Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics: PLRI

Dr. Joana M. Warnecke

Research Associate

at the Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics,
University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and
Hannover Medical School, Germany

Contact

University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
Muehlenpfordtstr. 23
room: IZ 437
38106 Braunschweig
Germany

phone:+49 (0) 531 / 391 - 2129
fax:+49 (0) 531 / 391 - 9502
email: joana.warnecke@plri.de

Research Interests

Signal Fusion with Deep Learning
Biomedical Signal Processing
Machine Learning

Paper

2025

Warnecke J, Bollmann J, Ryll L, Singh H, Deserno T. Mobilizing health monitoring: the development and integration of a health-escooter system. Annu Conf Haw Int Conf Sys Scien. 2025 Jan;2025:3407-3417.

2024

Warnecke JM, Baumgartner C, Breitner MH, Briechle DF, Deserno TM, Heumann M, Johns M, Picker A, Rausch A, and Wolf L. Continuous health monitoring on shared mobility devices: a health-escooter prototype. Annu Conf Haw Int Conf Sys Scien. 2024 Jan;2024:3485-3494.
Singh H, Warnecke JM, Picker A, Ganapathy N, Deserno TM. Multimodal signal fusion for heartbeat monitoring on eScooters. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Aug;316:973-977.
Haas P, Spicher N, Warnecke JM, Deserno TM. Quality of electrocardiography recorded with consumer smart shirts. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Aug;316:487-491.
Senthilkumar L, Warnecke JM, Bollmann J, Deserno TM. Robust in-vehicle signal quality assessment using multimodal signal fusion. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Aug;316:988-992.
Ruhrberg Estévez S, Grafton A, Thomson L, Warnecke J, Beardsall K, Lasenby J. Continuous non-contact vital sign monitoring of neonates in intensive care units using RGB-D cameras. arXiv e-prints. 2024 Dec:arXiv-2412.
Ji D, Flormann M, Warnecke JM, Henze R, Deserno TM. Set-up of an in-car system for investigating driving style on the basis of the 3d-method. SAE Technical Paper; 2024 Jul.

2023

Warnecke JM, Lasenby J, Deserno TM. Robust in-vehicle respiratory rate detection using multimodal signal fusion. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov;13:20435. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47504-y
Warnecke JM, Lasenby J, Deserno TM. Robust in-vehicle heartbeat detection using multimodal signal fusion. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov;13:20864. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47484-z
Warnecke JM, Baumgartner C, Breitner MH, Briechle DF, Deserno TM, Heumann M, Johns M, Picker A, Rausch A, and Wolf L. Continuous health monitoring on shared mobility devices: a health-escooter prototype. Annu Conf Haw Int Conf Sys Scien. 2024 Jan;2024:3485-3494.

2022

Deserno TM, Warnecke JM , Flormann M, Henze R. Combining vehicle bus and vital sign sensors for continuous health monitoring during driving: concept and first results. Conf Proc IEEE ICECCME. 2022 Nov;2022:1-6.
Warnecke JM, Ganapathy N, Koch E, Dietzel A, Flormann M, Henze R, Deserno TM. Printed and flexible ECG electrodes attached to the steering wheel for continuous health monitoring during driving. Sensors (Basel). 2022 May;22(11):4198.
Selvaraju V, Spicher N, Wang J, Ganapathy N, Warnecke JM, Leonhardt S, Swaminathan R, Deserno TM. Continuous monitoring of vital signs using cameras: a systematic review. Sensors (Basel). 2022 May;22(11):4097.

2021

Warnecke JM, Boeker N, Spicher N, Wang J, Flormann M, Deserno TM. Sensor fusion for robust heartbeat detection during driving. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 Nov;2021:447-450.
Warnecke JM, Wang J, Cakir T, Spicher N, Ganapathy N, Deserno TM. Registered report protocol: Developing an artifact index for capacitive electrocardiography signals acquired with an armchair. PLOS ONE. 2021 Jul;16(7):e0254780.
Wang J, Spicher N, Warnecke JM, Haghi M, Schwartze J, Deserno TM. Unobtrusive health monitoring in private spaces: the smart home. Sensors (Basel). 2021 Jan;21(3):864.

2020

Haghi M, Danyali S, Thurow K, Warnecke JM, Wang J, Deserno TM. Hardware prototype for wrist-worn simultaneous monitoring of environmental, behavioral, and physiological parameters. J Appl Sci. 2020 Aug;10(16):5470.
Warnecke JM, Wang J, Deserno TM. Lessons learned: implementation of a nationwide innovative e-learning module for health enabling technologies. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun;272:39-42.
Wang J, Warnecke JM, Haghi M, Deserno TM. Unobtrusive health monitoring in private spaces: the smart vehicle. Sensors. 2020 Apr;20(9):2442.

2019

Warnecke JM, Wang J, Deserno TM. Noise reduction for efficient in-vehicle respiration monitoring with accelerometers. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul;2019:3257-3261.
Wang J, Warnecke JM, Deserno TM. In-vehicle respiratory rate estimation using accelerometers. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Jun;261:97-102.
Wang J, Warnecke JM, Deserno TM. The vehicle as a diagnostic space: efficient placement of accelerometers for respiration monitoring during driving. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Apr;258:206-210. (Young Scientist Prize)

Project Proposal

Accepted DFG proposal "Car as a Diagnostic Space (CarDS)" with a funding volume of over half a million euros (project number: 513991330).

Research Visit

2021 - 2022: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.

Teaching