Journal Publication

[22] P. Velmovitsky, C. Keown‑Stoneman, K. Pfisterer, J. Hews‑Girard, J. Saliba, S. Saha, S. Patten, N. King, A. Duffy, Q. Pham, "Development of a Recommendation Engine to University Student Mental Health Support Aligned With Stepped Care: Longitudinal Cohort Study," Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2025;27:e72669 

[21] Saha, S., Ross, H., Velmovitsky, P.E. et al. Machine learning enhanced expert system for detecting heart failure decompensation using patient-reported vitals and electronic health records. Sci Rep 15, 30979 (2025). 

[20] Saha, Shumit, Nasim Montazeri Ghahjaverestan, and Azadeh Yadollahi. "Separating Obstructive and Central Respiratory Events during Sleep using Breathing Sounds: Utilizing Transfer Learning on Deep Convolutional Networks." Sleep Medicine (2025): 106485.

[19] Kabir, Muammar M., Atousa Assadi, Shumit Saha, Bojan Gavrilovic, Kaiyin Zhu, Susanna Mak, and Azadeh Yadollahi. "Unveiling the Impact of Respiratory Event-Related Hypoxia on Heart Sound Intensity During Sleep Using Novel Wearable Technology." Nature and Science of Sleep (2024): 1623-1636.

[18] Saha, S., Viswanathan, K., Saha, A., & Yadollahi, A. (2024). Feasibility of Acoustic Features of Vowel Sounds in Estimating the Upper Airway Cross Sectional Area during Wakefulness: A Pilot Study. Speech Communication, 103144. 

[17] S. Saha, A. Rattansingh, R. Martino, K. Viswanathan, A. Saha, N. Montazeri Ghahjaverestan, A. Yadollahi, "A pilot observation using ultrasonography and vowel articulation to investigate the influence of suspected obstructive sleep apnea on upper airway." Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 (2024): 6144. 

[16] K. Pfisterer, R. Lohani, E. Janes, D. Ng, D. Wang, D. Bryant‑Lukosius, R. Rendon, A. Berlin, J. Bender, I. Brown, A. Feifer, G. Gotto, S. Saha, J. Cafazzo, Q. Pham, “An actionable expert-system algorithm to support nurse‑led cancer survivorship care: Algorithm development study”, JMIR Cancer, 2023;9:e44332 

[15] N. Montazeri, S. Saha, B. Gavrilovic, K. Zhu, B. Taati, H. Alshaer, A. Yadollahi, “Sleep Apnea Severity based on Estimated Tidal Volume and Snoring Features from Tracheal Signals”, Journal of Sleep Research, 2022, 31 (2), e13490. 

[14] Z. Morsada, M. M. Hossain, M. T. Islam, M. A. Mobin, S. Saha “Recent progress in biodegradable and bioresorbable materials: From passive implants to active electronics”, Applied Materials Today, 2021 , Volume 25, 101257 (IF: 10.04)

[13] X. Cao, T. D. Bradley, S. Bhatawadekar, S. Saha, S. M. Tarlo, M. B. Stanbrook, M. Inman, K. Rana, R. Dandurand, A. Yadollahi, “Effect of simulated obstructive sleep apnea on thoracic fluid volume and lower airways resistance in asthmatic subjects”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2021, 203(7), 908–910 [Impact Factor: 19.45]

[12] Z. A. Nazi, F. R. Mashrur, M. A. Islam, S. Saha “Fibro-CoSANet: Pulmonary Fibrosis Prognosis Prediction using a Convolutional Self Attention Network”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2021, 66 (22)  

[11] M. Hasan, M. Jawad, K. N. I. Hasan, S. B. Partha, M. A. Masba, S. Saha, M.A. Moni, “COVID-19 identification from volumetric chest CT scans using a progressively resized 3D-CNN incorporating segmentation, augmentation, and class-rebalancing”, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2021, Volume 26, 100709 

[10] F. R. Mashrur, A. D. Roy, A. P. Chhoan, S. Sarker, A. Saha, S. N. Hasan, S. Saha, “Impact of demographic, environmental, socioeconomic, and government intervention on the spreading of COVID-19”, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 100811, 2021 

[9] N. Montazeri, M. Kabir, S. Saha, B. Gavrilovic, K. Zhu, B. Taati, H. Alshaer, A. Yadollahi, “Relative tidal volume and respiratory airflow estimation using tracheal sound and movement during sleep”, Journal of Sleep Research, 2021, e13279. 

