PUBLICATIONS

THESES

 

2012

• H. A. Ferreira, “Use of brain-computer interfaces in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an update”, Master in Medicine thesis, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 4 May 2012.

 

2007

• H. A. Ferreira, "Magnetoresistive biochips: detection of biomolecular recognition and on-chip transport of magnetically labeled biomolecules", PhD thesis in Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 2 July 2007.

 

2001

• H. Ferreira, "Application of Magnetic Reading Technology in New Biochip Development", Licenciatura thesis in Physics Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, July 2001.

 

TEACHING ESSAYS

 

2013

• H. A. Ferreira, "Introdução à Ressonância Magnética Nuclear - 2ª Edição", Edição do Autor, September 2009. 

 

 

PATENTS

 

2014

• R. N. Henriques, M. M. Correia, R. G. Nunes, H. A. Ferreira, SISTEMA E MÉTODO PARA DETERMINAÇÃO DE MÉTRICAS E FIBRAS COM BASE EM IMAGEM POR CURTOSE DE DIFUSÃO, INPI 20141000078147 PPP, 6 October 2014.

 

2005

• “A BIOELECTRONIC DEVICE”, D. L. Graham, H. A. Ferreira, N. Feliciano, P. P. Freitas, P. Galvin, PCT/IB2005/052702, 16 August 2005.

 

2004

• “A BIO-ELECTRONIC DEVICE”, D. L. Graham, H. A. Ferreira, N. Feliciano, P. P. Freitas, P. Galvin, IE 2004/0559, 20 August 2004.

 

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Accepted

• H. Silva, H. Ferreira, J. Bujan and L. M. Rodrigues, "Studying the oscillatory components of the human skin microcirculation", in Measuring the Skin, Springer, accepted.

 

2014

• “Basic Principles of Phase Contrast of Magnetic Resonance Angiography (PC MRA) and MRV”, H. A. Ferreira, J. N. Ramalho, in Vascular Imaging of the Central Nervous System: Physical Principles, Clinical Applications and Emerging Techniques, M. Castillo and J. N. Ramalho, Eds. Wiley-BlackWell, New York, March 2014. ISBN: 978-1-118-18875-0, pp. 137-145

• “Basic Principles of Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography (TOF MRA) and MRV”, H. A. Ferreira, J. Ramalho, in Vascular Imaging of the Central Nervous System: Physical Principles, Clinical Applications and Emerging Techniques, M. Castillo and J. N. Ramalho, Eds. Wiley-BlackWell, New York, March 2014. ISBN: 978-1-118-18875-0, pp. 125-136.

• Ana Priscila Alves, João Martins, Hugo Plácido da Silva, André Lourenço, Ana Fred, Hugo Ferreira, "Paper-Based Inkjet Electrodes", in H. P. da Silva, A. Holzinger, S. Fairclough, D. Majoe (Eds), Physiological Computing Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2014 pp 59-70.

 

2007

• “Spintronic biochips for biomolecular recognition”, P. P. Freitas, H. A. Ferreira, in The Handbook of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 4, H. Kronmüller and S. Parkin, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, New York, July 2007.

• “Nanotechnology and the detection of biomolecular recognition using magnetoresistive transducers”, P.P. Freitas, H. A. Ferreira, F. Cardoso, S. Cardoso, R. Ferreira, J. Almeida, A. Guedes, V. Chu, J.P. Conde, V. Martins, L. Fonseca, J. S. Cabral, J. Germano, L. Sousa, M. Piedade, B. Silva, J.M. Lemos, L.A. Clarke, M. D. Amaral, in A portrait of state-of-the-art research at the Technical University of Lisbon, M.S. Pereira, Ed, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2007.

 

2006

• “Nanostructures for spin electronics”, P. P. Freitas, H. A. Ferreira, R. Ferreira, S. Cardoso, S. van Dijken, J. Gregg, in Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures, Chapter 14, D. Sellmyer and R. Skomski, Eds., Springer, Berlin, 2006.

 

2004

• “Magnetoresistive DNA chips”, P. P. Freitas, H. A. Ferreira, D. L. Graham, L. A. Clarke, M. D. Amaral, V. Martins, L. Fonseca, J. M. S. Cabral, in Magnetoelectronics, Chapter 7, M. Johnson, Ed., Academic Press, New York, December 2004.

 

 

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

 

In review

• J.P. Santos, M. Martins, H. A. Ferreira, J. Ramalho, D. Seixas, “National brands versus own-label brands: the influence of price and respective neural imprints”,  Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics.

 

Submitted

• R. Normand, H. A. Ferreira, "Superchords: decoding EEG signals in the milisecond range".

