Konstantinos Banitsas

Konstantinos Banitsas is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, affiliated with the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences and the Wireless Networks and Communications Centre. Holding a PhD in Telemedicine (2004), an MSc in Electronic Engineering (1997), and a BSc in Computer Science (1995), he has taught computer networking, mobile communications, and internet engineering while supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

His research spans telemedicine, wireless sensors, and medical imaging, with recent publications focusing on spinal cord injury treatments, myoelectric sensors for movement classification, and low-cost EMG sensor validation. Earlier work explored Microsoft Kinect applications in gait analysis, wireless medical image security, and 3G network utilization in emergency telemedicine.

Dr. Banitsas supervises 4 PhD students in telemedicine and medical imaging, contributes to projects like DoctorEye (a tumor annotation platform), and participates in the IEHS research group. His work emphasizes practical implementations of wireless technologies in healthcare, including ambulance teleconsultation systems and wearable devices.