoea. 12th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2016, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-16 February 2016. Acta Press. doi: 10.2316/P.2016.832-031

  • Cough sound analysis for pneumonia and asthma classification in pediatric population

    Amrulloh, Yusuf, Abeyratne, Udantha, Swarnkar, Vinayak and Triasih, Rina (2015). Cough sound analysis for pneumonia and asthma classification in pediatric population. 6th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation, ISMS 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-11 February 2015. Los Alamitos, CA United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/ISMS.2015.41

  • Automatic evaluation of gastrointestinal motor activity through the analysis of bowel sounds

    Shono, Koichi, Emoto, Takahiro, Okahisa, Toshiya, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Yano, Hiromi, Akutagawa ,Masatake, Konaka, Shinsuke and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2013). Automatic evaluation of gastrointestinal motor activity through the analysis of bowel sounds. 10th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2013, Innsbruck, Austria, 13-15 February 2013. Anaheim, CA, United States: ACTA Press. doi: 10.2316/P.2013.791-069

  • Automatic snore and breathing sound classification based on the signal envelope

    Kashihara, Masato, Emoto, Takahiro, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Kawata, Ikuji, Akutagawa, Masatake, Konaka, Shinsuke and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2013). Automatic snore and breathing sound classification based on the signal envelope. 10th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2013, Innsbruck, Austria, 13-15 February 2013. Anaheim, CA, United States: ACTA Press. doi: 10.2316/P.2013.791-061

  • Cough Sound Analysis - A new tool for diagnosing penumonia

    Abeyratne, U. R., Swarnkar, V., Triasih, Rina and Setyati, Amaliya (2013). Cough Sound Analysis - A new tool for diagnosing penumonia. 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’13), Osaka, Japan, 3-7 July 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610724

  • HMM-based snorer group recognition for Sleep Apnea diagnosis

    Herath, Dulip L., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Hukins, Craig (2013). HMM-based snorer group recognition for Sleep Apnea diagnosis. 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013, Osaka, Japan, 3 - 7 July 2013. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610412

  • Neural Network based algorithm for automatic identification of cough sounds

    Vinayak, V., Abeyratne, U. R., Amrulloh, Yusuf, Hukins, Craig, Triasih, Rina and Setyati, Amalia (2013). Neural Network based algorithm for automatic identification of cough sounds. 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’13), Osaka, Japan, 3-7 July 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609862

  • Variation of snoring properties with Macro Sleep Stages in a population of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Akhter, Shahin, Abeyratne, U. R. and Swarnkar, Vinayak (2013). Variation of snoring properties with Macro Sleep Stages in a population of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’13), Osaka, Japan, 3-7 July 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609751

  • Automated algorithm for Wet/Dry cough sounds classification

    Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, U. R., Yusuf, A. Amrulloh and Chang, Anne (2012). Automated algorithm for Wet/Dry cough sounds classification. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, San Diego, United States, 28 August-1 September 2012. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346632

  • Gender dependant snore sound based multi feature obstructive sleep apnea screening method

    de Silva, Shaminda, Abeyratne, Udantha and Hukins, C. (2012). Gender dependant snore sound based multi feature obstructive sleep apnea screening method. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'12), San Diego, United States, 28 August - 1 September 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347447

  • High frequency analysis of cough sounds in pediatric patients with respiratory diseases

    Kosasih, K., Abeyratne, U. R. and Swarnkar, V. (2012). High frequency analysis of cough sounds in pediatric patients with respiratory diseases. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 28 August - 1 September 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347277

  • Detecting the snore related sound using neural network based technique

    Emoto, Takahiro, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Aoki, Yusuke, Akutagawa, Masatake, Kondo, Eiji, Kawata, Ikuji, Konaka, Shinsuke and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2011). Detecting the snore related sound using neural network based technique. 8th IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications, SPPRA, Innsbruck Austria, 2011. Anaheim, Calgary: ACTA Press. doi: 10.2316/P.2011.721-105

  • Automated EEG based macro-sleep scoring independent of R&K feature

    Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, U. R. and Hukins, C. (2010). Automated EEG based macro-sleep scoring independent of R&K feature. 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association: Sleep Down Under 2010 - Biodiversity of sleep, New Zealand, 21-23 October 2010. New Zealand:

