OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of IRBM is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Device Attitude and Real-Time 3D Visualization: An Interface for Elderly Care	400
Ultrasound Applications in Ophthalmology: A Review	70
Overdistention Accelerates Electrophysiological Changes in Uterine Muscle Towards Labour in Multiple Gestations	68
Current and Future Role of HIFU in Obstetric Gynaecology	62
cLDM-ODE: A Multimodal Generative Framework for Uncertainty-Aware Forecasting of Alzheimer's Disease Progression	61
Biomechanical Comparison of the Influence of Osteoporosis on the Lumbar Spine After Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery or Non-fusion Dynamic Stabilization Surgery Under Whole Body Vibration	59
Simplified Muscle-Recruitment Strategy During Walking in Parkinson's Disease People: A Time-Frequency Analysis of EMG Signal	57
Enhancing P300 Detection Using a Band-Selective Filter Bank for a Visual P300 Speller	55
Contents	50
Facial Palsy Characterization Using Dual Regression Trees	49
Catheter Tracking Using a Convolutional Neural Network for Decreasing Interventional Radiology X-Ray Exposure	47
New Design to Provide Absolute Protection Within a Certain Period for Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys	39
Early Detection of Pressure Ulcers: Considering the Reperfusion	39
Contrast-Free High Frame Rate Ultrasound Imaging for Assessment of Vascular Remodeling During Wound Healing	31
Evaluation of a Wireless Home Sleep Monitoring System Compared to Polysomnography	28
Arrhythmic Heartbeat Classification Using 2D Convolutional Neural Networks	28
Optimal Sensor Placement in Smart Home Using Building Information Modeling: A Home Support Application	27
Uterine Synchronization Analysis During Pregnancy and Labor Using Graph Theory, Classification Based on Neural Network and Deep Learning	27
Body Water Volume Estimation Using Bio Impedance Analysis: Where Are We?	24
Editorial Board	23
Stroke Treatment Prediction Using Features Selection Methods and Machine Learning Classifiers	23
Effect of Botulinum Toxin on Spasticity Level Assessed by Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold: A Feasibility Pilot Study	22
A Physician's Perspective on the Incorporation of Pictograms as a Supplement to Medical Instructions in Chile: A Pilot Study	22
Fast Evaluation of Unhealthy and Healthy Neonates Using Hyperspectral Features on 700-850 Nm Wavelengths, ROI Extraction, and 3D-CNN	20
A Fast and Accurate Method for Glaucoma Screening from Smartphone-Captured Fundus Images	20

Editorial Board	20
Gaussianity Evaluation of HD-sEMG Signals with Aging and Sex During Low and Moderate Isometric Contractions of the Biceps Brachii	20
Deep Learning-Based Metaheuristic Weighted K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm for the Severity Classification of Breast Cancer	18
Implication of the Nature and Texturation of Silicone Surfaces on the Grafting of PolyNaSS, a Bioactive Polymer	18
sEMG Signal-Based Lower Limb Movements Recognition Using Tunable Q-Factor Wavelet Transform and Kraskov Entropy	16
Contents	16
Combining Cultural Probes and Interviews with Caregivers to Co-Design a Social Mobile Robotic Solution	15
Optimizing Uterine Synchronization Analysis in Pregnancy and Labor Through Window Selection and Node Optimization	14
Assessment of Stress Distributions in a Skeletal Muscle Affected by Post-Stroke Spastic Myopathy	14
An Image Recognition Method for Urine Sediment Based on Semi-supervised Learning	14
Detection of Social Isolation Based on Meal-Taking Activity and Mobility of Elderly People Living Alone	14
SNOROSALAB: A Method Facilitating the Diagnosis of Sleep Breathing Disorders Before Polysomnography	14
Contents	13
Comparison of Different Sensor Locations on Freezing-of-Gait Ratio Results	12
Motor Imagery EEG Spectral-Spatial Feature Optimization Using Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet and Neighbourhood Component Analysis	11
Biomechanical Effects of Osteoporosis on the Sacroiliac Joint After Lumbosacral Fusion Surgery	11
