Publications

• On the Geometry of Receiver Operating Characteristic and Precision-Recall Curves
  
  04/02/2025 Authors: Sameni R
• Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to Improve Classification of Atrial Septal Defects in Electronic Health Records.
  Birth Defects Res Volume: 117 Page(s): e2451
  03/01/2025 Authors: Guo Y; Shi H; Book WM; Ivey LC; Rodriguez FH; Sameni R; Raskind-Hood C; Robichaux C; Downing KF; Sarker A
• Real-Time Autoregressive Forecast of Cardiac Features for Psychophysiological Applications.
  IEEE J Biomed Health Inform Volume: PP
  02/26/2025 Authors: Yaldiz CO; Lin DJ; Gazi AH; Cestero G; Chen C; Bracken BK; Winder A; Lynn S; Sameni R; Inan OT
• A Generalized Machine Learning Model for Identifying Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) Using ICD Codes.
  Birth Defects Res Volume: 117 Page(s): e2440
  02/01/2025 Authors: Shi H; Book WM; Ivey LC; Rodriguez FH; Raskind-Hood C; Downing KF; Farr SL; McCracken CE; Leedom VO; Haynes SE
• Identification of cardiac wall motion abnormalities in diverse populations by deep learning of the electrocardiogram.
  NPJ Digit Med Volume: 8 Page(s): 21
  01/11/2025 Authors: Rogers AJ; Bhatia NK; Bandyopadhyay S; Tooley J; Ansari R; Thakkar V; Xu J; Soto JT; Tung JS; Alhusseini MI
• Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study.
  J Med Internet Res Volume: 27 Page(s): e66220
  01/06/2025 Authors: Das S; Ge Y; Guo Y; Rajwal S; Hairston J; Powell J; Walker D; Peddireddy S; Lakamana S; Bozkurt S
• Model-Based Electroencephalogram Instantaneous Frequency Tracking: Application in Automated Sleep-Wake Stage Classification.
  Sensors (Basel) Volume: 24
  12/10/2024 Authors: Nateghi M; Rahbar Alam M; Amiri H; Nasiri S; Sameni R
• Early Prediction of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Using Machine Learning and Medical Records from the First and Second Trimesters.
  medRxiv
  12/03/2024 Authors: Mousavi SS; Tierney K; Robichaux C; Boulet SL; Franklin C; Chandrasekaran S; Sameni R; Clifford GD; Katebi N
• Electromechanical Dynamics of the Heart: A Study of Cardiac Hysteresis During Physical Stress Test
  
  10/25/2024 Authors: Karimi S; Karimi S; Shah AJ; Clifford GD; Sameni R
• ECG-Image-Database: A Dataset of ECG Images with Real-World Imaging and Scanning Artifacts; A Foundation for Computerized ECG Image Digitization and Analysis
  
  09/25/2024 Authors: Reyna MA; Deepanshi; Weigle J; Koscova Z; Campbell K; Shivashankara KK; Saghafi S; Nikookar S; Motie-Shirazi M; Kiarashi Y
• ECG-Image-Database: A Dataset of ECG Images with Real-World Imaging and Scanning Artifacts; A Foundation for Computerized ECG Image Digitization and Analysis.
  ArXiv
  09/25/2024 Authors: Reyna MA; Deepanshi; Weigle J; Koscova Z; Campbell K; Shivashankara KK; Saghafi S; Nikookar S; Motie-Shirazi M; Kiarashi Y
• Mobil Monitoring Doppler Ultrasound (MoMDUS) study: protocol for a prospective, observational study investigating the use of artificial intelligence and low-cost Doppler ultrasound for the automated quantification of hypertension, pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction in rural Guatemala.
  BMJ Open Volume: 14 Page(s): e090503
  09/10/2024 Authors: Ramos E; Pil Palax I; Serech Cuxil E; Sebaquijay Iquic E; Can Ajqui A; Miller AC; Chandrasekeran S; Hall-Clifford R; Sameni R; Katebi N
• A Crowdsourced AI Framework for Atrial Fibrillation Detection in Apple Watch and Kardia Mobile ECGs.
  Sensors (Basel) Volume: 24
  09/02/2024 Authors: Bahrami Rad A; Kirsch M; Li Q; Xue J; Sameni R; Albert D; Clifford GD
• Development of a Tremor Detection Algorithm for Use in an Academic Movement Disorders Center.
  Sensors (Basel) Volume: 24
  07/31/2024 Authors: Saad M; Hefner S; Donovan S; Bernhard D; Tripathi R; Factor SA; Powell JM; Kwon H; Sameni R; Esper CD
• Learning from Two Decades of Blood Pressure Data: Demography-Specific Patterns Across 75 Million Patient Encounters.
  Volume: 2024 Page(s): 1 - 4
  07/01/2024 Authors: Mousavi SS; Guo Y; Robichaux C; Sarker A; Sameni R
• Notch Filters without Transient Effects: A Constrained Optimization Design
  