  • Extracting OSA specific feature from two-channel EEG in routine polysomnography

    Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, U. R. and Hukins, C. (2010). Extracting OSA specific feature from two-channel EEG in routine polysomnography. 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association: Sleep Down Under 2010 - Biodiversity of sleep, New Zealand, October 21 - 23. New Zealand:

  • Localized excitation differences in brain during sleep disorders: An exploratory study

    Abeyratne U R, Swarnkar V, Hukins C and Duce B (2010). Localized excitation differences in brain during sleep disorders: An exploratory study. 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association: Sleep Down Under 2010 - Biodiversity of sleep, New Zealand, October 21 - 23. New Zealand:

  • Multi-parametric snore analysis on OSA diagnosis

    Abeyratne ,U. R., Hukins, C., Swarnkar, V., Karunajeeva, S., De Silva, S. and Gharmmaghami, H. (2010). Multi-parametric snore analysis on OSA diagnosis. Sleep Down Under 2010 - Biodiversity of sleep: 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 21 - 23 2010. New Zealand: Australian Sleep Association.

  • Single channel EEG based sleepiness detection system

    Abeyratne, U. R., Swarnkar, V., Hukins, C. and Duce, B. (2010). Single channel EEG based sleepiness detection system. 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21 - 23 October 2010. New Zealand:

  • A new measure to quantify sleepiness using higher order statistical analysis of EEG

    Abeyratne, Udantha R, Swarnkar, Vinayak, Hukins, Craig and Duce, Brett (2009). A new measure to quantify sleepiness using higher order statistical analysis of EEG. 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2-6 September 2009. Piscatawa, NJ, United States: IEEE - Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333730

  • Analysis of snore sounds by higher order statistics for the non-contact screening of sleep apnea

    Karunajeewa, A.S., Abeyratne, Udantha and Hukins, Craig (2009). Analysis of snore sounds by higher order statistics for the non-contact screening of sleep apnea. Australian Sleep Association and Australian Sleep Technologists Association 21st Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 8 - 10 October 2009. Wiley - Blackwell.

  • Automatic estimation of macro-sleep-architecture using a aingle channel of EEG

    Swarnkar, Vinayak, Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Hukins, Craig (2009). Automatic estimation of macro-sleep-architecture using a aingle channel of EEG. International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 28-31 December 2009. Piscataway, NJ, United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429847

  • Comparing benign snores with apneic snores based on high frequency analysis

    Emoto, T., Abeyratne, U.R., Akutaqawa, M., Karunajeewa, A.S., Konaka, S. and Kinouchi, Y. (2009). Comparing benign snores with apneic snores based on high frequency analysis. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, 7-12 September 2009. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03885-3-227

  • Effect of background sound and impact of snore episode length normalization on snore-based apnea diagnosis

    de Silva, Shaminda, Abeyratne, Udantha, Karunajeewa, Asela Samantha and Hukins, Craig (2009). Effect of background sound and impact of snore episode length normalization on snore-based apnea diagnosis. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, 7-12 September 2009. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2-614

  • Effect of background sound removal on snore sound based apnea diagnosis

    de Silva, Shaminda, Abeyratne, Udantha, Swarnkar, Vinayak and Hukins, Craig (2009). Effect of background sound removal on snore sound based apnea diagnosis. 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Informatics and Signal Processing, Chennai, India, 12 - 14 March 2009. India:

  • Normal probability testing of snore signals for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea

    Ghaemmaghami, H., Abeyratne, U.R. and Hukins, C. (2009). Normal probability testing of snore signals for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2-6 September 2009. USA: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333733

  • Pitch/airway-response and cepstral analysis of snore sounds for the non-contact screening of sleep apnea

    Karunajeewa, S.A., Abeyratne, U.R. and Hukins, C. (2009). Pitch/airway-response and cepstral analysis of snore sounds for the non-contact screening of sleep apnea. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, 7-12 September 2009. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2

  • The utility of the analysis of the gaussianity of snore related sounds in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea

    Ghaemmaghami, H., Abeyratne, Udantha, Hukins, Craig and Duce, Brett (2009). The utility of the analysis of the gaussianity of snore related sounds in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. Australian Sleep Association and Australian Sleep Technologists Association 21st Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 8 - 10 October 2009. Wiley - Blackwell.

