Mustafa Kamasak, PhD

Istanbul Technical University
Computer Engineering Department

Ph: +90-212-285 3595
Fax: +90-212-285 3694
Email: kamasak at itu edu tr

Selected Publications

 Journal Papers
  1. Metin Ertas, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak, and Aydin Akan, "An Iterative Tomosynthesis Reconstruction Using Total Variation Combined with Non-local Means Filtering", Biomedical Engineering Online (2014). doi:10.1186/1475-925X-13-65.
  2. Mustafa E. Kamasak, Bradley T. Christian, Charles A. Bouman, and Evan D. Morris. "Quality and Precision of Parametric Images Created from PET Sinogram Data by Direct Reconstruction: Proof of Concept", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging (2014). doi:10.1109/TMI.2013.2294627.
  3. Mustafa E. Kamasak, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, "Effects of Spatial Regularization in Kinetic Parameter Estimation for Dynamic PET", vol 9, 6-13, Jan. 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.bspc.2013.08.011.
  4. Metin Ertas, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa E. Kamasak, and Aydin Akan. "Digital breast tomosynthesis image reconstruction using 2D and 3D total variation minimization": Biomedical Engineering Online 12 (2013). doi:10.1186/1475-925X-12-112, p. 112.
  5. Saeed Seyyedi, Kubra Cengiz, Mustafa Kamasak, and Isa Yildirim. "An Object-Oriented Simulator for 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Imaging System", Comp. and Math. Meth. in Med., Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 250689 doi:10.1155/2013/250689.
  6. Ilker Bayram and Mustafa E. Kamasak, IEEE Trans. on Audio, Speech and Lang. Proc., "A Simple Prior For Audio Signals", vol 21(6), 1190-1200, June 2013. doi: 10.1109/TASL.2013.2245652.
  7. Ilker Bayram and Mustafa E. Kamasak, "Directional total variation", IEEE Signal Proc. Letters, vol 19, no 12, pp. 781-784, 2012, doi: 10.1109/LSP.2012.2220349.
  8. T. Avsar, D. Korkmaz, M. Tutuncu, N.O. Demirci, S. Saip, M. E. Kamasak, A. Siva, E.T. Turanli, Protein Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis: Semi-quantitative Analysis of CBF Candidate Protein Biomarkers in Different Forms of Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Vol. 18, no 8, pp. 1081-1091, 2012. doi: 10.1177/1352458511433303.
  9. Mustafa E. Kamasak. Computation of variance in compartment model parameter estimates from dynamic PET data. Med. Phys., 39(5):2638-2648, May 2012. doi: 10.1118/1.3702456.
  10. G. Kaya, O. Ersoy, M.E. Kamasak, Support Vector Selection And Adaptation for Remote Sensing Classification, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol 49, no 6, pp. 2071-2079, June 2011 (10.1109/TGRS.2010.2096822). pdf
  11. M.E. Kamasak, Clustering dynamic PET images on the Gaussian distributed sinogram domain, Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 93 (2009) 217-227. pdf original
  12. M. Cavusoglu, T. Ciloglu, Y. Serinagaoglu, M. E. Kamasak, O. Erogul, and T. Akcam, Investigation of sequential properties of snoring episodes for obstructive sleep apnoea identification, Physiol. Meas., vol. 29, no. 8, pp.879-898, Aug. 2008. pdf
  13. M. Cavusoglu, M. E. Kamasak, O. Erogul, T. Ciloglu, Y. Serinagaoglu, and T. Akcam, "An efficient method for snore/nonsnore classification of sleep sounds," Physiol. Meas., vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 841-853, Aug. 2007. pdf
  14. M. E. Kamasak and B. Bayraktar, "Clustering dynamic PET images on the projection domain," IEEE Trans. on Nuclear Science, vol 54, no 3, June 2007, pp 496-503. original
  15. M.E. Kamasak, C.A. Bouman, E. Morris, K. Sauer, "Direct Reconstruction of Kinetic Parameter Images from Dynamic PET Data", IEEE Tran. on Medical Imaging, vol 24, no 5, May 2005, pp 636-650. manuscript original
Abstracts
  1. M. E. Kamasak, E. D. Morris, C. A. Bouman, and B. T. Christian, "Direct reconstruction of sinograms to parametric images of 18f-fallypride binding in monkey brain," in Neuroimage, vol. 32, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-8 July 2006, p. T92, suplement 2. pdf ppt
Patents
  1. P.O. Ozanar, M.E. Kamasak, L. Tavacioglu, G. Zorluoglu, O.K. Kora, G. Kaptanoglu, B. Cangoz, "An algorithm to assist cognitive performance assessment", Pub No: TPO 2013-G-449301
  2. M. Qazi, M.E. Kamasak, M. Dundar, G. Fung, S. Krishnan, B. Rao, "Characterizations of Cardiac Motion with Spatial Relationship", Pub No:US 2006/0247544 A1 pdf
Conference Papers
    2014
  1. Mustafa Cavusoglu, Harold Christopher Burger, Pablo E. Brockmann, Christian F. Poets, Mustafa E. Kamasak, Osman Eroglu, and Michael S. Urschitz. "Automatic De- tection of Snore Episodes in Paediatric Population". In: Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2014). (in Turkish). Trabzon, Apr. 2014.
