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Dr Nicholas John Outram., PhD., B.Eng (Hons), MIEEE |
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics and E-Health
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nicholas.outram@plymouth.ac.uk |
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Research Topics
Biomedical Signal Processing; Antenatal and Perinatal Foetal Monitoring; EEG analysis of Neonates; Heart-Rate Variability Analysis.
Thesis
Intelligent Pattern Analysis of the Foetal Electrocardiogram
Research Projects
Computational Intelligence for Biopattern analysis in Support of eHealthcare (BIOPATTERN)
Publications
Assessment of the fetal bioprofile during labor by fetal ECG analysis
K. Rosén, S. Blad, D. Larsson, H. Norén, N. Outram
Expert Rev. Obstet. Gynecol., September 2007, Accepted
EEG entropy estimation using a Markov model of the EEG for sleep stage separation in human neonates
N. Löfgren, M. Thordstein, N. Outram,
3rd International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (CNE '07), May 2-5, 2007, pp. 634-637
Prototype Implementation of an Earlylife Bioprofiling System
X. Zhao, N. Outram, K. G. Rosén, E. C. Ifeachor
Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare (CIMED2007), July 25-27, 2007 - Plymouth, U.K.
EEG entropy estimation using a Markov model of the EEG for sleep stage separation in human neonates
Nils A. Löfgren, N. Outram, M. Thordstein
Proceedings of the 3rd International IEEE Conference on Neural Engineering, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, USA, May 2-5, 2007
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/srchabstract.jsp?arnumber=4227358
A Comparative Study of Fetal Heart Rate Variability Analysis Techniques
P. Hopkins, N. Outram, N. Löfgren, E. Ifeachor, K. Rosen
Proceedings for the 28th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, Aug 30-Sept. 3, 2006, New York City, New York, USA
Suitability of fractal dimension analysis of foetal heart rata as an indicator for asphyxia
P. A. Hopkins, N. J. Outram, E. C. Ifeachor, K. Rosen
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare (CIMED2005), Lisbon, Portugal
Nonlinear methods for biopattern analysis: role and challenges
E. C. Ifeachor, N. J. Outram, G. T. Henderson, H. S. K. Wimalaratna, N. Hudson, R. Sneyd, C. Dong and C. Bigan
Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS2004), San Francisco, CA, USA, September 1-5, 2004.
Quality Control and Desicion Support - Experience from the Development of Fetal ECG Analysis during Labour
K. G Rosén and N. Outram
Proceedings of 1st European Workshop on the Assessment of Diagnostic Performance (EWADP 2004), Milan, Italy, pp. 145-163, 2004
Models for Handling Uncertainty in Fetal Heart Rate and ECG Analysis
E. C. Ifeachor, J. Curnow, N. J. Outram and J. Skinner
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International IEEE , (EMBC2001), Turkey
Narrow-Band Digital Filters for Biomedical Signal Enhancement validated for use with intrapartum Foetal ECG analysis
N. J. Outram, E. C. Ifeachor, A. Samuelsson and K. G. Rosén
In preparation.
Pattern Analysis of Uncertain Changes in the Fetal Electrocardiogram Features during Labour
Outram N. J. and Ifeachor E. C.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Neural Networks and Expert Systems in Medicine and Healthcare (NNESMED96), pp112-122., 1996.
Neural network and fuzzy logic techniques for classifying patterns in the fetal ECG waveform
Outram N. J. and Ifeachor E. C.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Medical and Biological Signal Processing, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK, 91-99, 1995b
Techniques for optimal enhancement and feature extraction of the fetal electrocardiogram
N. J. Outram, E. C. Ifeachor, P. Van Eetvelt and J. Curnow
IEE Proceedings - Science, Measurement and Technology, Vol. 142, No. 6, November 1995
A fuzzy expert system to assist in the management of labour
E. C. Ifeachor and N. J. Outram
Proceedings of the International ICSC Symposium on FUZZY LOGIC., ICSC, C97-C102, Zurich, 1995
Fuzzy Logic concepts for pattern analysis and interpretation of changes in the fetal electrocardiogram.
E. C. Ifeachor and N. J. Outram
Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Networks and Expert Systems in Medicine and Healthcare (NNESMED'94), University of Plymouth., U.K., pp. 353-362, 1994
Techniques for detection and classification of the fetal QRS complex
N. J. Outram and E. C. Ifeachor
IEE Coll. Application of neural networks to signal processing., IEE Digest No. 1994/248, pp 10/1-3, Dec 1993
Fetal ECG Quality Assessment using Neural Networks
Ifeachor E.C., Outram N.J. and Greene K.R.
Workshop on Neural Networks: Techniques and Application of Neural Networks., University of Liverpool., 1993
Patents
EP1568316A1 - Assessment of fetal reactivity by fetal hear rate analysis
Inventors: Nicholas Outram and Karl Rosén
Applicant: Neoventa Medical AB
Filled: 24-04-2004
A novel method for quantification of foetal HR variability for detection of sleep-states and pre-terminal HR traces.
PATENT Outram N.J.& Rosén K.G