Preprints

2026

Juampablo E. Heras Rivera, Daniel K. Low, Xavier Xiong, Jacob J. Ruzevick, Daniel D. Child, Wen-wai Yim, Mehmet Kurt, Asma Ben Abacha. "CoRe-BT: A Multimodal Radiology–Pathology–Text Benchmark for Robust Brain Tumor Typing," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.03618, March 2026.

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Agamdeep S. Chopra, Caitlin Neher, Tianyi Ren, Juampablo E. Heras Rivera, Hesam Jahanian, Mehmet Kurt. "Interpretable Tau-PET Synthesis from Multimodal T1-Weighted and FLAIR MRI Using Partial Information Decomposition Guided Disentangled Quantized Half-UNet," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.22545, February 2026.

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Juampablo E. Heras Rivera, Dickson T. Chen, Tianyi Ren, Daniel K. Low, Asma Ben Abacha, Alberto Santamaria-Pang, Mehmet Kurt. "BTReport: A Framework for Brain Tumor Radiology Report Generation with Clinically Relevant Features," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.16006, February 2026.

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2025

Tianyi Ren, Daniel Low, Pittra Jaengprajak, Juampablo Heras Rivera, Jacob Ruzevick, Mehmet Kurt. "Clinical Interpretability of Deep Learning Segmentation Through Shapley-Derived Agreement and Uncertainty Metrics," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.07224, December 2025.

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Juampablo E. Heras Rivera*, Caitlin M. Neher*, Mehmet Kurt. "Real-time nonlinear inversion of magnetic resonance elastography with operator learning," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.03372, October 2025.

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Juampablo E. Heras Rivera, Hitender Oswal, Tianyi Ren, Yutong Pan, William Henry, Caitlin M. Neher, Mehmet Kurt. "Clinically-Informed Preprocessing Improves Stroke Segmentation in Low-Resource Settings," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.16004, August 2025.

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Tianyi Ren, Juampablo E. Heras Rivera, Hitender Oswal, Yutong Pan, William Henry, Sophie Walters, Mehmet Kurt. "How We Won the ISLES'24 Challenge by Preprocessing," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.18424, May 2025.

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Tianyi Ren, Juampablo Heras Rivera, Hitender Oswal, Yutong Pan, Agamdeep Chopra, Jacob Ruzevick, Mehmet Kurt. "Here Comes the Explanation: A Shapley Perspective on Multi-contrast Medical Image Segmentation," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.04645, April 2025.

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Ezequiel de la Rosa, Ruisheng Su, Mauricio Reyes, Evamaria O. Riedel, Hakim Baazaoui, Roland Wiest, Florian Kofler, Kaiyuan Yang, David Robben, Mahsa Mojtahedi, Laura van Poppel, Lucas de Vries, Anthony Winder, Kimberly Amador, Nils D. Forkert, Gyeongyeon Hwang, Jiwoo Song, Dohyun Kim, Eneko Uruñuela, Annabella Bregazzi, Matthias Wilms, Hyun Yang, Jin Tae Kwak, Sumin Jung, Luan Matheus Trindade Dalmazo, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Moona Mazher, Abdul Qayyum, Steven Niederer, Jacob Idoko, Mariana Bento, Gouri Ginde, Tianyi Ren, Juampablo Heras Rivera, Mehmet Kurt, Carole Frindel, Susanne Wegener, Jan S. Kirschke, Benedikt Wiestler, Bjoern Menze. "ISLES'24: Final Infarct Prediction with Multimodal Imaging and Clinical Data. Where Do We Stand?" arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.10966, July 2025.

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Ai-Ling Lin, Chetan Aware*, Caitlin Neher*, Mohammad Hamdi, Aaron Ericsson, Oleksandr Khegai, James Patrie, Mehmet Kurt, Maalavika Govindarajan, Carter Woods, Kira Ivanich, David Beversdorf, Jianlin Cheng, Priti Balchandani, Mitzi Gonzales, Talissa Altes. "Rapamycin enhances neurovascular, peripheral metabolic, and immune function in cognitively normal, middle-aged APOE4 Carriers: genotype-dependent effects compared to non-carriers," Preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6214340/v1, March 2025.

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Journal Publications

2025

Alice Collier, Phoebe Haste, Elizabeth Hayman, Fargol Rezayaraghi, Tyson Lam, Sarah Waters, Mehmet Kurt, Antoine Jerusalem. "Computational model of cardiac cycle driven brain pulsation: a novel tool for brain disease exploration," Computers in Biology and Medicine, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110899, August 2025.

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Patrick Fillingham, Aymeric Pionteck, Javid Abderezaei, Ya-Chen Chuang, Puneet Belani, Brian Rigney, Reade Andrew De Leacy, Johanna T Fifi, Samantha J Holdsworth, J Mocco, David A Saloner, Michael R Levitt, Kambiz Nael, Mehmet Kurt. "Cerebral aneurysm hemodynamics indicative of instability are associated with heterogeneous wall motion measured by amplified MRI," Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2025-023486, July 2025.

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Caitlin M Neher, Em Triolo, Fargol RezayAraghi, Oleksandr Khegai, Priti Balchandani, Matthew McGarry, Mehmet Kurt. "Perfusion–mechanics coupling of the hippocampus," Interface Focus, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2024.0051, April 2025.

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Haribalan Kumar, Mehmet Kurt, Josh McGeown, Paul Condron, Jet Wright, Gonzalo Maso Talou, Joonsung Lee, Itamar Terem, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Eryn Kwon, & Samantha Holdsworth. "Dynamic visualization of brain pulsations using amplified MRI: methodology and applications," Interface Focus, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2024.0049, April 2025.

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Andrea Lecchini-Visintini, Jacobus JM Zwanenburg, Qiuting Wen, Jennifer K Nicholls, Thomas Desmidt, Stefan Catheline, Jatinder S Minhas, Chiara Robba, Mariia Dvoriashyna, Alexandra Vallet, Jeffrey Bamber, Mehmet Kurt, Emma ML Chung, Samantha Holdsworth, Stephen J Payne. "The pulsing brain: state of the art and an interdisciplinary perspective," Interface Focus, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2024.0058, April 2025.

