Publications

PUBLISHED WORK-Journal Papers (PubMed Link)

J.N. Oshinski, J.L. Curtain, S.B. Peterman, F. Loth, “Wall shear stress measurements in the carotid arteries of patients with bi-lateral carotid bulb atherosclerosis and in asymptomatic volunteers,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (submitted).

S.W. Lee, M.A. Curi, Z.K. Baldwin, V. Balasubramanian, F. Loth, L.B. Schwartz, "The hydraulic consequences of vein graft tapering," Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 785-92, October 2003. 

T. J. Royston, Y. Yazicioglu, F. Loth, “Surface response of a viscoelastic medium to subsurface acoustic sources with application to medical diagnosis,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.113, No. 2, pp. 1109-1121, February 2003.

F. Loth, P.F. Fischer, N. Arslan, C.D. Bertram, S.E. Lee, T.J. Royston, W.E. Shaalan, H.S. Bassiouny, “Transitional flow at the venous anastomosis of an arteriovenous graft: Potential activation of the ERK1/2 mechanotransduction pathway,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 49-61, February 2003. 

M.A. Curi, C.L. Skelly, C. Quint, D.H. Woo, S.L. Meyerson, A.J. Farmer, U.M. Shakur, F. Loth, L.B. Schwartz, “Longitudinal impedance is independent of outflow resistance,” Journal of Surgical Research, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 191-197, December 2002.

P.F. Fischer, G.W. Kruse, F. Loth, "Spectral element methods for transitional flows" Journal of Scientific Computing Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 81-98, December 2002.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, C.K. Zarins, D.P. Giddens, S. Glagov, H.S. Bassiouny, "Relative contribution of wall shear stress and injury in experimental intimal thickening at PTFE end-to-side arterial anastomoses," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 1, pp. 44-51, February 2002.

R.V. Yedavalli, F. Loth, A. Yardimci, W.F. Pritchard, J.N. Oshinski, L. Sadler, F. Charbel, N. Alperin, “Construction of a physical model of the human carotid artery based upon in vivo magnetic resonance images,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 4, pp. 372-376, August 2001.

N. Alperin, K. Kulkarni, F. Loth, B. Roitberg, M. Foroohar, M.F. Mafee, T. Lichtor, “Analysis of magnetic resonance imaging-based blood and cerebrospinal fluid flow measurements in patients with Chiari I malformation: A system approach,” Neurosurgical Focus, Vol. 11, No. 1, Article 6, pp. 1-10, July 2001.

F. Loth, M.A. Yardimci, N. Alperin, "Dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid in the spinal cavity," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 71-79, Feb. 2001.

M. Lei, D.P. Giddens, S.A. Jones, F. Loth, H.S. Bassiouny, “Pulsatile flow in an end-to-side vascular graft model: comparison of computations with experimental data”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 80-87, Feb. 2001.

C.L. Skelly, S.L. Meyerson, M.A. Curi, F. Loth, L.B. Schwartz, “The hemodynamics of vein grafts: Measurement and meaning,” Annals of Vascular Surgery, Jan 2001, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 110-22. also appears in French: Hémodynamique des greffes veineuses: Evaluation et signification,” Annales de Chirurgie Vasculaire.

N.J. Alperin, S.H. Lee, F. Loth, P.B. Raksin, T. Lichtor, “MR–Intracranial pressure (ICP): A method to measure intracranial elastance and pressure noninvasively by means of MR imaging: baboon and human study,” Radiology, Vol. 217, No. 3, pp. 877-885, Dec. 2000.

S.L. Meyerson, U.M. Shakur, C.L. Skelly, F. Loth, J.F. McKinsey, L.B. Schwartz, “The relationship between pre-operative duplex vein mapping and intraoperative longitudinal impedance in infrainguinal vein grafts,” Vascular Surgery, Vol. 34, No 5, pp. 393-402, Sept. 2000.

