List of works - Robin Shandas

A heparin-mimicking reverse thermal gel for controlled delivery of positively charged proteins

scientific article

A microstructural hyperelastic model of pulmonary arteries under normo- and hypertensive conditions.

scientific article published in August 2005

A microstructurally driven model for pulmonary artery tissue

scientific article published on May 2011

A novel cationic microbubble coated with stearic acid-modified polyethylenimine to enhance DNA loading and gene delivery by ultrasound

scientific article

A novel microfluidic chip for assessing dynamic adhesion behavior of cell-targeting microbubbles

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Accuracy of flow convergence estimates of mitral regurgitant flow rates obtained by use of multiple color flow Doppler M-mode aliasing boundaries: an experimental animal study

scientific article published in February 1993

Accuracy of the Bernoulli equation for estimation of pressure gradient across stenotic Blalock-Taussig shunts: an in vitro and numerical study.

scientific article published in September 2000

Advantages in using multifrequency excitation of contrast microbubbles for enhancing echo particle image velocimetry techniques: initial numerical studies using rectangular and triangular waves

scientific article published in January 2005

An artificial right ventricle for failing fontan: in vitro and computational study

scientific article published in July 2009

An investigation of industrial molding compounds for use in 3D ultrasound, MRI, and CT imaging phantoms.

scientific article

Aortic input impedance increases with age in healthy men and women

scientific article published on 02 May 2005

Application of a microstructural constitutive model of the pulmonary artery to patient-specific studies: validation and effect of orthotropy

scientific article published on April 2007

Biocompatibility and tissue integration of a novel shape memory surgical mesh for ventral hernia: in vivo animal studies.

scientific article

Bubble-test method for synthetic and bovine vascular material

scientific article published on 08 August 2005

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers using commercial multi-user MUMPs process: capability and limitations.

scientific article

Characterization of micro-invasive trabecular bypass stents by ex vivo perfusion and computational flow modeling.

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Characterizing vortex ring behavior during ventricular filling with Doppler echocardiography: an in vitro study.

scientific article published in February 2004

Cine magnetic resonance imaging and color Doppler flow mapping displays of flow velocity, spatial acceleration, and jet formation: a comparative in vitro study

scientific article

Color flow Doppler determination of transmitral flow and orifice area in mitral stenosis: experimental evaluation of the proximal flow-convergence method

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Comparison of in vitro velocity measurements in a scaled total cavopulmonary connection with computational predictions

scientific article published on July 2003

Comparison of mechanical behavior among the extrapulmonary arteries from rats

scientific article published on 08 May 2006

Computational Simulation of the Pulmonary Arteries and its Role in the Study of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.

scientific article

Computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary connection: insights in optimizing numerical solutions

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Cytotoxicity and thermomechanical behavior of biomedical shape-memory polymer networks post-sterilization.

scientific article published on 6 February 2008

Development of a custom-designed echo particle image velocimetry system for multi-component hemodynamic measurements: system characterization and initial experimental results

scientific article published on 14 February 2008

Development of a minimally invasive, injectable, shape memory suture and delivery system.

scientific article published on 19 January 2012

Effect of vessel size on the flow efficiency of the total cavopulmonary connection: in vitro studies

scientific article published on 19 February 2002

Effects of adjacent surfaces of different shapes on regurgitant jet sizes: an in vitro study using color Doppler imaging and laser-illuminated dye visualization.

scientific article published on November 1993

Effects of pathological flow on pulmonary artery endothelial production of vasoactive mediators and growth factors

scientific article

Efficiency differences in computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary circulation with and without compliant vessel walls

scientific article published on 07 February 2006

Enhanced Two-Stage Reactive Polymer Network Forming Systems.

scientific article

Estimation of regurgitant flow volume based on centerline velocity/distance profiles using digital color M-Q Doppler: application to orifices of different shapes.

scientific article

Extraction of pulmonary vascular compliance, pulmonary vascular resistance, and right ventricular work from single-pressure and Doppler flow measurements in children with pulmonary hypertension: a new method for evaluating reactivity: in vitro and c

scientific article published on 18 October 2004

Extubation force depends upon angle of force application and fixation technique: a study of 7 methods.

scientific article

Factors influencing pulmonary venous flow velocity patterns in mitral regurgitation: an in vitro study.

scientific article

Finite deformation thermo-mechanical behavior of thermally induced shape memory polymers

scientific article

High pulsatility flow induces adhesion molecule and cytokine mRNA expression in distal pulmonary artery endothelial cells.

scientific article published on 2 April 2009

High pulsatility flow stimulates smooth muscle cell hypertrophy and contractile protein expression

scientific article published on 19 October 2012

Hydrogel formulation determines cell fate of fetal and adult neural progenitor cells

scientific article

Impact of pulmonary vascular stiffness and vasodilator treatment in pediatric pulmonary hypertension: 21 patient-specific fluid-structure interaction studies

scientific article published on 4 October 2011

Impact of residual stretch and remodeling on collagen engagement in healthy and pulmonary hypertensive calf pulmonary arteries at physiological pressures.

