João Manuel R. S. Tavares Curriculum Vitae

Name: Prof. João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares Date of Birth: February 12, 1969 Passport nº: P209475 - PRT

Address:

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n 4200 - 465 PORTO PORTUGAL

Phone: +351 22 508 1487 / +351 22 041 3472 Fax: +351 22 508 1445 Email: [email protected] url: www.fe.up.pt/~tavares

Education:

Habilitation: Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto – Portugal, 2015 PhD: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto – Portugal, 2001 (Computational Vision) MSc: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto – Portugal, 1995 (Industrial informatics) BSc (5 years): Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto – Portugal, 1992

Actual Position:

Associate Professor (with Habilitation) at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Department of Mechanical Engineering, since December 2011. (www.fe.up.pt)

Areas of Research:

§ Biomedical Engineering; § Biomechanics; § Computational Vision, Image processing and analysis, Medical imaging; § , Scientific Visualization;

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§ Modelling and Simulation; § Product development.

Research IDs:

§ Thomson Reuters: www.researcherid.com/rid/M-5305-2013 § Scopus: www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=36538110300 § Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7603-6526 § ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Joao_Tavares2 § Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=urdxG3EAAAAJ&hl=en § publons: http://publons.com/a/1170011

Supervisor Projects:

Master Thesis Finished:

1. Development of a new nasal irrigation device Ana Rita Gonçalves Salvador Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 1st semester of 2017/2018, submitted in January 2018, public defense on 16 February 2018

2. Analysis of the influence of customized insoles on the distribution of plantar pressures and postural control Fabiane Seger Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, 2015/2017, submitted in September 2017, public defense on 19 October 2017

3. Biomechanical Study about the Gait of Lower Limb Amputees José António Luz Viegas Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Andreia Sousa, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, 2015/2017, submitted in September 2017, public defense on 19 October 2017

4. Computational algorithms towards the quantitative imaging biomarker for nuclear medicine Vânia Daniela Lima Araújo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Diogo Borges Faria, Escola Superior de Saúde da Universidade de Aveiro Master Course in Biomedical Engineering of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro Regional do Porto, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia,

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2nd semester of 2016/2017, submitted in September 2017, public defense on 8 January 2018

5. The problem of signage in public spaces: the case of the Lagoa Family Health Unit Sofia Braga Bertoquini Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Product and Industrial Design, University of Porto, 2015/2016, submitted in September 2017, public defense on 26 October 2017

6. Industrialization of components in Lean system Luis Francisco da Costa Santos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Clementina Dias, 4LEAN Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017, public defense on 13 July 2017

7. Improvements in planning and organization of an industrial project with Lean Thinking José Miguel Araújo C. Magalhães Pereira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Fernando Oliveira, BA Vidro Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017, public defense on 13 July 2017

8. Smart Packaging and study of emerging technologies applicable to the packaging market Hugo Mendes Magalhães Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Eduardo Monteiro, Colep Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017, public defense on 10 July 2017

9. Automatic segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Rafaela Inês Pires Pinto Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Sandra Rua Ventura, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, 2015/2017, public defense on 27 June 2017

10. Mechanical characterization of the human atria based on patient-specific FEM models Boris Nii Ako Sowah Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Marco Parente, Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial

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Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, 2015/2017, public defense on 27 June 2017

11. Design and development of a solid-state laser system for use in particle velocimetry Hugo Tiago Melo Moreira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Jorge Manuel de Matos Reis, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 1st semester of 2016/2017, submitted in Match 2017, public defense on 29 March 2017

12. Improvement of the Productive Process Nuno Miguel Cardoso Cruz Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Luísa Trindade Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017, submitted in Match 2017, public defense on 14 March 2017

13. Kaizen Productive Strategy in Different Scenarios – Gearbox and Hydraulic Components Manufacturing and Furniture Supply Chains Francisco Gonçalves Montenegro Chaves Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Bruno Fabiano, Kaizen Institute, Italy Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017, submitted in January 2017, public defense on 6 February 2017

14. Computational Modeling and Simulation of the Ankle Sprain Mechanism Ricardo Miguel Rodrigues Lameira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Andreia S. P. Sousa, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017, submitted in January 2017, public defense on 6 February 2017

15. Development of an ergonomic solution for handling oven trays in the food service management industry Inês Sousa Ribeiro Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Product and Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2014/2016, submitted in September 2016, public defense on 15 November 2016

16. Accessibility on public roads: cases of ramps in Vila Nova de Gaia Ana Patricia Monteiro de Sousa e Costa Paiva Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Master Course in Product and Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2014/2016, submitted in September 2016, public defense on 15 November 2016

17. Analysis, in vitro, of the stress distribution in angulated implants of different lengths Maria Joana Gonçalves Xavier Pereira Supervisor: Ricardo Manuel Casaleiro Lobo de Faria e Almeida, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade do Porto Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Oral Surgery, University of Porto, edition 2012/2014, submitted in July 2016, public defense on 6 March 2017

18. Development of a Tool to Support the Learning of Basic Technical Drawing Nuno Alexandre Macedo de Castro Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Multimedia, University of Porto, edition 2013/2015, submitted in June 2016, public defense on 30 March 2016

19. Multifaceted Positioning System with High Performance and Low Cost Vítor Hugo Ribeiro Lopes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Jorge Manuel de Matos Reis, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2015/2016, submitted in February 2016, public defense on 30 March 2016

20. Binaural System for Non-contact Leaks Detection in Gases and Liquids Maria Teresa Rodrigues da Silva Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Jorge Manuel de Matos Reis, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2015/2016, submitted in February 2016, public defense on 30 March 2016

21. Software of information processing and intelligent feedback for tuning guitars Pedro Guilherme de Sousa Pinto Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Jorge Manuel de Matos Reis, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2014/2015, submitted in September 2015, public defense on 4 November 2015

22. Simulation of printed circuit boards by finite elements with NX Nastran César Manuel Ribeiro Castro

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Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Bruno Carvalho, Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal S.A. Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2014/2015, submitted in September 2015, public defense on 5 October 2015

23. Evaluation and Certification of Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices for Lower Limb Judite Regina Alves da Silva Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2013/2015, submitted in September 2015, public defense on 16 October 2015

24. Computational Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Images of the Airways: Algorithms and Applications Jessica Condesso Delmoral Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Sandra Rua Ventura, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2014/2015, submitted in September 2015, public defense on 12 October 2015

25. Modelling the gait of healthy and post-stroke individuals Morgana Pires Afonso Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Andreia S. P. Sousa, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2014/2015, submitted in September 2015, public defense on 12 October 2015

26. Automatic analysis of skin lesions in dermoscopy images: feature extraction and classification Ricardo Lé Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Zhen Ma, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2014/2015, submitted in September 2015, public defense on 12 October 2015

27. Computational techniques for automated analysis of animal tissue histological images Frederico Agustí Rangel Bento Junqueira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Augusto Manuel Rodrigues Faustino, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2014/2015, submitted in July 2015, public defense on 9 July 2015

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28. Requirements and evaluation of devices for removing oven trays Ana Patrícia Marques Rodrigues Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Food Service Management, University of Porto, edition 2013/2015, submitted in April 2015, public defense on 3 July 2015

29. Analysis of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT images using computational image registration techniques Raquel da Silva Alves Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Durval Campos Costa, Fundação Champalimaud Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto edition 2012/2014, submitted in September 2014

30. From idea to market: design and production of lower limb orthoses Marlene Dalila Sampaio da Silva Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto edition 2012/2014, submitted in September 2014

31. Development of a Vacuum System for the Auditory Canal Sílvia da Costa Figueiredo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Product and Industrial Design, University of Porto edition, edition 2013/2014, submitted in September 2014, public defense on 12 November 2014

32. Development of a medical device for insulin-dependent diabetics – type 1 João António de Abreu Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: António Augusto Fernandes, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Master Course in Product and Industrial Design, University of Porto edition, edition 2013/2014, submitted in September 2014, public defense on 12 November 2014

33. Evaluation and Characterization of Different Radioisotopes in the context of Palliative Therapy of Bone Metastases by Computational Methods Francisco Diogo Carvalho Guerra Liberal Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC, New Haven Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto edition 2012/2014, submitted in July 2014

34. Normal and pathological gait: theoretical and experimental study of an ankle foot orthosis Cristian Lopez Rico Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Co-supervisor: Andreia S. P. Sousa, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2013/2014, submitted in June 2014, public defense on 11 July 2014

35. Neural Encoding Models in Natural Vision Nuno P. P. A. Sousa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2012/2013, submitted in September 2013, public defense on 7 October 2013

36. Alignment of plantar pressure image sequences Pedro Nuno Silva Gomes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2012/2013, submitted in September 2013, public defense on 7 October 2013

37. Human Computer Interaction via Brainwaves for Disabled People Lourenço Barbosa de Castro Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in September 2013, public defense on 17 October 2013

38. Computational Methods for fMRI image Processing and Analysis Gabriela Coelho de Pinho Queirós Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Mário Forjaz Secca, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in September 2013, public defense on 18 October 2013

39. Segmentation, Reconstruction and Quantification of 3D Structures in Medical Images - Application in Functional and Metabolic Images Diogo Alexandre Borges Faria Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Durval C. Costa, HPP-Medicina Molecular, SA. Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2007/2009, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 9 October 2013

40. Segmentation of Aberrant Crypt Foci using Computational Vision Luís Filipe da Silva Ribeiro Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 7 October 2013

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41. Automatic analysis of mammography images: Classification of breast density Rita Filipa dos Santos Teixeira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 7 October 2013

42. Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Animal Tissues in Histological Images Liliana Sofia Sales Azevedo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Augusto Manuel Rodrigues Faustino, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 7 October 2013

43. Influence of physical activity levels in the biomechanical behavior of the reaction force during the walking of postmenopausal women João Pedro Candoso Fonseca Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Ronaldo E. C. D. Gabriel, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 18 October 2013

44. Development of an insulin delivery device for diabetic children Lucas Renato Tescke Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Isa C. T. Santos, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 9 September 2013

45. Computational tools for data fusion and signal processing of human gait André Mendes Marques de Carvalho Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Andreia Sousa, ESTSP Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2012/2013, submitted in July 2013, public defense on 18 July 2013

46. Presentation of multimedia contents based on user's visual information Daniel Cunha Azevedo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Multimedia, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in June 2013, public defense on 15 July 2013

47. Web Platform for the Management and Sharing of Scientific Citations Margarida Maria da Silva Sousa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Master Course in Multimedia, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in June 2013, public defense on 16 July 2013

48. Back Office dedicated to Scientific Conferences Management on web Platforms: Development Pedro Miguel Oliveira Martins Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Multimedia, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, submitted in June 2013, public defense on 16 July 2013

49. Platform for Entertainment Content Management: UX Design from Research to Prototype Sandro Rafael Botelho Tavares Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Multimedia, University of Porto, edition 2011/2013, public defense on 16 July 2013

50. Project and manufacture of a passive ankle-foot orthosis Manuel Cuevas Ezquerra Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2012/2013, submitted in May 2013, finished in June 2013

51. The role of design in medical devices for the Diabetes Mellitus Type I disease Mariana Ferreira Rodrigues Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Jorge Manuel Matos Reis, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in September 2012, finished in October 2012

52. The role of design in improving the quality of life of people with rheumatoid arthritis Daniela Fonseca Silva Azevedo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in September 2012, finished in October 2012

53. Signal Processing in the Clinical Assessment of Human Gait Nuno Rocha Mafra Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2011/2012, submitted in September 2012, finished in September 2012

54. Contributions to the Pre-processing of Endoscopic Images for Detection and Characterization of Aberrant Crypt Foci Luis André Fonseca Ferro Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2011/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in September 2012

55. Study on the relationship between Cognitive and Motor Systems in Man Ana Margarida Mano da Silva Pereira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in October 2012

56. Effect of Stimulants on Human Gait and Posture: The case of Caffeine Mafalda Cristina Gomes de Araújo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in October 2012

57. Computer Analysis of Images of Aberrant Crypt Foci Diana Catarina Martins Cidre Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in October 2012

58. Multi Scale Lumen Boundaries Segmentation and its 3D Representation Jorge Miguel Silva Pereira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in October 2012

59. Image analysis of plantar pressure for diagnostic purposes Carolina Sofia Dias Tábuas Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in October 2012

60. Design applications to lower limb prostheses Cristiana Isabel Ferreira Bernardino Co-supervisor: Isa C. Santos, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in September 2012

61. Design in the Usability of Medical Devices - orthotics for the foot and ankle Rita Susana Quesado Rodrigues Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Isa C. Santos, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in July 2012, finished in July 2012

62. Biomechanical Analysis of Movement in Repetitive Tasks - Case of the Ironing Task Ângela Marisa de Freitas Fernandes

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Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2010/2012, submitted in January 2012, finished in February 2012

63. Computational Processing and Analysis of Ear Images Elisa Maria Lamego Barroso Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Maria Fernanda Gentil Costa, School of Health Technology of Porto Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2009/2011, submitted in July 2011, finished in October 2011

64. Human Perception in Visualization of Huge Data Volumes: Study, Implementation and Evaluation Leandro Filipe Oliveira Gomes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Multimedia, University of Porto, edition 2009/2011, submitted in July 2011, finished in October 2011

65. Cell Biology and Image Analysis of Stress Granules and Processing Bodies Ana Catarina Freitas da Silva de Jesus Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2009/2011, submitted in July 2011, finished in October 2011

66. Automatic analysis of mammography images: Enhancement and Segmentation Techniques Célia Freitas da Cruz Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2010/2011, submitted in July 2011, finished in July 2011

67. Endoscopic Image Analysis of Aberrant Crypt Foci Ana Priscila Vieira Alves Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2010/2011, submitted in July 2011, finished in July 2011

68. Gait and Posture Evaluation in Rehabilitation Andreia Filipa Fonseca da Silva Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Integrated Master in Bioengineering, University of Porto, 2º Semester 2010/2011, submitted in July 2011, finished in July 2011

69. Registration of Structures in Medical Images: Study, Development and Application Frederico Lázaro Jacob Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Co-supervisor: Ana Mafalda Reis, Pedro Hispano Hospital Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2007/2009, finished in October 2010

70. External Prosthesis Devices: Study, Development, Production, Evaluation and Certification Demétrio Ferreira Matos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Miguel Velhote Correia, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, submitted in August 2009, finished in October 2009

71. Gait Analysis based on Multifactorial Correlation Andreia Sofia Pinheiro de Sousa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, edition 2007/2009, submitted in July 2009, finished in October 2009

72. Analysis of the Therapeutical Effect of the Auger electrons in Cultures of Cells Adriana Alexandre dos Santos Tavares Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, submitted in July 2009, finished in September 2009

73. Development of a Prototype System for Collecting Urine in Children Vânia Lúcia Lema Barros Lima Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Miguel Velhote Correia, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, submitted in March 2009, finished in May 2009

74. Human Perception in the Visualization of Critical Information: Study, Application and Evaluation Hugo Miguel dos Reis Costa Sousa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Multimedia Technology, University of Porto, submitted in February 2009, finished in July 2009

75. Design of a Portable Device for Evaluation of Human Locomotion Ruben Gabriel Gomes Supervisor: Prof. Miguel Velhote Correia, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, finished in July 2008

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76. Wind tunnel for testing components Társis Prado Barbosa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: João Capela, Bosch Termotecnologia, SA Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2007/2008, public defense on 24 July 2008

77. Tracking of Human Movement using Computational Vision - Application in Gait Analysis Daniela Sofia Seixas Sousa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Miguel Velhote Correia, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Master Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto, finished in September 2008

78. Matching Objects Represented in Images using Optimization Techniques Francisco Paulo Marques de Oliveira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, University of Porto, finished in July 2008

79. Development of a Prototype System of an Optoelectronic Otoscope José Manuel de Jesus Soeira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisors: MD Georgeta Oliveira, Pedro Hispano Hospital, and Prof. Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, finished in July 2008

80. Reconstruction and Characterization of Extern Anatomical Shapes using Active Vision Teresa Cristina de Sousa Azevedo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Mário Augusto Pires, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, finished in July 2007

81. Development of a System for Acquisition and Analysis of Mandibular Movement Isa Cristina Teixeira Santos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisors: Prof. Manuel Pedro da Fonseca Paulo, Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto, and Prof. Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Master Course in Industrial Design, University of Porto, finished in June 2006

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82. Development of an Interface for the FastComp Program Patrícia Carla Teixeira Gonçalves Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Pedro P. Camanho, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Master Course in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, University of Porto, finished in May 2006

83. Distribution Points Models in Computational Vision - Study, Development and Application Maria João Medeiros de Vasconcelos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Applied Statistics and Modelling, University of Porto, finished in March 2006

84. Software for Processing and Analysis of Medical Images: Comparison and Specification António Jorge Neves Gonçalves Supervisor: Prof. Jorge Gomes Barbosa, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, finished in July 2005

85. Optimization of the Matching between Deformable Objects in the Modal Space Maria Luísa Ferreira dos Santos Bastos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, University of Porto, finished in July 2003

86. Development of a System for 3D Shape Reconstruction using Computer Vision Maria Cândida Felgueiras Seabra Pinto Coelho Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, University of Porto, finished in July 2003

87. Determination of the Displacements Field from Images of Deformable Objects Raquel Ramos Pinho Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, University of Porto, finished in May 2003

88. Study of Techniques for Shape Acquisition for Inverse Engineering and Artefacts Redesign Marco António Gomes Supervisor: Prof. José António de Oliveira Simões, the University of Aveiro

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Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Industrial Design of University of Porto, finished in March 2003

Master Thesis Undergoing:

89. Lock with automatic remote opening Maria João Correia Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Alfredo Marques, AM-Alfredo Marques, AS Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, 2nd semester of 2016/2017

90. Image Processing and Analysis in Salivary Gland Scintigraphy Diana Carneiro Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Diogo Borges Faria, Lenitudes – Medical Center & Research Master Course in Biomedical Engineering of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro Regional do Porto, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, 2nd semester of 2016/2017

91. Computational Modeling of the Human Body for the Study and Prevention of Sports Injuries Ilda Isabel Junqueira Morim Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, 2016/2018

92. Computational Vision System for Bone Tissue Microscopy Images Diogo José Marques Martelo Magalhães Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, 2016/2018

PhD Thesis Finished:

1. Effects of high impact exercise on the physical properties of bones of ovariectomized rats submitted to the hyperproteic diet Roberta Carminati Shimano (holds a PhD Grant from Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil) Supervisor: João Paulo Mardegan Issa, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Program in Health Sciences Applied to the Locomotor System, University of São Paulo, Brazil, since 2014, submitted in October 2017

2. Tissue and biomechanical analysis of ovariectomized rats fed with hyperlipid ration Gabriela Rezende Yanagihara (holds a PhD Grant from São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil)

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Supervisor: Antonio Carlos Shimano, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Program in Health Sciences Applied to the Locomotor System, University of São Paulo, Brazil, since 2014, submitted in July 2017, public defense on November 1, 2017

3. Segmentation and classification of structures of the carotid and coronary arteries for image-based evaluation of atherosclerotic lesions Danilo Samuel Jodas (holds a PhD Grant from Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras - CAPES/CNPQ, Brazil) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Aledir Silveira Pereira, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2013/2014, submitted in July 2017, public defense on November 16, 2017

4. Pattern Recognition in Pigmented Skin Lesion Images using Ensemble Methods Roberta Barbosa Oliveira (holds a PhD Grant from Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras - CAPES/CNPQ, Brazil) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Aledir Silveira Pereira, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Brazil) Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2012/2013, submitted in March 2017, public defense on May 24, 2017

5. Biomechanical Analysis of Tennis Players: Fundaments and Development of a Low Cost Platform António Filipe Nunes Gomes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Engineering Mechanics Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering, Universidade do Porto, since 2010/2011, submitted in June 2016, public defense on November 7, 2016

6. Parkinson´s Disease and Dual-task: Implications on Motor and Postural Control Ângela Marisa de Freitas Fernandes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co- supervisor: Nuno Rocha, Instituto Politécnico do Porto Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health, University of Porto, since 2011/2012, submitted in 2015, public defense on June 9, 2015

7. Computational algorithms for image analysis: Applications on human vocal tract and silhouette Maria João Medeiros de Vasconcelos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Miguel Velhote Correia, Faculty of Engineering of

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University of Porto Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since July 2007, submitted in October 2014, public defense on March 23, 2015

8. Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement and Postural Control based on Multifactorial Correlation and Clinical Implications Andreia Sofia Pinheiro de Sousa (holds a PhD Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PROTEC Program) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Filipa Sousa, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Porto Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, since 2009/2010, submitted in February 2013, public defense on June 12, 2013

9. Product development methodologies: the case of medical devices Isa Cristina Teixeira Santos Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisors: Luis Rocha, Univesity of Minho, and G. Scott Gazelle, Harvard Medical School Doctoral Program in Leaders for Technical Industries - MIT|Portugal Program, University of Porto, since 2008/2009, submitted in October 2012, public defense on March 5, 2013

10. Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Structures Represented in Images: Applications in Medical Images Zhen Ma Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Renato Manuel Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, since July 2007, submitted in July 2012, public defense on December 20, 2012

11. Matching and Registration of Structures in Computational Vision: Applications in Medical Images Francisco Paulo Marques de Oliveira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Durval C. Costa, HPP-Medicina Molecular, SA Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, since 2008/2009, submitted in July 2012, public defense on November 20, 2012

12. Using Magnetic Resonance for Speech Functional Characterization Sandra Moreira Rua Ventura (holds a PhD Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PROTEC Program) Supervisor: Diamantino Rui da Silva Freitas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, since 2007/2008, submitted in January 2011, public defense on April 4, 2012

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13. 3D Object Reconstruction using Computer Vision: Reconstruction and Characterization Applications for External Human Anatomical Structures Teresa Cristina de Sousa Azevedo Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Prof. Mário Augusto Pires Vaz, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since October 2006, submitted in September 2011, public defense on July 18, 2012

14. Three-Dimensional Biplanar Reconstruction of the Scoliotic Spine for Standard Clinical Setup Daniel Cardoso de Moura Supervisor: Prof. Jorge Gomes Barbosa, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Co-supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since October of 2006, submitted in September 2010, public discussion on January 21, 2011

PhD Thesis Undergoing:

15. Novel Methodologies to Analyze Organs and Muscles from Complex Medical Images – Applications to Female Pelvic Cavity Alex Fernando de Araújo (holds a PhD Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Christos E. Constantinou, Stanford University, USA Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2009/2010

16. Novel Computational Methodologies for Detailed Analysis and Simulation of Human Motion from Image Sequences João Ferreira de Carvalho Castro Nunes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Pedro Miguel do Vale Moreira, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2009/2010

17. Advanced Computational Methodology of Fetus Face Reconstruction and Analysis from Obstetric Ultrasound Margarida Igreja Gomes Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Alexandra Matias Macedo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2012/2013

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18. Guidance of transseptal punctures for left heart interventions using personalized biomechamical models and volumetric ultrasound imaging Pedro André Gonçalves Morais Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisors: João Luís Araújo Martins Vilaça - ICVS/3B’s, and Jan D’hooge da Katholieke - Universiteit Leuven PhD in Cotutela between the University of Porto (Doctoral Programme of Biomedical Engineering) and of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Doctoral Programme of Health and Technology), since 2013/2014

19. High performance computing techniques for processing and efficient analysis of complex images Carlos Alex Sander J. Gulo (holds a PhD Grant from Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras - CAPES/CNPQ, Brazil) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervsior: Antonio Carlos Sementille, Universidade Estadal Paulista (Brazil) Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2013/2014

20. The Facility Layout Problem: Development of guidelines to support the definition of institutions’ layout and planning the users’ experience Rita Susana Quesado Rodrigues (holds a PhD Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - MIT|Portugal Program) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Program in Leaders for Technical Industries, University of Porto, since 2012/2013

21. Complex Networks in Computational Vision - Application in the Analysis of Dermatoscopic Images André Luiz Pilastri (holds a PhD Grant from Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras - CAPES/CNPQ, Brazil) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: João Paulo Papa, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, since 2014/2015

22. Attenuation Correction for PET-MRI Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Domingos Manuel da Silva Vieira Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Ricardo Ângelo Rosa Vardasca, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, since 2015/2016

23. Deep learning methods for multimodal hepatic lesion segmentation: Fusing functional and structural medical images Jessica Condesso Delmoral (holds a Research Grant) Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Co-supervisor: Durval C. Costa, Champalimaud Foundation Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto, since 2016/2017

Post-Doctoral Projects:

1. Development of a 3D System to aid the medical diagnosis in Pulmonology Pedro Pedrosa Rebouças Filho Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from October 2015 to Setember 2016

2. Detection of σ phase in duplex stainless steel after different heat aging treatments through machine-learning techniques and density lines of field and material Edgard de Macedo Silva Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from September 2015 to February 2016

3. Automatic analysis of skin lesions in Dermoscopic images: Processing and Classification Mercedes Esteves Filho Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from December 2014 to May 2015

4. Medical image retrieval using Ontologies Simone das Graças Domingues Prado Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from September 2014 to August 2015

5. Image Processing on Pelvic Ultrasound Images Zhen Ma Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Co-supervisor: Renato M. Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from September 2014 to August 2017

6. A Novel Framework for Supervised Mobile Assessment and Risk Triage of Skin Lesions via Non-Invasive Screening Zhen Ma Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from September 2013 to August 2014

7. Robust and improved analysis of human organs in complex images Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira

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Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from May 2013 to April 2014

8. Analysis of Organs in Images from Female Pelvic Cavity Alexandre Rodrigues Faria de Carvalho Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from March 2012 to August 2013

9. Computational Modeling applied to Bioengineering Problems Edson A. Capello Sousa Supervisor: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from December 2011 to May 2012

Research Projects:

As Responsible Researcher:

1. A novel framework for Supervised Mobile Assessment and Risk Triage of Skin lesions via Non-invasive Screening Coordinator: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (proponent), Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research (Fraunhofer) – Portugal, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPO Porto) – Portugal Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PTDC/BBB-BMD/3088/2012), 153.860,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, starting in June 2013 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 2 (http://smartskins.projects.fraunhofer.pt)

2. Contribution FEUP/UAB to the Detailed Analysis of Human Movement from Images Coordinators: João Manuel R. S. Tavares and Francesc Xavier Roca Marvà - Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Institutions: Faculdade de Engenahria da Universidade do Porto - Portugal, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) - Spain Financing Institution: CRUP - Convention between Portugal and Spain 2010 (ref. E-56/10), 2.000,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in January 2010

3. Methodologies to Analyze Organs from Complex Medical Images – Applications to Female Pelvic Cavity Participant Institutions: Laboratory of Optics and Experimental Mechanics of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (proponent), Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC) – Portugal, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) – USA, Stanford School of Medicine (SSM) – USA Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref.

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PTDC/EEA-CRO/103320/2008), 89.100,00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in January 2010 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

4. Development of computational methodologies for the visual analysis of the gait cycle Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Financing Institution: Internal Duration: 6 months, to start in February 2007 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

5. Segmentation, Tracking and Motion Analysis of Deformable (2D/3D) Objects using Physical Principles Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (proponent), Institute of Biomedical Engineering Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. POSC/EEA-SRI/55386/2004), 63.420,00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in May 2005 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1 (www.fe.up.pt/~tavares/projectos/DEFOBJ/defobj.html)

6. MFIM: Construction of Physical Models of Structures Represented in Medical Images using Techniques of Computational Vision and Rapid Prototyping – Application in the women pelvic cavity Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (proponent), São João Hospital, Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP Financing Institution: Program “Investigação Científica na pré-graduação, Projectos pluridisciplinares, ano lectivo de 2005/2006" from the University of Porto Duration: 12 months Number of Students Associated: 2 pre-graduation students

7. Reconstruction and Characterization of External Anatomical Structures using Active Vision Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Financing Institution: Internal Duration: 12 months, to start in November 2005 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

8. Reconstruction and Characterization of External Anatomical Structures using Active Vision Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Financing Institution: Internal Duration: 6 months, to start in May 2005 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

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9. Reconstruction of the 3D Shape of Objects using Techniques of Image Processing Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Financing Institution: Internal Duration: 6 months, to start in November 2004 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

10. Development of a Prototype System for 3D Shape Reconstruction using Computer Vision Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Financing Institution: Internal Duration: 30 months, to start in October 2001 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

11. Development of a Platform for Medical Imaging Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Financing Institution: Internal Duration: 30 months, to start in October 2001 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

As Researcher:

1. Science and Technology for Competitive and Sustainable Industries Structured R&D&I Project – SciTech Type of Participation: Researcher Coordination: Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI) Financing Institution: Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte (CCRN), Programme: Norte 2020, Call: NORTE-45- 2015-02, 3.823.869 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in January 2016

2. Processing and Analysis of Scanning Electron Microscopy Images: Application in Biomechanical Study of Bones of Obese and Eutrophic Rats Type of Participation: Responsible Researcher Coordinators: João Manuel R. S. Tavares and Antonio Carlos Shimano - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Institutions: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto - Portugal, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – Brazil Financing Institutions: Universidade do Porto and Universidade de São Paulo, 2015 "USP / U.Porto Program"Application Duration: 24 months, to start in April 2016

3. Strategic Project - UID/EMS/50022/2013 Type of Participation: Researcher Coordination: Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transportes e

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Aeronáutica (LAETA) Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. UID/EMS/50022/2013), 4.356.000,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in January 2015

4. Intelligence in Labs II – IntelLab II Type of Participation: Researcher Coordinator: Rafael Silva, LABORIAL - Soluções para Laboratório, S.A. – Portugal Institutions: LABORIAL - Soluções para Laboratório, S.A. (promoter) – Portugal, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Portugal, Universidade de Trás os Montes – Portugal Financing Institution: SI I&DT - Incentive Scheme for Research and Technological Development in Enterprises – QREN, Application for Projects in R&D Enterprises Co-Promotion 2013 (project nº 33877), 715,602.00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in July 2013

5. Strategic Project - LA 22 - 2013-2014 Type of Participation: Researcher Coordination: Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica (LAETA) Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PEst- OE/EME/LA0022/2013), 2.056.081,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in January 2013

6. Integrated low temperature methanol steam reforming and high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (BeingEnergy) Type of Participation: Researcher Coordinator: Adélio Miguel Magalhães Mendes - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Institutions: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (proponent), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Italy, German Aerospace Centre - Germany, INOVAMAIS - Serviços de Consultadoria em Inovação Tecnológica, S.A. - Portugal, Rhodia Operations - France, Serenergy A/S - Denmark, Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus - Finland, Universidade Politecnica de Valencia – Spain Financing Institution: European Commission, FP7-JTI - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives (ref. 303476), 4220.423,4 Euros Duration: 42 months, to start in September 2012

7. Strategic Project - LA 22 - 2011-2012 Type of Participation: Researcher Coordination: Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica (LAETA) Financing Institution:Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PEst- OE/EME/LA0022/2011), 3.091.042,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in January2011

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8. Ambient Assisted Living for All - AAL4ALL Type of Participation: Researcher Coordination: Fraunhofer Portugal Financing Institution: Mobilizer Projects - QREN, Health Cluster Portugal - Health Competitiveness Cluster (HCP), 7401,929.00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in March 2011

9. PT21 – Power 21st Century Textiles Type of Participation: Researcher Coordinator: Paulo Cadeia, Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal – CITEVE Institutions: 21 Portuguese companies and 10 entities from the Scientific and Technological Portuguese system, including Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Portugal Financing Institution: Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors - COMPETE, Programme of Action of the Competitiveness Fashion Cluster, 7700,000.00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in March 2011

10. Intelligence in Labs – IntelLab Type of Participation: Researcher Coordinator: Rafael Silva, LABORIAL - Soluções para Laboratório, S.A. – Portugal Institutions: LABORIAL - Soluções para Laboratório, S.A. (promoter) – Portugal, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Portugal, Quantific - Instrumentação Científica, Lda. – Portugal, EDIGMA.COM - Gestão de Projectos Digitais, S.A – Portugal Financing Institution: SI I&DT - Incentive Scheme for Research and Technological Development in Enterprises – QREN, Application for Projects in R&D Enterprises Co-Promotion 2009 (project nº 11484), 963,000.00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to to start in June 2010

11. Blood flow simulation in arterial networks towards application at hospital Coordinator: Luisa Sousa, Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP (proponent), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP) – Portugal, Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (INEGI/UP) – Portugal (Responsible Researcher: João Manuel R. S. Tavares) Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PTDC/SAU-BEB/102547/2008), 120.000,00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in January 2010 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 2

12. Bio-computational study of tinnitus Coordinator: Maria Gentil Costa, Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP

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(proponent), Clinica ORL - Dr. Eurico de Almeida (ORL) – Portugal, Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (INEGI/UP) – Portugal (Responsible Researcher: João Manuel R. S. Tavares) Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PTDC/SAU-BEB/104992/2008), 90.000,00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in January 2010 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 2

13. Aberrant Crypt Foci and Human Colorectal Polyps: mathematical modelling and endoscopic image processing Coordinator: Prof. Isabel Figueiredo, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra – Portugal Participant Institutions: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC) – Portugal (proponent institution), FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Portugal (Responsible Researcher: João Manuel R. S. Tavares), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC) – Portugal, Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) – Portugal, University of Texas at Austin (UTA) – USA Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in the scope of the 2008 Call for funding of R&D projects in the framework of the UT Austin|Portugal Program (ref. UTAustin/MAT/0009/2008), 100.000,00 Euros Duration: 48 months, to start in July 2009 (http://www.mat.uc.pt/~cmuc/lcm/endoscopic.html)

14. Cardiovascular Imaging Modeling and Simulation – SIMCARD Coordinator: Prof. Adélia Sequeira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa – Portugal Participant Institutions: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UTL) – Portugal (proponent institution), FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Portugal (Responsible Researcher: João Manuel R. S. Tavares), Hospital de Santa Maria (HSM) – Portugal, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ressonância Magnética (SPRM) – Portugal, University of Texas at Austin (UTA) – USA Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in the scope of the 2008 Call for funding of R&D projects in the framework of the UT Austin|Portugal Program (ref. UTAustin/CA/0047/2008), 100.000,00 Euros Duration: 364 months, to start in April 2009 (http://web.ist.utl.pt/~ist13440/simcard/)

15. Biomechanical study of the middle ear for auditory rehabilitation Coordinator: Prof. Renato M. Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP (proponent) Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PDTC/EME-PME/81229/2006), 50.000,00 Euros

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Duration: 36 months, started in July 2007 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

16. New Technological Solutions for Smart Cardiovascular Medical Devices - EDAM-SenseCardioHealth Coordinator: Luis Rocha, Universidade do Minho (UM) – Portugal Participant Institutions: Universidade do Minho (UM) – Portugal (proponent institution), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UTL) – Portugal, FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Portugal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – USA Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in the scope of the 2008 Call for funding of R&D projects in the framework of the MIT|Portugal Program (ref. UMIT-Pt/EDAM-EMD/0007/2008), 285.732,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in January 2009 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 2

17. BIOPELVIC - Study of Female Pelvic Floor Disorders Coordinator: Prof. Renato M. Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Participant Institutions: Institute of Mechanical Engineering - Polo FEUP (proponent), Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto Financing Institution: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (ref. PDTC/SAU-BEB/71459/2006), 198.816,00 Euros Duration: 36 months, to start in July 2007 Nº of Research Grants Associated: 1

18. Rede Luso-Brasileiro de Bioengenharia Coordinators: Portuguese Team: Prof. R. M. Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Brazilian Team: Prof. Marcos Pinotti Barbosa, Federal University of Minas Gerais Financing Institution: Convention between Portugal and Brasil GRICES/CAPES 2007 Duration: 36 months, to start in January 2007

19. BioSpine – Development of External Biocompatible Prosthesis/Vests Coordinator: Prof. Manuel Laranjeira Gomes, Instituto de Ciências Abel Salazar Participant Institutions: Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (Responsible Researcher: João Manuel R. S. Tavares), Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto de Ciências Abel Salazar Financing Institution: ADI - Agência de Inovação, iniciativa neotec, criação de novas empresas de base tecnológica, 100.0000,00 Euros Duration: 24 months, to start in January 2007

20. ACTIDEF - Integrated Computational and Technological Evaluation of the Performance and Functionality of Citizens with Muscular Incapacities Coordinator: Jerónimo de Sousa, Center of Professional Rehabilitation of Gaia

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Participant Institutions: Center of Professional Rehabilitation of Gaia (proponent), Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Optics and Experimental Mechanics of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (Responsible Researcher: João Manuel R. S. Tavares) Financing Institution: Program “Operacional Sociedade do Conhecimento” (ref. 242/4.2/C/REG), 150.000,00 euros Duration: 12 months, to start in February 2006 Nº of Research Grant Associated: 3

21. ANDAR – System of Data Acquisition for Analysis the Gait of People with Prosthesis Devices in the Inferior Limbs Coordinator: Prof. Miguel V. Correia, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto Participant Institutions: Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Institute of Biomedical Engineering Financing Institution: University of Porto and Ilídio Pinho Foundation, “Investigação Científica na Pré-Graduação” Program, 2500 Euros Duration: 12 months, year 2004/2005 (ref. UP/FIP/04) Number of students Associated: 3 pre-graduation students

22. SIMED - Integrated System for Objective Evaluation of Medical Images Coordinator: Prof. A. Jorge Padilha, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto Participant Institutions: Institute of Biomedical Engineering (proponent), S. João Hospital, University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto Financing Institution: PRAXIS XXI - PRAXIS XXI/2/2.1/TIT/1635/95 program, 146.670,00 Esc. Duration: 36 months, 1996-1999

Publications:

Thesis:

1. Análise de Movimento de Corpos Deformáveis usando Visão Computacional (Analysis of the Movement of Deformable Bodies using Computational Vision) PhD Thesis in Electrical and Computer Engineering by the University of Porto, 2000 Supervisor: Prof. A. J. Padilha from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto

2. Obtenção de Estrutura Tridimensional a Partir de Movimento de Câmara (Obtaining the three-dimensional Structures from the Motion of a Camera) MSc Thesis in Electrical and Computer Engineering by the University of Porto, 1995

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Supervisor: Prof. A. J. Padilha from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto

Books

1. Information and Decision Sciences (Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on FICTA - Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and applications, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 14-15 October 2017) Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 701 Editors: Suresh Chandra Satapathy, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Vikrant Bhateja, J. R. Mohanty ISBN: 978-981-10-7562-9, e-ISBN: 978-981-10-7563-6, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: May 2018, 583 pag.

