This section provides references of output of our research at national and international conferences, in part with download links for posters.

  • Malila B, Makwambeni P, Dzobo O, Mwangama J. A Framework for Establishing Evidence for Digital Health Interventions in Africa. Proceedings of the 2024 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa). 2024 May 20-24. IEEE; 2024. doi: 10.23919/ist-africa63983.2024.10569728
  • OLADOKUN AS, Mutsvangwa T, MALILA B. Understanding the Impact of Different Light Sources on the Reproducibility of Skin Spectral Signature for Different Skin Tones. Proceedings of the 2024 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa). 2024 May 20-24. IEEE; 2024. doi: 10.23919/ist-africa63983.2024.10569556
  • Oladokun AS, Malila B, Campello VM, Shey M, Mutsvangwa TEM. SpeChrOmics: A Biomarker Characterization Framework for Medical Hyperspectral Imaging. Proceeding of the 2024 Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2024. 2024 Oct 6-10; Marrakesh, Morocco. Springer Cham; 2024. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-72384-1_70
  • Denga T, Malila B, Petersen L. Synchronous Tele-audiology School-aged Hearing Screening in a Low-resource Community of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Proceedings of the 2023 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa). 2023 May 31-Jun 2; Tshwane, South Africa. IEEE; 2023. doi: 10.23919/ist-africa60249.2023.10187843
  • Nandhini K, Guess T, Stylianou A, Duren D, Pacicca D, Mutsvangwa T E, Borotikar B. Automatic multi-structure pediatric knee bone segmentation using optimal multi-level Otsu thresholding to tackle intensity homogeneity in bone structures. Proceedings of the 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). 2023 Jul 24-27; Sydney, Australia. IEEE; 2023. doi: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340829
  • Nbonsou Tegang NH, Borotikar B, Fouefack J, Burdin V, Mutsvangwa TEM. Cross-Modality Image Adaptation Based on Volumetric Intensity Gaussian Process Models (VIGPM). Proceedings of the 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). 2022 Jul 11-15; Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. IEEE; 2022. doi: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871882
  • Kaliwo A, Mutsvangwa T, Mwangama J, Malila B. Identification, Characterisation and Classification of Digital Health Traffic Using the Shannon Entropy Theorem: Towards Intelligent Network Slicing on 5G+ Health Networks. Proceedings of the 2022 Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). 2022 Aug 18-30; George, South Africa. SATNAC; 2022. [online]
  • Oladokun AS, Malila B, Mutsvangwa T. A Secure and Reliable Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Telemedicine Network Architecture. Proceedings of the 2022 Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). 2022 Aug 18-30; George, South Africa. SATNAC; 2022. [online]
  • Timm L, Etuket M, Sivarasu S. Design and Development of an Open-Source Adl-Compliant Prosthetic Arm for Trans-Radial Amputees. Proceedings of the 2022 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2022 Apr 11-14; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2022. doi: 10.1115/DMD2022-1029
  • Kaliwo A, Mutsvangwa T, Malila B. Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Intelligent Secure 5G and Beyond Digital Health Testbed for Validating Digital Health Applications and Services in Africa. Proceedings of the 2021 Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). 2021 Nov 20-23; Central Drakensburg, South Africa. SATNAC; 2021. [online]
  • Ndarhwa N, Malila B. Security for networked smart healthcare systems: A systematic review. Proceedings of the 2021 Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). 2021 Nov 20-23; Central Drakensburg, South Africa. SATNAC; 2021. [online]
  • Dey R, Beukes G, Nair G, Sivarasu S. Introducing a Cost-Effective Radiopaque Scale Design for Intra-Operative Use. Proceedings of the 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2020 Apr 6-9; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2020. doi: 10.1115/dmd2020-9076
  • Dey R, Sivarasu S, Charilaou J, Roche S, Hansson F. Evaluating the Fit of Current Anatomical Scapula Reconstruction Plates: A Study Using Fifty Scapulae. Proceedings of the 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2020 Apr 6-9; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2020. doi: 10.1115/dmd2020-9079
  • Fouefack JR, Borotikar B, Douglas TS, Burdin V, Mutsvangwa TE. Dynamic Multi-object Gaussian Process Models. Proceedings of the 2020 Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2020. 2020 Oct 4-8; Lima, Peru. Springer Cham; 2020. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59719-1_73
  • Namayega C, Malila B, Douglas TS, Mutsvangwa TE. Contour detection in synthetic bi-planar X-ray images of the scapula: Towards improved 3D reconstruction using deep learning. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE). 2020 Oct 26-28; Cincinnati, OH, USA. IEEE; 2020. doi: 10.1109/bibe50027.2020.00056
