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Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY USA
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2020

Preliminary Phenotypic Feature Capture During Clinical Interaction
Daniel Barron, Stephen Heisig, Raquel Norel, Carlo Agurto, Brittany Quagan, Albert Powers, Justin Baker, R. Todd Constable, Guillermo Cecchi, John Krystal
Biological Psychiatry 87(9), 2020
computational biology, phenotype, biology

Automated Analysis of Responses on Verbal Fluency Tests in Schizophrenia Risk States
Cansu Sarac, Zarina Bilgrami, Carla Agurto, Melanie Formica, Sarmiya Uruthiralingam, Jessica Spark, Romina Mizrahi, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Guillermo Cecchi, Cheryl Corcoran, Mary Pietrowicz
Biological Psychiatry 87(9), 2020
verbal fluency test, schizophrenia, audiology, psychology

Speech-based characterization of dopamine replacement therapy in people with Parkinsons disease
R. Norel, C. Agurto, S. Heisig, J. J. Rice, H. Zhang, R. Ostrand, P. W. Wacnik, B. K. Ho, V. L. Ramos, G. A. Cecchi
npj Parkinsons disease 6(1), 2020
Abstract   speech tempo, parkinson s disease, rating scale, audiology, neurology, habituation, dopamine, medicine, automatic speech, motor function

Analyzing acoustic and prosodic fluctuations in free speech to predict psychosis onset in high-risk youths
Carla Agurto, Mary Pietrowicz, Raquel Norel, Elif K Eyigoz, Emma Stanislawski, Guillermo Cecchi, Cheryl Corcoran
2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine \& Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 5575--5579

Detection of Acute 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Effects Across Protocols Using Automated Natural Language Processing
Carla Agurto, Guillermo A. Cecchi, Raquel Norel, Rachel Ostrand, Matthew Kirkpatrick, Matthew J. Baggott, Margaret C. Wardle, Harriet de Wit, Gillinder Bedi
Neuropsychopharmacology (2020)
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2019

Dimensional Analysis of Laughter in Female Conversational Speech
Mary Pietrowicz, Carla Agurto, Jonah Casebeer, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Karrie Karahalios, Guillermo Cecchi
ICASSP 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 6600-6604
Abstract   laughter, sarcasm, happiness, perception, latent semantic analysis, cognitive psychology, psychology, conversational speech, expressivity, vocal expression

A New Approach for Automating Analysis of Responses on Verbal Fluency Tests from Subjects At-Risk for Schizophrenia
M. Pietrowicz, C. Agurto, R. Norel, E. Eyigoz, G.A. Cecchi, Z.R. Bilgrami and C.M. Corcoran
Interspeech 2019, pp. 3028-3032

Speech markers for clinical assessment of cocaine users
C. Agurto, R. Norel, M. Pietrowicz, M. Parvaz, S. Kinreich, K. Bachi, G.A. Cecchi, Ri.Z. Goldstein
ICASSP 2019
Abstract

Dimensional analysis of laughter in conversational speech
M. Pietrowicz, C. Agurto, J. Casebeer, M. Hasegawa-Johnson, K. Karahalios, G.A. Cecchi
ICASSP 2019
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Analyzing progression of motor and speech impairment in ALS
C. Agurto, M. Pietrowicz, E.K. Eyigoz, E. Mosmiller, E. Baxi, J.D. Rothstein, P. Roy, J. Berry, N.J. Maragakis, O. Ahmad, G.A. Cecchi, R. Norel
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, 2019


2018

Speech-based identification of L-DOPA ON/OFF state in Parkinsons Disease subjects
Raquel Norel, Carla Agurto, John Jeremy Rice, Bryan K Ho, Guillerma A Cecchi
bioRxiv, 2018
Abstract   rating scale, prosody, parkinson s disease, longitudinal course, feature selection, disease, biology, bioinformatics, audiology

Predictive linguistic markers of suicidality in poets
C. Agurto, P. Pataranutaporn, E.K. Eyigoz, G. Stolovitzky, and G.A. Cecchi
IEEE 12th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), pp. 282-285, 2018

Detection of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) via Acoustic Analysis
R Norel, M Pietrowicz, C Agurto, S Rishoni, G Cecchi
Interspeech 2018
Abstract