  06/15/2024 Authors: Sameni R
• From Sleep Patterns to Heart Rhythms: Predicting Atrial Fibrillation from Overnight Polysomnograms.
  medRxiv
  06/04/2024 Authors: Koscova Z; Rad AB; Nasiri S; Reyna MA; Sameni R; Trotti LM; Sun H; Turley N; Stone KL; Thomas RJ
• Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study
  
  05/29/2024 Authors: Das S; Ge Y; Guo Y; Rajwal S; Hairston J; Powell J; Walker D; Peddireddy S; Lakamana S; Bozkurt S
• ECG-Image-Kit: a synthetic image generation toolbox to facilitate deep learning-based electrocardiogram digitization.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 45
  05/28/2024 Authors: Shivashankara KK; Deepanshi; Mehri Shervedani A; Clifford GD; Reyna MA; Sameni R
• An open-access simultaneous electrocardiogram and phonocardiogram database.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 45
  05/15/2024 Authors: Kazemnejad A; Karimi S; Gordany P; Clifford GD; Sameni R
• A Survey on Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies: Addressing Potential Sources of Bias.
  Sensors (Basel) Volume: 24
  03/07/2024 Authors: Mousavi SS; Reyna MA; Clifford GD; Sameni R
• Using a standalone ear-EEG device for focal-onset seizure detection.
  Bioelectron Med Volume: 10 Page(s): 4
  02/07/2024 Authors: Joyner M; Hsu S-H; Martin S; Dwyer J; Chen DF; Sameni R; Waters SH; Borodin K; Clifford GD; Levey AI
• Learning from Two Decades of Blood Pressure Data: Demography-Specific Patterns Across 75 Million Patient Encounters
  
  02/02/2024 Authors: Mousavi SS; Guo Y; Sarker A; Sameni R
• Leveraging Large Language Models for Analyzing Blood Pressure Variations Across Biological Sex from Scientific Literature
  
  02/02/2024 Authors: Guo Y; Mousavi SS; Sameni R; Sarker A
• A Data-Driven Gaussian Process Filter for Electrocardiogram Denoising.
  ArXiv
  01/09/2024 Authors: Dumitru M; Li Q; Alday EAP; Rad AB; Clifford GD; Sameni R
• From sleep patterns to heart rhythm: Predicting atrial fibrillation from overnight polysomnograms.
  J Electrocardiol Volume: 86 Page(s): 153759
  01/01/2024 Authors: Koscova Z; Rad AB; Nasiri S; Reyna MA; Sameni R; Trotti LM; Sun H; Turley N; Stone KL; Thomas RJ
• Notes on Information Propagation in Noisy Multichannel Data Models: Insights into Sensor Selection and Fusion in Multimodal Biomedical Applications
  
  12/25/2023 Authors: Sameni R
• The International Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium Electroencephalography Database.
  Crit Care Med Volume: 51 Page(s): 1802 - 1811
  12/01/2023 Authors: Amorim E; Zheng W-L; Ghassemi MM; Aghaeeaval M; Kandhare P; Karukonda V; Lee JW; Herman ST; Sivaraju A; Gaspard N
• Point-of-Care Real-Time Signal Quality for Fetal Doppler Ultrasound Using a Deep Learning Approach
  
