Processing of biomedical signals | Department of Telecommunications

Contact person

doc. Ing. Jiří Hošek, Ph.D.

Main research areas

Medical image processing
Processing of speech, writing, and other time series, including prediction
Segmentation and measurement of geometric parameters in image sequences
Quantitative analysis in pathology
Supportive diagnosis and monitoring of disorders/diseases
Data science
Research and development of digital biomarkers
Reconstruction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images and sequences, perfusion analysis of oncological diseases
Telemedicine
mHealth applications development

Research Group

Research groups in the field of biomedical signal processing:
The Brain Diseases Analysis Laboratory (BDALab)

Partners

Companies: Scicake, s.r.o., Propsyco, s.r.o., Konica Minolta, Yunex Traffic, Utilcell
Research institutions and schools: St. Anne‘s Faculty Hospital in Brno, University Hospital Brno, National Telemedicine Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CEITEC, Pompeu Fabra University, Johns Hopkins University, Polytechnic University of Madrid, University of Vienna, University of Arizona, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Vienna University of Technology, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India
Hospitals: St. Anne‘s Faculty Hospital in Brno (Czechia), University Hospital Brno (Czechia), University Hospital Olomouc (Czechia), Mataró Hospital (Spain), Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan)

Main practical research results

System of quantitative analysis of hypokinetic dysarthria
System for evaluation and prediction of motor/non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Supportive diagnosis and monitoring system for Parkinson's disease
System of quantitative analysis of graphomotor difficulties in persons with neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases
Supportive diagnosis and evaluation system of graphomotor difficulties
Remote sleep monitoring system using actigraphy
System for segmentation and measurement of geometric parameters in image sequences

Main research publications

KOVÁČ, D.; MEKYSKA, J.; AHARONSON, V.; HARÁR, P.; GALÁŽ, Z.; RAPCSAK, S.; OROZCO-ARROYAVE, J. R.; BRABENEC, L.; REKTOROVÁ, I. Exploring digital speech biomarkers of hypokinetic dysarthria in a multilingual cohort. BIOMED SIGNAL PROCES, 2023, roč. 88, č. 2, s. 1-11. ISSN: 1746-8094.

BRABENEC, L.; KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ, P.; ŠIMKO, P.; KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, M.; MEKYSKA, J.; REKTOROVÁ, I. Non-invasive brain stimulation for speech in Parkinson’s disease: A randomized controlled trial. BRAIN STIMUL, 2021, roč. 14, č. 3, s. 571-578. ISSN: 1935-861X.

BRABENEC, L.; KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ, P.; MEKYSKA, J; REKTOROVÁ, I. Shannon entropy: A novel tool for assessing pentagon drawing in Parkinson's disease. MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2021. s. S288 (S289 s.)ISSN: 0885-3185.

ŠTILLOVÁ, K.; KISKA, T.; KORIŤÁKOVÁ, E.; STRÝČEK, O.; MEKYSKA, J.; CHRASTINA, J.; REKTOR, I. Mozart effect in epilepsy: Why is Mozart better than Haydn? Acoustic qualities‐based analysis of SEEG. European Journal of Neurology, 2021, roč. 1, č. 1, s. 1-17. ISSN: 1351-5101.

MANGOVÁ, M.; MACÍČEK, O.; RAJMIC, P.; HÝVLOVÁ, D.; JIŘÍK, R. Simultaneous DCE-DSC-MRI using low-rank-regularized model-based reconstruction of DCE and DSC components. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI). 2024. ISBN: 979-8-3503-1333-8.