• F. Lucena, T. F. Vaz, A. Santos Ribeiro, Luís M. Lacerda, N. A. da Silva, D. Nutt, J. McGonigle, H. A. Ferreira, "Assessment of the quality of brain regions and neuroimaging / connectivity metrics as biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease".

• J. Brito, A. Andrade, H. Ferreira, K. Koschutnig, D. Fink, G. Pfurtscheller, "Dynamics of slow BOLD oscillations measured with the phase component of wavelet coherence".

 

2015

• Silva H, Ferreira H, Silva SA, Rodrigues LM. Assessing the in vivo impact of a gel sanitizer on the epidermal ‘barrier’ dynamics. Biomed Biopharm Res 2015; (12)1: 69-77.

• A. S. Ribeiro, L. M. Lacerda, and H. A. Ferreira, "Multimodal Imaging Brain Connectivity Analysis (MIBCA) toolbox", PeerJ, vol. 3, p. e1078, 2015. (JIF 2.112 - partial; JCR Q1; Cit 0)

• A. S. Ribeiro, L. Miguel Lacerda, N. A. da Silva, and H. A. Ferreira, "Multimodal imaging of brain connectivity using the MIBCA toolbox: preliminary application to Alzheimer’s Disease", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 62(3): 604-611, 2015. (JIF 1.283; JCR Q1; Cit 0)

• R. Henriques, M. M. Correia, R. G. Nunes, and H. A. Ferreira, “Exploring the 3d geometry of the diffusion kurtosis tensor—Impact on the development of robust tractography procedures and novel biomarkers,” NeuroImage, vol. 111, pp. 85–99, 2015. (JIF 6.357; JCR Q1; Cit 0)

• Silva H, Ferreira H, Bujan MJ, Rodrigues LM. Regarding the quantification of peripheral microcirculation — comparing responses evoked in the in vivo human lower limb by postural changes, suprasystolic occlusion and oxygen breathing. Microvascular Research, 99:110-117, 2015. (JIF 2.126; JCR Q3; Cit 0)

• L. Nogueira, S. Brandão, E. Matos, R. G. Nunes, H. A. Ferreira, J. Loureiro, I. Ramos, (2015) "Improving malignancy prediction in breast lesions with the combination of apparent diffusion coefficient and dynamic contrast-enhanced kinetic descriptors", Clinical Radiology, vol. 70 (9), 1016-1025. 

  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2015.05.009. (JIF 1.759; JCR Q2; Cit 0)

• Nogueira L, Brandão S, Nunes RG, Ferreira HA, Loureiro J, Ramos I. (2015) Breast DWI at 3T: influence of the fat suppression technique in image quality and diagnostic performance, Clinical Radiology 70, 286-294. (JIF 1.759; JCR Q2; Cit)

• Nogueira L, Brandão S, Matos E, Nunes RG, Ferreira HA, Loureiro J, Ramos I. (2015) Region of interest demarcation for the quantification of the apparent diffusion coefficient in breast lesions and its inter-observer variability, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 21:123-127. DOI: 10.5152/dir.2014.14217 (JIF 1.436; JCR Q3; Cit 1)

• Brandão S, Nogueira L, Matos E, Nunes RG, Ferreira HA, Loureiro J, and Ramos I. "Fat suppression techniques (STIR vs. SPAIR) on diffusion-weighted imaging of breast lesions at 3.0 T: preliminary experience." La radiologia medica (2015): 1-9. doi:10.1007/s11547-015-0508-2. (Cit 0)

 

2014

• Silva H, Ferreira H, Tavares L, Bujan J, Rodrigues LM. The wavelet transform as a tool for the characterization of the vascular response in the human lower limb. Biomed Biopharm Res. 2014; (11)1:75-80.

• L. Nogueira, S. Brandão, E. Matos, R. G. Nunes, J. Loureiro, I. Ramos, H. A. Ferreira (2014), "Application of the diffusion kurtosis model for the study of breast lesions", Eur Radiol. 24: 1197-1203. (JIF 4.014; JCR Q1;  Cit 3)

• L. Nogueira, S. Brandão, E. Matos, R. G. Nunes, H. A. Ferreira, J. Loureiro, I. Ramos (2014), "Diffusion-weighted breast imaging at 3T: preliminary experience", Clinical Radiology 69(4): 378-384. (JIF 1.759; JCR Q2; Cit 3)

• L. Nogueira, S. Brandão, E. Matos, R. G. Nunes, J. Loureiro, H. A. Ferreira, I. Ramos (2014), "Diffusion-weighted breast imaging: determination of the best pair of b-values to discriminate breast lesions", British Journal of Radiology 87: 1039 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20130807 (JIF 2.026; JCR Q2; Cit 2)

• C. Ferra, Hugo A. Ferreira, Pedro Gonçalves-Pereira, Rui Manaças, A. Andrade (2014), “Diferenças na conectividade estrutural entre um cérebro normal e um cérebro com patologia”, Revista Saúde & Tecnologia #T2: e29-e38.

