Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory (VBBL)

ARCHIVAL PAPERS CRITICALLY REVIEWED BEFORE PUBLICATION

80. Canchi, T., Patnaik, S.S., Nguyen, H.N., Ng, E.Y.K., Narayanan, S., Muluk, S.C., De Oliveira, V., and Finol, E.A., 2020, "A comparative study of biomechanical and geometrical attributes of abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Asian and Caucasian populations," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 142, No. 6, Article No. 061003 {10 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045268

79. Acosta, C., Bhalla, A., Guo, R., Yanes, D., Finol, E.A., and Frank, J. 2020, "Numerical and experimental study of the glass-transition temperature of a non-Newtonian fluid in a dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 152, No. 5, Article No. 119525 {8 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119525

78. Rengarajan, B., Wu, W., Wiedner, C., Ko, D., Muluk, S.C., Eskandari, M.K., Menon, P.G., and Finol, E.A., 2020, "A comparative classification analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms by machine learning methods," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 1419–1429. {cover illustration for the April issue of Annals of Biomedical Engineering}https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02461-9

77. Piskin, S., Patnaik, S.S., Han, D., Bordones, A., Murali, S., and Finol, E.A., 2020, "A canonical correlation analysis of the relationship between clinical attributes and patient-specific hemodynamic indices in adult pulmonary hypertension," Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 77, pp. 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2020.01.006

76. Berg, P., Voß, S., Saalfeld, S., Janiga, G., Bergersen, A.W., Valen-Sendstad, K., Bruening, J., Goubergrits, L., Spuler, A., Chiu, T.L., Tsang, A.C.O., Chung, B.J., Copelli, G., Csippa, B., Paál, G., Závodszky, G., Detmer, F.J., Chung, B.J., Cebral, J.R., Fujimura, S., Takao, H., Karmonik, C., Elias, S., Cancelliere, N.M., Najafi, M., Steinman, D.A., Pereira, V.M., Piskin, S., Finol, E.A., Pravdivtseva, M., Velvaluri, P., Rajabzadeh-Oghaz, H., Paliwal, N., Meng, H., Seshadhri, S., Venguru, S., Shojima, M., Sindeev, S., Frolov, S., Qian, Y., Wu, Y.A., Carlson, K.D., Kallmes, D.F., Dragomir-Daescu, D., Beuing, O., 2019, "Multiple Aneurysms AnaTomy CHallenge 2018 (MATCH) ? phase II: rupture risk assessment," International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 1795–1804. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-019-01986-2

75. Fatemifar, F., Feldman, M.D., Clarke, G.D., Finol, E.A., Han, H.-C., 2019, "Computational modeling of human left ventricle to assess the effects of trabeculae carneae on the diastolic and systolic functions," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 141, No. 9, Article No. 091014 {10 pages}. https://doi.org/ 10.1115/1.4043831

74. Patnaik, S.S., Piskin, S., Pillalamarri, N.R., Romero, G., Escobar, G.P., Sprague, E., Finol, E.A., 2019, "Biomechanical restoration potential of pentagalloyl glucose after arterial extracellular matrix degeneration," Bioengineering, Vol. 6, No. 3, Article No. 58 {18 pages}. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering6030058

73. Wu, W., Rengarajan, B., Thirugnanasambandam, M., Parikh, S.A., Gomez, R., De Oliveira, V., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2019, "Wall stress and geometry measures in electively repaired abdominal aortic aneurysms," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 7, pp. 1611–1625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-019-02261-w

72. Kong, F., Kheyfets, V., Finol, E., and Cai, X.-C., 2019, "Simulation of unsteady blood flows in a patient-specific compliant pulmonary artery with a highly parallel monolithically coupled fluid-structure interaction algorithm," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 35, Article No. e3208 {24 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3208

71. Patnaik, S.S., Simionescu, D.T., Goergen, C.J., Hoyt, K., Sirsi, S., and Finol, E.A., 2019, "Pentagalloyl glucose and its functional role in vascular health: biomechanics and drug-delivery characteristics," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 39-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-02145-5

