João Paulo Cunha

Position	Associate professor
Group	Signal Processing Laboratory
Transverse Activity	Transverse Activity on Innovative Biomedical Technologies
Status	Integrated member
Country	Portugal
Students	David Ribeiro, Virgilio Bento
Former PhD Students	José Maria Fernandes, Liliana da Silva Ferreira, Li Zhanjian
Former Masters Students	Show list
Courses	Análise e Modelação de Sistema, Electronica e Sistemas Médicos, Mobile Computing
Projects	CAPVIEW, Diamarker, MISC, MyPointingDevice, VitalResponder
Events	CAIP2011, EMBC2012, ENS 2011, HBM 2011, ICIAR2011, IEEE EMBC2011, pHealth2012
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Publications

Articles in international journals listed in the ISI

• Mohammed S. Al-Rawi, João Paulo Cunha. On using permutation tests to estimate the classification significance of functional magnetic resonance imaging data. Neurocomputing, vol. 82, p. 224–233, April 2012 (IF 2010: 1.429)
• David Ribeiro, Lianshe Fu, Luis Carlos, João Paulo Cunha. A Novel Dry Active Biosignal Electrode Based on an Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Interface Material. IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, no. 10, p. 2241-2245, October 2011 (IF 2010: 1.473)
• AS Peters, J Rémi, C Vollmar, J Gonzalez-Victores, João Paulo Cunha, S Noachtar. Dysprosody during Epileptic Seizures Lateralizes to the Non-Dominant Hemisphere. Neurology, vol. 77, p. 1482-1486, October 2011 (IF 2010: 8.017)
• Jan Rémi, Philipp Wagner, Rebecca O'Dwyer, João Paulo Cunha, Christian Vollmar, Isabella Krotofil, Soheyl Noachtar. Ictal Head Turning in Frontal and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia, vol. 52, no. 8, p. 1447-1451, August 2011 (IF 2010: 3.955)
• Mohammed S. Al-Rawi, João Paulo Cunha. Using multivariate pattern analysis to study how specific brain regions respond to different visual stimulation. Journal of Neurology, vol. 258, p. S167, May 2011
• Jan Rémi, João Paulo Cunha, Christian Vollmar, Ozgur Topçuoglu, Alexander Meier, Steffen Ulowetz, Pedro Beleza, Soheyl Noachtar. Quantitative Movement Analysis Differentiates Focal Seizures Characterized by Automatisms. Epilepsy & Behavior, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 642-647, April 2011 (IF 2010: 1.994)
• Pedro Dias, Isabel Soares, John Klein, João Paulo Cunha, Glenn Roisman. Autonomic correlates of attachment insecurity in a sample of women with eating disorders. Attachment & Human Development, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 155-167, March 2011 (IF 2010: 1.426)
• Zulfiya Mirzadjanova, Astrid S. Peters, Jan Rémi, Candas Bilgin, João Paulo Cunha, Soheyl Noachtar. Significance of lateralization of upper limb automatisms in temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative movement analysis. Epilepsia, vol. 51, no. 10, p. 2140-2146, October 2010 (IF 2010: 3.955)
• João Paulo Cunha, José Maria Fernandes, Astrid Petters, Candas Bilgin, Jan Rémi, Zulfiya Mirzadjanova, José Gonzalez-Vitores, Soheyl Noachtar. Quantitative Analysis of Upper Limb Automatisms in Temporal and Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia, vol. 51, no. S4, p. 53-53, June 2010 (IF 2010: 3.955)