  • Weighted sleep stage transitions: A novel method for quantifying sleep fragmentation

    Abeyratne, Udantha, Swarnkar, Vinayak and Hukins, Craig (2009). Weighted sleep stage transitions: A novel method for quantifying sleep fragmentation. 2nd International Conference on Biomedical informatics and Signal Processing, Chennai, India, 12 - 14 March 2009. India:

  • Localization of brain inert region from eeg using 1m neural networks

    Katayama, M., Akutagawa, M., Abeyratne, U. R., Kaji, Y., Shichijo, F., Furukawa, K., Nagashino, H. and Kinouchi, Y. (2008). Localization of brain inert region from eeg using 1m neural networks. 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, ICITA 2008, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23 - 26 June 2008. Singapore: ACM CHI.

  • Feature extraction for snore sound via neural network processing

    Emoto, T., Abeyratne, U. R., Akutagawa, M., Nagashino, H. and Kinouchi, Y. (2007). Feature extraction for snore sound via neural network processing. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2007), Lyon, France, 23-26 August 2007. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: IEEE - Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353585

  • Localization of an inert region in the brain using modified Levenberg Marquarts neural network

    Katayama, Masato, Akutagawa, Masatake, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Kaji, Yoshio, Schichijo, Fumio, Nagashino, Hirofumi and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2007). Localization of an inert region in the brain using modified Levenberg Marquarts neural network. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2007), Lyon, France, 23-26 August 2007. Piscataway, USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353237

  • Neural networks for the novel diagnosis method based on clinical snoring sound analysis in apnea

    Emoto, T., Abeyratne, U. R., Akutagawa, M., Nagashino, H. and Kinouchi, Y. (2007). Neural networks for the novel diagnosis method based on clinical snoring sound analysis in apnea. 10th World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, WC 2006, Seoul, , August 27, 2006-September 1, 2006. Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_224

  • Order estimation and screening of apneic snore sound using the Akaike Information Criterion

    Inoue, Kunihiko, Akutagawa, Masatake, Emoto, Takahiro, Abeyratne, Udantha, Uemura, Tetsuya, Nagashino, Hirofumi and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2007). Order estimation and screening of apneic snore sound using the Akaike Information Criterion. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Seoul, South Korea, 27 August - 1 September 2006. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_272

  • Prediction of polysomnographic measurements

    Rathnayake, S. I. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2007). Prediction of polysomnographic measurements. 20th Australian Joint Conference on Artifical Intelligence, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-6 December 2007. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-76928-6_15

  • Prediction of respiratory measurements based on cross embedding techniques

    Rathnayake, S. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2007). Prediction of respiratory measurements based on cross embedding techniques. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2007), Lyon, France, 23-26 August 2007. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: IEEE - Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352219

  • Sleep-stage and event dependency of brain asynchrony as manifested through surface EEG

    Abeyratne, U. R., Swarnkar, V., Rathnayake, S. and Hukins, C. (2007). Sleep-stage and event dependency of brain asynchrony as manifested through surface EEG. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2007), Lyon, France, 23-26 August 2007. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: IEEE - Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352389

  • Autonic correlates of arousal from sleep in patients with sleep disorders

    Karunajeewa, A. S., Cervena, K., Adjivon, B., Herrmann, F. R., Abeyratne, U. R. and Sforza, E. (2006). Autonic correlates of arousal from sleep in patients with sleep disorders. 18th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Innsbruck, Austria, 12-16 September 2006. Oxford ; Boston: Published on behalf of the European Sleep Research Society by Blackwell Science. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2006.00540_17.x

  • Dynamic data analysis in obstructive sleep apnea

    Karunajeewa, A. S., Abeyratne, U .R., Rathnayake, S .I. and Swarnkar, V. (2006). Dynamic data analysis in obstructive sleep apnea. 28th Annual International Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, U.S.A., 30 August - 3 September 2006. United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260203

  • Left-right information flow in the brain during EEG arousals

    Swarnkar, V., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Karunajeewa, A. S. (2006). Left-right information flow in the brain during EEG arousals. 28th Annual International Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, U.S.A., 30 August - 3 September, 2006. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260093

  • Some limitations of localizing inert region from EEG

    Katayama, Masato, Akutagawa, Masatake, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Kaji, Yoshio, Shichijo, Fumio, Nagashino, Hirofumi and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2006). Some limitations of localizing inert region from EEG. ICBPE 2006: The International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering 2006, Singapore, Singapore, 11-14 December 2006. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: Research Publishing Services, IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICBPE.2006.348578

  • Statistical analysis of EEG arousals in sleep apnea syndrome

    Swarnkar, V and Abeyratne, U R (2006). Statistical analysis of EEG arousals in sleep apnea syndrome. Fourth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMED 2006), Innsbruck, Austria, 15-17 February, 2006. Anaheim, USA: ACTA Press.

