People
Maria da Graça Cristo dos Santos Lopes Ruano
Address
DEEI, Faculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaUniversidade do Algarve
Campus de Gambelas
8005-139 Faro
Portugal
Other Info:
Other email contacts: mruano@ualg.pt mruano.ualg@gmail.com
Member
Adaptive ComputationResearch interests
Bio-signal processingAffiliation
- APCA (Associação Portuguesa de Controlo Automático)- Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Biomédica
- IEEE member nº 92025397 (societies: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, b. Signal Processing Society, c. Ultrasonic, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society)
Short Bio
Maria da Graça Ruano (female) received her Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales, United Kingdom in 1992. She started her professional activity in 1982 at the University of Aveiro, joining in 1992 the Department of Electronics Engineering and Informatics of the University of Algarve, where she currently holds a tenure associate professor position. Her research interests are on bio-signal processing, classification and modelling, particularly devoted to cardiovascular disorders and their interaction with diabetes, and, ultrasound-based non-invasive temperature assessment. She published over 110 research publications in refereed journals and conferences and edited 4 books and 11 book chapters. She was involved in program committees and organization of national and international conferences, having participated in the technical committees of over 100 conferences. She maintains a 10-yearly average of scientific journals articles revision since 2013 (mainly Elsevier, Springer, IEEE). She has served as project or team leader in several projects (mainly international).https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Fhfk2awAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-9257
National Projects
International Projects
Link: Linking Excellence in Biomedical knowledge and Computational Intelligence Research for personalized management of CVD within PHC
FrailCheck: Diseño y desarrollo de un sistema de detección y análisis de la actividad física y pautas de comportamiento para ayuda al diagnóstico de la fragiliad
Past Projects
ThermoResponse-Thermo-responsive ultrasonographic tissue analysis: towards a new imaging modality
Journal Articles
2019
(3 publications)- Hakart, H. and Ruano, A. and Ruano M G and Bennani, S. , "GPR target detection using a neural network classifier designed by a multi-objective genetic algorithm", Applied Soft Computing, vol. 79, pp. 310-325, 2019 [ DOI ]
- Ruano, A. and Hernandez, A. and Dominguez, J.J.G. and Ruano M G and Ureña, J. , "NILM Techniques for Intelligent Home Energy Management and Ambient Assisted Living: A review", Energies, vol. 12, pp. 2203-2232, 2019 [ DOI ]
- Hernandez, A. and Ruano, A. and Ureña, J. and Ruano M G and Dominguez, J.J.G. , "Applications of NILM Techniques to Energy Management and Assisted Living", IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 52, pp. 164-171, 2019 [ DOI ]
2018
(1 publication)- Ruano M G and Ruano, A. and Hakart, H. and Bennani, S.D. , "Classifier Design by a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Approach for GPR Automatic Target Detection", IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 51, pp. 187-192, 2018 [ DOI ]
2017
(4 publications)- Teixeira, C. and Mendes, L. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "A method for sub-sample computation of time displacements between discrete signals based only on discrete correlation sequences ", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control , vol. 31, pp. 560-560, 2017 [ DOI ]
- Ferreira, R. and Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "Intelligent non-invasive modeling of ultrasound-induced temperature in tissue phantoms", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 33, pp. 141-150, 2017 [ DOI ]
- Kianimajd, A. and Henriques, J. and Ruano, A. and Ruano M G and P. Carvalho and Paredes, S. and Rocha, T. , "Comparison of different methods of measuring similarity in physiologic time series", IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 50, 2017 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Hajimani, E. and Ruano, A. , " An Intelligent Support System for Automatic Diagnosis of Cerebral Vascular Accidents from Brain CT Images", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, vol. 146, pp. 109-123, 2017 [ DOI ]
2016
(1 publication)- Ferreira, R. and Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "Non-invasive modelling of ultrasound-induced temperature in tissues: a b-splines neural network solution", IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 49, pp. 297-302, 2016 [ DOI ]
2014
(3 publications)- Ruano M G and Ruano, A. and M, F.P. and G., M. and Baros, O. and Khosravani, H.R. , "Seismic Detection using Support Vector Machines", Neurocomputing, pp. 1-1, 2014
- Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "An interpolation-free and fitting-less sub-sample time-delay estimation algorithm", IFMBE Proceedings, vol. 42, pp. 288-291, 2014 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Duarte, H.S. , "Estimating temperature in perfused tissue phantoms subject to ultrasound heating", IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), vol. 19, pp. 7523-7528, 2014 [ DOI ]
2010