70. Berg, P., Voß, S., Saalfeld, S., Janiga, G., Bergersen, A.W., Valen-Sendstad, K., Bruening, J., Goubergrits, L., Spuler, A., Cancelliere, N.M., Steinman, D.A., Pereira, V.M., Chiu, T.L., Tsang, A.C.O., Chung, B.J., Cebral, J.R., Cito, S., Pallarès, J., Copelli, G., Csippa, B., Paál, G., Fujimura, S., Takao, H., Hodis, S., Hille, G., Karmonik, C., Elias, S., Kellermann, K., Khan, M.O., Marsden, A.L., Morales, H.G., Piskin, S., Finol, E.A., Pravdivtseva, M., Rajabzadeh-Oghaz, H., Paliwal, N., Meng, H., Seshadhri, S., Howard, M., Shojima, M., Sugiyama, S.I., Niizuma, K., Sindeev, S., Frolov, S., Wagner, T., Brawanski, A., Qian, Y., Wu, Y.A., Carlson, K.D., Dragomir-Daescu, D., and Beuing, O., 2018, “Multiple Aneurysms AnaTomy CHallenge 2018 (MATCH): Phase I: Segmentation,” Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 565-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-018-00376-0

69. Parikh, S.A., Gomez, R., Thirugnanasambandam, M., Chauhan, S.S., De Oliveira, V., Muluk, S.C., Eskandari, M.K., and Finol, E.A., 2018, “Decision tree based classification of abdominal aortic aneurysms using geometry quantification measures,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 2135–2147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-02116-w

68. Canchi, T., Ng, E.Y.K., Narayanan, S., and Finol, E.A., 2018, “On the assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk in the Asian population based on geometric attributes," Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 232, No. 9, pp. 922-929. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411918794724

67. Urrutia, J., Roy, A., Antón, R., Raut, S.S., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2018, “Geometric surrogates of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall mechanics” Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 59, pp. 43-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2018.06.007

66. Bordones, A.D., Leroux, M., Kheyfets, V.O., Wu, Y.-A., Chen, C.-Y., and Finol, E.A., 2018, “Computational fluid dynamics modeling of the human pulmonary arteries with experimental validation,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1309-1324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-2047-1

65. Thirugnanasambandam, M., Simionescu, D., Escobar, P.G., Sprague, E., Goins, B., Clarke, G.D., Han, H.-C., Amezcua, K.H., Adeyinka, O.R., Goergen, C.J., and Finol, E.A., 2018, “The effect of pentagalloyl glucose on the wall mechanics and inflammatory activity of rat abdominal aortic aneurysms,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 8, 084502 {9 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040398

64. Kong, F., Kheyfets, V., Finol, E., and Cai, X.-C., 2018, “An efficient parallel simulation of unsteady blood flows in patient-specific pulmonary artery.” International Journal of Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 34, e2952 {22 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.2952

63. Muluk, S.L., Muluk, P.D., Shum, J., and Finol, E.A., 2017, “On the use of geometric modeling to predict aortic aneurysm rupture,” Annals of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 44, pp. 190-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2017.05.014

62. Chauhan, S.S., Gutierrez, C.A., Thirugnanasambandam, M., De Oliveira, V., Muluk, S.C., Eskandari, M.K., and Finol, E.A., 2017, “The association between geometry and wall stress in emergently repaired abdominal aortic aneurysms,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 1908-1916. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-017-1837-1

61. Ruiz de Galarreta, S., Cazón, A., Antón, R., and Finol, E.A., 2017, “The relationship between surface curvature and abdominal aortic aneurysm wall stress,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 8, 081006 {7 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036826

60. Ruiz de Galarreta, S., Antón, R., Cazón, A., and Finol, E.A., 2017, “A methodology for developing anisotropic AAA phantoms via additive manufacturing,” Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 57, pp. 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.04.001

59. Ruiz de Galarreta, S., Antón, R., Cazón, A., and Finol, E.A., 2017, “A methodology for verifying abdominal aortic aneurysm wall stress,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 1, 011006 {9 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034710

58. Muluk, S.L., Muluk, P.D., Shum, J., and Finol, E.A., 2016, “On the use of geometric modeling to predict aortic aneurysm rupture,” Clinics in Surgery, Vol. 1, 1252 {6 pages}.

