Electrical Engineering: Recent submissions
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A passive DSP approach to fetal movement detection for monitoring fetal health
(2012 , Conference Paper)Fetal movement can help clinicians understand fetal functional development. Active methods for fetal monitoring such as ultrasound are expensive and there are objections to their long term usage. This paper presents a ... -
Instantaneous frequency based newborn EEG seizure characterisation
(2012 , Article)The electroencephalogram (EEG), used to noninvasively monitor brain activity, remains the most reliable tool in the diagnosis of neonatal seizures. Due to their nonstationary and multi-component nature, newborn EEG seizures ... -
Automatic seizure detection based on the combination of newborn multi-channel EEG and HRV information Advances in Nonstationary Electrophysiological Signal Analysis and Processing
(2012 , Article)This article proposes a new method for newborn seizure detection that uses information extracted from both multi-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) and a single channel electrocardiogram (ECG). The aim of the study is to ... -
Time frequency and array processing of non-stationary signals
(2012 , Article)The special issue of EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2012 focuses on the synergistic relationship between time-frequency methods and array signal processing methods and addresses recent developments. In ... -
Detection of perinatal hypoxia using time-frequency analysis of heart rate variability signals
(2013 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a time-frequency approach to detect perinatal hypoxia by characterizing the nonstationary nature of heart rate variability (HRV) signals. Quadratic time-frequency distributions (TFDs) are used to represent ... -
Efficient phase estimation for the classification of digitally phase modulated signals using the cross-WVD: A performance evaluation and comparison with the S-transform
(2012 , Article)This article presents a novel algorithm based on the cross-Wigner-Ville Distribution (XWVD) for optimum phase estimation within the class of phase shift keying signals. The proposed method is a special case of the genera ... -
Evaluation of the modified S-transform for timefrequency synchrony analysis and source localisation
(2012 , Article)This article considers the problem of phase synchrony and coherence analysis using a modified version of the S-transform, referred to here as the Modified S-transform (MST). This is a novel and important time-frequency ... -
Principles of excellence in Engineering education applied to GCC/MENA Engineering Colleges and comparison with Australia and France: A thesis with analysis, results, observations
(2013 , Conference Paper)This invited paper aims at reviewing the current status of Engineering education in the GCC countries and proposing a few guidelines for reform and improvement. The principles applied to this process have been developed ... -
Improved characterization of HRV signals based on instantaneous frequency features estimated from quadratic time-frequency distributions with data-adapted kernels
( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)The analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) provides a non-invasive tool for assessing the autonomic regulation of cardiovascular system. Quadratic time-frequency distributions (TFDs) have been used to account for the ... -
A review of time-frequency matched filter design with application to seizure detection in multichannel newborn EEG
( Elsevier Inc. , 2014 , Article)This paper presents a novel design of a time-frequency (t-f) matched filter as a solution to the problem of detecting a non-stationary signal in the presence of additive noise, for application to the detection of newborn ... -
Multicomponent noisy signal adaptive instantaneous frequency estimation using components time support information
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2014 , Article)This study proposes an adaptive method for components instantaneous frequency (IF) estimation of noisy non-stationary multicomponent signals, combined with the components time-support estimation method based on the shorttime ... -
Non-invasivemonitoring of fetal movements using time-frequency features of accelerometry
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a time-frequency approach for fetal movement monitoring which is based on the instantaneous amplitude (IA) and instantaneous frequency (IF) of signals collected using 3axial accelerometers placed over ... -
Time-frequency features for pattern recognition using high-resolution TFDs: A tutorial review
( Elsevier Inc. , 2015 , Article)This paper presents a tutorial review of recent advances in the field of time-frequency (t, f) signal processing with focus on exploiting (t, f) image feature information using pattern recognition techniques for detection ... -
Time-Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing: A Comprehensive Reference
( Elsevier Inc. , 2015 , Book)Time-Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing (TFSAP) is a collection of theory, techniques and algorithms used for the analysis and processing of non-stationary signals, as found in a wide range of applications including ... -
High-resolution time-frequency distributions for fall detection
( SPIE , 2015 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we examine the role of high-resolution time-frequency distributions (TFDs) of radar micro-Doppler signatures for fall detection. The work supports the recent and rising interest in using emerging radar ... -
Principles of time-frequency feature extraction for change detection in non-stationary signals: Applications to newborn EEG abnormality detection
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)This paper considers the general problem of detecting change in non-stationary signals using features observed in the time-frequency (t,f) domain, obtained using a class of quadratic time-frequency distributions (QTFDs). ... -
Human gait recognition with cane assistive device using quadratic time-frequency distributions
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2015 , Article)In this study, the authors consider the problem of human gait recognition in the presence of a walking cane using radars. Quadratic time-frequency distributions are used to provide the local signal behaviour over frequency ... -
Micro-Doppler characteristics of elderly gait patterns with walking AIDS
( SPIE , 2015 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we analyze the micro-Doppler signatures of elderly gait patterns in the presence of walking AIDS using radars. The signatures are based on real data experiments conducted in a laboratory environment using ... -
Getting started with a practical and efficient time-frequency toolbox tfsap-7.0
( Elsevier Inc. , 2015 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
Heuristic formulation of time-frequency distributions
( Elsevier Inc. , 2015 , Book chapter)[No abstract available]