Publications

Publications by Our Group:

(2020)

  • Fletcher, R.R., Nakeshimana, A., Olubeko, O., “Addressing Fairness, Bias, and Appropriate Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Global Health,” accepted to Frontiers in Machine Learning, 2020.
  • Ouyang, V., Ma, B., Pignatelli, N., Sengupta, S., Sengupta, P., Mungulmare, K., Fletcher, R.R., “The Use of Multi-Site Photoplethysmography (PPG) as a Screening Tool for Coronary Arterial Disease and Atherosclerosis,” accepted to Physiological Measurement, 2020.
  • Elgendi, M., Nasir, M.U., Tang, Q., Fletcher, R.R., Howard, N., Menon, C., Ward, R., Parker, W. and Nicolaou, S., 2020. The performance of deep neural networks in differentiating chest X-rays of COVID-19 patients from other bacterial and viral pneumonias. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, p.550.
  • Elgendi, M., Fletcher, R., Howard, N., Menon, C. and Ward, R., 2020. The evaluation of deep neural networks and x-ray as a practical alternative for diagnosis and management of covid-19. medRxiv.
  • Hosanee, M., Chan, G., Welykholowa, K., Cooper, R., Kyriacou, P.A., Zheng, D., Allen, J., Abbott, D., Menon, C., Lovell, N.H. and Howard, N., Fletcher, R., Ward R., Elgendi, M., “Cuffless Single-Site Photoplethysmography for Blood Pressure Monitoring,”Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, 9(3), p.723.
  • Welykholowa, K., Hosanee, M., Chan, G., Cooper, R., Kyriacou, P.A., Zheng, D., Allen, J., Abbott, D., Menon, C., Lovell, N.H. and Howard, N., Fletcher, R., Ward R., Elgendi, M., “Multimodal Photoplethysmography-Based Approaches for Improved Detection of Hypertension,”Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, 9(4), p.1203.

(2019)

  • Elgendi, M., Fletcher, R., Liang, Y., Howard, N., Lovell, N.H., Abbott, D., Lim, K. and Ward, R., 2019. “The Use of Photoplethysmography for Assessing Hypertension,”Nature Digital Medicine, 2(1), pp.1-11
  • Fletcher, R.R., Olasubomi, O., Sonthalia, H., Kateera, F., Nkurunziza, T., Ashby, J.L., Riviello, R., Hedt-Gauthier, B., “Application of Machine Learning to Prediction of Surgical Site Infection,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  • Fletcher, R.R., Kateera, F., Olasubomi, O., Nkurunziza, T., Ashby, J.L., Riviello, R., H. Sonthalia, Hedt-Gauthier, B., “Machine Learning Prediction Of Surgical Site Infection Using Color Images Of Wound Captured By Community Health Workers,” Surgical Infection Society, 38th Annual Meeting, June 2019. *Best New Member Paper Award*
  • Fletcher, R., Zhang, J., Drokhlyansky, A., Oreskovic, N., Taveras, E., “Sensor Band Device and Algorithm for Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Behaviors: Screen Time, Physical Activity, and Sleep,” Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Apr 2019.
  • Chan, G., Cooper, R., Hosanee, M., Welykholowa, K., Kyriacou, P.A., Zheng, D., Allen, J., Abbott, D., Lovell, N.H., Fletcher, R. and Elgendi, M., “Multi-Site Photoplethysmography Technology for Blood Pressure Assessment: Challenges and Recommendations,”Journal of clinical medicine, 8(11), 2019.

(2018)

  • Anand, A., Chamberlain, D., Kodgule, R., Fletcher, R., “Pulmonary Screener: A Mobile Phone Screening Tool for Pulmonary and Respiratory Disease,” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, Oct. 2018.
  • Diaz, X.S., Mofor, J., Bhat, R., Fletcher, R., ” Smart Phone-Based Non-Contact Assessment of Human Breathing and Respiration for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications,” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, Oct. 2018.
  • Leonard, N., Casarjian, B., Fletcher, R., Prata, Cathleen, Sherpa, D., Keleman, A., Rajan, S., Salaam, R., Cleland, C., Gwadz, M., “Theoretically-Based Emotion Regulation Strategies Using a Mobile App and Wearable Sensor Among Homeless Adolescent Mothers: Acceptability and Feasibility Study,” JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 2018, vol1.
  • Pignatelli, N., Ma, B., Sengupta, S., Sengupta, P., Mungulmare, and Fletcher, R.,, “Low-Cost Mobile Device for Screening of Atherosclerosis and Coronary Arterial Disease,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),

(2017)

  • Fletcher, R., Soriano, X., Bajaj, H., Gosh-Jerath, S., “Development of Smart-phone Based Child Health Screening Tools for Community Health Workers,” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, Oct. 2017.
  • Infante, C., Chamberlain, D., Thorat, Y., Kodgule, R., and Fletcher, R., “ Use of Cough Sounds for Diagnosis and Screening of Pulmonary Disease,” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, Oct. 2017.
  • Fletcher, R., Chamberlain, D., Thorat, Y., Vincent, V, Kodgule, R.; “The Use of Respiratory Sounds for Automated Detection of Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Do Lung Sound Labels Provide Value?,”European Respiratory Journal, (2017).
  • Infante, C., Chamberlain, D., Kodgule, R., and Fletcher, R.,, “Classification of Voluntary Coughs Applied to the Screening of Respiratory Disease,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  • Fletcher, R., Chamberlain, D., Oreskovic, N., Taveras, E., “Automated Measurement of Screen Time Using a Wearable Light Sensor,” Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Apr 2017.
  • Sethi, T., Nagori, A., Bhatnagar, A., Gupta, P., Fletcher, R., & Lodha, R. (2017, March). “Validating the Tele-diagnostic Potential of Affordable Thermography in a Big-data Data-enabled ICU,” In Proceedings of the Special Collection on eGovernment Innovations in India (pp. 64-69). ACM.
  • Bhatnagar, A., Nagori, A., Fletcher, R., Lodha, R., & Sethi, T. (2017, March). “Leveraging Thermal Patterns in Children for Telemedicine: Role of Affordable Imagers, Smartphones and Data Analytics.” In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance(pp. 588-589). ACM.

