PhD Alumni

These completed doctoral theses reflect the research and mentoring experience of BioMIT’s researchers in biomedical engineering. Listed from oldest to newest, each entry includes the defense date, thesis title, and available academic and professional links. Several graduates continue to collaborate with the group.

César Sánchez Meléndez

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Methods based on the wavelet transform and the wavelet–ICA combination for extracting atrial activity from atrial fibrillation recordings with a minimal number of input leads

Raúl Alcaraz Martínez

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Application of sample entropy in the noninvasive study of atrial activity organization in atrial fibrillation

Juan Ródenas García

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Automatic extraction of the arterial input function from ovarian perfusion magnetic resonance images using independent component analysis

Juan Manuel Padilla Hernández

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Characterization of arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV) and morphology (DVP) as estimators of blood pressure

Carlos Vayá Salort

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Characterization and processing of atrial fibrillation episodes by convolutive blind source separation algorithms and nonlinear analysis of spectral features

Jorge Mateo Sotos

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Application of artificial neural networks to versatile electrocardiographic signal processing

Arturo Martínez-Rodrigo

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Characterization of temporal and morphological P-wave features in the early prediction of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Ana González-Suárez

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Computational models and experimentation for radiofrequency-based ablative techniques

Elio Martín Gutiérrez

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Development of a preoperative model based on anatomical and electrical atrial remodeling to predict the success of concomitant surgical ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation

Matilde Julián Seguí

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Study on the nonlinear metrics contribution to estimate atrial fibrillation organization from the surface electrocardiogram

Antonio Hernández Alonso

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Development of new signal analysis methods as preoperative predictors of the Cox-Maze procedure outcome in atrial fibrillation

Elżbieta Ewertowska

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Computer modeling and experimentation in radiofrequency-based minimally invasive therapies

Aikaterini Vraka

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Characterization of the substrate modification in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Jesús Cano Serrano

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Application of artificial intelligence strategies for continuous cuffless arterial hypertension risk assessment