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2024

Javid Abderezaei, Fargol RezayAraghi, Aymeric Pionteck, Ya-Chen Chuang, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Gizem Bilgili, Tianyi Ren, Tyson Lam, Tse An Lu, Miriam Scadeng, Patrick Fillingham, Peter Morgenstern, Michael Levitt, Richard G Ellenbogen, Yang Yang, Samantha J Holdsworth, Raj Shrivastava, Mehmet Kurt. "Increased hindbrain motion in Chiari I malformation patients measured through 3D amplified MRI (3D aMRI)," Brain Multiphysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brain.2024.100100, December 2024.

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Em Triolo*, Oleksandr Khegai*, Matthew DJ McGarry, Tyson Lam, Jelle Veraart, Akbar Alipour, Priti Balchandani, Mehmet Kurt. "Characterizing brain mechanics through 7 Tesla magnetic resonance elastography," Physics in Medicine and Biology, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad7fc9, September 2024.

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Ya-Chen Chuang, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Gizem Bilgili, Aymeric Pionteck, Xinyan Liu, Javid Abderezaei, Addison Quinones, William H Shuman, Shan Zhao, Richard Ellenbogen, Raj K Shrivastava, Mehmet Kurt. "Multi-dimensional morphometric and volumetric analysis of the posterior cranial fossa to study type I Chiari Malformation," World Neurosurgery, August 2024.

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Itamar Terem, Kyan Younes, Nan Wang, Paul Condron, Javid Abderezaei, Haribalan Kumar, Hillary Vossler, Eryn Kwon, Mehmet Kurt, Elizabeth Mormino, Samantha Holdsworth, Kawin Setsompop. "3D Quantitative-Amplified Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3D q-aMRI)," Bioengineering, August 2024.

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Tyler Diorio, Javid Abderezaei, Eric A Nauman, Mehmet Kurt, Yunjie Tong, Vitaliy L Rayz. "MRI-based quantification of cardiac-driven brain biomechanics for early detection of neurological disorders," bioRxiv preprint, August 2024.

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Aymeric Pionteck, Javid Abderezaei, Patrick Fillingham, Ya-Chen Chuang, Yu Sakai, Puneet Belani, Brian Rigney, Reade De Leacy, Johanna T Fifi, Aichi Chien, Geoffrey P Colby, Reza Jahan, Gary Duckwiler, James Sayre, Samantha J Holdsworth, Mahmud Mossa-Basha, Michael R Levitt, J Mocco, Mehmet Kurt, Kambiz Nael. "Intercranial aneurism wall displacement depicted by amplified Flow predicts growth," Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, DOI: 10.1136/jnis-2023-021227, February 2024.

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Tianyi Ren, Ethan Honey, Harshitha Rebala, Abhishek Sharma, Agamdeep Chopra, Mehmet Kurt. "An optimization framework for processing and transfer learning for the brain tumor segmentation," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.07008, February 2024.

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Tianyi Ren, Abhishek Sharma, Juampablo Heras Rivera, Harshitha Rebala, Ethan Honey, Agamdeep Chopra, Mehmet Kurt. "Re-DiffiNet: Modeling discrepancies in tumor segmentation using diffusion," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.07354, February 2024.

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Bhakti Baheti, Satrajit Chakrabarty, Hamed Akbari, ..., Javid Abderezaei, Aymeric Pionteck, Agamdeep Chopra, Mehmet Kurt, ..., Spyridon Bakas, Diana Waldmannstetter. "The Brain Tumor Sequence Registration (BraTS-Reg) Challenge: Establishing Correspondence Between Pre-Operative and Follow-up MRI Scans of Diffuse Glioma Patients," arXiv preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.06979, last revised April 2024.

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2023

Haribalan Kumar, Itamar Terem, Mehmet Kurt, Eryn Kwon, & Samantha Holdsworth. "Amplified MRI and Physiological brain tissue motion," Advances in Magnetic Resonance Technology and Applications, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824460-9.00003-0, January 1, 2023.

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Ya-Chen Chuang, Ace Alcantara, Gloria Fabris, Javid Abderezaei, Tse-An Lu, Carmen V Melendez-Vasquez, & Mehmet Kurt. "Myelination dictates axonal viscoelasticity," European Journal of Neuroscience, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15954, April 2023.

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Elliot W Hawkes, David B Camarillo, Srinivasan Arul Suresh, Mehmet Kurt, Michael G Fanton, Mark R Cutkosky. "Constant force impact protection device," US Patent Number 11632999, April 25, 2023.

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Fargol Rezayaraghi, Javid Abderezaei, Efe Ozkaya, Devlin Stein, Aymeric Pionteck, Mehmet Kurt. "Modal analysis of computational human brain dynamics during helmeted impacts," Brain Multiphysics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brain.2023.100082, December 2023.

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Patrick Fillingham, Swati Rane Levendovszky, Jalal Andre, Michael Bindschadler, Seth Friedman, Mehmet Kurt, Alberto Aliseda, Michael R Levitt. "Noninvasive, patient-specific computational fluid dynamics simulations of dural venous sinus pressures in idiopathic intracranial hypertension," Brain Multiphysics, December 2023.

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Patrick Fillingham, Julia Romero Bhathal, Laurel MM Marsh, Michael C Barbour, Mehmet Kurt, Ciprian N Ionita, Jason M Davies, Alberto Aliseda, Michael R Levitt. "Improving the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics simulations of coiled cerebral aneurysms using finite element modeling," Journal of Biomechanics, August 2023.

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Alejandro Carrasquilla, Ya-Chen Chuang, Gizem Bilgili, Aymeric Pionteck, Xinyan Liu, Javid Abderezaei, Addison Quinones, William H Shuman, Shan Zhao, Mehmet Kurt, Raj K Shrivastava. "Morphometric and Volumetric Changes Associated with Syrinx Formation in Chiari I Malformation," Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, February 2023.

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2022

William H Shuman, Aislyn DiRisio, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Colin D Lamb, Addison Quinones, Aymeric Pionteck, Yang Yang, Mehmet Kurt, Raj K Shrivastava. "Is there a morphometric cause of Chiari malformation type 1? Analysis of existing literature," Neurosurgical Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-021-01592-4, February 2022.