2. Biodental Engineering IV Proceedings of the IV International Conference on Biodental Engineering (June 21-23, 2016, Porto, Portugal) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, J.C. Reis Campos, Mário A.P. Vaz, Sónia M. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISBN: 9781138057371, e-ISBN: 9781315164892, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: November 2017, Pages: 142

3. VipIMAGE 2017 (Proceedings of the VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, October 18-20, 2017) Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 27 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-3-319-68194-8, e-ISBN: 978-3-319-68195-5, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: 2018, 1164 pag.

4. Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis and Multimodal Learning for Clinical Decision Support (Third International Workshop, DLMIA 2017 and 7th International Workshop, ML-CDS 2017 Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2017 Québec City, QC, Canada, September 14, 2017, Proceedings) Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in (LNCS, volume 10553) Subserie: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: M. Jorge Cardoso, Tal Arbel, Gustavo Carneiro, Tanveer Syeda- Mahmood, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Mehdi Moradi, Andrew Bradley, Hayit Greenspan, João Paulo Papa, Anant Madabhushi, Jacinto C. Nascimento, Jaime S. Cardoso, Vasileios Belagiannis, Zhi Lu ISSN: 978-3-319-67557-2 (Print) - 978-3-319-67558-9 (Online), ISBN: 0302-9743 (Print) - 1611-3349 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67558-

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9, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Publication Date: September 2017, Pages: 398

5. Imaging for Patient-Customized Simulations and Systems for Point-of- Care Ultrasound (International Workshops, BIVPCS 2017 and POCUS 2017, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2017, Québec City, QC, Canada, September 14, 2017, Proceedings) Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 10549) Subserie: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Jorge Cardoso, Tal Arbel, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Stephen Aylward, Shuo Li, Emad Boctor, Gabor Fichtinger, Kevin Cleary, Bradley Freeman, Luv Kohli, Deborah Shipley Kane, Matt Oetgen, Sonja Pujol ISSN: 978-3-319-67551-0 (Print) - 978-3-319-67552-7 (Online), ISBN: 0302-9743 (Print) - 1611-3349 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67552- 7, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Publication Date: September 2017, Pages: 177

6. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images. Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications 6th International Symposium CompIMAGE’18, July 2-5, 2018, Cracow, Poland Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science Subseries: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, Piotr Kulczycki, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Publisher: Springer International Publishing (under preparation)

7. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Informatics - ICCII 2017 (Proceedings of of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Informatics-2017 (ICCII-2017), Hyderabad, India, 25-27 September 2017) Serie: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Editors: Vikrant Bhateja, Joao Manuel R.S. Tavares, B. Padmaja Rani, V. Kamakshi Prasad, K. Srujan Raju ISBN: 978-981-10-8227-6, e-ISBN: 978-981-10-8228-3, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: April 2018, 608 pag.

8. FEM Analysis of the Human Knee Joint - A Review Serie: SpringerBriefs Zahra Trad, Abdelwahed Barkaoui, Moez Chafra, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-3-319-74157-4 (Print) - 978-3-319-74158-1 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74158-1, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: March 2018, Pages: 79

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9. Handbook of e-Business Security Editors: Brojo Kishore Mishra, Raghvendra Kumar, Noor Zaman, Manju Khari, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISBN: 9781138571303, Publisher: CRC Press, Pages: 376 (in press)

10. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images. Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications 5th International Symposium, CompIMAGE 2016, Niagara Falls, NY, USA, September 21-23, 2016, Revised Selected Papers Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 10149/2017 Subseries: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-3-319-54608-7 (Print) - 978-3-319-54609-4 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54609-4, Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Publication Date: April 2017, Pages: 259

11. Deep Learning and Data Labeling for Medical Applications (First International Workshop, LABELS 2016, and Second International Workshop, DLMIA 2016, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2016, Athens, Greece, October 21, 2016, Proceedings) Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 10008/2016 Subseries: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Gustavo Carneiro, Diana Mateus, Loïc Peter, Andrew Bradley, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Vasileios Belagiannis, João Paulo Papa, Jacinto C. Nascimento, Marco Loog, Zhi Lu, Jaime S. Cardoso, Julien Cornebise ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) - 1611-3349 (Online), ISBN: 978-3-319-46975-1 (Print) - 978-3-319-46976-8 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46976-8, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Publication Date: October 2016, Pages: 280

12. BioMedWomen - Clinical and BioEngineering for Women´s Health (Proceedings of the International Conference on Clinical and BioEngineering for Women's Health - BioMedWomen 2015, Porto, Portugal, 20-23 June, 2015) Editors: Renato Natal Jorge, Teresa Mascarenhas, José Alberto Duarte, Isabel Ramos, Maria Emília Costa, Maria Helena Figueiral, Olívia Pinho, Sofia Brandão, Thuane Da Roza, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISBN: 978-1-138-02910-1, e-ISBN: 978-1-315-64462-2, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: June 2016, Pages: 224

13. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing V Proceedings of the 5th Eccomas Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing - VipIMAGE 2015 (Tenerife, Spain, October 19-21, 2015) Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge

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ISBN: 978-1-138-02926-2, e-ISBN: 978-1-315-64279-6, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: 2015, Pages: 356

14. Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on (Proceedings Book - 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Porto, Portugal, 26-28 February 2015) Editors: Renato Natal Jorge, Jorge Belinha, Pedro Martins, Marco Parente, Adelino Leite-Moreira, João Manuel R.S. Tavares IEEE, 2015

15. Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences: Methods and Applications (Proceedings of ICCEBS 2013 – 1st International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, Azores, 20-22 October 2013) Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 21 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-3-319-15798-6, e-ISBN: 978-3-319-15799-3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3, Springer, 259 pag., 2015

16. ESM'2014 - The 2014 European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Modelling and Simulation '2014 (Proceedings of the ESM'2014 - 28th European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Porto, Portugal, October 22-24, 2014) Editors: António Carvalho Brito, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Carlos Bragança de Oliveira ISBN: 978-90-77381-86-1, EAN: 9789077381861, EUROSIS-ETI, Publication Date: October, 2014, 440 pag.

17. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images - Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications (4th International Conference, CompIMAGE 2014, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 3-5, 2014, Proceedings) Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 8641/2014 Subseries: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Yongjie Jessica Zhang, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) - 1611-3349 (Online), ISBN: 978-3-319-09993-4 (Print) - 978-3-319-09994-1 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Publication Date: August 2014, Pages: 416

18. Desenvolvimento de um dispositivo de administração de insulina – O caso das crianças diabéticas Authors: Lucas Renato Tescke, João Manuel Tavares, Isa C. T. Santos ISBN-13: 978-3-639-61793-1, ISBN-10: 3639617932, EAN: 9783639617931, Publisher: Novas Edições Acadêmicas, Publication Date: June 2014, Pages: 172

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19. Developments in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 19 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-3-319-13406-2, e-ISBN: 978-3-319-13407-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13407-9, Springer, 395 pag, 2015

20. Biodental Engineering III Proceedings of the III International Conference on Biodental Engineering (Porto, Portugal, 22-23 June 2014) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, J.C. Reis Campos, Mário A.P. Vaz, Sónia M. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISBN: 978-1-138-02671-1, e-ISBN: 978-1-315-75178-8, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: June 2014, Pages: 318

21. Proceedings of ERI-MT 2013 – IV Escola Regional de Informática da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) - Regional Mato Grosso (Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso – UNEMAT, Campus de Alto Araguaia, Brazil, November 04-08, 2013) Editors: Carlos Alex Sander Juvêncio Gulo, Alex Fernando de Araújo, Gleber Nelson Marques, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 2179-1953 (CD), Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2013

22. Bio- Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations - MICCAI 2013 Workshop Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Xiongbiao Luo, Shuo Li ISBN: 978-3-319-03589-5, e-ISBN: 978-3-319-03590-1, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03590-1, 2014, 147 pag.

23. Biodental Engineering II Proceedings of the II International Conference on Biodental Engineering (Porto, Portugal, 7-8 December 2012) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, J.C. Reis Campos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Mário A.P. Vaz, Sónia M. Santos ISBN: 978-1-138-00131-2, e-ISBN: 978-1-315-79826-4, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: November 5, 2013, Pages: 208

24. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV Proceedings of the IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2013 (Funchal, Portugal, 14-16 October 2013) Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-1-138-00081-0, e-ISBN: 978-1-135-81292-2, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: October 1, 2013, Pages: 492

25. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics Editors: Daniela Iacoviello, Paolo Di Giamberardino, R. M. Natal Jorge,

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João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISBN: 978-3-319-04038-7, e-ISBN: 978-3-319-04039-4, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04039-4, Publisher: Springer, 2014, Pages: 314

26. Livro de Resumos - Book of Abstracts 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica -5th Portuguese Congress on Biomechanics Espinho, Portugal, 8-9 Fevereiro 2013 - 8th-9th February 2013 Editors: Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jorge Belinha, Marco Parente, Pedro Martins ISBN: 978-989-96276-3-5, Publisher: Sersilito-Empresa Gráfica Lda, Publication Date: February 2013, Pages: 386

27. Shape Analysis in Medical Image Analysis Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics Editors: Shuo Li, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISBN: 978-3-319-03812-4, e-ISBN: 978-3-319-03813-1, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03813-1, Publisher: Springer, 2014, Pages: 442

28. Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications III (Proceedings of the International Symposium CompIMAGE 2012, Rome, Italy, 5-7 September 2012) Editors: Paolo Di Giamberardino, Daniela Iacoviello, Renato M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-0-415-62134-2, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-07537-1, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: August 28, 2012, Pages: 496

29. Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 8 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-94-007-0725-2 (print) - 978-94-007-0726-9 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0726-9, Publisher: Springer, Pages: 309, April 2013

30. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2011 Proceedings of the III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2011 (Olhão, Portugal, 14-14 October 2011) Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-0-415-68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: September 2011, Pages: 460

31. Proceedings of the CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, September 4-7, 2011) Editors: Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, José Luis Alexandre, António Ferreira, Mário Vaz ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, Publisher: Tipografia Nunes Lda, Publication Date: August 2011, Pages: 560

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32. Technologies for medical sciences Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1 Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Marcos Pinotti, Alan Slade ISBN: 978-94-007-4067-9 (print) - 978-94-007-4068-6 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4068-6, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: May 2012, Pages: 333

33. Technology and Medical Sciences 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi) (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 21- 23 October 2010) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Marcos Pinotti, Alan Slade ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-81659-2, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: January 2011, 376 pag.

34. Object Modeling, Algorithms and Applications Editors: Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, Renato M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-981-08-5465-2, Publisher: Research Publishing, Publication Date: April 2010, Pages: 141

35. Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images Second International Symposium, CompIMAGE 2010, Buffalo, NY, USA, May 5-7, 2010 Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6026/2010 Subseries: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, Herbert A. Hauptman, Renato M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 0302-9743 (Print) - 1611-3349 (Online), ISBN: 978-3-642-12711- 3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12712-0, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Publication Date: April 2010, Pages: 326

36. Biodental Engeneering - Proceedings of the I International Conference on Biodental Engineering (Porto, Portugal, 26–27 June 2009 2009) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, Sónia M. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Mário A.P. Vaz, J.C. Reis Campos ISBN: 978-0-415-57394-8, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85519-5, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: 23/11/2009, Pages: 244

37. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing - Recent Trends Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 19 Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 1871-3033, ISBN: 978-94-007-0010-9 (print) - 978-94-007-0011-6

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(online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0011-6, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: 29/11/2010, Pages: 349

38. Proceedings of the II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2009 (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 14- 16 October 2009) Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: 01/10/2009, Pages: 467

39. Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2009, Lisboa, Portugal, February 5-8, 2009 Revised Selected Papers Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 68 Editors: AlpeshKumar Ranchordas, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Hélder J. Araújo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-3-642-11839-5 (print) - 978-3-642-11840-1 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11840-1, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: 2010, Pages: 370

40. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP) (Lisboa, Portugal, 5-8 February 2009) Editors: Alpesh Kumar Ranchordas, João Tavares ISSN: 978-989-8111-68-5, Publisher: INSTICC Press, Publication Date: 02/2009, Pages: 178

41. Fourteenth Annual Scientific Conference on web Technology, New Media, Communications and Telematics Theory and Applications (Proceedings of EUROMEDIA' 2008, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 9-11 April 2008) Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-90-77381-38-0, EAN: 978-9077381-38-0, Publisher: EUROSIS-ETI, Publication Date: April 2008, Pages: 165

42. Advances in Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: Methods and Applications Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 13 Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge ISBN-10: 1402090854, ISBN-13: 978-1402090851, e-ISBN: 978- 1402090868, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9086-8, DOI: 10.1007/978-1- 4020-9086-8, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: 01/12/2008, VIII, Pages: 296

43. Proceedings of the I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2007 (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-

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19 October 2007) Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 9780415457774, ISBN:-10: 0415457777, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: 01/10/2007, Pages: 414

44. Proceedings of the International Symposium CompIMAGE 2006 (Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006) Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jorge R. M. Natal ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN:-10: 0415433495, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: 20/02/2007, Pages: 480

45. Actas do ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica (Proceedings of ENVC2005 - National Meeting on Scientific Visualization) Centro Multimeios, Espinho, Portugal, 17 de Setembro 2005 Editors: António Pedrosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 972-99872-0-3, Publisher: Fundação Navegar (DVD)

Journals

1. Guest Editor, together with D. Jude Hemanth, of the Karunya University, India, Lipo Wang, of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Fuqian Shi, of the College of Information and Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, China, and Vania Viera Estrela, of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, of a special issue of the IEEE Access, ISSN: 2169-3536, IEEE, on "Soft Computing Techniques for Image Analysis in the Medical Industry – Current trends, Challenges and Solutions" (under preparation).

2. Guest Editor, together with Victor H. C. de Albuquerque, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, Placido R. Pinheiro, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, and Roshan J. Martis, of the Vivekananda College of Engineering & Technology, India, of a special issue of the Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, ISSN: 1687-5265 (print) - 1687-5273 (online), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on "Recent Advances in Brain Signal Analysis: Methods and Applications 2018" (under preparation).

3. Guest Editor, together with Victor H. C. de Albuquerque, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, Robertas Damaševičius, of the Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, and Placido R. Pinheiro, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, of a special issue of the Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, ISSN: 1687-5265 (print) - 1687-5273 (online), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on "EEG-Based Biometrics: Challenges and Applications" (under preparation).

4. Guest Editor, together with Antonio Apicella of the Second University of Naples, Italy, Raffaella Aversa of the Second University of Naples, Italy, Ronald B. Bucinell of the Union College, USA, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu of the Bucharest Polytechnic University, Romania, Nikolai

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Rulkov of the University of California, San Diego, USA, MirMilad Mirsayar of the Texas A&M University, USA, Muftah H. El-Naas of the Qatar University, Qatar, Mehmet Sarikaya of the University of Washington, USA, and Shufeng Zhou of the University of South Florida, USA, of a special issue of theAmerican Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ISSN: 1941-7020 (print) - 1941-7039 (online), Science Publications, Special Issue: Biomedical Systems (under preparation).

5. Guest Editor, together with Valentin E. Brimkov of the SUNY Buffalo State, USA, and Reneta P. Barneva of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA, of a special issue of the Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Special Issue: Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications (CompIMAGE 2016) (under preparation).

6. Guest Editor, together with Gustavo Carneiro of theUniversity of Adelaide, Australia, Andrew P. Bradley of the University of Queensland, Australia, João Paulo Papa of the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, Jacinto C. Nascimento of the Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, Jaime S. Cardoso of the Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Vasileios Belagiannis of the University of Oxford, England, and Zhi Lu, of the University of South Australia, Australia, of a special issue of the Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Special Issue: 1st workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis (DLMIA 2015), which includes 10 articles, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2018.

7. Guest Editor, together with Md. A. R. Ahad of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Yoji Kobashi of the University of Hyogo, Japan, of a special issue of the Journal of Healthcare Engineering, ISSN: 2040-2295 (print) - 2040-2309 (online), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on "Advancements of Image Processing and Vision in Healthcare", which includes 9 articles, Volumes 2017/2018, 2017/2018.

8. Guest Editor, together with Renato Natal Jorge of the Universiade do Porto, Portugal, of two special issues of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, which includes 12 articles, Special Issues: IV ECCOMAS thematic conference on computational vision and medical image processing (VipIMAGE), Vol. 4, No. 3-4, pp. 129-263, 2016.

9. Guest Editor, together with Yongjie Jessica Zhang of the Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of a special issue of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, which includes 6 articles, Special Issue: CompIMAGE’14 – computational modeling

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ofobjects presented in images: fundamentals, methods and applications, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 45-124, 2016.

10. Guest Editor, together with Victor H. C. de Albuquerque, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, of a special issue of Metals — Open Access Metallurgy Journal, ISSN: 2075-4701, MDPI AG, on "Non- Destructive Metallic Materials Testing—Recent Research and Future Perspectives", Volume 7, Issue 10, 10 manuscripts, October 2017.

11. Guest Editor, together with Victor H. C. de Albuquerque, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, Placido R. Pinheiro, of the Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, Joao P. Papa, of the Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Brazil, Ronaldo P. de Menezes, of the Florida Institute of Technology, USA and Carlos A. S. Oliveira, of the University of Florida, USA, of a special issue of the Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, ISSN: 1687-5265 (print) - 1687-5273 (online), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on "Recent Advances in Brain Signal Analysis: Methods and Applications", Volume 2016, 9 manuscriptos, 2016.

12. Guest Editor, together with Xiongbiao Luo of the Nagoya University, Japan, and Shuo Li of the University of Western Ontario, Canada, of a special issue of the Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168- 1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, which includes 5 articles, Special Issue: 1st MICCAI workshop on bio- imaging and visualization for patient-customized simulations, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. 177-233, December 2015.

13. Guest Editor, together with R. M. Natal Jorge of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Paolo Di Giamberardino of the Sapienza University of Rome - Italy and Daniela Iacoviello of the Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of a special issue of the Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, which includes 6 articles, Special Issue: Computational modeling of objects presented in images: fundamentals, methods and applications, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 61-116, June 2015.

14. Guest Editor, together with Renato Natal Jorge from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, of a special issue of The International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 2040-7939 (print) - 2040-7947 (online), John Wiley & Sons, on Computational Vision and Medical Imaging, which includes 11 articles, Special Issue: COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS, Volume 29, Issue 9, pp. 885-1013, September 2013.

15. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 4, No. 1, January-June 2011

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Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 4, Pages: 42

16. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 3, No. 2, July-December 2010 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 8, Pages: 78

17. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-June 2010 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 10, Pages: 98

18. International Journal of Imaging (IJI), 2010 Autumn, Volume 4, Number A10 Editor-in-Chief: João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISSN: 0974-0627, Publisher: CESER Publications, Nº papers: 8, Pages: 122

19. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 2, No. 1, January-June 2009 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 12, Pages: 129

20. International Journal of Imaging (IJI), 2009 Autumn, Volume 2, Number A09 Editor-in-Chief: João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISSN: 0974-0627, Publisher: CESER Publications, Nº papers: 6, Pages: 85

21. Guest Editor, together with Professor João Marcos A. Rebello, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, Technological Center, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, of a special issue of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, ISSN: 1687-6172, e- ISSN: 1687-6180, doi:10.1155/ASP, Volume 2010 (2010), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on Signal Processing in Advanced Nondestructive Materials Inspection. (22 works were submitted from 10 countries, 15 works were accepted for publication, Publication Date: Janeiro 2011, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/2010/si.10.html)

22. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1, No. 2, July-December 2008 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 10, Pages: 103

23. International Journal of Imaging (IJI), 2009 Spring, Volume 2, Number S09

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Editor-in-Chief: João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISSN: 0974-0627, Publisher: CESER Publications, Nº papers: 6, Pages: 93

24. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, ISSN: 1687-6172, e-ISSN: 1687-6180, doi:10.1155/ASP, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics, Volume 2010, Number 2. (31 works were submitted from 18 countries, 19 works were accepted for publication, Publication Date: November, 2009, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/2010/si.2.html)

25. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS), ISSN: 0973-7294 (Online) - 0972-9976 (Print), CESER Publications, on Image Processing. (38 papers submitted, 21 papers accepted, two numbers: I) International Journal of Tomography & Statistics, Winter 2010, Volume 13 (Special Volume), Number W10, 153 pag.; II) International Journal of Tomography & Statistics, Summer 2010, Volume 14 (Special Volume), Number S10, 119 pag.)

26. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis (ELCVIA), ISSN: 1577- 5097, CVC Press, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, dedicated to the International Symposium CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, held in Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006, Vol. 7, N. 2, May 2008.

27. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1, No. 1, January-June 2008 Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 12, Pages: 132

28. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the International Journal of Simulation Modelling, ISSN: 1726-4529, DAAAM International Vienna, Austria, dedicated to the International Symposium CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, held in Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006, Vol. 6, N. 2, June 2007, Pages: 61-136.

Book Chapters:

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1. Signal Processing for NDE – with Focus on Ultrasonic Material Characterization Masoud Vejdannik, Ali Sadr, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation, ISBN: 978-3-319- 26552-0, Springer (in press)

2. Automatic segmentation of the lumen in magnetic resonance images of the carotid artery Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2017, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 27, ISBN: 978-3-319-68194-8, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_10, pp. 92-101, 2018

3. Pattern Recognition in Macroscopic and Dermoscopic Images for Skin Lesion Diagnosis Roberta B. Oliveira, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2017, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 27, ISBN: 978-3-319-68194-8, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_55, pp. 504-514, 2018

4. Métodos não-ionizantes para avaliação da escoliose idiopática do adolescente Rozilene Maria Cota Aroeira, Antônio Eustáquio de Melo Pertence, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Marcelo Greco Escoliose Idiopática - Revisão de Conceitos Atuais, ISBN: 978-85-8450- 004-8, Folium (in press)

5. Thermal Infrared Image Processing to Assess Heat Generated by Magnetic Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia Applications Raquel O. Rodrigues, Helder T. Gomes, Rui Lima, Adrián M.T. Silva, Pedro J.S. Rodrigues, Pedro B. Tavares, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Advances in Visual Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 9474, ISBN: 978-3-319-27856-8, Chapter 3, pp. 25-34, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27857-5_3, 2015

6. Recent Advances on Optimum-Path Forest for Data Classification: Supervised, Semi-Supervised and Unsupervised Learning João Paulo Papa, Willian Paraguassu Amorim, Alexandre Xavier Falcão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, 5th edition, Chapter 1.6, DOI: 10.1142/9789814656535_0006, ISBN: 978-981-4656- 52-8, World Scientific, pp. 109-123, 2016

7. Human Motion Analysis and Simulation Tools: A Survey João F. Nunes, Pedro M. Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Handbook of Research on Computational Simulation and Modeling in Engineering, Chapter 12, ISBN: 1466688238, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666- 8823-0.ch012, IGI Global, pp. 356-386, September 2015

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8. Projeto e Desenvolvimento de Produto – eBook Jorge Lino Alves, António Augusto Fernandes, José Almacinha, João Manuel Tavares, Joaquim Fonseca, Teresa Duarte, Rui Neto, Ana Rosanete Reis, Vitor Carvalho Introdução à Engenharia Mecânica, pp. 487-540, Capítulo 14, ISBN: 9789897230929, Publindústria, 2015

9. Química Física da Vida – eBook João Manuel Tavares, Luís Mira Vieira, Diogo Mosqueira, Isabel Amaral, Pedro Granja, Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó, Rui Lima, Valdemar Garcia, Adélio Mendes, Susana Almeida Introdução à Engenharia Mecânica, pp. 352-411, Capítulo 10, ISBN: 9789897230882, Publindústria, 2015

10. Analysis of Biomedical Images based on Automated Methods of Image Registration João Manuel R. S. Tavares Advances in Visual Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 8887, ISBN: 978-3-319-14248-7, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319- 14249-4, Springer, pp. 21-30, 2014

11. Computer Image Registration Techniques Applied to Nuclear Medicine Images Raquel S. Alves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences: Methods and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3_13, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 21, ISBN: 978-3-319- 15798-6, Springer, pp. 173-191, 2015

12. Segmentation and 3D reconstruction of animal tissues in histological images Liliana Azevedo, Augusto M. R. Faustino, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences: Methods and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3_14, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 21, ISBN: 978-3-319- 15798-6, Springer, pp. 193-207, 2015

13. Human motion segmentation using active shape models Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences: Methods and Applications, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3_18, Volume 21, ISBN: 978-3-319- 15798-6, Springer, pp. 237-246, 2015

14. 3D vocal tract reconstruction using magnetic resonance imaging data to study fricative consonants production Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences: Methods and

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Applications, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15799-3_19, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Volume 21, ISBN: 978-3-319- 15798-6, Springer, pp. 247-259, 2015

15. Segmentation of Skin Lesions Using Level Set Method Zhen Ma, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images - Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 8641/2014, ISBN: 978-3-319-09993-4, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994- 1_20, Springer, pp. 228-233

16. From Dermoscopy to Mobile Teledermatology Luís Rosado, Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Rui Castro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Dermoscopy Image Analysis, DOI: 10.1201/b19107-13, Chapter 12, pp. 385-418, CRC Press, September 2015

17. Sensing Bluetooth Mobility Data: Potentials and Applications João Filgueiras, Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti, Zafeiris Kokkinogenis, Michel Ferreira, Cristina Olaverri-Monreal, Marco Paiva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Gabriel Computer-based Modelling and Optimization in Transportation, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 262, ISBN: 978-3-319-04629- 7, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04630-3_31, Springer, pp. 419-431, 2014

18. The role of unstable shoe constructions for the improvement of postural control Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Posture: Types, Exercises and Health Effects, ISBN: 978-1-63117-254-0, Chapter 9, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 125-136, 2014

19. A New Image Dataset on Human Interactions Wenjuan Gong, Jordi Gonzàlez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, F. Xavier Roca Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 7378, ISBN: 978-3-642- 31566-4, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31567-1, Springer, pp. 204-209, 2012

20. Identification of Foliar Diseases in Cotton Crop Alexandre A. Bernardes, Jonathan G. Rogeri, Roberta B. Oliveira, Norian Marranghello, Aledir S. Pereira, Alex F. Araujo, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, Book Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, Book Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 8, ISBN: 978-94-007-0725-2, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0726-9_4, pp. 67-85, April 2013

21. Towards Ontological Cognitive System Carles Fernandez, Jordi Gonzàlez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, F. Xavier Roca

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Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, Book Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 8, ISBN: 978-94-007-0725-2, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0726-9_5, pp. 87-99, April 2013

22. Análise e Caracterização de Lesões de Pele para Auxílio ao Diagnóstico Médico Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Roberta Barbosa Oliveira, Ricardo Baccaro Rossetti, Norian Marranghello, Aledir Silveira Pereira Avanços em Visão Computacional, ISBN: 978-85-64619-09-8, e-ISBN: 978-85-64619-08-1, DOI:10.7436/2012.avc.2, Chapter 2, pp 27-46, Omnipax Editora, December 2012

23. Surface electromyographic amplitude normalization methods: A review Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Electromyography: New Developments, Procedures and Applications, ISBN: 16208-1-717-9, Neuroscience Research Progress, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Chapter V, pp. 85-101, September 2012

24. Precipitates Segmentation from Scanning Electron Microscope Images through Machine Learning Techniques João P. Papa, Clayton R. Pereira, Victor H.C. de Albuquerque, Cleiton C. Silva, Alexandre X. Falcão, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Combinatorial Image Analysis, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6636/2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-21072-3, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3- 642-21073-0_40, pp. 456-468

25. Improving post-EVAR surveillance with a smart stent-graft Isa C.T. Santos, Alexandra T. Sepulveda, Júlio C. Viana, António J. Pontes, Brian L. Wardle, S. M. Sampaio, R. Roncon-Albuquerque, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, L.A. Rocha Technologies for medical sciences, Book Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1, ISBN: 978-94-007-4067- 9 (print) - 978-94-007-4068-6 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4068- 6_13, Springer, pp. 267-289, May 2012

26. Speaker-specific articulatory assessment and measurements during Portuguese speech production based on Magnetic Resonance Images Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, Isabel Maria A. P. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Language Acquisition, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , pp. 117-138, May 2012

27. Fast 3D reconstruction of the spine by non-expert users using a statistical articulated model Daniel C. Moura, Jonathan Boisvert, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Hubert Labelle Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 158, Research into Spinal Deformities 7, ISBN: 978-1-60750-572-3 (print) - 978-1-60750- 573-0 (online), IOS Press, pp. 268-269, 2010

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28. Fast Automatic Microstructural Segmentation of Ferrous Alloy Samples using Optimum-Path Forest João Paulo Papa, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Alexandre Xavier Falcão, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6026/2010, ISBN: 978-3- 642-12711-3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12712-0_19, Springer, pp. 210-220

29. Improvement of modal matching image objects in dynamic pedobarography using optimization techniques João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luísa Ferreira Bastos Progress in Computer Vision and Image Analysis, Chapter 19, Series in Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence - Vol. 73, World Scientific, ISBN-13 978-981-282-445-5, ISBN-10 981-283-445-1, pp. 339-368, 2010

30. Imaging of the Vocal Tract based on Magnetic Resonance Techniques Sandra Ventura, Diamantino Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications - International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2009, Lisboa, Portugal, February 5-8, 2009, Revised Selected Papers, Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 68, ISBN: 978-3-642-11839-5 (print) - 978-3-642-11840-1 (online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11840-1_11, pp. 146–157, 2010

31. Drilling of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates - A Comparative Analysis of Five Different Drills on Thrust Force, Roughness and Delamination L.M.P. Durao, D.J.S. Goncalves, J.M.R.S. Tavares, V.H.C. Albuquerque, A.T. Marques, A.P.M. Baptista Advanced Materials Forum V: Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers From the V International Materials Symposium MATERIAiS 2009 (14th Meeting of SPM- Sociedade Portuguesa de Materials), Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon, April 5-8, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009, ISBN- 10: 0878492887, ISBN-13: 9780878492886, Trans Tech Publications Inc., pp. 206-213, April 2010

32. Fast 3D Reconstruction of the Spine using User-Defined Splines and a Statistical Articulated Model Daniel C. Moura, Jonathan Boisvert, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5875/2009 - Part I, ISBN: 978-3- 642-10330-8, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10331-5_55, Springer, pp. 586- 595, 2009

33. 3D Object Reconstruction from Uncalibrated Images using an Off-the- Shelf Camera Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz Advances in Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: Methods and Applications, ISBN: 978-1-4020-9085-1(print) - 978-1-4020- 9086-8 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9086-8_7, Springer, pp. 117- 136, 2008

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34. Optimizing Dense Linear Algebra Algorithms on Heterogeneous Machines Jorge Barbosa, João Tavares, A. J. Padilha Algorithms and Tools for Parallel Computing On Heterogeneous Clusters, ISSN: 160021049X, Nova Science Publishers Inc., pp. 15-31, February 2007

35. Calibration of Bi-planar Radiography with a Rangefinder and a Small Calibration Object Daniel C. Moura, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ana M. Reis Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5358/2008, ISBN: 978-3-540- 89638-8, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89639-5_55, Springer, pp. 572-581

36. A Movement Tracking Management Model with Kalman Filtering, Global Optimization Techniques and Mahalanobis Distance Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia Lecture Series on Computer and Computational Sciences, Volume 4A, 2005, ISBN 90-6764-443-9, Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 463-466

37. Dynamic Pedobarography Transitional Objects by Lagrange’s Equation with FEM, Modal Matching and Optimization Techniques Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3212/2004, ISSN: 0302- 9743, Springer, pp. 92-99

38. Improvement of Modal Matching Image Objects in Dynamic Pedobarography using Optimization Techniques Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3179/2004, Springer, ISSN: 0302-9743, pp. 39-50

39. Parallel Image Processing System on a Cluster of Personal Computers J. Barbosa, J. Tavares, J. Padilha Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 1981, Springer, 2000, ISBN:3- 540-41999-3, pp. 439-452

International Journals:

1. Users’ perceptions of health care signage systems Susana Quesado Rodrigues, Rita Coelho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted to Environment and Behavior, ISSN: 00139165 (print) - 1552390X (online), Sage, May 2018

2. Fast segmentation of the Left Atrial Appendage in 3D Transesophageal Echocardiographic images Pedro Morais, Sandro Queirós, Pieter De Meester, Werner Budts, João L. Vilaça, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jan D’hooge

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Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, ISSN: 0885-3010, IEEE, April 2018

3. Automatic Analysis of Dermoscopy Images: Relevance of Features for Skin Cancer Diagnosis Ricardo P. C. S. Lé, Roberta B. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted to Expert Systems with Applications, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, April 2018

4. Ultrasound image segmentation using an Artificial Life Model Alex F. de Araujo, Christos E. Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted to Expert Systems with Applications, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, April 2018

5. A Medical Records Managing and Securing Blockchain Based System Supported by a Genetic Algorithm and Discrete Wavelet Transform Ahmed Faeq Hussein, ArunKumar N, Gustavo Ramirez-Gonzalez, Enas Abdulhay, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque Submitted to Cognitive Systems Research, ISSN: 1389-0417, Elsevier, March 2018

6. Editorial: 1st MICCAI workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis Gustavo Carneiro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Andrew P. Bradley, João Paulo Papa, Jacinto C. Nascimento, Jaime S. Cardoso, Zhi Lu, Vasileios Belagiannis Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2018.1457242, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Volume 6, Iusse 3, pp. 241-242, 2018

7. Editorial: V ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing (VipIMAGE) João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2018.1457244, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group (in press)

8. Cardiac Electrophysiology Studies Based on Image and Machine Learning Yashbir Singh, Deepa, Shi-Yi Wu, Michael Friebe, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Weichih Hu Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, DOI: 10.12691/jbet- 6-1-1, ISSN: 2373-129X (print) - 2373-1303 (online), Science and Education Publishing, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 2018

9. Big DNA Datasets Analysis under Push down Automata Md. Sarwar Kamal, Munesh Chandra Trivedi, Jannat Binta Alam, Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Fuqian Shi, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, ISSN: 1064-1246 (print) - 1875- 8967 (online), IOS Press (in press)

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10. Using a distance map and an active contour model to segment the carotid artery boundary from the lumen contour in proton density weighted magnetic resonance images Danilo Samuel Jodas, Maria Francisca Monteiro da Costa, Tiago A. A. Parreira, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Submitted to Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ISSN: 0730-725X, Elsevier, February 2018

11. Automated segmentation of the atrial region and fossa ovalis towards computer-aided planning of inter-atrial wall interventions Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Alberto Marchi, Felix Bourier, Isabel Deisenhofer, Jan D’hooge, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2018.04.014, ISSN: 0169-2607, Elsevier, Volume 161, pp. 73-84, July 2018

12. The high-fat diet can impair the bone quality but does not potentiate the bone adverse effects caused by estrogen deficiency in rats Gabriela R. Yanagihara, Roberta C. Shimano, Ana Paula Macedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Antônio Carlos Shimano Submitted to Calcified Tissue International, ISSN: 1432-0827, Springer, February 2018

13. Machine learning approach in Cardiac Electro Physiology Yashbir Singh, Deepa S, Shi-Yi Wu, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Weichih Hu Submitted to Journal of Imaging, ISSN: 2313-433X, MDPI, January 2018

14. Editorial: Advancements of Image Processing and Vision in Healthcare Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Syoji Kobashi, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Healthcare Engineering, DOI: 10.1155/2018/8458024, ISSN: 2040-2295 (print) - 2040-2309 (online), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 8458024, 3 pag., 2018

15. Social Group Optimization Supported Segmentation and Evaluation of Skin Melanoma Images Nilanjan Dey, V. Rajinikanth, Amira S. Ashour, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Symmetry, DOI: 10.3390/sym10020051, ISSN: 2073-8994, MDPI, Volume 10, Issue 2, pag. 51, February 2018

16. Toward EEG-based BCI driven by emotions for addressing BCI-Illiteracy: a meta-analytic review Matteo Spezialetti, Luigi Cinque, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Giuseppe Placidi Submitted Behaviour & Information Technology, ISSN: 0144-929X (print) - 1362-3001 (online), Taylor & Francis, December 2017

17. Finite Element Analysis of the effect of High Tibial Osteotomy correction angle on articular cartilage loading

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Zahra Trad, Abdelwahed Barkaoui, Moez Chafra, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/0954411918770706, ISSN: 0954- 4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Sage Publishing (in press)

18. PET/MRI technique role in Alzheimer disease Domingos Vieira, Ricardo Vardasca, João Manuel R.S. Tavares European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-017-3822-1, ISSN: 1619-7070 (print) - 1619-7089 (online), Springer, 44(Suppl 2), pp. S506, 2017