  • A comparison of neural network and fast fourier transforn-based approach for the state analysis of brain

    Emoto, T., Akutagawa, M., Abeyratne, U. R., Nagashino, H. and Kinouchi, Y. (2005). A comparison of neural network and fast fourier transforn-based approach for the state analysis of brain. International Conference on Neural Networks and Brain, Beijing, China, 13-15 October, 2005. USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icnnb.2005.1614575

  • Application of BP neural networks to transition detection in time series models

    Emoto, Takahiro, Akutagawa, Masatake, Kinouchi, Yohsuke, Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Nagashino, Hirofumi (2005). Application of BP neural networks to transition detection in time series models. 9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando Fl, 10-13 July 2005. Orlando, FL United States: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS).

  • Giant magnetoresistance based eddy-current sensor for high speed PCB detection

    Koggalage, R, Chomsuwan, K, Yamada, S., Iwahara, M and Abeyratne, U. R. (2005). Giant magnetoresistance based eddy-current sensor for high speed PCB detection. ICIA 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-18 December, 2005. Sri Lanka: Industrial Automation Research Centre.

  • Inter-hemispheric asynchrony of the brain during apnea related EEG arousals

    Swarnkar, V. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2005). Inter-hemispheric asynchrony of the brain during apnea related EEG arousals. ICIA 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-18 December, 2005. Sri Lanka: Industrial Automation Research Centre.

  • Mixed-phase modeling of snore sounds within a nonlinear framework for component identification

    Karunajeewa, A. S., Abeyratne, U. R. and Hukins, C. (2005). Mixed-phase modeling of snore sounds within a nonlinear framework for component identification. 2005 IEEE - EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Proceesing, Sapporo, Japan, 18-20 May, 2005. USA: IEEE.

  • Neural networks for snore sounds modeling in sleep apnea

    Emoto, Takahiro, Abeyratne, Udantha R., Akutagawa, Masatake, Nagashino, Hirofumi, Kinouchi, Yohsuke and Karunajeewa, Samantha (2005). Neural networks for snore sounds modeling in sleep apnea. 2005 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIMSA 2005), Giardini Naxos, Italy, 20-22 July, 2005. USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CIMSA.2005.1522887

  • Sleep apnoea: A serious public health concern with tough information processing challenges

    Abeyratne, U. R., Wakwella Kankanamge, A. S. and Karunajeewa, A. S. (2005). Sleep apnoea: A serious public health concern with tough information processing challenges. ICIA 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-18 December, 2005. Sri Lanka: Industrial Automation Research Centre.

  • Tracking the states of a nonlinear system in the weight-space of a feed-forward neural network

    Emoto, Takahiro, Akutagawa, Masakate, Abeyratne, Udanthe R., Nagashino, Hirofumi and Kinouchi, Yohsuke (2005). Tracking the states of a nonlinear system in the weight-space of a feed-forward neural network. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Montreal, Canada, 31 July - 4 August 2005. USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IJCNN.2005.1555812

  • Snore based systems for the diagnosis of apnoea: A novel feature and its receiver operating characteristics for a full-night clinical database

    Wakwella, Ajith S., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Hukins, Craig (2004). Snore based systems for the diagnosis of apnoea: A novel feature and its receiver operating characteristics for a full-night clinical database. doi: 10.1109/biocas.2004.1454118

  • Automatic segmentation and pitch/jitter tracking of sleep disturbed breathing sounds

    Wakwella Kankanamge, A. S., Abeyratne, U. R. and Kinouchi, Y. (2004). Automatic segmentation and pitch/jitter tracking of sleep disturbed breathing sounds. The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2004), Kunming, China, 6-9 December 2004. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468966

  • Detection of biological system deviation by BPNN

    Emoto, T., Akutagawa, M., Nagashino, H., Kinouchi, Y. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2004). Detection of biological system deviation by BPNN. The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2004), Kunming, China, 6-9 December 2004. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468965