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J Abderezaei, A Pionteck, A Chopra, M Kurt. "3D Inception-Based TransMorph: Pre- and Post-operative Multi-contrast MRI Registration in Brain Tumors," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2212.04579.

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P. Fillingham, M Levitt, M Kurt, D Lim, E Federico, J Keen, A Aliseda. "E-177 Machine learning model for the prediction of patient-specific waveforms of blood flow through the internal carotid artery," Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2022-SNIS.288, July 2022.

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Patrick Fillingham, Swati Rane Levendovszky, Jalal Andre, Carolyn Parsey, Michael Bindschadler, Seth Friedman, Mehmet Kurt, Alberto Aliseda, & Michael R Levitt. "Patient-specific computational fluid dynamic simulation of cerebrospinal fluid flow in the intracranial space," Brain Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147962, June 3, 2022.

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Aymeric Pionteck, Javid Abderezaei, Patrick Fillingham, Ya-Chen Chuang, Yu Sakai, Puneet Belani, Brian Rigney, Reade De Leacy, Johanna Fifi, Aichi Chien, Pablo Villablanca, Geoffrey Colby, Reza Jahan, Gary Duckwiler, James Sayre, Samantha J Holdsworth, Michael Levitt, J Mocco, Mehmet Kurt, & Kambiz Nael. "Intracranial Aneurysm Wall Displacement Predicts Instability," medRxiv, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.02.22275917, January 1, 2022.

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Kaveh Laksari, Mehmet Kurt, Lyndia Chun Wu. "Concussion Mechanism: Biomechanical Perspectives," in Tackling the Concussion Epidemic, p. 1-24. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93813-0_1, March 31, 2022.

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W. Meinhold, E. Ozkaya, D. Petti, V. Rice, E. Triolo, F. Rezayaraghi, P. Kennedy, L. Fleysher, A. Hu, J. Ueda, M. Kurt. "Towards Image Guided Magnetic Resonance Elastography via Active Driver Positioning Robot," in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2022.3168494, April 19, 2022.

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Emily Rose Triolo, Oleksandr Khegai, Efe Ozkaya, Nicholas Rossi, Akbar Alipour, Lazar Fleysher, Priti Balchandani, Mehmet Kurt. "Design, Construction, and Implementation of a Magnetic Resonance Elastography Actuator for Research Purposes," Current Protocols. Volume 2, Issue 3, e379. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.379, March 14, 2022.

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Alireza Mojahed, Javid Abderezaei, Efe Ozkaya, Lawrence Bergman, Alexander Vakakis, Mehmet Kurt. "Predictive Helmet Optimization Framework Based on Reduced-Order Modeling of the Brain Dynamics," Annals of Biomedical Engineering. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-022-02908-1, 2022.

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Michael G Fanton, David B Camarillo, Kaveh Laksari, Lyndia Chun Wu, Mehmet Kurt, Taylor H Nguyen. "Systems, Devices, and Methods for Assessment of Brain Injury." US Patent Application Number 17/413,918, March 3, 2022.

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2021

Javid Abderezaei, Fargol Rezayaraghi, Brigit Kain, Andrea Menichetti, and Mehmet Kurt. "An Overview of the Effectiveness of Bicycle Helmet Designs in Impact Testing," Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9:718407. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.718407, 2021.

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William H Shuman, Aislyn DiRisio, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Colin D Lamb, Addison Quinones, Aymeric Pionteck, Yang Yang, Mehmet Kurt, and Raj K Shrivastava. "Is there a morphometric cause of Chiari malformation type I? Analysis of existing literature," Neurosurgical Review, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-021-01592-4, July 13, 2021.

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Itamar Terem, Leo Dang, Allen Champagne, Javid Abderezaei, Aymeric Pionteck, Zainab Almadan, Anna‐Maria Lydon, Mehmet Kurt, Miriam Scadeng, Samantha J Holdsworth. "3D amplified MRI (aMRI)," Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28797, March 17, 2021.

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E. Ozkaya, E.R. Triolo, F. Rezayaraghi, J. Abderezaei, W. Meinhold, K. Hong, A. Alipour, P. Kennedy, L. Fleysher, J. Ueda, P. Balchandani, M. Eriten, C.L. Johnson, Y. Yang, M. Kurt. "Brain-mimicking phantom for biomechanical validation of motion sensitive MR imaging techniques," Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, doi: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-158029/v1, July 7, 2021.

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Javid Abderezaei, Aymeric Pionteck, Itamar Terem, Leo Dang, Miriam Scadeng, Peter Morgenstern, Raj Shrivastava, Samantha J. Holdsworth, Yang Yang, and Mehmet Kurt. "Development, calibration, and testing of 3D amplified MRI (aMRI) for the quantification of intrinsic brain motion," Brain Multiphysics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brain.2021.100022, May 5, 2021.

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Itamar Terem*, Leo Dang*, Allen Champagne, Javid Abderezaei, Aymeric Pionteck, Zainab Almadan, Anna‐Maria Lydon, Mehmet Kurt, Miriam Scadeng, and Samantha J. Holdsworth. "3D Amplified MRI (aMRI)," Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28797, May 5, 2021.

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2020

Efe Ozkaya*, Gloria Fabris*, Fabiola Macruz*, Zeynep M. Suar, Javid Abderezaei, Bochao Su, Kaveh Laksari, Lyndia Wu, David B. Camarillo, Kim B. Pauly, Max Wintermark, and Mehmet Kurt. "Viscoelasticity of children and adolescent brains through MR elastography," Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104229, Dec. 19, 2020.

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Matthew C. Sinton, Katie Nicoll Baines, Kiri A. Thornalley, Vinodh Ilangovan, and Mehmet Kurt. "Increasing the Visibility of LGBTQ+ researchers in STEM," The Lancet, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32626-X, Dec. 16, 2020.

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J. Abderezaei, J. Martinez, I. Terem, G. Fabris, A. Pionteck, Y. Yang, S.J. Holdsworth, K. Nael, and M. Kurt. "Amplified Flow Imaging (aFlow): A novel MRI-based tool to unravel the coupled dynamics between the human brain and cerebrovasculature," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, doi: 10.1109/TMI.2020.3012932, 2020.

