Ricardo Vardasca

Ricardo Vardasca received the B.Sc. degree in Information Technology from the University of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, and the B.Sc. and ‘Licenciate’ degrees in computer engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in Medical Informatics from the University of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, in 2010. Both British academic degrees are registered and recognised in Portugal by the University of Porto. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Lecturer with the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Technology, University of Glamorgan. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Lecturer with the Department of Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, where he started as an Assistant Professor and later Invited Associated Professor. From September 2011 to August 2012 he has been involved in the research on ambient assisted living technologies at the School of Engineering at University of Minho. In June 2012 returned to the University of Glamorgan, actually University of South Wales, as Visiting Research Fellow at Medical Imaging Research Unit, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science. Since January 2013 he joined the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto researching in clinical thermography and mobile biometrics. Co-chair of the EAT2012 conference at Porto, from 5th to 8th September 2012. Member of the Editorial Board of Thermology International, International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications and COMPUSOFT - International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology. Reviewer of Infrared Physics and Technology Internet of Things, Journal, Neuroscience, QIRT journal and PLOS ONE. Board member of the European Association of Thermology, associate member of the British Computer Society (Health Informatics group), honorary vitalicious member of the Brazilian Association of Thermology, ordinary member of the Royal Photographic Society (Imaging Science group), Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Portuguese Association of Medical Informatics.

Publications

Towards an Effective Imaging-Based Decision Support System for Skin Cancer
Towards an Effective Imaging-Based Decision Support System for Skin Cancer
Ricardo Vardasca, Carolina Magalhaes. © 2023. 29 pages.
The usage of expert systems to aid in medical decisions has been employed since 1980s in distinct applications. With the high demands of medical care and limited human resources...
Towards an Effective Imaging-Based Decision Support System for Skin Cancer
Towards an Effective Imaging-Based Decision Support System for Skin Cancer
Ricardo Vardasca, Carolina Magalhaes. © 2022. 29 pages.
The usage of expert systems to aid in medical decisions has been employed since 1980s in distinct applications. With the high demands of medical care and limited human resources...
Infrared Thermography in Swimming: Thermal Characterization of Swimming Technique
Infrared Thermography in Swimming: Thermal Characterization of Swimming Technique
Ana Sofia Domingues, Filipa Barbosa, Adérito Seixas, Márcio Borgonovo-Santos, Eduardo M. Pereira, Ricardo Vardasca, Joaquim Gabriel, Ricardo J. Fernandes, J. Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2021. 21 pages.
In order to verify whether there is a considerable increase in body skin temperature during different swimming techniques (crawl and backstroke) and identifying the most affected...
Innovative Research in Thermal Imaging for Biology and Medicine
Innovative Research in Thermal Imaging for Biology and Medicine
Ricardo Vardasca, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes. © 2017. 340 pages.
Technological advances in thermal imaging have had far-reaching impacts on the fields of biology and medicine. By studying the diverse applications in thermal imaging...
Cooling Agents' Effect Monitoring When Applied to Skin of Healthy Human Subjects
Cooling Agents' Effect Monitoring When Applied to Skin of Healthy Human Subjects
Francis J Ring, Carl Jones, Kurt Ammer, Peter Plassmann, Ricardo Vardasca, Usama I. Bajwa. © 2017. 14 pages.
There are cooling products available for relieving the pain of minor sports injuries, in muscles, tendons, joints, strains, sprains and knocks. These products are based on ice...
Infrared Thermography in Swimming: Thermal Characterization of Swimming Technique
Infrared Thermography in Swimming: Thermal Characterization of Swimming Technique
Ana Sofia Domingues, Filipa Barbosa, Adérito Seixas, Márcio Borgonovo-Santos, Eduardo M. Pereira, Ricardo Vardasca, Joaquim Gabriel, Ricardo J. Fernandes, J. Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2017. 21 pages.
In order to verify whether there is a considerable increase in body skin temperature during different swimming techniques (crawl and backstroke) and identifying the most affected...
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)
Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC) focuses on theories, systems, methods, algorithms, and applications in healthcare, biomedicine...