  • Higher-order spectra for the estimation of total-airway-response (TAR) in snore-based diagnosis of apnoea

    Abeyratne, U. R., Karunajeewa, A. S. and Hukins, C. (2004). Higher-order spectra for the estimation of total-airway-response (TAR) in snore-based diagnosis of apnoea. The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2004), Kunming, China, 6-9 December 2004. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468964

  • Multi dipole source identification from EEG/MEG topography

    Li, Z., Bai, X., Zhang, Q., Akutagawa, M., Shichijo, F., Kinouchi, Y. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2004). Multi dipole source identification from EEG/MEG topography. The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2004), Kunming, China, 6-9 December 2004. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468969

  • Snore based systems for the diagnosis of apnoea: A novel feature and its receiver operating characteristics for a full-night clinical database

    Wakwella Kankanamge, A. S. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2004). Snore based systems for the diagnosis of apnoea: A novel feature and its receiver operating characteristics for a full-night clinical database. The 2004 IEEE International Workshop on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Singapore, 1-3 December, 2004. Piscataway, NJ: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

  • Towards a home apnea monitor: A new method of extracting speech and voiced-snore segments from noisy respiratory sounds

    Karunajeewa, A. S., Abeyratne, U. R. and Hukins, C. (2004). Towards a home apnea monitor: A new method of extracting speech and voiced-snore segments from noisy respiratory sounds. The 2004 IEEE International Workshop on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Singapore, 1-3 December, 2004. Piscataway, NJ: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

  • A Monte Carlo simulation study on extra-neural stimulation of nerve fibers: The effects of inherent randomness and the number of electrodes

    Xin, Y. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2003). A Monte Carlo simulation study on extra-neural stimulation of nerve fibers: The effects of inherent randomness and the number of electrodes. The World Congress of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Sydney, 24-29 August, 2003. Sydney: World Congress of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics.

  • Instrumentation and signal processing paradigms in the diagnosis of sleep apnoea

    Abeyratne, U. R. and Puvanendran, K. (2003). Instrumentation and signal processing paradigms in the diagnosis of sleep apnoea. The World Congress on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Sydney, 24-29 August, 2003. Sydney: World Congress on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics.

  • Muscular layer's boundary detection from anal ultrasound image by active contour method

    Xiao, Di, Ng, Wan Sing, Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Tsang, Charles B. (2002). Muscular layer's boundary detection from anal ultrasound image by active contour method. 7th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2002), Singapore, 2 - 5 December 2002. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICARCV.2002.1234884

  • Prototype of rectal wall ultrasound image analysis system

    Xiao, Di, Ng, Wan S., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Tsang, Charles B. (2002). Prototype of rectal wall ultrasound image analysis system. Medical Imaging 2002 Conference, San Diego CA, United States, 24-28 February 2002. Bellingham, WA United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.467108

  • Rectal tumor boundary detection by unifying active contour model

    Xiao, Di, Ng, Wan S., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Tsang, Charles B. (2002). Rectal tumor boundary detection by unifying active contour model. Medical Imaging 2002 Conference, San Diego CA, United States, 24-28 February 2002. Bellingham, WA United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.467107

  • Selective stimulation of nerve fascicles in neuroprosthetic systems

    Abeyratne, U. R. and Xin, Y. (2002). Selective stimulation of nerve fascicles in neuroprosthetic systems. Seventh International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore, 2-5 December, 2002. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. doi: 10.1109/icarcv.2002.1238489

  • Spatio-temporal evolution of fatigue in flexor carpi radialis muscle: instrumentation and analysis based on 2D EMG array

    Gunawan, T. S. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2002). Spatio-temporal evolution of fatigue in flexor carpi radialis muscle: instrumentation and analysis based on 2D EMG array. 7th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2002), Singapore, 2-5 December 2002. Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICARCV.2002.1234942

  • Temperature and nonlinear effects in selective extraneural stimulation of nerve fascicles

    Xin, Y. and Abeyratne, U. R. (2002). Temperature and nonlinear effects in selective extraneural stimulation of nerve fascicles. International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering 2002, Singapore, 4-7 December, 2002. Singapore: National University of Signagpore.

