Publications (Journal Articles)

List of Journal Articles

2025

• J Debnath, A S U K Pranta, A Hossain, A Sakib, H Rahman, R Haque, Md R Ahmed, A W Reza, S M M R Swapno, A Appaji*, “LMVT: A hybrid vision transformer with attention mechanisms for efficient and explainable lung cancer diagnosis”, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Vol 57, 101669, 12 Jul 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2025.101669. 

• E I Ramírez, M Montes, R A Urrutia, D Reginensi, Edwin A. S González, L E Petrocelli, A Vega, A Appaji, and J Molino, “Metallic Nanoparticles Applications in Neurological Disorders: A Review”, International Journal of Biomaterials, 7 Jul 2025 https://doi.org/10.1155/ijbm/4557622. 

• V Harish, A Padmanabha, A Appaji, P Palaniappan, R Nayak, A Jacob, P Kamaraj, S Ummar, R Sureshkumar, V Kumar, S Varambally, M Kesavan, G Venkatasubramanian, S V Rao, CAB Webers, TTJM  Berendschot, N P Rao, “A multicentric study examining a deep-learning-based computer model for classifying bipolar disorder using retinal vascular images”, Journal of Affective Disorder, Vol 389, 119718, 23 June 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119718. 

• Siddiqui, M.I.H., Khan, S., Limon, Z.H., Rahman, H., Khan, M.A., Al Sakib, A., Swapno, S.M.R., Haque, R., Reza, A.W. and Appaji, A.*, “Accelerated and Accurate Cervical Cancer Diagnosis Using a Novel Stacking Ensemble Method with Explainable AI”, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, p.101657, 27 May 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2025.101657 

• R Haque; M A Khan; H Rahman; S Khan; Md I H Siddiqui; Z H Limon; S M M R Swapno; A Appaji*, “Explainable Deep Stacking Ensemble Model for Accurate and Transparent Brain Tumor Diagnosis”, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 191, Jun 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110166 

• V Rangaraj, U H Jawad, S Kedia, M Rawooth, U Mohan, P Kadambi, A Appaji*, “Optimal Ballistocardiography Sensor Placements for Vascular Health Monitoring”, Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, April 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/14727978251337915 

• S M M R Swapno, SMN Nobel, P Meena, S K Gupta, VP Meena, A Appaji*, “Accelerated and Precise Skin Cancer Detection through an Enhanced Machine Learning Pipeline for Improved Diagnostic Accuracy”, Results in Engineering, vol 25, 104168, Jan 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104168. 

2024

• Lavanya B N, Anitha Rathnam, A Appaji*, Kiran K, P Deepa Sheoy, Venugopal K R, “LLM GPT-3.5 Study for Sentiment Analysis Across Utkarsh Server, Ohio Supercomputer, Google Colab and PC” Results in Engineering, 103218, 9 Nov 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103218 

• Usha KC, Suma HN, Appaji A. Regional-based static and dynamic alterations in Alzheimer disease: a longitudinal study. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2024 Jul;82(7):1-11. Epub 2024 Jul 8. PMID: 38977265. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1787761 

2023

• von Scheibler ENMM, A Appaji, TTJM Berendschot, NJC Bauer, NP Rao, AMv Eeghen, Tv Amelsvoort, and E Boot. "Optometry in adults with microdeletion 22q11. 2: The eye as a window to the brain." Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, 100081, 9 Nov 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bionps.2023.100081 

• L Wang,  J L Ambite, A Appaji, J Bijsterbosch, J Dockès, R H, Alex K,  H. M. Lander, P Lenzini,  D Marcus, S M. Moore, J B Poline, A Rajasekar,  S S. Sahoo,  M D. Turner, X Wang, Y Wang, J A. Turner, “NeuroBridge: A Prototype Platform for Discovery of The Long-Tail Neuroimaging Data” Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, Vol 17, Aug 2023, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fninf.2023.1215261/

• Sahoo SS, Turner MD, Wang L, Ambite JL, Appaji. A, Rajasekar A, Lander HM, Wang Y, Turner JA. “NeuroBridge ontology: Computable provenance metadata to give the long tail of neuroimaging data a FAIR chance for secondary use” Frontiers in Neuroinformatics.;  Volume 17 1216443, 24 July 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2023.1216443 