• R. Rosa, H. Ferreira (2014), "Análise quantitativa da saturação de gordura gordura em ressonância magnética mamária: comparação das técnicas SPAIR e DIXON", Revista Saúde & Tecnologia #T2: e5-e10.

• A. T. Varandas, D. Esteves, M. P. de Matos, R. Campos, J. C. Costa, H. A. Ferreira, "Multiparametric evaluation of prostatic tumors using magnetic resonance imaging: spectroscopy and diffusion", Biomed Biopharm Res. , 2014; (11) 1: , 65-74

 

2013

• Silva H, Ferreira H, Tavares L, Bujan J, Rodrigues LM. Exploring in vivo models to characterize peripheral microcirculation – a pilot study. Biomed Biopharm Res. 2013; (10) 1:65-72

• Silva H, Ferreira H, Bujan J, Rodrigues LM. Exploring the oxygen challenge test as a microcirculation evaluation model. Biomed Biopharm Res 2013; (10) 2:209-215;

 

2012

• Ferreira HA, Silva H, Rodrigues LM. Magnetic Resonance Imaging – a powerful tool for Tissue Engineering. An updated review. Biomed Biopharm Res. 2012; (9) 2:159-65.

• “Quantificação por imagem ponderada em difusão (DWI) das lesões tumorais da mama”, F. Borlinhas, H.A. Ferreira, Revista Saúde & Tecnologia – #T1: 24-30, 2012.

 

2011

• “Magnetic resonance imaging of human skin vasculature: feasibility in the clinical setting”, H.A. Ferreira, A. Andrade, P.C. Pinto, L.M. Rodrigues, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 8: 307-312, 2011.

• "Use of Wavelet Transforms and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis in the evaluation of human skin microcirculation", H. A. Ferreira, C. D. Fernandes, P. C. Pinto, L. M. Rodrigues, Biomed Biopharm Res. 2011; (9) 1:79-86.

 

2010

• “Measuring and extraction of biological information on new handheld biochip-based microsystem”, P.A.C. Lopes, Germano J, Almeida T.M., L.A. Sousa, M.S. Piedade, F.A. Cardoso, H.A. Ferreira, P.P. Freitas, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 59, 56-62, 2010. (JIF 1.790; JCR Q2; Cit 1)

 

2009

• “Antibody immobilization on magnetic particles”, A. C. A. Roque, S. Bispo, A. R. N. Pinheiro, J. M. A. Antunes, D. Gonçalves, H. A. Ferreira, Journal of Molecular Recognition 22, 77-82, 2009. (JIF 2.151; JCR Q3; Cit 18)

 

2006

• “Magnetoresistive DNA-chips based on ac field focusing of magnetic labels”, H. A. Ferreira, F. A. Cardoso, R. Ferreira, S. Cardoso, P. P. Freitas, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08P105, April 2006. Selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, AIP, 1st May 2006 issue. (JIF 2.183; JCR Q2; Cit 13)

• “Diode/magnetic tunnel junction cell for fully scalable matrix based”, F. A. Cardoso, H. A. Ferreira, J. P. Conde, V. Chu, P. P. Freitas, D. Vidal, J. Germano, L. Sousa, M. S. Piedade, B. Andrade, J. M. Lemos, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08B307, April 2006. (JIF 2.183; JCR Q2; Cit 14)

• “A new hand held microsystem architecture for biological analysis”, M. Piedade, L. Sousa, T. M. Almeida, J. Germano, B. A. Costa, J. M. Lemos, P. P. Freitas, H. A. Ferreira, F. A. Cardoso, D. Vidal, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 53, 2384-2395, November 2006. (JIF 2.403; JCR Q1; Cit 14)

• “Biossensores magnetoresistivos e nanomarcadores magnéticos – Monitorização de microorganismos patogénicos em água”, V. Martins, H. A. Ferreira, L. P. Fonseca, P. P. Freitas, and J. M. S. Cabral, Boletim de Biotecnologia 83, 11-21, April 2006.