(2 publications)- Alvarenga, A. and Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "Influence of temperature variations on the entropy and correlation of the Grey-Level Co-occurrence Matrix from B-Mode images", Ultrasonics, vol. 50, pp. 290-293, 2010
- Teixeira, C. and Pereira, W.C. . and Ruano, A. and Ruano M G , "On the possibility of non-invasive multilayer temperature estimation using soft-computing methods", Ultrasonics, vol. 50, pp. 32-43, 2010
2007
(2 publications)- Ferreira, R. and Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , " Intelligent non-invasive modeling of ultrasound-induced temperature in tissue phantoms", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 33, pp. 141-150, 2007 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Teixeira, C. and Mendes, L. and Pereira, W.C. . , "A method for sub-sample computation of time displacements between discrete signals based only on discrete correlation sequences", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 31, pp. 560-568, 2007 [ DOI ]
Conference Articles
2019
(5 publications)- Leal, A. and Pinto, M. and Henriques, J. and Ruano M G and P. Carvalho and Teixeira, C. , "Preictal Time Assessment using Heart Rate Variability Features in Drug-resistant Epilepsy Patients", in 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019 [ DOI ]
- Nunes, D. and Rocha, T. and Traver, V. and Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Paredes, S. and Carvalho, P. and Henriques, J. , "Latent states extraction through Kalman Filter for the prediction of heart failure decompensation events", in 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019 [ DOI ]
- Ramos, A. and Leija, L. and Negreira, C. and Moreno, E. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . and Bazan, I. and Merchan, F. and Yegros, C. and Prohias, J. , "A CYTED Network: New Non-invasive Ways for an Early Diagnosis of Chronic and Degenerative Diseases: Diabetes and Cardiovascular", in XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, 2019 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Fazel, A.S. and Martín, A.J. and Ruano, A. and Dominguez, J.J.G. , "Pulse Transition Time Method for Unobtrusive Blood Pressure Estimation", in XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, 2019 [ DOI ]
- Ribeiro, R. and Matos, P. and Santo, S. and Palma, F. and Pareira, A. and Pereira, A. and Ruano M G and Boavida, J. , "High risk of cardiovascular episodes and low adherence to risk factors guidelines in a population with diabetes", in Diabetologia, 2019
2018
(2 publications)- Nunes, D. and Leal, A. and Rocha, T. and Traver, V. and Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Paredes, S. and P. Carvalho and Henriques, J. , "Risk Prediction of Heart Failure Decompensation Events in Multiparametric Feature Spaces", in 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2018 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Almeida, G. and Palma, F. and Ribeiro, R. , "Reliability of Medical Databases for the use of Real Word Data and Data Mining Techniques for Cardiovascular Diseases Progression in Diabetic Patients", in 2018 Global Medical Engineering Physics Exchanges/Pan American Health Care Exchanges (GMEPE/PAHCE), 2018 [ DOI ]
2017
(5 publications)- Leal, A. and Ruano M G and Henriques, J. and P. Carvalho and Teixeira, C. , "On the viability of ECG features for seizure anticipation on long-term data", in Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI), 2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on, 2017
- Nunes, D. and P. Carvalho and Henriques, J. and Ruano M G and Teixeira, C. , "Pattern discovery and similarity assessment for robust Heart Sound Segmentation", in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2017
- Ruano M G and P. Carvalho and Henriques, J. and Rocha, T. and Paredes, S. , "Validation of a similarity measurement method for clustering cardiac signals", in IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2017, 2017
- Kianimajd, A. and Ruano M G and P. Carvalho and Henriques, J. and Rocha, T. and Paredes, S. and Ruano, A. , "Comparison of different methods of measuring similarity in physiologic time series", in IFAC 2017 World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 2017
- Kianimajd, A. and Ruano M G and P. Carvalho and Henriques, J. and Rocha, T. and Ruano, A. , "Analysis of PAM clustering accuracy for cardiac signals classification", in 39th Int. Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2017
2016
(3 publications)- Ruano M G and Hajimani, E. and Ruano, A. , "A Radial Basis Function classifier for the automatic diagnosis of Cerebral Vascular Accidents", in Global Medical Engineering & Physics Exchanges (GMEPE) & Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE 2016), 2016 [ DOI ]
- Traver, V. and Romero, A.M. and Bayo, J. and Sala, P. and P. Carvalho and Henriques, J. and Ruano M G , "Enhancing medical evidence discovery through Interactive Pattern Recognition and process mining", in Global Medical Engineering & Physics Exchanges (GMEPE) & Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE 2016),, 2016 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "Towards ultrasound hyperthermia safe treatments using computational intelligence techniques", in 11th edition of IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications , Benevento, pp 1-6, Italy, May 15-18 2016, 2016 [ DOI ]
2015
