Rodolfo Telo Martins de Abreu (3E11-F548-2F62)

Curriculum Vitae

Rodolfo Telo Martins de Abreu

Rodolfo Telo Martins de Abreu. Completed the Doutoramento in Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering in 2017/05/05 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico and Mestrado in Integrated Masters in Biomedical Engineering in 2012/11/05 by Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Is Contracted Researcher in Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde. Published 8 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books. Organized 5 event(s). Participated in 5 event(s). Co-supervised 4 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 4 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Features extraction; Pattern recognition; Simultaneous EEG-fMRI; Epilepsy; Multiple Sclerosis; Functional Connectivity; Neuroimaging; Imaging biomarkers; High-field MRI; Resting-state fMRI.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rodolfo Telo Martins de Abreu

Citation names

Abreu, Rodolfo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 3E11-F548-2F62
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9496-3534
Google Scholar ID: OHkB4HkAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id: A-4259-2018
Scopus Author Id: 56903899800

Email addresses

rodolfo.abreu@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

CIBIT – ICNAS, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra, 3000-508, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://github.com/rmabreu (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/05/05 Concluded	Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento) Major in Neuroimagem Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Study of the spatiotemporal dynamics of epileptic activity using simultaneous EEG-fMRI: Towards clinical applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Pass with Distinction and Honour (top 10%)
2012/11/05 Concluded	Integrated Masters in Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Feature Extraction and Pattern Recognition on biosignals using Clustering techniques applied to AAL" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