K.H. Guppy, F.T. Charbel, F. Loth, J.I. Ausman, "Hemodynamics of in-tandem stenosis of the internal carotid artery: When is carotid endarterectomy indicated?," Surgical Neurology, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 145-54, August 2000.

M. Zhao, F.T. Charbel, N. Alperin, F. Loth, M.E. Clark, “Improved phase-contrast flow quantification by three-dimensional vessel localization,” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 697-706, July 2000.

S.L. Meyerson, J. Moawad, F. Loth, C.L. Skelly, H.S. Bassiouny, J.F. McKinsey, B.L. Gewertz, L.B. Schwartz, “Effective hemodynamic diameter: An intrinsic property of vein grafts with predictive value for patency,” Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 910-917, May 2000.

J. Moawad, F. Loth, S. Brown, L.B. Schwartz, “Comparison of the resistive properties of reversed and non-reversed saphenous veins grafts: Implications for optimal graft configuration,” Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 32, pp. 559-568, Nov. 1998.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, D.P. Giddens, H.S. Bassiouny, C.K. Zarins, S. Glagov, "Measurements of velocity and wall shear stress inside a PTFE vascular graft model under steady flow conditions," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 2, pp. 187-194, May 1997.

S.A. Jones, D.P. Giddens, F. Loth, F. Kajiya, I. Morita, O. Hiramatsu, Y. Ogasawara, T. Katsuhiko, C.K. Zarins, "In-vivo measurement of blood flow velocity profiles in canine ilio-femoral anastomotic bypass grafts," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 1, pp. 30-38, Feb. 1997.

J.N. Oshinski, D.N. Ku, S. Mukundan, F. Loth, R.I. Pettigrew, "Determination of wall shear stress in the abdominal aorta using MR phase velocity mapping," Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 640-647, Nov. 1995.

S.S. White, C.K. Zarins, D.P. Giddens, H.S. Bassiouny, F. Loth, S.A. Jones, S. Glagov, "Hemodynamic patterns in two flow models of end-to-side vascular graft anastomoses: Effects of pulsatility, flow division, Reynolds number and hood length," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 115, No. 1, pp. 104-111, Feb. 1993.


PUBLISHED WORK-Book Chapters

M.A. Grevious, F. Loth, S.A. Jones, N. Arslan, M.A. Curi, L.B. Schwartz, H.S. Bassiouny, “Technical Considerations in the Construction of Vascular Anastomoses,” book chapter entitled: Biomedical Technology and Devices Handbook, Edited by James Moore and George Zouridakis, CRC Press LLC, 24:1-19, 2004.

C.L. Skelly, M.A. Curi, S.L. Meyerson, V. Balasubramanian, Z.K. Baldwin, F. Loth, S. Lee, L.B. Schwartz, accepted for publication as a book chapter entitled: Infrainguinal Vascular Disease, Unbound Surgery. 

D.P. Giddens, D.T. Tongdar, F. Loth, "Fluid mechanics of arterial bifurcations," book chapter in Biological Flows, Edited by Michel Y. Jaffrin and Colin Caro, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 51-68, 1995.

PUBLISHED WORK-Conference and Symposium Papers

M.A. Curi, C.L. Skelly, C. Quint, Z.K. Baldwin, S.L. Meyerson, A.J. Farmer, U.M. Shakur, F. Loth, L.B. Schwartz, “Longitudinal impedance is independent of outflow resistance,” Presented at the 25th World Congress of the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cancun, Mexico, September 12, 2001.

S.W. Lee, F. Loth, T.J. Royston, P.F. Fischer, W.E. Shaalan, H.S. Bassiouny, “Turbulence induced vein-wall vibration may play a role in arteriovenous dialysis graft failure,” World Congress of Biomechanics, Proceedings CD, Calgary, Canada, Aug. 2002.

F. Loth, S.L. Meyerson, C.L. Skelly, M.A. Curi, L.B. Schwartz, “Effective hemodynamic diameter: a parameter with predictive value for patency,” World Congress of Biomechanics, Proceedings CD, Calgary, Canada, Aug. 2002.

