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IBM Research: Yorktown Heights, NY, US

2019-01-15 to present | Research Staff Member
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Carla Agurto

IBM Research: Yorktown Heights, NY, US

2016-09-27 to 2019-01-15 | Postdoctoral researcher
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Carla Agurto

VisionQuest Biomedical LLC: Albuquerque, US

2012-08 to 2016-09-24 | Research Scientist
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Carla Agurto

VisionQuest Biomedical LLC: Albuquerque, US

2008-05 to 2012-08 | Research Assistant
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Carla Agurto

Education and qualifications (3)

University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, NM, US

2012-08-17 | PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Carla Agurto

University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, NM, US

2009-12 | Master degree (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Carla Agurto

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: Lima, PE

2004-12 (Electronic Engineering)
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Carla Agurto

Works (45)

Speak and you shall predict: evidence that speech at initial cocaine abstinence is a biomarker of long-term drug use behavior

Biological Psychiatry
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Carla Agurto; Guillermo Cecchi; Sarah King; Elif K. Eyigoz; Muhammad A. Parvaz; Nelly Alia-Klein; Rita Z. Goldstein
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Leveraging Ecological Momentary Assessment to Evaluate Fluctuations in Cognitive Status: A Rare Disease Population (Preprint)

2024-06-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Shifali Singh; Lisa Kluen; Katelin Curtis; Raquel Norel; Carla Agurto; Elizabeth Grinspoon; Zoe Hawks; Shawn Christ; Susan Waisbren; Guillermo Cecchi et al.
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Speak and you shall predict: speech at initial cocaine abstinence as a biomarker of long-term drug use behavior

2023-07-19 | Preprint
Contributors: Carla Agurto; Guillermo Cecchi; Sarah King; Elif K. Eyigoz; Muhammad A. Parvaz; Nelly Alia-Klein; Rita Z. Goldstein
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Acoustic and Facial Features From Clinical Interviews for Machine Learning–Based Psychiatric Diagnosis: Algorithm Development

JMIR Mental Health
2022-01-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael L Birnbaum; Avner Abrami; Stephen Heisig; Asra Ali; Elizabeth Arenare; Carla Agurto; Nathaniel Lu; John M Kane; Guillermo Cecchi
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Analyzing acoustic and prosodic fluctuations in free speech to predict psychosis onset in high-risk youths

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
2020 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85091038957

Part of ISBN:

1557170X

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Pietrowicz, M.; Norel, R.; Eyigoz, E.K.; Stanislawski, E.; Cecchi, G.; Corcoran, C.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of acute 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) effects across protocols using automated natural language processing

Neuropsychopharmacology
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85078483166

Part of ISBN:

1740634X 0893133X

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Cecchi, G.A.; Norel, R.; Ostrand, R.; Kirkpatrick, M.; Baggott, M.J.; Wardle, M.C.; Wit, H.; Bedi, G.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Speech-based characterization of dopamine replacement therapy in people with Parkinson’s disease

npj Parkinson's Disease
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85086378257

Part of ISBN:

23738057

Contributors: Norel, R.; Agurto, C.; Heisig, S.; Rice, J.J.; Zhang, H.; Ostrand, R.; Wacnik, P.W.; Ho, B.K.; Ramos, V.L.; Cecchi, G.A.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Acoustic and Facial Features From Clinical Interviews for Machine Learning–Based Psychiatric Diagnosis: Algorithm Development (Preprint)

2020-10-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Michael L Birnbaum; Avner Abrami; Stephen Heisig; Asra Ali; Elizabeth Arenare; Carla Agurto; Nathaniel Lu; John M Kane; Guillermo Cecchi
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A new approach for automating analysis of responses on verbal fluency tests from subjects at-risk for schizophrenia

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85074725045

Part of ISBN:

19909772 2308457X

Contributors: Pietrowicz, M.; Agurto, C.; Norel, R.; Eyigoz, E.; Cecchi, G.; Bilgrami, Z.R.; Corcoran, C.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Analyzing progression of motor and speech impairment in ALS

