HELENA DANIELA RIBEIRO TORRES (0912-478E-7598)

Curriculum Vitae

HELENA DANIELA RIBEIRO TORRES

Helena R. Torres is an auxiliar researcher at 2AI-IPCA since October 2023. In June 2023, she received a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minho. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the development of a smart framework for continuous 3D assessment of head disturbances from fetal to infancy period. Due to her work in her Ph.D. project, Helena received the ESPR Young Investigator START-UP Award. In 2016, she received an MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minho. Her dissertation was focused on the project entitled "Kidney Segmentation in 3D US images", where real-time medical image processing methods were explored. Before initiating her Ph.D., she received a research scholarship under the University of Minho/Bosch partnership, working on the project "INNOVCAR: Innovation for Intelligent Vehicles." Afterward, she worked on the "SmartOrthosis" project at 2AI-IPCA. Currently, her main interests are imaging processing, computer vision, deep learning, and biomedical applications. Her achievements include 18 publications in international peer-reviewed journals (6 as first author, 12 as co-author), 2 provisional patent applications, 31 contributions to international conference proceedings, 8 abstracts presented at congresses, 3 publicly available datasets, 6 oral presentations at international/national conferences, 5 posters at international conferences, 6 awards at international events, and 4 academic excellence scholarships. She is also a team member of 5 funded projects. Finally, since 2019, she is a guest lecturer at a higher education institute. She also supervised three bachelor students (in the ambit of internships in different companies), supervises six bachelor students, co-supervises one master student, and participated in multiple academic juris.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: HELENA DANIELA RIBEIRO TORRES

Citation names

Torres, Helena R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0912-478E-7598
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8407-3255

Email addresses

htorres@ipca.pt (Professional)
htorres@ipca.pt (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/09 - 2023/06/23 Concluded	Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Smart framework for continuous 3D assessment of head disturbances from fetal to infancy period " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very Good (maximum grade)
2016 Concluded	Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Kidney segmentation in 3D Ultrasound images" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2011 Concluded	Sciences and technologies (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária Henrique Medina , Portugal	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/10/01 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal

2018 - 2023/10	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2015 - 2023/07	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2023/06	Researcher (Research)	Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02/10 - Current	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/06/01 - 2023/09/30	SmartHealth - Artificial Intelligence for Lifelong Personalized Patient Care NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000045 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
2018 - 2023	Smart framework for continuous 3D assessment of head disturbances from fetal to infancy period SFRH/BD/136670/2018 COVID/BD/154328/2023 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - 2018	SmartOrthosis - Personalized cranial intelligent orthosis for deformational plagiocephaly NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-024300 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2018	INNOVCAR - Innovations for smart vehicles POCI-01-0247-FEDER-002797 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021 - Current	HfPT - Health from Portugal: Pacto para a Saúde - PPS3 RE-C05-i01.01 Researcher Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
2021 - Current	RUN-EU Plus - Professional Research Programmes for Business and Society H2020-IBA-SwafS-Support-2-2020 Researcher Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
2021 - Current	HfPT - Health from Portugal: Pacto para a Saúde - PPS4 RE-C05-i01.01 Researcher Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
2020 - Current	SmartHealth - Artificial Intelligence for Lifelong Personalized Patient Care NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000045 Researcher Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
2021 - 2023	OncoNavigator - Intelligent System for Personalized Navigation and Mapping of Oncological Interventions NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000059 Researcher Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Silva, Bruno; Queirós, Sandro; Fernández-Rodríguez, Marcos; Oliveira, Bruno; Torres, Helena R.; Morais, Pedro; Buschle, L. R.; et al. "Evaluating unsupervised optical flow for keypoint tracking in laparoscopic videos". Paper presented in SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, 2024. In press Fernández-Rodríguez, Marcos; Silva, Bruno; Queirós, Sandro; Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Morais, Pedro; Buschle, L. R.; et al. "Exploring optical flow inclusion into nnU-Net framework for surgical instrument segmentation". Paper presented in SPIE Medical Imaging 2024, San Diego, 2024. In press Eisenmann, M.; Reinke, A.; Weru, V.; Tizabi, M.D.; Isensee, F.; Adler, T.J.; Ali, S.; et al. "Why is the Winner the Best?". Paper presented in Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2023. 10.1109/CVPR52729.2023.01911 Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Fonseca, J.C.; Morais, P.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Dual consistency loss for contour-aware segmentation in medical images". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340931 Rodrigues, N.S.; Torres, H.R.; Morais, P.; Buschle, L.R.; Haag, S.; Correia-Pinto, J.; Lima, E.; Vilaca, J.L.. "CycleGAN-Based Image to Image Translation for Realistic Surgical Training Phantoms". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340986 Ribeiro, R.F.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Morais, P.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Comparative analysis of deep learning methods for lesion detection on full screening mammography". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340501 Fernandes, R.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Azevedo, J.; Fan, K.; Lee, A.P.; Vilaca, J.L.; Morais, P.. "Deep learning networks in the segmentation of the left atrial appendage in 2D ultrasound: A comparative analysis". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340937 Valente, S.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Buschle, L.R.; Fritz, A.; Correia-Pinto, J.; Lima, E.; Vilaca, J.L.. "A Comparative Study of Deep Learning Methods for Multi-Class Semantic Segmentation of 2D Kidney Ultrasound Images". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10341170 Duarte, B.; Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Morais, P.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Robust 3D breast reconstruction based on monocular images and artificial intelligence for robotic guided oncological interventions". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10341168 Ferreira, M.R.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; de Araujo, A.R.V.F.; Morais, P.; Novais, P.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Deep Learning Networks for Breast Lesion Classification in Ultrasound Images: A Comparative Study". Paper presented in 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023. 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340293 Bruno Duarte; Bruno Oliveira; Helena R. Torres; Pedro Morais; Jaime C. Fonseca; Joao L. Vilaca. "Augmented Synthetic Dataset with Structured Light to Develop Ai-Based Methods for Breast Depth Estimation". 2022. 10.1145/3569192.3569206 Valente, S.