19. Medical cyber-physical systems: A survey Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Fuqian Shi, Simon James Fong, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Medical Systems, DOI: 10.1007/s10916-018-0921-x, ISSN: 0148-5598 (print) - 1573-689X (online), Springer (in press)

20. Editorial: Non-Destructive Metallic Materials Testing - Recent Research and Future Perspectives João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque Metals — Open Access Metallurgy Journal, DOI: 10.3390/met7100430, ISSN: 2075-4701, MDPI AG, Volume 7, Issue 10, pag. 430, 2 pag, October 2017

21. A Multi-criteria Model to Support Decision-making at the Front End of New Medical Devices Houssem Barkaoui, Helmi Ben Rejeb, Abdelwahed Barkaoui, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Submitted to Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, ISSN: 0923-4748, Elsevier, October 2017

22. Log transform based optimal image enhancement using firefly algorithm for autonomous mini unmanned aerial vehicle: an application of aerial photography Sourav Samanta, Amartya Mukherjee, Amira S. Ashour, Nilanjan Dey, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Wahiba Ben Abdessalemkaraa, Redha Taiar, Ahmad Taher Azar, Aboul Ella Hassanien International Journal of Image and Graphics, ISSN: 0219-4678 (print) - 1793-6756 (online), World Scientific (in press)

23. To Estimate Pulmonary Arterial Compliance and Pulse Wave Velocity in Cerebral-Cardiovascular Patients Using CT Cardiac Images WeiChih Hu, Hsuan-Ming Tsao, Jian Xiang Zhi, Harmon Chris T. Herman, Lemmuel L. Tayo, Yashbir Singh, Kathiravan S, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Chandan Chakraborty American Journal of Medical and Biological Research, DOI: 10.12691/ajmbr-5-2-3, ISSN: 2328-4080 (print) - 2328-4099 (online), SciEP, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 23-30, 2017

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24. MQSMER: Mixed Quadratic Shape Model with Optimal Fuzzy Membership Function for Emotion Recognition R. Vishnu Priyaa, VijayaKumar V, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted Neural Computing and Applications, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer, August 2017

25. Classification of calcified regions in atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid artery in computed tomography angiography images Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted to Neural Computing and Applications, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer, August 2017

26. River Sediment Yield Classification Using Interval Arithmetic Danillo. R. Pereira, Rodrigo. J. Pisani, Gustavo. H. Rosa, Kelton. A. P. Costa, João. P. Papa, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment, ISSN: 0034-4257, Elsevier, August 2017

27. Effects of high-impact exercise on the physical properties of bones of ovariectomized rats fed to a high-protein diet Roberta Carminati Shimano, Gabriela Rezende Yanagihara, Ana Paula Macedo, Jessica Suzuki Yamanaka, Antônio Carlos Shimano, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, João Paulo Mardegan Issa Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, ISSN: 1600-0838, Wiley, DOI: 10.1111/sms.13058, Volume 28, Issue 5, pp. 1523-1531, May 2018

28. Extraction, selection and comparison of features for an effective automated computer-aided diagnosis of Parkinson's disease based on [123I]FP-CIT SPECT images Francisco Oliveira, Diogo Borges Faria, Durval Costa, Miguel Castelo- Branco, João Manuel R.S. Tavares European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, ISSN: 1619-7070 (print) - 1619-7089 (online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s00259- 017-3918-7, Volume 45, Issue 6, pp. 1052-1062, June 2018

29. Effects of high-fat diet on bone quality of ovariectomized rats Gabriela R. Yanagihara, Roberta Carminati Shimano, Ana Paula Macedo, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Antônio C. Shimano Calcified Tissue International, ISSN: 1432-0827, Springer, Volume 100, Supplement 1, pp. S53, May 2017

30. PET-MRI in Neuroimaging: technique role in Alzheimer's Disease Domingos Vieira, Ricardo Vardasca, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, ISSN: 2469-7311 (print) - 2469-7303 (online), IEEE, July 2017

31. Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Characterization of Aged Nickel-based Alloy 625 Weld Metal Cleiton Carvalho Silva, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Emerson

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Mendonça Miná, Elineudo P. Moura, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, DOI: 10.1007/s11661-018- 4526-2, ISSN: 1073-5623, Springer (in press)

32. Segmentation of tongue shapes during vowel production in magnetic resonance images based on statistical modelling Jessica C. Delmoral, Sandra M. Rua Ventura, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Sage Publishing, DOI: 10.1177/0954411917751000, Volume 232, Issue 3, pp. 271-281, March 2018

33. Perception of noise and Global Illumination: Toward an automatic stopping criterion based on SVM Nawel Takouachet, Samuel Delepoulle, Christophe Renaud, Nesrine Zoghlami, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computers & Graphics, ISSN: 0097-8493, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2017.09.008, Volume 69, pp. 49-58, December 2017

34. Development of a patient-specific atrial phantom model for planning and training of inter-atrial interventions Pedro Morais, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Sandro Queirós, Fernando Veloso, Jan D'hooge, João L. Vilaça Medical Physics, ISSN: 0094-2405, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, DOI: 10.1002/mp.12559, Volume 44, Issue 11, pp. 5638-5649, November 2017

35. Editorial: Editorial message from the Editor-in-Chief João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2017.1301352, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-2, 2017

36. Skin Lesion Computational Diagnosis of Dermoscopic Images: Ensemble Models based on Input Feature Manipulation Roberta B. Oliveira, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.07.009, ISSN: 0169-2607, Elsevier, Volume 149, pp. 43-53, October 2017

37. Computational Diagnosis of Skin Lesions from Dermoscopic Images using Combined Features Roberta B. Oliveira, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Neural Computing and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-018-3439-8, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer (in press)

38. A competitive strategy for atrial and aortic tract segmentation based on deformable models Pedro Morais, João L Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Felix Bourier, Isabel

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Deisenhofer, João Manuel R. S Tavares, Jan D'hooge Medical Image Analysis, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2017.07.007, ISSN: 1361- 8415, Elsevier, Volume 42, pp. 102-116, December 2017

39. Antagonist Coactivation in Stroke vs Healthy subjects during Sit-to-Stand Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Claudia Silva, Rubim Santos, Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares, Teresa Calheno, Filipa Sousa Submitted to Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, ISSN: 1050- 6411, Elsevier, January 2017

40. Self-Organizing Mapping based Swarm Intelligence for Secondary and Tertiary Proteins Classification Md. Sarwar Kamal, Md. Golam Sarowar, Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Shamim H. Ripon, B. K. Panigrahi, João Manuel R. S. Tavares International Journal of Machine Learning and Cyernetics, ISSN: 1868- 8071 (print) - 1868-808X (online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s13042-017- 0710-8 (in press)

41. Hidden Markov Model and Chapman Kolmogrov for Protein Structures Prediction from Images Md. Sarwar Kamal, Linkon Chowdhury, Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, Amira S. Ashour, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Nilanjan Dey Computational Biology and Chemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2017.04.003, ISSN: 1476-9271, Elsevier, Vol. 68, pp. 231-244, June 2017

42. Techniques of Medical Image Processing and Analysis accelerated by High-Performance Computing: A Systematic Literature Review Carlos A.S.J. Gulo, Antonio C. Sementille, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, ISSN: 1861-8200 (print) - 1861- 8219 (online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11554-017-0734-z (in press)

43. Automatic segmentation of the lumen region in intravascular images of the coronary artery Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Image Analysis, ISSN: 1361-8415, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2017.06.006, Volume 40, pp. 60-79, August 2017

44. Healthcare Signage Design: A review on recommendations for effective signing systems Rita Susana Quesado Rodrigues, Rita Coelho, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Submitted to Health Environments Research & Design Journal, ISSN: 1937-5867 (print) - 2167-5112 (online), Sage Publishing, December 2016

45. The role of the ipsilesional side in the rehabilitation of post-stroke subjects Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Cláudia Costa Silva, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Filipa Sousa Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2017.1384721, Volume 34, Issue 3, pp. 185-188, November 2017

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46. Automated Recognition of Lung Diseases in CT images based on the Optimum-Path Forest Classifier Pedro P. Rebouças Filho, Antônio C. da Silva Barros, Geraldo L. B. Ramalho, Clayton R. Pereira, João Paulo Papa, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Neural Computing and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-017-3048-y, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer (in press)

47. Classification on Dermoscopic Images: an experimental way to find effective features for detecting melanoma Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Systems with Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2017.05.003, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, Volume 84, pp. 92-101, October 2017

48. Editorial: Recent Advances in Brain Signal Analysis: Methods and Applications Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Plácido Rogerio Pinheiro, João Paulo Papa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ronaldo Parente de Menezes, Carlos A. S. Oliveira Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1155/2016/2742943, ISSN: 1687-5265 (print) - 1687-5273 (online), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 2742943, 2 pag., 2016

49. Detection of the magnetic easy direction in steels using induced magnetic fields Edgard M. Silva, Alysson M. R. Paula, Josinaldo P. Leite, Joao P. Leite, Lucia S. S. Andrade, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares Metals, DOI: 10.3390/met6120317, ISSN: 2075-4701, MDPI AG, Volume 6, Issue 12, 317, 2016

50. New three-dimensional model based on finite element method of bone nanostructure: single TC molecule scale level Tesnim Kraiem, Abdelwahed Barkaoui, Moez Chafra, Ridha Hambli, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2017.1280734, Volume 20, Issue 6, pp. 617-625, May 2017

51. Effect of reconstruction processing methods and analysis in the quantification of brain spect studies with DaTSCAN™ Diogo Faria, Joana Vale, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, José Manuel Oliveira, Durval Costa Physica Medica, ISSN: 1120-1797, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.07.177, Volume 32, Supplement 3, pp. 311, September 2016

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52. Influence of high-fat diet on bone tissue: An experimental study in growing rats G. Rezende Yanagihara, R. Carminati Shimano, J. Atsuko Tida, J. Suzuki Yamanaka, S. Yasuko Fukada, J.P. Madergan Issa, A.C. Shimano, João Manuel R.S. Tavares The journal of nutrition, health & aging, ISSN: 1279-7707 (print) - 1760- 4788 (online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s12603-017-0871-x, Volume 21, Number 10, pp. 1337-1343, December 2017

53. A versatile method for bladder segmentation in computed tomography two-dimensional images under adverse conditions João Ribeiro Pinto, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Sage Publishing, DOI: 10.1177/0954411917714294, Volume 231, Issue 9, pp. 871-880, September 2017

54. Lumen segmentation in magnetic resonance images of the carotid artery Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computers in Biology and Medicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.10.021, ISSN: 0010-4825, Elsevier, Volume 79, pp. 233-242, December 2016

55. Novel solutions applied in transseptal puncture: a systematic review Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Joris Ector, Jan D’hooge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Medical Devices, ISSN: 1932-6181 (print) - 1932-619X (online), ASME, DOI: 10.1115/1.4035374, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 010801-010801-14, March 2017

56. Classification of induced magnetic field signals for the microstructural characterization of sigma phase in duplex stainless steels Edgard M. Silva, Leandro B. Marinho, Pedro P. Rebouças Filho, João P. Leite, Josinaldo P. Leite, Walter M. L. Fialho, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Metals, DOI: 10.3390/met6070164, ISSN: 2075-4701, MDPI AG, Volume 6, Issue 7, 164, 2016

57. Computational modeling of radiobiological effects in bone metastases for different radionuclides Francisco D. C. Guerra Liberal, Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares International Journal of Radiation Biology, Informa Healthcare, ISSN: 0955-3002 (print) - 1362-3095 (online), DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2017.1294274, Volume 93, Issue 6, pp. 627-636, June 2017

58. Editorial: IV ECCOMAS thematic conference on computational vision and medical image processing (VipIMAGE) João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge

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Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2016.1175759, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 4, No. 3-4, pp. 129, 2016

59. Analysis of human tissue densities: A new approach to extract features from medical images Pedro P. Rebouças Filho, Elizângela de S. Rebouças, Leandro B. Marinho, Róger M. Sarmento, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque Pattern Recognition Letters, ISSN: 0167-8655, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2017.02.005, Volume 94, pp. 211-218, July 2017

60. Computational Methods for Pigmented Skin Lesion Classification in Images: Review and Future Trends Roberta B. Oliveira, João P. Papa, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Neural Computing and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2482-6, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp. 613-636, February 2018

61. Editorial: Editorial message from the Editor-in-Chief João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2016.1153840, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-2, 2016

62. Editorial: CompIMAGE’14 – computational modeling ofobjects presented in images: fundamentals, methods and applications Yongjie Jessica Zhang, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2015.1081081, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 45, 2016

63. A Computational approach for Detecting Pigmented Skin Lesions in Macroscopic Images Roberta B. Oliveira, Norian Marranghello, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Systems with Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2016.05.017, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, Volume 61, pp. 53-63, November 2016

64. Novel and Powerful 3D Adaptive Crisp Active Contour Method applied in the Segmentation of CT Lung Images Pedro Pedrosa Rebouças Filho, Paulo César Cortez, Antônio C. da Silva Barros, Victor Hugo C. Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Image Analysis, ISSN: 1361-8415, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2016.09.002, Volume 35, pp. 503-516, January 2017

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65. Robust automated cardiac arrhythmia detection in ECG beat signals Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Thiago M. Nunes, Danillo R. Pereira, Eduardo José da S. Luz, David Menotti, João P. Papa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Neural Computing and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2472-8, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp. 679-693, February 2018

66. Non-invasive Methods of Computer Vision in the Posture Evaluation of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review Rozilene Maria C. Aroeira, Estevam B. de Las Casas, Antônio Eustáquio M. Pertence, Marcelo Greco, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.02.004, ISSN: 1360-8592, Elsevier, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp. 832-843, October 2016

67. Cognitive predictors of balance in Parkinson’s disease Ângela Fernandes, Andreia Mendes, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Somatosensory & Motor Research, DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2016.1178634, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 67-71, 2016

68. Effects of Exercise on Physical and Mental Health, and Cognitive and Brain Functions in Schizophrenia: Clinical and Experimental Evidence Ridson Rosa Rimes, Antonio Marcos de Souza Moura, Murilo Khede Lamego, Alberto Souza de Sa Filho, Joao Manochio, Flavia Paes, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Gioia Mura, Mirko Wegner, Henning Budde, Nuno Barbosa Ferreira Rocha, Joana Rocha, Joao Manuel R.S. Tavares, Oscar Arias-Carrion, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Ti-Fei Yuan, Sergio Machado CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, DOI: 10.2174/1871527315666151111130659, ISSN: 1871-5273 (print) - 1996- 3181 (online), Bentham Science, Volume 14, Number 10, pp. 1244-1254, 2015

69. Numerical evaluation of temperature field and residual stresses in an API 5L X80 steel welded joint using the finite element method Jailson Nóbrega, Diego Diniz, Antonio Silva, Theophilo Maciel, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Metals, DOI: 10.3390/met6020028, ISSN: 2075-4701, MDPI AG, Volume 6, Issue 2, 28, 2016

70. Editorial: 1st MICCAI workshop on bio- imaging and visualization for patient-customized simulations João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Xiongbiao Luo, Shuo Li Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2015.1110295, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 177, December 2015

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71. Induced magnetic field used to detect the sigma phase of a 2205 duplex stainless steel Edgard de Macedo Silva, Josinaldo Pereira Leite, João Pereira Leite, Walter Macedo Lins Fialho, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, DOI: 10.1007/s10921-016-0339-7, ISSN: 0195-9298 (print) - 1573-4862 (online), Springer, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp. 1-10, June 2016

72. Computational methods for the image segmentation of pigmented skin lesions: A Review Roberta B. Oliveira, Mercedes E. Filho, Zhen Ma, João P. Papa, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.03.032, ISSN: 0169-2607, Elsevier, Volume 131, pp. 127-141, July 2016

73. Palliative treatment of metastatic bone pain with radiopharmaceuticals: a perspective beyond Strontium-89 and Samarium-153 Francisco D. C. Guerra Liberal, Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Applied Radiation and Isotopes, DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.01.003, ISSN: 0969-8043, Elsevier, Volume 110, pp. 87-99, April 2016

74. Parameter Optimization for Local Polynomial Approximation based Intersection Confidence Interval Filter using Genetic Algorithm: An Application for Brain MRI Image De-Noising Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Samsad Beagum, Dimitra Sifaki Pistola, Mitko Gospodinov, Evgeniya Peneva Gospodinova, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Imaging, DOI: 10.3390/jimaging1010060, ISSN: 2313-433X, MDPI, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 60-84, December 2015

75. Measurement of glomerulus diameter and Bowman's space width of renal albino rats Taras Kotyk, Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Dana Balas-Timar, Sayan Chakraborty, Ahmed S. Ashour, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.10.023, ISSN: 0169-2607, Elsevier, Volume 126, pp. 143-153, April 2016

76. Automatic 3D pulmonary nodule detection in CT images: a survey Igor Rafael S. Valente, Paulo César Corte, Edson Cavalcanti Neto, José Marques Soares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.10.006, ISSN: 0169-2607, Elsevier, Volume 124, pp. 91-107, February 2016

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77. Effect of fuzzy partitioning in Crohn’s disease classification: a neuro- fuzzy-based approach Sk. Saddam Ahmed, Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Dimitra Sifaki- Pistolla, Dana Bălas-Timar, Valentina E. Balas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, DOI: 10.1007/s11517- 016-1508-7, ISSN: 0140-0118, Springer, Volume 55, Number 1, pp. 101- 115, January 2017

78. Editorial: Computational modeling of objects presented in images: fundamentals, methods and applications Paolo Di Giamberardino, Daniela Iacoviello, R.M. Natal Jorge, Joao Manuel R.S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2015.1049844, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 61-62, June 2015

79. Embedded real-time speed limit sign recognition using image processing and machine learning techniques Samuel L. Gomes, Elizângela de S. Rebouças, Edson Cavalcanti Neto, João P. Papa, Victor H. C. Albuquerque, P. P. Rebouças Filho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Neural Computing and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2388-3, ISSN: 0941-0643 (print) - 1433-3058 (online), Springer, Volume 28, Supplement 1, pp. 573-584, December 2017

80. The Influence of a Cognitive Task on the Postural Phase of Gait Initiation in Parkinson’s Disease: An Electromyographic-Based Analysis Ângela Fernandes, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Motor Control, DOI: 10.1123/mc.2015-0032, ISSN: 1087-1640, Human Kinetics, Inc., Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 249-264, July 2017

81. Ultrasonic Sensor Signals and Optimum Path Forest Classifier for the Microstructural Characterization of Thermally-Aged Inconel 625 Alloy Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Cleisson V. Barbosa, Cleiton C. Silva, Elineudo P. Moura, Pedro P. Rebouças Filho, João P. Papa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Sensors, DOI: 10.3390/s150612474, ISSN: 1424-8220, MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 6, pp. 12474-12497, 2015

82. A Review of the Quantification and Classification of Pigmented Skin Lesions: From Dedicated to Hand-Held Devices Mercedes Filho, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Medical Systems, ISSN: 0148-5598 (print) - 1573-689X (online), DOI: 10.1007/s10916-015-0354-8, Springer, 39:177, November 2015

83. A review of computational methods applied for identification and quantification of atherosclerotic plaques in images

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Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Systems with Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2015.10.016, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, Volume 46, pp. 1-14, March 2016

84. Parkinson's disease and cognitive-motor dual-task: is motor prioritization possible in the early stages of the disease? Ângela Fernandes, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Motor Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2015.1105194, ISSN: 0022-2895 (print) - 1940-1027 (online), Taylor & Francis, Volume 48, Issue 4, pp. 377-383, 2016

85. Influence of prolonged wearing of unstable shoes on upright standing postural control Andreia S. P. Sousa, Rui Macedo, Rubim Santos, Filipa Sousa, Andreia Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Human Movement Science, ISSN: 0167-9457, DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2015.11.015, Elsevier, Volume 45, pp. 142-153, February 2016

86. Influence of dual-task on sit-to-stand-to-sit postural control in Parkinson’s disease Ângela Fernandes, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Joana Couras, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Engineering & Physics, ISSN: 1350-4533, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.08.011, Elsevier, Volume 37, Issue 11, pp. 1070-1075, November 2015

87. Biomedical Data Management and Processing - A new framework F. S. Ribeiro Junior, V. H. C. de Albuquerque, R. C. G. Fernandes, João Manuel R.S. Tavares IEEE Latin America Transaction, ISSN: 1548-0992, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2015.7350031, Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 2859-2864, September 2015

88. GoNet – A New Movement Dynamic Evaluation System in Real Time J. S. Cunha Neto, V. H. C. de Albuquerque, G. P. F. Silva, N. B. C. Olegario, João Manuel R.S. Tavares IEEE Latin America Transaction, ISSN: 1548-0992, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2015.7404929, Volume 13, Issue 12, pp. 3928-3933, December 2015

89. Interlimb coordination during step-to-step transition and gait performance Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Motor Behavior, ISSN: 0022-2895 (print) - 1940-1027 (online), DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2015.1023391, Taylor & Francis, Volume 47, Issue 6, pp. 563-574, June 2015

90. Smoothing of ultrasound images using a new selective average filter Alex F. de Araujo, Christos E. Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Expert Systems with Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2016.04.034, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, Volume 60, pp. 96-106, 2016

91. Ankle antagonist coactivation in the double-support phase of walking: Stroke vs. healthy subjects Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Cláudia Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Rubim Santos, Filipa Sousa Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2015.1012492, Taylor & Francis, Volume 32, Issue 3, pp. 153-157, September 2015

92. Effects of dual-task training on balance and executive functions in Parkinson’s disease: A pilot study Ângela Fernandes, Nuno Rocha, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2014.1002605, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 122-127, August 2015

93. Standing balance in individuals with Parkinson's disease during single and dual-task conditions Ângela Fernandes, Tiago Coelho, Ana Vitória, Augusto Ferreira, Rubim Santos, Nuno Rocha, Lia Fernandes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Gait & Posture, DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.06.188, ISSN: 0966-6362, Elsevier, Volume 42, Issue 3, pp. 323-328, September 2015

94. Novel Approach to Segment Skin Lesions in Dermoscopic Images based on a Deformable Model Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2015.2390032, ISSN: 2168-2194, IEEE, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 615-623, March 2016

95. Comparative analysis of 11 different radioisotopes for palliative treatment of bone metastases by computational methods Francisco D. C. Guerra Liberal, Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares and João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Physics, DOI: 10.1118/1.4897240, ISSN: 0094-2405, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Volume 41, Issue 11, pp. 114101-1 - 114101-10, November 2014

96. Efficient parallelization on GPU of an image smoothing method based on a variational model Carlos A.S.J. Gulo, Henrique F. de Arruda, Alex F. de Araujo, Antonio C. Sementille, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, DOI: 10.1007/s11554-016-0623- x, ISSN: 1861-8200 (print) - 1861-8219 (online), Springer (in press)

97. Finite Element Prediction of Fatigue Damage Growth in Cancellous Bone Ridha Hambli, Sana Frikha, Hechmi Toumi, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2015.1048687, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, Volume 19, Issue 5, pp. 563-570, May 2016

98. A theory for bone resorption based on the local rupture of osteocytes cells connections: A finite element study Ridha Hambli, Khalid H. Almitani, Abdessalem Chamekh, Hechmi Toumi, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Mathematical Biosciences, DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.01.005, ISSN: 0025- 5564, Elsevier, Volume 262, pp. 46-55, April 2015

99. A systematic review of algorithms with linear-time behaviour to generate Delaunay and Voronoi tessellations Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira, Jéssica Renata Nogueira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2014.100.031, Tech Science Press, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 31-57, 2014

100. Drilling Damage in Composite Material Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Jorge Filipe S. Marques, Oscar N. G. Andrade Materials, DOI: 10.3390/ma7053802, ISSN: 1996-1944, MDPI AG, Volume 7, Issue 5, pp. 3802-3819, May 2014

101. Automated segmentation of the incus and malleus ossicles in conventional tri-dimensional computed tomography images Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Diogo Borges Faria, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/0954411914546123, ISSN: 0954- 4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Volume 228, Issue 8, pp. 810-818, August 2014

102. Toward hemodynamic diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis based on ultrasound image data and computational modeling Luísa C. Sousa, Catarina F. Castro, Carlos C. António, André Miguel F. Santos, Rosa Maria dos Santos, Pedro Miguel A. C. Castro, Elsa Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, DOI: 10.1007/s11517- 014-1197-z, ISSN: 0140-0118, Springer, Volume 51, Issue 11, pp. 971- 983, November 2014

103. New artificial life model for image enhancement Alex F. de Araujo, Christos E. Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Systems with Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2014.03.029, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, Volume 41, Issue 13, pp. 5892-5906, October 2014

104. Evaluation of the magnetic permeability for the microstructural characterization of a duplex stainless steel

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Edgard de M. Silva, Josinaldo P. Leite, Francisco A. de França Neto, João P. Leite, Walter M. L. Fialho, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Testing and Evaluation, DOI: 10.1520/JTE20130313, ISSN: 0090-3973, ASTM, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 1-7, May 2016

105. Simulated hemodynamics in human carotid bifurcation based on Doppler ultrasound data Luísa C. Sousa, Catarina F. Castro, Carlos C. António, João M.R.S. Tavares, André M.F. Santos, Rosa M. Santos, Pedro Castro, Elsa Azevedo International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, ISSN: 2182-570X, ARC Publishing, Issue 1 (2014) – Supplement 1, 7 pag., May 2014

106. Haemodynamic conditions of patient-specific carotid bifurcation based on ultrasound imaging Luísa C. Sousa, Catarina F. Castro, Carlos C. António, André Santos, Rosa Santos, Pedro Castro, Elsa Azevedo & João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2013.875486, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 157-166, September 2014

107. A Path- and Label-cost Propagation Approach to speedup the Training of the Optimum-Path Forest Classifier A. S. Iwashita, J. P. Papa, A. N. Souza, A. X. Falcão, R. Lotufo, V. M. Oliveira, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Pattern Recognition Letters, ISSN: 0167-8655, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2013.12.018, Vol. 40, No. 15, pp. 121-127, April 2014

108. Novel graph-based adaptive triangular mesh refinement for finite- volume discretizations Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira, Mauricio Kischinhevsk, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2013.095.119, Tech Science Press, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Vol. 95, No. 2, pp. 119-141, 2013

109. Effect of material and structural factors on fracture behaviour of mineralised collagen microfibril using finite element simulation Abdelwahed Barkaoui, Ridha Hambli, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2014.883601, Vol. 18, No. 11, pp. 1181-1190, August 2015

110. A novel automatic algorithm for the segmentation of the lumen of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images André Miguel F. Santos, Rosa Maria dos Santos, Pedro Miguel A.C. Castro, Elsa Azevedo, Luísa Sousa, João Manuel R.S. Tavares

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Expert Systems with Applications, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.06.003, Volume 40, Issue 16, pp. 6570-6579, November 2013

111. The influence of pauses on the fatigue of upper limb muscles during the task of ironing Ângela Fernandes, Rubim Santos, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Somatosensory & Motor Research, DOI:10.3109/08990220.2013.819796, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, Volume 31, Issue 1, pp. 11-15, March 2014

112. Interlimb coordination during the stance phase of gait in subjects with stroke Andreia S. P. Sousa, Augusta Silva, Rubim Santos, Filipa Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ISSN: 0003-9993, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.031, Volume 94, Issue 12, pp. 2515- 2522, December 2013

113. A Novel Nonparametric Distance Estimator for Densities with Error Bounds Alexandre R.F. Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jose C. Principe Entropy, ISSN: 1099-4300, MDPI AG, DOI: 10.3390/e15051609, Vol. 15, No 5, pp. 1609-1623, May 2013

114. Carotid artery bifurcation modelling from patient CT angiography and ultrasound technics A. Santos, J. Tavares, L. Sousa, C. Castro, C. António, R. Santos, P. Castro, E. Azevedo Cerebrovascular Diseases, ISSN: 1015-9770 (print) - 1421-9786 (online), S. Karger AG, DOI: 10.1159/000351748, Volume 35, Suppl. 2, pp. 47, May 2013

115. Computer simulation of the cardiovascular system A. Santos, L. Sousa, J. Tavares, R. Santos , P. Castro, E. Azevedo Cerebrovascular Diseases, ISSN: 1015-9770 (print) - 1421-9786 (online), S. Karger AG, DOI: 10.1159/000351748, Volume 35, Suppl. 2, pp. 45, May 2013

116. Automatic Microstructural Characterization and Classification using Artificial Intelligence Techniques on Ultrasound Signals Thiago M. Nunes, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João P. Papa, Cleiton C. Silva, Paulo G. Normando, Elineudo P. Moura, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Systems with Applications, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.12.025, Volume 40, Issue 8, pp. 3096-3105, June 2013

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117. Interlimb relation during the double support phase of gait: An electromyographic, mechanical and energy based analysis Andreia S. P. Sousa, Augusta Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, DOI: 10.1177/0954411912473398, Volume 227, Issue 3, pp. 327-333, March 2013

118. A robust computational solution for automated quantification of a specific binding ratio based on [123I]FP-CIT SPECT images Francisco P.M. Oliveira, Diogo Borges Faria, Durval Campos Costa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, ISSN: 1824-4785 (print) - 1827-1936 (online), Edizioni Minerva Medica, Vol. 58, Nº 1, pp. 74-84, March 2014

119. Additional peculiarities of medical devices that should be considered in their development process Isa C.T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Review of Medical Devices, ISSN: 1743-4440, Expert Reviews, DOI: 10.1586/ERD.12.89, Vol. 10, Nº 3, pp. 411-420, May 2013

120. Damage evaluation of drilled carbon/epoxy laminates based on area assessment methods Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves Composite Structures, ISSN: 0263-8223, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.08.003, Volume 96, pp. 576-583, February 2013

121. Biomechanical and neurophysiological mechanisms related to postural control and efficiency of movement: a review Andreia S. P. Sousa, Augusta Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2012.725680, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 131-143, December 2012

122. Stapedotomy-hough technique to correct otosclerosis Fernanda Gentil, Marco Parente, Pedro Martins, Carolina Garbe, Eurico Almeida, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier, ISSN: 0021-9290, DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70184-7, Volume 45, Supplement 1, pp. S183, July 2012

123. Segmentation and 3D reconstruction of female pelvic organs and muscles from T2-weighted magnetic resonance images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier, ISSN: 0021-9290, DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70465-7, Volume 45, Supplement 1, pp. S464, July 2012

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124. Recent methods for plantar pressure image registration Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier, ISSN: 0021-9290, DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70464-5, Volume 45, Supplement 1, pp. S463, July 2012

125. COP displacement reliability in medial-lateral direction in postmenopausal women Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Carolina Tábuas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ronaldo Gabriel, Marco Monteiro, Helena Moreira, Aurélio Faria Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier, ISSN: 0021-9290, DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(12)70246-4, Volume 45, Supplement 1, pp. S245, July 2012

126. Activation timing of soleus and tibialis anterior muscles during sit-to- stand and stand-to-sit in post-stroke vs. healthy subjects Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Rita Pinheiro, Joana Ferraz, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Rubim Santos, Filipa Sousa Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2012.754755, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 48-55, March 2013

127. Computer Techniques Towards the Automatic Characterization of Graphite Particles in Metallographic Images of Industrial Materials João P. Papa, Rodrigo Y. M. Nakamura, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Alexandre X. Falcão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Systems with Applications, ISSN: 0957-4174, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.062, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp. 590-597, February 2013

128. Computer simulation of the carotid artery A. Santos, L. Sousa, J. Tavares, R. Santos, P. Castro, E. Azevedo Cerebrovascular Diseases, ISSN: 1015-9770 (print) - 1421-9786 (online), S. Karger AG, DOI:10.1159/000338951, Volume 33, Suppl.1, pp. 77, May 2012

129. A Level Set Based Algorithm to Reconstruct the Urinary Bladder from Multiple Views Zhen Ma, Renato Natal Jorge, T. Mascarenhas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Engineering & Physics, ISSN: 1350-4533, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.05.002, Volume 35, Issue 12, pp. 1819-1824, December 2013

130. Delamination in carbon/epoxy plates drilling: tool and feed rate effect Luís Miguel Pereira Durão, Daniel Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, António Manuel Rincon de Aguiar Vieira, António Paulo Monteiro Baptista International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, ISSN: 1741-

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5209 (Online) - 0268-1900 (Print), Inderscience Publishers, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 267-284, 2014

131. Ankle dynamic in stroke patients: Agonist vs. antagonist muscle relations Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ana Tinoco, Rubim Santos, Filipa Sousa Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2012.715099, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 111-116, December 2012

132. Morphologic Differences in the Vocal Tract Resonance Cavities of Voice Professionals: An MRI-Based Study Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, Isabel Maria A. P. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Voice, ISSN: 0892-1997, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2012.11.010, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 132-140, March 2013

133. Enhanced Spatio-Temporal Alignment of Plantar Pressure Image Sequences using B-splines Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Springer, ISSN: 0140- 0118, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0988-3, Volume 51, Issue 3, pp 267-276, March 2013

134. Evolution of the cost-effectiveness of Endovascular and Open Surgical Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel RS Tavares Journal of Medical Devices, ISSN: 1932-6181 (print) - 1932-619X (online), ASME, DOI: 10.1115/1.4026690, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 017512-1, March 2012

135. Influence of wearing an unstable shoe construction on compensatory control of posture Andreia S. P. Sousa, Rui Macedo, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Human Movement Science, ISSN: 0167-9457, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.07.004, Volume 32, Issue 6, pp. 1353-1364, December 2013

136. Segmentation Algorithms for Ear Image Data towards Biomechanical Studies Ana Ferreira, Fernanda Gentil, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.723700, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp. 888-904, 2014

137. Soleus Activity in post-Stroke Subjects: Movement Sequence from Standing to Sitting

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Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Rita Pinheiro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Rubim Santos, Filipa Sousa Somatosensory & Motor Research, ISSN: 0899-0220 (print) - 1369-1651 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2012.686935, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 71-76, 2012

138. Influence of long-term wearing of unstable shoes on compensatory control of posture: An electromyography-based analysis Andreia S.P. Sousa, Andreia Silva, Rui Macedo, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Gait & Posture, ISSN: 0966-6362, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.06.003, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp. 98-104, January 2014

139. Mechanical properties of stent-graft materials Isa C.T. Santos, Alexandra Rodrigues, Lígia Figueiredo, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, ISSN: 1464-4207, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, DOI: 10.1177/1464420712451065, Volume 226, Issue 4, pp. 330-341, October 2012

140. Modeling of the medical device development process Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Expert Review of Medical Devices, ISSN: 1743-4440, Expert Reviews, DOI: 10.1586/ERD.12.36, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 537-543, September 2012

141. Dano na furação de placas carbono/epoxide Luís Miguel P. Durão, Daniel J.S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, A. Monteiro Baptista Revista Iberoamericana de Ingeniería Mecánica, ISSN: 1137-2729, Federación Iberoamericana de Ingeniería Mecánica, Vol. 17, Nº 1, pp. 27- 38, Abril 2013

142. Medical Image Registration: a Review Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.670855, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 73-93, February 2014

143. Thermal Aging Effects on the microstructure of Nb-bearing nickel based superalloy weld overlays using ultrasound techniques Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Cleiton Carvalho Silva, Paulo G. Normando, Elineudo P. Moura, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Materials & Design, ISSN: 0261-3069, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.11.035, Volume 36, pp. 337-347, April 2012

144. Computational modelling of cellular effects post-irradiation with low- and high-LET particles and different absorbed doses

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Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Dose-Response, ISSN: 1559-3258, International Dose-Response Society, DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.11-049.Tavares, Volume 11, Number 2, pp. 191-206, 2013

145. Medical device specificities: opportunities for a dedicated product development methodology Isa CT Santos, G Scott Gazelle, Luís A Rocha, João Manuel RS Tavares Expert Review of Medical Devices, ISSN: 1743-4440, Expert Reviews, DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.3, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 299-311, May 2012

146. Influence of wearing an unstable shoe on thigh and leg muscle activity and venous response in upright standing Andreia Sousa, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Rui Macedo, Albano Manuel Rodrigues, Rubim Santos Applied Ergonomics, ISSN: 0003-6870, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.01.001, Volume 43, Issue 5, pp. 933-939, September 2012

147. Segmentation of Female Pelvic Cavity in Axial T2-weighted MR Images towards the 3D ReconstructionZhen Ma, Renato Natal M. Jorge, T. Mascarenhas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 2040-7939 (print) - 2040-7947 (online), John Wiley & Sons, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2463, Vol. 28, Issue 6-7, pp. 714-726, June-July 2012

148. Concept selection in the development of medical devices: the case of the smart stent-graft Isa C. T. Santos, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Medical Devices, ISSN: 1932-6181 (print) - 1932-619X (online), ASME, DOI: 10.1115/1.3589826, Volume 5, Number 2, pp. 027510-1, June 2011

149. Comparative analysis of drills for composite laminates Luís Miguel P. Durão, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques Journal of Composite Materials, ISSN: 0021-9983, SAGE Publications, DOI: 10.1177/0021998311421690, Vol. 46, No. 14, pp. 1649-1659, July 2012

150. Registration of Plantar Pressure Images Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 2040-7939 (print) - 2040-7947 (online), John Wiley & Sons, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1461, Vol. 28, Issue 6-7, pp. 589-603, June-July 2012

151. Drilling delamination outcomes on glass and sisal reinforced plastics Luís Miguel P. Durão, Daniel J.S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares,