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85077851769

Part of ISBN:

1557170X

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Pietrowicz, M.; Eyigoz, E.K.; Mosmiller, E.; Baxi, E.; Rothstein, J.D.; Roy, P.; Berry, J.; Maragakis, N.J.; Ahmad, O. et al.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Dimensional Analysis of Laughter in Female Conversational Speech

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85068989942

Part of ISBN:

15206149

Contributors: Pietrowicz, M.; Agurto, C.; Casebeer, J.; Hasegawa-Johnson, M.; Karahalios, K.; Cecchi, G.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Speech Markers for Clinical Assessment of Cocaine Users

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85068956391

Part of ISBN:

15206149

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Norel, R.; Pietrowicz, M.; Parvaz, M.; Kinreich, S.; Bachi, K.; Cecchi, G.; Goldstein, R.Z.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) via acoustic analysis

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85054996024

Part of ISBN:

19909772 2308457X

Contributors: Norel, R.; Pietrowicz, M.; Agurto, C.; Rishoni, S.; Cecchi, G.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Predictive Linguistic Markers of Suicidality in Poets

Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, ICSC 2018
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85048418156

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Pataranutaporn, P.; Eyigoz, E.K.; Stolovitzky, G.; Cecchi, G.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Automated detection of malarial retinopathy in digital fundus images for improved diagnosis in malawian children with clinically defined cerebral malaria

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85013001163

Contributors: Joshi, V.; Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Nemeth, S.; Soliz, P.; Maccormick, I.J.; Lewallen, S.; Taylor, T.E.; Harding, S.P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy using spatial-temporal analysis in infrared videos

Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85016319966

Contributors: Soliz, P.; Agurto, C.; Edwards, A.; Jarry, Z.; Simon, J.; Calder, C.; Burge, M.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Phonological markers of Oxytocin and MDMA ingestion

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85039151471

Part of ISBN:

19909772 2308457X

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Norel, R.; Ostrand, R.; Bedi, G.; De Wit, H.; Baggott, M.J.; Kirkpatrick, M.G.; Wardle, M.; Cecchi, G.A.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

A thermoregulation model to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84971280043

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Chek, V.; Edwards, A.; Jarry, Z.; Barriga, S.; Simon, J.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Automated detection of retinal whitening in malarial retinopathy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84988891921

Contributors: Joshi, V.; Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Nemeth, S.; Soliz, P.; MacCormick, I.; Taylor, T.; Lewallen, S.; Harding, S.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Clinical utilization of automated image analysis software for improving retinal reader's performance

Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84971280521

Contributors: Joshi, V.; Agurto, C.; Barriga, E.S.; Nemeth, S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Comprehensive eye evaluation algorithm

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84988842078

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Nemeth, S.; Zamora, G.; Vahtel, M.; Soliz, P.; Barriga, S.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Vessel discoloration detection in malarial retinopathy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84988857319

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Nemeth, S.; Barriga, S.; Soliz, P.; MacCormick, I.; Taylor, T.; Harding, S.; Lewallen, S.; Joshi, V.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

A multiscale decomposition approach to detect abnormal vasculature in the optic disc

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84929959982

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Yu, H.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, M.S.; Nemeth, S.; Barriga, S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Characterization of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in infrared video sequences using independent component analysis

IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84960917799

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Burge, M.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

A multiscale optimization approach to detect exudates in the macula

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84904277436

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Murray, V.; Yu, H.; Wigdahl, J.; Pattichis, M.; Nemeth, S.; Barriga, E.S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Comprehensive automatic assessment of retinal vascular abnormalities for computer-assisted retinopathy grading

2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84929494218

Contributors: Joshi, V.; Agurto, C.; Vanness, R.; Nemeth, S.; Soliz, P.; Barriga, S.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of hypertensive retinopathy using vessel measurements and textural features