 

2005

• “Magnetic microbead detection using the planar Hall effect”, L. Ejsing, M. F. Hansen, A. K. Menon, H. A. Ferreira, D. L. Graham, P. P. Freitas, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 293 (1), 677-684, May 2005. (JIF 1.970; JCR Q2; Cit 39)

• “Effect of spin-valve sensor magnetostatic fields on nanobead detection for biochip applications”, H. A. Ferreira, N. Feliciano, D. L. Graham, P. P. Freitas, Journal of Applied Physics 97 (10), 10Q904, May 2005. Selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, AIP, May 30th 2005 issue and for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, AIP, June 1st 2005 issue. (JIF 2.183; JCR Q2; Cit 7)

• “Magnetic field assisted hybridisation and simultaneous detection using micron-sized spin-valve sensors and magnetic nanoparticles”, D. L. Graham, H. A. Ferreira, N. Feliciano, P. P. Freitas, L. A. Clarke, M. D. Amaral, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 107, 936-944, June 2005. (JIF 4.097; JCR Q1; Cit 47)

• “Rapid DNA hybridisation based on AC field focusing of magnetically-labeled target DNA”, H. A. Ferreira, N. Feliciano, D. L. Graham, L. A. Clarke, M. D. Amaral, P. P. Freitas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 013901, July 2005. Selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, AIP, 11th July 2005 issue and for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, AIP, July 1st 2005 issue. (JIF 3.302; JCR Q1; Cit 17)

• “Magnetic Biosensors for genetic screening of cystic fibrosis”, L. Lagae, R. Wirix-Speetjens, C.-X. Liu, W. Laureyn, J. De Boeck, G. Borghs, S. Harvey, P. Galvin, D. L. Graham, H. A. Ferreira, P. P. Freitas, L. A. Clarke, M. D. Amaral, IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, 152, 393-400, August 2005 (Cit 22).

• “Detection of cystic fibrosis related DNA targets using AC field focusing of magnetic labels and spin-valve sensors”, H. A. Ferreira, D. L. Graham, N. Feliciano, L. A. Clarke, M. D. Amaral, P. P. Freitas, IEEE Trans. Magn. 41 (10), 4140-4142, October 2005. (JIF 1.386; JCR Q2; Cit 27)

 

2004

• “Planar Hall effect sensor for magnetic micro- and nanobead detection”, L. Ejsing, M. F. Hansen, A. K. Menon, H. A. Ferreira, D. L. Graham, P. P. Freitas, Appl. Physics Letters, vol. 84 (23), 4729-4731, June 2004. Selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, AIP, May 31st 2004 issue. (JIF 3.302; JCR Q1; Cit 106)

• “Flow velocity measurement in microchannels using magnetoresistive chips”, H. A. Ferreira, D. L. Graham, P. Parracho, V. Soares, P. P. Freitas, IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 40 (4), 2652-2654, July 2004. (JIF 1.386; JCR Q2 ; Cit 11)

• “Magnetoresistive-based biosensors and biochips: a review”, D. L. Graham, H. A. Ferreira, P. P. Freitas, Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 22 (9), 455-462, September 2004. Magazine cover. (JIF 11.958; JCR Q1; Cit 235)

 

2003

• “High Sensitivity detection of molecular recognition using magnetically labeled biomolecules and magnetoresistive sensors”, D. L. Graham, H. A. Ferreira, P. P. Freitas, J. M .S. Cabral, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, vol. 18 (4), 483-488, February 2003. (JIF 6.409; JCR Q1; Cit 86)

• “Bio-detection using magnetically labelled biomolecules and arrays of spin valve sensors”, H. A. Ferreira, D. L. Graham, P. P. Freitas, J. M. S. Cabral, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 93 (10), 7281-7286, May 2003 (invited paper). Selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, AIP, May 26th 2003 issue and for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, AIP, May 15th 2003 issue. (JIF 2.183; JCR Q2; Cit 107)

 

2002

• “On chip manipulation and magnetization assessment of magnetic bead ensembles by integrated spin valve sensors”, L. Lagae, R. Wirix-Spteejens, J. Das, D. Graham, H. Ferreira, P. P. Freitas, G. Borghs, J. De Boeck, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 91 (10), pp.7445-7447, May 2002. Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, AIP, May 15th 2002 issue. (JIF 2.183; JCR Q2; Cit 48)

• “Single magnetic microsphere placement and detection on chip using current line designs with integrated spin valve sensors: biotechnological applications”, D. L. Graham, H. Ferreira, J. Bernardo, P. P. Freitas, J. M. S. Cabral, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 91 (10), pp.7786-7788, May 2002. Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, AIP, May 15th 2002 issue. (JIF 2.183; JCR Q2; Cit 114)