Rui Manuel Fonseca Pinto

Rui Pinto

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	30-12-2010
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Information and Data Sciences
Group:	Multimedia Signal Processing – Lr

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Bio

Rui Fonseca-Pinto (MD, PhD) received the Licenciado degree in Mathematics from the University of Évora in Portugal in 2000, and the M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics (Medical Physics) in 2004. He is post degree in Medical Physics and Biophysics and received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics in 2010 at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. In 2017 he concluded the MSc degree in Medicine - University of Lisbon.
As research interests he has been enrolled in several interdisciplinary research teams linking Medicine and Engineering, in particular, his main research studies are in the field of the Autonomic Nervous System Assessment and Dermoscopic image processing of skin melanocytic lesions, from whom he as published paper journals, and two book chapters. Currently, he is also Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, and Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, in the Multimedia Signal Processing Group, at the Leiria Branch of IT.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

MSc, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, 01-06-2017
PhD, Universidade de Lisboa, 01-01-2010
MSc, Universidade de Lisboa, 29-09-2007
MSc, Universidade de Évora, 01-01-2004
Licenciatura, Universidade de Évora, 01-01-2001

Affiliations

The Western Paraná State University, 01-06-2016, Invited Researcher
Instituto Politecnico de Leiria, 01-01-2002, Professor Adjunto

Expertise Topics

Time-Frequency Analysis (Wavelets; Hilbert-Huang Transform)
Autonomic Nervous System Assessment (Hear Rate Variability, Microneurography)
CAD in Dermoscopy: Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT)
Laser Speckle Imaging in Medical Applications

Academic Activities

6Lecture courses

Fisica Geral, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Tes
Biomecanica, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Fisioterapia
Sistemas de IMAGIOLOGIA, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Tecnologia dos Equipamentos de saúde
Biofísica, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Lic. Fisioterapia
Cinesiologia e Biomecânica, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Fisioterapia
Imagiologia Médica, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Terapia Ocupacional

2Supervision of PhD theses

As Supervisor

Contributo para a Monitorização do Sistema Nervoso Autonomo para a abordagem do doente com intabilidade hemodinâmica em ambiente de cuidados intensivos, PhD Student, Luis Bento, Defended 06-2018

As Co-supervisor

DermoPlenoptic imaging for skin lesion assessment, PhD Student, Pedro Miguel Marques Pereira, Defended 03-2022

6Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Caraterização de imagens de dermoscopia por HHT, MSc Student, Andre Filipe Oliveira, Concluded 10-2016
Aplicação móvel para a monitorização da sindrome metabólica, MSc Student, Ivo Vieira de Oliveira, Concluded 09-2016
Caraterização Funcional Cardíaca por Fonocardiografia (PCG), MSc Student, Andreia Filipa Dias Espirito Santo, Concluded 03-2016

As Co-supervisor

Sistema de Aquisição de Imagens Stereo para Laser Speckle, MSc Student, Filipe José Marques Salgueiro, Concluded 07-2022
Caraterização de imagens de dermoscopia por HHT, MSc Student, Andre Filipe Oliveira, Concluded 10-2016
Aplicação móvel para a monitorização da sindrome metabólica, MSc Student, Ivo Vieira de Oliveira, Concluded 09-2016

Publications

1Books

R. Pinto, Biomedical Engineering: Trends in electronics, communications and software, In-Tech, Croatia, 2011,
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2Books Chapters

R. Pinto, An Adaptive Approach for Skin Lesion Segmentation in Dermoscopy Images Using a Multiscale Local Normalization, Chapter in, Dynamics, Games and Science, Springer, Lisbon, 2015
R. Pinto, A new tool for nonstationary and nonlinear signals: The Hilbert-Huang Transform in biomedical applications, Chapter in, Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Researches and Technologies, Anthony N. Laskovski, In-Tech, Croatia, 2010