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Lv, H., Kurt, M., Zeng, N., Ozkaya, E., Marcuz, F., Wu, L., Laksari, K., Camarillo, D.B., Pauly, K.B., Wang, Z. and Wintermark, M., 2020. "MR elastography frequency–dependent and independent parameters demonstrate accelerated decrease of brain stiffness in elder subjects," European Radiology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-07054-7, 2020.

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Fanton, M., Alizadeh, H.V., Domel, A., Devlin, M., Kurt, M., Mungal, G.M., Camarillo, D.B. and Hawkes, E., 2020. "Variable area, constant force shock absorption motivated by traumatic brain injury prevention," Smart Materials and Structures, doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ab905f, 2020.

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E.W. Hawkes, D.B. Camarillo, S.A. Suresh, M. Kurt, M.G. Fanton, and M.R. Cutkosky. "Constant force impact protection device," US Patent App. 16485727, 2020.

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K. Laksari, M. Fanton, L.C. Wu, T.H. Nguyen, M. Kurt, C. Giordano, E. Kelly, E. O'Keeffe, E. Wallace, C. Doherty, M. Campbell, S. Tiernan, G. Grant, J. Ruan, S. Barbat, and D.B. Camarillo. "Multi-directional dynamic model for traumatic brain injury detection," Journal of Neurotrauma, doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.6340, 2020.

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A. Mojahed, J. Abderezaei, M. Kurt, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "A nonlinear reduced-order model of corpus callosum under coronal excitation," Journal of Biomedical Engineering, doi: 10.1115/1.4046503, 2020.

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2019

G. Fabris*, Z. Suar*, and M. Kurt. "Micromechanical heterogeneity of the rat pia-arachnoid complex," Acta Biomaterialia, doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.09.044, 2019.

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Z. Suar*, G. Fabris*, and M. Kurt. "Isolation and immunofluorescent staining of fresh rat pia-arachnoid complex tissue for micromechanical characterization," Current Protocols in Neuroscience, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpns.83, 2019. Featured Cover Article.

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J. Abderezaei, W. Zhao, C.L. Grijalva, G. Fabris, S. Ji, K. Laksari, and M. Kurt. "Nonlinear dynamical behavior of the deep white matter during head impact," Physical Review Applied, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.014058, 2019.

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M. Kurt, L. Wu, K. Laksari, E. Ozkaya, Z. Suar, H. Lv, K. Epperson, K. Epperson, A. Sawyer, D. Camarillo, K.B. Pauly, and M. Wintermark. "Optimization of a multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography protocol for the human brain," Journal of Neuroimaging, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12619, 2019.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Direct detection of nonlinear modal interactions from time series measurements," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.09.010, 2019.

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A.G. Chartrain, M. Kurt, A. Yao, R. Feng, K. Nael, J. Mocco, J.B. Bederson, P. Balchandani, and R.K. Shrivastava. "Utility of preoperative meningioma consistency measurement with magnetic resonance elastography (MRE): a review," Neurosurgical Review, doi: 10.1007/s10143-017-0862-8, 2019.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Time-series-based nonlinear system identification of strongly nonlinear attachments," Journal of Sound and Vibration, doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2018.09.033, 2019.

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K. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Direct detection of nonlinear modal interactions and model updating using measured time series," Nonlinear Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-74280-9_3, 2019.

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K.J. Moore, A. Mojahed, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Advanced nonlinear system identification for modal interactions in nonlinear structures: a review," Problems of Nonlinear Mechanics and Physics of Materials, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92234-8_7, 2019.

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2018

I. Terem, W.W. Ni, M. Goubran, M. Salmani Rahimi, G. Zaharchuk, K.W. Yeom, M.E. Moseley, M. Kurt, S.J. Holdsworth. "Revealing sub‐voxel motions of brain tissue using phase‐based amplified MRI (aMRI)," Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, doi: 10.1002/mrm.27236, 2018.

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K. Laksari, M. Kurt, H. Babaee, S. Kleiven, and D. Camarillo. "Mechanistic Insights into Human Brain Impact Dynamics through Modal Analysis," Physical Review Letters, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.138101, 2018.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Wavelet-bounded empirical mode decomposition for vibro-impact analysis," Nonlinear Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s11071-018-4276-0, 2018.

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J. Weickenmeier*, M. Kurt*, E. Ozkaya, R. deRooij, T. Ovaert, R. Ehman, K. Butts-Pauly, E. Kuhl. "Brain stiffens post-mortem," Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.04.009, 2018.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Wavelet-bounded empirical mode decomposition for measured time series analysis," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.06.005, 2018.

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J. Weickenmeier*, M. Kurt*, E. Ozkaya, M. Wintermark, K.B. Pauly, E. Kuhl. "Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Brain: A Comparison Between Pigs and Humans," Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.08.029, 2018.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Elements of a nonlinear system identification methodology of broad applicability with application to bolted joints," The Mechanics of Jointed Structures, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-56818-8_20, 2018.

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2017

A.G. Chartrain*, M. Kurt*, A. Yao, R. Feng, K. Nael, J. Mocco, J.B. Bederson, P. Balchandani, R.K. Shrivastava. "Utility of preoperative meningioma consistency measurement with magnetic resonance elastography (MRE): a review," Neurosurgical Review, doi: 10.1007/s10143-017-0862-8, 2017.

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L.C. Wu, C. Kuo, J. Loza, M. Kurt, K. Laksari, L.Z. Yanez, D. Senif, S.C. Anderson, L.E. Miller, J.E. Urban, J.D. Stitzel, D.B. Camarillo. "Detection of American Football Head Impacts Using Biomechanical Features and Support Vector Machine Classification," Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17864-3, 2017.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, J.C. Dodson, J.R. Foley, J.C. Wolfson, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear parameter identification of a mechanical interface based on primary wave scattering," Experimental Mechanics, doi: 10.1007/s11340-017-0320-0, 2017.

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K. Laksari, L. Wu, T. Nguyen, M. Kurt, M. Fanton, J. Ruan, S. Barbat, and D. Camarillo. "Multi-directional dynamic injury metric for mild brain trauma detection," Journal of Neurotrauma, 2017.