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Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Túlio H. Panzera, Leandro J. Silva, A.A. Vieira, A. M. Baptista Materials Science Forum, ISSN: 0255-5476 (print) - 1662-9752 (online), Trans Tech Publications Inc., DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.730- 732.301, Vols. 730-732, pp. 301-306, 2013

152. Analysis of ground reaction force and electromyographic activity of the gastrocnemius muscle during double support Andreia SP Sousa, Rubim Santos, Francisco PM Oliveira, Paulo Carvalho, João Manuel RS Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Professional Engineering Publishing, DOI: 10.1177/0954411912439671, Volume 226, Issue 5, pp. 397-405, May 2012

153. The influence of muscles activation on the dynamical behaviour of the tympano-ossicular system of the middle ear Fernanda Gentil, Marco Parente, Pedro Martins, Carolina Garbe, João Paço, António J.M. Ferreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.623674, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 392-402, April 2013

154. Inter-speaker speech variability assessment using statistical deformable models from 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance images Maria JM Vasconcelos, Sandra MR Ventura, Diamantino RS Freitas, João Manuel RS Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Professional Engineering Publishing, DOI: 10.1177/0954411911431664, Volume 226, Issue 3, pp. 185-196, March 2012

155. Characterization of a CuAlBe alloy with different Cr contents Gemierson Valois da M. Candido, Tadeu Antônio de A. Melo, Victor Hugo C. De Albuquerque, Rodinei Medeiros Gomes, Severino Jackson G. de Lima, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Springer, ISSN: 1059- 9495, DOI: 10.1007/s11665-012-0159-6 , Volume 21, Issue 11, pp. 2398- 2406, November 2012

156. Segmentation of Female Pelvic Organs in Axial Magnetic Resonance Images using Coupled Geometric Deformable Models Zhen Ma, Renato M. Natal Jorge, Teresa Mascarenhas, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computers in Biology and Medicine, Elsevier, ISSN: 0010-4825, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2012.12.012, Volume 43, Issue 4, pp. 248-258, May 2013

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157. Towards an Efficient and Robust Foot Classification from Pedobarographic Images Francisco P.M. Oliveira, Andreia Sousa, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.581239, Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 1181-1188, November 2012

158. Novel Approach to Segment the Inner and Outer Boundaries of the Bladder Wall in T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal Jorge, T. Mascarenhas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Springer, ISSN: 0090-6964 (print) - 1573-9686 (online), DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0324-3, Volume 39, Number 8, pp. 2287-2297, August 2011

159. Spatio-temporal Alignment of Pedobarographic Image Sequences Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Andreia Sousa, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Springer, ISSN: 0140- 0118, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-011-0771-x, Volume 49, Number 7, pp. 843- 850, July 2011

160. Effect of gait speed on muscle activity patterns and magnitude during stance Andreia Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Motor Control, ISSN: 1087-1640, Human Kinetics, Inc., Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 480-492, October 2012

161. Analysis of crack growth behavior in a double cantilever beam adhesive fracture test by different digital image processing techniques V. Richter-Trummer, E. A. Marques, F. J. P. Chaves, J. M. R. S. Tavares, L. F. M. da Silva, P. M. S. T. de Castro Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, ISSN: 0933-5137 (print) - 1521-4052 (online), John Wiley & Sons, DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201100807, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 452-459, 2011

162. Fast 3D reconstruction of the spine from biplanar radiographs using a deformable articulated model Daniel C. Moura, Jonathan Boisvert, Jorge G. Barbosa, Hubert Labelle, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Engineering & Physics, ISSN: 1350-4533, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.03.007, Volume 33, Issue 8, pp. 924-933, October 2011

163. Cold deformation effect on the microstructures and mechanical properties of AISI 301LN and 316L stainless steels Paulo Maria de O. Silva, Hamilton Ferreira G. de Abreu, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Pedro de Lima Neto, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Materials & Design, Elsevier, ISSN: 0261-3069, DOI:

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10.1016/j.matdes.2010.08.012, Volume 32, Issue 2, pp. 605-614, February 2011

164. Novel Framework for Registration of Pedobarographic Image Data Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, ISSN: 0140-0118, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0700-4, Vol. 49, No 3, pp. 313-323, 2011

165. Towards automatic quantification of the epicardial fat in non- contrasted CT images Jorge G. Barbosa, Bruno Figueiredo, Nuno Bettencourt, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.499871, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 905-914, October 2011

166. Grain Size and Temperature Influence on the Toughness of a CuAlBe Shape Memory Alloy Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Tadeu Antonio de A. Melo, Rodinei M. Gomes, Severino Jackson G. de Lima, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Materials Science and Engineering: A, ISSN: 0921-5093, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.09.034, Volume 528, Issue 1, pp. 459-466, November 2010

167. 99mTc Auger Electrons – Analysis on the Effects of Low Absorbed Doses by Computational Methods Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Applied Radiation and Isotopes, ISSN: 0969-8043, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.12.001, Vol. 60, Issue 3, pp. 607-608, March 2011

168. Nondestructive Characterization and Evaluation of Embrittlement Kinetics and Elastic Constants of Duplex Stainless Steel SAF 2205 for Different Aging Times at 425°C and 475°C Vera Lúcia de Araújo Freitas, Paulo G. Normando, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Edgard de Macedo Silva, Antonio Almeida Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, ISSN: 0195-9298 (print) - 1573- 4862 (online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s10921-011-0100-1, Volume 30, Number 3, pp. 130-136, September 2011

169. A Flexible Approach for the Calibration of Biplanar Radiography of the Spine on Conventional Radiological Systems Daniel C. Moura, Jorge G. Barbosa, Ana M. Reis, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2010.060.115, Tech Science Press, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online) , Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 115-138, 2010

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170. Evaluating 99mTc Auger Electrons for Targeted Tumor Radiotherapy by Computational Methods Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Physics, ISSN: 0094-2405, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, DOI: 10.1118/1.3451117, Volume 37, Issue 7, pp. 3551-3559, July 2010

171. Automatic Evaluation of Nickel Alloy Secondary Phases from SEM Images Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Cleiton Carvalho Silva, Thiago Ivo de S. Menezes, Jesualdo Pereira Farias, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Microscopy Research and Technique, Wiley-Liss, ISSN: 1059-910X, DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20870, Volume 74, Issue 1, pp. 36-46, January 2011

172. Nondestructive Characterization of Microstructures and Determination of Elastic Properties in Plain Carbon Steel using Ultrasonic Measurements Vera Lúcia de Araújo Freitas, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Edgard de Macedo Silva, Antonio Almeida Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Materials Science and Engineering: A, ISSN: 0921-5093, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.03.090, Volume 527, Issues 16-17, pp. 4431-4437, June 2010

173. Efficient Supervised Optimum-Path Forest Classification for Large Datasets João P. Papa, Alexandre X. Falcão, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Pattern Recognition, Elsevier, ISSN: 0031-3203, DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2011.07.013, Volume 45, Issue 1, pp. 512-520, January 2012

174. The influence of the mechanical behaviour of the middle ear ligaments: a finite element analysis F Gentil, M Parente, P Martins, C Garbe, R N Jorge, A Ferreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Professional Engineering Publishing, DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM783, Vol. 225, No 1 / 2011, pp. 68-76, 2011

175. Towards the Automatic Study of the Vocal Tract from Magnetic Resonance Images Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Voice, ISSN: 0892-1997, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.05.002, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 732-742, November 2011

176. Evaluation of Tools and Cutting Conditions on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates

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Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo Costa Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques Materials Science Forum, ISSN: 0255-5476 (print) - 1662-9752 (online), Trans Tech Publications Inc., DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.638- 642.944, 638-642:944-949, 2010

177. Registration of pedobarographic image data in the frequency domain Francisco P.M. Oliveira, Todd C. Pataky, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255840903573020, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 731-740, December 2010

178. Using Statistical Deformable Models to Reconstruct Vocal Tract Shape from Magnetic Resonance Images Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, ISSN: 0954-4119 (print) - 2041-3033 (online), Professional Engineering Publishing, DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM767, Volume 224, Number 10 / 2010, pp. 1153-1163, 2010

179. A Shape Guided C-V Model to Segment the Levator Ani Muscle in Axial Magnetic Resonance Images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal M. Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Medical Engineering & Physics, ISSN: 1350-4533, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.05.002, Volume 32, Issue 7, pp. 766-774, September 2010

180. Evaluation of Grain Refiners Influence on the Mechanical Properties in a CuAlBe Shape Memory Alloy by Ultrasonic and Mechanical Tensile Testing Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Tadeu Antonio de A. Melo, Danniel Ferreira de Oliveira, Rodinei Medeiros Gomes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Materials & Design, Elsevier, ISSN: 0261-3069, DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.02.010, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 3275-3281, August 2010

181. Drilling tool geometry evaluation for reinforced composite laminates Luís Miguel P. Durão, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, A. Aguiar Vieira, A. Torres Marques Composite Structures, ISSN: 0263-8223, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.10.035, Volume 92, Issue 7, June 2010, pp. 1545-1550

182. New computational solution to quantify synthetic material porosity from optical microscopic images V.H.C. de Albuquerque, P.P. Rebouças Filho, T.S. Cavalcante, J.M.R.S. Tavares Journal of Microscopy, ISSN: 0022-2720 (print) - 1365-2818 (online),

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Wiley, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03384.x, vol. 240, no. 1, pp. 50- 59, October 2010

183. An Approach on Determining the Displacements of the Pelvic Floor during Voluntary Contraction using Numerical Simulation and MRI C.S. Saleme, M.P.L. Parente, R.M. Natal Jorge, M. Pinotti, A.L. Silva- Filho, T. Roza, T. Mascarenhas, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.482045, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 365-370, April 2011

184. Toward Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Vocal Tract During Speech Production Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Voice, ISSN: 0892-1997, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.01.014, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp. 511-518, July 2011

185. Drilling of carbon fibre reinforced laminates – a comparative analysis of five different drills on thrust force, roughness and delamination L.M.P. Durão, D.J.S. Gonçalves, J.M.R.S. Tavares, V.H.C. Albuquerque, A.T. Marques, A.M. Baptista Materials Science Forum, ISSN: 0255-5476 (print) - 1662-9752 (online), Trans Tech Publications Inc., DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.636- 637.206, Vols. 636-637, pp. 206-213, 2010

186. 99mTc Auger Electrons for Targeted Tumour Therapy: A Review Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares International Journal of Radiation Biology, Informa Healthcare, ISSN: 0955-3002 (print) - 1362-3095 (online), DOI: 10.3109/09553000903564083, Vol. 86, No. 4, April 2010, pp. 261-270

187. Tool effects on hybrid laminates drilling Luís Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, António T. Marques, António G. Magalhães, A. Aguiar Vieira Materials and Manufacturing Processes, ISSN: 1042-6914 (print) - 1532- 2475 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10426910903229354, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 476-481, June 2010

188. Evaluation of Delamination Damage on Composite Plates using an Artificial Neural Network for the Radiographic Image Analysis Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luís M. P. Durão Journal of Composite Materials, SAGE Publications, ISSN: 0021-9983, DOI: 10.1177/0021998309351244, Vol. 44, No. 9, 1139-1159, May 2010

189. Rapid pedobarographic image registration based on contour curvature and optimization Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Todd C. Pataky

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Journal of Biomechanics, ISSN: 0021-9290, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.005, vol. 42, no. 15, pp. 2620-2623, November 2009

190. Spinodal decomposition mechanism study on the duplex stainless steel UNS S31803 using ultrasonic speed measurements Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Edgard de Macedo Silva, Josinaldo Pereira Leite, Elineudo Pinho de Moura, Vera Lúcia de Araújo Freitas, João Manuel R.S. Tavares Materials & Design, ISSN: 0261-3069, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.11.010, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 2147-2150, April 2010

191. Tracking Features in Image Sequences with Kalman Filtering, Global Optimization, Mahalanobis Distance and a Management Model Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2009.046.051, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Tech Science Press, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 51-75, 2009

192. Three-dimensional reconstruction and characterization of human external shapes from two-dimensional images using volumetric methods Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255840903251288, Volume 13, Issue 12, pp. 359-369, June 2010

193. Matching Contours in Images through the use of Curvature, Distance to Centroid and Global Optimization with Order-Preserving Constraint Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2009.043.091, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Tech Science Press, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 91-110, 2009

194. Segmentation Methods for Human Motion Analysis from Image Sequences Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCES, ISSN: 1933-2815, Tech Science Press, DOI: 10.3970/icces.2009.010.003, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 3-4, 2009

195. Segmentation and Simulation of Objects Represented in Images using Physical Principles Patrícia C.T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ICCES, ISSN: 1933-2815, Tech Science Press, DOI: 10.3970/icces.2009.009.203, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 203-204, 2009

196. New system based on image processing and analysis techniques for Vickers and Brunel hardness semi-automatic measurement Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, Tarique da Silvira Cavalcante, Pedro Pedrosa Rebouças Filho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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ICCES, ISSN: 1933-2815, Tech Science Press, DOI: 10.3970/icces.2009.009.023, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 23-24, 2009

197. Phase Transformations Evaluation on a UNS S31803 Duplex Stainless Steel based on Nondestructive Testing Edgard de Macedo Silva, Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, Josinaldo Pereira Leite, Antonio Carlos Gomes Varela, Elineudo Pinho de Moura, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Materials Science and Engineering: A, ISSN: 0921-5093, Elsevier, 516(1- 2): 126-130, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2009.03.004, 2009

198. A Review of Algorithms for Medical Image Segmentation and their Applications to the Female Pelvic Cavity Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, T. Mascarenhas Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255840903131878, Volume 13, Issue 2, pp. 235-246, April 2010

199. Introduction of Human Perception in Visualization Dulclerci Sternadt Alexandre, João Manuel R. S. Tavares International Journal of Imaging, ISSN: 0974-0627, CESER Publications, Volume 4, Number A10, pp. 60-70, 2010

200. Editorial: Signal Processing in Advanced Nondestructive Materials Inspection João Manuel RS Tavares, João Marcos A Rebello EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, ISSN: 1687-6180, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, DOI: 10.1155/2010/954623, Volume 2010, Article ID 954623, 2 pp., 2010

201. Editorial: Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel RS Tavares, RM Natal Jorge EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, ISSN: 1687-6180, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, DOI: 10.1155/2010/287929, Volume 2010, Article ID 287929, 1 pp., 2010

202. Brinell and Vickers Hardness Measurement using Image Processing and Analysis Techniques Pedro Pedrosa Rebouças Filho, Tarique da Silveira Cavalcante, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ISSN: 0090-3973, ASTM, DOI: 10.1520/JTE102220, Volume 38, Issue 1, pp. 88-94, January 2010

203. Evaluation of Multilayer Perceptron and Self-Organizing Map Neural Network Topologies applied on Microstructure Segmentation from Metallographic Images Victor Hugo C. Albuquerque, Auzuir Ripardo de Alexandria, Paulo César Cortez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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NDT & E International, ISSN: 0963-8695, Elsevier, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 644-651, October 2009, DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.05.002

204. Respiratory movements cause significant misregistration and altered SUVs in thoracic PET-CT studies with 18F-DG D. Faria, J. Patrina, A. Sevilla, J. Tavares, L. Ribeiro, D. Sousa, J. Oliveira, J. Vale, D. C. Costa European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, ISSN: 1619-7070 (print) - 1619-7089 (online), Springer, Vol. 35, Sup. 2 / October, 2008, pp. S213-S214

205. Application of MRI and Biomedical Engineering in Speech Production Study S. R. Ventura, D. R. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1025-5842 (print) - 1476-8259 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10255840902865633, Volume 12, Issue 6, December 2009, pp. 671-681

206. Methods to Automatically Build Point Distribution Models for Objects like Hand Palms and Faces Represented in Images Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2008.036.213, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Tech Science Press, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 213-241, 2008

207. Quantification of the microstructures of hypoeutectic white cast iron using mathematical morphology and an artificial neural network Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Paulo César Cortez International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties, ISSN: 1741-8410 (print) - ISSN: 1741-8429 (online), Inderscience Publishers, DOI: 10.1504/IJMMP.2010.032501, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 52-64, 2010

208. Calibration of bi-planar radiography with a minimal-size calibration object Daniel C. Moura, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ana M. Reis International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, ISSN: 1861-6410 (print) - ISSN: 1861-6429 (Online), Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, DOI 10.1007/s11548-008-0206-9, Vol. 3, Sup. 1 / June 2008, pp. S352-S353

209. Delamination Analysis of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates: Evaluation of a Special Step Drill António T. Marques, Luís M. Durão, António G. Magalhães, João Francisco Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Composites Science and Technology, ISSN: 0266-3538, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.01.025, Volume 69, Issue 14, pp. 2376-2382, November 2009

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210. Computer Analysis of Objects’ Movement in Image Sequences: Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Fernando J. S. Carvalho, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Ilda M. Sá Reis, Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, Raquel R. Pinho, Zhen Ma International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, ISSN: 0973-6778, Serials Publications, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 209-220, July- December 2009

211. Emparelhamento de Contornos em Imagens usando Informação de Curvatura e Optimização baseada em Programação Dinâmica (Matching Contours in Images using Curvature Information and Optimization based on Dynamic Programming) F. P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IEEE Latin America Transactions, ISSN: 1548-0992, DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2009.5419369, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 703-712, December 2009

212. Segmentation and Simulation of Objects Represented in Images using Physical Principles Patrícia C.T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2008.032.045, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Tech Science Press, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 45-55, 2008

213. Algorithm of dynamic programming for optimization of the global matching between two contours defined by ordered points Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI: 10.3970/cmes.2008.031.001, ISSN: 1526-1492 (print) - 1526-1506 (online), Tech Science Press, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1-11, 2008

214. Optimization of the global matching between two contours defined by ordered points using an algorithm based on dynamic programming Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of Computer Science, ISSN: 1807-4545, Vol. 7, Nº 2, pp. 12-20, June 2008

215. A New Solution for Automatic Microstructures Analysis from Images Based on a Backpropagation Artificial Neural Network Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Paulo C. Cortez, Auzuir R. de Alexandria, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, ISSN: 1058-9759 (print) - 7-2671 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/10589750802258986, Vol. 23, Nº 4, pp. 273-283, 2008

216. Analyzing objects in images for estimating the delamination influence on load carrying capacity of composite laminates Luís Miguel Durão, António G. Magalhães, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, A. Torres Marques

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Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis, ISSN: 1577- 5097, CVC Press, Vol. 7, Nº 2, pp. 11-21, June 2008

217. External Anatomical Shapes Reconstruction from Turntable Image Sequences using a Single off-the-shelf Camera Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis), ISSN: 1577- 5097, CVC Press, Vol. 7, Nº 2, pp. 22-34, June 2008

218. Acquisition and Analysis of 3D Mandibular Movement using a Device based on Electromagnetic Sensors and a Neural Network Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Manuel P. F. Paulo Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, ISSN: 0309-1902 (print) - 1464-522X (online), Informa Healthcare, Vol. 33, No. 6, August 2009, pp. 437-441, DOI: 10.1080/09593980902886354

219. A GUI for a Software that Analyses a Composite Bolted Joint Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares e-Minds: International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction, ISSN: 1697-9613 (print) - 1887-3022 (online), Human-Communication and Interaction Research Group, Vol. I, No. 4, pp. 25-41, 2008

220. A Prototype for the Acquisition and Analysis of the 3D Mandibular Movement Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Mendes, Manuel P. F. Paulo Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, ISSN: 1559-2332, Online ISSN: 1559-713X, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 136, Summer 2007

221. Efficient Approximation of the Mahalanobis Distance for Tracking with the Kalman Filter Pinho, R. R., Tavares, J. M. R. S, Correia, M. F. V. International Journal of Simulation Modelling, ISSN: 1726-4529, Vol. 6, N. 2, DAAAM International Vienna, pp. 84-92, June 2007

222. A prototype system for acquisition and analysis of 3D mandibular movement Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Mendes, Manuel P. F. Paulo International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, ISSN: 1569- 1713 (Print) - 1573-8841 (Online), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s10999-008- 9066-2, Vol. 4, N. 2, pp. 173-180, June 2008

223. An Improved Management Model for Tracking Missing Features in Computer Vision Long Image Sequences Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel F.P.V. Correia WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications, ISSN: 1790-0832, Issue 1, Vol. 4, pp. 196-203, January 2007

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224. An Improved Management Model for Tracking Missing Features in Computer Vision Long Image Sequences Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel F.P.V. Correia WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications, ISSN: 1790-0832, Issue 11, Vol. 3, pp. 2165-2171, November 2006

225. Damage analysis of carbon/epoxy plates after drilling Luís Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, António Gonçalves de Magalhães, António Torres Marques, António Paulo M. Baptista International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, ISSN: 1741- 5209 (Online) - 0268-1900 (Print), Inderscience Publishers, Vol. 32, Nos. 2/3, 2008, pp. 226-242

226. Matching of Objects Nodal Points Improvement using Optimization Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, ISSN: 1741-5977 (print) - 1741-5985 (online), Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/17415970600573767, Vol. 14, No. 5, July 2006, pp. 529-541

227. Objects Matching using Optimization Techniques Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IEEE Latin America Transactions, ISSN: 1548-0992, DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2005.1642404, Vol.: 3, Issue: 2, April 2005

228. Temporal Estimation of the Deformation between Objects by a Physical Methodology João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Raquel R. Pinho Journal of Computer Science, ISSN: 1807-4545, Vol. 4, Nº 1, pp. 9-18, March 2005

229. Control a 2-Axis Servomechanism by Gesture Recognition using a Generic WebCam João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ricardo Ferreira, Francisco Freitas International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, DOI: 10.5772/5803, ISSN: 1729-8814 (Online) - 1729-8806 (Print), InTech, March 2005, Vol. 2, Nº 1, pp. 039-044

230. Improvement of Modal Matching Image Objects in Dynamic Pedobarography using Optimization Techniques João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luísa Ferreira Bastos Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis, ISSN: 1577- 5097, CVC Press, Vol. 5, Nº 3, pp. 1-20, March 2005

231. Técnicas Base para Aquisição de Informação Tridimensional sem Contacto: Uma Descrição Cândida Pinto Coelho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Electrónica de Sistemas de Informação, ISSN: 1677-3071, Vol. 02, Nº 01, July 2003

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232. Objects Matching Improvement using Optimization Techniques in a Geometric Modal Methodology Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Journal of WSCG, ISBN: 1213-6972, Vol. 12, pp. 13-16, UNION Agency - Science Press, February 2004

233. Análise de Movimento Não Rígido em Visão por Computador João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J. Barbosa, A. Jorge Padilha Revista Electrónica de Sistemas de Informação, ISSN: 1677-3071, Vol. 01, Nº 01, November 2002

234. Apresentação de um Banco de Desenvolvimento e Ensaio para Objectos Deformáveis João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J. Barbosa, A. Jorge Padilha Revista Electrónica de Sistemas de Informação, ISSN: 1677-3071, Vol. 01, Nº 01, November 2002

National Journals:

1. Análise da Distribuição de Tensões em Implantes Angulados de Diferentes Comprimentos Joana Xavier, Tiago Borges, Marco Marques, Marco Parente, Ricardo Faria-Almeida, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial, ISSN: 1646-2890, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.rpemd.2016.10.055, Vol. 57, Sup. 1, pp. 22-23, December 2016

2. Diabetes Mellitus: a need for an insulin delivery device for teens Lucas Renato Tescke, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Isa C. T. Santos DAPesquisa, DOI: 10.5965/1808312911152016147, ISSN: 1808-3129, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil, v. 11, n. 15, pp. 147- 163, 2016

3. Moving Mesh for the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Frederico S. de Oliveira, Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira, Mauricio Kischinhevsky, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Sistemas de Informação, ISSN: 1983-5604, Faculdade Salesiana Maria Auxiliadora, Brazil, n. 11, pp. 11-16, Jan-Jul 2013

4. Morfometria do trato vocal por ressonância magnética: simulação de padrões patológicos articulatórios Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, Isabel Maria A. P. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Saúde & Tecnologia, ISSN: 1646-9704, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa (ESTeSL), #T2, pp. e19-e28, June 2014

5. Caracterização de lesões de pele em imagens digitais a partir da máquina de vetor de suporte

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Roberta Barbosa Oliveira, Rodrigo Capobianco Guido, Norian Marranghello, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ricardo Baccaro Rossetti, Aledir Silveira Pereira Interciência & Sociedade – Revista Eletrônica, Faculdade Municipal Professor Franco Montoro, Brazil, ISSN: 2236-0548 (print) - 2238-1295 (online), Volume 2, Ano 1, pp. 83-94, 2012

6. Ferramenta computacional para análise de imagens de ensaios mecânicos de dureza Pedro P. Rebouças Filho, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Tarique da Silveira Cavalcante, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Tecnologia, Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil, ISSN: 0101-8191, Vol. 33, n. 2, pp. 145-155, 2012

7. Avaliação de ferramentas para a furação de laminados L. M. P. Durão, D. J. S. Gonçalves, V.H.C. de Albuquerque, J.M.R.S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 22, pp. 133-142, 2013

8. Avaliação de ferramentas na furação de laminados compósitos D. J. S. Goncalves, L. M. P. Durão, V.H.C. de Albuquerque, J.M.R.S. Tavares, A. M. Baptista Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais, ISSN: 0870-8312, Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Vol. 23, n.º 1/2, pp. 109-113, 2011

9. Método para reconhecimento de íris baseado na sua região interna Jonathan G. Rogéri, Aledir S. Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Alex F. Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Eletrônica Scientia FAER, ISSN: 2176-7890, Faculdade Ernesto Riscali, Brazil, Year 2, Volume 2, pp. 64-71, 2010

10. Alinhamento computacional de imagens de pedobarografia estática e dinâmica Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Saúde em pé, Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, nº 21, pp. 10-11, June 2010

11. Utilização da Imagem por Ressonância Magnética nos Estudos sobre a Produção da Fala Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, Isabel Maria A. P. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Linguística : Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto, Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto, ISSN: 1646-6195, Vol. 5, No 1, pp. 175-189, 2010

12. Sistema Computacional para Determinação da Taxa de Diluição em Soldadura Pedro Pedrosa R. Filho, Tarique da Silveira Cavalcante, Victor Hugo C. de

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Albuquerque, Cleiton Carvalho da Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, Vol 18, pp. 55-61, 2010

13. Ensaio Experimental baseado em Ultra-som para obtenção da Constante Elástica de uma Liga com Memória de Forma Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Danniel Ferreira de Oliveira, Rodinei Medeiros Gomes, Tadeu Antonio de Azevedo Melo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, Vol 18, pp. 93-96, 2010

14. Processamento e Análise de Imagem em Biomecânica João Manuel R. S. Tavares Saúde em pé, Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, nº 12, pp. 8-14, March 2008

15. Detecção de Faces em Imagens baseada na Identificação da Pele e dos Olhos Fernando J. S. Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Tékhne - Revista de Estudos Politécnicos, ISSN: 1645-9911, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Vol. VI, N. 9, pp. 245-266, June 2008

16. Utilização de Algoritmos de Processamento e Análise de Imagem na Avaliação do Dano em Placas Compósitas L. M. P. Durão, A. G. Magalhães, A. T. Marques, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Tékhne - Revista de Estudos Politécnicos, ISSN: 1645-9911, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Vol. VI, N. 9, pp. 267-280, June 2008

17. Influência dos Parâmetros de Maquinagem no Dano de Placas Compósitas L. M. P. Durão, A. G. Magalhães, A. T. Marques, J. M. R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, Vol. 16, pp. 45-54, 2009

18. Desenvolvimento de uma Plataforma Computacional para Obtenção da Forma 3D de Objectos usando Técnicas de Visão Activa Teresa Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. Vaz Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 12, 2006, pp. 121/128

19. Obtenção de Informação 3D a Partir de Movimento de Câmara: Calibração, Detecção e Simplificação de Entidades, Seguimento Temporal, Triangulação João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental da Associação Portuguesa de Análise

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Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 17, pp. 87-99, 2009

20. Estudo da Influência da Pré-Furação no Dano em Laminados Carbono/Epóxido L. M. Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, A. Torres Marques, A. Gonçalves Magalhães, M. Freitas Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 15, pp. 73-81, 2008

21. Comando de um Servomecanismo usando Visão Computacional Ricardo Ferreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Francisco Freitas Revista Robótica, ISSN: 0874-9019, Publindústria, No. 54, pp. 16-19, March 2004

22. Simulação Física da Transformação entre Objectos através da Resolução da Equação Dinâmica de Equilíbrio em Imagens Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 9, 2003

23. Utilização de Modelação Física e Técnicas de Optimização na Determinação de Correspondências entre Nodos de Objectos no Espaço Modal Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 9, 2003

24. Introdução às Técnicas para Levantamento de Forma Tridimensional Sem Contacto Cândida Pinto Coelho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Revista Mecânica Experimental, Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), ISSN: 1646-7078, nº 9, 2003

International Conferences:

1. Semi-automatic segmentation of both lumens in aortic dissection ct images Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Jan D'Hooge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems) (ECCM 6) and the 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7), Glasgow, UK, June 11-15, 2018

2. Comparing P, PD, PI and PDI controllers in controlling a Brain Computer Interface for clinical application Daniel Nogueira, Victor Hugo de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in

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Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

3. Human Recognition and Classification Based on Gait Analysis Using Depth Sensors João Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

4. An herbivorous artificial life based model for image segmentation Alex Araujo, Christos Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

5. A new computational solution to compute the uptake index from 99mTc- MDP bone scintigraphy images Vânia Araújo, Diogo Faria, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

6. A two-stage classification approach for the identification of calcified components in atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid artery in Computed Tomography Angiography images Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

7. Discovering time-consuming snippets in a medical image segmentation algorithm Carlos A.S. J. Gulo, Antonio C. Sementille, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

8. Automatic atlas-based brain regional 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake quantification Jessica C. Delmoral, Diogo Faria, Durval C. Costa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

9. Segmentation of Skin in dermatoscopic images using SuperPixels combined with Complex Networks Andre Pilastri, João Papa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in

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Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018

10. Development of an atrial phantom model for planning and training of inter-atrial interventions Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Fernando Veloso, Jan D'Hooge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2018 - 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering e 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 27th-30th, 2018

11. Recent advances in the interventional planning stage of the transseptal puncture Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Jan D’hooge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIII) & 2nd Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (PANACM II), New York, USA, July 22-27, 2018

12. Semi-automatic segmentation of the left ventricular wall in computed tomographic images Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Jan D’hooge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2018 World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB2018), Dublin, Ireland, 8-12 July 2018

13. PET/MRI technique role in Alzheimer disease Domingos Vieira, Ricardo Vardasca, João Manuel R.S. Tavares EANM'17 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-017-3822-1, pp. S506, Vienna, Austria, October 21 - 25, 2017

14. Automatic segmentation of the lumen in magnetic resonance images of the carotid artery Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, pp. 92-101, Porto, Portugal, October 18-20, 2017

15. Pattern Recognition in Macroscopic and Dermoscopic Images for Skin Lesion Diagnosis Roberta B. Oliveira, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, pp. 504-514, Porto, Portugal, October 18-20, 2017

16. Effects of high-fat diet on bone quality of ovariectomized rats Gabriela R. Yanagihara, Roberta Carminati Shimano, Ana Paula Macedo, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Antônio C. Shimano 44th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress (ECTS 2017), DOI:

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10.1007/s00223-017-0267-2, Calcified Tissue International, Volume 100, Supplement 1, pp. S53, Salzburg, Austria, 13-16 May 2017

17. PET-MRI in Neuroimaging: technique role in Alzheimer Disease Domingos Vieira, Ricardo Vardasca, João Manuel R.S. Tavares PSMR 2017 - 6th PET-MRI and SPECT-MRI Conference, 6 pag., Lisbon, Portugal, 29-31 May 2017

18. Segmentation of atherosclerotic plaques in MR carotid artery image Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 14th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM14), 2 pag., Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 17-20, 2017

19. Influence of high-fat diet on bone properties of rats Gabriela Yanagihara, Roberta Shimano, Antônio Shimano, João Manuel R.S. Tavares The 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 1 pag., University of Seville, Seville, Spain, July 2-5, 2017

20. Automatic identification of fossa ovalis in computed tomography imaging Pedro Morais, João L. Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Alberto Marchi, Jan D’hooge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Cognitive Computing in Medicine (COCOMED) workshop, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 9-13 January 2017

21. Segmentation of Skin Lesion Images based on an Active Contour Model Roberta B. Oliveira, Norian Marranghello, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMN 2017, 1 pag., Valencia, Spain, 3-5 July 2017

22. Effect of reconstruction processing methods and analysis in the quantification of brain spect studies with DaTSCAN™ Diogo Faria, Joana Vale, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, José Manuel Oliveira, Durval Costa 1st European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP 2016), Athens, Greece, 1-4 September 2016

23. River sediment yield classification using remote sensing imagery R. J. Pisani, K.A.P. Costa, G. Rosa, D. Pereira, J. P. Papa, J.M.R.S. Tavares 9th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PRRS-9- 2016), DOI: 10.1109/PRRS.2016.7867014, 6 pag., IEEE, Cancun, Mexico, 04 December 2016

24. Exploring the users’ experience in healthcare services Rita Rodrigues, Rita Coelho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 4ª CIDAG - 4ª Conferência Internacional em Design e Artes Gráficas, Barcelona, Spain, 26-28 October 2016

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25. Generation of Anatomical Models for Biomechanical Simulation of Transseptal Puncture Pedro Morais, João Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Jan D’hooge, João Tavares The 14th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, pp. 193, Tel Aviv, Israel, 20-22 September 2016

26. Modelling the gait of healthy and post-stroke individuals Morgana Afonso, Andreia Sousa, João Tavares ESB 2016 - 22nd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 1 pag., Cité des Congrès of Lyon, 10-13 July 2016

27. Automated Analysis of Histological Images by Computational Algorithms Frederico Junqueira, Augusto M. R. Faustino, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) and the 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI), 1 pag., Seoul, Korea, July 24-29, 2016

28. Stress distribution around angled implants with different lenghts: an in vitro analysis Joana Xavier, Tiago Borges, Marco Parente, Ricardo Faria-Almeida, João Manuel R.S. Tavares IV International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, June 21-23, 2016

29. Diabetes mellitus: a necessidade de um dispositivo de administração de insulina para crianças e adolescents Lucas Renato Tescke, Isa C.T. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares IV International Conference on Design, Engineering, Management for innovation, 11 pag., Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, 7-10 October 2015

30. Thermal Infrared Image Processing to Assess Heat Generated by Magnetic Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia Applications Raquel O. Rodrigues, Helder T. Gomes, Rui Lima, Adrián M.T. Silva, Pedro J.S. Rodrigues, Pedro B. Tavares, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISVC'15 - 11th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISBN: 978-3-319-27856-8, pp. 25-34, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December 14- 16, 2015

31. Users’ emotions and experience in healthcare services Rita Susana Quesado Rodrigues, João Manuel R. S. Tavares UD15: Periphery and Promise 4th Phd in Design Research Forum, ISBN: 978-989-98284-3-8, pp. 60-66, University of Porto, Portugal, 19-20 October, 2015

32. Computational Framework for Biomechanical Analysis of Tennis Players António Filipe N. Gomes, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE 2015 - Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical

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Engineering 2015, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1849.9042, 1 pag., Montreal, Canada, September 1-5, 2015

33. Novel Image Processing Pipeline for Dermoscopic Images Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.5084.1441, 1 pag., Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, July 26-30, 2015

34. Analysis of Static and Dynamic Imaging Datasets based on Computational Methods of Image Registration: A Perspective Overview João Manuel R. S. Tavares 21st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2015), ISBN: 978-80-01-05777-3, pag. 550, Prague, Czech Republic, July 5 - 8 2015

35. Computer-aided recognition of the fossa ovalis in cardiac CT datasets Pedro Morais, Daniel Barbosa, Jan D’hooge, João L. Vilaça, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2015, ISBN: 978-989-99410-1-4, pag. 15, 1 pag., Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, 29 June - 2 July 2015

36. IGRAFBIOTENIST – Interface gráfica de monitorização biomecânica de tenistas António Filipe N. Gomes, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2015, ISBN: 978-989-99410-1-4, pag. 16, 9 pag., Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, 29 June - 2 July 2015

37. Damage Assessment in Composite Laminates – A Fractal Approach Jorge M.P. Silva, João Matos, Stella Abreu, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luís M. P. Durão 6th International Conference on MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DESIGN (M2D'2015), ISBN: 978-989-98832-3-9, 2 pag., Ponta Delgada/Azores, Portugal, 26-30 July 2015

38. Analysis of Biomedical Images based on Automated Methods of Image Registration João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISVC'14 - 10th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISSN: 0302-9743, LNCS 8887, Springer, pp. 21-30, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December 8-10, 2014

39. Analysis of Medical Images by Computational Methods: Algorithms and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares 12th International Medical Scientific Conference for Students and Young

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Doctors, ISBN: 978-954-756-159-2, pag. 13, Medical University – Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria, October 8-11, 2014

40. Dynamic Simulation of Human Motion João Ferreira Nunes, Luís Paulo Reis, Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ESM'2014 - 28th European Simulation and Modelling Conference, ISBN: 978-90-77381-86-1, pp. 395-397, FEUP - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 22-24, 2014

41. Segmentation of Skin Lesions using Level Set Method Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 4th CompIMAGE - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications conference, Pittsburgh, USA, September 3-5, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-319-09993-4, Springer, pp. 228- 233