W. Kalata, S.E. Lee, N. Alperin, P.F. Fischer, F. Loth, “Numerical simulation of cerebrospinal fluid motion within a healthy and diseased spinal canal,” World Congress of Biomechanics, Proceedings CD, Calgary, Canada, Aug. 2002.

S.E. Lee, F. Loth, P. Fischer, “Unstructured hexahedral mesh based on conduction temperature distribution,” World Congress of Biomechanics, Proceedings CD, Calgary, Canada, Aug. 2002.

W. Kalata, S. Lee, N.E. Piersol, N. Alperin, P.F. Fischer, F. Loth, “Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid motion within the spinal cavity,” Proceedings of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference, BED-Vol. 50, R.D. Kamm, J.W. Schmid-Schnbein, G.A. Ateshian, M.S. Hefzy, Eds., Snowbird, Utah, pp. 449-50, June 2001.

N.E. Piersol, S. Lee, W. Kalata, F. Loth, P.F. Fischer, N. Alperin, H.B. Bassiouny, “Automated simulation of velocity and wall shear stress patterns inside a healthy carotid bifurcation,” Proceedings of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference, BED-Vol. 50, R.D. Kamm, J.W. Schmid-Schnbein, G.A. Ateshian, M.S. Hefzy, Eds., Snowbird, Utah, pp. 755-6, June 2001.

S. Lee, N.E. Piersol, W. Kalata, C.L. Skelly, M.A. Curi, P.F. Fischer, F. Loth, L.B. Schwartz, “Numerical simulation of vein graft hemodynamics,” Proceedings of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference, BED-Vol. 50, R.D. Kamm, J.W. Schmid-Schnbein, G.A. Ateshian, M.S. Hefzy, Eds., Snowbird, Utah, pp.733-4, June 2001.

P.F. Fischer, N. Arslan, H.S. Bassiouny, S. Lee, F. Loth, "Comparison of experimental and numerical simulations, Proceedings of the 2000 Bioengineering Conference ASME, BED-Vol. 48, Advances in Bioengineering, T.A. Conway, Ed., pp. 275-276, Nov. 2000.

M.A. Yardimci, F. Loth, N. Alperin, “Hydrodynamic modeling of cerebrospinal fluid motion within the spinal cavity," Proceedings of the 2000 Bioengineering Conference ASME, BED-Vol. 48, Advances in Bioengineering, T.A. Conway, Ed., pp. 291-292, Nov. 2000.

S. Lee, N. Piersol, F. Loth, P. Fischer, G. Leaf, B. Smith, R. Yedavalli, A. Yardimci, N. Alperin, L. Schwartz, "Automated mesh generation of an arterial bifurcation based upon in vivo MR images," Digest of Papers of the 2000 World Congress on Medical Physics and Bioengineering, MO-G326, Chicago, IL, July, 2000.

M.E. Clark, M. Zhao, F. Loth, N. Alperin, L. Sadler, K.H. Guppy, and F.T. Charbel, “A patient-specific numeric model for prediction of clinical outcomes in the cerebral circulation using MR flow measurements,” Proceedings of MICCAI’99, September, 1999, London, England.

F. Loth, K. Kang, M. Lei, “Numerical simulation of pulsatile flow inside an end-to-side vascular graft,” Proceedings of the 1998 Bioengineering Conference ASME, BED-Vol. 39, Advances in Bioengineering, pp. 79-80.

N. Alperin, A. Yardimci, F. Loth, J. A. Goodwin, K. Slavin, “Correlation between MRI derived craniospinal elastance and invasive mean intracranial pressure,” Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance and Medicine, Vol. 3, pp. 2153, 1998.

M. Lei, D.P. Giddens, S.A. Jones, F. Loth, H. Bassiouny, “Computational flow simulation in a distal anastomosis in comparison with LDA measurements,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 25, Suppl. 1, pp. S-21, 1997.