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M. Kurt, K.J. Moore, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear model updating applied to the IMAC XXXII round robin benchmark test," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.10.016, 2017.

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M. Kurt, K. Laksari, C. Kuo, G.A. Grant, and D.B. Camarillo. "Modeling and optimization of airbag helmets for preventing head injuries in bicycling," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10439-016-1732-1, 2017.

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2016

M. Kurt, K. Laksari, G. Grant, D.B. Camarillo. "Modeling and Optimization of Airbag Helmets for Preventing Head Injuries in Bicycling," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10439-016-1732-1, 2016.

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K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear system identification of mechanical interfaces based on wave scattering," Dynamics of Coupled Structures, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29763-7_32, 2016.

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M. Kurt, K.J. Moore, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear model updating methodology with application to the IMAC XXXIII round robin benchmark problem," Nonlinear Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15221-9_31, 2016.

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L.C. Wu, V. Nangia, K. Bui, B. Hammoor, M. Kurt, C. Kuo, F. Hernandez, D.B. Camarillo. "In vivo comparison of wearable head impact sensors," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10439-015-1423-3, 2016.

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2015

K. Laksari, L.C. Wu, M. Kurt, C. Kuo, D.B. Camarillo. "Resonance of human brain under head acceleration," Journal of the Royal Society Interface, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0331, 2015.

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A.F. Vakakis, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, and L.A. Bergman. "Methodology for model updating of mechanical components with local nonlinearities," Journal of Sound and Vibration, doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2015.07.012, 2015.

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2014

M. Kurt. "Identification, reduced order modeling and model updating of nonlinear mechanical systems," PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50609, 2014.

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M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Frequency-energy plots of steady-state solutions for forced and damped systems, and vibration isolation by nonlinear mode localization," Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, doi: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2013.12.018, 2014.

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M. Kurt, I. Slavkin, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, O.V. Gendelman, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Effect of 1:3 resonance on the steady-state dynamics of a forced strongly nonlinear oscillator with a linear light attachment," Archive of Applied Mechanics, doi: 10.1007/s00419-014-0877-3, 2014.

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H. Chen, M. Kurt, Y.S. Lee, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Experimental system identification of the dynamics of a vibro-impact beam with a view towards structural health monitoring and damage detection," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2013.12.014, 2014.

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M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Strongly nonlinear beats in the dynamics of an elastic system with a strong local stiffness nonlinearity: analysis and identification," Journal of Sound and Vibration, doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2013.11.021, 2014.

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2013

M. Eriten, M. Kurt, G. Luo, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear system identification of frictional effects in a beam with a bolted joint connection," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2013.03.003, 2013.

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2012

M. Kurt, H. Chen, Y.S. Lee, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear system identification of the dynamics of a vibro-impact beam: numerical results," Archive of Applied Mechanics, doi: 10.1007/s00419-012-0678-5, 2012.

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H. Chen, M. Kurt, Y.S. Lee, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, and A.F. Vakakis. "Nonlinear system identification of the dynamics of a vibro-impact beam," Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2416-1_23, 2012.

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2011

A.F. Vakakis, L.A. Bergman, D.M. McFarland, Y.S. Lee, M. Kurt. "Current Efforts Towards A Nonlinear System Identification Methodology of Broad Applicability," Invited Forward Look Article, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, doi: 10.1177/0954406211417217, 2011. Best Paper Award.​.

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Peer-Reviewed Conference & Workshop Papers

2026

Tianyi Ren, Juampablo Heras Rivera, Agamdeep Chopra, Mehmet Kurt. "Bias Mitigation for Brain Age Prediction via Age Delta Correlation Loss," 2026 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBI61048.2026.11515552, April 2026.

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Juampablo E. Heras Rivera, Hitender Oswal, Tianyi Ren, Yutong Pan, William Henry, Caitlin M. Neher, Mehmet Kurt. "Clinically-Informed Preprocessing Improves Stroke Segmentation in Low-Resource Settings," in Medical Image Computing in Resource Constrained Settings (MICCAI Workshop), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Nature Switzerland, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-13654-1_25, 2026.

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Conference Presentations & Abstracts

2026

CM Neher, T Lam, F RezayAraghi, M Kurt, "Age-related changes in volumetric pulsatile motion in the human brain," Annual Meeting of the Cerebrovascular Research Network (CARNet), September 16-18, 2026, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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CM Neher, T Lam, F RezayAraghi, M Kurt, "3D Amplified MRI Detects Reduced Pulsatile Motion In The Aging Human Brain From Early To Middle Adulthood," Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2026), July 12-15, 2026, London, United Kingdom. Virtual Poster

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CM Neher, T Lam, F RezayAraghi, M Kurt, "Regional arterial timing and pulsatile motion signatures in the human brain parenchyma," 10th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2026), July 11-15, 2026, Vancouver, Canada. Poster

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JE Heras Rivera*, CM Neher*, M Kurt, "oNLI: operator nonlinear inversion of magnetic resonance elastography data for real-time viscoelasticity reconstruction," 10th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2026), July 11-15, 2026, Vancouver, Canada. Oral Presentation

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JE Heras Rivera*, CM Neher*, M Kurt, "Real-time nonlinear inversion of magnetic resonance elastography with operator learning and spatially-adaptive normalization," 2026 ISMRM, ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 4-9 2026, Cape Town, South Africa. Oral Presentation

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CM Neher, O Khegai, LV Marcuse, MC Fields, M Kurt, P Balchandani, "Towards the assessment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with elastography and perfusion MRI at 7T," 2026 ISMRM, ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 4-9 2026, Cape Town, South Africa. Digital Poster

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CM Neher, T Lam, F Rezayaraghi, M Kurt, "Assessment of pulsatility in the aging brain with 3D amplified MRI," 2026 ISMRM, ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 4-9 2026, Cape Town, South Africa. Oral Presentation

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T Lam, P Fillingham, M McGarry, CM Neher, E Triolo, F Rezayaraghi, M Kurt, "Poroelastic Inversion of the Human Brain at 3T using Amplified MRI," 2026 ISMRM, ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 4-9 2026, Cape Town, South Africa.