42. The user's emotions and experience problem: Guidelines to support the development of new institutions centered on users’ emotions and experiences Rita Rodrigues, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 4th MIT Portugal Program Conference - New Frontiers for a Sustainable Prosperity, Coimbra, Portugal, June 27th, 2014

43. Biomedical Image Analysis based on Computational Registration Methods João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 2014 Joint National PhD Conference in Medical Imaging and MedViz Conference, ISSN: 978-82-998920-4-9 (Online) - 978-82-998920-3-2 (Print), pp. 22-24, Grand Terminus Hotel, Bergen, Norway, June 17-18, 2014

44. Image Processing on Magnetic Resonance Images of Female Pelvic Cavity using Deformable Models João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, Zhen Ma 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, 1 pag., Boston, MA, USA, July 6- 11, 2014

45. Features selection for the classification of skin lesions from images Roberta Barbosa Oliveira, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM V) and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), Barcelona, Spain, 20-25 July 2014

46. A deformable model to segment skin lesions on dermoscopic images Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM V) and 6th

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European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), Barcelona, Spain, 20-25 July 2014

47. On the Training of Artificial Neural Networks with Radial Basis Function Using Optimum-Path Forest Clustering Gustavo H. Rosa, Kelton A. P. Costa, Leandro A. Passos Júnior, João P. Papa, Alexandre X. Falcão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICRP 2014), ISSN: 1051-4651, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/ICPR.2014.262, pp. 1472-1477, Stockholm, Sweden, 24-28 August 2014

48. Variants of the Marching Cubes algorithm Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 1 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

49. Applications of computer image registration techniques on nuclear medicine images Raquel S. Alves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

50. A selective filter to smooth ultrasound images Alex F. de Araujo, Christos E. Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

51. Human Motion Segmentation using Active Shape Models Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 1 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

52. Computational tools for signal processing of human gait André M. Carvalho, Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

53. Aberrant Crypt Foci Segmentation using Computational Vision Luís Filipe Ribeiro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 3 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

54. Automated approach for the segmentation of the incus and malleus middle ear bones in 3D CT images

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Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

55. 3D Vocal tract reconstruction using magnetic resonance imaging data to study fricative consonants production Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

56. Alignment of Plantar Pressure Image Sequences Pedro N. S. Gomes, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 1 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

57. Building of a Representative Plantar Pressure Image Sequence Pedro N. S. Gomes, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 1 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

58. A Survey on Human Motion Analysis and Simulation Tools João Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

59. Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Animal Tissues in Histological Images Liliana Azevedo, Augusto M. R. Faustino, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 1 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

60. Current Trends of Segmentation Algorithms for Skin Lesions Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

61. Relationship between ground reaction forces during walkingand physical activity in postmenopause women João Fonseca, Ronaldo Gabriel, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Florbela Aragão, Adriana Leite, José Aurélio Faria, Maria Helena Moreira ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and

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Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 2 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

62. Parallelization in GPGPU of an image smoothing method based on a variational model Carlos A. S. J. Gulo, Henrique F. de Arruda, Antonio C. Sementille, Alex F. de Araujo, Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, 4 pag., Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013

63. Registration of Static and Dynamic Biomedical Image João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2013 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBE2013), 1 pag., Beijing, China, June 14-16, 2013

64. Use of a webcam for movement detection W.R.S. Silva, N.C. Pereti, J.G. Rogeri, A.S. Pereira, N. Marranghello, A. F. Araújo, João M. R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2013 - IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-1-138- 00081-0, e-ISBN: 978-1-135-81292-2, CRC Press, pp. 219-222, Melia Madeira Mare Hotel, Madeira Island, Funchal, Portugal, October 14-16, 2013

65. A selective denoising method to remove speckle noise Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Christos E. Constantinou VipIMAGE 2013 - IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-1-138- 00081-0, e-ISBN: 978-1-135-81292-2, CRC Press, pp. 111-113, Melia Madeira Mare Hotel, Madeira Island, Funchal, Portugal, October 14-16, 2013

66. Carotid artery bifurcation modelling from patient CT angiography and ultrasound technics A. Santos, J. Tavares, L. Sousa, C. Castro, C. António, R. Santos, P. Castro, E. Azevedo 18th Meeting of European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics and 3rd Meeting of Cerebral Autoregulation Network (CARNet), Porto, Portugal, 24-27 May 2013

67. Computer simulation of the cardiovascular system A. Santos, L. Sousa, J. Tavares, R. Santos , P. Castro, E. Azevedo 18th Meeting of European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics and 3rd Meeting of Cerebral Autoregulation Network (CARNet), Porto, Portugal, 24-27 May 2013

68. Selection of Image Features based on a Wrapper Model for the Classification of Skin Lesions Roberta Barbosa Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Aledir Silveira

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Pereira 12th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, 2 pag., Raleigh, North Carolina, July 22-25, 2013

69. Spatio-Temporal Registration of Plantar Pressure Image Sequences Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Carolina S. D. Tábuas, Pedro N. S. Gomes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 12th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, 1 pag., Raleigh, North Carolina, July 22-25, 2013

70. Drilling damage in composite material Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Jorge Filipe S. Marques, Óscar N.G. Andrade IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites, DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1244.7522, 1 pag., São Miguel, Azores, September 25-27, 2013

71. Sensing Bluetooth Mobility Data: Potentials and Applications João Filgueiras, Rosaldo JF Rossetti, Zafeiris Kokkinogenis, Michel Ferreira, Marco Paiva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Gabriel 16th annual meeting of Euro Working Group on Transportation, 12 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, September 4-6, 2013

72. A method to automatically segment the internal ear structures in CT images Ana Ferreira, Francisco Oliveira, Fernanda Gentil, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IRF2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure, ISBN: 978-972-8826-25-3, INEGI, pp. 437-438, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, June 23-27, 2013

73. Automatic segmentation of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images André M.F. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Elsa Azevedo, Luísa Sousa IRF2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure, ISBN: 978-972-8826-25-3, INEGI, pp. 467-468, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, June 23-27, 2013

74. Automated spatio-temporal alignment of plantar pressure image sequences Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2013 - 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-615-79003-9, 2 pag., Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3-7, 2013

75. Computational Registration of Biomedical Data Towards More Effective Image Analysis João Manuel R. S. Tavares UTAustin | Portugal Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Physiological Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, December 6-8, 2012

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76. Detection of the carotid artery lumen and bifurcation contours in ultrasound B-mode images André M.F. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Luísa Sousa, Rosa Santos, Pedro Castro, Elsa Azevedo Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2013, 1 pag., 25-28 June 2013, Bilbao, Spain

77. Three-dimensional visualization of teeth by magnetic resonance imaging during speech Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares II International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, December 7-8, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-138-00131-2, CRC Press, pp. 13-17

78. Automatic segmentation of the lumen of the carotid artery in ultrasound B- mode images André M.F. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Luísa Sousa, Rosa Santos, Pedro Castro, Elsa Azevedo SPIE Medical Imaging 2013, Proc. SPIE 8670, DOI: 10.1117/12.2007259, 16 pag., Disney's Coronado Springs Resort Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States, 9-14 February 2013

79. A dedicated methodology for the development of new medical technologies Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ICMPBE 2012 - The 2012 International Conference on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Qingdao, China, September 8-9, 2012

80. Desired features for a novel stent-graft Isa C.T. Santos, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares ICMPBE 2012 - The 2012 International Conference on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Qingdao, China, September 8-9, 2012

81. Product development methodologies: the case of medical devices Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 3rd MIT Portugal Program Conference: Excellence in Engineering for Innovation in Global Markets, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, May 28-29, 2012

82. A New Image Dataset on Human Interactions Wenjuan Gong, Jordi Gonzàlez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, F. Xavier Roca AMDO 2012 - VII Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, ISBN: 978-3-642-31566-4, pp. 204-209, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, July 11-13, 2012

83. Speeding Up Optimum-Path Forest Training by Path-cost Propagation Adriana S. Iwashita, João P. Papa, Alexandre X. Falcão, Roberto A.

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Lotufo, Victor M. de Araujo, Victor H. Costa de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012), ISBN: 978-4-9906441-0-9, pp. 1233-1236, IEEE, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, November 11-15, 2012

84. A review of segmentation algorithms for ear image data Ana Ferreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Fernanda Gentil CISTI 2012 - 7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, ISBN: 978-989-96247-6-4, pp. 963-968, Madrid, Spain, 20- 23 June 2012

85. Caracterização de Textura em Imagens de Lesões de Pele por Máquina de Vetor de Suporte Roberta B. Oliveira, Carlos Roberto D. Caldas Júnior, Aledir S. Pereira, Rodrigo C. Guido, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ricardo B. Rossetti CISTI 2012 - 7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, ISBN: 978-989-96247-6-4, 2 pag., Madrid, Spain, 20-23 June 2012

86. Computer simulation of the carotid artery A. Santos, L. Sousa, J. Tavares, R. Santos, P. Castro, E. Azevedo 17th Meeting European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics, 1 pag., Venice, Italy, May 17-20, 2012

87. Biomedical Imaging Registration – Trends and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares 4th Congress of BioSoft (BioSoft-2012), pp. 10, Beijing, China, March, 23-25, 2012

88. Computational Methods of Motion Tracking for Bio-imaging: a Survey about Stochastic Methods Alexandre R.F. Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2012 - 10th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 April 2012

89. Novel image enhancement method based on an artificial life model Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012), ISBN: 978-85-86686-69-6, 1 pag., São Paulo, Brazil, 8-13 July 2012

90. Extraction of skin lesions contours using anisotropic diffusion and active contour model without edges Roberta Barbosa Oliveira, Alex F. de Araujo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Norian Marranghello, Ricardo Baccaro Rossetti 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012), DOI: 10.5151/10.5151/meceng-wccm2012-19246, ISBN: 2358-0828, pp. 3219- 3236, São Paulo, Brazil, 8-13 July 2012

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91. Reconstruction of 3D Structural Models for Carotid Lumen based on B- mode images Jorge M. S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012), ISBN: 978-85-86686-69-6, 1 pag., São Paulo, Brazil, 8-13 July 2012

92. Stapedotomy-hough technique to correct otosclerosis Fernanda Gentil, Marco Parente, Pedro Martins, Carolina Garbe, Eurico Almeida, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge The 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB2012), 1 pag., Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-4, 2012

93. Segmentation and 3D reconstruction of female pelvic organs and muscles from T2-weighted magnetic resonance images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB2012), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), 1 pag., Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-4, 2012

94. Recent methods for plantar pressure image registration Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB2012), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), 1 pag., Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-4, 2012

95. COP displacement reliability in medial-lateral direction in postmenopausal women Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Carolina Tábuas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ronaldo Gabriel, Marco Monteiro, Helena Moreira, Aurélio Faria The 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB2012), 1 pag., Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-4, 2012

96. An artificial life model for image enhancement Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, ISBN: 978-972-8826-26-0, 2 pag., Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 22-27 July 2012

97. Automatic segmentation algorithm for the lumen of the carotid artery in ultrasound B-mode images André M.F. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Luísa Sousa, Rosa Santos, Pedro Castro, Elsa Azevedo ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, ISBN: 978-972-8826-26-0, 20 pag., Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 22-27 July 2012

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98. Characterisation of S185 steel under monotonic loading by a feature tracking method João Pereira, Abílio de Jesus, José Xavier, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, ISBN: 978-972-8826-26-0, 15 pag., Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 22-27 July 2012

99. Damage evaluation of drilled carbon/epoxy laminates based on area assessment methods Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves International Conference on Mechanics of Nano, Micro and Macro Composite Structures, 2 pag., Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 18-20 June 2012

100. Myringosclerosis and Otosclerosis – Their Effects in the Stapes Footplate Fernanda Gentil, Carolina Garbe, Marco Parente, Pedro Martins, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato N. Jorge 8th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference – ESMC2012, ISBN 978- 3-85125-223-1, 2 pag., Graz University of Technology, Austria, July 9-13, 2012

101. Image-based damage evaluation in drilled carbon/epoxy laminates Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo Albuquerque, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves 8th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference – ESMC2012, ISBN 978- 3-85125-223-1, 2 pag., Graz University of Technology, Austria, July 9-13, 2012

102. Evolution of the cost-effectiveness of Endovascular and Open Surgical Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel RS Tavares 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference, 1 pag., Minneapolis, MN, USA, April 10-12, 2012

103. An Ontology Model for the Medical Device Development Process in Europe Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luis A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 1st International Conference on Design and PROcesses for MEdical Devices - PROMED 2012, ISBN: 978-88-6608-058-9, pp. 179-186, University of Brescia Padenghe sul Garda, Brescia, Italy, May 2-4, 2012

104. Development of Medical Devices: Advantages of a Methodic Approach Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares EUROPEAN IFMBE MBEC - 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, IFMBE

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Proceedings 37, pp. 1144-1147, ISBN: 978-3-642-23507-8, Springer, Budapest, Hungary, 14-18 September, 2011

105. Simple and Fast Shape Based Image Retrieval João Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 73-78

106. A Comparison between Segmentation Algorithms for Urinary Bladder on T2-weighted MR images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 371-376

107. Identification of Foliar Diseases in Cotton Crop A. A. Bernardes, J. G. Rogeri, N. Marranghello, A. S. Pereira, A.F. Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 193-197

108. Fast identification of individuals based on iris characteristics for biometric systems J.G. Rogeri, M.A. Pontes, A.S. Pereira, N. Marranghello, A.F. Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 183-187

109. Image Segmentation Algorithms and their use on Doppler Images Tatiana D. C. A. Silva, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 117-122

110. Image Segmentation Algorithms on Female Pelvic Ultrasound Images Patrícia F. Silva, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 111-116

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111. Computational algorithms for the segmentation of the human ear E.M. Barroso, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Fernanda Gentil VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 377-382

112. Automatic Segmentation of the Secondary Austenite-phase Island Precipitates in a Superduplex Stainless Steel Weld Metal Victor H. C. Albuquerque, Rodrigo Y. M. Nakamura, João P. Papa, Cleiton C. Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 161-166

113. Speech Articulation Assessment Using Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques S. R. Ventura, M. J. M. Vasconcelos, D. R. Freitas, I. M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415- 68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 225-231

114. Influência da posição na fadiga da musculatura do membro superior em tarefas repetitivas de engomar Ângela Fernandes, Camilo Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 343, 10 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

115. Desenvolvimento de dispositivos médicos: vantagens de uma metodologia dedicada Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 328, 6 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

116. Algoritmos de segmentação de imagem e sua aplicação em imagens do sistema cardiovascular Tatiana D. C. A. Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 202, 8 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

117. Segmentação de imagem médica: algoritmos para aplicação à cavidade pélvica feminina Patrícia F. Silva, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 329, 7 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

118. Delaminação na furação de laminados carbono/epóxido Luís Miguel P. Durão, Daniel J.S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, A. Monteiro Baptista CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 49, 9 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

119. Ferramenta de análise não destrutiva para obtenção de parâmetros microestruturais baseada em Visão Computacional Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Paulo Cesar Cortez, Pedro P. Rebouças Filho CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 497, 5 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

120. Segmentação das Microestruturas do Ferro Fundido Branco Hipoeutético baseado em Morfologia Matemática Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Paulo C. Cortez CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 496, 8 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

121. Influência de ciclagens térmicas na transformação de fase da liga CuAlBe Ieverton Caiandre A. Brito, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Rodinei M. Gomes, Tadeu Antonio A. Melo, João Manuel R.S. Tavares CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 498, 4 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

122. Percepção humana na visualização de grandes volumes de dados Leandro Filipe Oliveira Gomes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 201, 20 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

123. Algoritmos computacionais para segmentação de imagens do ouvido interno Elisa M. Barroso, Carolina Garbe, Fernanda Gentil, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, pp. 200, 9 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

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124. Bladder Wall Segmentation in MR Images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal M. Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 11th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, 1 pag., Minnesota, USA, July 25-29, 2011

125. Alignment of Dynamic Plantar Pressure Image Sequences Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 11th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, 1 pag., Minnesota, USA, July 25-29, 2011

126. A comparison of four algorithms in the alignment of plantar pressure images Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCES'11 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, 1 pag., Nanjing, China, April 18-21, 2011

127. Concept selection in the development of medical devices: the case of the smart stent-graft Isa C. T. Santos, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Design of Medical Devices Conference, Radisson University Hotel Minneapolis, MN, USA, April 12-14, 2011

128. Segmentation Methods for Human Motion Analysis from Image Sequences Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares colloquium 511 - Biomechanics of Human Motion, New Frontiers of Multibody, Techniques for Clinical Applications, pp. 19, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, March 9-12, 2011

129. Drilling delamination study on carbon reinforced laminates – tool and feed rate effects L.M.P. Durão, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, A. Aguiar Vieira, António Monteiro Baptista 16th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS/16), 2 pag., University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 June 2011

130. Drilling delamination outcomes on glass and hemp reinforced plastics L.M. Durão, Daniel J.S. Gonçalves, João Manuel .R.S. Tavares, Victor H.C. de Albuquerque, Túlio H. Panzera, Leandro J. Silva, A.A. Vieira, A. M. Baptista VI International Materials Symposium MATERIAIS 2011 (XV meeting of SPM – Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais), 6 pag., Guimarães, Portugal, 18-20 April 2011

131. Processamento de imagens aplicado ao gerencimento logístico do fluxo de insumos e informações em uma cooperativa agroindustrial Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011, pag. 415, 13 pag., Coimbra, Portugal, 14-17 June 2011

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132. Algoritmos de segmentação de imagem e sua aplicação em imagens do sistema cardiovascular Tatiana D. C. A. Silva, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011, pag. 406, 13 pag., Coimbra, Portugal, 14-17 June 2011

133. Métodos de segmentação de imagem para aplicação à cavidade pélvica feminina Patrícia F. Silva, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011, pag. 412, 11 pag., Coimbra, Portugal, 14-17 June 2011

134. Requisitos e condicionantes da imagem por ressonância magnética no estudo da fala humana Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, João Manuel Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011, pag. 418, 13 pag., Coimbra, Portugal, 14-17 June 2011

135. Estudo da delaminação associada à furação de compósitos reforçados com fibras de vidro e de sisal L.M. Durão, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Túlio H. Panzera, A. Aguiar Vieira, António Monteiro Baptista Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011, pag. 408, 14 pag., Coimbra, Portugal, 14-17 June 2011

136. Métodos de segmentação para modelação 3D do ouvido a partir de imagens Elisa M. Barroso, Carolina Garbe, Fernanda Gentil, Marco Parente, R. M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011, 15 pag., Coimbra, Portugal, 14-17 June 2011

137. Precipitates Segmentation from Scanning Electron Microscope Images through Machine Learning Techniques João P. Papa, Clayton R. Pereira, Victor H.C. de Albuquerque, Cleiton C. Silva, Alexandre X. Falcão, João Manuel R.S. Tavares IWCIA 2011 – International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, Madrid, Spain, 23-25 May 2011, pp. 456-468

138. A novel smart stent-graft Isa C. T. Santos, L.A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Biopharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, November 17th, 2010

139. Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images from Female Pelvic Cavity Zhen Ma, Renato Natal M. Jorge, T. Mascarenhas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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CompBioMed - 2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-9562914-1-7, pp. 305-308, Washington D.C., USA, 30th March - 1st April 2011

140. Registration of Plantar Pressure Images Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CompBioMed - 2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-9562914-1-7, pp. 282-285, Washington D.C., USA, 30th March - 1st April 2011

141. Technological, economic and social implications in the design of a stent-graft Isa Teixeira Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luis Rocha Ciência 2010, Centro de Congressos de Lisboa- Junqueira, Lisbon, Portugal, July 4-7, 2010

142. Technological, economic and social implications in the design of a stent-graft Isa Teixeira Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luis Rocha 2nd Annual MIT-Portugal Program Conference, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, September 28, 2010

143. A marcha humana: uma abordagem biomecânica A Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares I International Congress of Health Gaia-Porto, ISBN: 978-972-8688-69-1, pp. 46-54, Gaia, Portugal, September 23-25, 2010

144. Using Radiobiology Simulators for Evaluation of 99mTc Auger Electrons for Targeted Tumor Radioteraphy Adriana Alexandre S. Tavares, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203- 81659-2, Taylor and Francis, pp. 311-312

145. A new endoprosthesis with sensing capability Isa C.T. Santos, Alexandra Sepúlveda, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 1st International Conference on Applied Bionics and Biomechanics (ICABB-2010), 3 pag., Venice, Italy, October 14-16, 2010

146. Influence of an unstable shoe on compensatory postural adjustments: An experimental evaluation Andreia S. P. Sousa, Rui Macedo, Rubim Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203- 81659-2, Taylor and Francis, pp. 279-284

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147. Study of Pressure Sensors Placement using an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Model L.A. Rocha, A. Sepulveda, A.J. Pontes, J.C. Viana, Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203- 81659-2, Taylor and Francis, pp. 261-265

148. Development of a Flexible Pressure Sensor for Measurement of Endotension Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, A.T. Sepúlveda, A.J. Pontes, J.C. Viana, L.A. Rocha 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203- 81659-2, Taylor and Francis, pp. 89-94

149. A Possibility for Pos-EVAR Surveillance: a Novel Smart Stent-graft Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, L.A. Rocha, S. M. Sampaio, R. Roncon-Albuquerque 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203- 81659-2, Taylor and Francis, pp. 35-38

150. Segmentation and 3D reconstruction of the vocal tract from MR images – a comparative study S. R. Ventura, D. R. Freitas, I. M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203- 81659-2, Taylor and Francis, pp. 251-255

151. Activação e padrões de actividade muscular durante a marcha segundo diferentes velocidades Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso Internacional das Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Ilha Terceira, Azores, 29 April - 1 May 2010

152. Seeking for the ideal stent graft Isa C.T. Santos, Luís Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares AES-ATEMA’2010 (Dolomites, Italy) Int. Convention, ISBN: 978-0- 9780479 (CD-ROM) - 978-0-9866504-0-6 (Hard Copy), pp. 103-107, Brixen, Dolomites, Italy, July 19–23, 2010

153. Image Processing and Analysis: Applications and Trends João Manuel R. S. Tavares AES-ATEMA’2010 Fifth International Conference, ISBN: 978-0-

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9780479-7-9 (CD-ROM) - 978-0-9780479-9-3 (Hard Copy), pp. 27-41, Montreal & Quebec City, Canada, June 27-July 03, 2010

154. Modelling and Segmentation of the Vocal Track during Speech Production by using Deformable Models in Magnetic Resonance Images Maria Vasconcelos, Sandra Ventura, Diamantino Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6th World Congress on Biomechanics, pp. 538, Singapore Suntec Convention Centre, 1-6 August 2010

155. Shape Based Image Retrieval and Classification João Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CISTI’2010 - 5ª Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação, ISBN: 978-989-96247-3-3, pp. 433-438, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 16-19 June 2010

156. Segmentation of the Vocal Tract in Magnetic Resonance Images using Deformable Models Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCES'10 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, 28 March-1 - April 2010, Las Vegas, USA

157. Tracking moving objects in image sequences João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, June 21-23, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal

158. Segmentation of skin lesions by watershed using Mumford-Shah in the seeding process Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, June 21-23, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal

159. Segmentation of Organs and Structures in Female Pelvic Cavity Zhen Ma, Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, June 21-23, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal

160. Registration of pedobarographic data sets in frequency domain Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Todd C. Pataky, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, June 21-23, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal

161. Application of Optimum-Path Forest Classifier for Synthetic Material Porosity Segmentation Victor H. C. Albuquerque, João P. Papa, Alexandre X. Falcão, Pedro P. R. Filho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IWSSIP'10 - 17th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image

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Processing, ISBN: 978-85-228-0565-5, pp. 57-60, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17-19 June 2010

162. Segmentation of skin lesions using active contours initialized by region growing Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics (ECCM IV): Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, 2 pag., Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, 16-21 May 2010

163. 3D Modeling of Pelvic Organs and Pelvic Floor Muscles in Magnetic Resonance Images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal M. Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics (ECCM IV): Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, 2 pag., Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, 16-21 May 2010

164. Fast 3D reconstruction of the spine by non-expert users using a statistical articulated model Daniel C. Moura, Jonathan Boisvert, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Hubert Labelle 8th International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD) meeting, 2 pag., Montréal, Canada, 1-3 July 2010

165. Drilling process of composite laminates – a tool based analysis L. M. P. Durão, D. J. S. Gonçalves, J. M. R. S. Tavares, V. H. C. de Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques ECCM14 - European Conference on Composite Materials, ISBN: 978- 963-313-008-7, 10 pag., Budapest, Hungary, 7-10 June, 2010

166. Motion Tracking in Images based on Stochastic Filters and Optimization João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Raquel R. Pinho CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-9562121-3-9, Arup, 1 pag., Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010

167. Registration of Pedobarographic Images Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Todd C. Pataky, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-9562121-3-9, Arup, 6 pag., Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010

168. Method for iris recognition based on its internal region Jonathan G. Rogeri, Aledir S. Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Alex F. Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-9562121-3-9, Arup, 6 pag., Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010

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169. Nonlinear smoothing of skin lesions images driven by derivative filters Alex F. Araújo, Aledir S. Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Jonathan Rogéri, João Manuel R.S. Tavares CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, ISBN: 978-0-9562121-3-9, Arup, 6 pag., Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010

170. Fast Automatic Microstructural Segmentation of Ferrous Alloy Samples using Optimum-Path Forest João Paulo Papa, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Alexandre Xavier Falcão, João Manuel R.S. Tavares CompIMAGE'2010 Symposium - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Buffalo, NY, USA, May 5-7, 2010, pp. 210-220

171. Detecção de bordas em imagens de Ressonância Magnética por meio de Processamento de Imagens com Algoritmos Genéticos Lucas Sorano, Aledir S. Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Alex F. de Araujo, Tiago Tafari Catelam, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Acrísio J. do Nascimento Jr. 30° CILAMCE - 30th edition of the Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Armação de Búzios, RJ, Brazil, November 08 to 11, 2009, 11 pag.

172. Recorte circular de cenas computacionais aplicado na separação de íris humana Acrísio José do Nascimento Jr., Aledir S. Pereira, Alex F. de Araújo, Norian Marranghello, Jonathan Rogéri, C. A. M. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 30° CILAMCE - 30th edition of the Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Armação de Búzios, RJ, Brazil, November 08 to 11, 2009, 11 pag.

173. Estimativa automática para o número de iterações da difusão anisotrópica para pré-processamento de imagens digitais Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir S. Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Jonathan Rogéri, Acrísio José do Nascimento Jr., João Manuel R. S. Tavares 30° CILAMCE - 30th edition of the Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Armação de Búzios, RJ, Brazil, November 08 to 11, 2009, 11 pag.

174. Fast 3D Reconstruction of the Spine using User-Defined Splines and a Statistical Articulated Model Daniel C. Moura, Jonathan Boisvert, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISVC09 - 5th International Symposium on Visual Computing, November 30 - December 2, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 586-595

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175. Structural analysis and optimization in the design of a smart stent graft Isa Teixeira Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luis Rocha 1st Annual MIT-Portugal Program Conference: Engineering for Better Jobs, Centro Cultural de Belèm (CCB), Lisboa, Portugal, July 7, 2009

176. Tool geometry evaluation for carbon reinforced composite laminates L.M.P. Durão, D.J.S. Gonçalves, J.M.R.S. Tavares, V.H.C. de Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques COMATCOMP 2009 - V International Conference on Science and Technology of Composite Materials, ISBN: 978-84-692-5483-7, pp. 839- 842, 7 - 9 October 2009, San Sebastian, Spain

177. Comparative study of pelvic floor displacement in a woman with stress urinary incontinence using finite element method and magnetic resonance imaging Cristina Saleme, Thuane Roza, Teresa Mascarenhas, Joana Loureiro, Marco Parente, RM Natal Jorge, Marcos Pinotti, Agnaldo Filho, João Tavares ICS 2009 - 39th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS), San Francisco, USA, 29 September - 03 October 2009, 2 pag.

178. Comparison between Kalman and Unscented Kalman Filters in Tracking Applications of Computational Vision Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 299-304

179. A versatile matching algorithm based on dynamic programming with circular order preserving Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Todd C. Pataky VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 269-274

180. Geometric analysis of female pelvic floor muscles by using manual segmentation T.H. Da Roza, R. Natal Jorge, M. Parente, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, C. Saleme, M.P. Barbosa, A.L.S. Filho, T. Mascarenhas, J. Loureiro VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 257-260

181. A Novel Method to Segment the Levator Ani Muscles in MR Images Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October

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2009, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 279-284

182. Semi-automatic quantification of the epicardial fat in CT images Bruno Figueiredo, Jorge G. Barbosa, Nuno Bettencourt, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 247-250

183. An analysis on segmentation methods for skin lesions Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Tiago Dócusse, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Taylor and Francis, pp. 183-188

184. Microstructural characterization of carbon steels using ultrasonic velocity measurements Vera Lúcia de Araújo Freitas, Antonio Almeida Silva, Edgard de Macedo Silva, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares COBEM 2009 - International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, ABCM, 6 pag., Gramado-RS, Brazil, November 15-20, 2009

185. Numeric-Experimental Analysis of The Impact in Panels of Aluminium Elza Marisa P. de F. Chagas, Denilson Laudares Rodrigues, Ernani Sales Palma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IRF’2009 – Integrity - Reliability - Failure Challenges and Opportunities, Third International Conference, pp. 477-478, 4 pag., ISBN: 978-972-8826- 22-2 (Book) - 978-972-8826-21-5 (CD), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, July 20-24, 2009

186. Critical Information Search: development of an Air Traffic Control Simulator Hugo Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IRF’2009 – Integrity - Reliability - Failure Challenges and Opportunities, Third International Conference, pp. 229-230, 2 pag., ISBN: 978-972-8826- 22-2 (Book) - 978-972-8826-21-5 (CD), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, July 20-24, 2009

187. Drilling Composite Laminates with a Laser Nd:Yag - Delamination Damage Assessment Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, Victor Hugo Costa Albuquerque, Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 15th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS15), 2 pag., Porto, Portugal, June 15-17, 2009

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188. Tool Geometry Evaluation for Carbon Reinforced Composite Laminates Luís Miguel P. Durão, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo Costa Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques 15th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS15), 2 pag., Porto, Portugal, June 15-17, 2009

189. Analysis of the Crack Growth Behavior in a Double Cantilever Beam Adhesive Fracture Test using Digital Image Processing Techniques V. Richter-Trummer, E. A. Marques, F. J. P. Chaves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, L. F. M. da Silva, P. M. S. T. de Castro 7th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference – ESMC2009, pp. 223- 224, ISBN: 978-989-96264-2-3, APMTAC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-11, 2009

190. Stochastic Tracking in Image Sequences Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 10th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 16 - 19 2009

191. 3D Reconstruction of External Anatomical Structures from Image Sequences Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz 10th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 16 - 19 2009

192. Development of 3D Models of Pelvic Floor Muscles Based on Deformable Models Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato N. Jorge 10th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 16 - 19 2009

193. 3D Models of Pelvic Floor Muscles Developed by Manual Segmentation to FEM Cristina S Saleme, Renato N Jorge, Marcos P Barbosa, Marco Parente, Agnaldo L S Filho, Thuane Roza, João Manuel RS Tavares, Teresa Mascarenhas 10th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 16 - 19 2009

194. Evaluation of Tools and Cutting Conditions on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, Luís Miguel P. Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo Costa Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications (THERMEC’2009), 6 pag., August 25-29, 2009, Technical University- Berlin, Germany

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195. A computer analysis of structures in image sequences: methods and applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares Mathematical Aspects of Imaging, Modeling and Visualization in Multiscale Biology, March 31 - April 4, 2009, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

196. Alignment of Image Data based on Geometric Information and Optimization Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Mathematical Aspects of Imaging, Modeling and Visualization in Multiscale Biology, March 31 - April 4, 2009, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

197. Drilling of carbon fibre reinforced laminates – a study Luís M. P. Durão, Daniel J. S. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor H. C. Albuquerque, A. Torres Marques, A. M. Baptista V International Materials Symposium MATERIAIS 2009 (XIV meeting of SPM - Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais), 6 pag., 5-8 April 2009, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

198. Maquinagem não Convencional sobre Placas Compósitas Albuquerque, V.H.C., Durão, L.M.P., Tavares, João Manuel R. S. II Jornadas Luso-Brasileira de Ensino e Tecnologia em Engenharia – JLBE 2009, ISBN: 978-972-8953-32-4, pag. 682, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 10-13 February 2009

199. Analysis of Tongue Shape and Motion in Speech Production using Statistical Modeling Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Sandra M. Ventura, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas SEECCM 2009 - 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ISBN: 978-960-254-683-3, pag. 96, 8 pag., 22-24 June 2009, Island of Rhodes, Greece

200. Measurement of welding dilution from images using active contours Pedro Pedrosa Rebouças Filho, Tarique da Silveira Cavalcante, Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Paulo César Cortez SEECCM 2009 - 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ISBN: 978-960-254-683-3, pag. 94, 7 pag., 22-24 June 2009, Island of Rhodes, Greece

201. Método de Segmentação de Objectos em Imagens Baseado em Contornos Activos e Algoritmo Genético Elza Marisa Paiva de Figueiredo Chagas, Denilson Laudares Rodrigues, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2009, ISBN: 978-84- 96736-66-5, pag. 491, 16 pag., 29 June - 2 July 2009, Barcelona, Spain

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202. Obtenção da Forma 3D de Objectos Através de Métodos Volumétricos Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2009, ISBN: 978-84- 96736-66-5, pag. 492, 8 pag., 29 June - 2 July 2009, Barcelona, Spain

203. Aplicação de técnicas de Processamento e Análise de Imagem na análise automática da quantidade e do tamanho do grão em imagens metalográficas Tarique da S. Cavalcante, P. P. Rebouças Filho, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2009, ISBN: 978-84- 96736-66-5, pag. 483, 9 pag., 29 June - 2 July 2009, Barcelona, Spain

204. A review on the current segmentation algorithms for medical images Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge 1st International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP), ISBN: 978-989-8111-68-5, INSTICC Press, pp. 135-140, 5- 8 February 2009, Lisboa, Portugal

205. Magnetic resonance imaging of the vocal tract: techniques and applications Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 1st International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP), ISBN: 978-989-8111-68-5, INSTICC Press, pp. 105-110, 5- 8 February 2009, Lisboa, Portugal (Best paper award)

206. Segmentation Methods for Human Motion Analysis from Image Sequences Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCES'09 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, ISBN-10: 0-9717880-9-X, ISBN-13: 978-0- 9717880-9-1, Tech Science Press, pp. 141-142, 8-13 April 2009, Phuket, Thailand ICCES, ISSN: 1933-2815, Tech Science Press, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 3-4, 2009

207. Segmentation and Simulation of Objects Represented in Images using Physical Principles Patrícia C.T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ICCES'09 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, ISBN-10: 0-9717880-9-X, ISBN-13: 978-0- 9717880-9-1, Tech Science Press, pp. 94-95, 8-13 April 2009, Phuket, Thailand

208. New system based on image processing and analysis techniques for Vickers and Brunel hardness semi-automatic measurement Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, Tarique da Silvira Cavalcante, Pedro Pedrosa Rebouças Filho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCES'09 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental

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Engineering & Sciences, ISBN-10: 0-9717880-9-X, ISBN-13: 978-0- 9717880-9-1, Tech Science Press, pp. 1-1, 8-13 April 2009, Phuket, Thailand ICCES, ISSN: 1933-2815, Tech Science Press, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 23-24, 2009

209. Calibration of Bi-planar Radiography with a Rangefinder and a Small Calibration Object Daniel C. Moura, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ana M. Reis ISVC08 - 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing, December 1-3, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp. 572-581

210. Methodologies for Human Detection in Image Sequences Maria João M. Vasconcelos and João Manuel R. S. Tavares 3DMA-'08 - 10th Meeting of the technical group on '3D Analysis of Human Movement' of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2 pag., Santpoort-Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 28th - 31st, 2008

211. Respiratory movements cause significant misregistration and altered SUVs in thoracic PET-CT studies with 18F-DG D. Faria, J. Patrina, A. Sevilla, J. Tavares, L. Ribeiro, D. Sousa, J. Oliveira, J. Vale, D. C. Costa Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine - EANM'08, 1 pag., Munich, Germany, October 11-15, 2008

212. Damage assessment of Drilled Hybrid Composite Laminates Luís M. Durão, António G. Magalhães, António T. Marques, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ECCM-13 - 13th European Conference on Composite Materials, 10 pag., June 2 - 5, 2008, Stockholm, Sweden

213. Segmentation and Simulation of Objects in Pedobarography images using Physical Principles Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge Eurosis Euromedia 2008 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, ISBN: 978-90-77381-38-0, pp. 109-113, FEUP-University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 9-11 April, 2008

214. Calibration of bi-planar radiography with a minimal-size calibration object Daniel C. Moura, Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ana M. Reis CARS 2008 - Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 22nd International Congress and Exhibition, 1 pag., June 25-28, 2008 Barcelona, Spain

215. Evaluation of Delamination Damages on Composite Plates using Techniques of Image Processing and Analysis and a Backpropagation Artificial Neural Network

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Victor Hugo C. Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luís Miguel Pereira Durão EngOpt 2008 - International Conference on Engineering Optimization, ISBN: 978857650156-5, 8 pag., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1-5, 2008

216. Análise do Método de Calibração de Câmaras Proposto por Zhang Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8826- 20-8, 12 pag., Maputo, Mozambique, 2-4 September 2008

217. Segmentação de Faces em Imagens baseada na Detecção de Pele e dos Olhos Fernando J. S. Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8826- 20-8, 17 pag., Maputo, Mozambique, 2-4 September 2008

218. Segmentação e Simulação de Contornos em Imagens através de Processos Físicos Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8826- 20-8, 12 pag., Maputo, Mozambique, 2-4 September 2008

219. Medição Automática da Dureza Brinell utilizando Técnicas de Processamento e Análise de Imagem Victor Hugo C. Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Pedro Pedrosa R. Filho 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8826- 20-8, 8 pag., Maputo, Mozambique, 2-4 September 2008

220. Segmentation and Simulation of the Deformation of Objects Represented in Images using Physical Principles Patrícia C.T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ICCES08 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, ISBN-10: 0-9717880-5-7, ISBN-13: 978-0- 9717880-5-3, Tech Science Press, pp. 875-876, Honolulu, Hawaii, 17-22 March 2008

221. Quantification of the hipoeutectic withe cast iron microstructure from images using mathematical morphology and an artificial neural network Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Paulo C. Cortez ICCES08 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, ISBN-10: 0-9717880-5-7, ISBN-13: 978-0- 9717880-5-3, Tech Science Press, pp. 863-863, Honolulu, Hawaii, 17-22 March 2008

222. Algorithm of dynamic programming for optimization of the global matching between two contours defined by ordered points Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCES08 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental

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Engineering & Sciences, ISBN-10: 0-9717880-5-7, ISBN-13: 978-0- 9717880-5-3, Tech Science Press, pp. 861-862, Honolulu, Hawaii, 17-22 March 2008

223. An Introduction to the Level Set Methods and its Applications Ilda Marisa Sá Reis, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge 8th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), ISBN: 978-84-96736-55-9, 2 pag., Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008

224. Determination of objects contours using physical principles Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), ISBN: 978-84-96736-55-9, 2 pag., Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008

225. Photo-consistent object 3D reconstruction from images using a volumetric method Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz 8th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), ISBN: 978-84-96736-55-9, 2 pag., Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008

226. Segmentation of Structures in 2D Medical Images Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge 8th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), ISBN: 978-84-96736-55-9, 2 pag., Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008

227. Image Segmentation for Human Motion Analysis: Methods and Applications Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 8th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), ISBN: 978-84-96736-55-9, 2 pag., Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008

228. Volumetric Object Reconstruction using Generalized Voxel Coloring Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis 2008, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA, April 7-9, 2008 Image Analysis – From Theory and Applications, ISBN: 978-981-08- 0228-8, Research Publishing Services, pp. 135-144

229. 3D Reconstruction of External Anatomical Structures using Computer Vision

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João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Teresa C. S. Azevedo, Mário A. P. Vaz CMBBE 2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Porto, Portugal, 27th February-1st March 2008

230. Segmentation of Structures in Medical Images: Review and a New Computational Framework Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge CMBBE 2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Porto, Portugal, 27th February-1st March 2008

231. Human Motion Analysis: Methodologies and Applications Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE 2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Porto, Portugal, 27th February-1st March 2008

232. Using Physical Principles in the Segmentation of Objects Represented in Images Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge CMBBE 2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Porto, Portugal, 27th February-1st March 2008

233. Comparative Analysis between two Automatic Systems for Lungs Segmentation and Quantification from CT Images of Healthy Persons and Patients with COPD John Hebert da Silva Felix, Paulo César Cortez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, Marcelo Alcântara Holanda CMBBE 2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 7 pag., Porto, Portugal, 27th February-1st March 2008

234. Three-dimensional modeling of tongue during speech using MRI data Sandra Rua Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE 2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6 pag., Porto, Portugal, 27th February-1st March 2008

235. An Approach for Automatic Feature Extraction in Recognition and Diagnostic of Protozoan Parasites using Fuzzy Logical Elza Marisa Paiva de Figueiredo Chagas, Denilson Laudares Rodrigues, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Seventh IAPR International Workshop on Graphics Recognition - GREC 2007, ISBN: 978-84-935251-1-8, pp. 22-23, Grand Hotel Rayon, Curitiba, Brazil, September 20-21, 2007

236. Effect of Drilling Parameters on Composite Plates Damage L. M. P. Durão, A. G. Magalhães, A. T. Marques, João Manuel R. S.