57. Ruiz de Galarreta, Antón, R., S., Cazón, A., Larraona, G.S., and Finol, E.A., 2016, “Anisotropic abdominal aortic aneurysm replicas with biaxial material characterization,” Medical Engineering & Physics, Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 1505-1512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2016.09.010

56. Perez E., Rojas-Solorzano L., and Finol E.A., 2016, “Geometric predictors of abdominal aortic aneurysm maximum wall stress,” Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 49, pp. 73-78. https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1649013

55. Chandra, S.C., Vimalatharmaiyah, R., Riveros, F., Rodriguez, J.F., and Finol, E.A., 2016, “A methodology for the derivation of unloaded abdominal aortic aneurysm geometry with experimental validation,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 138, No. 10, 101005 {11 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034425

54. Aramburu, J., Antón, R., Borro, D., Rivas, A., Sánchez-Larraona, G., Ramos, J.C., and Finol, E.A., 2016, “A methodology for assessing local bifurcated blood vessel shape variations,” Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, Vol. 2, 015001 {10 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/2/1/015001

53. Raut, S.S., Liu, P., and Finol, E.A., 2015, “An approach for patient-specific multi-domain vascular mesh generation featuring spatially varying wall thickness modeling,” Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 1972-1981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.04.006

52. Kheyfets, V.O., Rios, L., Smith, T., Schroeder, T., Mueller, J., Murali, S., Lasorda, D., Zikos, A., Spotti, J., Reilly Jr., J.J., and Finol, E.A., 2015, “Patient-specific computational modeling of blood flow in the pulmonary arterial circulation,” Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 88-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.04.005

51. Kheyfets, V.O., Thirugnanasambandam, M., Rios, L., Evans, D., Smith, T., Schroeder, T., Mueller, J., Murali, S., Lasorda, D., Spotti, J., and Finol, E.A., 2015, “The role of wall shear stress in the assessment of right ventricle hydraulic workload,” Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 90-100 {cover illustration}. https://doi.org/10.1086/679703

50. Satriano A., Rivolo, S., Finol, E.A., Di Martino, E.S., 2015, “In-vivo strain assessment of the abdominal aortic aneurysm,” Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 354–360 {cover illustration}. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.11.016

49. Anton, R., Chen, C.-Y., Hung, M.-Y., Finol, E.A., and Pekkan, K., 2015, “Experimental and computational investigation of patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm pressure field with and without intraluminal thrombus,” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 981-992. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2013.865024

48. Sohrabi, S., Zheng, J., Finol, E.A., and Liu, Y., 2014, “Numerical simulation of particle transport and deposition in the pulmonary vasculature,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 136, No. 12, 121010 {11 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4028800

47. Kheyfets, V.O., Thornton, R., Kowal, M., and Finol, E.A., 2014, “A Protocol for measuring pull-off stress of wound-treatment polymers,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 136, No. 7, 074501 {5 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027412

46. Malve, M., Chandra, S., Garcia, A., Mena, A., Martinez, M.A., Finol, E.A., and Doblare, M., 2014, “Impedance-based outflow boundary conditions for human carotid haemodynamics,” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 11, pp. 1248-1260. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2012.744396

45. Chen, C.-Y., Anton, R., Hung, M.-Y., Menon, P.G., Patrick, M.J., Finol, E.A., and Pekkan, K., 2014, “Effect of intraluminal thrombus on patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm hemodynamics via stereoscopic PIV and CFD modeling,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 136, No. 3, 031001 {9 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026160

44. Cornejo, S.L., Guzman, A.M., Valencia, A.A., Rodriguez, J.F., and Finol, E.A., 2014, “Flow-induced wall mechanics of patient-specific aneurysmal cerebral arteries: nonlinear isotropic vs. anisotropic wall stress,” Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 228, No. 1, pp. 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411913512283

43. Ruiz de Galarreta, S., Cazón, A., Antón, R., and Finol, E.A., 2014, “Abdominal aortic aneurysm: from clinical imaging to realistic replicas,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 136, No. 1, 014502 {5 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025883

42. Evani, S.J., Prabhu, R.G., Vimalatharmaiyah, R., Finol, E.A., and Ramasubramanian, A.K., 2013, “Monocytes mediate metastatic breast tumor cell adhesion to endothelium under flow,” The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 3017-3029. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.12-224824

41. Zhang, H., Kheyfets, V.O., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “Robust abdominal aortic aneurysm lumen centerline detection for rupture status classification,” Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1358-1367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.03.005

40. Raut, S., Jana, A., De Oliveira, V., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “The importance of patient-specific regionally varying wall thickness in abdominal aortic aneurysm biomechanics,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 8, 081010 {10 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024578