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Gomes-Fonseca, J.; Buschle, L.R.; Fritz, A.; et al. "A deep learning method for kidney segmentation in 2D ultrasound images". Paper presented in 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2022. 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871748 Costa, J.N.; Gomes-Fonseca, J.; Valente, S.; Ferreira, L.; Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Morais, P.; Alves, V.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Ultrasound training simulator using augmented reality glasses: an accuracy and precision assessment study". Paper presented in 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2022. 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871406 Torres, H.R.; Morais, P.; Fritze, A.; Oliveira, B.; Veloso, F.; Rudiger, M.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaca, J.L.. "3D Facial Landmark Localization for cephalometric analysis". 2022. 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871184 Veloso, F.; Miranda, D.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Laranjeira, R.; Ruediger, M.; Miranda, F.; Pinho, A.C.M.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Structural Mechanical Simulation to Optimize the Sensor Arm Geometry to Be Implemented on Cranial Remodeling Orthosis". Paper presented in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, 2022. 10.1063/5.0081312 Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Morais, P.; Fritze, A.; Birdir, C.; Rüdiger, M.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Fetal head circumference delineation using convolutional neural networks with registration-based ellipse fitting". Paper presented in SPIE Medical Imaging, 2022. 10.1117/12.2611150 Ribeiro, R.F.; Gomes-Fonseca, J.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Vilhena, E.; Morais, P.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Deep learning methods for lesion detection on mammography images: a comparative analysis". Paper presented in 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2022. 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871452 Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Morais, P.; Baptista, A.; Fonseca, J.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Classification of Chronic Venous Disorders using an Ensemble Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks". Paper presented in 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2022. 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871502 Ferreira, M.R.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Gomes-Fonseca, J.; Morais, P.; Novais, P.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Comparative Analysis of Current Deep Learning Networks for Breast Lesion Segmentation in Ultrasound Images". Paper presented in 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2022. 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871091 Eisenmann, M.; Reinke, A.; Weru, V.; Tizabi, M.D.; Isensee, F.; Adler, T.J.; Godau, P.; et al. "Biomedical image analysis competitions: The state of current participation practice". 2022. 10.48550/arXiv.2212.08568 Lobo, P.; Vilaça, J.; Torres, H.; Oliveira, B.; Simões, A.. "Smart Scan of Blood Test Documents to be Integrated in a mHealth Application". Paper presented in E-Health and Bioengineering Conference, 2022. 10.1109/EHB55594.2022.9991279 Escrivaes, I.; Barbosa, L.C.N.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Vilaca, J.L.; Morais, P.. "ECG classification using Artificial Intelligence: Model Optimization and Robustness Assessment". Paper presented in IEEE 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2022. 10.1109/SEGAH54908.2022.9978589 Veloso, Fernando; Barbosa, Luis C. N.; Real, Antonio; Torres, Helena R.; Olivciral, Bruno; Pinho, Antonio C.M.; Correia-Pinto, Jorge; Morais, Pedro; Vilaca, Joao L.. "Development of a sensor device for measurement of forces in cranial remodeling orthoses". Paper presented in IEEE 9th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2021. 10.1109/segah52098.2021.9551910 Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Morais, Pedro; Fritz, Anne; Veloso, Fernando; Rudiqer, Mario; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Vilaca, Joao L.. "Developing a medical training game for visual assessment of head deformities in infants". Paper presented in IEEE 9th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2021. 10.1109/segah52098.2021.9551906 Valente, Simao; Real, Antonio; Gomes-Fonseca, Joao; Torres, Helena R.; Lima, Estevao; Morais, Pedro; Vilaca, Joao L.. "A new handheld ultrasound probe simulator for medical training". Paper presented in IEEE 9th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2021. 10.1109/segah52098.2021.9551859 Borges, João; Oliveira, Bruno; Torres, Helena; Rodrigues, Nelson; Queirós, Sandro; Shiller, Maximilian; Coelho, Victor; et al. "Automated Generation of Synthetic in-Car Dataset for Human Body Pose Detection". Paper presented in Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications VISAPP, 2020. 10.5220/0009316205500557 Torres, Helena. "Synthetic infant head shapes with deformational plagiocephaly: concept and 3D model parameterization". Paper presented in IEEE 7th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2019. 