Publications

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Last Updated 15/10/2012


2012



        Journal

  • S. Sanei, S. Ferdowsi, K. Nazarpour, A. Cichocki, "Advances in EEG signal processing," IEEE Sig. Proc. Mag., in press.
  • K. Nazarpour, A. Barnard, and A. Jackson, ''Flexible cortical control of task-specific muscle synergies," J. Neuroscience, vol.32, no. 36, pp. 12349-12360, 2012 PDF.
  • K. Nazarpour*, A. H. Al-Timemy*, G. Bugmann, A. Jackson, "A note on the probability distribution function of the surface electromyogram signal," Brain Research Bulletin, doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.09.012, in pressPDF.

  • K. Nazarpour, C. Ethier, L. Paninski, J. M. Rebesco, R. C. Miall, and L. E. Miller, "EMG prediction from motor cortical recordings via a non-negative point process filter," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 1829-1838PDF.

         Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences


         Abstracts
  • A Jackson, J Barrett, T Hall, J Tulip and K. Nazarpour, “Neural synergies predict short- and long-term acquisition of abstract BMI skill,” Translational and Computational Motor Control' Satellite Meeting, 42th Annual SfN Meeting, October 13-17, 2012, New Orleans, USA.

  • Thomas M. Hall, K. Nazarpour, and A. Jackson ''Real-time prediction and biofeedback control of individual neurons using spike-related slow potentials," 42th Annual SfN Meeting, October 13-17, 2012, New Orleans, USA.

  • C. Schofield, K. Nazarpour, and A. Jackson ''tDCS modulates adaptation strategies in a myoelectric-controlled interface task," 42th Annual SfN Meeting, October 13-17, 2012, New Orleans, USA.

  • K. Nazarpour, T. M. Hall, and A. Jackson, "Task-dependent structure of neuronal variability during abstract BMI control," Neural Control of Movement 2012, April 21-28, Venice, Italy.
  • S. Gretenkord, K. Nazarpour, A. Jackson, J. Eyre, and S. Graziadio, "Inter-manual transfer in a neuromotor interface: An age-controlled study," Neural Control of Movement 2012, April 21-28, Venice, Italy.
  • T. M. Hall, K. Nazarpour, and A. Jackson, "On the relationship between spiking activity and low-frequency local field potentials in primate motor cortex," Neural Control of Movement 2012, April 21-28, Venice, Italy.
  • C. Schofield, K. Nazarpour, and A. Jackson, "tDCS modulates adaptation strategies in a myoelectric-controlled interface task", Neural Control of Movement 2012, April 21-28, Venice, Italy.

2011


       Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences
  • A. H. Al-Timemy, G. Bugmann, J. Escudero, K. Nazarpour, "sEMG signal is less Gaussian at lower contraction levels," UKIEIRI 2011, July 7-8, 2011, Magee, UK.
        Abstracts
  • K. Nazarpour and A. Jackson, ''Optimal control of task-specific muscle synergies I: Feed-forward strategies," Physiology 2011, July 11-14, 2011, Oxford, UK.
  • K. Nazarpour,  A. Barnard,  and A. Jackson, ''Optimal control of task-specific muscle synergies II: Feedback strategies," Physiology 2011, July 11-14, 2011, Oxford, UK.

2010


        Journal
  • F. Ghaderi, K. Nazarpour, J. McWhirter, and S. Sanei, "Removal of ballistocardiogram artifacts using the cyclostationary source extraction method,'' IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 2667-2676, Nov. 2010.

        Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences
  • F. Ghaderi, K. Nazarpour, J. McWhirter, and S. Sanei, "Removal of ballistocardiogram artifacts exploiting second order cyclostationarity,'' in Proc. IEEE MLSP 2010, August 29 - September 1, 2010 Kittilä, Finland.
  • K. Nazarpour and A. Jackson, "Biomimetic and biofeedback approaches for brain machine interface," in Proc. APSIPA ASC 2010 (Invited Paper), December 14 - 17, 2010, Biopolis, Singaporepdf.
        Abstracts
  • K. Nazarpour and A. Jackson, ''Flexible cortical control of task-specific muscle synergies," 40th Annual SfN Meeting 2010, November 13-17, 2010, San Diego, California. 
  • A. Jackson, L. Wood, C. Schofield, and K. Nazarpour, ''Global and local adaptation of abstract neuromotor mappings," 40th Annual SfN Meeting 2010, November 13-17, 2010, San Diego, California.
  • C. Schofield, L. Wood, K. Nazarpour, and A. Jackson, ''Global and local muscle remaping while operating a myoelectric controlled interface," FENS 2010 Satellite Symposium on Motor Control, July 1-2, 2010, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