[8] N. Montazeri, M. Kabir, S. Saha, K. Zhu, B. Gavrilovic, H. Alshaer, B. Taati, A. Yadollahi, “Automatic respiratory phase identification using tracheal sounds and movements during sleep”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2021, 1-13 

[7] S. Saha, M. Kabir, N. Montazeri, M. Hafezi, B. Gavrilovic, K. Zhu, H. Alshaer, A. Yadollahi, “Portable diagnosis of sleep apnea with the validation of individual event detection”, Sleep Medicine, 69C (2020) pp. 51-57 

[6] S. Saha, A. Rattansingh, K. Viswanathan, A. Saha, R. Martino, A. Yadollahi, “Ultrasonographic measurement of pharyngeal airway dimension and its relationship with obesity and sleep-disordered breathing”, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 46(11), 2998-3007, 2020 

[5] N. Montazeri, S. Akbarian, M. Hafezi, S. Saha, K. Zhu, H. Alshaer, B. Taati, A. Yadollahi, “Sleep/wakefulness detection using the tracheal sound and movement”, Nature and Science of Sleep, 12, 1009-1021, 2020 

[4] M. Hafezi, N. Montazeri, S. Saha, K. Zhu, B. Gavrilovic, A. Yadollahi, B. Taati, "Sleep apnea severity estimation from tracheal movements using a deep learning model", IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 22641-22649, 2020. 

[3] S. Saha, Z. Moussavi, P. Hadi, T.D. Bradley, A. Yadollahi, “Effects of fluid accumulation in the neck on features of snoring sounds”, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2018;14(10):1653–1660.

[2] S. Saha, T.D. Bradley, M. Taheri, Z. Moussavi, A. Yadollahi, “A subject-specific acoustic model of the upper airway for snoring sounds generation”, Nature-Scientific Reports, 2016; 6: 25730. 

[1] S.M.R. Islam, S. Saha, M.I. Khan, “FPGA based digital system for detection of the dicrotic notch in the carotid pulse signal”, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research [ISSN 2223 - 4985], Vol. 2, No. 12, pp. 872 – 880

Conference Proceddings

Peer-Reviewed 4-6 pages Conference Papers:

Taghibeyglou, Behrad, et al. "Towards an Accessible Speech-based Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Tool for Underserved Populations." 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE, 2024.

S. Saha, K. Viswanathan, N. Montazeri, A. Yadollahi, “Relationship between vowel sound features and pharyngeal airway cross-sectional area during normal breathing”, 42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Montreal, Canada, 2020 (Oral presentation)

N. Montazeri, S. Saha, B. Gavrilovic, A Yadollahi, “Removing of snoring segments from tracheal breathing sounds using a wavelet-based algorithm”, 42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Montreal, Canada, 2020 (Oral presentation)

M. Shokrollahi, S. Saha, P. Hadi, F. Rubzicz, A. Yadollahi, “Snoring sound classification from respiratory signal”, in Proc. of 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS 2016), Orlando, USA, 2016.

S. Saha, M. Taheri, Z. Moussavi, A. Yadollahi, “Effects of changing in the neck circumference during sleep on snoring sound characteristics”, in Proc. of 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS 2015), Milan, Italy, 2015.

S. Saha, “Fuzzy logic analysis of physiological data for hypovolemia class level detection,” in Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV 2014), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.

S. Saha, M. Jahiruzzaman, C. Saha, R. Hosen, A. Mahmud, “FPGA Implementation of Modified Type-C PID Control System”, in Proc. of 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICEEICT 2015), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015.

M. Jahiruzzaman, S. Saha, A.K. Hawlader, “Dynamically Reconfigurable Parallel Architecture Implementation of 2D Convolution for Image Processing over FPGA”, in Proc. of 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICEEICT 2015), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015.

M. Jahiruzzaman, A.B.M.A. Hossain, S. Saha, "Implementation of 2D Torus Automorphisms for Image Encryption on FPGA," in Proc. of 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICEEICT 2015), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015.

S. Saha, K.H. Uddin, M.S. Islam, M. Jahiruzzaman, A.B.M.A. Hossain, "Implementation of Simplified Normalized Cut Graph Partitioning Algorithm on FPGA for Image Segmentation", in Proc. 8th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2014), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.

S. Saha, R. Islam, H. Rahman, M. Hassan, A.B.M.A. Hossain, “Design and Implementation of Block Cipher in Hummingbird Algorithm over FPGA”, in Proc. 5th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT 2014), Hefei, China, 2014.

S. Saha, N. Alam, R.K. Mondal, “Design and Implementation of FlexRAy Protocol with BIST Capability over FPGA”, in Proc. 5th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT 2014), Hefei, China, 2014.

S. Saha, M. Hossain, N. Alam, R.K. Mondal, “Fuzzy Logic Analysis of Knitted Fabrics Spirality”, in Proc. 5th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT 2014), Hefei, China, 2014.

S. Saha, S. K. Saha, I.S. Iqbal, A.K. Kundu, M.T.H. Khan, S.K. Pramanik, “Designing of an Air-Conditioning System using Fuzzy Logic with Advantage of Energy Saving”, in Proc. 2014 3rd International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.

S. Saha, M.A. Rahman, A. Thakur, “Design and Implementation of SPI Bus Protocol with Built-In-Self-Test Capability over FPGA”, in Proc. 1st IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ICEEICT 2014), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.