19Papers in Journals

Pedro M. M. Pereira, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, S.M.M. Faria, Multiple Instance Learning Using 3D Features for Melanoma Detection, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 0, pp. 76296 - 76309, July, 2022,
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Pedro M. M. Pereira, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, S.M.M. Faria, Melanoma Classification using Light-Fields with Morlet Scattering Transform and CNN: surface depth as a valuable tool to increase detection rate, Medical Image Analysis, Vol. 75, No. 75, pp. 102254 - 102254, January, 2022,
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R. Lourenço, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, L. A. Thomaz, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Enhancement of light field disparity maps by reducing the silhouette effect and plane noise, Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, Vol., No., pp. -, January, 2022,
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Pedro M. M. Pereira, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, L. A. Thomaz, S.M.M. Faria, Dermoscopic skin lesion image segmentation based on Local Binary Pattern Clustering: Comparative study, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 59, No. 101924, pp. 101924 - 101924, May, 2020,
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Pedro M. M. Pereira, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, L. A. Thomaz, S.M.M. Faria, Skin lesion classification enhancement using border-line features – The melanoma vs nevus problem, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 57, No. 57, pp. 101765 - 101765, March, 2020,
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E. Silva, R. Rijo, R. Martinho, P.A. Assunção, M. Seco, R. Pinto, A Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Supported by mHealth Technology: The MOVIDA.eros Platform, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 138, No. 1, pp. 119 - 124, November, 2018,
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G. Gordalina, J. Figueiredo, R. Martinho, R. Rijo, P.A. Assunção, Pedro F. Correia, M. Seco, G. Pires, L.oliveira Oliveira, R. Pinto, Tracking human routines towards adaptive monitoring: the MOVIDA.domus platform, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 138, No. 1, pp. 41 - 48, November, 2018,
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H. Lee, A. Mendes, N. Spôlaor, J. Oliva, A. Parmezan, W. Chung, R. Pinto, Dermoscopic assisted diagnosis in melanoma: Reviewing results, optimizing methodologies and quantifying empirical guidelines, Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 158, No. 158, pp. 9 - 24, October, 2018,
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João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Lossless coding of light field images based on minimum-rate predictors, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 54, No. 0, pp. 21 - 30, July, 2018,
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R. Pinto, Qualitative Characterization of Skin Tissue with Dynamic Laser Speckle, Revista Argentina de Bioingeniería, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 19 - 23, March, 2018,
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L. Bento, R. Pinto, P. Póvoa, Autonomic nervous system monitoring in intensive care as a prognostic tool. Systematic review, Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 481 - 489, December, 2017,
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João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Performance evaluation of light field pre-processing methods for lossless standard coding, IEEE COMSOC MMTC Communications - Frontiers, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 44 - 49, July, 2017 | Full text (PDF 744 KBs) | BibTex
J. Sacramento, M. Ribeiro, R. Pinto, M. Guarino, S. Conde, Functional abolition of carotid body activity restores insulin action and glucose homeostasis in rats: key roles for visceral adipose tissue and the liver, Diabetologia, Vol. 576, No. 11, pp. 1 - 11, October, 2016,
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R. Pinto, PHYSIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY: A STATISTICAL MODELING APPROACH IN VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE, Millenium, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 47 - 55, September, 2016,
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R. Pinto, Reticular pattern detection in dermoscopy: an approach using Curvelet Transform, Research on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 1, No. ahead, pp. 0 - 0, July, 2016 | BibTex
R. Pinto, On the geometric modulation of skin lesion growth: a mathematical model for melanoma, Research on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. -, No. ahead, pp. 0 - 0, January, 2016,
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R. Pinto, Classification of reticular pattern and streaks in dermoscopic images based on texture analysis, Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 044503 - 044503, December, 2015,
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R. Pinto, Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea using Hilbert-Huang Decomposition of Oronasal Airway Pressure recordings, Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 561 - 568, July, 2010 | BibTex
R. Pinto, On the influence of time-series length in EMD to extract frequency content: simulations and models in biomedical signals., Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 713 - 719, July, 2009 | BibTex