  • Nbonsou Tegang NH, Fouefack JR, Borotikar B, Burdin V, Douglas TS, Mutsvangwa TE. A Gaussian Process Model Based Generative Framework for Data Augmentation of Multi-modal 3D Image Volumes. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Simulation and Synthesis in Medical Imaging - SASHIMI 2020. 2020 Oct 4; Lima, Peru. Springer Cham; 2020. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59520-3_10
  • Thusini XO, Reyneke CJF, Aellen J, Forster A, Fouefack JR, Nbonsou Tegang NH, Vetter T, Douglas TS, Mutsvangwa TEM. Uncertainty Reduction in Contour-Based 3D/2D Registration of Bone Surfaces. Proceedings of the Shape in Medical Imaging - ShapeMI 2020. 2020 Oct 4; Lima, Peru. Springer Cham; 2020. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61056-2_2
  • Beukes G, Nair G, Levin M, Sivarasu S. Design of a Novel Dosage Counter for a Low-Cost Sleeve Attachment for Enhanced Usability of Any Standard Pressurised Metered Dosage Inhaler. Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Apr 15-18; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2019. doi: 10.1115/dmd2019-3277
  • Fouefack J, Alemneh T, Borotikar B, Burdin V, Douglas TS, Mutsvangwa T. Statistical shape-kinematics models of the skeletal joints: Application to the shoulder complex. Proceedings of the 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2019 Jul 23-27; Berlin, Germany. IEEE; 2019. doi: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857528
  • Herbert C, Sivarasu S. Design and Development of an Adaptive Bone Fracture Fixation System. Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Apr 15-18; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2019. doi: 10.1115/dmd2019-3276
  • Nair G, Beukes G, Levin M, Sivarasu S. Porcine Block Testing in Verification of a Reloadable Adrenaline Auto-Injector for Intramuscular Injections. Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Apr 15-18; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2019. doi: 10.1115/dmd2019-3273
  • Thompson S, Roche S, Henderson D, Sivarasu S. Presurgical Planning for L Dorsi Position Optimization: Combined Simulation and Cadaver Study. Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Apr 15-18; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2019. doi: 10.1115/dmd2019-3278
  • Verster J, Sivarasu S, Mutsvangwa T, Gray J. A Surface Curvature Technique for Analysing Scapular Dyskinesis. Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Apr 15-18; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2019. doi: 10.1115/dmd2019-3275
  • Gillingham RL, Delport S, Van der Merwe J, Mutsvangwa T. Retrospective study on mandibular morphology towards aiding implant design. Proceedings of the 2018 3rd Biennial South African Biomedical Engineering Conference (SAIBMEC). 2018 Apr 4-6; Stellenbosch, South Africa. IEEE; 2018. doi: 10.1109/saibmec.2018.8363192
  • Malila B, Mutsvangwa T, Douglas T. Architecture of a village small cell network for mobile health. Proceedings of the 2018 3rd Biennial South African Biomedical Engineering Conference (SAIBMEC). 2018 Apr 4-6; Stellenbosch, South Africa. IEEE; 2018. doi: 10.1109/saibmec.2018.8363172
  • Nair G, Levin M, Sivarasu S. Design and Verification of a Reloadable Adrenaline Auto-Injector for Intramuscular Injections. Proceedings of the 2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2018 Apr 9-12; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2018. doi: 10.1115/dmd2018-6944
  • Narra N, Fouefack J, Douglas T, Mutsvangwa T. Conformal mapping of the human scapula to generate dense landmark feature. Proceedings of the 2018 3rd Biennial South African Biomedical Engineering Conference (SAIBMEC). 2018 Apr 4-6; Stellenbosch, South Africa. IEEE; 2018. doi: 10.1109/saibmec.2018.8363175
  • Reyneke C, Thusini X, Douglas T, Vetter T, Mutsvangwa T. Construction and validation of image-based statistical shape and intensity models of bone. Proceedings of the 2018 3rd Biennial South African Biomedical Engineering Conference (SAIBMEC). 2018 Apr 4-6; Stellenbosch, South Africa. IEEE; 2018. doi: 10.1109/saibmec.2018.8363176
  • Dib Z, Mutsvangwa T, Dardenne G, Hamitouche C, Burdin V, Stindel E. Comparison of two statistical shape models for the femur segmentation in MRI. Proceedings of the EPiC Series in Health Sciences. EasyChair; 2017. doi: 10.29007/6wxx
  • Inyang AO, Fouefack J, Sivarasu S, Roche S, Borotikar B, Burdin V, Mutsvangwa T. Assessment of 3D morphological characteristics of the shoulder bones using statistical shape modeling: Prospective application to handedness. Proceedings of the 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2017 Jul 11-15; Jeju, Korea (South). IEEE; 2017. doi: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037151
  • Lugadilu B, Richards C, Reyneke C, Mutsvangwa T, Douglas T. A statistical shape model of the skull developed from a South African population. Proceedings of the 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2017 Jul 11-15; Jeju, Korea (South). IEEE; 2017. doi: 10.1109/embc.2017.803683
  • Mutsvangwa T, Wasswa W, Burdin V, Borotikar B, Douglas T. Interactive patient-specific 3D approximation of scapula bone shape from 2D X-ray images using landmark-constrained statistical shape model fitting. Proceedings of the 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2017 Jul 11-15; Jeju, Korea (South). IEEE; 2017. doi: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037198