  2. Metin Ertan, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak, and Aydin Akan. "Image Denoising with Nonlocal Means and Total Variation". In: Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2014). (in Turkish). Trabzon, Apr. 2014.
  3. Kubra Cengiz and Mustafa E. Kamasak. "Comparison of Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques for Tomosynthesis". In: Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2014). (in Turkish). Trabzon, Apr. 2014.
  4. Kubra Cengiz and Mustafa Kamasak. "Comparison of Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques for Tomosynthesis". In: Proceedings of International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing - IWSSIP 2014. Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 2014.
  5. Metin Ertan, Mustafa Kamasak, Isa Yildirim, and Aydin Akan. "Prior Image Selection in Limited Angle Tomographic Imaging". In: 27th International Symopsium on Computer Based Medical Systems (CBMS2014). New York, May 2014.
  6. Metin Ertan, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak, and Aydin Akan. "An Iterative Reconstruction for Tomosynthesis Imaging Using Non-Local Means". In: Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2014). Santorini, Greece, Oct. 2014.
  7. Metin Ertan, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak, and Aydin Akan. "Initial Image Selection in Limited Angle Tomographic Imaging". In: Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2014). Santorini, Greece, Oct. 2014.
  8. Mustafa E. Kamasak, Bradley T. Christian, Charles A. Bouman, and Evan D. Morris. "Quality and Precision of Parametric Images Created from PET Sinogram Data by Direct Reconstruction". In: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Func- tional NeuroReceptor Mapping of the Living Brain (NRM14). Amsterdam, Netherland, May 2014.
  9. Gokhan Zorluoglu, Mustafa E. Kamasak, Leyla Tavacioglu, and Pinar Ozum Ozanar. "Development of Mobile Cognitive Test Software Application on Situational Awareness". In: Proceedings of National Congress on Medical Technologies (TIPTEKNO 2014). (in Turkish). Kapadokya, Sept. 2014.
    2013
  10. Gokhan Zorluoglu, Leyla Tavacioglu, Mustafa E. Kamasak, P. Bolat, U. Tac, and Kaan O. Kora. "A cognitive test battery for situational awareness", Proceedings of 5th National Maritime Congress, Istanbul, Nov 11 2013.
  11. Saeed Seyyedi, Isa Yildirim, and Mustafa E. Kamasak, "Evaluating the effect of acquisition parameters in digital breast tomosynthesis system with iterative reconstruction methods on image quality", Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on eHealth and Bioengineering (EHB2013), Iasi, Romania, Nov 21-23 2013.
  12. Metin Ertas, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa E. Kamasak, and Aydin Akan, "Comparison of 2d and 3d total variation minimization methods in breast tomosynthesis imaging", Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on eHealth and Bioengineering (EHB2013), Iasi, Romania, Nov 21-23 2013.
  13. M. E. Kamasak, Y. E. Kiyak, I. Yildirim, and E. Oznergiz, "Automated nanofiber diameter determination", Proceedings of 7th International Advance Technologies Symposium, Istanbul, Oct 30-Nov 1 2013.
  14. P. O. Ozanar, M. E. Kamasak, L. Tavacioglu, G. Zorluoglu, O. K. Kora, G. Kaptanoglu, and B. Cangoz, "The development of neurophysiologic test battery to use in the distinctive diagnosis of Alzheimers disease", 3. Turkish-German Congress on Psychiatry. Izmir, Turkiye, Sept. 2013.
  15. Baris Sarikaya and Mustafa E. Kamasak, "A Mobile Application for Prescription Drugs", International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, (HIBIT 2013), Ankara, Turkiye, September 25-27 2013.
  16. Erkan Akkur, Mustafa E. Kamasak, and Mehmet E. Aksoy. "Comparison of digital mammography systems in terms of dose and image quality", Proceedings of National Congress on Medical Technologies (TIPTEKNO 2013), Antalya, Oct 31-Nov 2 2013.
  17. Saeed Seyyedi, Kubra Cengiz, Mustafa Kamasak, and Isa Yildirim. "An object-oriented simulator for 3D digital breast tomosynthesis system". 8th Interna- tional Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2013), Trieste, Italy, September 4-6 2013.