  • K. Nazarpour, "EMG prediction from motor cortical recordings in the state-space," STA2010, June 2-3, Plymouth, UK.


2009


        Journal

  • K. Nazarpour, P. Praamstra, R. C. Miall, and S. Sanei, "Steady-state movement related potentials for brain computer interfacing," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 56, no. 8, Aug. 2009. 

  • P. Praamstra, D. Kourtis, and K. Nazarpour, "Simultaneous preparation of multiple potential movements: opposing effects of spatial proximity mediated by premotor and parietal cortex," J. Neurophysiology, vol. 32, pp. 2084-2095, 2009.

  • H. R. Mohseni, K. Nazarpour, E. Wilding, and S. Sanei, "Application of particle filters in single-trial event related potential estimation," Physiological Measurements, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1101-1116. 

  • J. -L. Lo. S. Sanei, and K. Nazarpour, "An adaptive source-channel coding with feedback for progressive transmission of medical images," Int. J. Telemed. App., vol. 2009, doi:10.1155/2009/519417.

        Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences

  • A. Kosma, K. Nazarpour, and S. Sanei, "Removal of ballistocardiogram artifact from electroencephalograms exploiting heart rate variability," in Proc. DSP 2009, Santorini, Greece, July 2009.

  • K. Nazarpour, J. Stastny, and R. C. Miall, "ssMRP state detection for brain computer interface using hidden Markov model," in Proc. SSP 2009, Cardiff, UK, Aug-Sep 2009.

        Abstracts

  • K. Nazarpour and R. C. Miall, ''Sensorimotor online adaptation to changes in variability of visual feedback during pointing movements in a virtual environment," Comp. Principles of Sensorimotor Learning, September 13-15, 2009, Kloster Irsee, Germany.


2008


          Journal

  • K. Nazarpour, Y. Wongsawat, S. Sanei, J. A. Chambers, and S. Oraintara, "Removal of the eye-blink artifacts from EEGs via STF-TS modeling and robout beamforming," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 2221-2231, Sep. 2008.

  • K. Nazarpour, H. R. Mohseni, C. W. Hesse, J. A. Chambers, and S. Sanei, "A novel semiblind signal extraction approach for the removal of eye-blink artifact from EEGs," EURASIP J. Adv. Sig. Process., vol. 2008, doi: 10.1155/2008/857459.

         Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences

  • K. Nazarpour, P. Praamstra, R. C. Miall, and S. Sanei, "Steady-state movement related potentials for brain computer interfacing; An exploratory approach in the STF domain", in Proc. BCI 2008 Workshop, Graz, Austria, 2008. 

  • K. Nazarpour, P. Praamstra, R. C. Miall, and S. Sanei, "Steady-state movement related potentials for brain computer interfacing", in Proc. IEEE EMBC 08, Canada, 2008.

  • T. Tsalaile, S. M. Naqvi, K. Nazarpour, S. Sanei, and J. A. Chambers, "Blind source extraction of heart sound signals from lung sound recordings exploiting the periodicity of the heart sound," in Proc. IEEE ICASSP 08, March 30 - April 04, 2008, Las Vegas, USA.

  • R. Latif, S. Sanei, and K. Nazarpour,"Classification of elbow electromyography signals based on directed transfer functions,"in Proc. BMEI 08, May 27-30, 2008, Sanya, China.


2007


          Journal

  • K. Nazarpour, A. R. Sharafat, and S. M. P. Firoozabadi, "Application of higher order statistics to surface electromyogram signal classification," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 1762-1769, Oct. 2007.

