Angela Maria Alves

Dr. Angela Maria Alves

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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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21 September 2024 in Bioengineering
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SAShokofeh Anari
Shokofeh Anari
Gabriel Gomes de OliveiraGabriel Gomes de Oliveira
Gabriel Gomes de Oliveira
RRRamin Ranjbarzadeh
Ramin Ranjbarzadeh
AAAngela Maria Alves
Angela Maria Alves
GVGabriel Caumo Vaz
Gabriel Caumo Vaz
Malika BendechacheMalika Bendechache
Malika Bendechache
This study introduces a sophisticated neural network structure for segmenting breast tumors. It achieves this by combining a pretrained Vision Transformer (ViT) model with a UNet framework. The UNet architecture, commonly employed for biomedical image segmentation, is further enhanced with depthwise separable convolutional blocks to decrease computational complexity and parameter count, resulting in better efficiency and less overfitting. The ViT, renowned for its robust feature extraction capabilities utilizing self-attention processes, efficiently captures the overall context within images, surpassing the performance of conventional convolutional networks. By using a pretrained ViT as the encoder in our UNet model, we take advantage of its extensive feature representations acquired from extensive datasets, resulting in a major enhancement in the model’s ability to generalize and train efficiently. The suggested model has exceptional performance in segmenting breast cancers from medical images, highlighting the advantages of integrating transformer-based encoders with efficient UNet topologies. This hybrid methodology emphasizes the capabilities of transformers in the field of medical image processing and establishes a new standard for accuracy and efficiency in activities related to tumor segmentation.

14 August 2024 in Preprints.org
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SAShokofeh Anari
Shokofeh Anari
Gabriel Gomes de OliveiraGabriel Gomes de Oliveira
Gabriel Gomes de Oliveira
RRRamin Ranjbarzadeh
Ramin Ranjbarzadeh
AAAngela Maria Alves
Angela Maria Alves
GVGabriel Caumo Vaz
Gabriel Caumo Vaz
Malika BendechacheMalika Bendechache
Malika Bendechache
This study introduces a sophisticated neural network structure for segmenting breast tumors. It achieves this by combining a pretrained Vision Transformer (ViT) model with a U-Net framework. The U-Net architecture, commonly employed for biomedical image segmentation, is further enhanced with Depthwise Separable Convolutional Blocks to decrease computational complexity and parameter count, resulting in better efficiency and less overfitting. The Vision Transformer, renowned for its robust feature extraction capabilities utilizing self-attention processes, efficiently captures the overall context within images, surpassing the performance of conventional convolutional networks. By using a pretrained ViT as the encoder in our U-Net model, we take advantage of its extensive feature representations acquired from extensive datasets, resulting in a major enhancement in the model’s ability to generalize and train efficiently. The suggested model has exceptional performance in segmenting breast cancers from medical images, highlighting the advantages of integrating transformer-based encoders with efficient U-Net topologies. This hybrid methodology emphasizes the capabilities of transformers in the field of medical image processing and establishes a new standard for accuracy and efficiency in activities related to tumor segmentation.

14 September 2024
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SASuja A. Alex
Suja A. Alex
JNJ.JEsu Vedha Nayahi
J.JEsu Vedha Nayahi
GVGabriel Caumo Vaz
Gabriel Caumo Vaz
Yuzo IanoYuzo Iano
Yuzo Iano
Euclides ChumaEuclides Chuma
Euclides Chuma
AAAngela Maria Alves
Angela Maria Alves

21 August 2024
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AAAngela Maria Alves
Angela Maria Alves
Gabriel Gomes de OliveiraGabriel Gomes de Oliveira
Gabriel Gomes de Oliveira
Euclides ChumaEuclides Chuma
Euclides Chuma

17 May 2024
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Gabriel Gomes de OliveiraGabriel Gomes de Oliveira
Gabriel Gomes de Oliveira
AAAngela Maria Alves
Angela Maria Alves
GVGabriel Caumo Vaz
Gabriel Caumo Vaz
RRR. Ravi
R. Ravi
RPR. Mallika Pandeeswari
R. Mallika Pandeeswari
Kannadhasan SuriyanKannadhasan Suriyan
Kannadhasan Suriyan
This research focuses on setting up safety and monitoring procedures for mine workers, which are crucial in underground mining settings. This is where we introduce the Raspberry Pi-based sensor network, which feeds all measurements and data to the CPU. A mobile SMS alert system will be used by the subterranean control center to monitor conditions and promptly take any required measures to avert injury. Overall safe coal mine monitoring is a critical component of coal mine production safety, and this research suggests a solution. Laying unreliable and ineffectual wires is a hard job, so a unique solution using GSM technology is put up to address this issue. A low complexity factor is recommended by this research for selecting the optimal position for sensor nodes, which might lead to a reduction in coal mine accidents and an improvement in safety during factory monitoring.

2 January 2026
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SASuja A. Alex
Suja A. Alex
BBB. Gerald Briyolan
B. Gerald Briyolan
Tien Anh TranTien Anh Tran
Tien Anh Tran
GVGabriel Caumo Vaz
Gabriel Caumo Vaz
Gabriel Gomes de OliveiraGabriel Gomes de Oliveira
Gabriel Gomes de Oliveira
AAAngela Maria Alves
Angela Maria Alves