Stefanos Ntampos

Dr. Stefanos Ntampos


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 November 2021 in Bioengineering
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KTKonstantinos I Tsamis
Konstantinos I Tsamis
PKProkopis Kontogiannis
Prokopis Kontogiannis
IGIoannis Gourgiotis
Ioannis Gourgiotis
SNStefanos Ntampos
Stefanos Ntampos
ISIoannis Sarmas
Ioannis Sarmas
George ManisGeorge Manis
George Manis
Recent literature has revealed a long discussion about the importance and necessity of nerve conduction studies in carpal tunnel syndrome management. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of automatic detection, based on electrodiagnostic features, for the median nerve mononeuropathy and decision making about carpal tunnel syndrome. The study included 38 volunteers, examined prospectively. The purpose was to investigate the possibility of automatically detecting the median nerve mononeuropathy based on common electrodiagnostic criteria, used in everyday clinical practice, as well as new features selected based on physiology and mathematics. Machine learning techniques were used to combine the examined characteristics for a stable and accurate diagnosis. Automatic electrodiagnosis reached an accuracy of 95% compared to the standard neurophysiological diagnosis of the physicians with nerve conduction studies and 89% compared to the clinical diagnosis. The results show that the automatic detection of carpal tunnel syndrome is possible and can be employed in decision making, excluding human error. It is also shown that the novel features investigated can be used for the detection of the syndrome, complementary to the commonly used ones, increasing the accuracy of the method.