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Tavares International Conference HSIMP 2007 - High Speed Industrial Manufacturing Processes, ISBN: 978-2-85400-812-X, 8 pag., Senlis, France, November 13-14, 2007

237. Tracking Features with Kalman Filtering, Global Optimization, Mahalanobis Distance and a Management Model Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia The ninth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM IX), pp. 80, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 22-26 2007

238. Volumetric 3D Reconstruction and Characterization of External Anatomical Structures from Images Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz The ninth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM IX), pp. 81-81, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 22-26 2007

239. 3D Volumetric Reconstruction and Characterization of Objects from Uncalibrated Images Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz The Seventh IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing - VIIP 2007, ISBN: 978-0-88986-692-8, ACTA Press, pp. 141-146, August 29 - 31, 2007, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

240. Aplicação de Princípios Físicos na Simulação da Deformação de Objectos em Imagens P. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R.N. Jorge CIBIM8 - 8º Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería Mecánica, 7 pag., 23- 25 October 2007, Cusco, Peru

241. Registration between Data from Visual Sensors and Force Platform in Gait Event Detection Daniela Sofia S. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia, Emília Mendes, António Veloso, Vera Silva, Filipa João ISHF2007 - The 3rd International Symposium on Measurement Analysis and Modeling of Human Function, ISBN: 978-972-735-145-9, pp. 331- 340, Cascais, Portugal, 14-16 June 2007

242. An Application of Hough Transform to Identify Breast Cancer in Images E.M.P.deF. Chagas, D. L. Rodrigues, J.M.R.S. Tavares, A.M. Reis, D. Miranda, R. Duarte VIPimage - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-0-415-45777-4, Taylor & Francis, pp. 363-368, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007

243. 3D reconstruction of pelvic floor for numerical simulation purpose Fátima Alexandre, Rania F. El Sayed, Teresa Mascarenhas, RM Natal Jorge, M.P. Parente, A. A. Fernandes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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VIPimage - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-0-415-45777-4, Taylor & Francis, pp. 359-362, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007

244. Matching contours in images using curvature information Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VIPimage - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-0-415-45777-4, Taylor & Francis, pp. 375-379, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007

245. Segmentation of objects in images using physical principles Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge VIPimage - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-0-415-45777-4, Taylor & Francis, pp. 329-334, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007

246. 3D Object Reconstruction from Uncalibrated Images using a Single Off-the-Shelf Camera Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz VIPimage - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-0-415-45777-4, Taylor & Francis, pp. 203-208, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007

247. Eye detection using a deformable template in static images Fernando Jorge Soares Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VIPimage - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, ISBN: 978-0-415-45777-4, Taylor & Francis, pp. 209-215, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007

248. Selecting Biomechanical Variables for Detect Gait Events using Computational Vision Daniela Sofia S. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel Velhote Correia, Emília Mendes, António Veloso, Vera Silva, Filipa João ICCB2007 – III International Congress on Computational Bioengineering, ISBN: 978-980-6939-10-36, pp. 291-296, 17-19 September 2007, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela

249. Building External Anatomical Structures from Images using a Single Off-The-Shelf Camera Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João M. R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz ICCB2007 – III International Congress on Computational Bioengineering, ISBN: 978-980-6939-10-36, pp. 339-344, 17-19 September 2007, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela

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250. Segmentação e Reconstrução 3D de Estruturas em Imagens Médicas: Comparação entre uma metodologia “automática” e uma outra “manual” Fátima Alexandre, R. Natal Jorge, João M.R.S. Tavares, Teresa Mascarenhas, Rania F. El Sayed, A.A. Fernandes, Fernanda Gentil, A.J.M. Ferreira Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMNE) / XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino-Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8953-16-4, pp. 531, 9 pag., FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 June 2007

251. Factores da Percepção Visual Humana na Visualização de Dados Dulclerci Sternadt Alexandre, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMNE) / XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino-Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8953-16-4, pp. 521, 13 pag., FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 June 2007

252. ESRIC – Extração, Segmentação e Reconhecimento da Íris a Partir do Centro da Pupila Edno José Bozoli Junior, Osvaldo Severino Junior, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMNE) / XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino-Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8953-16-4, pp. 520, 8 pag., FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 June 2007

253. SMCB: Metodologia para a Quantização de Cores em Imagens Faciais Marcelo Zaniboni, Osvaldo Severino Junior, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMNE) / XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino-Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8953-16-4, pp. 532, 9 pag., FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 June 2007

254. Segmentação de Objectos Representados um Imagens Segundo Princípios Físicos Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMNE) / XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino-Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, ISBN: 978-972-8953-16-4, pp. 530, 12 pag., FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 June 2007

255.Delamination Analysis of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates António T. Marques, Luís M. Durão, António G. Magalhães, João M. Tavares 16th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16), ISBN:978-4-931136-05-2, 10 pag., Kyoto, Japan, 8th-13th July 2007

256.A Prototype for the Acquisition and Analysis of the 3D Mandibular Movement Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Mendes, Manuel P.

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F. Paulo CompMed 2007 SSH Symposium on Computer Simulation in Medicine, 2 pag., May 16-18, Montreal, Canada

257.An Efficient and Robust Tracking System using Kalman Filter Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia VIPSI-2006 VENICE, Venice, Italy, October 12-15, 2006

258.Methodologies to Build Automatic Point Distribution Models for Faces Represented in Images Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN:-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 435-440

259.A Gait Analysis Laboratory for Motion Rehabilitation of Patients with Musculoskeletal Problems Daniela Sofia S. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel Velhote Correia, Jorge G. Barbosa, Emília Mendes CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN:-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 417-422

260.Reconstruction of 3D Models from Medical Images: Application to Female Pelvic Organs Soraia Pimenta, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, Fátima Alexandre, Teresa Mascarenhas, Rania F El Sayed CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN:-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 343-348

261.Physical Simulation using FEM, Modal Analysis and the Dynamic Equilibrium Equation Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 197-204

262.A System for the Acquisition and Analysis of the 3D Mandibular Movement to be used in Dental Medicine Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Mendes, Manuel P. F. Paulo CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 399-404

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263.Two Metodologies For Íris Detection And Location In Face Images Fernando Jorge Soares Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 129-134

264.External Anatomical Shapes Reconstruction from Turntable Image Sequences using a Single off-the-shelf Camera Teresa Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. Vaz CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 69-74

265.An Improved Management Model for Tracking Missing Features in Long Image Sequences Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20- 21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 349-354

266.Analyzing objects in images for estimating the delamination influence on load carrying capacity of composite laminates L. M. Durão, A. G. Magalhães, J. M. R. S. Tavares, A. T. Marques CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Hotel D. Luís, Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006, ISBN: 9780415433495, ISBN-10: 0415433495, Taylor & Francis, pp. 169-174

267.An Improved Management Model for Tracking Multiple Features in Long Image Sequences Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia The 6th WSEAS International Conference on Signal Processing, Computational Geometry & Artificial Vision (ISCGAV'06), Crete Island, Greece, August 18-20, 2006

268.The collection of Reuleaux models of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal: brief historical note and current status João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Manuel Vaz Guedes, Paulo M. S. T. de Castro Workshop on the History of Machines and Mechanisms, , Ithaca, New York, USA, September 8-10, 2006

269.Actividades Desenvolvidas e Perspectivas Futuras na área da Engenharia Biomédica João Manuel R. S. Tavares BioEng´ 2006 - 8ª Conferência Portuguesa de Engenharia Biomédica, 9-10 July 2006, Reitoria da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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270.Avaliação do Dano em Laminados Carbono/Epóxido após Furação Durão, L. M. P., Magalhães, A. G., Marques, A. T., Tavares, J. M. R. S. JLBE 2006 - I Jornada Luso-Brasileira de Ensino e Tecnologia em Engenharia, Centro de Eventos da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SUL, Porto Alegre – RS, Brazil, 28-31 August 2006

271.A System for Analysis of the 3D Mandibular Movement using Magnetic Sensors and Neuronal Networks Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Mendes, Manuel P. F. Paulo ICINCO 2006 - International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation & Robotics, Workshop Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing (ANNIIP), 1-5 August 2006, Setúbal, Portugal

272.A Prototype System for Acquisition and Analysis of the 3D Mandibular Movement Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Mendes, Manuel P. F. Paulo M2D - 5th International Conference on Mechanics & Materials in Design, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 24-26 July 2006

273.Comparison of Tool Effects on Hybrid Laminates after Drilling Luís Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, António Torres Marques, António Monteiro Baptista, António Gonçalves Magalhães, C. K. H. Dharan M2D - 5th International Conference on Mechanics & Materials in Design, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 24-26 July 2006

274.A Graphical User Interface for the FastComp Software Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Pedro P. C. Camanho M2D - 5th International Conference on Mechanics & Materials in Design, FEUP, Porto, Portugal 24-26 July 2006

275.Uma Interface de Parametrização e Visualização para o programa FastComp Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CISTI 2006 - Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação, 21-23 June 2006, Esposende, Portugal

276.Development of a computer platform for object 3D reconstruction using computer vision techniques Teresa Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. Vaz VISAPP 2006 - International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, 25-28 February 2006, Setúbal, Portugal

277.A Movement Tracking Management Model with Kalman Filtering, Global Optimization Techniques and Mahalanobis Distance

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Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia ICCMSE 2005 - International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, Loutraki, Korinthos, Greece, 21-26 October 2005, pp. 463-466

278.Automatic Modelling Image Represented Objects using a Statistic based Approach Maria João Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares EUROSIS 2005 European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Porto, Portugal, 24-26 October 2005

279.Human Movement Tracking and Analysis with Kalman Filtering and Global Optimization Techniques Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia ICCB2005 - II International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, September 14-16, 2005

280.Sobre a Geração de Malhas Tridimensionais para fins Computacionais a partir de Imagens Médicas N. Perdigão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J.A.C. Martins, E.B.Pires, R.M.N. Jorge Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2005, 4-7 July 2005, Granada, España

281.Seguimento de Objectos em Visão Computacional usando Métodos Estocásticos Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel F. P. V. Correia Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2005, 4-7 July 2005, Granada, España

282.Metodologias para identificação de faces em imagens: Introdução e exemplos de resultados Fernando Jorge Soares Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2005, 4-7 July 2005, Granada, España

283.Introdução aos modelos pontuais de distribuição e sua utilização na segmentação e reconhecimento de objectos em imagens Maria João Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2005, 4-7 July 2005, Granada, España

284.Obtenção da forma 3D de objectos usando uma metodologia de Reconstrução de Estruturas a partir de Movimento Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2005, 4-7 July 2005, Granada, España

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285.Dynamic Pedobarography Transitional Objects by Lagrange’s Equation with FEM, Modal Matching and Optimization Techniques Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICIAR 2004 – International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, September 29 - October 1, 2004, Porto, Portugal

286.Improvement of Modal Matching Image Objects in Dynamic Pedobarography using Optimization Techniques Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares AMDO 2004 - Third International Workshop on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 22-24 September 2004

287.A Physical Simulation of Objects’ Behaviour by Finite Element Method, Modal Matching and Dynamic Equilibrium Equation Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ICCAM 2004: 11th International Congress on Computational and Applied Mathematics, Lueven, Bélgica, July 26 - July 30 2004

288.Transitional Object’s Shape Simulation by Lagrange’s Equation and Finite Element Method Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares The IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling - ASM 2004, Rhodes, Greece, June 28-30 2004

289.Two Approaches for a Servomechanism Control System using Computer Vision João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ricardo Ferreira, Francisco Freitas ICINCO 2004 - 1st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation & Robotics, Setúbal, Portugal, 25-28 August 2004

290.Caracterização de Danos de Maquinagem em Placas Compósitas Luis Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, António Torres Marques, Manuel Freitas, António G. Magalhães CMCE 2004 - Congresso de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisboa, 31 May - 2 June 2004

291.Objects Matching Improvement using Optimization Techniques in a Geometric Modal Methodology Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares WSCG´2004 - 12-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision´2004, February 2 - 6, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic - WSCG POSTER proceedings, ISBN: 80-903100-6-0, Publisher: UNION Agency - Science Press, Plzen, Czech Republic

292.Matching of Objects Nodal Points Improvement using Optimization Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IPDO - Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2004

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293.Morphing of Image Represented Objects using a Physical Methodology Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares SAC 2004 - The 19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, March 14-17, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus

294.Resolution of the Dynamic Equilibrium Equation to Simulate Objects’ Movement/Deformation Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares BioEng’2003 - 7th Portuguese Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Universidade de Lisboa, June 2003

295.Optimization in Modal Matching for Correspondence of Objects Nodal Points Autores: Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares BioEng’2003 - 7th Portuguese Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Universidade de Lisboa, June 2003

296.Comando de um Servomecanismo por Linguagem Gestual Usando Visão Computacional Ricardo Ferreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Francisco Freitas VI Congresso Ibero-Americano de Engenharia Mecânica – Sessão Temática em Robótica e Automação Industrial, Universidade de Coimbra. October 2003

297.Método dos Elementos Finitos, Análise Modal e Técnicas de Optimização para a Determinação de Correspondências entre Objectos Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VI Congresso Ibero-Americano de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade de Coimbra, October 2003

298.Determinação da Energia de Deformação entre Imagens de Objectos Utilizando a Resolução da Equação de Lagrange Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VI Congresso Ibero-Americano de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade de Coimbra, October 2003

299.A Group Block Distribution Strategy for a Heterogeneous Machine J. Barbosa, J. Tavares, J. Padilha IASTED International Conference on Applied Informatics (AI2002), Áustria, February 2002

300.Self-Tuned Parallel Processing System for Heterogeneous Clusters J. Barbosa, J. Tavares, A.J. Padilha International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA, H. R. Arabnia (Ed.), CSREA Press, June 2001

301.Parallel Image Processing System on a Cluster of Personal Computers J. Barbosa, J. Tavares, J. Padilha VECPAR 2000 - 4th International Meeting on Vector and Parallel

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Processing, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 21-23 June 2000 (Best student paper award)

302.Linear Algebra Algorithms in a Heterogeneous Cluster of Personal Computers J. Barbosa, J. Tavares, J. Padilha HCW 2000 - 9th Heterogeneous Computing Workshop, Cancun, México, 1 May 2000, IEEE CS Press

303.Matching Image Objects in Dynamic Pedobarography João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J. Barbosa, A. Jorge Padilha RecPad 2000 - 11th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Porto, Portugal, 11-12 May 2000

304.Paralellisation of Active Contours Jorge G. Barbosa, João Manuel Tavares e A. Jorge Padilha RecPad’96 - 8th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Guimarães, Portugal, 21-22 March 1996

305.A New Approach for Merging Edge Line Segments João Manuel Tavares e A. Jorge Padilha RecPad’95 - 7th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Aveiro, Portugal, 23-24 March 1995

306.Matching Lines in Image Sequences with Geometric Constraints João Manuel Tavares e A. Jorge Padilha RecPad’95 - 7th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Aveiro, Portugal, 23-24 March 1995

National Conferences:

1. Segmentação Automática de Imagens com Ruído Speckle Alex F. de Araujo, Christos E. Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Submitted to Computacional (CNMAC 2018), IMECC/UNICAMP, Campinas - SP, Brazil, 17-21 September 2018

2. A low-cost system for the biomechanical analysis of tennis players António Gomes, Joaquim Mendes, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 8-9 of June, 2017

3. Attenuation Correction in Brain Positron Emission Tomography Studies Domingos Vieira, Ricardo Vardasca, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 8-9 of June, 2017

4. Preprocessing of Magnetic Resonance Images with Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Rafaela Pinto, Sandra Ventura, Vítor Silva, João Manuel R.S. Tavares

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2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 8-9 of June, 2017

5. Healthcare Signage Design: What do the users expect? Rita Rodrigues, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Rita Coelho 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 8-9 of June, 2017

6. Qualidade óssea de ratas wistar em crescimento alimentadas com ração hiperlipídica Gabriela Yanagihara, Roberta Shimano, Gabriel Gasparini, Brígida Brancaleon, Álvaro Penoni, Ana Paula Macedo, João Manuel Tavares, Antônio Carlos Shimano XXV edition of the Brazilian Congress of Biomedical Engineering (CBEB 2016), ISSN: 2359-3164, pp. 860-863, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, 17- 20 October 2016

7. Análise in vitro da distribuição de tensões em implantes angulados de diferentes comprimentos Joana Xavier, Tiago Borges, Marco Marques, Marco Parente, Ricardo Faria-Almeida, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 7º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (CNB2017), ISBN: 978-989-20- 7304-0, Pag. 297, 6 pag., Guimarães, Portugal, 10-11 February, 2017

8. Análise da Distribuição de Tensões em Implantes Angulados de Diferentes Comprimentos Joana Xavier, Tiago Borges, Marco Marques, Marco Parente, Ricardo Faria-Almeida, João Manuel R. S. Tavares XXXVI Congresso Anual SPEMD 2016, Porto, Portugal, October 7-8, 2016

9. Balance in single- and dual-task in Parkinson’s disease Ângela Fernandes, Ana Vitória, Augusto Ferreira, Rubim Santos, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 1st Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1270.3842, 4 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11th to 13th of June, 2015

10. Analysis of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT images based on computational image registration Raquel S. Alves, Diogo Borges Faria, Durval Campos Costa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), DOI: 10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088822, IEEE, 2 pag., Porto, Portugal, 26-28 February 2015

11. In silico comparasion of 11 different radioisotopes for palliative treatment of bone metastases F. Guerra Liberal, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, A. Tavares 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), DOI:

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10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088832, IEEE, 6 pag., Porto, Portugal, 26-28 February 2015

12. Sabiotenist – Sistema de Análise Biomecânica de Tenistas António Filipe N. Gomes, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6th Portuguese Congress on Biomechanics (CNB2015), DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3448.4004, ISBN: 9789728793746, pp. 121-122, Leiria, Portugal, 6-7 February 2015

13. Influência da “Dual-Task” nos Ajustes Posturais no “Sit-To-Stand-To-Sit” em Indivíduos com Doença de Parkinson Ângela Fernandes, Andreia Sousa, Nuno Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 6th Portuguese Congress on Biomechanics (CNB2015), DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4849.2325, ISBN: 9789728793746, pp. 93-94, Leiria, Portugal, 6-7 February 2015

14. Desenvolvimento de um dispositivo de administração de insulina para crianças diabéticas Lucas Renato Tescke, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Isa C. T. Santos 11º P&D Design - Congresso Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Design, DOI: 10.5151/designpro-ped-00219, ISSN: 2318-6968, pp. 2255-2272, Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 29 September - 2 October 2014

15. Análise de Imagens Biomédicas por Métodos Computacionais João Manuel R. S. Tavares Encontro Nacional da SPM (ENSPM14), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, 14-16 July 2014

16. Quantificação em estudos SPECT com 123I-FP-CIT – influência do método de reconstrução Diogo Borges Faria, Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Durval C. Costa XIV Congresso Nacional de Medicina Nuclear, Fundação Cupertino Miranda, Porto, Portugal, 5-7 December 2013

17. Quantificação em estudos SPECT com 123I-FP-CIT: determinação automática de índices de captação específica e análise dimensional das regiões de elevada captação Francisco P.M. Oliveira, Diogo Borges Faria, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Durval C. Costa XIV Congresso Nacional de Medicina Nuclear, Fundação Cupertino Miranda, Porto, Portugal, 5-7 December 2013

18. Relationship between ground reaction forces during gait and physical activity in postmenopause women João Fonseca, Ronaldo Gabriel, João Tavares, Florbela Aragão, Adriana

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Leite, Aurélio Faria, Helena Moreira 2nd Seminar on Biomechanics, Health and Sustainable Environment: Contributions to a Brand Quality - The Marcaduero Project, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, May 14, 2013

19. An Approach to Edge Detection in Images of Skin Lesions by Chan-Vese Model Roberta B. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Norian Marranghello, Aledir S. Pereira DSIE'13 - 8th Doctoral Symposium in Informatics Engineering, ISBN: 978-972-752-151-7, pp. 17-24, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 24th and 25th January, 2013

20. Distinção entre incidências numa mamografia Rita Filipa S. Teixeira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CNB2013 - 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989- 96276-3-5, pp. 625-630, Espinho, Portugal, 8-9 February 2013

21. Relação das forças reativas do apoio durante o caminhar e a atividade física em mulheres pós-menopáusicas João P.C. Fonseca, Ronaldo E.C.D. Gabriel, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Florbela R. Aragão, Adriana S. Leite, José Aurélio M. Faria, Maria Helena R. Moreira CNB2013 - 5º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989- 96276-3-5, pp. 33-37, Espinho, Portugal, 8-9 February 2013

22. Caracterização temporal da fase de apoio na marcha: participação muscular em sujeitos com Acidente Vascular Encefálico Luciana Ferraz, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Augusta Silva, Filipa Sousa, João R. S. Tavares, Rubim Santos V Jornadas de Fisioterapia da ESTSP, Vila Nova de Gaia, November 9-11, 2012

23. Sit-to-stand-to-sit em individuos com acidente vasculas encefálico vs saudáveis Luciana Ferraz, Augusta Silva, Andreia S. P. Sousa, Filipa Sousa, João R. S. Tavares, Rubim Santos V Jornadas de Fisioterapia da ESTSP, Vila Nova de Gaia, November 9-11, 2012

24. Uso de técnicas de paralelização em GPGPU e Multirresolução para a Suavização de Imagem Carlos ASJ Gulo, Antonio C. Sementille, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares SIBGRAPI 2012 - Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images, pp. 51- 52, August 22-25, 2012, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

25. Eco-Eficiência Produtiva: Qualidade Ambiental e Inovação Tecnológica Eduardo Miguel Talmasky, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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EMEPRO 2012 - VIII Encontro Mineiro de Engenharia de Produção, Itajubá, Brazil, 7-9 June 2012

26. Human Motion Analysis and Simulation Tools João Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares XX Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica (EPCG), 6 pag., Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 24-26 October 2012

27. Método de Suavização de Imagem baseado num Modelo Variacional Paralelizado em Arquitetura CUDA Carlos A. S. J. Gulo, Henrique F. de Arruda, Antonio C. Sementille, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CSBC 2012 - XXXII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, GPU Computing Developer Forum (CSBC 2012), ISSN: 2175-2761 / 9 772175 276009, 4 pag., Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, July 17-18, 2012

28. Classificação de Assimetria em Lesões de Pele por meio de Imagens usando Máquina de Vetor de Suporte Roberta B. Oliveira, Carlos R. D. Caldas Júnior, Rodrigo C. Guido, Norian Marranghello, Aledir S. Pereira, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ricardo B. Rossetti WVC 2012 - VIII Workshop de Visão Computacional, 6 pag., Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG, Goiânia-GO, Brasil, 27-30 May 2012

29. Extração de Características de Lesões de Pele a partir de Imagens Roberta B. Barbosa, Carlos Roberto D. Caldas Júnior, Aledir S. Pereira Norian Marranghello, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ricardo B. Rossetti 34º Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional (CNMAC2012), 2 pag., Centro de Convenções Hotel Majestic, Águas de Lindóia (SP), Brazil, September 17-21, 2012

30. Evolution of the cost-effectiveness of Endovascular vs. Open Surgical Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares 4th Annual Summit on Biomanufacturing, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, November 18th, 2011

31. Alinhamento de Imagem no Espaço e no Tempo para aplicações Biomédicas Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares III Jornadas de Bioengenharia, pp. 19-20, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Outubro 14-15, 2011

32. Automated Algorithm for Carotid Lumen Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction in B-mode images Jorge M. S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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RecPad 2011 - 17th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp. 40-41, Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, October 28, 2011

33. Análise de Objectos em Imagens: Técnicas e Aplicações João Manuel R. S. Tavares WVC 2011 - VII Workshop de Visão Computacional, ISSN: 2175-6120, 1 pag., Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, 22-25 May 2011

34. Uma metodologia híbrida para segmentação de lesões de pele Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Roberta Barbosa Oliveira, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Ricardo Baccaro Rossetti WVC 2011 - VII Workshop de Visão Computacional, ISSN: 2175-6120, pp. 173-178, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, 22- 25 May 2011

35. Influência da preparação metalográfica e das condições de aquisição das imagens na quantificação automática de fases secundárias Cleiton Carvalho Silva, Thiago Ivo de S. Menezes, Hélio Cordeiro de Miranda, Jesualdo Pereira Farias, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 66º Congresso da ABM - Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração, 12 pag., São Paulo, Brazil, 18-22 July 2011

36. Hybrid methodology to segment skin lesions based on active contour and region growing techniques Alex F. de Araujo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Ricardo Rossetti, João M. R. S. Tavares DSIE’11 - 6th Doctoral Symposium on Informatics Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 27/28 January 2011

37. Alinhamento de Imagens de Esclerose Múltipla Frederico L. Jacob, Ana Mafalda Reis, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 4º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (CNB2011), ISBN: 978-989- 97161-0-0, pp. 429-434, Coimbra, Portugal, 4-5 February 2011

38. Processamento e Análise de Imagem: Métodos e Aplicações João Manuel R. S. Tavares VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica (CONEM 2010), 1 pag., Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brasil, 18-21 de Agosto de 2010

39. Technological, economic and social implications in the design of a stent- graft Isa Teixeira Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Luis Rocha Ciência 2010, Centro de Congressos de Lisboa- Junqueira, Lisbon, Portugal, July 4-7, 2010

40. Avaliação da Delaminação após Furação em Compósitos Laminados L. M. P. Durão, D. J. S. Gonçalves, V.H.C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel

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R.S. Tavares Encontro Nacional de Materiais e Estruturas Compósitas (ECMEC2010), 6 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 6-8 September 2010

41. Alinhamento computacional de imagens de pedobarografia estática e dinâmica Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares V Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, 2 pag., Penafiel, Portugal, 30 de Abril - 1 de Maio de 2010

42. Segmentação de lesões de pele em imagens usando métodos de suavização anisotrópica, crescimento de regiões e contornos ativos Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CNMAC 2010 - 33º Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, ISSN: 1984-820X, pp. 71-72, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional (SBMAC), Águas de Lindóia-SP, Brazil, 20-23 September 2010

43. Processamento e Análise de Imagem em Engenharia Biomédica João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV Seminário de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 18-19 March 2010

44. Otoscópio Digital Joaquim Gabriel, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jorge Reis, José Soeira, Georgeta Oliveira e-saúde 2009 - encontro das tecnologias de informação na saúde, Museu do Oriente, Lisboa, Portugal, 25-26 June 2009

45. Determinar os limites de viewport circular a partir de uma função hashing Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, Acrísio José do Nascimento Júnior, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CNMAC 2009 - 32º Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional (SBMAC), ISSN: 1984-8218, pp. 244-245, Culabá-MT, Brazil, 8-11 September 2009

46. Segmentação automática de lesões de pele usando difusão anisotrópica e crescimento de regiões Alex F. de Araújo, Aledir Silveira Pereira, Norian Marranghello, João Manuel R.S. Tavares CNMAC 2009 - 32º Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional (SBMAC), ISSN: 1984-8218, pp. 1166-1172, Culabá-MT, Brasil, 8-11 September 2009

47. Avaliação de ferramentas para a furação de laminados L. M. P. Durão, D. J. S. Gonçalves, V.H.C. de Albuquerque, J.M.R.S.

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Tavares CNME2010 – Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, ISBN: 978- 972-8692-47-6, 10 pag., Guimarães, Portugal, 21-23 April 2010

48. Determinação das propriedades mecânicas do alumínio usando instrumentação por imagem Denilson L. Rodrigues, Elza M. P. de F. Chagas, Jánes Landre Júnior, José Rubens Carneiro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 64º Congresso Anual da ABM - Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais, 12 pag., Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil, 13-17 July 2009

49. Métodos de Segmentação de Imagem para Análise da Marcha Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 3º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989-96100-0-2, pp. 563-564, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 11-12 February 2009

50. Reconstrução Tridimensional de Estruturas Anatómicas Externas utilizando Métodos Volumétricos Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. P. Vaz 3º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989-96100-0-2, pp. 557-562, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 11-12 February 2009

51. Algoritmos para Alinhamento de Imagens Médicas: Princípios e Aplicação em Imagens de Esclerose Múltipla Frederico L. Jacob, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Ana Mafalda Reis 3º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989-96100-0-2, pp. 549-556, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 11-12 February 2009

52. Análise das forças de reacção ao solo e actividade electromiográfica do membro contra-lateral durante a fase de transição entre passos Andreia P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Filipa Sousa, Santos, R., Carvalho P., Emília Mendes 3º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989-96100-0-2, pp. 37-42, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 11-12 February 2009

53. Análise da marcha baseada numa correlação multifactorial Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Filipa Sousa, Emilia Mendes 3º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, ISBN: 978-989-96100-0-2, pp. 11-16, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 11-12 February 2009

54. Avaliação Computacional e Tecnológica Integrada do Desempenho e Funcionalidade de Cidadãos com Incapacidades Músculo-esqueléticas Jerónimo de Sousa, Miguel Velhote Correia, João Tavares, Jorge Barbosa, Emília Mendes, Cristina Crisóstomo, Daniela Sousa, Carolina Vila-Chã,

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João Neiva, Inês Campos, José Carlos Cruz XIV Jornadas de Ortopedia Infantil - Paralisia Cerebral-Conceitos Actuais, 1 pag., Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, 8-9 May 2008

55. Calibration of bi-planar radiography with minimal phantoms Daniel Moura, Jorge Barbosa, João Tavares, Ana Reis DSIE'08 - Doctoral Symposium on Informatics Engineering 2008, 10 pag., Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 7-8 February 2008

56. Computer Analysis of Objects’ Movement in Image Sequences: Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Fernando Jorge Soares Carvalho, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, Raquel R. Pinho DSM 2007 - Conferência Nacional de Dinâmica de Sistemas Multicorpo, ISBN: 978-989-20-0968-1, pp. 33-40, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 6-7 December 2007 (invited paper)

57. Detecção e Extracção de Características do Olho em Imagens usando um Modelo Protótipo Deformável Fernando J. Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares DSM 2007 - Conferência Nacional de Dinâmica de Sistemas Multicorpo, ISBN: 978-989-20-0968-1, pp. 303-307, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 6-7 December 2007

58. iD124 - ACTIDEF Avaliação Computacional e Tecnológica Integrada do Desempenho e Funcionalidade de Cidadãos com Incapacidades Músculo- Esqueléticas Emília Mendes, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Miguel Velhote Correia Inclusão Digital: Apresentação dos resultados dos projectos de I&D, Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento I.P., 4 pag., Escola Superior de Educação de Leiria, Portugal, 4 Abril 2007

59. Simulação da Deformação de Objectos em Imagens segundo Princípios Físicos Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, Raquel R. Pinho e João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2º Encontro Nacional de Biomecânica, pp. 405-410, ISBN: 978-972-8469- 64-1, Évora, Portugal, 8-9 February 2007

60. Obtenção da Forma Tridimensional de Estruturas Anatómicas Externas a Partir de Imagens Teresa C. S. Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares e Mário A. P. Vaz 2º Encontro Nacional de Biomecânica, pp. 393-398, ISBN: 978-972-8469- 64-1, Évora, Portugal, 8-9 February 2007

61. Análise Clínica da Marcha Exemplo de Aplicação em Laboratório de Movimento Daniela Sofia S. Sousa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel Velhote Correia, Emília Mendes

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2º Encontro Nacional de Biomecânica, pp. 131-136, ISBN: 978-972-8469- 64-1, Évora, Portugal, 8-9 February 2007

62. Actividades Desenvolvidas e Perspectivas Futuras na área da Engenharia Biomédica João Manuel R. S. Tavares BioEng´ 2006 - 8ª Conferência Portuguesa de Engenharia Biomédica, 9-10 July 2006, Reitoria da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

63. Desenvolvimento de um Sistema para Aquisição e Visualização do Movimento Mandibular Isa C. T. Santos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Manuel P. F. Paulo, Joaquim Mendes ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

64. Webquests – um instrumento didáctico inovador Joana Isadora Castro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

65. Princípios relacionados com a ergonomia de sistemas multimédia – uma sistematização possível Joana Isadora Castro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

66. Detecção e Extracção de Características do Olho Humano a partir de um Modelo Protótipo Deformável Fernando Jorge Soares Carvalho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

67. Visualização Científica aplicada à Imagiologia Magnética, Matéria Condensada, Oceanografia e Campos Eléctricos usando a biblioteca Computacional VTK Sandra Plecha, J.M. Teixeira, A.M. Pereira, Francisco Paulo M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jorge Manuel G. Barbosa ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

68. Uma metodologia física e estocástica no seguimento, emparelhamento e simulação de deformações em visão computacional Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel V. Correia ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

69. Modelação e Animação de um Motor a quatro tempos de um Aeromodelo Soraia A. O. Castro Pimenta, Alexandre Wragg Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joaquim Oliveira Fonseca

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ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

70. Delamination analysis after carbon/epoxy plate drilling L. M. P. Durão, A. G. Magalhães, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, A. Torres Marques ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

71. Determinação Automática dos Pontos-Chave de Objectos Representados em Imagens para Modelizaçâo Estatística Maria João Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

72. Apresentação de uma Plataforma Computacional para a Reconstrução e Caracterização da Forma 3D de Objectos Teresa Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. Vaz ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

73. Desenvolvimento de uma Interface Gráfica para a Ferramenta Computacional FastComp Patrícia C. T. Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Pedro P. C. Camanho ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005