(2016)

  • Oreskovic, N.M., Fletcher, R., Sharifi, M., Knutsen, J.D., Chilingirian, A. and Taveras, E.M.; “Design and Rationale of the STRIVE Trial to Improve Cardiometabolic Health Among Children and Families,”Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2016. 49, pp.149-154.
  • Fletcher, R., Pignatelli, N., Jimenez-Galindo, A., Gosh-Jerath, S., “Development of Smart Phone Tools for Printed Diagnostics: Challenges and Solutions,” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Seattle, WA, Oct. 2016.
  • Chamberlain, D., Kodgule, R., Thorat, Y., Das, V., Miglani, V., Ganelin, D., Dalal, A., Sahasrabudhe, T., Lanjewar, A. and Fletcher, R., “Smart Phone-based Auscultation Platform,”European Respiratory Journal, 48(suppl 60), p.OA2000, (2016). **Citation Award**
  • Kodgule, R., Chamberlain, D., Thorat, Y., Das, V. and Fletcher, R., “Evaluation of Novel Augmented Reality-based Mobile Application to Record Peak Expiratory Flow Rates,”European Respiratory Journal, 48(suppl 60), p.PA855, (2016).
  • Chamberlain, D., Kodgule, R., Thorat, Y., Das, V. and Fletcher, R., “Smart Phone-based Platform for Diagnosing Asthma and COPD,”European Respiratory Journal, 48(suppl 60), p.PA1033, (2016).
  • Fletcher, D. Chamberlain, D. Richman, N. Oreskovic, E. Taveras, “Wearable Sensor and Algorithm for Automated Measurement of Screen Time,” IEEE Wireless Health Conference, 2016.
  • Coffman, D., Leonard, N., Fletcher, R.,Cleland, C., Gwadz, M., “A Pipeline for Processing and Modelling Electrodermal Activity Data Collected in an Ambulatory Setting,” IEEE Wireless Health Conference, 2016.
  • Chamberlain, R. Kodgule, and R. R. Fletcher, “A Mobile Platform for Automated Screening of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016.
  • Chamberlain, R. Kodgule, D. Ganelin, V. Miglani, and R. R. Fletcher, “Application of Semi-Supervised Deep Learning to Lung Sound Analysis,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016.
  • Chamberlain, R. Kodgule, A. Jimenez-Galindo, and R. Fletcher, “Applying Augmented Reality on Mobile Phones to Enable Automated and Low-Cost Data Capture from Medical Devices,” Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICT4D), 2016.
  • Fletcher, R., Chamberlain, D., Paggi, N., “No Wearable Sensors Required: Using the Mobile Phone Camera to Passively Measure Physiology for EMA,”Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Apr 2016. ** Citation Award **
  • Leonard, N., Coffman, D., Fletcher, R., Sherpa, D., Cleland, C., Gwadz, M., “Usage and Acceptance of an mHealth Technology for Enhancing a Provider-Delivered Parenting Intervention,” Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Apr 2016.

(2015)

  • Chamberlain, R. Kodgule, and R. Fletcher, “Towards a Pulmonary Diagnostic Kit for Telemedicine and Global Health Point-Of-Care Diagnosis,” NIH-IEEE 2015 Strategic Conference on Healthcare Innovations and Point-of-Care Technologies for Precision Medicine, 2015.
  • Chamberlain, D., Kodgule, R., Mofor, J., Fletcher, R., “Mobile Stethoscope and Signal Processing Algorithms for Pulmonary Screening and Diagnostics,” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Seattle, WA, Oct. 2015.
  • Fletcher, R., Paggi, N., Chamberlain, D., Deng, X., “Implementation of Smart Phone Video Plethysmography and Dependence on Lighting Parameters,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, (EMBC), Milan, IT, Aug. 2015.
  • Fletcher, R., Raghavan, V., Zha, R., “Development of Mobile-Based Hand Vein Biometrics for Global Health Patient Identification” IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, CA, Oct. 2014.

(2014)

  • Fletcher, R., Oreskovic, N., Robinson, A., “Design and Clinical Feasibility of Personal Wearable Monitor for Measurement of Activity and Environmental Exposure,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, (EMBC), Chicago, IL, Aug. 2014.
  • Fletcher, R., “Engineering Opportunities and Challenges for the Treatment of Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, (EMBC), Chicago, IL, Aug. 2014. (also organized this panel session on Mental Health)
  • Leonard, N., Fletcher, R., Casarjian, B., Gwadz, M., Cleland, C., Rajan, S., Salam, R., “Integrating Emotional and Behavioral Skill Building with Mobile Biosensor Technology for At-Risk Adolescent Mothers,” Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Apr 2015.
  • Fletcher, R., “Using Wearable Sensors for Behavior Monitoring and Interventions: Lessons Learned and Future Directions,” Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 2014. (also organized this panel session on wearable sensors)

(2013)

  • Fletcher, R., “Next-Generation Emerging Technologies for Ambulatory Physiology and Behavior Measurement,” Society for Behavior Medicine Annual Meeting, Apr 2013.
  • Hernandez, J., McDuff, D., Fletcher, R., Picard, R.,”Inside-Out: Reflecting on Your Inner State,” IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications,2013.