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2025

C. M. Neher, O. Khegai, L. V. Marcuse, M. C. Fields, M. Kurt, P. Balchandani, "Localizing Epileptic Foci with Ultra-High Field Stiffness Mapping and Perfusion MRI," American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting 2025, December 5-9, 2025, Atlanta, GA, USA. Late-Breaking Poster

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J. E. Heras Rivera, C. M. Neher, M. Kurt, "oNLI: Operator Nonlinear Inversion for Magnetic Resonance Elastography," 3rd International Magnetic Resonance Elastography Workshop, September 18-19, 2025, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Oral Presentation

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T. Lam, P. Fillingham, E. Triolo, F. Rezayaraghi, M. Kurt, "Poroviscoelastic Inversion of the Human Brain at 3 Tesla Using Amplified MRI" 20th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE 2025), September 3-5, 2025, Barcelona, Spain. Oral Presentation

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T. Lam, E. Triolo, F. Rezayaraghi, M. Kurt, "Amplified Cine-Mri of the Healthy Human Brain at 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla" ASME Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 22-25, 2025, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, USA. Conference Poster

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C. M. Neher, E. Triolo, O. Khegai, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Vascular Contributions to Hippocampal Viscoelasticity at 3T and 7T," 2025 ISMRM Perfusion Workshop, March 15-17, 2025, Pamplona, Spain. Power Pitch and Poster

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C. M. Neher, E. Triolo, O. Khegai, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "A Unique Perfusion-Mechanics Relationship in the Hippocampus," 2025 ISMRM Annual Meeting, May 10-15, 2025, Honolulu, HI, USA. Digital Poster

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C. M. Neher, E. Triolo, O. Khegai, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "The Impact of Perfusion on Hippocampal Brain Mechanics," ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 22-25, 2025, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, USA. Podium Presentation

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2024

T. Lam, E. Triolo, M. Kurt, "A Framework for Slice-Wise Motion Correction in Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Human Brain," Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 11-14, Lake Geneva, WI, USA. Student Paper Competition Finalist Poster

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E. Triolo, M. Langan, O. Khegai, A. Diaz, S. Binder, T. Hedden, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Relationship between brain stiffness, microstructural integrity, beta-amyloid accumulation and cognitive decline in beta-amyloid positive individuals," BMEII 12th Annual Symposium, March 20-21, 2024, NYC, New York, USA.

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C. M. Neher, O. Khegai, J. Overschmidt, J. Cassani, X. Xing, A. Flemister, S. J. Green, M. Kurt, D. Q. Beversdorf, F. Xu, J. W. Grinstead, P. Balchandani, T. A. Altes, A. Lin, "Short-term Sirolimus Treatment Increases Cerebral Blood Flow in Asymptomatic APOE4 Females Determined by 3T MRI," BMEII 12th Annual Symposium, March 20-21, 2024, NYC, New York, USA. Poster

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E. Triolo, M. Langan, O. Khegai, A. Diaz, S. Binder, T. Hedden, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Relationship between brain stiffness, microstructural integrity, beta-amyloid accumulation and cognitive decline in beta-amyloid positive individuals," 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference, July 28-Aug 1, 2024, Philadelphia, USA.

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C. M. Neher, O. Khegai, J. Overschmidt, J. Cassani, X. Xing, A. Flemister, S. J. Green, M. Kurt, D. Q. Beversdorf, F. Xu, J. W. Grinstead, P. Balchandani, T. A. Altes, A. Lin, "Short-term Sirolimus Treatment Increases Cerebral Blood Flow in Asymptomatic APOE4 Females Determined by 3T MRI," 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference, July 28-Aug 1, 2024, Philadelphia, USA. Poster

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C. Neher, E. Triolo, M. Kurt, "Regional Correlation of Stiffness and Perfusion in the Human Brain at 7T MRI Through MR Elastography and Arterial Spin Labeling Techniques," Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 11-14, Lake Geneva, WI, USA. Podium Presentation

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E. Triolo, M. Langan, O. Khegai, S. Binder, T. Hedden, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "A Multi-Modal Biomechanical Imaging and Analysis Framework for Co-Correlation of 7T MR Elastography, 7T DTI, and Amyloid Deposition," 2024 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, May 4-9 2024, Singapore. Digital Poster

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E. Triolo, O. Khegai, A. Frankini, M. McGarry, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Determining the Relationship between DTI and MR Elastography Metrics in Highly Anisotropic White Matter Structures at 7T," 2024 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, May 4-9 2024, Singapore. Power Pitch

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C. Neher, E. Triolo, M. Kurt, "Regional Correlation of Stiffness and Perfusion in the Human Brain at 7T MRI through MR Elastography and Arterial Spin Labeling Techniques," 2024 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, May 4-9 2024, Singapore. Digital Poster

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2023

C. Neher, K. Green, E. Triolo, M. Kurt, "Voxelwise Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Elastography and Arterial Spin Labeled Imaging Signals in the Human Brain," Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2023, October 11-14, Seattle, WA, USA. Podium Presentation

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E. Triolo, O. Khegai, T. Lam, A. Alipour, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) of the Human Brain at 7T," Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2023, October 11-14, Seattle, WA, USA.

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E. Triolo, O. Khegai, A. Alipour, T. Hedden, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "High Resolution MR Elastography of the human brain: Technical Development and Applications in Aging and Alzheimer's disease", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 4-8, Vail, CO, USA. Podium Presentation

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E. Triolo, M. Langan, O. Khegai, A. Alipour, C. Ferreira-Autesta, A. Pionteck, J. Sutowski, T. Hedden, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, " A Biomechanical Analysis Framework for Co-Correlation of 7T MR Elastography Measures and Amyloid Beta Deposition", 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 03-08 2023, Toronto, ON, Canada. ePoster

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E. Triolo, M. Eriten, C. Johnson, M. Kurt, "Utilizing MR Elastography to Visualize Higher Harmonic Components of Wave Propagation in Phantoms with Interfaces", 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 03-08 2023, Toronto, ON, Canada. ePoster

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Mackenzie Langan, Em Rose Triolo, Oleksandr Khegai, Carolina Ferreira-Atuesta, Jonathan Sutkowski, Trey Hedden, Mehmet Kurt and Priti Balchandani, "Identifying multimodal imaging biomarkers: a framework exploring association of β-Amyloid Accumulation and Microstructural integrity at 7T", 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 03-08 2023, Toronto, ON, Canada. ePoster