  • K. Nazarpour, A. R. Sharafat, and S. M. P. Firoozabadi, "Surface sEMG signal classification using higher order statistics," Iranian J. Biomed. Eng., vol.1, no. 3, pp. 189-199, 2007 (in Farsi).

          Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences

  • K. Nazarpour, S. Ebadi, and S. Sanei, "Fetal electrocardiogram signal modelling using Genetic Algorithm," in Proc. IEEE MeMeA 07., May 4-5, 2007, Warsaw, Poland.

  • K. Nazarpour, S. Sanei, and J. A. Chambers,"A novel semi-blind signal extraction approach incorporating PARAFAC for the removal of eye-blink artifact from EEGs," in Proc. DSP 2007, Jul. 1-4, 2007, Cardiff, UK.

  • K. Nazarpour, Y. Wongsawat, S. Sanei, S. Oraintara, and J. A. Chambers,"A robust minimum variance beamforming for the removal of the eye-blink artifacts from EEGs,"in Proc. IEEE EMBC 07, Aug. 23-26, 2007, Lyon, France.

  • J. -L. Lo, S. Sanei, and K. Nazarpour,"Interactive and adaptive progressive transmission of medical images,"in Proc. IEEE EMBC 07, Aug. 23-26, 2007, Lyon, France.


2006


          Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences

  • K. Nazarpour, S. Sanei, L. Shoker, and J. A. Chambers, "EEG signal parallel space-time-frequency decomposition for brain computer interfacing," in Proc. EUSIPCO 06, Sep. 4-8, 2006, Florence, Italy.

  • K. Nazarpour, L. Shoker, and S. Sanei, "Brain computer interfacing in space-time-frequency domain," in Proc. BCI 06 Workshop, Sep. 21-23, 2006, Graz, Austria.

  • L. Shoker, S. Sanei, K. Nazarpour, and A. Sumich, "A novel space time frequency masking algorithm for extracting propagation in EEGs: with an application to brain computer interfacing," in Proc. EUSIPCO 06, Sep. 4-8, 2006, Florence, Italy.

  • C. Cheong Took, K. Nazarpour, S. Sanei, and J. A. Chambers, "Blind separation of temporomandibular joint sounds by incorporating fractional delay estimation," in Proc. IMA 06, Dec. 17-20, 2006., Cirencester, UK.


2005


          Contributions to Peer-reviewed Conferences

  • K. Nazarpour, A. R. Sharafat, and S. M. P. Firoozabadi, "A novel feature extraction scheme for myoelectric signals classification using higher order statistics," in Proc. IEEE NER 05, Mar. 16-19, 2005, Virginia, USA.

  • K. Nazarpour, A. R. Sharafat, and S. M. P. Firoozabadi, "Negentropy analysis of myoelectric signal," in Proc. IEEE SSP 05, July 17-20, 2005, Bordeaux, France.

  • K. Nazarpour, A. R. Sharafat, and S. M. P. Firoozabadi, "Surface EMG signal classification using a selective mix of higher order statistics," in Proc. IEEE EMBC 05, Sep. 1-4, 2005, Shanghai, China.

  • K. Nazarpour "Surface EMG signal pattern recognition utilizing an adaptive crosstalk suppression preprocessor," in Proc. IEEE ICSC 05, Turkey.

  • A. Khadivi, K. Nazarpour, and H. S. Zadeh, "sEMG classification for upper-limb prosthesis control, using higher order statistics," in Proc. IEEE ICASSP 05, vol. 5, Mar. 18-23, 2005, Philadelphia, USA.

          Abstracts

  • K. Nazarpour, A. R. Sharafat, and S. M. P. Firoozabadi, "The application of higher order statistics to myoelectric signals classification," in Proc. IOMP 05, Sep. 14-17, 2005, Nuremberg, Germany.


Dissertations

  • K. Nazarpour, "Brain Signal Analysis in Space-Time-Frequency Domain; An Application to Brain Computer Interfacing," PhD Thesis, Cardiff University, UK, 2008.

  • K. Nazarpour,  "Surface Electromyogram Classification Using Higher Order Statistics," MSc Thesis, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran.

  • K. Nazarpour,  "Two-Channel PC Based sEMG Recordor and Spectrum Analyzer," BSc Thesis, KN Toosi University of Technology, Iran.