  18. M. Kamasak, "Bias and Variance Analysis of PET Parameters Estimated with Spatial Regularization", Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2013), Girne, N. Cyprus, April 24-26 2013. (in Turkish).
    2012
  19. Metin Ertas, Aydin Akan, Kubra Cengiz, Mustafa Kamasak, Saeed Seyyedi and Isa Yildirim, "3-D Tomosynthesis Image Reconstruction Using Total Variation", International Conference on BioMedical Computing (BioMedCom 2012), Washington DC, Dec 14-16, 2012.
  20. Serkan Tuzun, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak, and Aydin Akan. "2D image reconstruction for tomosynthesis", Proceedings of National Congress on Medical Technologies (TIPTEKNO 2012), pages 167-170, Antalya, November 1-3 2012. (in Turkish). pdf
  21. Metin Ertas, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak, and Aydin Akan. "Reconstruction for 3D tomosynthesis images with art and total variation", Proceedings of National Congress on Medical Technologies (TIPTEKNO 2012), pages 158-161, Antalya, November 1-3 2012. (in Turkish). pdf
  22. Mehmet E. Aksoy, Mustafa E. Kamasak, Erkan Akkur, Ayhan Ucgul, Muzaffer Basak, and Huseyin Alaca. "Investigation of flat panel digital radiography systems in terms of contrast-detail performance". Proceedings of National Congress on Medical Technologies (TIPTEKNO 2012), pages 162-166, Antalya, November 1-3 2012. (in Turkish). pdf view
  23. Ilker Bayram and Mustafa E. Kamasak, " A Directional Total Variation", Proceedings of 20th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO-2012), Aug 27-31, Bucharest, Romania, 2012. pdf view
  24. Mehmet E. Aksoy, Mustafa E. Kamasak, Erkan Akkur, Ayhan Ucgul, Muzaffer Basak, and Huseyin Alaca, "Evaluation and comparison of image quality for indirect at panel systems with CsI and GOS scintillators", Proceedings of International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (HIBIT 2012), Kapadokya, Nevsehir, April 19-20 2012. pdf view
  25. Mustafa E. Kamasak, "Computation of variance in compartment model parameter estimates from dynamic PET data", Int. Symp. on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2012), Barcelona, Spain, May 2-5 2012. pdf view
  26. Ilker Bayram and Mustafa E. Kamasak, "Directional total variation minimization", Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2012), Oludeniz Fethiye Mugla, April 18-20 2012. (in Turkish). pdf view
    2011
  27. M. E. Kamasak, "Analysis of Kinetic Parameter Estimates for Dynamic PET", Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications, April 20-22 2011, Kemer Antalya (in Turkish). pdf view
    2010
  28. G. Kaya, O. Ersoy, and M. Kamasak, "Spectral and Spatial Classification of Earthquake Images by Support Vector Selection and Adaptation", in International Conference of Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2010) Paris, December 7-10, 2010.
  29. G. Kaya, O. Ersoy, and M. Kamasak, "Hybrid SVM and SVSA Method for Classification of Remote Sensing Images," in IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2010), Hawai, July 25 - 30, 2010. pdf
    2009
  30. E. Avsar, M. Kamasak, Z. Cataltepe, "Tek-Sinif Destek Vektör Makineleri Kullanilarak EEG Isaretlerinin Siniflandirilmasi", Biyomut 2009. pdf
  31. G. Kaya, O. Ersoy, and M. Kamasak, "Support Vector Selection and Adaptation", International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA2009), 2009. doc pdf
  32. G. Kaya, O. Ersoy, and M. Kamasak, "Support vector selection and adaptation for classification of earthquake images," in IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2009), Cape Town, Africa, 2009. pdf
  33. G.T. Kaya, O. Ersoy, M.E. Kamasak, "Support Vector Selection and Adaptation and Its Application in Remote Sensing", International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2009) 2009. pdf doc
    2008
  34. M. Cavusoglu, M. E. Kamasak, T. Ciloglu, Y. Serinagaoglu, and O. Erogul, "Spectral envelope analysis of snoring signals," in Proceedings of The Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BIOMED2008), Innsbruck, Austria, February 13 - 15 2008, pp. 473-477. pdf orig-pdf
    2007
  35. M. Cavusoglu, M. E. Kamasak, Y. N. Ertas, O. Erogul, Y. Serinagaoglu, and T. Ciloglu, "The intensity and frequency analysis of snoring sounds according to sleep stages," in Proceedings of Biyomut, Istanbul, Turkey, 21-22 May 2007, (in Turkish). pdf doc