F. Loth, K. Kang, T. Budinger, "A preliminary study to examine the accuracy of blood flow rate estimates from in vivo MR measurement of centerline velocity," Proceedings of the 1997 Bioengineering Conference ASME, K.B. Chandran, R. Vanderby, M.S. Hefzy, Eds., BED-Vol. 35, pp. 373-374, 1997. 

N. Arslan, F. Loth, S.A. Jones, H.S. Bassiouny, S. Glagov, "Turbulence measurements inside an arterio-venous graft under steady flow conditions," Proceedings of the 1997 Bioengineering Conference ASME, K.B. Chandran, R. Vanderby, M.S. Hefzy, Eds., BED-Vol. 35, pp. 365-366, 1997.

W.H. Newren Jr., R.M. Albrecht, F. Loth, "The kinetic vascular simulator: a system for investigating flow-dependent surface phenomena on vascular materials," Proceedings of the 1997 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Vol. 20, pp. 21, 1997.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, H.S. Bassiouny, D.P. Giddens, C.K. Zarins, S. Glagov, "A correlative study of intimal thickening and wall shear stress inside a canine vascular graft model," ASME WAM, San Francisco CA, 1995 Advances in Bioengineering, Edited by M.L. Hull, BED Vol. 31, pp. 167-8, 1995.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, D.P. Giddens, J.P. Fontaine, V. Deplano, R. Rieu, "Finite element solution of the velocity and wall shear stress distribution inside a vascular graft geometry under steady flow conditions," 1995 ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Hilton Head, SC, Bio-medical Fluids Engineering, Edited by R.A. Gerbsch and K. Ohba, FED-Vol. 212, pp. 37-43, 1995.

S.A. Jones, F. Loth, D.P. Giddens, F. Kajiya, I. Morita, O. Hiramatsu, Y. Ogasawara, K. Tsujioka, C.K. Zarins, "Comparison between in-vivo and in-vitro measurements on canine ilio-femoral anastomotic bypass grafts," 1995 ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Hilton Head, SC, Bio-medical Fluids Engineering, Edited by R.A. Gerbsch and K. Ohba, FED-Vol. 212, pp. 29-36, 1995.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, D.P. Giddens, H.S. Bassiouny, S. Glagov, C.K. Zarins, "Wall shear stress measurements inside a vascular graft model under pulsatile flow conditions," ASME Beaver Creek, CO, Proceedings of the 1995 Bioengineering Conference, Edited by R.M. Hochmuth, N.A. Langrana, M.S. Hefzy, BED Vol. 29, pp. 9-10, 1995.

J.N. Oshinski, D.N. Ku, F. Loth, R.I. Pettigrew, "Determination of wall shear stress in the abdominal aorta using magnetic resonance phase velocity mapping," ASME Beaver Creek, CO, Proceedings of the 1995 Bioengineering Conference, Edited by R.M. Hochmuth, N.A. Langrana, M.S. Hefzy, BED-Vol. 29, pp. 3-4, 1995.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, D.P Giddens, L.J. Brossollet, "Accuracy of wall shear stress estimates from laser Doppler anemometry measurements under unsteady flow conditions," ASME WAM, Chicago, IL, Advances in Bioengineering, Edited by M.J. Askew, BED Vol. 128, pp. 307-8, 1994.

F. Loth, J.P. Fontaine, V. Deplano, R. Rieu, S.A. Jones, "Numerical simulation of steady flow inside an end-to-side vascular graft," ASME WAM Chicago, IL, Advances in Bioengineering, Edited by M.J. Askew, BED-Vol. 128, pp. 431-2, 1994.

F. Loth, S.A. Jones, H.S. Bassiouny, D.P. Giddens, C.K. Zarins, S. Glagov, "Laser Doppler velocity measurements inside a vascular graft model under steady flow conditions," ASME Breckenridge, CO, Bioengineering Conference Proceedings, Edited by N.A. Langrana, M.H. Friedman, E.S. Grood, BED-Vol. 24, pp. 48-51, 1993.