B P Pradeep Kumar

Dr. B P Pradeep Kumar

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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

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

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1 January 2014 in Energy Procedia
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JPJagadish H. Patil
Jagadish H. Patil
MAMAL AntonyRaj
MAL AntonyRaj
BSB.B. Shankar
B.B. Shankar
MSMahesh Kumar Shetty
Mahesh Kumar Shetty
BKB P Pradeep Kumar
B P Pradeep Kumar
Water hyacinth (WH) and sheep waste (SW) can be used to generate energy which could save on the fossil fuels conventionally used as source of energy. In this study, the possibility was explored to mix water hyacinth with sheep waste in different combinations for anaerobic co-digestion, so that energy can be generated as biogas and at the same time digested sludge can be used as fertilizer for agricultural applications. Pretreatment of water hyacinth was done by alkali method. Anaerobic co-digestion was carried out in mesophilic temperature range of 30oC to 37oC with different fermentation slurries of 8% total solids. Co-digestion was carried for a retention period of 60 days. The gas produced was collected by the downward displacement of water, and was subsequently measured and analyzed. Fermentation slurry SW3 (mixing ratio of 4: 12.01:83.90 for Water Hyacinth: Sheep Waste: Water) was found to be optimum, which gave the highest biogas yield of 0.36 l/gVS. with composition 60.84% % CH4, 21.53% CO2 and 17.63% others (H2, N2, H20 and H2S). The overall results showed that blending water hyacinth with Sheep waste had significant improvement on the biogas yield

5 October 2023 in IEEE Access
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BKB P Pradeep Kumar
B P Pradeep Kumar
PRPramod K. B. Rangaiah
Pramod K. B. Rangaiah
Robin AugustineRobin Augustine
Robin Augustine
This paper introduces a novel approach for medical image reclamation, specifically focusing on enhancing chest image resolution. The proposed method introduces the Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Transform (DT-CWT) with Edge Preservation Smoothing (EPS) filters to balance visual clarity. The resulting Image Reclamation system maintains high-quality results while preserving image edges. Performance validation using established metrics like Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), and entropy demonstrates substantial improvements: PSNR of 31, SSIM of 0.99, RMSE of 8.25, and entropy of 1.03. Furthermore, the algorithm extracts features from the enhanced chest image through symlet transform, allowing for Bhattacharya coefficient computation and unique bin analysis to enhance image retrieval. Experimental results show efficiency gains, increasing the top 5 matching images’ retrieval score from 320 to 512. This approach promises to enhance medical image reclamation in emergency settings, facilitating quicker and more accurate diagnoses and treatments for acute chest injuries. Ultimately, this work can potentially save lives, reduce complications, and improve patient outcomes in chest trauma emergencies.

9 September 2024 in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
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PRPramod K.B. Rangaiah
Pramod K.B. Rangaiah
BKB P Pradeep Kumar
B P Pradeep Kumar
RARobin Augustine
Robin Augustine

27 March 2024 in SN Computer Science
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BKB P Pradeep Kumar
B P Pradeep Kumar
SSShiva Darshan SL
Shiva Darshan SL
NENaresh E
Naresh E
SNSrinidhi N N
Srinidhi N N
SJShreyas J
Shreyas J
The proposed article put forward a new scheme for image reclamation using second phase discrete symlet transform for medical images. The current medical image reclamation approaches have limitations in providing accurate reclamation fallouts with high visual insight and low computational complexity. To address these issues, this model presents a methodology for creating a medical image database using Image Reclamation using DT-CWT and EPS filter suited for the Resolution Enhancement of query chest image sample well utilized to get better retrieval rate where DWT algorithm is utilized for feature extraction of query input images. Flat and perpendicular prognoses of summation of pixels are analyzed to extract BC quantities, which are then used to compute the matching score of similarity for the images present in the database. The system selects the samples that are most pertinent to the given query sample image based on the matching score. The system’s untrained database is used to obtain the photographs with the highest BC value. The projected method aims to improve the enhancement of sampled image by DT-CWT EPS algorithm to leads to increase the accuracy and efficiency of medical image reclamation for various research applications.

17 May 2024 in SN Computer Science
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BKB P Pradeep Kumar
B P Pradeep Kumar
SNSrinidhi N N
Srinidhi N N
SSShiva Darshan SL
Shiva Darshan SL
NENaresh E
Naresh E
With an emphasis on early-stage contrast agent transit through tumour vasculature, this study presents Adaptive Complex Independent Components Analysis (ACICA) as a unique method for evaluating intravascular responsiveness in prostatic tissue. Furthermore, a new SVM clustering method is introduced that outperforms the conventional k-means clustering for image retrieval based on vision. The study emphasises how dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) may be improved in conjunction with quantitative analysis. Within the field of DCE-MRI, ACICA stands out as a unique intravascular attention measurer. Utilising the spatial independence of extravascular and intravascular magnetic resonance imaging (MR) data, ACICA offers a strong foundation for DCE-MRI image analysis. It incorporates pharmacokinetic modelling to optimise the time lag, especially useful for arterial curves, and a reference region (RR)-based technique to adjust the intravascular concentration curve. The model's evaluation yields outstanding results, with recall and accuracy ranging from 83 to 99% and 82.8% to 99.6%, respectively. The average recall and precision across datasets are 92.86% and 92.82%).All things considered, this study demonstrates the effectiveness of ACICA in evaluating intravascular responsiveness and presents viable paths for enhancing clinical results and diagnostic precision in the treatment of prostate cancer.

21 September 2024 in SN Computer Science
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BKB P Pradeep Kumar
B P Pradeep Kumar
DMDr. Manoj H M
Dr. Manoj H M