S. Saha, N. Sarker, A. Hira, “Design & implementation of a low-cost blood glucose meter with high accuracy”, in Proc. 1st IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ICEEICT 2014), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.

S. Saha, M.A. Rahman, A. Thakur, “Design and implementation of a BIST embedded inter-integrated circuit bus protocol over FPGA”, in Proc. 1st IEEE International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014

S. Saha, M.A. Rahman, A. Thakur, “Design and Implementation of a BIST Embedded High Speed RS-422 Utilized UART over FPGA”, in Proc.4th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT 2013), Tiruchengode, India, 2013.

S.M.R. Islam, R. Sarker, S. Saha, A.F.M.N. Uddin, “Design of a programmable digital IIR filter based on FPGA”, in Proc. 1st IEEE/OSA/IAPR International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), pp. 716 – 721, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012

Conference Presentations (Abstracts):

S. Saha, N Whittenbarger, A. Cao, “ Effect Of Obesity On Upper Airway Area During Vowel Articulation: An Mri-based Study”, American Thoracic Society International Conference 2025, San Francisco, California, USA 

S. Saha, E Bailey, A. Cao, “ Racial Differences In Features Between Mesa And Shhs Datasets: Understanding Attribute Biases”, American Thoracic Society International Conference 2025, San Francisco, California, USA 

S. Saha, T. Boyd, D. Vena, A. Cao, “Effect Of Race On Facial And Soft Tissue Structures In Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review Of Imaging Studies”, American Thoracic Society International Conference 2025, San Francisco, California, USA 

Chavoshian, S., S. Saha, and J. Cafazzo. "The Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Therapy on Quality of Sleep." A77. DECODING THE MOLECULAR MAZE OF SLEEP APNEA. American Thoracic Society, 2024. A2668-A2668.

S. Saha, A. Rattansingh, K. Viswanathan, A. Saha, R. Martino, A. Yadollahi, “Utility of ultrasonography in the assessment of the pharyngeal airway”, ERS International Congress, Vienna, Austria, 2020 (Oral presentation)

S. Saha, M. Kabir, N. Montazeri, B. Gavrilovic, K. Zhu, H. Alshaer, A. Yadollahi, “Sleep apnea diagnosis using tracheal respiratory sounds and movement”, World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2019

S. Saha, G. Gruenspan, M. Kabir, M. Montazeri, M. Hafezi, T. Meisami, A. Yadollahi, “Investigation of the relationship between snoring sounds features and response to the mandibular advancement devices”, World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2019

M. Kabir, B. Gavrilovic, S. Saha, K. Zhu, A. Yadollahi, “Automatic estimation of heart rate from heart sounds during sleep”, World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2019

M. Kabir, B. Gavrilovic, S. Saha, K. Zhu, A. Yadollahi, “Increases in the intensity of heart sounds at the termination of respiratory events are positively correlated with the magnitude of hypoxia”, World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2019

X. Cao, T. D. Bradley, S. Saha, S. M. Tarlo, M. B. Stanbrook, M. Inman, A. Yadollahi, “Influence of simulated obstructive sleep apnea on thoracic fluid volume and airways resistance in asthmatic and healthy subjects”, World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2019

N. Montazeri, M. Kabir, K. Zhu, S. Saha, B. Gavrilovic, B. Taati, H. Alshaer, A. Yadollahi, “Estimation of Respiratory Signals using Tracheal Sound and Movement”, European Respiratory Society International Congress, Madrid, Spain, 2019

S.Saha, M. Kabir, N. Montazeri, B. Gavrilovic, K. Zhu, A. Yadollahi, H. Alshaer, “Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) estimation using breathing Sounds, accelerometer and pulse oximeter”, ERJ Open Research 2019 5: P63, ERS/ESRS Sleep and Breathing Conference, Marseille, France, 2019.

M. Kabir, B. Gavrilovic, S. Saha, K. Zhu, and A. Yadollahi, “Increases in heart sound intensity following respiratory events are positively correlated with drops in oxygen saturation during the events”, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, USA, 2018

G. Gruenspan, S. Saha, T. Meisami, and A. Yadollahi, “Investigating CT imaging of the pharyngeal airway as a predictor of the effectiveness of maxillomandibular advancement to treat sleep apnea”, Chest, 152 (4), A1087, Toronto, Canada, 2017.

S. Saha, Z. Moussavi, P. Hadi, T. D. Bradley, A. Yadollahi, “Investigating the effects of pharyngeal tissue content on snoring sounds features”, American Thoracic Society, 2017: A2610, Washington DC, USA.

Shokrollahi, S. Saha, M. Taheri, Z. Moussavi, A. Yadollahi, “Development and validation of an acoustic model of the upper airwayfor snore sound generation”, American Thoracic Society, 2016: A5978, San Francisco, USA.

S. Saha, M. Taheri, Z. Moussavi, A. Yadollahi, “Effects of changing in the neck fluid volume, neck circumference and upper airway during sleep on snoring sound characteristics”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (Oral Presentation), Toronto, Canada, 2015.