• João Paulo Cunha, José Maria Fernandes, Virgilio Bento, L. Paula, F. Oliveira, C. Bilgin, S. Noachtar. 3D movement quantification in epilepsy: new contribution for quantitative semiology analysis. Epilepsia, vol. 50, no. s10, p. 84, October 2009 (IF 2009: 4.052) (IF 2010: 3.955)
• José Maria Fernandes, João Paulo Cunha, Sérgio Tafula, S. Brandao, A. Bastos Leite, I. Ramos. Video-EEG-FMRI: A proximal in-bore video-EEG system within a 3T MRI scanner. Epilepsia, vol. 50, no. s10, p. 130, October 2009 (IF 2009: 4.052) (IF 2010: 3.955)
• N. F. Lori, José Maria Fernandes, S. Brandão, A. Bastos Leite, João Paulo Cunha. Separating sensory and motor BOLD functional MRI activations using q-ball white matter fibre tracking in humans. European Journal of Neurology, vol. 15, no. s3, p. 295, August 2008 (IF 2008: 2.732) (IF 2010: 3.765)
• Luis A. Meireles, A. Catarina Guedes, Catarina R. Barbosa, José Luís Azevedo, João Paulo Cunha, F. Xavier Malcata. On-line control of light intensity in a microalgal bioreactor using a novel automatic system. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, vol. 42, no. 7, p. 554–559, June 2008 (IF 2008: 2.375) (IF 2010: 2.287)
• João Paulo Cunha, Miguel Coimbra, P. Campos, J. M. Soares. Automated Topographic Segmentation and Transit Time Estimation in Endoscopic Capsule Exams. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 19-27, January 2008 (IF 2008: 4.004) (IF 2010: 3.639)
• José Maria Fernandes, F. Sales, João Paulo Cunha. Epigauss: Lateralization value of a new automated analysis software based on spike dipole densities and spatial clustering. Epilepsia, vol. 48, no. s6, p. 3–4, October 2007 (IF 2007: 3.569) (IF 2010: 3.955)
• Rebecca O'Dwyer, João Paulo Cunha, Christian Vollmar, Cordula Mauerer, Berend Feddersen, Richard C. Burgess, Alois Ebner, Soheyl Noachtar. Lateralizing significance of quantitative analysis of head movements before secondary generalization of seizures of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 524–530, March 2007 (IF 2007: 3.569) (IF 2010: 3.955)
• C. Fonseca, João Paulo Cunha, Rui Escadas Martins, V. M. Ferreira, J. P. Marques de Sa, M. A. Barbosa, A. Martins da Silva. A novel dry active electrode for EEG recording. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 54, no. 1, p. 162–165, January 2007 (IF 2007: 1.622) (IF 2010: 1.782)
• José Maria Fernandes, A. Leal, João Paulo Cunha. EpiGauss: Analysing spatiotemporal patterns in occipital epilepsy. Epilepsia, vol. 47, no. s3, p. 152, 2006 (IF 2006: 3.526) (IF 2010: 3.955)
• Miguel T. Coimbra, João Paulo Cunha. MPEG-7 visual descriptors - Contributions for automated feature extraction in capsule endoscopy. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 628–637, May 2006
• R. O'Dwyer, João Paulo Cunha, C. Vollmar, C. Mauerer, R. Burgess, A. Ebner, S. Noachtar. Lateralizing significance of quantitative analysis of versive head movements during seizures of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, vol. 46, no. s6, p. 304, 2005 (IF 2005: 3.227) (IF 2010: 3.955)
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Other articles in journals