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

In vivo measurement of proximal pulmonary artery elastic modulus in the neonatal calf model of pulmonary hypertension: development and ex vivo validation.

scientific article

Influence of connection geometry and SVC-IVC flow rate ratio on flow structures within the total cavopulmonary connection: a numerical study.

scientific article published in August 2002

Influence of distal resistance and proximal stiffness on hemodynamics and RV afterload in progression and treatments of pulmonary hypertension: a computational study with validation using animal models.

scientific article

Initial experience with the development and numerical and in vitro studies of a novel low-pressure artificial right ventricle for pediatric Fontan patients

scientific article published in November 2006

Insights into catheter/Doppler discrepancies in congenital aortic stenosis.

scientific article published in May 1999

Insights into the effect of aortic compliance on Doppler diastolic flow patterns seen in coarctation of the aorta: a numeric study

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Integrating a novel shape memory polymer into surgical meshes decreases placement time in laparoscopic surgery: an in vitro and acute in vivo study

scientific article

Linked opening angle and histological and mechanical aspects of the proximal pulmonary arteries of healthy and pulmonary hypertensive rats and calves.

scientific article published on 19 August 2011

Measurement uncertainty in pulmonary vascular input impedance and characteristic impedance estimated from pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasound and pressure: clinical studies on 57 pediatric patients

scientific article

Mechanics and function of the pulmonary vasculature: implications for pulmonary vascular disease and right ventricular function.

scientific article published on January 2012

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a breast-cancer targeting ultrasound contrast agent.

scientific article

Nature of flow acceleration into a finite-sized orifice: steady and pulsatile flow studies on the flow convergence region using simultaneous ultrasound Doppler flow mapping and laser Doppler velocimetry

scientific article published on April 1995

Non-invasive determination by cardiovascular magnetic resonance of right ventricular-vascular coupling in children and adolescents with pulmonary hypertension

scientific article

Noninvasive measurement of steady and pulsating velocity profiles and shear rates in arteries using echo PIV: in vitro validation studies.

scientific article published in August 2004

Noninvasive methods for determining pulmonary vascular function in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: application of a mechanical oscillator model.

scientific article

Nucleus replacement device failure: a case report and biomechanical study

scientific article published in October 2010

Numerical modeling of microbubble backscatter to optimize ultrasound particle image velocimetry imaging: initial studies.

scientific article

Paclitaxel-liposome-microbubble complexes as ultrasound-triggered therapeutic drug delivery carriers.

scientific article published on 7 January 2013

Photopolymerized Thiol-Ene Systems as Shape Memory Polymers

scientific article

Pulmonary vascular input impedance is a combined measure of pulmonary vascular resistance and stiffness and predicts clinical outcomes better than pulmonary vascular resistance alone in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension.

scientific article

Pulmonary vascular stiffness: measurement, modeling, and implications in normal and hypertensive pulmonary circulations

scientific article

Quantification of hemodynamic wall shear stress in patients with bicuspid aortic valve using phase-contrast MRI

scientific article

Real-time 3-dimensional volumetric ultrasound imaging of the vena contracta for stenotic valves with the use of echocardiographic contrast imaging: in vitro pulsatile flow studies

scientific article

Real-time texture analysis for identifying optimum microbubble concentration in 2-D ultrasonic particle image velocimetry.

scientific article

Requirement for accurate measurement of regurgitant stroke volume by the combined continuous-wave Doppler and color Doppler flow convergence method

scientific article

Simulations of congenital septal defect closure and reactivity testing in patient-specific models of the pediatric pulmonary vasculature: A 3D numerical study with fluid-structure interaction

scientific article

The design and fabrication of two portal vein flow phantoms by different methods.

