Publications

Journal Papers

• Boyd R, Grooby E, Bhuiyan H, Anaya DV, Rad HN, Malhotra A, Marzbanrad F. Infafeed Monitor Pilot Study: Measuring Ingested Milk Volumes in Neonates. Newborn. 2025. [accepted]

• Poh YY, Grooby E, Tan K, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Harandi M, Marzbanrad F. Real-time Neonatal Chest Sound Separation using Deep Learning. IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. 2024. [paper]

• Roff M, Slifirski O, Grooby E, Marzbanrad F, Malhotra A. Digital Stethoscope Use in Neonates: A Systematic Review. Newborn. 2023. [paper]

• Grooby E, Sitaula C, Kwok TN, Sharkey D, Marzbanrad F, Malhotra A. Artificial Intelligence-Driven Wearable Technologies for Neonatal Cardiorespiratory Monitoring: Part 1 Wearable Technology. Pediatric Research. 2023. [paper]

• Sitaula C, Grooby E, Kwok TN, Sharkey D, Marzbanrad F, Malhotra A. Artificial Intelligence-Driven Wearable Technologies for Neonatal Cardiorespiratory Monitoring: Part 2 Artificial Intelligence. Pediatric Research. 2022. [paper]

• Grooby E, Sitaula C, Fattahi D, Sameni R, Tan K, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F. Noisy Neonatal Chest Sound Separation for High-Quality Heart and Lung Sounds. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 2022. (Featured Article, Special Issue) [paper] [code] 

• Fattahi D, Sameni R, Grooby E, Tan K, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Marzbanrad F. A Blind Filtering Framework for Noisy Neonatal Chest Sounds. IEEE Access. 2022. [paper]

• Grooby E, Sitaula C, Fattahi D, Sameni R, Tan K, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F. Real-Time Multi-Level Neonatal Heart and Lung Sound Quality Assessment for Telehealth Applications. IEEE Access. 2022. (2nd Place for Best Overall Paper in the IEEE Victorian Section Student Paper Competition) [paper] [code][article] 

• Grooby E, He J, Kiewsky J, Fattahi D, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F. Neonatal Heart and Lung Sound Quality Assessment for Robust Heart and Breathing Rate Estimation for Telehealth Applications. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 2020. (Featured Article, Special Issue) [paper] [code]  

Conference Papers

• Grooby E, Vargas-Calixto J, Lahiri A, Wu YW, Gerstley LD, Kuzniewicz MW, Cornet MC, Hamilton E, Warrick P, Kearney RE. Risk Assessment of Fetuses for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy using Antepartum Clinical Data. In 2024 51st Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Conference. [paper]

• Grooby E, Poh YY, Marzbanrad F. Age-Based Heart Segmentation for Accessible Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease Screening. In 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) 2024. [paper]

• Zamani MA, Grooby E, Lacey J, Malhotra A, Marzbanrad F. Detecting Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Neonatal Phonocardiograms. In 2023 50th Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Conference. [paper]

• Grooby E, Sitaula C, Ahani S, Holsti L, Malhotra A, Dumont G, Marzbanrad F. Video-Based Face and Facial Landmark Tracking for Neonatal Vital Sign Monitoring. CMBES Proceedings. 2023 May 14;45. (1st Place in Student Paper Competition at CMBEC45) [paper]

• Grooby E, Sitaula C, Ahani S, Holsti L, Malhotra A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F. Neonatal Face and Facial Landmark Detection from Video Recordings. In 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) 2023. [paper] 

• Imran Z, Grooby E, Malgi VV, Sitaula C, Aryal S, Marzbanrad F. A Fusion of Handcrafted Feature-Based and Deep Learning Classifiers for Heart Murmur Detection. In 2022 49th Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Conference. (3rd Place in Clinical Outcome Identification for the PhysioNet Challenge) [paper][code] 

• Grooby E, Sitaula C, Tan K, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F. Prediction of Neonatal Respiratory Distress in Term Babies at Birth from Digital Stethoscope Recorded Chest Sounds. In 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) 2022. [paper] 

• Grooby E, He J, Fattahi D, Zhou L, King A, Ramanathan A, Malhotra A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F. A New Non-Negative Matrix Co-Factorisation Approach for Noisy Neonatal Chest Sound Separation. In 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) 2021. (2nd Place for Best Overall Paper in the IEEE Victorian Section Student Paper Competition) [paper] 

Conference Abstracts

• Langer N, Dao TK, Wimalasiri D, Grooby E, Trembley SN, Banham T, Gregory SD. Poster Abstract "The Heart Hackathon: Nurturing the Next Generation in Cardiovascular Innovation". In the 2024 50th Annual European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO) Congress. [abstract]

• Roff M, Grooby E, Marzbanrad F, Malhotra A. Poster Abstract "A Novel Digital Stethoscope for Neonates". In the 2024 Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ). [abstract]

• Boyd R, Grooby E, Marzbanrad F, Malhotra A. Poster Abstract "Development of a Smart Infant Feeding Monitor". In the 2024 Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ). [abstract]

• Grooby E, King A, Sitaula C, Zhou L, Ramanathan A, Dumont GA, Marzbanrad F, Malhotra A. Poster Abstract "Effect of Surfactant Therapy on Digitally Recorded Chest Sounds in Premature Infants". In the 2022 Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ). [abstract]

Other Publications

• Cakici AL, Aleman B, Grooby E. IEEE EMBS International Student Conferences—Insights From 2022 Editions. IEEE Pulse. 2022. [paper] 

• Grooby E, Alhajri M, Saha S. ANZSCON 2022- Student Conference Report. IEEE Victorian Section Uplink. 2022. [paper]

• Grooby E. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society International Student Conference (EMBS ISC) Asia–Pacific. IEEE Victorian Section Uplink. 2022. [paper]

• Grooby E. Listening to Baby's Heart and Lung Sounds. IEEE Victorian Section Uplink. 2022. [paper]