(3 publications)- Nasciemnto, L. and Ruano M G , "Computer-aided bone fracture identification based on ultrasound images", in 4th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering ( ENBENG 2015), 26-28 Feb 2015 Porto, Portugal, 2015 [ DOI ]
- Hajimani, E. and Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "MOGA design for neural networks based system for automatic diagnosis of Cerebral Vascular Accidents", in 9th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP 2015), 2015 [ DOI ]
- Duarte, H.S. and Ruano M G , "Spatial monitoring of temperature estimation during ultrasound heating therapy", in 4th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2015), 2015 [ DOI ]
2013
(5 publications)- Ruano M G and Duarte, H.S. and Teixeira, C. , "Tissue Temperature Estimation With Pulse-Echo in Blood Flow Presence", in IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing, 2013
- Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "An interpolation-free and fitting-less sub-sample time-delay estimation algorithm", in IFMBE International Conference on Health Informatics, 2013
- Ruano M G and Duarte, H.S. , "Time-spatial ultrasound induced temperature evaluation on perfused phantoms", in The International conference on Health Informatics, 2013 [ DOI ]
- Ruano, A. and G., M. and Baros, O. and Khosravani, H.R. and Ruano M G and M, F.P. , "A Support Vector Machine Seismic Detector for Early-Warning Applications", in International Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation Science, 2013 [ DOI ]
- Hajimani, E. and Ruano, C.A. and Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "A software Tool for Intelligent CVA Diagnosis by Cerebral Computerized Tomography", in IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP 2013), 2013 [ DOI ]
2012
(2 publications)- Ruano M G and Teixeira, C. and Rahmati, J.J. , "Characterization of Temperature-Dependent Echo-Shifts and Backscattered Energy Induced by Thermal Ultrasound", in 5th International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications, 2012
- Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "15 años de colaboración en i+d del lab. Sstu-Csic con Iberoamérica -sobre sistemas ultrasónicos para diagnóstico médico e inspección industrial", in VIII Iberoamerican Acoustic Congress, 2012
2011
(4 publications)- Ruano M G and Teixeira, C. , "Noise cancellation technique for Dopper ultrasound spectrogram enhancement", in Panamerican Health Care Exanges, 2011
- Ruano M G and Zabihian, B. , "Enhancing Time-Frequency Parameters Estimation for Doppler Ultrasound Blood-Flow Signals ", in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP 2011), 2011
- Ruano M G and Zabihian, B. and Nocetti, F.G. and Gonzalez, J.S. and Matins, M.F. , "Solving Practical Issues of a Portable Doppler Ultrasound System for Blood Flow Assessment During Coronary Graft Surgery", in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP 2011), 2011
- Zabihian, B. and Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G , "Noise Cancellation Technique for Doppler Ultrasound Spectrogram Enhancement", in Proceedings of Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE), 2011
2010
(1 publication)2009
(4 publications)- Ruano M G and Teixeira, C. and Medeiros, M.C. and Fernandes, A.J.A. , "A scalable and open source linear positioning system controller", in International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, 2009
- Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "On the assessment of time-shift variations from backscattered ultrasound for large temperature changes in biological phantoms", in International Congress on Ultrasonics-ICU’09, 2009
- Alvarenga, A. and Teixeira, C. and Ruano M G and Pereira, W.C. . , "Evaluation of the influence of large temperature variations on the gray level content of B-Mode images", in International Congress on Ultrasonics-ICU’09, 2009
- Nocetti, F.G. and Ruano M G and Gonzalez, J.S. and Matins, M.F. and Moreno, E. and Prohias, J. and Silva, S. , "Diagnostic aid software tool for bypass blood flow evaluation during surgery", in Pan American Health Care Exchanges Conference-PAHCE 2009, 2009
Book Chapters
2013
(3 publications)- Ruano M G and Teixeira, C. and Rahmati, J.J. , "Characterization of Temperature-Dependent Echo-Shifts and Backscattered Energy Induced by Thermal Ultrasound", in Soft Computing Applications, vol. 195, pp. 421-431, 2013 [ DOI ]
- Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "On the use of Artificial Neural Networks for Biomedical Applications", in Soft Computing Applications:Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol. 195, pp. 433-451, 2013
- Ruano M G and Ruano, A. and G., M. , "On-line Operation of an Intelligent Seismic Detector", in Soft Computing Applications, vol. 195, pp. 531-542, 2013
2009
(2 publications)- Teixeira, C. and Pereira, W.C. . and Ruano M G and Ruano, A. , "4. Métodos de Soft Computing para la Estimación no Invasiva de la Temperatura en Medios Multicapa Empleando Ultrasonido Retrodisperso", in Métodos de Procesamiento Avanzado e Inteligencia Artificial en Sistemas Sensores y Biosensores , vol. 1, pp. 445-461, 2009
- Ruano M G and Ruano, A. and Luis, R. and M, F.P. , "5. Diagnóstico de CVA Isquémicos Asistido por Redes Neuronales Mediante la Exploración por CT", in Métodos de Procesamiento Avanzado e Inteligência Artificial en Sistemas Sensores Y Biosensores, vol. 1, pp. 415-424, 2009