• Malini. S, Raj K, Kumari L, Jayant L, Shettihalli A K and Appaji. A, "Chloramine-T-induced oxidation of Rizatriptan Benzoate: An integral chemical and spectroscopic study of products, mechanisms and kinetics" Open Chemistry, vol. 21, no. 1, May 2023, pp. 20220341. https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2022-0341 

• Radhika, N. P., Malini, S., Raj, K., Anantharaju, K. S., & Appaji, A, Acmella oleracea induced nanostructured Ca2Fe2O5 for evaluation of photo catalytic degradation of cardiovascular drugs and bio toxicity, Heliyon, Apr 2023 .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15933

• A Prasannakumar, V Kumar, P Mailankody, A Appaji, R Battu, TTJM Berendschot & N P Rao, A systematic review and meta-analysis of Optical coherence tomography studies in Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder and Major depressive disorder, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Apr 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15622975.2023.2203231 

2022

• S Shah, Aa Venkataraman, A Appaji, M Prabhushanker, G Ganesan, Evaluation of macular perfusion in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy using optical coherence tomography - Angiography following panretinal photocoagulation. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, Jul 2022. https://www.ojoonline.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=351706 

• Appaji A, Harish V, Korann V, Devi P, Jacob A, Padmanabha A, Kumar V, Varambally S, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Suma HN. Deep learning model using retinal vascular images for classifying schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research.;241:238-43, Mar 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.058 

• Korann V, Suhas S, Appaji A, Nagendra B, Padmanabha A, Jacob A, Devi P, Bharath RD, Kumar V, Varambally S, Venkatasubramanian G. et al Association between retinal vascular measures and brain white matter lesions in schizophrenia. Asian Journal of Psychiatry.:103042, Feb 19 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103042 

2021

• Korran V, Appaji A, Jacob A, Devi P, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Padmanabha A, Thonse U, Rose B, Kumar V, Varambally S, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Webers CAB, Berendschot TTJM, Rao NP, "Association between Retinal vascular caliber and brain structure in Schizophrenia", Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 61, July 2021, 102707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102707 

2020

• Berendschot T, Appaji, A.; Rao, N.; Webers, C., “Retinal vascular abnormalities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A window to the brain”, ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA Volume 98, 16-17, Apr 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.14387 

• Appaji A, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Padmanabha A, Hiremath CV, Jacob A, Varambally S, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Webers CAB, Berendschot TTJM, Rao NP, Relation between retinal vascular abnormalities and working memory impairment in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 49, Feb 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101942 

2019

• Appaji A, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Padmanabha A, Hiremath CV, Jacob A, Varambally S, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Webers CAB, Berendschot TTJM, Rao NP, Retinal vascular tortuosity in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia Research, 212, 26-32, Oct 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.08.020 

• Appaji A, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Padmanabha A, Hiremath CV, Jacob A, Varambally S, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Webers CAB, Berendschot TTJM, Rao NP, Retinal Vascular Fractal Dimension In Bipolar Disorder And Schizophrenia. Journal of affective disorders., 259, 98-103, Aug 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.061 

• Appaji A, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Padmanabha A, Hiremath CV, Jacob A, Varambally S, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Webers CAB, Berendschot TTJM, Rao NP, Examination of Retinal Vascular Trajectory in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 73 (12), 738-744, Aug 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.12921 

• Alagumalai, V., Kadambi, P., & Appaji, A., Interdisciplinarity in New Product Development in an Indian MedTech Perspective: Gap and the Solution. Health and Technology, 9(5), 817-827, July 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-019-00344-1 

• Appaji A, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Padmanabha A, Hiremath CV, Jacob A, Varambally S, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Rao SV, Webers CAB, Berendschot TTJM, Rao NP, Retinal vascular abnormalities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A window to the brain. Bipolar Disorder, 21(7), 634-641, May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12779

2018 

• B. Nagendra, A. Appaji, D. Maria Chacko, C.V. Hiremath, K.M. Gowda, M. Krishnappa, A. Jacob, S. Varambally, M. Keshavan, G. Venkatasubramanian, N.P. Rao, “A window to the brain: Examination of retinal microvasculature in bipolar disorder”, Rapid Communications. Bipolar Disorder, 20(S1): 60, 2018. 