2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84929485886

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Joshi, V.; Nemeth, S.; Soliz, P.; Barriga, S.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Automated retinal vessel type classification in color fundus images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84878397375

Contributors: Yu, H.; Barriga, S.; Agurto, C.; Nemeth, S.; Bauman, W.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Training set optimization and classifier performance in a top-down diabetic retinopathy screening system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84878401291

Contributors: Wigdahl, J.; Agurto, C.; Murray, V.; Barriga, S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Automated image quality evaluation of retinal fundus photographs in diabetic retinopathy screening

Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84862903793

Contributors: Yu, H.; Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Nemeth, S.C.; Soliz, P.; Zamora, G.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of hard exudates and red lesions in the macula using a multiscale approach

Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84862902112

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Yu, H.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, M.S.; Barriga, S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of neovascularization in the optic disc using an AM-FM representation, granulometry, and vessel segmentation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84870832583

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Yu, H.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, M.S.; Barriga, S.; Bauman, W.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection of neovascularization in the optic disc using an AM-FM representation, granulometry, and vessel segmentation.

Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84880931219

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Yu, H.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, M.S.; Barriga, S.; Bauman, W.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Fast localization and segmentation of optic disk in retinal images using directional matched filtering and level sets

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84863527422

Contributors: Yu, H.; Barriga, E.S.; Agurto, C.; Echegaray, S.; Pattichis, M.S.; Bauman, W.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Fast vessel segmentation in retinal images using multi-scale enhancement and second-order local entropy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84870815859

Contributors: Yu, H.; Barriga, S.; Agurto, C.; Zamora, G.; Bauman, W.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Real-time diabetic retinopathy patient screening using multiscale AM-FM methods

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84875861381

Contributors: Murray, V.; Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Pattichis, M.S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

A 3D Freehand Ultrasound System for Multi-view Reconstructions from Sparse 2D Scanning Planes

BioMedical Engineering Online
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-78651568741

Contributors: Yu, H.; Pattichis, M.S.; Agurto, C.; Beth Goens, M.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration in digital fundus images

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-80053326482

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Simon Barriga, E.; Murray, V.; Nemeth, S.; Crammer, R.; Bauman, W.; Zamora, G.; Pattichis, M.S.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Fast localization of optic disc and fovea in retinal images for eye disease screening

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2011 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-79955765588

Contributors: Yu, H.; Barriga, S.; Agurto, C.; Echegaray, S.; Pattichis, M.; Zamora, G.; Bauman, W.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Toward comprehensive detection of sight threatening retinal disease using a multiscale AM-FM methodology

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2011 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-79955766335

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Murray, V.; Murillo, S.; Zamora, G.; Bauman, W.; Pattichis, M.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Automatic system for diabetic retinopathy screening based on AM-FM, partial least squares, and support vector machines

2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings
2010 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-77955210788

Contributors: Barriga, E.S.; Murray, V.; Agurto, C.; Pattichis, M.; Bauman, W.; Zamora, G.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of image compression and degradation on an automatic diabetic retinopathy screening algorithm

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
2010 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-79955754320

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Barriga, S.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, M.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Multiscale AM-FM methods for diabetic retinopathy lesion detection

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-76249116685

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Murray, V.; Barriga, E.; Murillo, S.; Pattichis, M.; Davis, H.; Russell, S.; Abràmoff, M.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Multi-scale AM-FM for lesion phenotyping on age-related macular degeneration

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
2009 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-70449637865

Contributors: Barriga, E.S.; Murray, V.; Agurto, C.; Pattichis, M.S.; Russell, S.; Abramoff, M.D.; Davis, H.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

Detection and phenotyping of retinal disease using AM-FM processing for feature extraction

Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
2008 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-70349669130

Contributors: Agurto, C.; Murillo, S.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, M.; Russell, S.; Abramoff, M.; Soliz, P.
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Carla Agurto via Scopus - Elsevier

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