  11/14/2023 Authors: Motie-Shirazi M; Sameni R; Rohloff P; Katebi N; Clifford GD
• A machine learning model for predicting congenital heart defects from administrative data.
  Birth Defects Res Volume: 115 Page(s): 1693 - 1707
  11/01/2023 Authors: Shi H; Book W; Raskind-Hood C; Downing KF; Farr SL; Bell MN; Sameni R; Rodriguez FH; Kamaleswaran R
• Heart murmur detection from phonocardiogram recordings: The George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenge 2022.
  PLOS Digit Health Volume: 2 Page(s): e0000324
  09/01/2023 Authors: Reyna MA; Kiarashi Y; Elola A; Oliveira J; Renna F; Gu A; Perez Alday EA; Sadr N; Sharma A; Kpodonu J
• The International Cardiac Arrest Research (I-CARE) Consortium Electroencephalography Database.
  medRxiv
  08/28/2023 Authors: Amorim E; Zheng W-L; Ghassemi MM; Aghaeeaval M; Kandhare P; Karukonda V; Lee JW; Herman ST; Sivaraju A; Gaspard N
• Beyond Heart Murmur Detection: Automatic Murmur Grading From Phonocardiogram.
  IEEE J Biomed Health Inform Volume: 27 Page(s): 3856 - 3866
  08/01/2023 Authors: Elola A; Aramendi E; Oliveira J; Renna F; Coimbra MT; Reyna MA; Sameni R; Clifford GD; Rad AB
• Beyond Convergence: Identifiability of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models
  
  07/20/2023 Authors: Sameni R
• ECG-Image-Kit: A Synthetic Image Generation Toolbox to Facilitate Deep Learning-Based Electrocardiogram Digitization
  
  07/04/2023 Authors: Shivashankara KK; Deepanshi; Shervedani AM; Clifford GD; Reyna MA; Sameni R
• A Survey on Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies: Addressing Potential Sources of Bias
  
  06/14/2023 Authors: Mousavi SS; Reyna MA; Clifford GD; Sameni R
• Noisy Neonatal Chest Sound Separation for High-Quality Heart and Lung Sounds.
  IEEE J Biomed Health Inform Volume: 27 Page(s): 2635 - 2646
  06/01/2023 Authors: Grooby E; Sitaula C; Fattahi D; Sameni R; Tan K; Zhou L; King A; Ramanathan A; Malhotra A; Dumont G
• Hierarchical Attentive Network for Gestational Age Estimation in Low-Resource Settings.
  IEEE J Biomed Health Inform Volume: 27 Page(s): 2501 - 2511
  05/01/2023 Authors: Katebi N; Sameni R; Rohloff P; Clifford GD
• Seizure forecasting using machine learning models trained by seizure diaries.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 43
  12/14/2022 Authors: Gleichgerrcht E; Dumitru M; Hartmann DA; Munsell BC; Kuzniecky R; Bonilha L; Sameni R
• The CirCor DigiScope Dataset: From Murmur Detection to Murmur Classification.
  IEEE J Biomed Health Inform Volume: 26 Page(s): 2524 - 2535
  06/01/2022 Authors: Oliveira J; Renna F; Costa PD; Nogueira M; Oliveira C; Ferreira C; Jorge A; Mattos S; Hatem T; Tavares T
• Modeling Social Distancing and Quantifying Epidemic Disease Exposure in a Built Environment.
  IEEE J Sel Top Signal Process Volume: 16 Page(s): 289 - 299
  02/01/2022 Authors: Hegde C; Rad AB; Sameni R; Clifford GD
• Age, sex and race bias in automated arrhythmia detectors.
  J Electrocardiol Volume: 74 Page(s): 5 - 9
  01/01/2022 Authors: Perez Alday EA; Rad AB; Reyna MA; Sadr N; Gu A; Li Q; Dumitru M; Xue J; Albert D; Sameni R
• Mythological Medical Machine Learning: Boosting the Performance of a Deep Learning Medical Data Classifier Using Realistic Physiological Models
  
  12/28/2021 Authors: Sadiq I; Perez-Alday EA; Shah AJ; Rad AB; Sameni R; Clifford GD
• Is Riemannian Geometry Better than Euclidean in Averaging Covariance Matrices for CSP-based Subject-Independent Classification of Motor Imagery?
  Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2021 Page(s): 910 - 914
  11/01/2021 Authors: Kainolda Y; Abibullaev B; Sameni R; Zollanvari A
• An Ensemble CNN for Subject-Independent Classification of Motor Imagery-based EEG.
  Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2021 Page(s): 319 - 324
  11/01/2021 Authors: Dolzhikova I; Abibullaev B; Sameni R; Zollanvari A
• EPHNOGRAM: A Simultaneous Electrocardiogram and Phonocardiogram Database
  
