Curriculum Vitae

 

 

BÜLENT YILMAZ                                       byilmaz@baskent.edu.tr

Biomedical Engineering Dept. Baskent University, 06530 Ankara, Türkiye     (ph)+90.312.234.1010-1324 (fax)+90.312.234.1051

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

EDUCATION

Supervisor: Robert S. MacLeod, PhD

Institution: Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah,

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Dissertation title: Statistical Estimation of Epicardial Activation-Time Maps Using Intravenous Multielectrode Catheter Measurements

Supervisor: F. Ruyal Ergul, PhD

Institution: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Thesis Title: A Fiber-Optic Loop Memory Structure Based on Coherent Optical Code Division Multiple Access

Institution: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Başkent University, Biomedical Engineering Department, Ankara

Başkent University, Biomedical Engineering Department, Ankara

Başkent University, Biomedical Engineering Department, Ankara

University of Utah, Department of Bioengineering, Utah, USA

University of Utah, Department of Bioengineering, Utah, USA

Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara

GSM Cell Phone Production Department, Military Electronics Inc. (ASELSAN), Ankara

Digital Multiplexing Systems, Post, Telephone and Telegraph Association, Çanakkale

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

1.      “Combination of Computer Simulations and Experimental Measurements as the Training Dataset for Statistical Estimation of Epicardial Activation Maps from Venous Catheter Recordings” Uğur Cunedioğlu, Bülent Yılmaz. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, (accepted), 2008.

2.      “Feasibility of Probabilistic Neural Networks, Kohonen SOM and Fuzzy Clustering for Source Localization of Ventricular Focal Arrhythmias from Intravenous Catheter Measurements” Ahmet Sertaç Sunay, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Bülent Yılmaz, Expert Systems, (accepted), 2008.

3.      “Source Localization of Focal Ventricular Arrhythmias using Linear Estimation, Correlation, and Back Propagation Networks” Bülent Yılmaz, Uğur Cunedioğlu. Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 37: 1437– 1445, 2007.

4.      “Epicardial Potential Distribution Reconstruction from Recordings of Intravenous and Transthoracic Mapping Catheters: A Feasibility Study“, Bülent Yılmaz. Medical Engineering & Physics, Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 29: 937–945, 2007.

5.      “Inhibitory Effects of Topical Thymoquinone on Corneal Neovascularization” Erdurmus M, Yagci R, Yilmaz B, Hepsen IF, Turkmen C, Aydin B, Karadag R. Cornea, vol. 26(6):715-719, 2007

6.      “General Purpose Training Set Selection for Statistical Estimation of Ectopic Epicardial Activation using Venous” Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod. Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 37: 328-336, 2007.

7.      “Venous Catheter Mapping of Epicardial Ectopic Activation: Training Set Selection for Statistical Estimation” Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod, Bonnie B. Punske, Bruno Taccardi, Dana H. Brooks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 52(11):1823-1831, 2005.  

8.      “Multielectrode Venous Catheter Mapping as a High Quality Constraint for Electrocardiographic Inverse Solution” Yesim Serinagaoglu, Robert S. MacLeod, Bülent Yılmaz, Dana H. Brooks. Journal of Electrocardiology; vol. 35(4): 65-74, 2002.

9.      “The Role of Heart Rate in Myocardial Ischemia from Restricted Coronary Perfusion” Robert S. MacLeod, Bonnie B. Punske, Bulent Yilmaz, Shibaji Shome, Bruno Taccardi. Journal of Electrocardiology; vol. 34: 43-51, 2001.

10. “Effects of Heart Position on the Body-Surface ECG” Robert S. MacLeod, Quan Ni, Bonnie Punske, Philip R. Ershler, Bülent Yılmaz, Bruno Taccardi. Journal of Electrocardiology; vol. 33: 229-37, 2000.

National Journal Articles

1.      “Epicardial Activation Mapping from Transcoronary and Transpericardial Catheter Measurements: A Canine Heart Model“, Bülent Yılmaz, Türk Aritmi, Pacemaker ve Elektrofizyoloji Dergisi, Ekim 2006.

International Conference Articles

1.      “Usage of Cardiac Simulation Results in Source Localization of Focal Epicardial Arrhythmias using Statistical Estimation” Uğur Cunedioğlu, Engin Baysoy, Bülent Yılmaz, Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 20-24 August 2008.

2.      “Estimation of Source of Venticular Focal Arrhythmias using Kohonen Self-Organizing Maps and Probabilistic Neural Networks”, A.Sertaç Sunay, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Bülent Yılmaz, INISTA 2007, İstanbul, Türkiye. 20-23 June 2007.

3.      “Arrhythmia Source Localization from Intravenous and Transthoracic Catheter Measurements”, Bülent Yılmaz, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Oğuzhan Çakır, Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, New York City, New York, USA. 30 August - 3 September, 2006.

4.      “Instance Selection for Estimation of Epicardial Activation Sequence from Venous Catheter Measurements”, Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod, Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, New York City, New York, USA. 30 August - 3 September, 2006.