scientific article

Theoretical predictions of harmonic generation from submicron ultrasound contrast agents for nonlinear biomedical ultrasound imaging

scientific article published on 11 January 2006

Thermomechanics of the shape memory effect in polymers for biomedical applications

scientific article

Unconstrained recovery characterization of shape-memory polymer networks for cardiovascular applications

scientific article

Utility of the proximal jet width in the assessment of regurgitant and stenotic orifices--effect of low velocity filter and comparison to actual vena contracta width: an in vitro and numerical study.

scientific article

Utility of three-dimensional ultrasound Doppler flow reconstruction of the proximal jet to quantify effective orifice area: in vitro steady and pulsatile flow studies.

scientific article

Wall shear stress measured by phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children and adolescents with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Wave scattering from encapsulated microbubbles subject to high-frequency ultrasound: contribution of higher-order scattering modes

scientific article

List of works by Robin Shandas

A heparin-mimicking reverse thermal gel for controlled delivery of positively charged proteins

A microstructural hyperelastic model of pulmonary arteries under normo- and hypertensive conditions.

A microstructurally driven model for pulmonary artery tissue

A novel cationic microbubble coated with stearic acid-modified polyethylenimine to enhance DNA loading and gene delivery by ultrasound

A novel microfluidic chip for assessing dynamic adhesion behavior of cell-targeting microbubbles

Accuracy of flow convergence estimates of mitral regurgitant flow rates obtained by use of multiple color flow Doppler M-mode aliasing boundaries: an experimental animal study

Accuracy of the Bernoulli equation for estimation of pressure gradient across stenotic Blalock-Taussig shunts: an in vitro and numerical study.

Advantages in using multifrequency excitation of contrast microbubbles for enhancing echo particle image velocimetry techniques: initial numerical studies using rectangular and triangular waves

An artificial right ventricle for failing fontan: in vitro and computational study

An investigation of industrial molding compounds for use in 3D ultrasound, MRI, and CT imaging phantoms.

Aortic input impedance increases with age in healthy men and women

Application of a microstructural constitutive model of the pulmonary artery to patient-specific studies: validation and effect of orthotropy

Biocompatibility and tissue integration of a novel shape memory surgical mesh for ventral hernia: in vivo animal studies.

Bubble-test method for synthetic and bovine vascular material

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers using commercial multi-user MUMPs process: capability and limitations.

Characterization of micro-invasive trabecular bypass stents by ex vivo perfusion and computational flow modeling.

Characterizing vortex ring behavior during ventricular filling with Doppler echocardiography: an in vitro study.

Cine magnetic resonance imaging and color Doppler flow mapping displays of flow velocity, spatial acceleration, and jet formation: a comparative in vitro study

Color flow Doppler determination of transmitral flow and orifice area in mitral stenosis: experimental evaluation of the proximal flow-convergence method

Comparison of in vitro velocity measurements in a scaled total cavopulmonary connection with computational predictions

Comparison of mechanical behavior among the extrapulmonary arteries from rats

Computational Simulation of the Pulmonary Arteries and its Role in the Study of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.

Computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary connection: insights in optimizing numerical solutions

Cytotoxicity and thermomechanical behavior of biomedical shape-memory polymer networks post-sterilization.

Development of a custom-designed echo particle image velocimetry system for multi-component hemodynamic measurements: system characterization and initial experimental results

Development of a minimally invasive, injectable, shape memory suture and delivery system.

Effect of vessel size on the flow efficiency of the total cavopulmonary connection: in vitro studies

Effects of adjacent surfaces of different shapes on regurgitant jet sizes: an in vitro study using color Doppler imaging and laser-illuminated dye visualization.

Effects of pathological flow on pulmonary artery endothelial production of vasoactive mediators and growth factors

Efficiency differences in computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary circulation with and without compliant vessel walls

Enhanced Two-Stage Reactive Polymer Network Forming Systems.

Estimation of regurgitant flow volume based on centerline velocity/distance profiles using digital color M-Q Doppler: application to orifices of different shapes.

Extraction of pulmonary vascular compliance, pulmonary vascular resistance, and right ventricular work from single-pressure and Doppler flow measurements in children with pulmonary hypertension: a new method for evaluating reactivity: in vitro and c

Extubation force depends upon angle of force application and fixation technique: a study of 7 methods.

Factors influencing pulmonary venous flow velocity patterns in mitral regurgitation: an in vitro study.

Finite deformation thermo-mechanical behavior of thermally induced shape memory polymers

High pulsatility flow induces adhesion molecule and cytokine mRNA expression in distal pulmonary artery endothelial cells.