  06/11/2021 Authors: Kazemnejad A; Gordany P; Sameni R
• Hardware Synthesis of State-Space Equations; Application to FPGA Implementation of Shallow and Deep Neural Networks
  
  05/15/2021 Authors: Kiamarzi A-H; Torabi P; Sameni R
• A non-invasive multimodal foetal ECG-Doppler dataset for antenatal cardiology research.
  Sci Data Volume: 8 Page(s): 30
  01/26/2021 Authors: Sulas E; Urru M; Tumbarello R; Raffo L; Sameni R; Pani D
• Atrial fibrillation detection in outpatient electrocardiogram monitoring: An algorithmic crowdsourcing approach.
  PLoS One Volume: 16 Page(s): e0259916
  01/01/2021 Authors: Bahrami Rad A; Galloway C; Treiman D; Xue J; Li Q; Sameni R; Albert D; Clifford GD
• Deep Sequence Learning for Accurate Gestational Age Estimation from a $\$$25 Doppler Device
  
  11/24/2020 Authors: Katebi N; Sameni R; Clifford GD
• Temporally Nonstationary Component Analysis; Application to Noninvasive Fetal Electrocardiogram Extraction.
  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Volume: 67 Page(s): 1377 - 1386
  05/01/2020 Authors: Jamshidian-Tehrani F; Sameni R; Jutten C
• Mathematical Modeling of Epidemic Diseases; A Case Study of the COVID-19 Coronavirus
  
  03/25/2020 Authors: Sameni R
• Fetal ECG extraction from time-varying and low-rank noninvasive maternal abdominal recordings.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 39 Page(s): 125008
  12/21/2018 Authors: Jamshidian-Tehrani F; Sameni R
• A Distributed Classification Procedure for Automatic Sleep Stage Scoring Based on Instantaneous Electroencephalogram Phase and Envelope Features.
  IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng Volume: 26 Page(s): 362 - 370
  02/01/2018 Authors: Karimzadeh F; Boostani R; Seraj E; Sameni R
• A robust statistical framework for instantaneous electroencephalogram phase and frequency estimation and analysis.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 38 Page(s): 2141 - 2163
  11/30/2017 Authors: Sameni R; Seraj E
• Shiraz University Fetal Heart Sounds Database
  