74. Apresentação de uma Modelização Estatística de Objectos representados em Imagens Maria João Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares XII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados - JOCLAD 2005, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal, 20-23 April 2005

75. Desenvolvimento de uma Plataforma Computacional para Obtenção da Forma 3D de Objectos usando Técnicas de Visão Activa Teresa Azevedo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Mário A. Vaz 6º Encontro Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, 27-29 July 2005, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

76. Correspondência entre Pontos no Seguimento de Movimento em Imagens Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel F. Velhote Correia 6º Encontro Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, 27-29 July 2005, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

77. Avaliação do Dano na Furação de Laminados Carbono/Epóxido Luís Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, António Torres Marques, Miguel Fugueiredo, António Gonçalves Magalhães, M. Freitas 6º Encontro Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, 27-29 July 2005, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

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78. Modelos Pontuais de Distribuição em Visão Computacional M. J. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6º Encontro Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, 27-29 July 2005, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

79. Uma Abordagem para a Obtenção de Informação 3D a partir de Movimento de Câmara João Manuel R. S. Tavares 6º Encontro Nacional de Mecânica Experimental, 27-29 July 2005, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

80. Geração de modelos de malhas de elementos finitos a partir de imagens médicas 2D N. Perdigão, J. A. C. Martins, E. B. Pires, R. M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Encontro_1, Biomecânica, Martinchel, Abrantes, Portugal, 3-4 February 2005

81. Análise da Variabilidade das Zonas de Pressão Plantar e Efeitos Posturais: Implicações Biomecânicas dos Suportes Plantares José Carlos Cruz, Miguel V. Correia, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Encontro_1, Biomecânica, Martinchel, Abrantes, Portugal, 3-4 February 2005

82. Análise de Movimento Humano por Visão Computacional: Uma Síntese Raquel R. Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Miguel F. P. V. Correia Encontro_1, Biomecânica, Martinchel, Abrantes, Portugal, 3-4 February 2005

83. Emparelhamento, Estimativa e Quantificação das Deformações entre Objectos em Imagens de Pedobarografia Dinâmica João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Raquel R. Pinho Encontro_1, Biomecânica, Martinchel, Abrantes, Portugal, 3-4 February 2005

84. Estudo da Furação de Laminados Carbono/Epóxido com Diferentes Brocas Luís Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, António Torres Marques, António Gonçalves Magalhães, Miguel Figueiredo 4as Jornadas Politécnicas de Engenharia, Mecânica, Automóvel, Organização e Gestão Industrial, Energia e Ambiente, pp. 801-809, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-18 November 2004

85. Caracterização de Danos de Maquinagem em Placas Compósitas Luis Miguel Pereira Durão, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, António Torres Marques, Manuel Freitas, António G. Magalhães CMCE 2004 - Congresso de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisboa, 31 May - 2 June 2004

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86. Simulação Física da Transformação entre Objectos através da Resolução da Equação Dinâmica de Equilíbrio em Imagens Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra, January 2004

87. Introdução às Técnicas para Levantamento de Forma Tridimensional sem Contacto Cândida Pinto Coelho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra, January 2004

88. Calibração de Câmaras: Métodos Pin Hole e Tsai Cândida Pinto Coelho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra, January 2004

89. Um Sistema de Ferramentas de Processamento e Análise de Imagens de Moiré: Apresentação Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra, January 2004

90. Utilização de Modelação Física e Técnicas de Optimização na Determinação de Correspondências entre Nodos de Objectos no Espaço Modal Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra, January 2004

91. Resolução da Equação de Equilíbrio entre Imagens de Objectos Deformáveis Raquel Ramos Pinho, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VII Congresso de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional, Universidade de Évora, April 2003

92. Técnicas de Optimização na Determinação das Correspondências entre Objectos Deformáveis Luísa F. Bastos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares VII Congresso de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional, Universidade de Évora, April 2003

93. Determinação da Correspondência entre Modelos de Contorno e de Superfície, Utilizando Modelização por Elementos Finitos e Análise Modal, em Visão por Computador João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J. Barbosa, A. Jorge Padilha VI Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional, Aveiro, Portugal, 17-19 April 2000

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94. Determinação da Correspondência entre Objectos utilizando Modelação Física João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J. Barbosa, A. Jorge Padilha 9º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica, Marinha Grande, Portugal, 16-18 February 2000

95. Determinação da Correspondência entre Objectos, em Visão por Computador, Utilizando o Método dos Elementos Finitos e Análise Modal João Manuel R. S. Tavares, J. Barbosa, A. Jorge Padilha 4º Encontro Nacional do Colégio de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Lisboa, Portugal, 27-28 May 1999

Lectures:

1. Influência da dupla-tarefa no equilíbrio de indivíduos com Doença de Parkinson Ângela Fernandes, Tiago Coelho, Ana Vitória, A. Ferreira, Maria J Trigueiro, Rubim Santos, Nuno Rocha, Lia Fernandes, João M. R. Tavares Reunião Internacional da Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, March 30, 31 and April 1, 2017

2. Medical Imaging Processing and Analysis João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, December 7, 2017 (Invited Talk)

3. Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics: Algorithms & Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares Graduation Program in Biomedical Informatics and Post-Graduation Program in Health Sciences Applied to the Locomotive Apparatus, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, October 31, 2017 (Invited Talk)

4. Algorithms for Computational Vision in Biomedicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares OPEN DAY - Biomechanics and Medical Devices, Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Porto, Portugal, July 12, 2017

5. Image Analysis in Engineering and Biomedicine: Algorithms and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering - Symposium on Mechanical Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, June 8-9, 2017 (Plenary Lecture)

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6. Algorithms of Computational Vision in Biomedicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares BRAIN WEEK 2017 - Semana do Cérebro e da Neurorradiologia (BW´17), Aveiro, Esterreja, Sta Maria da Feira, Portugal, May 31 - June 6, 2017 (Invited Talk)

7. Image Segmentation in Biomedicine: Techniques, Results and their Assessment João Manuel R. S. Tavares Science, Research Integrity and Responsibility – exploring the case of visual representations, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal, May 29, 2017 (Invited Talk)

8. Image processing and analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares PhD Program in Physiotherapy - CIAFEL, Biomechanics 2016-17, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 24, 2017 (Plenary Lecture)

9. Methods and Techniques of Biomedical Image Analysis Towards More Competent CAD and VR Systems João Manuel R. S. Tavares VR EXPO 2017 Conference, Seoul, Korea, 9-10th March, 2017 (Invited Keynote)

10. Methods and Techniques of Computational Vision Towards More Competent CAD Systems João Manuel R. S. Tavares World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2017), London, UK, 15-16 February, 2017 (Plenary Lecture)

11. Medical Imaging Processing and Analysis João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, December 5, 2016 (Invited Talk)

12. Computational Analysis of Biomedical Images João Manuel R. S. Tavares Seminars in Biomedical Engineering, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering and Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 26, 2016 (Invited Talk)

13. Computational Image Analysis: Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 2016 International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and applications (FICTA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 16-17

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September 2016 (Plenary Lecture)

14. Towards Automated Bioimage Analysis: Algorithms & Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV Workshop on Bioengineering, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, 2-3 March 2016 (Invited Talk)

15. Medical Imaging Processing and Analysis João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, December 10, 2015 (Invited Talk)

16. Computational Analysis of Biomedical Images João Manuel R. S. Tavares Seminars in Biomedical Engineering, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering and Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3127.8565, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, September 30, 2015 (Invited Lecture)

17. Automated Analysis of Static and Dynamic Plantar Pressure Images João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE 2015 - Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 2015, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4297.2643, Montreal, Canada, September 1-5, 2015 (Invited Talk)

18. Image analysis and processing in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares PhD Program in Physiotherapy - CIAFEL, Biomechanics 2014-15, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 20, 2015 (Plenary Lecture)

19. Computational analysis of Images João Manuel R. S. Tavares Biomechanics applied to the oral prosthetic rehabilitation course - Experimental and numerical methods, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, January 16, 2015 (Invited Lecture)

20. Analysis of Medical Images based on Computational Methods of Image Registration João Manuel R. S. Tavares Cycle of lectures, 2nd cycle of studies in Medical Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 31, 2014 (Invited Lecture)

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21. Analysis of Medical Images by Computational Methods: Algorithms and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares 12th International Medical Scientific Conference for Students and Young Doctors, Medical University – Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria, October 8-11, 2014 (Plenary Lecture)

22. Analyses of objects in Images by Computer Vision: Techniques & Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares Johann Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, September 17, 2014 (Invited Lecture)

23. Analysis of biomedical images by computational methods João Manuel R. S. Tavares Encontro Nacional da SPM (ENSPM14), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, Portugal, 14-16 July 2014 (Invited Talk)

24. Applications of Computation Vision in Biomedicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares III Workshop on Bioengineering, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, 28-29 May 2014 (Invited Talk)

25. Engineering in Biomedicine: Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares FMUP Workshops, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 30 April 2014 (Invited Talk)

26. Biomedical Image Analysis based on Computational Registration Methods João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 2014 Joint National PhD Conference in Medical Imaging and MedViz Conference, Grand Terminus Hotel, Bergen, Norway, June 17-18, 2014 (Plenary Lecture)

27. Biomedical Image Analysis based on Computational Image Registration Methods João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2014 - 12th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 13-15, 2014 (Keynote)

28. Spatio-temporal Analysis of Biomedical Images based on Automated Methods of Image Registration João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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AMDO 2014 - VIII Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain, July 16-18, 2014 (Plenary Lecture)

29. Medical Imaging Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, December 9, 2013 (Invited Lecture)

30. Computational Vision Algorithms in Engineering and Medicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares ERI-MT 2013 – IV Escola Regional de Informática da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) - Regional Mato Grosso, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso – UNEMAT, Campus de Alto Araguaia, Brazil, November 04-08, 2013 (Plenary Lecture)

31. Registration of Static and Dynamic Biomedical Image João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2013 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBE2013), Beijing, China, June 14-16, 2013 (Plenary Lecture)

32. Towards more effective Medical Image Analysis based on Computational Image Registration Methods João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 3rd International Workshop on Standardization of 3D Based Medical Technologies, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, May 31, 2013 (Invited Talk)

33. Automated spatio-temporal alignment of plantar pressure image sequences Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2013 - 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3-7, 2013 (Invited Talk)

34. Imaging in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Course in Physiotherapy - CIAFEL, Biomechanics 2012-13, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 22, 2013 (Plenary Lecture)

35. Computational Analysis of Biomedical Images: Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares III Workshop on Biomechanics, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, March 20, 2013 (Plenary Lecture)

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36. Biomedical Image Analysis and Development of Medical Devices João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Course in Biomedical Engineering of the Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, January 22, 2013 (Invited Lecture)

37. Computational Analysis of Structures in Images João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, December 10, 2012 (Invited Lecture)

38. Computational Registration of Biomedical Data Towards More Effective Image Analysis João Manuel R. S. Tavares UTAustin | Portugal Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Physiological Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, December 6-8, 2012 (Plenary Lecture)

39. Analysis of Structures in Images and 3D Vision in Engineering and Medicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares XXI Congresso de Pós-Graduação, XXV Congresso de Iniciação Científica (CIUFLA) e VII Congresso de Extensão (CONEX) da UFLA - Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Ciclo de Palestras em Ciência da Computação, Minas Gerais, Brazil, November 26-30, 2012 (Invited Lecture)

40. Image Segmentation and Motion Tracking in Engineering and Medicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares XXI Congresso de Pós-Graduação, XXV Congresso de Iniciação Científica (CIUFLA) e VII Congresso de Extensão (CONEX) da UFLA - Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Ciclo de Palestras em Ciência da Computação, Minas Gerais, Brasil, Brazil, November 26-30, 2012 (Invited Lecture)

41. Biomedical Imaging Registration – Trends and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares 4th Congress of BioSoft (BioSoft-2012), Beijing, China, March, 23-25, 2012 (Invited Speaker)

42. Image processing in biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, January 9, 2012 (Invited Lecture)

43. Techniques for Image Segmentation, Quantification and 3D Reconstruction - Applications in Metabolic and Functional Imaging Diogo Faria, João Tavares, Durval C. Costa

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XIII National Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Cascais, Portugal, 25-27 November, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

44. Applications of Computer Vision in Biomedicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Bioengineering, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal, December 13-14, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

45. Developments in the areas of biomedical image analysis and biomedical devices João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Course in Biomedical Engineering of the Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, November 2, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

46. Spatio & Temporal Registration of Biomedical Images – Methods and Applications Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2012 - 10th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 April 2012 (Plenary Presentation)

47. Spatio-Temporal Registration of Biomedical Images by Computational Methods Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2012 - 10th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 April 2012 (Invited Talk)

48. Segmentation of Pelvic Organs and Muscles on Axial T2-weighted MR Images of Female Pelvic Cavity João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, Zhen Ma VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011 (Plenary Presentation)

49. Processing and Analysis of Medical Images João Manuel R. S. Tavares Course “Analysis of Finite Element Models built from Medical Images”, organized within CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011

50. Image Registration in Space and Time for Biomedical Applications Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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3rd Workshop on Bioengineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 14-15, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

51. Imaging contributions to speech studies Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Voice, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal, April 16, 2011

52. Concept selection in the development of medical devices Isa C.T. Santos, G. Scott Gazelle, Luís A. Rocha, João Manuel R.S. Tavares E3 Forum - Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship, FCT-UNL, Lisbon, Portugal, 30th June, 2011

53. Alignment of Dynamic Plantar Pressure Image Sequences Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares 11th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Minnesota, USA, July 25-29, 2011 (Keynote Lecture)

54. Image Analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares Gr.2 workshop, Doctoral Program on Sport Sciences, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, June 8, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

55. Applications of Computational Vision in Biomedicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares Seminars of the Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, May 6, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

56. Registration of Medical Imaging: Techniques and Examples Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Training & Updates Program in Radiology 2010/2011 – Digital vs Analog Image, School of Health Technology of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 6-7 May 2011 (Invited Lecture)

57. Biomedical Image Analysis and Development of Medical Devices João Manuel R. S. Tavares Doctoral Course in Biomedical Engineering of the Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 7 April 2011 (Invited Lecture)

58. Image Analysis: Examples of Methods and Applications in Engineering and Medicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares Politécnica/COPPE Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 25, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

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59. Processing and Analysis of Biomedical Images - Examples of Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Radiation Applied to Health Technologies - Digital Imaging with Radiation X, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, May 7, 2011 (Seminar)

60. Image Processing and Analysis in Biomedical Engineering: Techniques and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, March 11, 2011 (Invited Lecture)

61. Analysis of Objects in Images: Techniques and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares WVC 2011 - VII Workshop de Visão Computacional, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, 22-25 May 2011 (Plenary Lecture)

62. Competitividade na Engenharia de Produção: Inovação e Sustentabilidade – Contribuições da FEUP & INEGI João Manuel R. S. Tavares 1º CONEPRO-SUL – Congresso de Engenharia de Produção da Região Sul, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010 (Invited Lecture)

63. Image Analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares Gr.2 workshop, Doctoral Program on Sport Sciences, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, July 7, 2010 (Invited Lecture)

64. 3D Modeling of Pelvic Organs and Pelvic Floor Muscles in Magnetic Resonance Images Zhen Ma, Renato Natal M. Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics (ECCM IV): Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, 16-21 May 2010 (Keynote Lecture)

65. Computational alignment of images from static and dynamic pedobarography Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares V Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, Penafiel, Portugal, 30 April - 1 May 2010 (Invited Lecture)

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66. Image Processing and Analysis in Biomedical Engineering João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV Seminário de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 18-19 March 2010 (Invited Lecture)

67. Image Processing and Analysis: Methods and Trends João Manuel R. S. Tavares VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica (CONEM 2010), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, 18 - 21 August 2010 (Plenary Lecture)

68. Image Processing and Analysis: Applications and Trends João Manuel R. S. Tavares AES-ATEMA’2010 Fifth International Conference, Montreal & Quebec City, Canada, June 27 - July 03, 2010 (Plenary Lecture)

69. Motion Tracking in Images based on Stochastic Filters and Optimization João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010 (Plenary Lecture)

70. Tracking moving objects in image sequences João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, June 21-23, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal (Plenary Lecture)

71. A computer analysis of structures in image sequences: methods and applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares Mathematical Aspects of Imaging, Modeling and Visualization in Multiscale Biology, March 31 – April 4, 2009, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA (Plenary Lecture)

72. Processamento e Análise de Imagem em Biomecânica João Manuel R. S. Tavares III Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, Hotel Porto Palácio, Porto, Portugal, 18-19 July 2008 (Invited Lecture)

73. 3D Reconstruction of External Anatomical Structures using Computer Vision João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Teresa C. S. Azevedo, Mário A. P. Vaz CMBBE2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Sheraton Hotel, Porto, Portugal,

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February 27th - March 1st, 2008 (Keynote Lecture)

74. Análise Computacional de Movimento de Objectos em Sequências de Imagem: Metodologias e Aplicações João Manuel R. S. Tavares DSM 2007 - Conferência Nacional de Dinâmica de Sistemas Multicorpo, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 6-7 December 2007 (Plenary Lecture)

75. Análise de Estruturas em Imagens: Segmentação, Seguimento e Reconstrução 3D João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2º Workshop of Biomedical Engineering, IPB-ESTIG, Bragança, Portugal, 29 October 2007 (Invited Lecture)

76. Laboratório de análise do movimento - pilares técnico-científicos Miguel Velhote Correia, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Jorge G. Barbosa Workshop: Aplicações de um Laboratório de Análise do Movimento, Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia, Gaia, Portugal, 23 March 2007

77. Actividades Desenvolvidas e Perspectivas Futuras na área da Engenharia Biomédica, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, BioEng´ 2006 - 8ª Conferência Portuguesa de Engenharia Biomédica, 9-10 June 2006, Reitoria da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Invited Lecture)

78. João Manuel R. S. Tavares: Actividades de Investigação, Workshop da Unidade de Mecânica Experimental e Novos Materiais, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 26 January 2004

79. Análise de Movimento usando Visão Computacional, Miguel Velhote Correia, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Academia da Reabilitação - Colónia de Verão 2003, Eixo: Biomecânica e análise de movimento, Tema: Movimento, equilíbrio e harmonia - um olhar sobre o corpo em movimento, Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, 9 July 2003

80. Experiências no Seguimento de Objectos Rígidos e Não Rígidos em Visão por Computador, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, A. Jorge Padilha, Primeiro Ciclo de Seminários Internos do Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal, 6 May 1999

Organization of Scientific Events:

1. Co-organizer, together with Shuo Li, from University of Western Ontario, Canada, of the MICCAI2018 workshop on Bio- Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations, within in the 21st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI

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2018), Granada, Spain, 16-20 September 2018. (https://sites.google.com/site/mwbivpcs/)

2. Co-organizer, together with Gustavo Carneiro, from University of Adelaide, Andrew P. Bradley, from University of Queensland, João Paulo Papa, from Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jacinto C. Nascimento, from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Zhi Lu, from Guangdong University of Technology, and Vasileios Belagiannis, from Osram, of the 4th Workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis (DLMIA 2018) within in the 21st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2018), Granada, Spain, 16-20 September 2018. (https://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~dlmia4/)

3. General Chair of IWCIA 2018 - the 19th International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, Porto, Portugal, Nov. 22-24, 2018. (https://sites.google.com/view/iwcia18/)

4. Co-organizer, together with Jorge Belinha, Porto Superior Institute of Engineering, R. M. Natal Jorge, Mário Vaz and Sónia Santos, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Reis Campos, Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto, of the V International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, June 22- 23, 2018. (https://biodentalengineering.wixsite.com/biodental)

5. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS Campus do Pantanal), Brazil, of the Workshop “Computational Methods and Applications for Image Processing and Analysis” within the WorldCist'18 - 6th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Naples, Italy, 27-29 March 2018. (http://www.worldcist.org)

6. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization", within the 16th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2018), Sheraton Hotel, Rhodes, Greece, 13-18 September 2018. (http://icnaam.org)

7. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, of the MiniSymposium "Computational Bio imaging and Visualization" within the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems) (ECCM 6) and the 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7), Glasgow, UK, June 11-15, 2018. (https://web.fe.up.pt/~tavares/index_uk.html)

8. Co-chair, together with Reneta P. Barneva, State University of New York - USA, Valentin E. Brimkov, State University of New York - USA, and Piotr

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Kulczycki, AGH University of Science and Technology - Poland, of the 6th International Symposium CompIMAGE’18: Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images - Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, July 2-5, 2018, Cracow, Poland. (http://compimage18.fis.agh.edu.pl)

9. Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Global Summit & Expo on Laser Optics & Photonics, Rome, Italy, June 14-16, 2018. (http://scientificfederation.com/optics-2018/index.php)

10. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and João Paulo Papa, da São Paulo State University - Brazil, of the MiniSymposium "Computational Bio imaging and Visualization" within the 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIII) and 2nd Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (PANACM II), New York, USA, July 22-27, 2018. (http://www.wccm2018.org)

11. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS Campus do Pantanal), Brazil, of the Mini- symposium “Computational Methods for Image Processing and Analysis” within the XXXVIII Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2017), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 5-8 November2017. (http://2017.cilamce.com.br)

12. Organizer of the lecture "Some examples of non-linear problems solved with the Finite Element Method (FEM)" by Ruben Lostado Lorza, University of La Rioja, Spain, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, February 23, 2017.

13. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 8-9 of June, 2017. (https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~dce17/symposia/symposium-on-biomedical- engineering/)

14. Member of the Organizing Committee of the 4º Congresso Internacional de Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Industrial (CIDEI), Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brasil, 30 may - 1 june 2017. (http://www.cidei.com.br)

15. Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference and Expo on Condensed Matter Physics, Valencia, Spain, September 25-27, 2017. (http://scientificfederation.com/condensed-matter-2017/index.php)

16. Co-organizer, together with Shuo Li, from University of Western Ontario, Canada, of the MICCAI workshop on Bio- Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations, within in the 20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI

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2017), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, September 10-10, 2017. (https://sites.google.com/site/mwbivpcs/)

17. Co-organizer, together with Gustavo Carneiro, from University of Adelaide, Andrew P. Bradley, from University of Queensland, João Paulo Papa, from Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jacinto C. Nascimento, from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Jaime S. Cardoso, from Universidade do Porto, Zhi Lu, from University of South Australia, and Vasileios Belagiannis, from University of Oxford of the 3rd Workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis (DLMIA 2017) within in the 20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2017), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 10-14 September 2017. (http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~dlmia3/)

18. Member of the Steering Committee da The International Conference on Computing Analytics and Networking (ICCAN 2017), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 22-23 December 2017. (http://iccan.in)

19. Member of the Organizing Committee of the World Congress on Laser Optics & Photonics (Optics-2017), Valencia, Spain, June 19-21, 2017. (http://iccan.in/index.html)

20. Co-chair, together with Paulo Fernandes, Instituto Superior Técnico, of the CMBBE2018 - the 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and the 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Lisboa, Portugal, March 26-29, 2018. (http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/index.html)

21. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization", within the 15th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2017), The MET Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece, 25-30 September 2017. (http://icnaam.org)

22. Member of the World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2017) Special Session Steering Committee, London, UK, 15-16 February, 2017. (http://worlds4.org/index.php)

23. Honary Chair of the International Conference on Biomedical Smart Computation and Engineering (BIOSCOPE-2017), Sikkim, India, 26-27 May, 2017. (www.bioscope-conf.com/index.html)

24. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from Universidade do Porto, Portugal, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Methods in Image Analysis" within the 14th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics

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(USNCCM14), Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 17-20, 2017. (http://14.usnccm.org)

25. Co-chair, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, Portugal, October 18-20, 2017. (https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~vipimage/)

26. Co-organizer, together with Xianghua Xie, from Swansea University, UK, Renato Natal Jorge, from Universidade do Porto, Majid Mirmehdi, from Bristol University, UK, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Methods of Image Processing and Analysis for Biomedical Applications" within the 5th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, The University Club, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 10-12 April 2017. (http://www.compbiomed.net/2017/index.htm)

27. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS Campus do Pantanal), Brazil, of the Workshop “Computational Methods and Applications for Image Processing and Analysis” within the WorldCist'17 - 5th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal, 11-13 April 2017. (http://www.worldcist.org/index.php)

28. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini- Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES 2017 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Madeira, Portugal, 26-30 June, 2017. (http://www.icces2017.uc.pt/projectos/icces2016/index.php?module=sec&id= 462&f=1)

29. Member of the Organizing Committee of the 10th Asia-Pacific Dermatology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, November 28-29, 2016 (http://dermatology.conferenceseries.com/asiapacific)

30. Co-organizer, together with Xavier Roca, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, of the Thematic Session on "Image Processing and Visualization" within the Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMN 2017, Valencia, Spain, 3-5 July 2017. (http://congress.cimne.com/cmn2017/eng/default.asp)

31. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Special Track "Computational Bioimaging", within the ISVC'16 - 12th International Symposium on Visual Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,

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December 12-14, 2016. (http://www.isvc.net)

32. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini- Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'16 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Madeira, Portugal, September 5-9, 2016. (http://www.icces.org/index.html)

33. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS Campus do Pantanal), Brazil, of the Mini- symposium “Computational Methods for Image Processing and Analysis” within the XXXVII Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2016), Brasília, Brazil, 6-9 November 2016. (http://2016.cilamce.com.br)

34. Co-organizer, together with Gustavo Carneiro, from University of Adelaide, Andrew P. Bradley, from University of Queensland, João Paulo Papa, from Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jacinto C. Nascimento, from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Jaime S. Cardoso, from Universidade do Porto, Zhi Lu, from University of South Australia, and Vasileios Belagiannis, from University of Oxford of the 2nd Workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis (DLMIA 2016) within the 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2016), Athens, Greece, 17- 21 October 2016. (http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~dlmia2)

35. Organizer of the special track “COMPUTATIONAL BIO-IMAGING AND VISUALIZATION” within The 14th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel, 20- 22 September 2016. (http://cmbbe2016.com)

36. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – Campus do Pantanal, Brazil, of the "3rd Workshop on Computational Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis (WCBIPA 2016)" within CISTI'2016 - 11th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 15-18 of June 2016, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. (http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2016/)

37. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within EUROMEDIA 2016 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom, April 13-15, 2016. (http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/376)

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38. Workshops Chair of the VECPAR 2016 - 12th International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science, Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, June 27-30, 2016. (http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2016/index.html)

39. Co-chair, together with Reneta P. Barneva, State University of New York - USA, and Valentin E. Brimkov, State University of New York - USA, of the 5th International Symposium CompIMAGE – Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications, September 21-23, 2016, Niagara Falls, NY, USA. (http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/barneva/CompIMAGE16/index.html)

40. Co-organizer 4th CONEPRO-SUL – South Region Congress on Production Engineering, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 31 – June 2, 2016. (http://www.sociesc.org.br/congressos/index.php/coneprosul4/coneprosul4)

41. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization", within the 14th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2016), Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece, 19-25 September 2016. (http://icnaam.org)

42. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and João Paulo Papa, da São Paulo State University - Brazil, of the MiniSymposium "Computational Bio imaging and Visualization" within the 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) and the 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI), Seoul, Korea, July 24-29, 2016. (http://wccm2016.org)

43. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS Campus do Pantanal), Brazil, of the Mini- symposium “Computational Methods and Applications for Image Processing and Analysis” within the WorldCist'16 - 4th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Recife, PE, Brazil, 22 - 24 March 2016. (http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16)

44. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and João Paulo Papa, da São Paulo State University - Brazil, of the MiniSymposium "Computational Bio- Imaging, Simulation and Visualization" within the European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering - ECCOMAS Congress 2016, Crete Island, Greece, 5-10 June 2016. (http://www.eccomas2016.org)

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45. Co-organizer, together with Shuo Li, da University of Western Ontario, Canada, of the 2nd MICCAI workshop on Bio- Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations, within the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2015), Munich, Germany, October 5-9, 2015. (http://sites.google.com/site/2mwbivpcs/)

46. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Special Track "Computational Bioimaging", within the ISVC'15 - 11th International Symposium on Visual Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December 14-16, 2015. (http://www.isvc.net)

47. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS Campus do Pantanal), Brazil, of the Mini- symposium “Computational Methods for Image Processing and Analysis” within the XXXVI Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2015), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-25 November 2015. (http://cilamce2015.swge.inf.br)

48. Co-organizer, together with Gustavo Carneiro, from University of Adelaide, Andrew P. Bradley, from University of Queensland, João Paulo Papa, from Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jacinto C. Nascimento, from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Jaime S. Cardoso, from Universidade do Porto, Zhi Lu, from University of Adelaide, and Vasileios Belagiannis, from Technical University of Munich, of the 1st Workshop on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis - From Random Search to Optimization Techniques (DLMIA 2015) within the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2015), Munich, Germany, October 5-9, 2015. (http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~dlmia)

49. Co-organizer, together with Nigel Shrive, from University of Calgary, Canada, of CMBBE 2015 in partnership with the 2015 Conference on Imaging and Visualization, Montreal Grand Hyatt, Montreal, Canada, September 1-5, 2015. (http://cmbbe2015.com)

50. Co-organizer, together with R. M. Natal Jorge, Mário Vaz and Sónia Santos, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Reis Campos, Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto, of the IV International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, June 21-23, 2016. (http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~biodenta/2016/)

51. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araujo, from Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – Campus do Pantanal, Brazil, Daniela Iacoviello, from Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy, and Yongjie Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the "2nd

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Workshop on Computational Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis (WCBIPA 2015)" within the CISTI'2015 - 10th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 17-20 of June 2015, Aveiro, Portugal. (http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2015)

52. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy, Yongjie Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Jun Zhao, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and Zeyun Yu, from University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA, of the Mini-Symposium “Biomedical Imaging and Visualization” within the VI International Conference on Computational Bioengineering (ICCB 2015), September 14-16, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. (http://congress.cimne.com/ICCB2015/frontal/default.asp)

53. Co-chair, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of VipIMAGE 2015 - V ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, October 19-21, 2015. (http://www.fe.up.pt/~vipimage)

54. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Pedro Martins, Jorge Belinha, Marco Parente, from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, and Adelino Leite Moreira, from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, of the 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Porto, Portugal, 26-28 February 2015. (http://pbem2015.webs.com)

55. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within EUROMEDIA 2015 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, IST, Lisbon, Portugal, April 27-29, 2015. (http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/365)

56. Co-organizer, together with Xianghua Xie, from Swansea University, UK, Renato Natal Jorge, from Universidade do Porto, Majid Mirmehdi, from Bristol University, UK, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Methods of Image Processing and Analysis for Biomedical Applications" within the 4th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cahan, France, 29 June - 1 July 2015. (http://www.compbiomed.net/2015/index.htm)

57. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini- Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'15 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Reno, NV, USA, July 20-24, 2015. (http://www.icces.org)

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58. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization", within the 13th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2015), Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece, 23-29 September 2015. (http://www.icnaam.org)

59. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge - Portugal and Yongjie Zhang - USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Methods in Image Analysis" within the13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13), Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, July 26-30, 2015. (http://13.usnccm.org)

60. Co-organizer, together with Xavier Roca, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, of the Thematic Session on "Image Processing and Visualization" within the Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2015, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, 29 June - 2 July 2015. (http://www.dem.ist.utl.pt/cmn2015/html/index_eng.html)

61. Co-organizer, together with Luís Miguel P. Durão, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Portugal, and João Marcos A. Rebello, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, of the Mini-Symposium on "Non- destructive Inspection Techniques for Materials and Structures", within the 6th International Conference on MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DESIGN (M2D'2015), Ponta Delgada/Azores, Portugal, 26-30 July 2015. (http://www.fe.up.pt/clme/m2d2015/index.htm)

62. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Isabel Ramos, José Alberto Duarte, Maria Emília Costa, Olívia Pinho, Maria Helena Figueiral and Teresa Mascarenhas, from Universidade do Porto, of the International Conference on Clinical and BioEngineering for Women’s Health - BioMedWomen 2015, Porto, Portugal, 20-23, 2015. (http://biomedwomen.webs.com)

63. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Alexandre Cunha, California Institute of Technology, USA, of the Special Track "Computational Bioimaging", within the ISVC'14 - 10th International Symposium on Visual Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December 8-10, 2014. (http://www.isvc.net/)

64. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini- Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'14 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Changwon, Korea, June 12-17, 2014. (http://www.icces.org)

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65. Co-chair, together with António Brito, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of ESM'2014 - 28th European Simulation and Modelling Conference, FEUP - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 22-24, 2014. (http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/2852)

66. Organizer of the Special Session "Computational Methods for Bio- Imaging and Visualization" within CMBBE2014 - 12th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 13-15, 2014. (http://www.cmbbe2014.com)

67. Co-organizer of the 3rd CONEPRO-SUL – South Region Congress on Production Engineering, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 22-24 April, 2014. (http://www.sociesc.org.br/congressos/index.php/coneprosul3/coneprosul3)

68. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium “Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization”, within the 14th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE2014), Rota, Cadiz, Spain, July 3-7, 2014. (http://gsii.usal.es/~CMMSE)

69. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within EUROMEDIA 2014 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, Novotel, Bruges, Belgium, April 28-30, 2014. (http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/351)

70. Co-organizer, together with R. M. Natal Jorge, Mário Vaz and Sónia Santos, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Reis Campos, Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto, of the III International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, June 22-23, 2014. (http://www.fe.up.pt/~biodenta/2014)

71. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium “Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization”, within the 12th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2014), Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece, 22-28 September 2014. (http://www.icnaam.org/)

72. Co-chair, together with Yongjie Jessica Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the 4th CompIMAGE - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications conference, Pittsburgh, USA, September 3-5, 2014. (http://jessicaz.me.cmu.edu/CompImage2014/)

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73. Co-chair, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of ICCEBS2013 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, Hotel Marina Atlântico, Ponta Delgada, S Miguel Island, Azores, October 20-22, 2013. (http://www.fe.up.pt/~iccebs)

74. Co-organizer, together with Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, of the Special Session on Computational Bio- Imaging and Visualization within the IWCIA 2014 - 16th International Workshop on Combinational Image Analysis, Brno, Czech Republic, May 28-30, 2014. (http://iwcia2014.fme.vutbr.cz/)

75. Co-organizer, together with Xiongbiao Luo, Nagoya University, Japan, and Shuo Li, University of Western Ontario, Canada, of the MICCAI workshop on Bio- Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations, within the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2013), Nagoya, Japan, September 22-26, 2013. (https://sites.google.com/site/mwbivpcs/home)

76. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Alexandre Cunha, California Institute of Technology, USA, of the Special Track "Computational Bioimaging", within the ISVC'13 - 9th International Symposium on Visual Computing, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, July 29-31, 2013. (http://www.isvc.net/)

77. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and João Paulo Papa, da São Paulo State University - Brazil, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bioimaging and Visualization" within the 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM V) and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), Barcelona, Spain, 20-25 July 2014. (http://www.wccm-eccm-ecfd2014.org)

78. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bioimaging and Visualization", within the 11th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2013), Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece, 21-27 September 2013. (http://www.icnaam.org)

79. Co-chair, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of VipIMAGE 2013 - IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Melia Madeira Mare Hotel, Madeira

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Island, Funchal, Portugal, October 14-16, 2013. (http://www.fe.up.pt/~vipimage)

80. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge - Portugal and Yongjie Zhang - USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Methods in Image Analysis" within the 12th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 22-25, 2013. (http://12.usnccm.org/)

81. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within EUROMEDIA 2013 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom, April 15-17, 2013. (http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/2281)

82. Workshop/OS/Tutorial Co-Chair of the 2nd International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 17-18, 2013. (http://iciev.org/)

83. Organizer of the Special Session "Computational Methods for Bio- Imaging and Visualization" within CMBBE2013 - 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3-7, 2013. (http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu/)

84. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini- Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'13 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Seattle, USA, May 24 - 28, 2013. (http://www.icces.org/)

85. Organizer of the lecture "Realidade Virtual e Processamento de Imagens para Aplicações em Saúde" by Fátima L. S. Nunes, University of São Paulo - Brazil, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, July 24, 2012.

86. Organizer of the lecture "Recentes Avanços em Classificação de Padrões por Floresta de Caminhos Ótimos" by João Paulo Papa, University of São Paulo - Brazil, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, June 19, 2012.

87. Organizer of the Symposium on "Imaging and Visualization", within IRF2013 - 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, June 23-27, 2013. (http://paginas.fe.up.pt/clme/IRF2013/)

88. Co-organizer, together with Luís Miguel P. Durão, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Portugal, and João Marcos A. Rebello, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, of the Special Session on "Non- destructive Inspection Techniques for Composite Materials and Structures",

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within the 17th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS/17), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-21 June 2013. (http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~iccs17/index.html)

89. Co-organizer, together with Xavier Roca, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, of the Thematic Session on "Image Processing and Visualization" within the Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2013, 25-28 June 2013, Bilbao, Spain. (http://congress.cimne.com/cmn_2013/frontal/default.asp)

90. Co-organizer, together with Christos E. Constantinou, Stanford University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Data Visualization" within the SEECCM III - 3rd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, 12-14 June 2013, Kos Island, Greece. (http://seeccm2013.org/en/static/conference-topics_en.aspx)

91. Co-organizer of the 2nd CONEPRO-SUL – South Region Congress on Production Engineering, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 30 - June 1, 2012. (http://www.sociesc.org.br/congressos/index.php/coneprosul2/coneprosul2)

92. Organizer of the lecture "Digital Geometry and its Applications", by Valentin E. Brimkov, State University of New York (SUNY), USA, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 20, 2012.