2017/05/08 - 2019/01/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

2012/01/01 - 2017/05/08	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

2012/01/30 - 2012/09/21	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/02/01 - 2019/02/01	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/02/01 - 2021/06/21	Novos biomarcadores de imagem multimodal de conectividade neuronal na Esclerose Múltipla PTDC/MEC-NEU/31973/2017 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2013/01/01 - 2017/05/30	Neuroimagem dinâmica não-invasiva em epilepsia PTDC/SAU-ENB/112294/2009 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2014/11/30	HIFI-MRI: Análise de Conectividade Funcional no Cérebro usando fMRI por Campos de Elevada Intensidade PTDC/EEI-ELC/3246/2012 Research Fellow Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Abreu, Rodolfo; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "EEG Quality: The Pulse Artifact". In EEG-fMRI - Physiological Basis, Technique, and Applications, edited by Louis Lemieux. Springer, 2020. Accepted Leitão, A. C.; Francisco, A. P.; Abreu, R.; Nunes, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Figueiredo, P.; Wald, L. L.; Bianciardi, M.; Silveira, L. M.. "Techniques for Brain Functional Connectivity Analysis from High Resolution Imaging". In Studies in Computational Intelligence, 131-138. Springer International Publishing, 2015. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-16112-9_13 Nunes, Neuza; Rebelo, Diliana; Abreu, Rodolfo; Gamboa, Hugo; Fred, Ana. "Clustering Algorithm for Human Behavior Recognition Based on Biosignal Analysis". In Human Behavior Recognition Technologies, 212-224. IGI Global, 2013. Published • 10.4018/978-1-4666-3682-8.ch010
Conference abstract	Abreu, Rodolfo; Simões, Marco; Direito, Bruno; Sayal, Alexandre; Castelhano, Joao; Carvalo, Paulo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Reconstructing the BOLD-fMRI signal at the facial expression processing network from simultaneous EEG-derived predictors". Paper presented in Proc. 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2020), Paris, 2020. Accepted Abreu, Rodolfo; Simões, Marco; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Pushing the limits of EEG: estimation of large-scale functional networks and their dynamics validated by simultaneous fMRI". Paper presented in Proc. 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2020), Paris, 2020. Accepted Abreu, Rodolfo; Aires, Afonso; Jorge, João; Cabral, Joana Ribeiro Barbosa; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "fMRI dynamic functional connectivity states associated with EEG alpha power". Paper presented in Proc. 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2020), Paris, 2020. Accepted Abreu, Rodolfo. "From static to dynamic functional connectivity: exploring the temporal changes of brain functional organization in epilepsy using simultaneous EEG-fMRI". Paper presented in Proc. 15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2019), Coimbra, 2019. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Classification of BOLD-fMRI dynamic functional connectivity states based on simultaneous EEG microstates". Paper presented in Proc. 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2019), Montréal, 2019. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Carmona, Joana; 6016-3A42-8D46; Leal, Alberto; Nascimento, Jacinto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Classification of sleep stages from fMRI dynamic functional connectivity using deep learning". Paper presented in Proc. 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2019), Montréal, 2019. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "EEG microstate and spectral signatures of epileptic patterns found in fMRI dynamic functional connectivity". Paper presented in Proc. 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2018), Paris, 2018. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Solas, Margarida; Salgado, Cátia; Vieira, Susana; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Evaluation of fuzzy clustering for the identification of separate and joint dynamic functional connectivity patterns in resting-state fMRI". Paper presented in Proc. 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2018), Paris, 2018. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Classification of epileptic states from fMRI dynamic functional connectivity using machine learning". Paper presented in Proc. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2017), Vancouver, 2017. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Mapping epileptic networks by EEG-based selection of fMRI functional connectivity dynamic components". Paper presented in Proc. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2017), Vancouver, 2017. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Improved mapping of epileptic networks based on the correlation of BOLD-fMRI dynamic functional connectivity components with simultaneous EEG". Paper presented in Proc. 25th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2017), Honolulu, 2017. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Lopes da Silva, Fernando; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "EEG synchronization measures predict epilepsy-related BOLD-fMRI fluctuations better than commonly used univariate metrics". Paper presented in Proc. 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB 2016), Vienna, 2016. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Nunes, Sandro; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "ECG-derived respiratory signal for physiological noise correction in simultaneous EEG-fMRI for enhanced mapping of epileptic activity". Paper presented in Proc. 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2016), Singapore, 2016. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Nunes, Sandro; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "ECG-derived Respiratory signal estimation as a tool for physiological noise correction in fMRI". Paper presented in Proc. 21st Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2015), Honolulu, 2015. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leite, Marco; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Ballistocardiogram artefact correction taking into account background physiological signal preservation in simultaneous EEG-fMRI". Paper presented in Proc. 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2015), Toronto, 2015. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Nunes, Sandro; Bianciardi, Marta; Dias, Afonso; Rodrigues, Júlia; Silveira, Luís; Wald, Larry; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Subject-specific modeling of physiological noise in resting-state fMRI at 7T". Paper presented in Proc. 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2015), Toronto, 2015. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Dias, Afonso; Bianciardi, Marta; Nunes, Sandro; Rodrigues, Júlia; Silveira, Luís; Wald, Larry; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Hierarchical parcellation using discrete Morse theory of whole-brain high-resolution resting-state 7T fMRI data". Paper presented in Proc. 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2015), Toronto, 2015. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leitão, André; FRANCISCO, ALEXANDRE; Figueiredo, Patrícia; Wald, Larry; Silveira, Luís. "Large functional connectivity network analysis of whole-brain high-resolution resting-state fMRI". Paper presented in Proc. Fourth Biennial Conference on Resting State / Brain Connectivity, Cambridge, 2014. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; G. Nunes, Rita; Murta, Teresa; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Structural and functional mapping of the seizure propagation pathway in a hypothalamic hamartoma". Paper presented in Proc. 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2014), Hamburg, 2014. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leite, Marco; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Objective template-based selection of EEG ICA epilepsy-related components". Paper presented in Proc. 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2014), Hamburg, 2014. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Selection of epilepsy-related EEG ICA components for simultaneous fMRI analysis". Paper presented in Proc. 19h Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition (RecPad 2013), Lisbon, 2013. Published Abreu, Rodolfo; G. Nunes, Rita; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "A multimodal approach combining EEG, fMRI and DTI for mapping epileptic networks". Paper presented in Proc. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB 2013), Toulouse, 2013. Published