Complete 3D Kinematics Parameters of the Temporo-Mandibular Joints Using in Vivo Data Fusion	11
A Control Strategy for Pneumatically Powered Below-Hip Orthosis	11
Editorial Board	11
Analysis of Wrist Pulse Signal: Emotions and Physical Pain	10
A Review on Convolutional Neural Networks for Brain Tumor Segmentation: Methods, Datasets, Libraries, and Future Directions	10
IMU Calibration Effect on Lower Limbs Kinematics Against Optical Motion Capture in Post-Stroke Gait	10
Electrocardiogram Data Compression Techniques for Cardiac Healthcare Systems: A Methodological Review	9
A CNN–Transformer Fusion Approach Integrating Texture Encoding and Cross-Patch Attention for Efficient Histopathological Breast Cancer Classification	9
Review of Phantoms for Mimicking the Electrical Properties and Mechanical Strength of Living Tissue	9
Biomechanical Response of Four Roussouly's Sagittal Alignment Lumbar to Degeneration of Different Parts of Intervertebral Disc: Finite Element Model Analysis	9
Influence of Image Factors on the Performance of Ophthalmic Ultrasound Deep Learning Model	9
Development of Direct Grafting on Cyclic Olefin Copolymers to Improve Hydrophilicity by Using Bioactive Polymers	8
Editorial Board	8
A Nonlinear Analysis of Nociceptive Flexion Reflex Changes Before and After Acute Inflammation	8
Contents	8
Normative Data of the External Work of Individual Limbs and of the Distribution of Joint Work During Stair Crossing	8
Brain-Computer Interface Speller System for Alternative Communication: A Review	8
Ankle Exoskeletons in Walking and Load-Carrying Tasks: Insights into Biomechanics and Human-Robot Interaction	7
BCDNet: An Optimized Deep Network for Ultrasound Breast Cancer Detection	7
Fatigue Loading Effect in Custom-Made All-on-4 Implants System: A 3D Finite Elements Analysis	7
Acknowledging our reviewers	7
Electrocardiogram Signal Compression Using Deep Convolutional Autoencoder with Constant Error and Flexible Compression Rate	7
Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation from Sinus-Rhythm Electrocardiograms Based on Deep Neural Networks: Analysis of Time Intervals and Longitudinal Study	7
Distributed Biomedical Scheme for Controlled Recovery of Medical Encrypted Images	7
Time Domain Analysis of Heart Rate Variability Signals in Valence Recognition for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	7
On the Utility of Parents' Historical Data to Investigate the Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Data Mining-Based Framework	7
Editorial Board	7
Automatic Detection of Severely and Mildly Infected COVID-19 Patients with Supervised Machine Learning Models	6
A Multi-Branch Convolutional Neural Network for Screening and Staging of Diabetic Retinopathy Based on Wide-Field Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography	6
Editorial Board	6
High-Order Temporal Convolutional Network for Improving Classification Performance of SSVEP-EEG	6
Acknowledging our reviewers	6
Corrigendum to “Transition Network-Based Analysis of Electrodermal Activity Signals for Emotion Recognition” [IRBM 45 (2024) 100849]	6
Age-Related Changes in Longitudinal and Transversal Elastic Properties of Murine Skeletal Muscle Fibers	6

Contents	6
Potential of Near-Infrared Optical Techniques for Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Measurement: A Pilot Study	6
Comparing Two Bootstrapped Regions in Images: The D-Test	5
Contents	5
A Novel Biopsy Needle with Double Concave-Curved Cutting Edges	5
Leveraging Action Unit Derivatives for Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease Detection	5
Exploring Autonomic Modulation Through Deep Breathing: Immediate and Long-Term Effects on Heart Rate Variability in Visually Impaired Individuals	5
Patchwise Trabecular Bone Reconstruction of a 2D Proximal Femur Using Deep Learning and Seamless Quilting Algorithm	5
Editorial Board	5
MISA-Net: A Multi-Scale Feature Interaction Network for Brain Tumor Segmentation	5
Corrigendum to “Automatic Detection of Severely and Mildly Infected COVID-19 Patients with Supervised Machine Learning Models” [IRBM 44 (2023) 100725]	5
Case-Based Simulation to Support Complex Active Catheterization: Preliminary Results	5
