OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IRBM is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Device Attitude and Real-Time 3D Visualization: An Interface for Elderly Care	415
Ultrasound Applications in Ophthalmology: A Review	75
Current and Future Role of HIFU in Obstetric Gynaecology	64
Biomechanical Comparison of the Influence of Osteoporosis on the Lumbar Spine After Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery or Non-fusion Dynamic Stabilization Surgery Under Whole Body Vibration	63
Simplified Muscle-Recruitment Strategy During Walking in Parkinson's Disease People: A Time-Frequency Analysis of EMG Signal	62
Overdistention Accelerates Electrophysiological Changes in Uterine Muscle Towards Labour in Multiple Gestations	61
Enhancing P300 Detection Using a Band-Selective Filter Bank for a Visual P300 Speller	59
Contents	53
cLDM-ODE: A Multimodal Generative Framework for Uncertainty-Aware Forecasting of Alzheimer's Disease Progression	53
Facial Palsy Characterization Using Dual Regression Trees	48
Catheter Tracking Using a Convolutional Neural Network for Decreasing Interventional Radiology X-Ray Exposure	41
Early Detection of Pressure Ulcers: Considering the Reperfusion	33
Contrast-Free High Frame Rate Ultrasound Imaging for Assessment of Vascular Remodeling During Wound Healing	28
New Design to Provide Absolute Protection Within a Certain Period for Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys	28
Evaluation of a Wireless Home Sleep Monitoring System Compared to Polysomnography	27
Uterine Synchronization Analysis During Pregnancy and Labor Using Graph Theory, Classification Based on Neural Network and Deep Learning	26
Arrhythmic Heartbeat Classification Using 2D Convolutional Neural Networks	24
Optimal Sensor Placement in Smart Home Using Building Information Modeling: A Home Support Application	24
Editorial Board	23
Stroke Treatment Prediction Using Features Selection Methods and Machine Learning Classifiers	23
A Fast and Accurate Method for Glaucoma Screening from Smartphone-Captured Fundus Images	23
Editorial Board	23
Body Water Volume Estimation Using Bio Impedance Analysis: Where Are We?	22
A Physician's Perspective on the Incorporation of Pictograms as a Supplement to Medical Instructions in Chile: A Pilot Study	22
Fast Evaluation of Unhealthy and Healthy Neonates Using Hyperspectral Features on 700-850 Nm Wavelengths, ROI Extraction, and 3D-CNN	22

Deep Learning-Based Metaheuristic Weighted K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm for the Severity Classification of Breast Cancer	22
Effect of Botulinum Toxin on Spasticity Level Assessed by Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold: A Feasibility Pilot Study	22
Implication of the Nature and Texturation of Silicone Surfaces on the Grafting of PolyNaSS, a Bioactive Polymer	19
Gaussianity Evaluation of HD-sEMG Signals with Aging and Sex During Low and Moderate Isometric Contractions of the Biceps Brachii	19
sEMG Signal-Based Lower Limb Movements Recognition Using Tunable Q-Factor Wavelet Transform and Kraskov Entropy	15
Contents	15
Combining Cultural Probes and Interviews with Caregivers to Co-Design a Social Mobile Robotic Solution	15
Assessment of Stress Distributions in a Skeletal Muscle Affected by Post-Stroke Spastic Myopathy	14
Optimizing Uterine Synchronization Analysis in Pregnancy and Labor Through Window Selection and Node Optimization	14
SNOROSALAB: A Method Facilitating the Diagnosis of Sleep Breathing Disorders Before Polysomnography	13
Contents	11
Detection of Social Isolation Based on Meal-Taking Activity and Mobility of Elderly People Living Alone	11
An Image Recognition Method for Urine Sediment Based on Semi-supervised Learning	11
Comparison of Different Sensor Locations on Freezing-of-Gait Ratio Results	10
A CNN–Transformer Fusion Approach Integrating Texture Encoding and Cross-Patch Attention for Efficient Histopathological Breast Cancer Classification	10
Analysis of Wrist Pulse Signal: Emotions and Physical Pain	10
A Control Strategy for Pneumatically Powered Below-Hip Orthosis	10
Editorial Board	10
Biomechanical Effects of Osteoporosis on the Sacroiliac Joint After Lumbosacral Fusion Surgery	10
Contents	9
Influence of Image Factors on the Performance of Ophthalmic Ultrasound Deep Learning Model	9
IMU Calibration Effect on Lower Limbs Kinematics Against Optical Motion Capture in Post-Stroke Gait	9
Biomechanical Response of Four Roussouly's Sagittal Alignment Lumbar to Degeneration of Different Parts of Intervertebral Disc: Finite Element Model Analysis	9
Complete 3D Kinematics Parameters of the Temporo-Mandibular Joints Using in Vivo Data Fusion	9
Review of Phantoms for Mimicking the Electrical Properties and Mechanical Strength of Living Tissue	9
A Review on Convolutional Neural Networks for Brain Tumor Segmentation: Methods, Datasets, Libraries, and Future Directions	9
BCDNet: An Optimized Deep Network for Ultrasound Breast Cancer Detection	8
Normative Data of the External Work of Individual Limbs and of the Distribution of Joint Work During Stair Crossing	8
Contents	8
Brain-Computer Interface Speller System for Alternative Communication: A Review	8
A Nonlinear Analysis of Nociceptive Flexion Reflex Changes Before and After Acute Inflammation	8
Ankle Exoskeletons in Walking and Load-Carrying Tasks: Insights into Biomechanics and Human-Robot Interaction	8
Acknowledging our reviewers	8
Editorial Board	8
On the Utility of Parents' Historical Data to Investigate the Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Data Mining-Based Framework	7
A Multi-Branch Convolutional Neural Network for Screening and Staging of Diabetic Retinopathy Based on Wide-Field Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography	7
Electrocardiogram Signal Compression Using Deep Convolutional Autoencoder with Constant Error and Flexible Compression Rate	7
Editorial Board	7
Fatigue Loading Effect in Custom-Made All-on-4 Implants System: A 3D Finite Elements Analysis	7
Time Domain Analysis of Heart Rate Variability Signals in Valence Recognition for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	7
Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation from Sinus-Rhythm Electrocardiograms Based on Deep Neural Networks: Analysis of Time Intervals and Longitudinal Study	7