• Liliana da Silva Ferreira, António J. S. Teixeira, João Paulo Cunha. Extracção de Informação de Relatórios Médicos. LinguaMática, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 89-102, 2009

Articles in proceedings of conferences

• Susana Brás, Nuno Ferreira, João Paulo Cunha. ECG ARTEFACT DETECTION ALGORITHM - An algorithm to improve long-term ECG analysis. BIOSIGNALS 2012 – International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Vila Moura, Portugal, February 2012
• José Maria Fernandes, Sérgio Tafula, João Paulo Cunha. 3D-Video-fMRI: 3D motion tracking in a 3T MRI environment. M Kamel, A. Campilho (eds) ICIAR2011, vol. LNCS 6754, p. 59-67, 2011
• José Maria Fernandes, Sérgio Tafula, João Paulo Cunha. Different fMRI activations if a response box or a 3D movement tracking system is used. Human Brain Mapping 2011, Quebec City, Canada, 2011
• Mohammed S. Al-Rawi, João Paulo Cunha. Functional brain mapping by methods of evolutionary natural selection. Computer analysis of images and patterns, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, vol. LNCS 6855, p. 293-299, September 2011
• Johannes Pallauf, Pedro Gomes, Susana Brás, João Paulo Cunha, Miguel Coimbra. Associating ECG features with firefighter’s activities. 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Boston, MA, USA, August 2011
• Márcio Colunas, José Maria Fernandes, Ilídio Oliveira, João Paulo Cunha. Droid Jacket: Using an Android based smartphone for team monitoring. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2011 7th International, p. 2157 - 2161, July 2011
• Márcio Colunas, José Maria Fernandes, Ilídio Oliveira, João Paulo Cunha. DroidJacket: An Android-based application for first responders monitoring. Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2011 6th Iberian Conference on, p. 15-18, June 2011
• João Paulo Cunha, José Maria Fernandes, Virgilio Bento, Luis Paula, Eduardo Dias, C. Bilgin, Soheil Noachtar. 2D versus 3D approaches to movement quantification in epileptic seizures: Simulations and real seizures comparative evaluation. 9th European Congress on Epileptology, Rhodes, Greece, 2010
• João Paulo Cunha, Sérgio Tafula, José Maria Fernandes. 3D video-fMRI: Tri-dimensional video-based movement quantification in a 3T fMRI environment. Human Brain Mapping 2010, Barcelona, Spain., 2010
• Ilídio Oliveira, Luís Alves, Eduardo Dias, David Pacheco, Sérgio Lima, João Barros, Miguel P. Monteiro, J.A. Silva, José Maria Fernandes, João Paulo Cunha, António Sousa Pereira. Automated endoscopic capsule analysis using a Grid computing environment. IBERGRID'2010, Braga, Portugal., 2010
• Liliana da Silva Ferreira, António J. S. Teixeira, João Paulo Cunha. Information Extraction from Portuguese Hospital Discharge Letters. FALA 2010, 2010
• João Paulo Cunha, José Maria Fernandes, A. Peters, C. Bilgins, J. Remi, Z. Mirzadjanona, J.A. Gonzalez-Victores, Soheil Noatchar. Quantitative Analysis of Upper Limb Automatisms in Temporal and Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. 9th European Congress on Epileptology, Rhodes, Greece., 2010
• João Rodrigues, F. Vieira, T. Vinhosa, J. Barros, João Paulo Cunha. A Non-Intrusive Multi-Sensor System for Characterizing Driver Behavior. Proc. of the 13th Int. IEEE Conf. on Intelligent Transportation, p. 1620-1624, December 2010
• Mohammed S. Al-Rawi, João Paulo Cunha. Decoding visual cues from brain activity in humans,. 2nd Annual Meeting IBILI (From molecules to systems in health and diseases), Coimbra, Portugal, vol. 2, p. 69-70, December 2010
• Joao Duarte, Maria Ribeiro, Ines Violante, Mohammed S. Al-Rawi, João Paulo Cunha, Miguel Castelo-Branco. Machine Learning and Multivariate Pattern Recognition Techniques Identify Multiple Brain Areas of Abnormal Structure in Neurofibromatosis Type I. 2nd Annual Meeting IBILI (From molecules to systems in health and diseases), Coimbra, Portugal, vol. 2, p. 76-77, December 2010
• Mohammed S. Al-Rawi, João Paulo Cunha. Multivoxel Pattern Analysis Reveals Evidence of Robust Responses to Stimuli in the First Block. 16th meeting of the Organization for human brain mapping, Barcelona, Spain, December 2010
• André Zúquete, Bruno Quintela, João Paulo Cunha. Biometric Authentication Using Brain Responses To Visual Stimuli. 3th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS 2010), Valencia, Spain, May 2010
• João Paulo Cunha, Bernardo Cunha, António Sousa Pereira, William Xavier, Nuno Ferreira, Luis Meireles. Vital Jacket: A wearable wireless vital signs monitor for patients' mobility in Cardiology and Sports. Proc. of the 4th Int. ICST Conf. on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Munich, Germany, March 2010
• Lucas Ribeiro, João Paulo Cunha, Ricardo Cruz-Correia. Information Systems Heterogeneity and Interoperability inside Hospitals - A Survey. Proc. of the HealthInf 2010 - Int. Conf. on Health Informatics, Valencia, Spain, p. 337-343, January 2010
• João Paulo Cunha, José Maria Fernandes, Virgilio Bento, Luís Paula, F. Oliveira, C. Bilgin, Soheil Noachtar. 3D Movement Quantification in Epilepsy: New Contribution for Quantitative Semiology Analysis. Proc. of the 28th Int. Epilepsy Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 2009
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Chapters in books