• C. T. Lin, J T King, A K Singh, A Gupta, Z Ma, JW Lin, A M C Machado, A Appaji, and M Prasad, "Voice Navigation Effects on Real-World Lane Change Driving Analysis Using an Electroencephalogram," in IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 26483-26492, April 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2820161 

2017

• C. T. Lin, J. T. King, J. W. Fan, A. Appaji and M. Prasad, "The Influence of Acute Stress on Brain Dynamics During Task Switching Activities," in IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 3249-3255, Dec 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2787673 

2016

• L Chidambara, SGK Gadde, NK Yadav, C Jayadev, D  Banushali, A. Appaji, M Akkali, A Khurana, R Shetty, “Characteristics and quantification of vascular changes in macular telangiectasia type 2 on optical coherence tomography angiography”, British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol 100, pp 1482-88, Jan 2016. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307941 

2015

• SC Koganti, HN Suma, A. Appaji, “Analysis and Monitoring of Coma Patients using Wearable Motion Sensor System”, International Journal of Science and Research, Vol 4, Issue 9, pp 1154-58, Sept 2015.

• Vichal PM, A. Appaji, M Arora, “Device for Intrapartum Materno-Fetal care (IMFC device)”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Vol 6, Issue 8, pp 1217-23, August 2015.

• Radhip NR, Pradeep N, A. Appaji and S.Varadharaja Perumal, “Synthesis of Silica Nanoparticles from Malpe Beach Sand using Planetary Ball Mill Method” Journal of Pure Applied and Industrial Physics, Vol. 5(6), pp 165-172, June 2015.

• Manjunatha swamy BE, A. Appaji, Thriveni J, Venugopal KR and LM Patnaik. “Multimodal Biometric Authentication using ECG and Fingerprint”, International Journal of Computer Applications 111(13): pp 33-39, Feb 2015. 

2014

• Suma HN, A. Appaji, Sahadev R, “Acquisition and Analysis of Endoscopic Images”, Bioinfo Medical Imaging, Vol 2, Issue 1, pp-25-31, 2014. 

• A. Appaji, Vishwas Shanbhog, Anoop N, Manoj M A and Prajwal R Bhat, “Remote Robot System Based on DTMF For Hazardous Application”, Journal of International Academic Research for Multidisciplinary, Volume 1, Issue 12, pp 418-427, January 2014.

2013

• Roopesh SO, A. Appaji, HN Suma, “Prognostic Health Monitoring System”, International J of Advanced Research in Computer Science & Software Engineering”, Vol 3, Issue 6, pp-1535-38 Jun 2013.

• A. Appaji, Thriveni J, HN Suma. “A Novel Approach for Biometric Recognition Using Electrocardiogram Biosignal”. DIGITECH: An International Journal of Computer Science and Applications, 3(6), 59-66, Jan 2013.

2012

• HN Suma, A. Appaji, “Semi Quantitative Analysis and Classification of Alzheimer's Disease using Positron Emission Tomography Images”, CiiT International Journal of Digital Image Processing, Vol 4, No 14, pp 819-824, Aug 2012.

• Carmichael, O., A Appaji.,, et. al  from ADNI, "Localized hippocampus measures are associated with Alzheimer pathology and cognition independent of total hippocampal volume", Neurobiology of aging, 33(6), 1124-e31, 2012

• J.M. Schott, A. Appaji et al. from ADNI, “Using CSF biomarkers to replicate genetic associations in Alzheimer’s disease”. Neurobiology of Aging, 33(7), pp 1-9, 2012. 

2011

• HN Suma, A. Appaji, SA Kumar, “Acquisition and Database Management System for the Endoscopic Images”, International Journal of Computer Applications, 30(8), pp 19-25, Sept 2011. 

• A. Appaji, “ECG Acquisition and Simulated Transmission by Various Modulation Techniques with Analysis”, International Journal of Computer Applications, 30(2), pp-1-5, Sept 2011. 

2010

• K Vijayalakshmi, A. Appaji, “Spike Detection in Epileptic Patients EEG Data using Template Matching Technique”, International Journal of Computer Applications, 2(6), pp-5-8, Jun 2010.