10.1109/segah.2019.8882444 Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Veloso, F.; Ruediger, M.; Burkhardt, W.; Moreira, A.; Dias, N.; et al. "Deep learning-based detection of anthropometric landmarks in 3D infants head models". Paper presented in SPIE Medical Imaging, 2019. 10.1117/12.2512196 Rodrigues, N.; Torres, H.; Oliveira, B.; Borges, J.; Queirós, S.; Mendes, J.; Fonseca, J.; Coelho, V.; Brito, J.H.. "Top-down human pose estimation with depth images and domain adaptation". Paper presented in 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, 2019. Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Veloso, F.; Vilhena, E.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Fonseca, J.C.; Morais, P.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Automatic strategy for extraction of anthropometric measurements for the diagnostic and evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly from infant's head models". Paper presented in SPIE Medical Imaging, 2019. 10.1117/12.2512782 Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Fonseca, J.; Queirós, S.; Borges, J.; Rodrigues, N.; Coelho, V.; et al. "Real-Time Human Body Pose Estimation for In-Car Depth Images". Paper presented in Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, 2019. 10.1007/978-3-030-17771-3_14 Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Queirós, S.; Morais, P.; Fonseca, J.C.; D'Hooge, J.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Segmentation of kidney and renal collecting system on 3D computed tomography images". Paper presented in IEEE 6th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), 2018. 10.1109/SeGAH.2018.8401384 Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Queiros, S.; Morais, P.; Fonseca, J.C.; D'Hooge, J.; Rodrigues, N.F.; Vilaca, J.L.. "Kidney segmentation in 3D CT images using B-Spline Explicit Active Surfaces". Paper presented in IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), 2016. 10.1109/SeGAH.2016.7586276
Conference poster	Ferreira, Margarida R.; Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; de Araújo, Augusto R. V. F.; Morais, Pedro; Novais, Paulo; Vilaça, João L.. "Deep Learning Networks for Breast Lesion Classification in Ultrasound Images: A Comparative Study". 2023. 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340293 Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Morais, Pedro R.; Fritze, Anne; Birdir, Cahit; Rüdiger, Mario; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Vilaça, João L.. "Fetal head circumference delineation using convolutional neural networks with registration-based ellipse fitting". Paper presented in SPIE – Medical Imaging 2022, 2022. 10.1117/12.2611150 Torres, Helena R.; Morais, Pedro; Fritze, Anne; Oliveira, Bruno; Veloso, Fernando; Rudiger, Mario; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Vilaca, Joao L.. "3D Facial Landmark Localization for cephalometric analysis". 2022. 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871184 Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Veloso, Fernando; Ruediger, Mario; Burkhardt, Wolfram; Moreira, António; Dias, Nuno; et al. "Deep learning-based detection of anthropometric landmarks in 3D infants head models". Paper presented in SPIE – Medical Imaging 2019, 2019. 10.1117/12.2512196 Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Queiros, Sandro; Morais, Pedro; Fonseca, Jaime C.; D'hooge, Jan; Rodrigues, Nuno F.; Vilaca, Joao L.. "Kidney segmentation in 3D CT images using B-spline explicit active surfaces". Paper presented in IEEE SeGAH 2016, 2016. 10.1109/segah.2016.7586276
Journal article	Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Morais, Pedro; Fritze, Anne; Hahn, Gabriele; Rüdiger, Mario; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Vilaça, João L.. "Infant head and brain segmentation from magnetic resonance images using fusion-based deep learning strategies". Multimedia Systems 30 2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00530-024-01267-2. 10.1007/s00530-024-01267-2 Oliveira, B.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Design optimization of medical robotic systems based on task performance metrics: A feasibility study for robotic guided vascular laser treatments". Journal of Field Robotics 41 1 (2024): 144-161. https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.22250. 10.1002/rob.22250 Pedro Lobo; João L. Vilaça; Helena Torres; Bruno Oliveira; Alberto Simões. "Smart scan of medical device displays to integrate with a mHealth application". Heliyon (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16297. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16297 Nwoye, Chinedu Innocent; Alapatt, Deepak; Yu, Tong; Vardazaryan, Armine; Xia, Fangfang; Zhao, Zixuan; Xia, Tong; et al. "CholecTriplet2021: A benchmark challenge for surgical action triplet recognition". Medical Image Analysis 86 (2023): 102803. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2023.102803. 10.1016/j.media.2023.102803 Nuno Costa; Luís Ferreira; Augusto R. V. F. de Araújo; Bruno Oliveira; Helena R. Torres; Pedro Morais; Victor Alves; João L. Vilaça. "Augmented Reality-Assisted Ultrasound Breast Biopsy". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23041838. 10.3390/s23041838 Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Morais, P.; Veloso, F.; Baptista, A.L.