2017

Relationship Between Computer-based Hypertensive Retinopathy Grading and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Vinayak S Joshi, Carla Agurto, E Simon Barriga, Sheila C Nemeth, Ellaheh Ebrahim, Peter Soliz
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 58(8), 639-639, 2017
internal medicine, hypertensive retinopathy, grading, disease, diabetes mellitus, cardiology, biology

Automatic Diabetic Retinopathy Screening System at a Network of Comprehensive Diabetes Care Clinics in Monterrey, Mexico
E Simon Barriga, Jeremy Benson, Gilberto Zamora, Carla Agurto, Javier Lozano, Sheila C Nemeth, Omar Meza, Eduardo Martinon, Peter Soliz
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 58(8), 5080-5080, 2017
optometry, medicine, family medicine, diabetic retinopathy screening, diabetes mellitus, anatomy

Detection of plus disease in retinopathy of prematurity using automatic vessel tortuosity measurements
Jeffrey C Wigdahl, Carla Agurto, Sheila C Nemeth, Vinayak S Joshi, Wendall Bauman, Peter Soliz, E Simon Barriga
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 58(8), 654-654, 2017
tortuosity, retinopathy of prematurity, disease, biology

Phonological markers of Oxytocin and MDMA ingestion
Carla Agurto, Raquel Norel, Rachel Ostrand, Gillinder Bedi, Harriet de Wit, Matthew J. Baggott, Matthew G. Kirkpatrick, Margaret Wardle, Guillermo Cecchi
Proc. Interspeech 2017, pp. 3142--3146
Abstract

Automated Detection of Malarial Retinopathy in Digital Fundus Images for Improved Diagnosis in Malawian Children with Clinically Defined Cerebral Malaria
Joshi, Vinayak and Agurto, Carla and Barriga, Simon and Nemeth, Sheila and Soliz, Peter and MacCormick, Ian J and Lewallen, Susan and Taylor, Terrie E and Harding, Simon P
Scientific Reports7, Nature Publishing Group, 2017
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2016

Comprehensive eye evaluation algorithm
C. Agurto, S. Nemeth, G. Zamora, M. Vahtel, P. Soliz, S. Barriga
Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis9785
Abstract   physics, optic disc, macular degeneration, glaucoma, fundus, eye disease, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, algorithm

Automated detection of retinal whitening in malarial retinopathy
Vinayak Joshi, Carla Agurto, E. Simon Barriga, Sheila C. Nemeth, Peter Soliz, Ian MacCormick, Terrie Taylor, Susan Lewallen, Simon Harding
Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis9785
Abstract   retinopathy, retinal, retina, rgb color model, physics, optics, image segmentation, difference of gaussians, computer aided diagnosis, computer vision, color space, artificial intelligence

Vessel discoloration detection in malarial retinopathy
Carla Agurto, Sheila C. Nemeth, E. Simon Barriga, Peter Soliz, Ian MacCormick, Terrie Taylor, Simon Harding, Susan Lewallen, Vinayak Joshi
Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis9785
Abstract   segmentation, retinopathy, retinal, physics, image segmentation, computer vision, color space, clinical practice, artificial intelligence

Combining Medical Data and Fundus Images to Detect Eye Diseases in Patients with Diabetes
Carla Agurto Rios, Sheila C Nemeth, Gilberto Zamora, Wendall Bauman, Peter Soliz, E Simon Barriga
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 57(12), 3404-3404, 2016
radiology, fundus, diabetes mellitus, biology, anatomy

Teleretinal Screening in Mexico: Automating Diabetic Retinopathy Screening at a Comprehensive Diabetes Care Clinic in Monterrey, Mexico
Gilberto Zamora, Carla Agurto Rios, Javier Lozano, Sheila C Nemeth, Omar Meza, Eduardo Martinon, Jeremy Benson, Peter Soliz
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 57(12), 1583-1583, 2016
optometry, medicine, family medicine, diabetic retinopathy screening, diabetes mellitus, anatomy

A thermoregulation model to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Agurto, Carla and Chek, Viktor and Edwards, Ana and Jarry, Zyden and Barriga, Simon and Simon, Janet and Soliz, Peter
Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2016 IEEE Southwest Symposium on, pp. 13--16
Abstract

Detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy using spatial-temporal analysis in infrared videos
Soliz, Peter and Agurto, Carla and Edwards, Ana and Jarry, Zyden and Simon, Janet and Calder, Christopher and Burge, Mark
Signals, Systems and Computers, 2016 50th Asilomar Conference on, pp. 263--267
Abstract

Clinical utilization of automated image analysis software for improving retinal reader's performance
Joshi, V and Agurto, Carla and Barriga, E Simon and Nemeth, S and Soliz, Peter
Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2016 IEEE Southwest Symposium on, pp. 145--148
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2015

EVALUATION OF READER AGREEMENT IN ASSESSMENT OF RETINAL IMAGES WITH RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY USING SOFTWARE ASSITANCE
E Simon Barriga, Carla Agurto Rios, Vinayak S Joshi, Cesar Carranza, G Baker Hubbard, Sheila C Nemeth, Alejandro Aragon, Lorena Ramirez, Wendall Bauman, Antonio Capone
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 56(7), 972-972, 2015
software, retinopathy of prematurity, retinal, pathology, ophthalmology, biology, anatomy

A multiscale decomposition approach to detect abnormal vasculature in the optic disc
Agurto, Carla and Yu, Honggang and Murray, Victor and Pattichis, Marios S and Nemeth, Sheila and Barriga, Simon and Soliz, Peter
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics43, 137--149, Elsevier, 2015
Abstract

Evaluating Software-Assisted Grading Performance In The Detection Of Retinal Vasculature Abnormalities
Rios, Carla Agurto and Barriga, E Simon and Nemeth, Sheila C and McGrew, Elizabeth and Carranza, Cesar and Vallejo, Dalia Consuelo Guadarrama and ARCOS, ETHEL BEATRIZ GUINTO and Soliz, Peter and Joshi, Vinayak S
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 56(7), 5259--5259, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2015
Abstract

Characterization of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in infrared video sequences using independent component analysis
Agurto, Carla and Barriga, Simon and Burge, Mark and Soliz, Peter
Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP), 2015 IEEE 25th International Workshop on, pp. 1--6
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2014

Clinical Impact Of Image Quality Assessment In The Performance Of An Automated Diabetic Retinopathy Screening System
Rios, Carla Agurto and Barriga, E Simon and Joshi, Vinayak and Wigdahl, Jeff and Carranza, Cesar and Nemeth, Sheila C and Bauman, Wendall and Soliz, Peter
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 55(13), 2285--2285, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2014
Abstract

Comprehensive automatic assessment of retinal vascular abnormalities for computer-assisted retinopathy grading
Joshi, Vinayak and Agurto, Carla and VanNess, Richard and Nemeth, Sheila and Soliz, Peter and Barriga, Simon
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 6320--6323
Abstract

Detection of hypertensive retinopathy using vessel measurements and textural features
Agurto, Carla and Joshi, Vinayak and Nemeth, Sheila and Soliz, Peter and Barriga, Simon
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 5406--5409
Abstract

A multiscale optimization approach to detect exudates in the macula
Agurto, Carla and Murray, Victor and Yu, Honggang and Wigdahl, Jeffrey and Pattichis, Marios and Nemeth, Sheila and Barriga, E Simon and Soliz, Peter
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics 18(4), 1328--1336, IEEE, 2014
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2013

Automated retinal vessel type classification in color fundus images
Honggang Yu, E. Simon Barriga, Carla Agurto, Sheila C. Nemeth, Wendall Bauman, Peter Soliz
Medical Imaging 2013: Computer-Aided Diagnosis8670
Abstract   tortuosity, segmentation, retinal, physics, partial least squares regression, optic disc, normalization, fundus, feature extraction, computer vision, artificial intelligence

Detection and Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy Pathologies in Fundus Images
Agurto Rios, Carla Paola
Ph.D. Thesis, 2013
Abstract

DETECTION OF NEOVASCULARIZATION IN DIGITAL FUNDUS IMAGES USING A MULTISCALE ANALYSIS APPROACH
Rios, Carla Agurto and Yu, Honggang and Wigdahl, Jeff and Murray, Victor and Barriga, E Simon and Bauman, Wendall and Soliz, Peter
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 54(15), 5520--5520, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2013
Abstract