Conference paper	Abreu, Rodolfo; Leite, Marco; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patricia. "STTICS: A template-based algorithm for the objective selection of epilepsy-related EEG ICA components". Paper presented in 2015 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), New York City, 2015. Published • 10.1109/isbi.2015.7163883 Dias, A.; Bianciardi, M.; Nunes, S.; Abreu, R.; Rodrigues, J.; Silveira, L. M.; Wald, L. L.; Figueiredo, P.. "A new hierarchical brain parcellation method based on discrete morse theory for functional MRI data". Paper presented in 2015 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), New York City, 2015. Published • 10.1109/isbi.2015.7164122 Abreu, Rodolfo; Gamboa, Hugo. "A Signal-independent Algorithm for Information Extraction and Signal Annotation of Long-term Records". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2013-International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Barcelona, 2013. Published • 10.5220/0004241303230326
Journal article	Abreu, Rodolfo; Simões, Marco; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Pushing the Limits of EEG: Estimation of Large-Scale Functional Brain Networks and Their Dynamics Validated by Simultaneous fMRI". Frontiers in Neuroscience 14 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00323. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnins.2020.00323 Vourvopoulos, Athanasios; Jorge, Carolina; Abreu, Rodolfo; Figueiredo, Patrícia; Fernandes, Jean-Claude; Bermúdez i Badia, Sergi. "Efficacy and Brain Imaging Correlates of an Immersive Motor Imagery BCI-Driven VR System for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation: A Clinical Case Report". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 13 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00244. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00244 Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Identification of epileptic brain states by dynamic functional connectivity analysis of simultaneous EEG-fMRI: a dictionary learning approach". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36976-y. Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-36976-y Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Lopes da Silva, Fernando; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "EEG synchronization measures predict epilepsy-related BOLD-fMRI fluctuations better than commonly used univariate metrics". Clinical Neurophysiology 129 3 (2018): 618-635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.12.038. Published • 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.12.038 Abreu, Rodolfo; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "EEG-Informed fMRI: A Review of Data Analysis Methods". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 12 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00029. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00029 Abreu, Rodolfo; Nunes, Sandro; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Physiological noise correction using ECG-derived respiratory signals for enhanced mapping of spontaneous neuronal activity with simultaneous EEG-fMRI". NeuroImage 154 (2017): 115-127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.08.008. Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.08.008 Abreu, Rodolfo; Leite, Marco; Jorge, João; Grouiller, Frédéric; van der Zwaag, Wietske; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Ballistocardiogram artifact correction taking into account physiological signal preservation in simultaneous EEG-fMRI". NeuroImage 135 (2016): 45-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.034. Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.034 Abreu, Rodolfo; Leite, Marco; Leal, Alberto; Figueiredo, Patrícia. "Objective selection of epilepsy-related independent components from EEG data". Journal of Neuroscience Methods 258 (2016): 67-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.10.003. Published • 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.10.003
Thesis / Dissertation	Abreu, Rodolfo. "Study of the spatiotemporal dynamics of epileptic using simultaneous EEG-fMRI: towards clinical applications.". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017. Abreu, Rodolfo Telo Martins de. "Algorithms for information extraction and signal annotation on long-term biosignals using clustering techniques". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8250.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/11/13	Tribute to Prof. Fernando Lopes da Silva	5th Mind-Brain College Meeting Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/11/10	The love story of EEG and fMRI: Its ups and downs	Invited Seminar Madeira Interactive Technology Institute (Funchal, Portugal)
2017/02/23	Epileptic network mapping using simultaneous EEG-fMRI	Invited Seminar Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/02/01 - 2019/11/30	EEG correlates of fMRI dynamic functional connectivity states Co-supervisor of Afonso Jorge Nunes Aires	Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/11/30	Regression of EEG correlates from simultaneous fMRI signals in epilepsy Co-supervisor of Ana Carolina Santa Marta da Silva	Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/11/30	Deep learning of dynamic functional connectivity states during sleep and epilepsy using simultaneous EEG-fMRI Co-supervisor of Joana Pernadas Carmona	Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2017/11/30	Pattern Recognition in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Co-supervisor of Maria Margarida Pisco Solas	Mechanical Engineering (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2017/01/01 - 2019/01/31	Seminar Series of the Evolutionary Systems and Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (LaSEEB), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (2017/01/01) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2018/03/31	Workshop on “Using EEG to measure and interact with the brain”, at the “9th Annual International (bio)Medical Students Meeting (AIMS) meeting” (2018/03/16 - 2018/03/17) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/02/07	Laboratórios Abertos do Departamento de Bioengenharia - high school students visit the campus, and get to know the research activity of several research groups of the Department of Bioengineering (2016/02/01 - 2016/02/07) Other (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09/15 - 2017/09/30	Visit of Biomedical Engineering students to LaSEEB for dissemination of the 2nd cycle profile “Imagiologia Biossinais e Instrumentação Biomédica” (2018/09/28) Other (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31	1st Mind-Brain College Meeting, Universidade de Lisboa (2016/10/28 - 2016/10/29) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/06/04 - 2019/06/04	Outreaching activities at Escola Martim de Freitas - School Open Day (science communication) Meeting	Escola Martim de Freitas - School Open Day Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2017/09/28 - 2017/09/28	12º PubhD de Lisboa: Especial Colégio Mente-Cérebro Meeting	12º PubhD de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/11/28 - 2016/11/29	2nd Mind-Brain College Meeting, Universidade de Lisboa Meeting	2nd Mind-Brain College Meeting, Universidade de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2016/02/15	Laboratórios Abertos do Departamento de Bioengenharia - high school students visit the campus, and get to know the research activity of several research groups of the Department of Bioengineering Other	Laboratórios Abertos do Departamento de Bioengenharia Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/11/10 - 2015/11/10	PhD Open Days - presentation of the PhD projects for the whole research community of Instituto Superior Técnico Meeting	PhD Open Days Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2019/09/30	Exploring directly the neural correlates of feedback-related reward saliency during fMRI-based Neurofeedback (Thesis) Main arguer	Manuel Coelho Moura Ramos (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2018	Student stipend International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), United States
2017	Student stipend International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), United States
2016	Mobility stipend Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016	Student stipend International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), United States