5.      “Selection of the Number and Location of Leads Catheter Based Epicardial Mapping”, Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod, BEM/NFSI Conference, 12-15 May 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

6.      “Venous Catheter Based Mapping of Epicardial Ectopic Activation” Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod, Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, San Francisco, California, USA. 1-5 September, 2004.

7.      “Training Set Selection for Statistical Estimation of Epicardial Mapping from Intravenous Multielectrode Catheters” Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod, Bonnie B. Punske, Bruno Taccardi. Journal of Electrocardiology; vol. 36 page. 40-41, 2003. (Abstract), ISCE 2003 Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

8.      “Minimally Invasive Epicardial Activation Mapping from Multielectrode Catheters” Bülent Yılmaz, Robert S. MacLeod, Shibaji Shome, Bonnie B. Punske, Bruno Taccardi. IEEE BMES 23. International Conference; vol: 1, page 290 -293, 25-28 October 2001, İstanbul, Türkiye.

National Conference Articles

1.      “Kalbin İç Yüzeyininin Elektriksel Haritalanmasındaki Seyrek Ölçüm Problemi için Konumsal AradeğerlemeTekniklerinin Kullanılması” Engin Baysoy, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Bülent Yılmaz. BİYOMUT 2008. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 29-31 May 2008, Ankara, Türkiye.

2.      “Deneysel Ektopik Aktivasyon Zamanı Haritaları ile Hücresel Otomata ve Aliev-Panfilov Modeline Dayalı Bilgisayar Benzetim Sonuçlarının Karşılaştırılması”, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Oğuzhan Çakır, Engin Baysoy, Bülent Yılmaz. BİYOMUT 2008. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 29-31 May 2008, Ankara, Türkiye.

3.      “İstatistiksel Kestirim Yöntemiyle Aritmi Kaynağı Tesbitinde Bilgisayarlı Benzetim Sonuçlarının Kullanılması” Bülent Yılmaz, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Engin Baysoy. BİYOMUT 2008. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 29-31 May 2008, Ankara, Türkiye.

4.      “Hayvanların Konumsal Davranışlarının İncelenmesi için Matlab Tabanlı bir Görüntü İşleme Yazılımı Geliştirilmesi” Meltem Yorulmaz, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Bülent Yılmaz. BİYOMUT 2008. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 29-31 May 2008, Ankara, Türkiye.

5.      “Türkiye’de Türünün İlk Örneği: Başkent Üniversitesi Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Lisans Programı” Bülent Yılmaz, Hüseyin Akçay. BİYOMUT 2008. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 29-31 May 2008, Ankara, Türkiye.

6.      “Aliev-Panfilov Modeli Kullanarak Kalbin Elektriksel Aktivitesinin Üç Boyutlu Simülasyonu ve Deneysel Verilerle Karşılaştırılması”, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Oğuzhan Çakır ve Bülent Yılmaz. BİYOMUT 2007. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 22-23 May 2007, İstanbul, Türkiye.

7.      “Elektrokardiyografik Geri Problem Çözümü için Regülarizasyon Araç Kutusu ve Kullanıcı Arayüzü Geliştirilmesi”, Dilâra Türegün, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Bülent Yılmaz, Yeşim Serinağaoğlu Doğrusöz. BİYOMUT 2007. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 22-23 May 2007, İstanbul, Türkiye.

8.      “Toplardamar İçindeki ve Göğüs Kafesinden İçeriye Sokulan Kateterlerin Kalp Haritalaması için Eşzamanlı Kullanımı”, Bülent Yılmaz, Uğur Cunedioğlu ve Oğuzhan Çakır. BİYOMUT 2006. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 25-28 May 2006, İstanbul, Türkiye.

9.      “Kalbin Dış Yüzeyinin Elektriksel Haritalamasında Aradeğerleme Tekniklerinin Kullanılması”, Bülent Yılmaz, Oğuzhan Çakır, Uğur Cunedioğlu ve Volkan Tuncay. BİYOMUT 2006. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 25-28 May 2006, İstanbul, Türkiye.

10. “Manyetik Rezonans Görüntüleri Kullanarak Beyin Tümörünün Görüntüden Ayrıştırılması ve Hacminin Belirlenmesinde Yarı-Otomatik Bir Yöntem”, Cem Türkmen, Uğur Cunedioğlu, Feride Kural ve Bülent Yılmaz. BİYOMUT 2006. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 25-28 May 2006, İstanbul, Türkiye.

11. “Yapay Sinir Ağları kullanarak Ektopik Epikardiyal Aktivasyonun Venöz-katetere dayalı Haritalanması”, Bülent Yılmaz, Uğur Cünedioğlu. BİYOMUT 2005. National Biomedical Engineering Conference; 25-27 May 2005, İstanbul, Türkiye.

MS Thesis

“A Fiber-Optic Loop Memory Structure Based on Coherent Optical Code Division Multiple Access” Bülent Yılmaz, November 1999, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye.

PhD Dissertation

 “Venous Catheter Based Mapping of Epicardial Ectopic Activation using Statistical Estimation” Bülent Yılmaz, December 2004, Utah University, Salt Lake City, USA. 

 

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