FULLY AUTOMATIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN DIGITAL FUNDUS IMAGES
Barriga, E Simon and Agurto, Carla and Yu, Honggang and Joshi, Vinayak and Carranza, Cesar and Wigdahl, Jeff and Nemeth, Sheila and Zamora, Gilberto and Bauman, Wendall and Soliz, Peter
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 54(15), 5504--5504, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2013
Abstract

Training set optimization and classifier performance in a top-down diabetic retinopathy screening system
Wigdahl, J and Agurto, C and Murray, V and Barriga, S and Soliz, P
SPIE Medical Imaging, pp. 86702K--86702K, 2013
Abstract


2012

Fast vessel segmentation in retinal images using multi-scale enhancement and second-order local entropy
H. Yu, E. Simon Barriga, Carla Agurto, Gilberto Zamora, Wendall Bauman, Peter Soliz
Medical Imaging 2012: Computer-Aided Diagnosis8315
Abstract   thresholding, segmentation, second derivative, scale space segmentation, robustness, optics, geometric shape, gaussian, false positive paradox, computer vision, computer science, artificial intelligence

Statistical Validation Of An Automatic Algorithm For Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
Barriga, E Simon and Murray, Victor and Agurto, Carla and Zamora, Gilberto and Yu, Honggang and Wigdahl, Jeffrey C and Nemeth, Sheila C and Bauman Jr, Wendall C and Soliz, Peter
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 53(14), 4105--4105, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2012
Abstract

Detection Of Hard Exudates In The Macula Using A Generalized Optimization Scheme
Rios, Carla Agurto and Yu, Honggang and Murray, Victor and Nemeth, Sheila C and Pattichis, Marios and Barriga, E Simon and Soliz, Peter
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 53(14), 4100--4100, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2012
Abstract

Real-time diabetic retinopathy patient screening using multiscale AM-FM methods
Murray, Victor and Agurto, Carla and Barriga, Simon and Pattichis, Marios S and Soliz, Peter
Image Processing (ICIP), 2012 19th IEEE International Conference on, pp. 525--528
Abstract

Detection of hard exudates and red lesions in the macula using a multiscale approach
Agurto, Carla and Yu, Honggang and Murray, Victor and Pattichis, Marios S and Barriga, Simon and Soliz, Peter
Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2012 IEEE Southwest Symposium on, pp. 13--16
Abstract

Detection of neovascularization in the optic disc using an AM-FM representation, granulometry, and vessel segmentation
Agurto, Carla and Yu, Honggang and Murray, Victor and Pattichis, Marios S and Barriga, Simon and Bauman, Wendall and Soliz, Peter
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 4946--4949
Abstract

Automated image quality evaluation of retinal fundus photographs in diabetic retinopathy screening
Yu, Honggang and Agurto, Carla and Barriga, Simon and Nemeth, Sheila C and Soliz, Peter and Zamora, Gilberto
Image analysis and interpretation (SSIAI), 2012 IEEE southwest symposium on, pp. 125--128
Abstract

Fast localization and segmentation of optic disk in retinal images using directional matched filtering and level sets
Yu, Honggang and Barriga, E Simon and Agurto, Carla and Echegaray, Sebastian and Pattichis, Marios S and Bauman, Wendall and Soliz, Peter
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine 16(4), 644--657, IEEE, 2012
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2011

Toward comprehensive detection of sight threatening retinal disease using a multiscale AM-FM methodology
Carla Agurto, E. Simon Barriga, Victor Murray, Sergio Murillo, Gilberto Zamora, Wendall Bauman, Marios S. Pattichis, Peter Soliz
Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis 7963(32)
Abstract   retinal, physics, optics, optic nerve, macular degeneration, glaucoma, eye disease, drusen, disease, diabetic retinopathy, computer vision, artificial intelligence

Fast localization of optic disc and fovea in retinal images for eye disease screening
H. Yu, E. Simon Barriga, Carla Agurto, Sebastian Echegaray, Marios S. Pattichis, Gilberto Zamora, Wendall Bauman, Peter Soliz
Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis 7963(32)
Abstract   template matching, retina, physics, optics, optic disc, matched filter, local algorithm, fundus, computer vision, artificial intelligence