• Liliana da Silva Ferreira, António J. S. Teixeira, João Paulo Cunha. Medical Information Extraction in European Portuguese. Handbook of Research on ICTs for Healthcare and Social Services: Developments and Applications, Isabel Maria Miranda, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Ed.), IGI Global, 2012
• Ilídio Oliveira, Eduardo Dias, Luís Alves, João Barros, Jorge Silva, Miguel Monteiro, António Sousa Pereira, José Maria Fernandes, Aurélio Campinho, João Paulo Cunha. Extending a desktop endoscopic capsule video analysis tool used by doctors with advanced computing resources. IberGrid2011 5th Iberian Grid Infrastructure Conference proceedings, I. Campos Placencia, J. Marco de Lucas, J. Gomes, G. Barreira (Ed.), Spain: NetBiblo S.L., La Coruña, p. 156-168, 2011
• André Zúquete, Bruno Quintela, João Paulo Cunha. Biometric Authentication with Electroencephalograms: Evaluation of its Suitability Using Visual Evoked Potentials. Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), BIOSTEC 2010 Revised Selected Papers, Ana Fred, Joaquim Filipe, Hugo Gamboa (Ed.), Springer, vol. 127, p. 290-306, March 2011
• David Pacheco, Ilídio Oliveira, José Maria Fernandes, João Paulo Cunha. MAGI: A medical application Grid interfacing portal for eScience. 3rd Iberian Grid Infrastructure Conference (IberGrid'09)D, V. Hernández Garcia, G. Barreira, I. Blanquer Espert, J. Gomes (Ed.), Spain: NetBiblo S.L., La Coruña, p. 31-42, 2010
• João Paulo Cunha, José Maria Fernandes, Ilídio Oliveira, Micael Pedrosa, Luís Alves, António Sousa Pereira. The Portuguese BING network: Towards a brain imaging Grid virtual community. 3rd Iberian Grid Infrastructure Conference (IberGrid'09), V. Hernández Garcia, G. Barreira, I. Blanquer Espert, J. Gomes (Ed.), Valencia, Spain: NetBiblo S.L., La Coruña, 2009
• André Zúquete, Hélder Gomes, João Paulo Cunha. Authentication Architecture for Region-Wide e-Health System with Smartcards and a PKI. Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), BIOSTEC 2008 Revised Selected Papers, Ana Fred, Joaquim Filipe and Hugo Gamboa (Ed.), Springer, vol. 25, p. 479-492, 2008
• Ilídio Oliveira, José Maria Fernandes, Luís Alves, António Sousa Pereira, João Paulo Cunha. GERES-med: An Architecture for Grid-Enabled scientific REpositorieS for medical applications. IBERGRID 2008 - 2nd Iberian Grid Infrastruture Conference, Porto, Portugal, Netbiblo, S.L., p. 163-173, 2008
• Liliana da Silva Ferreira, António J. S. Teixeira, João Paulo Cunha. REMMA - Reconhecimento de Entidades Mencionadas do MedAlert. Desafios na avaliação conjunta do reconhecimento de entidades mencionadas: O Segundo HAREM, C. Mota and D. Santos (Ed.), Linguateca, p. 213-229, 2008