33Papers in Conferences

Pedro M. M. Pereira, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, S.M.M. Faria, Skin lesion classification using features of 3D border lines, Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Conference online, October, 2021,
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Pedro M. M. Pereira, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, S.M.M. Faria, Skin Lesion Classification using Bag-of-3D-Features, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Conference online, February, 2021,
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J. Filipe, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, L. A. Thomaz, S.M.M. Faria, Improved Patch-based View Rendering for Focused Plenoptic Cameras with Extended Depth-of-Field, European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Conference online, January, 2021,
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S.M.M. Faria, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, F. Cunha, Robust depth estimation from multi-focus plenoptic images, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October, 2020,
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F. Salgueiro, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, Laser Speckle Stereo System in Biomedical Imaging, IEEE International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics MIPRO, Opatija, Croatia, Vol., pp. 288 - 291, October, 2020,
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S.M.M. Faria, J. F, Pedro M. M. Pereira, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, M. Santos, R. Pinto, F. Santiago, V. Dominguez, M. Henrique, Light Field Image Dataset of Skin Lesions, IEEE IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference IEEE EMBS, Berlim, Germany, July, 2019,
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R. Lourenço, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, L. A. Thomaz, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Edge reconstruction method to improve depth estimation from light fields, EURASIP European Light Field Imaging Workshop ELFI, Borovets, Bulgaria, June, 2019,
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João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Rate-Complexity Trade-Off in Minimum Rate Predictors Light Field Lossless Encoding, EURASIP European Light Field Imaging Workshop ELFI, Borovets, Bulgaria, June, 2019,
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S.M.M. Faria, M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, L. A. Thomaz, Pedro M. M. Pereira, R. Pinto, F. Santiago, V. Dominguez, M. Henrique, Dermatological Imaging using a Focused Plenoptic Camera: the SKINL2 Light Field Dataset, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, June, 2019,
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Pedro M. M. Pereira, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, S.M.M. Faria, Accurate Segmentation of Dermoscopic Images based on Local Binary Pattern Clustering, IEEE International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics MIPRO, Opatija, Croatia, Vol. 1, pp. 314 - 319, May, 2019,
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F. Cunha, R. Pinto, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, S.M.M. Faria, Stereo Laser Speckle Dissimilarity Analysis using Self-Organizing Maps, International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering CMBEBIH, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2019 | BibTex
L. Bento, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, F. Cunha, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, A Methodology for Laser Speckle Simulation in Controlled Dynamic Processes, IEEE International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics MIPRO, Conference online, Vol. 1, pp. 326 - 329, May, 2019,
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João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Lossless compression of Light Fields using multi-reference Minimum Rate Predictors, IEEE Data Compression Conference - DCC, Snowbird, Utah, United States, March, 2019,
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Pedro M. M. Pereira, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, P.A. Assunção, S.M.M. Faria, Image Segmentation using Gradient-based Histogram Thresholding for Skin Lesion Delineation, INSTICC International Conference on Bioimaging Bioimaging 2019, Praga, Czech Republic, February, 2019,
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J. Figueiredo, G. Gordalina, Pedro F. Correia, G. Pires, L. Oliveira, R. Martinho, R. Rijo, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, Recognition of human activity based on sparse data collected from smartphone sensors, IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering ENBENG, Lisboa, Portugal, February, 2019 | BibTex
R. Lourenço, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Silhouette Enhancement in Light Field Disparity Estimation Using the Structure Tensor, IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Athens, Greece, Vol., pp. 2580 - 2584, October, 2018,
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L. Bento, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, S.M.M. Faria, R. Pinto, Evaluation of cutaneous microcirculation patterns by laser speckle imaging, IEEE International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics MIPRO, Opatija, Croatia, Vol., pp. 290 - 293, May, 2018,
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L. Bento, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, S.M.M. Faria, R. Pinto, Using local binary patterns in speckle image analysis, IEEE International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics MIPRO, Opatija, Croatia, Vol., pp. 314 - 317, May, 2018,
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J. Filipe, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Evaluation of Focus Metrics in Extended Depth-of-field Reconstruction, IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience - QoMEX, Pula, Italy, Vol., pp. 1 - 6, May, 2018,
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João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Lossless Light-Field Compression Using Reversible Colour Transformations, International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications IPTA, Montreal, Canada, Vol., pp. 1 - 6, November, 2017,
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R. Pinto, A Textured Scale-Based Approach to Melanocytic Skin Lesions in Dermoscopy, MIPRO/IEEE Jubille International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Eletronics and Microeletronics, Opatija, Croatia, Vol. I, pp. 289 - 301, May, 2017,
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R. Pinto, Finding a Signature in Dermoscopy: a Color Normalization Proposal, MIPRO/IEEE Jubille International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Eletronics and Microeletronics, Opatija, Croatia, Vol. I, pp. 295 - 297, May, 2017,
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R. Pinto, Decreased endogenous insulin production improves whole-body insulin sensitivity: is this a sympathetically mediated effect?, International Society of Autonomic Neuroscience ISAN2015 ISAN2015, Stresa, Italy, Vol. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 192 (2015) 1–55, pp. 27 - 28, September, 2015,
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A F D E S Santo, R. Pinto, Phonocardiographyc Characterization by Time-Frequency Analysis: The Hilbert Huang Transform Approach, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., September, 2015,
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R. Pinto, Validation of a Sympathovagal Balance Model to Evaluate Autonomic Function in Rats using Time-Frequency Analysis, World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering - IUPESM, Toronto, Canada, Vol. I, pp. 56 - 56, June, 2015,
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R. Pinto, Growth model in melanocytic skin lesions: a geometric look to skin pigmented lesions, Health, Leiria, Portugal, Vol. 48, pp. 288 - -, May, 2014 | BibTex
R. Pinto, Continuous Autonomic Nervous System Evaluation and Inertial Analysis, Health, Leiria, Portugal, Vol. 48, pp. 290 - -, May, 2014 | BibTex
R. Pinto, A novel method for skin lesion segmentation using a multi-scale Local Normalization, Health, Leiria, Portugal, Vol. 48, pp. 292 - -, May, 2014 | BibTex
R. Pinto, Characterization and evaluation of skin lesions using symbolic dynamics, Health, Leiria, Portugal, Vol. 48, pp. 290 - -, May, 2014 | BibTex
H. P. Parreiras, S.M.M. Faria, R. Pinto, Accessing to autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation by integrating ECG and accelerometer data, Conf. on Enterprise Information System - International Workshop on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies - CENTERIS HCIst, Algarve, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, October, 2012,
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R. Pinto, Regularity Measures for Autonomic Nervous System Data: Pseudoentropy as a Dynamic Marker, IASTED Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, Dallas, United States, Vol. 759-052, pp. 759-052 - 759-052, December, 2011,
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R. Pinto, Using Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) to Access sympathovagal balance, ISEC Conf. in Mathematical Methods in Engineering - MME 2010, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. 157 - 177, October, 2010,
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R. Pinto, Image Empirical Mode Decomposition (IEMD) in dermoscopic images: artefact removal and lesion border detection, IASTED International Conf. on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications - SPPRA, Innsbruck, Austria, Vol. -, pp. 341 - 355, February, 2010 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects5