Computer-aided Screening of Cardiovascular Disease Based on Retinal Imaging: Results using Vasculature Features
Yu, Honggang and Rios, Carla Agurto and Barriga, Eduardo S and Bauman Jr, Wendall C and Soliz, Peter and Zamora, Gilberto
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 52(14), 1344--1344, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2011
Abstract

Automatic Screening Of Eye Diseases Using 3-field Fundus Photographs
Rios, Carla Agurto and Barriga, Eduardo S and Zamora, Gilberto and Murray, Victor and Murillo, Sergio and Yu, Honggang and Bauman Jr, Wendall C and Soliz, Peter
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 52(14), 1342--1342, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2011
Abstract

Implementaci{\'o}n de arquitecturas para el c{\'a}lculo de funciones trascendentales empleando el algoritmo CORDIC en FPGA
Agurto R{\'\i}os, Carla Paola
2011 - tesis.pucp.edu.pe, Pontificia Universidad Cat{'o}lica del Per{'u}
Abstract

A 3D freehand ultrasound system for multi-view reconstructions from sparse 2D scanning planes
Yu, Honggang and Pattichis, Marios S and Agurto, Carla and Goens, M Beth
Biomedical engineering online 10(1), 7, BioMed Central, 2011
Abstract

Automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration in digital fundus images
Agurto, Carla and Barriga, E Simon and Murray, Victor and Nemeth, Sheila and Crammer, Robert and Bauman, Wendall and Zamora, Gilberto and Pattichis, Marios S and Soliz, Peter
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 52(8), 5862--5871, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2011
Abstract


2010

Effects of image compression and degradation on an automatic diabetic retinopathy screening algorithm
Carla Agurto, E. Simon Barriga, Victor Murray, Marios S. Pattichis, Peter Soliz
Medical Imaging 2010: Computer-Aided Diagnosis 7624(34)
Abstract   segmentation, optics, image compression, diabetic retinopathy screening, diabetic retinopathy, computer vision, computer science, classifier, blindness, artificial intelligence, algorithm

Automatic Computer-Based Grading for Age-Related Maculopathy
E. Barriga, V. Murray, C. Agurto, M. Pattichis, S. R. Russell, P. Soliz
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 51(13), 1793-1793, 2010
ophthalmology, grading, diabetes mellitus, biology, anatomy, age related maculopathy

Automatic system for diabetic retinopathy screening based on am-fm, partial least squares, and support vector machines
Barriga, E Simon and Murray, Victor and Agurto, Carla and Pattichis, Marios and Bauman, Wendall and Zamora, Gilberto and Soliz, Peter
Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, 2010 IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 1349--1352
Abstract

Multiscale AM-FM methods for diabetic retinopathy lesion detection
Agurto, Carla and Murray, Victor and Barriga, Eduardo and Murillo, Sergio and Pattichis, Marios and Davis, Herbert and Russell, Stephen and Abr{\`a}moff, Michael and Soliz, Peter
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 29(2), 502--512, IEEE, 2010
Abstract


2009

Multi-scale AM-FM for lesion phenotyping
E.S. Barriga, V. Murray, C. Agurto, Pattichis, S. Russell, Abramoff, H. Davis, P. Soliz
22nd IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2009) : Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 3 - 4 August 2009, pp. 1063-7125
Abstract   retina, macular degeneration, lesion, fundus, drusen, computer vision, computer science, color space, artificial intelligence, am fm gis

Multi-scale AM-FM for lesion phenotyping on age-related macular degeneration
Barriga, Eduardo S and Murray, V{\'\i}ctor and Agurto, Carla and Pattichis, Marios S and Russell, S and Abramoff, MD and Davis, Herbert and Soliz, Peter
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2009. CBMS 2009. 22nd IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 1--5
Abstract


2008

Detection and phenotyping of retinal disease using AM-FM processing for feature extraction
Agurto, Carla and Murillo, Sergio and Murray, Victor and Pattichis, Marios and Russell, Stephen and Abramoff, Michael and Soliz, Pete
Signals, Systems and Computers, 2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on, pp. 659--663
Abstract


2007

A fixed-point implementation of the expanded hyperbolic CORDIC algorithm
Llamocca-Obreg{\'o}n, Daniel R and Agurto-R{\'\i}os, Carla P
Latin American applied research 37(1), 83--91, SciELO Argentina, 2007
Abstract