High pulsatility flow stimulates smooth muscle cell hypertrophy and contractile protein expression

Hydrogel formulation determines cell fate of fetal and adult neural progenitor cells

Impact of pulmonary vascular stiffness and vasodilator treatment in pediatric pulmonary hypertension: 21 patient-specific fluid-structure interaction studies

Impact of residual stretch and remodeling on collagen engagement in healthy and pulmonary hypertensive calf pulmonary arteries at physiological pressures.

In vivo measurement of proximal pulmonary artery elastic modulus in the neonatal calf model of pulmonary hypertension: development and ex vivo validation.

Influence of connection geometry and SVC-IVC flow rate ratio on flow structures within the total cavopulmonary connection: a numerical study.

Influence of distal resistance and proximal stiffness on hemodynamics and RV afterload in progression and treatments of pulmonary hypertension: a computational study with validation using animal models.

Initial experience with the development and numerical and in vitro studies of a novel low-pressure artificial right ventricle for pediatric Fontan patients

Insights into catheter/Doppler discrepancies in congenital aortic stenosis.

Insights into the effect of aortic compliance on Doppler diastolic flow patterns seen in coarctation of the aorta: a numeric study

Integrating a novel shape memory polymer into surgical meshes decreases placement time in laparoscopic surgery: an in vitro and acute in vivo study

Linked opening angle and histological and mechanical aspects of the proximal pulmonary arteries of healthy and pulmonary hypertensive rats and calves.

Measurement uncertainty in pulmonary vascular input impedance and characteristic impedance estimated from pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasound and pressure: clinical studies on 57 pediatric patients

Mechanics and function of the pulmonary vasculature: implications for pulmonary vascular disease and right ventricular function.

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a breast-cancer targeting ultrasound contrast agent.

Nature of flow acceleration into a finite-sized orifice: steady and pulsatile flow studies on the flow convergence region using simultaneous ultrasound Doppler flow mapping and laser Doppler velocimetry

Non-invasive determination by cardiovascular magnetic resonance of right ventricular-vascular coupling in children and adolescents with pulmonary hypertension

Noninvasive measurement of steady and pulsating velocity profiles and shear rates in arteries using echo PIV: in vitro validation studies.

Noninvasive methods for determining pulmonary vascular function in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: application of a mechanical oscillator model.

Nucleus replacement device failure: a case report and biomechanical study

Numerical modeling of microbubble backscatter to optimize ultrasound particle image velocimetry imaging: initial studies.

Paclitaxel-liposome-microbubble complexes as ultrasound-triggered therapeutic drug delivery carriers.

Photopolymerized Thiol-Ene Systems as Shape Memory Polymers

Pulmonary vascular input impedance is a combined measure of pulmonary vascular resistance and stiffness and predicts clinical outcomes better than pulmonary vascular resistance alone in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary vascular stiffness: measurement, modeling, and implications in normal and hypertensive pulmonary circulations

Quantification of hemodynamic wall shear stress in patients with bicuspid aortic valve using phase-contrast MRI

Real-time 3-dimensional volumetric ultrasound imaging of the vena contracta for stenotic valves with the use of echocardiographic contrast imaging: in vitro pulsatile flow studies

Real-time texture analysis for identifying optimum microbubble concentration in 2-D ultrasonic particle image velocimetry.

Requirement for accurate measurement of regurgitant stroke volume by the combined continuous-wave Doppler and color Doppler flow convergence method

Simulations of congenital septal defect closure and reactivity testing in patient-specific models of the pediatric pulmonary vasculature: A 3D numerical study with fluid-structure interaction

The design and fabrication of two portal vein flow phantoms by different methods.

Theoretical predictions of harmonic generation from submicron ultrasound contrast agents for nonlinear biomedical ultrasound imaging

Thermomechanics of the shape memory effect in polymers for biomedical applications

Unconstrained recovery characterization of shape-memory polymer networks for cardiovascular applications

Utility of the proximal jet width in the assessment of regurgitant and stenotic orifices--effect of low velocity filter and comparison to actual vena contracta width: an in vitro and numerical study.

Utility of three-dimensional ultrasound Doppler flow reconstruction of the proximal jet to quantify effective orifice area: in vitro steady and pulsatile flow studies.

Wall shear stress measured by phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children and adolescents with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Wave scattering from encapsulated microbubbles subject to high-frequency ultrasound: contribution of higher-order scattering modes