  07/19/2017 Authors: Sameni R; Samieinasab M
• Interpretive time-frequency analysis of genomic sequences.
  BMC Bioinformatics Volume: 18 Page(s): 154
  03/22/2017 Authors: Hassani Saadi H; Sameni R; Zollanvari A
• Robust electroencephalogram phase estimation with applications in brain-computer interface systems.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 38 Page(s): 501 - 523
  03/01/2017 Authors: Seraj E; Sameni R
• An open access database for the evaluation of heart sound algorithms.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 37 Page(s): 2181 - 2213
  12/01/2016 Authors: Liu C; Springer D; Li Q; Moody B; Juan RA; Chorro FJ; Castells F; Roig JM; Silva I; Johnson AEW
• Fetal motion estimation from noninvasive cardiac signal recordings.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 37 Page(s): 2003 - 2023
  11/01/2016 Authors: Biglari H; Sameni R
• Evaluation of the fetal QT interval using non-invasive fetal ECG technology.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 37 Page(s): 1392 - 1403
  09/01/2016 Authors: Behar J; Zhu T; Oster J; Niksch A; Mah DY; Chun T; Greenberg J; Tanner C; Harrop J; Sameni R
• Interpretive Time-Frequency Analysis of Genomic Sequences
  Page(s): 532 - 532
  01/01/2016 Authors: Saadi HH; Sameni R; Zollanvari A
• A study of event related potential frequency domain coherency using multichannel electroencephalogram subspace analysis.
  J Neurosci Methods Volume: 249 Page(s): 22 - 28
  07/15/2015 Authors: Razavipour F; Sameni R
• An iterative subspace denoising algorithm for removing electroencephalogram ocular artifacts.
  J Neurosci Methods Volume: 225 Page(s): 97 - 105
  03/30/2014 Authors: Sameni R; Gouy-Pailler C
• Evaluation of the fetal QT interval using non-invasive fetal ECG technology
  Volume: 210 Page(s): S283 - S284
  01/01/2014 Authors: Behar J; Wolfberg A; Zhu T; Oster J; Niksch A; Mah D; Chun T; Greenberg J; Tanner C; Harrop J
• Scoring consensus of multiple ECG annotators by optimal sequence alignment.
  Volume: 2014 Page(s): 1855 - 1859
  01/01/2014 Authors: Haghpanahi M; Sameni R; Borkholder DA
• Morphological modeling of cardiac signals based on signal decomposition.
  Comput Biol Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 1453 - 1461
  10/01/2013 Authors: Roonizi EK; Sameni R
• Noninvasive Fetal ECG: the PhysioNet/Computing in Cardiology Challenge 2013.
  Volume: 40 Page(s): 149 - 152
  03/01/2013 Authors: Silva I; Behar J; Sameni R; Zhu T; Oster J; Clifford GD; Moody GB
• A general framework for extracting fetal magnetoencephalogram and audio-evoked responses.
  J Neurosci Methods Volume: 212 Page(s): 283 - 296
  01/30/2013 Authors: Razavipour F; Sameni R
• Validation of fetal auditory evoked cortical responses to enhance the assessment of early brain development using fetal MEG measurements.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 32 Page(s): 1847 - 1868
  11/01/2011 Authors: Moraru L; Sameni R; Schneider U; Haueisen J; Schleussner E; Hoyer D
• Clinically accurate fetal ECG parameters acquired from maternal abdominal sensors.
  Am J Obstet Gynecol Volume: 205 Page(s): 47.e1 - 47.e5
  07/01/2011 Authors: Clifford G; Sameni R; Ward J; Robinson J; Wolfberg AJ
• Comparison of abdominal sensors to a fetal scalp electrode for fetal ST analysis during labor
  Volume: 204 Page(s): S256 - S256
  01/01/2011 Authors: Ward J; Robertson J; Sameni R; Wolfberg A; McDonnell C; Clifford G
• An artificial vector model for generating abnormal electrocardiographic rhythms.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 31 Page(s): 595 - 609
  05/01/2010 Authors: Clifford GD; Nemati S; Sameni R
• A Review of Fetal ECG Signal Processing; Issues and Promising Directions.
  Open Pacing Electrophysiol Ther J Volume: 3 Page(s): 4 - 20
  01/01/2010 Authors: Sameni R; Clifford GD
• Sequential blind source extraction for quasi-periodic signals with time-varying period.
  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Volume: 56 Page(s): 646 - 655
  03/01/2009 Authors: Tsalaile T; Sameni R; Sanei S; Jutten C; Chambers J
• Fetal R-wave detection from multichannel abdominal ECG recordings in low SNR.
  Volume: 2009 Page(s): 344 - 347
  01/01/2009 Authors: Kharabian S; Shamsollahi MB; Sameni R
• Multichannel electrocardiogram decomposition using periodic component analysis.
  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Volume: 55 Page(s): 1935 - 1940
  08/01/2008 Authors: Sameni R; Jutten C; Shamsollahi MB
• Model-based Bayesian filtering of cardiac contaminants from biomedical recordings.
  Physiol Meas Volume: 29 Page(s): 595 - 613
  05/01/2008 Authors: Sameni R; Shamsollahi MB; Jutten C
• An Artificial Multi-Channel Model for Generating Abnormal Electrocardiographic Rhythms.
  Volume: 35 Page(s): 773 - 776
  01/01/2008 Authors: Clifford G; Nemati S; Sameni R
• A nonlinear Bayesian filtering framework for ECG denoising.
  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Volume: 54 Page(s): 2172 - 2185
  12/01/2007 Authors: Sameni R; Shamsollahi MB; Jutten C; Clifford GD
• ECG denoising using parameters of ECG dynamical model as the states of an extended Kalman filter.
  Volume: 2007 Page(s): 2548 - 2551
  01/01/2007 Authors: Sayadi O; Sameni R; Shamsollahi MB
• Filtering electrocardiogram signals using the extended Kalman filter.
  Volume: 2005 Page(s): 5639 - 5642
  01/01/2005 Authors: Sameni R; Shamsollahi MB; Jutten C
• Comparison between Effective Features Used for the Bayesian and the SVM Classifiers in BCI.
  Volume: 2005 Page(s): 5365 - 5368
  01/01/2005 Authors: Arbabi E; Shamsollahi M; Sameni R