  • Salhi A, Burdin V, Mutsvangwa T, Sivarasu S, Brochard S, Borotikar B. Subject-specific shoulder muscle attachment region prediction using statistical shape models: A validity study. Proceedings of the 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2017 Jul 11-15; Jeju, Korea (South). IEEE; 2017. doi: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037154
  • Mushabe MC, Dendere R, Douglas TS. Automated detection of malaria in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears. Proceedings of the 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2013 Jul 3-7; Osaka, Japan. IEEE; 2013. doi: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610346
  • Perks TD, Trauernicht C, Hartley T, Hobson C, Lawson A, Scholtz P, Dendere R, Steiner S, Douglas TS. Effect of aluminium filtration on dose and image quality in paediatric slot-scanning radiography. Proceedings of the 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2013 Jul 3-7; Osaka, Japan. IEEE; 2013. doi: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610005
  • Zantow M, Dendere R, Douglas TS. Image-based analysis of droplets in microfluidics. Proceedings of the 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2013 Jul 3-7; Osaka, Japan. IEEE; 2013. doi: 10.1109/embc.2013.6609865
  • Dendere R, Kabelitz G, Douglas TS. Model-based segmentation of the middle phalanx in digital radiographic images of the hand. Proceedings of the 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2013 Jul 3-7; Osaka, Japan. IEEE; 2013. doi: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610347
  • Douglas TS. Drivers and restrainers of relevance in graduate BME education - A South African study. Proceedings of the 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2012 Aug 28-Sep 1; San Diego, CA, USA. IEEE; 2012. doi: 10.1109/embc.2012.6347129
  • Tezoo T, Douglas TS. Interactive segmentation of airways from chest X-ray images using active shape models. Proceedings of the 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2012 Aug 28-Sep 1; San Diego, CA, USA. IEEE; 2012. doi: 10.1109/embc.2012.6346225
  • Douglas TS. Biomedical engineering education in developing countries: Research synthesis. Proceedings of the 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2011 Aug 30-Sep 3; Boston, MA, USA. IEEE; 2011. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6090609
  • Patel B, Douglas TS. Creating a virtual slide map of sputum smears by auto-stitching. Proceedings of the 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2011 Aug 30-Sep 3; Boston, MA, USA. IEEE; 2011. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091260
  • Dendere R, Osibote OA, Krishnan S, Douglas TS. Image fusion for autofocusing in fluorescence microscopy for tuberculosis screening. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. 2011 Mar 30-Apr 2; Chicago, IL, USA. IEEE; 2011. doi: 10.1109/isbi.2011.5872658
  • Berge H, Taylor D, Krishnan S, Douglas TS. Improved red blood cell counting in thin blood smears. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. 2011 Mar 30-Apr 2; Chicago, IL, USA. IEEE; 2011. doi: 10.1109/isbi.2011.5872388
  • Khutlang R, Krishnan S, Whitelaw A, Douglas TS. Detection of tuberculosis in sputum smear images using two one-class classifiers. Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. 2009 Jun 28-Jul 1; Boston, MA, USA. IEEE; 2009. doi: 10.1109/isbi.2009.5193225
  • Long M, Mouton A, Douglas T. Landmark location in x-ray images using active appearance models. Proceedings of the 2009 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IFMBE). 2009 Sep 7-12; Munich, Germany. Springer Cham; 2009. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_468
  • Russell MJ, Douglas TS. Evaluation of autofocus algorithms for tuberculosis microscopy. Proceedings of the 2007 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2007 Aug 22-26; Lyon, France. IEEE; 2007. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2007.4353082
  • Douglas T, Meintjes E, Vaughan C, Viljoen D. Comparison of eye and lip measurements obtained using single and stereo photogrammetry. Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2003 Sep 17-21; Cancun, Mexico. IEEE; 2004. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2003.1279795
  • Douglas T, Martinez F, Meintjes E, Vaughan C, Viljoen D. A photogrammetric method for the assessment of facial morphology in fetal alcohol syndrome screening. Proceedings of the 2001 Conference Proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium of ISPRS Commission III on Photogrammetric Computer Vision, PCV 2002. 2002 Sep 9-13; Graz, Austria. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; 2002. [online]
  • Douglas T, Martinez F, Meintjes E, Vaughan C, Viljoen D. Eye feature extraction for fetal alcohol syndrome screening. Proceedings of the 2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2001 Oct 25-28; Istanbul, Turkey. IEEE; 2002. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2001.1017297