  • A systematic comparison of classical and neural network techniques in EEG source localization

    Zhang, G. L., Abeyratne, U. R. and Lee, T. H. (2001). A systematic comparison of classical and neural network techniques in EEG source localization. 4th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Lisbon Portugal, 1 October 2001. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.

  • Formant-structure and phase-coupling analysis of human snoring sounds for the detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Lee, T. H., Abeyratne, U. R., Puvanendran, K. and Goh, K. L. (2001). Formant-structure and phase-coupling analysis of human snoring sounds for the detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. 4th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Lisbon Portugal, 1 October 2001. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.

  • Multigradient field active contour for multilayer detection of ultrasound rectal wall image

    Xiao, Di, Ng, Wan Sing, Abeyratne, U. R. and Tsang, Charles Bih-Shiou (2001). Multigradient field active contour for multilayer detection of ultrasound rectal wall image. 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul Turkey, 25-28 October 2001. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

  • Pitch-jitter analysis of snoring sounds for the diagnosis of sleep apnea

    Abeyratne, U. R., Patabandi, C. K. K. and Puvanendran, K. (2001). Pitch-jitter analysis of snoring sounds for the diagnosis of sleep apnea. 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul Turkey, 25-28 October 2001. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1020642

  • Rectal wall structure delineation and broken layer recognition by multigradient field active contour

    Xiao, Di, Ng, Wan Sing, Abeyratne, U. R., Keong, Kwoh Chee, Tsang, Charles B. and Cheon, Seow (2001). Rectal wall structure delineation and broken layer recognition by multigradient field active contour. 7th Australian and New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems Conference (ANZIIS 2001), Perth Australia, Nov 18-21, 2001. Crawley, Australia: ARCME, the University of Western Australia.

  • Position selective stimulation of a multifascicular nerve

    Adnan, Syed M., Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Zhang, Guanglan (1999). Position selective stimulation of a multifascicular nerve. IEEE.

  • Comparing RBF and BP neural networks in dipole localization

    Guanglan, Zhang, Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Saratchandran, P. (1999). Comparing RBF and BP neural networks in dipole localization. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Atlanta, GA, United States, 13 - 16 October 1999. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804093

  • On the identification of non-minimum phase systems from arbitrary slices of output higher-order spectra

    Abeyratne, Udantha R. (1998). On the identification of non-minimum phase systems from arbitrary slices of output higher-order spectra. 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial-Electronics-Society, Aachen Germany, Aug 31-Sep 04, 1998. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/IECON.1998.722852

  • Signal reconstruction from bispectrum slices in biomedical applications

    Abeyratne, U. R. (1998). Signal reconstruction from bispectrum slices in biomedical applications. NORSIG'98. 3rd IEEE Nordic Signal Processing Symposium, Vigsø, Denmark, 8-11 June 1998. Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University.

  • Higher-order statistics for tissue characterization from ultrasound images

    Abeyratne, Udantha R. and Petropulu, Athina P. (1997). Higher-order statistics for tissue characterization from ultrasound images. IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher-Order Statistics, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 21-23 July 1997. Los Alamitos, CA, United States: IEEE Computer Society Press. doi: 10.1109/HOST.1997.613490

  • α-weighted cumulant projections: a novel tool for system identification

    Abeyratne, U. R. and Petropulu, A. P. (1996). α-weighted cumulant projections: a novel tool for system identification. Twenty-Ninth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, 30 October - 1 November 1995. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/ACSSC.1995.540944

  • Blind deconvolution of ultrasound images

    Abeyratne, Udantha R., Petropulu, Athina P. and Reid, John M. (1994). Blind deconvolution of ultrasound images. 5th SPIE Conference on Advanced Signal Processing - Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations, San Diego Ca, 24-27 July 1994. Bellingham Washington USA: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers. doi: 10.1117/12.190832

  • Processing Ultrasound and Night-Vision Images by the Boundary Contour - Feature Contour Model of Biological Vision

    Abeyratne, UR, Nabet, B and Krebs, WK (1994). Processing Ultrasound and Night-Vision Images by the Boundary Contour - Feature Contour Model of Biological Vision. 1994 International Network Society Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, United States, 05-09 June 1994. Hillsdale, NJ, United States: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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  • Physiologic Signal Correlates of Vigilance- Related Cognitive Decline in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

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