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4079
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1173

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to biomedical signal modeling and processing

Overview

Metin Akay is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Publication venues that frequently feature Metin Akay's research include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Metin Akay include:

  • Deep Learning Classification of Systemic Sclerosis Skin Using the MobileNetV2 Model, 2021, IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
  • Open Access Dataset, Toolbox and Benchmark Processing Results of High-Density Surface Electromyogram Recordings, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • NF-κB inhibitor with Temozolomide results in significant apoptosis in glioblastoma via the NF-κB(p65) and actin cytoskeleton regulatory pathways, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Neuromuscular Password-Based User Authentication, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Cancelable HD-sEMG-Based Biometrics for Cross-Application Discrepant Personal Identification, 2020, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Frequent collaborators with whom Metin Akay has coauthored multiple publications include:

  • Yasemin M. Akay
  • Yasumi Ohta
  • Jun Ohta
  • Wei Chen
  • Naze G. Avci

Metin Akay's contributions also extend to academic books, with a publication titled Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

The scientist has been recognized through several honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • IEEE Fellow, 2009, for contributions to biomedical signal modeling and processing
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2010

Best Publications

  • Monitoring Motor Fluctuations in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Using Wearable Sensors

    S. Patel;K. Lorincz;R. Hughes;N. Huggins

  • Time frequency and wavelets in biomedical signal processing

    Metin Akay

  • Time-frequency analysis of myoelectric signals during dynamic contractions: a comparative study

    S. Karlsson;Jun Yu;M. Akay

  • Wiley encyclopedia of biomedical engineering

    Metin Akay

  • Wavelet applications in medicine

    M. Akay

  • Discrimination of walking patterns using wavelet-based fractal analysis

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  • Intelligent wearable monitor systems and methods

    Metin Akay

  • A Novel Approach to Monitor Rehabilitation Outcomes in Stroke Survivors Using Wearable Technology

    S. Patel;R. Hughes;T. Hester;J. Stein

  • Engineering a Brain Cancer Chip for High-throughput Drug Screening

    Yantao Fan;Duong Thanh Nguyen;Yasemin Akay;Feng Xu

  • Noninvasive acoustical detection of coronary artery disease: a comparative study of signal processing methods

    Y.M. Akay;M. Akay;W. Welkowitz;J.L. Semmlow

  • Noninvasive diagnostic system for coronary artery disease

    John L. Semmlow;Walter Welkowitz;John Kostis;Metin Akay

  • Enhancement of spectral analysis of myoelectric signals during static contractions using wavelet methods

    S. Karlsson;Jun Yu;M. Akay

  • Short-term analysis of heart-rate variability of adapted wavelet transforms

    U. Wiklund;M. Akay;U. Niklasson

  • Wavelets in biomedical engineering.

    Metin Akay

  • Nonlinear Biomedical Signal Processing, Dynamic Analysis and Modeling

    Metin Akay

  • System and method for noninvasive detection of arterial stenosis

    Metin Akay;Walter Welkowitz;Yasemin M. Akay;John Kostis

  • Noninvasive detection of coronary stenoses before and after angioplasty using eigenvector methods

    M. Akay;J.L. Semmlow;W. Welkowitz;M.D. Bauer

  • Using wearable sensors to measure motor abilities following stroke

    T. Hester;R. Hughes;D.M. Sherrill;B. Knorr

  • Detection of coronary occlusions using autoregressive modeling of diastolic heart sounds

    M. Akay;J.L. Semmlow;W. Welkowitz;M.D. Bauer

  • Open Access Dataset, Toolbox and Benchmark Processing Results of High-Density Surface Electromyogram Recordings

    Xinyu Jiang;Xiangyu Liu;Jiahao Fan;Xinming Ye

  • Data mining techniques to detect motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease

    P. Bonato;D.M. Sherrill;D.G. Standaert;S.S. Salles

  • Signal processing techniques in genomic engineering

    Xin-Yun Zhang;Fei Chen;Yuan-Ting Zhang;S.C. Agner

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Semmlow
John L. Semmlow Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John B. Kostis
John B. Kostis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paolo Bonato
Paolo Bonato Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Dimitrios I. Fotiadis
Dimitrios I. Fotiadis University of Ioannina
Jie Wu
Jie Wu Temple University
Dario Farina
Dario Farina Imperial College London
Nigel H. Lovell
Nigel H. Lovell University of New South Wales
Jennifer G. Dy
Jennifer G. Dy Northeastern University
Jun Ohta
Jun Ohta Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Jun Yu
Jun Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong

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