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E. Triolo, O. Khegai, A. Alipour, T. Hedden, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "High Resolution MR Elastography of the Human Brain: Technical Development And Applications In Aging And Alzheimer's Disease," 11th Annual BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute Symposium, 2023, April 20-21, NYC, New York, USA, Poster and Innovation Station Exhibit

J. Abderezaei, A Pionteck, Y. Chuang, A. Carrasquilla, G. Bilgili, T. Lu, M. Scadeng, P. Fillingham, P. Morgenstern, M. R. Levitt, R. G. Ellenbogen, Y. Yang, S. J. Holdsworth, R. Shrivastava, M. Kurt, "MORPHOMETRIC AND BIOMECHANICAL INDICATORS OF CHIARI MALFORMATION I", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), May. 3-5 2023, Paris, France

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2022

J. Abderezaei*, A. Pionteck*, A. Chopra, M. Kurt, "3D Inception-Based TransMorph: Pre- and Post-operative Multi-contrast MRI Registration in Brain Tumors", International MICCAI Brain Tumor Sequence Registration (BraTS-Reg) Challenge, Sept. 18-22, Singapore.

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J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, Y. Chuang, A. Carrasquilla, G. Bilgili, I. Terem, L. Dang, M. Scadeng, P. Morgenstern, Y. Yang, S. J. Holdsworth, R. Shrivastava, M. Kurt, "Biomechanics Of The Hindbrain Motion Predicts The Diagnosis Of Chiari Malformation I", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Oct. 12-15 2022, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

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A. Chopra, A. Pionteck, J. Abderezaei, and M. Kurt, "VIT-FNO; A Robust Model For Tracking Motion In 4d-mri," Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 20-23 2022, Eastern Shore, MD, USA.

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Emily R Triolo, Oleksandr Khegai, Jelle Veraart, Akbar Alipour, Priti Balchandani, Mehmet Kurt, "How Signal-to-Noise Ratio Impacts the Apparent Stiffness of Brain Tissue in MR Elastography at 7T" Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 20-23 2022, Eastern Shore, MD, USA

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ER Triolo†, O Khegai†, J Veraart, A Alipour, T Hedden, M Kurt*, P Balchandani*, "Parameter Optimization for High-Resolution MR Elastography of the Human Brain at 7T" 2022 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 7-12 May 2022

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Ya-Chen Chuang, Aymeric Pionteck, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Javid Abderezaei, William H. Shuman, Shan Zhao, Gizem Bilgili, Raj K. Shrivastava, Mehmet Kurt, "3D volumetric analysis of Chiari Malformation Type I" 9th World Congress of Biomechanics, 10-14 July 2022, Taipei International Convention Center.

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E.R. Triolo, A. Alipour, O. Khegai, P. Balchandani, and M. Kurt, "Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) at 7T," Proceedings of the 10th Annual BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute Symposium 2022, April 27-28, 2022

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Ya-Chen Chuang, Ace Alcantara, Gloria Fabris, Javid Abderezaei, Carmen V. Melendez-Vasquez, Mehmet Kurt, "Myelination dictates axonal viscoelasticity" 9th World Congress of Biomechanics, 10-14 July 2022, Taipei International Convention Center.

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Ya-Chen Chuang, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Aymeric Pionteck, Javid Abderezaei, Addison Quinones, Gizem Bilgili, William H. Shuman, Shan Zhao, Raj K. Shrivastava, Mehmet Kurt, "MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF POSTERIOR FOSSA TO STUDY TYPE I CHIARI MALFORMATION" Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 20-23 2022, Eastern Shore, MD, USA

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A. Pionteck, D. Stein, J. Abderezaei, C. Neher, L. Wu, M. Kurt, "Creating a Platform to Study Headbanging Patterns in a Virtual Heavy Metal Concert Environment" Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 20-23 2022, Eastern Shore, MD, USA

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2021

J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, Y. Chuang, Y. Sakai, P. Belani, B. Rigney, R. D. Leacy, J. Fifi, A. Chien, R. Jahan, G. Duckwiler, J. Sayre, J. Mocco, M. Kurt, K. Nael, "Biomechanics of Intracranial Aneurysm Wall Motion Through aFlow for Assessing Rupture Risk", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Oct. 6-9 2021, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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N. A. Guner, E. Ozkaya, B. U. Vardar, M. Kurt, C. Kayali "Automatic Detection Of Hip Fracture Fixation Nail System Components From Radiographs With YOLOv4", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Oct. 6-9 2021, Orlando, Florida, USA/Virtual, Poster Presentation.

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E.R. Triolo, O. Khegai, A. Alipour, P. Kennedy, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Validation and Testing of 7T MR Elastography Sequence and Stiffness Reconstruction", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Oct. 6-9 2021, Orlando, Florida, USA/Virtual, Poster Presentation.

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A. Pionteck, J. Abderezaei, Y. Chuang, Y. Sakai, P. Belani, B. Rigney, R. D. Leacy, J. Fifi, A. Chien, R. Jahan, G. Duckwiler, J. Sayre, J. Mocco, M. Kurt, K. Nael, "Amplified Flow to Assess Wall Motion of Intracranial Aneurysms: A Comparative Analysis Between Unstable Vs. Stable Aneurysms", Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA), Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2021, Chicago.

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J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, Y-C. Chuang, I. Terem, L. Dang, M. Scadeng, P. Morgenstern, R. Shrivastava, S. Holdsworth, Y. Yang, M. Kurt, "Investigation of the hindbrain motion in chiari malformation I patients through 3D amplified mri", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 14-18th 2021, Virtual.

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E. Ozkaya, W. Meinhold, D. Petti, E. Triolo, P. Kennedy, L. Fleysher, J. Ueda, M. Kurt, "Parallel Stage Mechanism Image Guided and Targeted MR Elastography", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 14-18th 2021, Virtual.

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D. Petti, B. Holland, S. Pepa, "Repositionable MR Elastography Actuating Mechanism", Design of Medical Devices Conference, April 12-15, 2021, Virtual.