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
DERMCLASS	DERMCLASS	FEDER/QREN	01-01-2013	01-12-2014
DermoPleno	DermoPlenoptic imaging for skin lesion assessment	IT/LA	01-04-2016	01-12-2018
LFLS	Light Field Laser Speckle in Medical Imaging	(confidential)	01-04-2017	01-03-2018
PlenoISLA	Plenoptic imaging for skin lesion assessment	FCT/POCI, P2020	25-07-2018	31-12-2021
Sympath	FCT Exploratory project	FCT	01-01-2012	01-12-2014

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

R. Pinto, Best Paper Award, Best Paper Award in SIP - Signal and image processing IASTEWD conference 2009, Innsbruck, Austria, 01-02-2009

2Short Courses and Seminars

R. Pinto, A Matemática nas Ciências da Vida, Portugal, 12-2015
R. Pinto, Abordagem integrada ao estudo do melanoma cutâneo: dos desafios da Medicina às soluções da Matemática, Portugal, Aveiro, 09-2015

Other Contributions

4Editorial Committees

editorial board member, International Journal of Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 01-07-2015 - today
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 01-01-2010 - today
Advances in Biomedical Science and Engineering,
-, International Journal of Medical Imaging,

5Refereeing Journals

Computers in Biology and Medicine
2013, 1 review(s);
Medical Engineering and Physics
2014, 1 review(s);
International Journal of Medical Imaging
3014, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s);
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2014, 1 review(s);
Advances in Biomedical Science and Engineering
2014, 1 review(s);

IT Member Profile

Rui Pinto

Bio

Scientific Achievements

As Supervisor

As Co-supervisor

As Supervisor

As Co-supervisor

Closed Projects5