39. Chandra, S.C., Raut, S.S., Jana, A., Biederman, R.W., Doyle, M., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “Fluid structure interaction modeling of abdominal aortic aneurysms: the impact of patient specific inflow conditions and fluid/solid coupling,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 8, 081001 {14 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024275

38. Finol, E.A., Di Martino, E.S., and Baek, S., 2013, “Cardiovascular biomechanics and biofluids: a special issue with a focus on modeling of cardiovascular structures,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1309-1310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-013-0830-6

37. Raut, S., Chandra, S., Shum, J., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “The role of geometric and biomechanical factors in abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk assessment,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1459-1477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-013-0786-6

36. Kheyfets, V.O., O’Dell, W., Smith, T., Reilly Jr. J.J., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “Computational hemodynamics of the pulmonary circulation – a focus on pulmonary hypertension,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 6, 061011 {15 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024141

35. Raut, S., Chandra, S., Shum, J., Washington, C.B., Muluk, S.C., Finol, E.A., and Rodriguez, J.F., 2013, “Biological, geometric and biomechanical factors influencing abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk: a comprehensive review,” Recent Patents on Medical Imaging, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 44-59. https://doi.org/10.2174/1877613211303010006

34. Riveros, F., Chandra, S.C., Finol, E.A., Gasser, T.C., and Rodriguez, J.F., 2013, “A pull-back algorithm to determine the unloaded vascular geometry in anisotropic hyperelastic AAA passive mechanics,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 694–708. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0712-3

33. Lee, K., Zhu, J., Shum, J., Zhang, Y., Muluk, S.C., Chandra, A., Eskandari, M.K., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “Surface curvature as a classifier of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a comparative analysis,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 562-576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0691-4

32. Steinman, D.A., Hoi, Y., Fahy, P., Morris, L., Walsh, M.T., Aristokleous, N., Anayiotos, A., Papaharilaou, Y., Arzani, A., Shadden, S., Berg, P., Janiga, G., Bols, J., Segers, P., Bressloff, N.W., Cibis, M., Gijsen, F.H., Cito, S., Pallarés, J., Browne, L.D., Costelloe, J.A., Lynch, A.G., Degroote, J., Vierendeels, J., Fu, W., Qiao, A., Hodis, S., Kallmes, D.F., Kalsi, H., Long, Q., Kheyfets, V.O., Finol, E.A., Kono, K., Malek, A.M., Lauric, A., Menon, P.G., Pekkan, K., Moghadam, M.E., Marsden, A.L., Oshima, M., Katagiri, K., Peiffer, V., Mohamied, Y., Sherwin, S.J., Schaller, J., Goubergrits, L., Usera, G., Mendina, M., Valen-Sendstad, K., Habets, D.F., Xiang, J., Meng, H., Yu, Y., Karniadakis, G.E., Shaffer, N., and Loth, F., 2013, “Variability of CFD solutions for pressure and flow in a giant aneurysm: the SBC2012 CFD challenge,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 2, 021016 {13 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023382

31. Malve, M., Chandra, S., Lopez-Villalobos, J.L., Finol, E.A., Ginel, A., and Doblare, M., 2013, “CFD analysis of the human airways under impedance-based boundary conditions: application to healthy, diseased and stented trachea,” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 198-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2011.615743

30. Loghmanpour, N.A., Siewiorek, G.M., Wannamaker, K.M., Muluk, S.C., Chaer, R., Wholey, M.H., and Finol, E.A., 2013, “Assessing the impact of distal protection filter design characteristics on 30-day outcomes of carotid artery stenting procedures,” Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 309-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2012.08.113

29. Siewiorek, G.M., Loghmanpour, N.A., Winston, B.M., Wholey, M.H., and Finol, E.A., 2012, “Reproducibility of IVUS border detection for carotid atherosclerotic plaque assessment,” Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 702–708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.09.013

28. Siewiorek, G.M., Wholey, M.H., and Finol, E.A., 2012, “A comparative analysis of bench-top performance assessment of distal protection filters in transient flow conditions,” Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 249–260. https://doi.org/10.1583/11-3720.1

27. Washington, C.B., Shum, J., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2011, “The association of wall mechanics and morphology: a case study of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 10, 104501 {6 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4005176

26. Winston, B.M., Siewiorek, G.M., Finol, E.A., and Wholey, M.H., 2011, “A case series of virtual histology intravascular ultrasound in carotid artery stenting,” Vascular Disease Management, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. E144-E150.

