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Voice interfaces has become an integral part of our lives, with the proliferation of smart devices. Today, IoT devices mainly rely on microphones to sense sound. Microphones, however, have fundamental limitations, such as weak source…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-09 Muhammed Zahid Ozturk , Chenshu Wu , Beibei Wang , K. J. Ray Liu

We present the first wireless earbud hardware that can perform hearing screening by detecting otoacoustic emissions. The conventional wisdom has been that detecting otoacoustic emissions, which are the faint sounds generated by the cochlea,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Justin Chan , Antonio Glenn , Malek Itani , Lisa R. Mancl , Emily Gallagher , Randall Bly , Shwetak Patel , Shyamnath Gollakota

Driving safety has drawn much public attention in recent years due to the fast-growing number of cars. Smoking is one of the threats to driving safety but is often ignored by drivers. Existing works on smoking detection either work in…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Yadong Xie , Fan Li , Yue Wu , Song Yang , Yu Wang

Real-time and contactless monitoring of vital signs, such as respiration and heartbeat, alongside reliable communication, is essential for modern healthcare systems, especially in remote and privacy-sensitive environments. Traditional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-15 Yinchao Yang , Yahao Ding , Zhaohui Yang , Chongwen Huang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

Tooth segmentation is a key step for computer aided diagnosis of dental diseases. Numerous machine learning models have been employed for tooth segmentation on dental panoramic radiograph. However, it is a difficult task to achieve accurate…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Shenji Zhu , Miaoxin Hu , Tianya Pan , Yue Hong , Bin Li , Zhiguang Zhou , Ting Xu

People's personal hygiene habits speak volumes about the condition of taking care of their bodies and health in daily lifestyle. Maintaining good hygiene practices not only reduces the chances of contracting a disease but could also reduce…

Imaging fluorescent disease biomarkers in tissues and skin is a non-invasive method to screen for health conditions. We report an automated process that combines intraoral fluorescent porphyrin biomarker imaging, clinical examinations and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Gregory Yauney , Aman Rana , Lawrence C. Wong , Perikumar Javia , Ali Muftu , Pratik Shah

Dental panoramic radiographs offer vast diagnostic opportunities, but training supervised deep learning networks for automatic analysis of those radiology images is hampered by a shortage of labeled data. Here, a different perspective on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Bernardo Silva , Jefferson Fontinele , Carolina Letícia Zilli Vieira , João Manuel R. S. Tavares , Patricia Ramos Cury , Luciano Oliveira

In recent years, there has been an increased focus on early detection, prevention, and prediction of diseases. This, together with advances in sensor technology and the Internet of Things, has led to accelerated efforts in the development…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Mbithe Nzomo , Deshendran Moodley

Noise pollution investigation takes advantage of two common methods of diagnosis: measurement using a Sound Level Meter and acoustical imaging. The former enables a detailed analysis of the surrounding noise spectrum whereas the latter is…

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Automatic dietary monitoring has progressed significantly during the last years, offering a variety of solutions, both in terms of sensors and algorithms as well as in terms of what aspect or parameters of eating behavior are measured and…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-12 Vasileios Papapanagiotou , Anastasia Liapi , Anastasios Delopoulos

We present the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project, a smart cities initiative focused on developing a cyber-physical system for the monitoring, analysis and mitigation of urban noise pollution. Noise pollution is one of the topmost…

Speech is promising as an objective, convenient tool to monitor health remotely over time using mobile devices. Numerous paralinguistic features have been demonstrated to contain salient information related to an individual's health.…

Health acoustic sounds such as coughs and breaths are known to contain useful health signals with significant potential for monitoring health and disease, yet are underexplored in the medical machine learning community. The existing deep…

Panoramic X-ray is a simple and effective tool for diagnosing dental diseases in clinical practice. When deep learning models are developed to assist dentist in interpreting panoramic X-rays, most of their performance suffers from the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Zijian Cai , Xinquan Yang , Xuguang Li , Xiaoling Luo , Xuechen Li , Linlin Shen , He Meng , Yongqiang Deng

Pharyngeal health plays a vital role in essential human functions such as breathing, swallowing, and vocalization. Early detection of swallowing abnormalities, also known as dysphagia, is crucial for timely intervention. However, current…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Jade Chng , Rong Xing , Yunfei Luo , Kristen Linnemeyer-Risser , Tauhidur Rahman , Andrew Yousef , Philip A Weissbrod

We develop a Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system, which enhances the performance of dentists in detecting wide range of dental caries. The CAD System achieves this by acting as a second opinion for the dentists with way higher sensitivity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Muktabh Mayank Srivastava , Pratyush Kumar , Lalit Pradhan , Srikrishna Varadarajan

Tooth segmentation is a critical technology in the field of medical image segmentation, with applications ranging from orthodontic treatment to human body identification and dental pathology assessment. Despite the development of numerous…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Dongping Zhang , Zheng Li , Fangao Zeng , Yutong Wei

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a serious and debilitating disease affecting millions around the world. Its early detection using non-invasive means could enable preventive interventions that improve quality of life and…

Respiratory auscultation is crucial for early detection of pediatric pneumonia, a condition that can quickly worsen without timely intervention. In areas with limited physician access, effective auscultation is challenging. We present a…

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