Editorial Board	4
Preparation Strategies for Mg-Alloys for Biodegradable Orthopaedic Implants and Other Biomedical Applications: A Review	4
The Effect of Mesh Orientation, Defect Location and Size on the Biomechanical Compatibility of Hernia Mesh	4
ECG Data Compression Using Modified Run Length Encoding of Wavelet Coefficients for Holter Monitoring	4
Gaussian Dropout Based Stacked Ensemble CNN for Classification of Breast Tumor in Ultrasound Images	4
Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: A Narrative Review	4
User Centered Design May Apply to Public Health Issues: A Case Study on Arrhythmia Detection Service in Rural General Practice	4
An EHR Data Quality Evaluation Approach Based on Medical Knowledge and Text Matching	4
Editorial Board	3
Editorial Board	3
Contents	3
Attention-Based DenseNet for Pneumonia Classification	3
Editorial Board	3
Biomechanical Evaluation of an Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation of Individuals with Parkinson's Disease	3
WITHDRAWN: IRBM: Goals and Trends in Biomedical Engineering	3
Development of a Sensory Integration Test for Locomotion: A Study Protocol	3
Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Kernel Density Estimation Based Texture Analysis of the Corpus Callosum in Brain MR Images	3
A Comparative Approach for MI-Based EEG Signals Classification Using Energy, Power and Entropy	3
Contents	3
CRISPR-OTE: Prediction of CRISPR On-Target Efficiency Based on Multi-Dimensional Feature Fusion	3
The R-Vessel-X Project	3
IDEALI: Intuitively Localising Connected Devices in Order to Support Autonomy	3
Automated Detection of B Cell and T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Using Deep Learning	3
Editorial Board	3
Acknowledging our reviewers	3
Development of a Wearable Framework for the Assessment of a Mechanical-Based Indicator of Falling Risk in the Field	3
Evaluation of Diagnostic Value of Mediastinum for Differentiation of Drug Sensitive, Multi and Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Using Chest X-Rays	2
The Impact of Missing Data on Heart Rate Variability Features: A Comparative Study of Interpolation Methods for Ambulatory Health Monitoring	2
AI-Enabled Clinical Decision Support System Modeling for the Prediction of Cirrhosis Complications	2
Editorial Board	2
A Priori Acceptability of a Multimodal System for the Early Detection of Frailty in Older Adults	2
Objective Assessment of Pull Test Scores in Parkinson's Disease Under Dynamic Conditions	2
Evaluation of Chemotherapy Response in Osteosarcoma Using Quantitative Ultrasound: A Pilot Study Relating Ultrasound Parameters to Molecular Response	2
ADNP-15: An Open-Source Histopathological Dataset for Neuritic Plaque Segmentation in Human Brain Whole Slide Images with Frequency Domain Image Enhancement for Stain Normalization	2
Evaluation of a Multimodal Confocal Therapeutic Focused Ultrasound Apparatus: Bridging Cavitation, Thermal Ablation, and Histotripsy in Preclinical Treatments	2
Virtual Surgical Planning/3D Printing for the Management of Severely Comminuted Mandibular Fractures	2
A Decision-Making System with Reject Option for Atrial Fibrillation Prediction Without ECG Signals	2
Stylohyoid and Posterior Digastric Recruitment Pattern Evaluation in Swallowing and Non-swallowing Tasks	2
Study of an Optimization Tool Avoided Bias for Brain-Computer Interfaces Using a Hybrid Deep Learning Model	2
Contents	2
Contents	2
Classification of Different Tympanic Membrane Conditions Using Fused Deep Hypercolumn Features and Bidirectional LSTM	2
The Impact of Scalp's Temperature on the Choice of the Best Layout for TTFields Treatment	2
Automated Digitization of the Cardiotocography Signals from Real Scene Image of Binary Clinic Report	2
The Effects of Surgical Parameters on Meniscal Mechanics Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: An Exploratory In-Silico Study	2
Application of the Coupling Angle to Investigate Upper Limb Interjoint Coordination After Stroke	2
Attention-Based Neural Network for Cardiac MRI Segmentation: Application to Strain and Volume Computation	2