93. Organizer of the lecture "Technological tests of biological materials", by Antônio Carlos Shimano, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 19, 2012.

94. Organizer of the lecture "Computational Modeling and Experimental Analysis in Bioengineering - Project of Biomechanical Systems", by Edson Capello, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Brasil, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 19, 2012.

95. Co-organizer, together with Alex F. de Araújo, from the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, and Aledir Silveira Pereira and Norian Marranghello, from the Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil, of the Workshop "WCBIPA 2012 - Computational Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis", within the CISTI 2012 - 7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Madrid, Spain, 20-23 June 2012.

96. Co-organizer, together with Isa C.T. Santos from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Mini Track "Knowledge and information management in product development", within the ECIME 2012 - 6th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, University College Cork, Ireland, 13-14 September 2012.

97. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Alexandre Cunha, California Institute of Technology, USA, of the Special

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Track "Computational Bioimaging", within the ISVC'12 - 8th International Symposium on Visual Computing, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, July 16-18, 2012.

98. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within the EUROMEDIA 2012 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, Bucharest, Romania, April 18-20, 2012.

99. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bioimaging and Visualization", within the 10th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2012), Kos, Greece, 19-25 September 2012.

100. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and João Paulo Papa, da São Paulo State University - Brazil, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bioimaging and Visualization" within the 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012), São Paulo, Brazil, 8-13 July 2012.

101. Organizer of the Special Session "Computational Methods for Bio- Imaging and Visualization" within CMBBE2012 - 10th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 April 2012.

102. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and Daniela Iacoviello, Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational bioimaging and visualization" within the ECCOMAS 2012 European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Vienna, Austria, September 10-14, 2012.

103. Technical Program Committee Chair da 2012 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control (2012 IEEE ISPCC12), Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India, March 15-17, 2012.

104. Workshop/OS/Tutorial Co-Chair of the International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV12), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18-19 May, 2012.

105. Co-organizer, together with Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Experimental and Computational Bio-Imaging and Visualization" within the ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 22-27 July 2012.

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106. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Visualization in Solid Mechanics Processes" within the 8th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference – ESMC2012, Graz University of Technology, Austria, July 9-13, 2012.

107. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Alexandre Cunha, California Institute of Technology, USA, of the Special Track Computational Bioimaging, within the ISVC11 - 7th International Symposium on Visual Computing, September 26-28, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

108. Co-organizer, together with Sónia Santos, R. M. Natal Jorge, Mário Vaz, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Reis Campos, Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto, of the II International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, December 7-8, 2012. (http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~biodenta/2012/)

109. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Jorge Américo de Oliveira Pinto Belinha, Marco Paulo Lages Parente, Pedro Alexandre Lopes de Sousa Martins, from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the CNB2013 - 5th Portuguese Biomechanics Congress, Espinho, Portugal, 8- 9 February 2013. (http://www.spbiomecanica.com/congresso/5/)

110. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bioimaging and Visualization", within the 9th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2011), Halkidiki, Greece, 19-25 September 2011. (http://www.icnaam.org/)

111. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within the EUROMEDIA 2011 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, British Institute of Technology and Ecommerce, London, UK, April 18-20, 2011. (www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/1606)

112. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge - Portugal, Yongjie Zhang - USA and Dinggang Shen - USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Methods in Image Analysis" within the 11th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Minnesota, USA, July 25-29, 2011. (www.usnccm.org)

113. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, José Luis Alexandre, António Ferreira and Mário Vaz, Department of Mechanical Engineering of

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the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2011. (www.fe.up.pt/~cibem10)

114. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis in Biomedical Engineering" within the CompBioMed - 2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, 30th March - 1st April 2011, George Mason University, Washington D.C., USA. (www.compbiomed.net)

115. Co-organizer, together with Maria João M. Vasconcelos, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'11 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, April 18- 21, 2011, Nanjing, China. (www.icces.org)

116. Co-organizer, together with Xavier Roca, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, of the Mini-Symposium “Image Processing and Visualization” within the Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2011, 14-17 June 2011, Coimbra, Portugal. (www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/pt/index.htm)

117. Co-chair, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Real Marina Hotel & Spa, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal, 12-14 October 2011. (www.fe.up.pt/~vipimage)

118. Co-chair, together with R. M. Natal Jorge of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Paolo Di Giamberardino of the Sapienza University of Rome - Italy and Daniela Iacoviello of the Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the CompIMAGE'2012 Symposium - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Rome, Italy, September 5-7, 2012. (www.dis.uniroma1.it/~compimage2012)

119. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Alexandre Cunha, California Institute of Technology, USA, of the Special Track Computational Bioimaging, within the ISVC10 - 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing, November 29 - December 1, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (www.isvc.net)

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120. Co-organizer, together with Luís Miguel P. Durão, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Portugal, and João Marcos A. Rebello, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, of the Special Session "Non-destructive Inspection Techniques for Composite Materials and Structures", within the 16th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS/16), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 June 2011. (http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~iccs16/index.html)

121. Co-organizer of CONEPRO-SUL – 1st South Region Congress on Production Engineering, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010. (http://www.sociesc.org.br/pt/congressos/coneprosul_2010/)

122. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Bioimaging and Visualization", within the International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2010 (ICNAAM 2010), Rhodes, Greece, 19-25 September 2010. (http://www.icnaam.org/)

123. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Visualization", within the ECCOMAS CFD 2010 - Fifth European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 14th -17th, 2010. (http://www.eccomas-cfd2010.org/index.php)

124. Co-organizer, together with Ana Maria Mendonça, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the lecture "Biomechanics of the Human Movement - Perspectives and Applications" by João Abrantes, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal, in the scope of the discipline “Seminars in Biomedical Engineering” of the Master Course in Biomedical Engineering and Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, November 18, 2009.

125. Co-organizer, together with Daniela Iacoviello, from Sapienza University of Rome - Italy, of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within the EUROMEDIA 2010 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, Ramada Plaza Hotel, Budapest, Hungary, June 7-9, 2010. (http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/1103)

126. Organizer of the lecture “Applications of image processing by software and hardware” by Aledir Silveira Pereira, UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, October 27, 2009.

127. Co-organizer, together with Ana Maria Mendonça, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, of the lecture "Applications of the Dynamics of Multibody Systems in the Analysis of Biomechanical Systems" by Miguel Silva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, in the scope of the discipline “Seminars in Biomedical Engineering” of the Master Course in

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Biomedical Engineering and Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, October 21, 2009.

128. Co-organizer, together with Maria João M. Vasconcelos, from University of Porto, and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'10 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, 28 March-1 - April 2010, Las Vegas, USA. (http://www.icces.org)

129. Co-organizer, together with Marc Thiriet, INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt / Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) - France, of the Special Session "The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) project and Imaging in Biomechanics", within the CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010. (http://www.cmbbe2010.cf.ac.uk)

130. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Begoña Calvo Calzada, University of Zaragoza - Spain, Estefanía Peña Baquedano, University of Zaragoza - Spain, and Marcos Barbosa, Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil, of the Mini- Symposium "Computational models for soft tissues", within the IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics (ECCM IV): Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Palais des Congrès in Paris (France) on 16- 21 May 2010. (http://www.eccm2010.org)

131. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Laurent Cohen, Universite Paris IX Dauphine - France, and Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University - U.K., of the Mini-Symposium "Image Processing and Visualization", within the IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics (ECCM IV): Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Palais des Congrès in Paris (France), 16-21 May 2010. (http://www.eccm2010.org)

132. Organizer of the lecture “Classificação Supervisionada de Padrões Utilizando Floresta de Caminhos Ótimos” by João Paulo Papa, University of São Paulo - Brazil, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, June 1, 2009.

133. Co-organizer, together with Todd Pataky, University of Liverpool - UK, Aledir Silveira Pereira, São Paulo State University - Brazil, Norian Marranghello, São Paulo State University - Brazil, Alex Fernando de Araújo, São Paulo State University - Brazil, and Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, Federal University of Paraíba - Brazil, of the Mini-Symposium "Computational Methods in Image Processing and Analysis", within the 30° CILAMCE - 30th edition of the Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Armação de Búzios, RJ, Brazil,

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November 08 to 11, 2009. (http://eventos.nacad.ufrj.br/)

134. Organizer of the lecture “Gait simulation and footprint image processing in human evolution: Using engineering techniques to understand the 3.8 million year-old Laetoli footprints” by Todd Pataky, University of Liverpool - UK, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, May 21, 2009.

135. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, and Dinggang Shen, UNC-CH School of Medicine - USA, of the Mini- Symposium "Computational Methods in Image Processing and Analysis", within the 9th World Congress on Computational Mechanics & 4th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, 19-23 July 2010. (wccm2010.com)

136. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Alexandre Cunha, California Institute of Technology, USA, of the Special Track “Computational Bioimaging”, within the ISVC09 5th International Symposium on Visual Computing, November 30 - December 2, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (www.isvc.net)

137. Member of the Steering Committee, together with Prof. Renato M. Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, and Prof. Valentin E. Brimkov, State University of New York - USA, of the CompIMAGE Symposium - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications. (www.fe.up.pt/CompIMAGE)

138. Co-chair, together with Prof. R. M. Natal Jorge, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Prof. Reneta P. Barneva, State University of New York - USA, and Prof. Valentin E. Brimkov, State University of New York - USA, of the CompIMAGE'2010 Symposium - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Buffalo, NY, USA, May 5-7, 2010. (www.cs.fredonia.edu/barneva/CompIMAGE10/index.html)

139. Co-organizer, together with Renato Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto - Portugal, Marcos Pinotti Barbosa, Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil, and Alan Slade, University of Dundee - Scotland, of the 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi2010), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 21-23, 2010. (http://www.fe.up.pt/~tmsi)

140. Co-organizer, together with Sónia Santos, Prof. R. M. Natal Jorge, Prof. Mário Vaz, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Prof. Reis

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Campos, Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto, of the I International Conference on Biodental Engineering, Porto, Portugal, June 26- 27, 2009. (http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~biodenta)

141. Co-chair, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the mini-Symposium “Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction” within the IRF’2009 – Integrity - Reliability - Failure Challenges and Opportunities, Third International Conference, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, July 20-24, 2009. (www.fe.up.pt/clme/IRF2009/index.htm)

142. Organizer of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within the EUROMEDIA 2009 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, Novotel, Bruges, Belgium, April 15-17, 2009. (www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/172)

143. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge - Portugal, Prof. Yongjie Zhang - USA and Prof. Dinggang Shen - USA, of the Mini- Symposium “Computational Methods in Image Analysis” within the 10th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 16 - 19 2009. (http://usnccm-10.eng.ohio-state.edu)

144. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Xavier Roca, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Spain, of the Thematic Session “Image Processing, Visualization and Interfaces” within the Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2009, 29 June - 2 July 2009, Barcelona, Spain. (http://congress.cimne.upc.es/MetNum09/frontal/default.asp)

145. Co-organizer, together with Michel A. Audette, University of Leipzig - Germany, of the Mini-Symposium “Image Processing and Visualization in Solid Mechanics Processes” within the 7th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference – ESMC2009, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-11, 2009. (www.dem.ist.utl.pt/esmc2009/index.php)

146. Program Chair of the 1st International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP), 5-8 February 2009, Lisboa, Portugal, organized by INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. (www.imagapp.org)

147. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Christos E. Constantinou, Stanford University - USA, of the Mini-Symposium “Image Processing and Data Visualization” within the SEECCM 2009 - 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, 22-24 June 2009, Island of Rhodes, Greece. (www.seeccm2009.org)

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148. Co-organizer, together with Maria João M. Vasconcelos, University of Porto - Portugal, and Prof. Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University - USA, of Mini-Symposium “Image Processing and Analysis” within ICCES'09 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, 8-13 April 2009, Phuket, Thailand. (http://icces.org)

149. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto - Portugal, and Samrat Goswami, University of Texas at Austin - USA, of the Special Track Computational Bioimaging and Visualization, within the ISVC08 - 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing, December 1-3, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (www.isvc.net)

150. Co-chair, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the VIPimage 2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 14- 16 October 2009. (www.fe.up.pt/~vipimage)

151. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Mini-Symposium “Computational Methods in Image Processing for Biomechanics” within the CMBBE2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Sheraton Hotel, Porto, Portugal, February 27th - March 1st 2008. (www.cmbbe2008.cf.ac.uk)

152. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Mini-Symposium “Biomechanical Behavior of Soft Tissues” within the CMBBE2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Sheraton Hotel, Porto, Portugal, February 27th - March 1st 2008. (www.cmbbe2008.cf.ac.uk)

153. Co-organizer of the International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis 2008, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA, April 7-9, 2008. (www.cs.fredonia.edu/iwcia08/)

154. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Euromedia 2008 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, April 9-11, FEUP-University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. (www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/22)

155. Organizer of Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” within Euromedia 2008 - The Multimedia Applications Conference, FEUP-University of Porto,

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Porto, Portugal, 9-11 April, 2008. (www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/22)

156. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Mini-Symposium “Processamento de Imagem e Visualização” within the 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, Maputo/Mozambique, 2-4 September 2008. (www.fe.up.pt/clme/2008/index.htm)

157. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Mini-Symposium “Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES08 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, 17-22 March 2008. (http://icces.org)

158. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Miguel Velhote Correia, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, and Emília Mendes, Professional Rehabilitation Centre of Gaia, of the Workshop: Applications of a Movement Analysis Laboratory, 23 March 2007, Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia, Gaia, Portugal.

159. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto - Portugal, Prof. Yongjie Zhang - USA and Prof. Dinggang Shen - USA, of the Mini-Symposium “Computational Methods in Image Analysis” within The ninth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM IX), San Francisco, CA, USA, July 22- 26 2007. (www.me.berkeley.edu/compmat/USACM/minisymposia/JOAO- MANUEL.txt)

160. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto - Portugal, Prof. Thomas Hughes - USA and Prof. Chandrajit Bajaj - USA, of the mini-symposium “Computational Bioimaging and Visualization” within the VIII World Conference on Computational Mechanics (WCCM VIII) / V European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Science and Engineering (ECCOMAS V), Venice, Italy, 30 June - 5 July 2008. (www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/frontal/)

161. Co-organizer, with Prof. Francisco Perales - Espanha and Prof. Hemerson Pistori - Brazil, of the thematic session “Image processing, Visualization and Interfaces” within the Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMNE) / XXVIII CILAMCE - Congresso Ibero Latino- Americano sobre Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 June 2007. (www.fe.up.pt/~cmne2007/)

162. Co-chair of the International Conference VipIMAGE 2007 - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical

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Image Processing, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto (Portugal), 17-19 October 2007. (www.fe.up.pt/~vipimage/)

163. Co-organizer, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the lecture “Contour detection by surround suppression of texture” by Professor Nicolai Petkov, Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science University of Groningen - Netherlands, Porto, Portugal, 23 October 2006.

164. Co-chair of the International Symposium CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006. (www.fe.up.pt/CompIMAGE/)

165. Co-chair of the meeting Encontro Nacional de Visualização Científica 2005, Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005. (http://envc2005.multimeios.pt/)

166. Member of the Organizer Committee of the RecPad 2000 - 11th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Porto, Portugal, May 11-12, 2000.

Editor of Scientific Publications:

1. Editor of the journal Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, ISSN: 1748-670X (print) - 1748-6718 (online), Hindawi, since April 2018. (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/)

2. Associate Editor of the journal Information Processing in Agriculture, ISSN: 2214-3173, Elsevier, since January 2016. (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-processing-in-agriculture)

3. Member of the Advisory Committee of Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management, ISBN: 2468-2071, Lectito Journals, since December 2015. (http://lectitojournals.com/journal-for-information-systems-engineering- management)

4. Editor of the American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ISSN: 1941-7020 (print) - 1941-7039 (online), Science Publications, since October 2015. (http://thescipub.com/journals/ajeas/)

5. Member of the International Advisory Board of the journal International Journal of Rough Sets and Data Analysis, ISSN: 2334-4598 (print) - 2334- 4601 (online), IGI Global, since July 2015. (http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-rough-sets- data/73546)

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6. Editor of the journal International Archives of Medicine, in section of Translational Cardiolog, ISSN: 1755-7682, iMed.Pub, since December 2014. (http://imedpub.jimdo.com/journals/list-of-journals/international-archives-of- medicine/)

7. Editor of the journal Metals, ISSN: 2075-4701, MDPI AG, since October 2014. (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals)

8. Editor of the journal Information Processing in Agriculture, ISSN: 2214-3173, Elsevier, since July 2014. (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-processing-in-agriculture)

9. Editor of the journal Visualization in Engineering, ISSN: 2213-7459, Springer, since July 2014. (http://www.viejournal.com/)

10. Editor of the journal World Journal of Radiology, ISSN: 1949-8470, DOI: 10.4329, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., since December 2014 until December 2017. (http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/index.htm)

11. Editor of the journal AES Technical Reviews International Journal, ISSN: 1718-5505, Advanced Engineering Solutions (AES.COM), since February 2014. (http://aestr.wordpress.com/)

12. Editor of the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, ISSN: 2296-4185, Frontiers Media S.A., Biomechanics section, since October 2013. (http://www.frontiersin.org/Biomechanics)

13. Editor-in-chief of the journal Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, ISSN: 2168-1163 (print) - 2168-1171 (online), Taylor & Francis Group, since July 2012.

14. Editor of the journal Journal of Engineering, ISSN: 2314-4912, e-ISSN: 2314- 4904, doi:10.1155/JE, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, since July 2012. (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/je/)

15. Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications III (Proceedings of the International Symposium CompIMAGE 2012, Rome, Italy, 5-7 September 2012) Editors: Paolo Di Giamberardino, Daniela Iacoviello, Renato M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-0-415-62134-2, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-07537-1, Publisher: CRC Press, Publication Date: August 28, 2012, Pages: 496

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16. Editor of the Advances in Biomechanics & Applications, ISSN: 2287-2094 (print) - 2287-2272 (online), Techno Press, since May 2012. (http://technopress.kaist.ac.kr/?journal=aba&subpage=1#)

17. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 4, No. 1, January-June 2011 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 4, Pages: 42

18. Editor of the International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology (IJEST), ISSN: 2141-2820, e-ISSN: 2141-2839, MultiCraft Publishers, since December 2011. (http://www.ijest-ng.com/)

19. Co-Editor-in-Chief do International Journal of Imaging and Robotics, ISSN: 2231-525X, anteriormente designado por "International Journal of Imaging" (ISSN: 0974-0627), CESER Publications, desde Junho de 2011 até Maio 2012. (www.ceserp.com/cp-jour/index.php?journal=iji&page=index)

20. Editor of the journal ISRN Machine Vision, ISSN: 2090-7796, e-ISSN: 2090- 780X, doi:10.5402/MV, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, since June 2011. (www.hindawi.com/isrn/mv/)

21. Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 8 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-94-007-0725-2 (print) - 978-94-007-0726-9 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0726-9, Publisher: Springer, Pages: 309, April 2013

22. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2011 Proceedings of the III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2011 (Olhão, Portugal, 14-14 October 2011) Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 978-0-415-68395-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: September 2011, Pages: 460

23. Proceedings of the CIBEM 10 - 10º Iberoamerican Congress of Mechanical Engineering (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, September 4-7, 2011) Editors: Renato Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, José Luis Alexandre, António Ferreira, Mário Vaz ISBN: 978-989-96276-2-8, Publisher: Tipografia Nunes Lda, Publication Date: August 2011, Pages: 560

24. Editor of the International Journal of Computer Vision & Signal Processing (IJCVSP), ISSN: 2186-1390, since Março 2011.

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25. Co-editor, together with Professor Renato Natal Jorge from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the book series "Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics", ISSN: 2212-9391, published by Springer, since 2010. (http://www.springer.com/series/8910)

26. Technologies for medical sciences Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1 Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Marcos Pinotti, Alan Slade ISBN: 978-94-007-4067-9 (print) - 978-94-007-4068-6 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4068-6, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: May 2012, Pages: 333

27. Editor of the journal "Revista Eletrônica Produção em Foco", Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - SOCIESC, Brazil, since February 2011.

28. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 3, No. 2, July-December 2010 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 8, Pages: 78

29. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-June 2010 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 10, Pages: 98

30. Associate Editor of the Journal of Biometrics, ISSN: 2229-6689 (print) - 2229- 6697 (on-line), Bioinfo Publications, since November 2010. (http://www.bioinfo.in/contents.php?id=50)

31. Technology and Medical Sciences 6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi) (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 21-23 October 2010) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Marcos Pinotti, Alan Slade ISBN: 978-0-415-66822-4, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-81659-2, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: January 2011, 376 pag.

32. International Journal of Imaging (IJI), 2010 Autumn, Volume 4, Number A10 Editor-in-Chief: João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISSN: 0974-0627, Publisher: CESER Publications, Nº papers: 8, Pages: 122

33. Object Modeling, Algorithms and Applications Editors: Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, Renato M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-981-08-5465-2, Publisher: Research Publishing, Publication Date: April 2010, Pages: 141

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34. Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images Second International Symposium, CompIMAGE 2010, Buffalo, NY, USA, May 5-7, 2010 Proceedings Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6026/2010 Subseries: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics Editors: Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, Herbert A. Hauptman, Renato M. Natal Jorge, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 0302-9743 (Print) - 1611-3349 (Online), ISBN: 978-3-642-12711-3, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12712-0, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Publication Date: April 2010, Pages: 326

35. Associate Editor of the Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis (ELCVIA), ISSN: 1577-5097, CVC Press, since January 2009. (http://elcvia.uab.es/index.php/elcvia)

36. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 2, No. 1, January-June 2009 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 12, Pages: 129

37. Editor of the International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS), ISSN 0973-7294 (Online) - 0972-9976 (Print), CESER Publications, since December 2009. (http://www.ceser.res.in/ijts.html)

38. Biodental Engeneering - Proceedings of the I International Conference on Biodental Engineering (Porto, Portugal, 26–27 June 2009) Editors: R.M. Natal Jorge, Sónia M. Santos, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Mário A.P. Vaz, J.C. Reis Campos ISBN: 978-0-415-57394-8, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85519-5, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: 23/11/2009, Pages: 244

39. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing - Recent Trends Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 19 Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 1871-3033, ISBN: 978-94-007-0010-9 (print) - 978-94-007-0011-6 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0011-6, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: 29/11/2010, Pages: 349

40. International Journal of Imaging (IJI), 2009 Autumn, Volume 2, Number A09 Editor-in-Chief: João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISSN: 0974-0627, Publisher: CESER Publications, Nº papers: 6, Pages: 85

41. Proceedings of the II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2009 (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009) Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge

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ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, e-ISBN: 978-0-203-85830-1, Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Publication Date: 01/10/2009, Pages: 467

42. Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2009, Lisboa, Portugal, February 5-8, 2009 Revised Selected Papers Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 68 Editors: AlpeshKumar Ranchordas, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Hélder J. Araújo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares ISBN: 978-3-642-11839-5 (print) - 978-3-642-11840-1 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11840-1, Publisher: Springer, Publication Date: 2010, Pages: 370

43. Guest Editor, together with Professor João Marcos A. Rebello, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, Technological Center, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, of a special issue of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, ISSN: 1687-6172, e-ISSN: 1687- 6180, doi:10.1155/ASP, Volume 2010 (2010), Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on Signal Processing in Advanced Nondestructive Materials Inspection. (22 works were submitted from 10 countries, 15 works were accepted for publication, Publication Date: Janeiro 2011, vol. 2010, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/2010/si.10.html)

44. Editor-in-chief of the journal IJBB - International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics, ISSN: 1985-2347, CSC Press, since June 2009. (http://www.cscjournals.org/journals/IJBB/description.php)

45. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1, No. 2, July-December 2008 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R.M. Natal Jorge ISSN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 10, Pages: 103

46. International Journal of Imaging (IJI), 2009 Spring, Volume 2, Number S09 Editor-in-Chief: João Manuel R.S. Tavares ISSN: 0974-0627, Publisher: CESER Publications, Nº papers: 6, Pages: 93

47. Section Editor of journal Network Protocols and Algorithms, ISSN: 1943- 3581, Macrothink Institute, since May 2009. (http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/npa)

48. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP) (Lisboa, Portugal, 5-8 February 2009) Editors: Alpesh Kumar Ranchordas, João Tavares ISSN: 978-989-8111-68-5, Publisher: INSTICC Press, Publication Date: 02/2009, Pages: 178

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49. Member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP), ISSN: 1938-0194 (Print) - 1938-0208 (Online), IGI Global, since 2009. (http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-web-portals- ijwp/1113)

50. Editor of the Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis (ELCVIA), ISSN: 1577-5097, CVC Press, since January 2009.

51. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, ISSN: 1687-6172, e-ISSN: 1687-6180, doi:10.1155/ASP, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, on Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics, Volume 2010. (31 works were submitted from 18 countries, 19 works were accepted for publication, Publication Date: November, 2009, vol. 2010, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/2010/si.2.html)

52. Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Information Technology and Knowledge Management (IJITKM), ISSN: 0973-4414, Serials Publications, since October 2008. (http://serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=264&dtype=2&jtype=1)

53. Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence, ISSN: 0974-0635, CESER Publications, since July 2008. (http://www.ceser.res.in/ijai.html)

54. Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Universal Computer Science, Graz University of Technology, ISSN: 0948-695x (print) - 0948-6968 (online), since June 2008. (http://www.jucs.org/jucs)

55. Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Imaging (IJI), ISSN: 0974- 0627, CESER Publications, India, since June 2008 to June 2011. (http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/iji.html)

56. Honorary Editor of the International Journal of Computer Interaction and Information Technology (IJCIIT), ISSN: 0974-3480, Brown-Walker Press, since March 2008. (http://brownwalker.com/ASMT-journals.htm)

57. Guest Editor, together with Prof, Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis (ELCVIA), ISSN: 1577-5097, CVC Press, dedicated to the International Symposium CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, held in Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006, Vol. 7, N. 2, May 2008.

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58. Co-Editor, together with Prof, Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Proceedings book of the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Conference on web Technology, New Media, Communications and Telematics Theory and Applications – EUROMEDIA’ 2008, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 9-11 April 2008 Published by EUROSIS-ETI in April 2008, ISBN: 978-90-77381-38-0, EAN: 978-9077381-38-0, 165 pages

59. International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 1, No. 1, January-June 2008 Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge ISBN: 0973-6778, Publisher: Serials Publications, Nº papers: 12, Pages: 132

60. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS), ISSN: 0973-7294 (Online) - 0972-9976 (Print), CESER Publications, on Image Processing. (38 papers submitted, 21 papers accepted, two numbers: I) International Journal of Tomography & Statistics, Winter 2010, Volume 13 (Special Volume), Number W10, 153 pag.; II) International Journal of Tomography & Statistics, Summer 2010, Volume 14 (Special Volume), Number S10, 119 pag.) (http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijts.html)

61. Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics (IJCV&B), Serials Publications, ISSN: 0973-6778, since December 2006. (www.fe.up.pt/~ijcvb)

62. Co-Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics (IJCV&B), Serials Publications, ISSN: 0973-6778, Periodicity: half-yearly. (www.fe.up.pt/~ijcvb)

63. Co-Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Proceedings book of the International Symposium CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, held in Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006. Published by Taylor & Francis Group in February 2007, ISBN: 978-0-415- 43349-5, 480 pages.

64. Co-Editor, together with António Pedrosa, Fundação Navegar, of the Proceedings of the ENVC2005 - Encontro Nacional de Visualização Cientifica, held in Espinho, Portugal, 17 September 2005. Published by Fundação Navegar, ISBN: 972-99872-0-3 (DVD) (http://envc2005.multimeios.pt/)

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65. Guest Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of a special issue of the International Journal of Simulation Modelling, ISSN: 1726-4529, DAAAM International Vienna, Austria, dedicated to the International Symposium CompIMAGE - Computational Modelling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, held in Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21 October 2006, Vol. 6, N. 2, June 2007, Pages: 61-136.

66. Co-Editor, together with Prof. Renato Natal Jorge, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, of the Proceedings book of the International Conference VIPimage 2007 - Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007 Published by Taylor and Francis in October 2007, ISBN: 9780415457774, ISBN:-10: 0415457777, 414 pages

67. Member of the Editorial Board of e-Minds: International Journal on Human- Computer Interaction, ISSN: 1697-9613 (print) - 1887-3022 (online), Human- Communication and Interaction Research Group, since April 2008. (www.eminds.hci-rg.com)

68. Associated Editor of the INFOCOMP - Journal of Computer Science, ISSN: 1807-4545, Periodicity: quarterly, since March 2005. (http://www.dcc.ufla.br/infocomp/ingles/index_eng.htm)

Invited/Plenary Lectures

1. Algorithms of Computational Vision in Biomedicine João Manuel R. S. Tavares BRAIN WEEK 2017 - Semana do Cérebro e da Neurorradiologia (BW´17), Aveiro, Esterreja, Sta Maria da Feira, Portugal, May 31 - June 6, 2017

2. Image Segmentation in Biomedicine: Techniques, Results and their Assessment João Manuel R. S. Tavares Science, Research Integrity and Responsibility – exploring the case of visual representations, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal, May 29, 2017

3. Image processing and analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares PhD Program in Physiotherapy - CIAFEL, Biomechanics 2016-17, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, March 24, 2017

4. Methods and Techniques of Biomedical Image Analysis Towards More Competent CAD and VR Systems João Manuel R. S. Tavares VR EXPO 2017 Conference, Seoul, Korea, 9-10th March, 2017

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5. Methods and Techniques of Computational Vision Towards More Competent CAD Systems João Manuel R. S. Tavares World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WS4 2017), London, UK, 15-16 February, 2017

6. Computational Analysis of Biomedical Images Seminars in Biomedical Engineering, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering and Master Course in Biomedical Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, October 26, 2016

7. Computational Image Analysis: Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares The 2016 International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and applications (FICTA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 16-17 September 2016

8. Image Analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares Gr.2 workshop, Doctoral Program on Sport Sciences, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, June 8, 2011

9. Processing and Analysis of Biomedical Images - Examples of Methods and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Radiation Applied to Health Technologies - Digital Imaging with Radiation X, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, May 7, 2011

10. Image Processing and Analysis in Biomedical Engineering: Techniques and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares MSc course in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, March 11, 2011

11. Analysis of Objects in Images: Techniques and Applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares WVC 2011 - VII Workshop de Visão Computacional, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, 22-25 May 2011

12. Competitividade na Engenharia de Produção: Inovação e Sustentabilidade – Contribuições da FEUP & INEGI João Manuel R. S. Tavares 1º CONEPRO-SUL – Congresso de Engenharia de Produção da Região Sul, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 22-24 September 2010

13. Image Analysis in Biomechanics João Manuel R. S. Tavares Gr.2 workshop, Doctoral Program on Sport Sciences, Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, July 7, 2010

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14. Computational alignment of images from static and dynamic pedobarography Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares V Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, Penafiel, Portugal, 30 April - 1 May 2010

15. Image Processing and Analysis in Biomedical Engineering João Manuel R. S. Tavares IV Seminário de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, 18-19 March 2010

16. Image Processing and Analysis: Methods and Trends João Manuel R. S. Tavares VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica (CONEM 2010), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, 18 - 21 August 2010

17. Image Processing and Analysis: Applications and Trends João Manuel R. S. Tavares AES-ATEMA’2010 Fifth International Conference, Montreal & Quebec City, Canada, June 27 - July 03, 2010

18. Motion Tracking in Images based on Stochastic Filters and Optimization João Manuel R. S. Tavares CMBBE2010 - 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Westin Hotel, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 February, 2010

19. Tracking moving objects in image sequences João Manuel R. S. Tavares Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, June 21-23, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal

20. A computer analysis of structures in image sequences: methods and applications João Manuel R. S. Tavares Mathematical Aspects of Imaging, Modeling and Visualization in Multiscale Biology, March 31 - April 4, 2009, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

21. Processamento e Análise de Imagem em Biomecânica João Manuel R. S. Tavares III Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Podologia, Hotel Porto Palácio, Porto, Portugal, 18-19 July 2008

22. 3D Reconstruction of External Anatomical Structures using Computer Vision João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Teresa C. S. Azevedo, Mário A. P. Vaz CMBBE2008 - 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Sheraton Hotel, Porto, Portugal, February 27th - March 1st, 2008

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23. Análise Computacional de Movimento de Objectos em Sequências de Imagem: Metodologias e Aplicações João Manuel R. S. Tavares DSM 2007 - Conferência Nacional de Dinâmica de Sistemas Multicorpo, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 6-7 December 2007

24. Análise de Estruturas em Imagens: Segmentação, Seguimento e Reconstrução 3D João Manuel R. S. Tavares 2º Workshop of Biomedical Engineering, IPB-ESTIG, Bragança, Portugal, 29 October 2007

Awards

1. Award Best Review Paper, 2014: Medical image registration: a review, Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (17:2, 73-93), March 2018.

2. Award of Scientific Recognition - Publications from the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, in January 2018.

3. Editor's Choice 2017: Skin Lesion Computational Diagnosis of Dermoscopic Images: Ensemble Models based on Input Feature Manipulation Roberta B. Oliveira, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.07.009, ISSN: 0169-2607, Elsevier, Volume 149, pp. 43-53, October 2017

4. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in January 2016.

5. Paper more downloaded in 2014 of the journal Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Medical image registration: a review, Francisco P.M. Oliveira, João Manuel R.S. Tavares.

6. Award of Scientific Excellence Award 2015 from the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, in January 2015.

7. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in January 2015.

8. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in January 2014.

9. Best paper published in 2012 in the journal Pattern Recognition award: Efficient Supervised Optimum-Path Forest Classification for Large Datasets, João P. Papa, Alexandre X. Falcão, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Pattern Recognition, Elsevier, ISSN: 0031-3203, DOI:

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10.1016/j.patcog.2011.07.013, Volume 45, Issue 1, pp. 512-520, January 2012.

10. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in January 2013.

11. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in January 2012.

12. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in November 2010.

13. Award of Incentive to Research - Patents from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in November 2009.

14. Award of Incentive to Research - Publications from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, in November 2009.

15. Best paper award: Magnetic resonance imaging of the vocal tract: techniques and applications, Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Diamantino Rui S. Freitas, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, 1st International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (IMAGAPP), ISBN: 978-989-8111-68-5, INSTICC Press, pp. 105-110, 5-8 February 2009, Lisboa, Portugal.

16. Award of Incentive to Research – Patents from Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal, November 2008.

17. Project awarded for 2003/2004 of the Scientific Research in Pre-Graduation Program in the field of Engineering, Title: “ANDAR – System of Acquisition for Analysis of Data of the Gait of People with Prosthesis Devices in the Inferior Limbs”, participant Institutions: FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, INEB – Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Responsible Research: Miguel V. Correia from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of FEUP, 2004/2005.

18. Best student paper award: Parallel Image Processing System on a Cluster of Personal Computers, J. Barbosa, J. Tavares, J. Padilha, VECPAR 2000 - 4th International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing, pp. 439-452, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 21-23 June 2000.

Patents

1. National Patent with title: “Individual Protection Equipment for the Handling of Objects in the Food Industry” Owner: Universidade do Porto Authors: Inês Ribeiro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Status: Patent Application in Progress, July 2017, application reference: INPI 110216

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2. International Patent with title: “Dynamic biocompatible cage for replacing intervertebral disks of the vertebral column” Application Number: PPI 39086/08, International Extension Request with reference: PCT/PT2009/000053, Deposit Date: 14 October 2009, Grant Date: 21 April 2011 Authors: Manuel Laranjeira Gomes, Ana Mafalda Fontes Pinto dos Reis, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Isa Teixeira Santos Designated Countries: AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. African Regional Intellectual Property Org. (ARIPO) (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW). Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM). European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR). African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Status: Active

3. International Patent with title: “Adjustable device for replacing intervertebral disks of the vertebral column” Application Number PPI 39085/08, International Extension Request with reference: PCT/PT2009/000052, Deposit Date: 14 October 2009, Grant Date: 21 April 2011 Authors: Manuel Laranjeira Gomes, Ana Mafalda Fontes Pinto dos Reis, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Isa Teixeira Santos Designated Countries: AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. African Regional Intellectual Property Org. (ARIPO) (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW). Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM). European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR). African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM,

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GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Status: Active

4. International Patent with title: “Device for measuring and analysing the colour of the outer ear and ear canal” International Extension Request with reference: PCT/PT2009/000041, Deposit Date: 13 July 2009, Grant Date: 21 January 2010 Owner: Universidade do Porto Authors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, José Soeira, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Georgeta Oliveira, Jorge Reis Designated Countries: AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. African Regional Intellectual Property Org. (ARIPO) (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW). Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM). European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR). African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Status: Active

5. National Patent with title: “Device for measuring and analysing the colour of the outer ear and ear canal” Application Number: INPI 104131, Deposit Date: 14 July 2008, Grant Date: 15 October 2010 Owner: Universidade do Porto uthors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, José Soeira, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Georgeta Oliveira, Jorge Reis Status: Active

6. National Patent with title: “Device and Method for the Acquisition and Three- Dimensional Analysis of Mandibular Movement” Application Number: INPI 103691, Deposit Date: 15 March 2007, Grant Date: 30 September 2008 Owner: Universidade do Porto Authors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Isa Teixeira Santos, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Manuel Pedro da Fonseca Paulo Status: Expired

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