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaça, J.L.. "A multi-task convolutional neural network for classification and segmentation of chronic venous disorders". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27089-8. 10.1038/s41598-022-27089-8 Real, A.; Morais, P.; Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.R.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Remote Monitoring System of Dynamic Compression Bracing to Correct Pectus Carinatum". Sensors 23 9 (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094427. 10.3390/s23094427 Payette, K.; Li, H.B.; de Dumast, P.; Licandro, R.; Ji, H.; Siddiquee, M.M.R.; Xu, D.; et al. "Fetal brain tissue annotation and segmentation challenge results". Medical Image Analysis 88 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2023.102833. 10.1016/j.media.2023.102833 Nwoye, C.I.; Yu, T.; Sharma, S.; Murali, A.; Alapatt, D.; Vardazaryan, A.; Yuan, K.; et al. "CholecTriplet2022: Show me a tool and tell me the triplet - An endoscopic vision challenge for surgical action triplet detection". Medical Image Analysis 89 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2023.102888. 10.1016/j.media.2023.102888 Torres, Helena R.; Oliveira, Bruno; Morais, Pedro; Fritze, Anne; Rüdiger, Mario; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Vilaça, João L.. "Realistic 3D infant head surfaces augmentation to improve AI-based diagnosis of cranial deformities". Journal of Biomedical Informatics 132 (2022): 104121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104121. 10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104121 Torres, Helena R.; Morais, Pedro; Fritze, Anne; Burkhardt, Wolfram; Kaufmann, Maxi; Oliveira, Bruno; Veloso, Fernando; et al. "Anthropometric Landmarking for Diagnosis of Cranial Deformities: Validation of an Automatic Approach and Comparison with Intra- and Interobserver Variability". Annals of Biomedical Engineering 50 9 (2022): 1022-1037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-022-02981-6. 10.1007/s10439-022-02981-6 Torres, Helena R.; Morais, Pedro; Oliveira, Bruno; Birdir, Cahit; Rüdiger, Mario; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Vilaça, João L.. "A review of image processing methods for fetal head and brain analysis in ultrasound images". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 215 (2022): 106629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106629. 10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106629 Oliveira, B.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Baptista, A.L.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Characterization of the Workspace and Limits of Operation of Laser Treatments for Vascular Lesions of the Lower Limbs". Sensors 22 19 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197481. 10.3390/s22197481 Veloso, F.; Miranda, D.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Oliveira, B.; Correia-Pinto, J.; Pinho, A.C.M.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Study of the compression behavior of functionally graded lattice for customized cranial remodeling orthosis". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 130 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105191. 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105191 Borges, J.; Queirós, S.; Oliveira, B.; Torres, H.; Rodrigues, N.; Coelho, V.; Pallauf, J.; et al. "A system for the generation of in-car human body pose datasets". Machine Vision and Applications 32 1 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-020-01131-z. 10.1007/s00138-020-01131-z Torres HR; Queiros S; Morais P; Oliveira B; Gomes-Fonseca J; Mota P; Lima E; et al. "Kidney Segmentation in Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Images using a Fast Phase-based Approach.". IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control (2020): https://doi.org/10.1109/tuffc.2020.3039334. 10.1109/tuffc.2020.3039334 R Torres H; Morais P; Fritze A; Oliveira B; Veloso F; Ruediger M; Fonseca JC; Vilaca JL. "Anthropometric Landmark Detection in 3D Head Surfaces using a Deep Learning Approach.". IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2020.3035888. 10.1109/jbhi.2020.3035888 Torres, H.R.; Queirós, S.; Morais, P.; Oliveira, B.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaça, J.L.. "Kidney segmentation in ultrasound, magnetic resonance and computed tomography images: A systematic review". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 157 (2018): 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2018.01.014. 10.1016/j.cmpb.2018.01.014 Oliveira, B.; Queirós, S.; Morais, P.; Torres, H.R.; Gomes-Fonseca, J.; Fonseca, J.C.; Vilaça, J.L.. "A novel multi-atlas strategy with dense deformation field reconstruction for abdominal and thoracic multi-organ segmentation from computed tomography". Medical Image Analysis 45 (2018): 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2018.02.001. 10.1016/j.media.2018.02.001
Thesis / Dissertation	"Smart framework for continuous 3D assessment of head disturbances from fetal to infancy period". PhD, 2023. Torres, Helena. "Kidney segmentation in 3D US images". Master, 2016.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent

2022. "Realistic 3D infant head surfaces augmentation to improve AI-based diagnosis of cranial deformities (PP 20221000002549)".
2022. "Device for assisting in collecting a biological sample from a subject using a collection needle (PP 20222004337092)".

Other

Dataset

Torres, Helena. MoLa R10k InCar Dataset Pt2.
10.17632/58DB7XY5P3.1
Torres, Helena R.. MoLa R8.7k InCar Dataset.
10.17632/724c998h9c.1

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023	Dual consistency loss for contour-aware segmentation in medical images	IEEE EMBC 2023 IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (Sydney, Australia)
2022	Medical training game for visual assessment of head deformities	Encontro Ciência 2022 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021	Fetal brain segmentation in in-utero MR images	International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI Fetal Brain Tissue Annotation and Segmentation Challenge (FeTA) (Virtual, France)
2021	Anthropometric Landmark Detection in 3D Head Surfaces using a Deep Learning Approach	Encontro Ciência 2021 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021	Developing a medical training game for visual assessment of head deformities in infants	IEEE SeGAH 2021 International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (Virtual, United Arab Emirates)
2018	Multi-Modality Image Fusion for Minimally Invasive Interventions	11th Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva Congress Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva (Guimarães, Portugal)
2017	Kidney Segmentation in 3D US images	Talked Science Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	FetalSonoPlan: Detection of Brain Anatomical Planes in Fetal Ultrasound Supervisor	Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Informatic Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Detection of brain structures in 2D fetal ultrasound images Supervisor	Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Informatic Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Silent Install Builder Supervisor	Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Serious game for medical training and visual assessment of head deformities in infants Supervisor	Traineeship program in digital skills (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, Ireland
2024 - Current	Development of serious games to educate ear hygiene to young children Supervisor	Traineeship program in digital skills (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, Ireland
2024 - Current	3D scanning from mobile devices Supervisor	Traineeship program in digital skills (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, Ireland
2023 - Current	Segmentation of fetal brain structures in MRI images Co-supervisor	Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação de gestão do armazenamento para laboratório mecânico de metrologia de uma empresa do ramo automóvel Supervisor	Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Smart Camera Supervisor	Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Inspeção de soldas em 3D Supervisor	Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	Organization member of the activities of 2AI laboratory for Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia 2023 (2023 - 2023) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
2014 - 2014	X Biomedical Engineering Journeys (2014) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	International conference IEEE EMBC 2023 Conference	IEEE EMBC 2023
2023 - 2023	Tour de Capitales Congress	Tour de Capitales Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Session Chair of the 11th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2023) Conference	IEEE SeGAH 2023
2023 - 2023	Participant in the Short Advanced Program - Delivering on the Digital Transition within the EU Other	Széchenyi István Egyetem, Hungary
2022 - 2022	International conference SPIE - Medical Imaging 2022 Conference	SPIE - Medical Imaging 2022
2022 - 2022	International conference IEEE EMBC 2022 Conference	IEEE EMBC 2022
2022 - 2022	Session Chair of the 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2022) Conference	IEEE SeGAH 2022
2021 - 2021	Participation in the Fetal Brain Tissue Annotation and Segmentation Challenge (FeTA) Other	MICCAI 2021
2021 - 2021	International conference IEEE SeGAH 2021 Conference	IEEE SeGAH 2021
2021 - 2021	International conference MICCAI 2021 Conference	MICCAI 2021
2019 - 2019	KUKA Innovation Award 2019 Exhibition	MEDICA - Leading International Traide Fair KUKA Roboter GmbH, Germany
2019 - 2019	International conference SPIE - Medical Imaging 2019 Conference	SPIE - Medical Imaging 2019
2018 - 2018	International conference IEEE SeGAH 2018 Conference	IEEE SeGAH 2018
2018 - 2018	11th Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva Congress Congress	11th Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva Congress
2017 - 2017	Frontiers in Human Machine Interfaces 2nd meeting Congress	Innovatice Car Experience Bosch Car Multimedia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	International conference IEEE SeGAH 2016 Conference	IEEE SeGAH 2016
2016 - 2016	Faculty member in the masterclass Innovations in Minimally Urologic Surgery Workshop	Innovations in Minimally Urologic Surgery Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Invited participant in the "International Meeting for Engineering Leadership" (EILE 2016) Meeting	International Meeting for Engineering Leadership Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023	Geração de Imagens de Faces com Alta Resolução utilizando Variational Autoencoders (Thesis) Main arguer	Tiago Rico Gonçalves (Master) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Informática, Portugal
2023	Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação de gestão do armazenamento para laboratório mecânico de metrologia de uma empresa do ramo automóvel (Thesis) Main arguer	Miguel José Ribeiro da Costa (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2023	Controlo Robô EPSON com interpretador de comandos genéricos (Thesis) Main arguer	César Noé Lima Carneiro Sá (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2022	Desenvolvimento de um software para central de incêndios endereçável (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Miguel Rocha Silva Gomes (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2022	SatForest2 - Land use and land cover classification with satellite imagery and Deep Learning (Thesis) Main arguer	João Miguel Palha Silva (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2021	Fruit SoftGripper (Thesis) Main arguer	João Rafael Silva Fernandes (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2021	Ai Knitting Supervisor (Thesis) Main arguer	Marco André da Costa Calheiros (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2021	Deteção de Anomalia através do Som usando Deep Learning (Thesis) Main arguer	José Carlos Vilaça de Brito (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2021	WBG: Words by Gestures Emergency Line for hearing impaired community (Thesis) Main arguer	André Filipe Zuzarte Torneiro (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2021	Physio Motion Transfer: A retargeting approach to transfer human motion and appearance in monocular videos for physiotherapy applications (Thesis) Main arguer	Fábio Diogo Ferreira Oliveira (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2020	Violence detection in game video metadata using ConvLSTM (Thesis) Main arguer	Helena Araújo Correia (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2020	PhoneScanner (Thesis) Main arguer	Raúl Manuel Ferrete Ribeiro (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2020	Sistema de controlo de qualidade com AI na indústria metalomecânica (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Miguel Pereira Apolinário (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2020	EcoLearn - Jogo de Educação Financeira (Thesis) Main arguer	Diogo Paulo Gomes Araújo (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2019	Inspecção Visual Automática de Cabo Eléctrico President of the jury	Hélder Alexandre Serra Ferreira (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023 - Current	Scientific Reports