  36. M.E. Kamasak, C.A. Bouman, B.T. Christian, and E.D. Morris, "Imaging D2-dopamine receptor concentration in non-human primate brain using 18f-fallypride," 15th European Signal Processing Conference, Poznan, Poland, Sept 3 - 7 2007, pp. 2259-2262. pdf
  37. M.E. Kamasak, "Clustering dynamic PET images on the gaussian distributed sinogram domain," 15th European Signal Processing Conference, Poznan, Poland, Sept 3 - 7 2007, pp. 2272-2276. pdf
  38. M.E. Kamasak, C.A. Bouman, B.T. Christian, and E.D. Morris, "Imaging D2-dopamine receptor using PET," Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications, 2007, (in Turkish). pdf view
  39. M. Cavusoglu, M.E. Kamasak, O. Erogul, T. Ciloglu, Y. Serinagaoglu, and H.Birkent, "Spectral envelope analysis for simple snorers and obstructive sleep apnea patients," Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications, 2007, (in Turkish). pdf view
  40. M. Cavusoglu, M.E. Kamasak, O. Erogul, T. Ciloglu, T. Akcam, and Y. Serinagaoglu, "A software system for sleep and snoring analysis," in Proceedings of International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, Belek, Antalya, Turkey, April 30-May 2 2007. pdf original pdf
    2006 and before
  41. M. Cavusoglu, M. E. Kamasak, Y. Serinagaoglu, T. Akcam, S. Yetkin, F. Ozgen, and O. Erogul, \Classification of snoring sounds based on robust regression algorithm and its clinical application," in 7th Sleep Disorders Conference, Bodrum, Turkey, 26-29 October 2006, (in Turkish). pdf ppt
  42. M.Cavusoglu, M.E. Kamasak, Y. Serinagaoglu, T. Akcam, and O. Erogul, "Spectogram based analysis of snoring sounds for obstructive sleep apnea patients," Proceedings of Biyomut, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-27 May 2006, (in Turkish) pdf doc.gz
  43. E.D. Morris, M.E. Kamasak, B.T. Christian, and C.A. Bouman, "Visualizing all the fits: Evaluating the quality and precision of parametric images created from direct reconstruction of PET sinogram data," Int. Symp. on Biomedical Imaging, 2006.( pdf, original pdf) slides( ppt, pdf)
  44. M.E. Kamasak and B. Bayraktar, "Unsupervised clustering of dynamic pet images on the projection domain," Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, San Diego, CA, February 12-17 2006. pdf
  45. M.E. Kamasak, C.A. Bouman, E. Morris, K. Sauer, Reconstruction of Kinetic Parameter Images Directly from Dynamic PET Sinograms, Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, San Diego, CA, Feb. 12-17 2005, vol. 5747, pp 400-412. pdf
  46. M.E. Kamasak, C.A. Bouman, E. Morris, K. Sauer, Parametric Reconstruction of Kinetic PET Data with Plasma Function Estimation, Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Electronic Imaging: Computational Imaging, San Jose, CA, Jan. 16-21 2005, vol. 5674, pp. 293--305. pdf slides
  47. M. Kamasak, C.A. Bouman, E. Morris, K. Sauer, "Direct Reconstruction of Kinetic Parameter Images from Dynamic PET Data", Proceedings of the 37th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 9-11, 2003, pp 1919-1923 (invited paper). pdf slides
  48. L. Slivovsky, J. Allebach, C.A. Bouman, G. Chiu, E. Delp, M. Figuera, M. Kamasak, J. Krogmeier, C. Rosenberg, L. Torres, "An Undergraduate Research Experience in a Mobile Communications Projects Course", ASEE 2003, June 22-25, Nashville, Tennesee. gziped pdf
  49. Mustafa Kamasak, Anand V. Deshpande, Kok Leong Thoon, Charles A. Bouman, George T. C. Chiu, Jan P. Allebach, "Dynamic Print Modes for InkJet Printing", NIP 17, Florida, 2001. pdf slides
  50. A.V. Deshpande, M. Kamasak, K.L. Thoon, G.T.-C. Chiu, C. Bouman, J. Allebach, S. Fedigan, D. Schafer and C. Cole, "Development of an Inkjet Carriage Motion Controller for Dynamic Print Mode Control", 2nd IFAC Conference on Mechatronic Systems, California, Dec 2002. pdf
  51. Anand V. Deshpande, Mustafa Kamasak, Kok Leong Thoon, George T. -C. Chiu, Charles A. Bouman, Jan P. Allebach, Steve Fedigan, Dana Schafer, and Charles Cole, "Design and Implementation of a DSP based Inkjet Printer Motion Control System for Dynamic Print Mode Control", NIP 17, Florida, 2001. pdf
  52. Kamasak M., Sankur B., "Face Recognition Under Lossy Compression", PRIP'99 , Minsk, Belarus, 1999. pdf
  53. Kamasak M., Sankur B., "Performance of Face Recognition Algorithms on Compressed Face Databases", SIU'99, Ankara, Turkey, 1999. pdf