25. Malve, M., Perez del Palomar, A., Chandra, S., Lopez-Villalobos, J.L., Finol, E.A., Ginel, A., and Doblare, M., 2011, “FSI analysis of a human trachea before and after prosthesis implantation,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 7, 071003 {12 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004315

24. Basciano, C., Kleinstreuer, C., Hyun, S., and Finol, E.A., 2011, “A relation between near-wall particle-hemodynamics and onset of thrombus formation in abdominal aortic aneurysms,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 7, pp. 2010-2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-011-0285-6

23. Siewiorek, G.M., Krafty, R.T., Wholey, M.H., and Finol, E.A., 2011, “The association of clinical variables and filter design with carotid artery stenting outcome,” European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 282-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.04.006

22. Malve, M., Perez del Palomar, A., Chandra, S., Mena, A., Lopez-Villalobos, J.L., Finol, E.A., Ginel, A., and Doblare, M., 2011, “FSI analysis of a healthy and a stenotic human trachea under impedance-based boundary conditions,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 2, 021001 {12 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4003130

21. Shum, J., Martufi, G., Di Martino, E.S., Washington, C.B., Grisafi, J., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2011, “Quantitative assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm geometry,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-010-0175-3

20. Shum, J., Xu, A., Chatnuntawech, I., and Finol, E.A., 2011, “A framework for the automatic generation of surface topologies for abdominal aortic aneurysm models,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 249-259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-010-0165-5

19. Siewiorek, G.M. and Finol, E.A., 2010, “Computational modeling of distal protection filters,” Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 777-788. https://doi.org/10.1583/10-3178.1

18. Shum, J., Di Martino, E.S., Goldhammer, A., Goldman, D., Acker, L., Patel, G., Ng, J.H., Martufi, G., and Finol, E.A., 2010, “Semi-automatic vessel wall detection and quantification of wall thickness in computed tomography images of human abdominal aortic aneurysms,” Medical Physics, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 638-648. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3284976

17. Siewiorek, G.M., Wholey, M.H, and Finol, E.A., 2009, “In vitro performance assessment of distal protection filters: pulsatile flow conditions,” Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 735-743. https://doi.org/10.1583/09-2874.1

16. Rodriguez, J.F., Martufi, G., Doblare, M., and Finol, E.A., 2009, “The effect of material model formulation in the stress analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp. 2218-2221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-009-9767-1

15. Martufi, G., Di Martino, E.S., Amon, C.H., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2009, “Three-dimensional geometrical characterization of abdominal aortic aneurysms: image-based wall thickness distribution,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 6, 061015 {11 pages}. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3127256

14. Siewiorek, G.M., Finol, E.A., and Wholey, M.H., 2009, “Clinical significance and technical assessment of stent cell geometry in carotid artery stenting,” Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1583/08-2583.1

13. Siewiorek, G.M., Wholey, M.H, and Finol, E.A., 2008, “Vascular resistance in the carotid artery: an in vitro investigation of embolic protection filters,” Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 19, No. 10, pp. 1467-1476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2008.07.007

12. Scotti, C.M., Jimenez, J., Muluk, S.C., and Finol, E.A., 2008, “Wall stress and flow dynamics in abdominal aortic aneurysms: finite element analysis vs. fluid-structure interaction,” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 301-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255840701827412

11. Siewiorek, G.M., Eskandari, M.K., Finol, E.A., 2008, “The Angioguard^TM embolic protection device,” Expert Review of Medical Devices, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1586/17434440.5.3.287

10. Finol, E.A., Siewiorek, G.M., Scotti, C.M., Wholey, M.H, and Wholey, M.H., 2008, “Wall apposition assessment and performance comparison of distal protection filters,” Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1583/07-2272.1

9. Siewiorek, G.M., Wholey, M.H, and Finol, E.A., 2007, “In vitro performance assessment of distal protection devices for carotid artery stenting: effect of physiologic anatomy on vascular resistance,” Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 712–724.https://doi.org/10.1177/152660280701400517

8. Scotti, C.M. and Finol, E.A., 2007, “Compliant biomechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a fluid-structure interaction study,” Computers and Structures, Vol. 85, Nos. 11-14, pp. 1097-1113.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.08.041

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