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024	Guest Editor in Special Issue "The Sensing Technologies and Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineering" - Sensors Journal Other

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2020 - Current	Symposium on Modelling and Simulation in Computer Sciences and Engineering
2020 - Current	Symposium on Mathematical Methods for Artificial Intelligence
2023 - 2023	11th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2023)
2023 - 2023	Symposium of Applied Research 2023
2022 - 2022	10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2022)
2022 - 2022	Symposium of Applied Research 2022
2021 - 2021	Symposium of Applied Research 2021
2021 - 2021	9th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2021)
2020 - 2020	8th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2020)
2019 - 2019	7th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2019)
2018 - 2018	6th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2018)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09 - Current	Basics of eletric circuits	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2021 - Current	Biomedical Imaging Processing	Engenharia de Informática Médica (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Object Oriented Programming	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Signal and Imaging Processing	Licenciatura em Engenharia Informática Médica (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2019	Winner of ESPR Young Investigator START - UP Award 2019 European Society for Paediatric Research, Netherlands
2016	Excellence Scholarship Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015	Excellence Scholarship Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014	Excellence Scholarship Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013	Excellence Scholarship Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Other distinction

2021	Finalist of the International Challenge Fetal Tissue Annotation Challenge 2021 (FeTA)
2021	Finalist of the International Challenge Surgical Action Triplet Recognition 2021
2021	1st Place of international challenge on Endoscopic Vision Challenge - Category Instrument Detection - Karl Storz Endoscopic Workflow Award
2020	Top 10 Finalist of International Challenge on COVID-19 Lung CT Lesion Segmentation Challenge
2019	Finalist of the KUKA Innovation Award 2019 - LaserNavi