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Y-C. Chuang, A. Alcantara, C. V. Melendez-Vasquez, M. Kurt, "Studying The Variation Of Biomechanics During Myelination Using An In Vitro Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Co-Culture Model", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 14-18th 2021, Virtual, Podium Presentation.

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E. Triolo, A. Pionteck, A. Alipour, O. Khegai, P. Kennedy, P. Balchandani, M. Kurt, "Development and Validation of an Ultra-High Field Compatible MR Elastography Actuator", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 14-18th 2021, Virtual, Podium Presentation

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A. Pionteck, M. Rao, P. Morgenstern, M. Kurt, "Alteration of intrinsic brain motion after endoscopic third ventriculostomy treatment in neonatal hydrocephalus", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 14-18th 2021, Virtual.

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2020

I. Terem, L. Dang, A. Champagne, J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, Z. Almadan, A. Lydon, M. Kurt, M. Scadeng, S. Holdsworth, "3D amplified MRI for visualizing pulsatile brain motion", World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC), OCT 7-10th 2020, Virtual

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D. Nasti, J. Abderezaei, L. Wu, M. Kurt, "Characterizing the Dynamics of Soccer Heading Scenarios with a Custom Instrumented Mouthguard", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, OCT 14-17th 2020, Virtual

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E. Triolo, T. Detroux, J. Abderezaei, Y. Yang, M. Kurt, "Nonlinear Dynamics of a Brain-Mimicking Phantom Under MR Imaging", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, OCT 14-17th 2020, Virtual

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J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, I. Terem, L. Dang, M. Scadeng, P. Morgenstern, Y. Yang, S. Holdsworth, M. Kurt, "Spatio-temporal Modal Analysis Of Intrinsic Brain Motion", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, OCT 14-17th 2020, Virtual

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T. Detroux and E. Triolo and J. Abderezaei and M. Kurt, "Numerical and experimental investigation of the nonlinear dynamics in the human brain", International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 16-19 2020, Virtual, Conference Proceedings

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T. Detroux, J. Abderezaei, M. Kurt, "TOWARDS A FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), July 17-20th 2020, Vail, CO, USA

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D. Nasti, J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, L. Wu, M. Kurt, "Characterizing the Dynamics of Soccer Headers with a Custom Instrumented Mouthguard", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), July 17-20th 2020, Vail, CO, USA

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J. Abderezaei, J. Martinez, I. Terem, G. Fabris, S. Holdsworth, K. Nael and M. Kurt, "Amplified Flow Imaging (aFlow): A Novel Technique to Visualize Intracranial Aneurysms Dynamics", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), July 17-20th 2020, Vail, CO, USA

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T. Detroux, J. Abderezaei and M. Kurt, "Uncovering the fundamental mechanisms of nonlinear dynamical behavior in the human brain", WCCM-ECCOMAS 2020 joint Congress, July 19-24th, 2020, Paris, France

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I. Terem, L. Dang, A. Champagne, J. Abderezaei, Z. Almadan, A. Lydon, M. Kurt, M. Scadeng, and S. J Holdsworth, "3D amplified MRI (aMRI) for visualizing pulsatile brain motion", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), April 18-23th, 2020, Sydney, Australia

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J. Abderezaei, W. Zhao, C. L. Grijalva, S. Ji, K. Laksari, M. Kurt, "Nonlinear Dynamical Behavior of the Human Brain During Coronal Rotation", IMAC, February 10--13th, 2020, Houston, Texas, USA

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E. Ozkaya, V. Rice, N. Rossi, J. Abderezaei, E. Triolo, L. Fleysher, P. Kennedy, Y. Yang, M. Kurt "A Novel MRI Phantom Test Setup For Validation of Mechanical Imaging Techniques via Tissue Mimicking Phantoms", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), July 17-20th 2020, Vail, CO, USA

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E. R. Triolo, E. Ozkaya, K. Hong, L. Fleysher, P. Kennedy, Y. Yang, M. Kurt " A Novel MRI Setup for Validation of Amplified MRI via Intrinsic Actuation of Tissue Mimicking Phantoms", BMEII, April 1-2 2020, NYC, New York, USA

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W. Meinhold, E. Ozkaya, M. Kurt, A. Hu, J. Ueda "A Parallel Plane Positioning Robot for Image Guided Interventions", BMEII, April 1-2 2020, NYC, New York, USA

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2019

E. Ozkaya, D. Nistal, Z. M. Suar, P. Balchandani, R. Shrivastava, M. Kurt "Interface and Consistency Characterization of Meningioma Through MRE and aMRI", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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F. Groder, E. Ozkaya, L. Conetta, M. Kurt "Designing an Impact Pendulum to test Different Concussion Prevention Helmet Accessories", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June. 25-28th 2019, Seven Springs, PA, USA

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E. Ozkaya, D. Nistal, Z. M. Suar, A. Chartrain,C. Gologorsky, P. Balchandani, R. Shrivastava, M. Kurt "Mechanical and Interfacial Characterization of Meningioma Through MR Imaging", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June. 25-28th 2019, Seven Springs, PA, USA

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W. Meinhold, E. Ozkaya, J. Ueda, M. Kurt, "Tunable Resonance Actuator for Magnetic Resonance Elastography", 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference, April 15-18, 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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J. Abderezaei, I. Terem, J. Martinez, Y. Yang, S. Holdsworth, M. Kurt, "3D Amplified MRI: A Novel Technique To Track The Intrinsic Motion Of The Brain", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, October 16-19, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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A. Mojahed, J. Abderezaei, S. Ji, M. Kurt, Lawrence A. Bergman, Alexander F. Vakakis, "A Novel Nonlinear Dynamic Reduced Order Model of the Human Brain Under Coronal Rotation for Study of Traumatic Injury", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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G. Fabris, Z. M. Suar, L. Langner, M. Kurt, "Deformation characteristics of the rat pia-arachnoid complex through multimodal imaging", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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C. Freda, J. Abderezaei, M. Kurt, "Imaging the intrinsic brain motion in mice using phase-based amplified optical coherence tomography (OCT)", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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J. Abderezaei, I. Terem, J. Martinez, S. Holdsworth, M. Kurt, "Investigating the pulsatile motion of the brain through 3D phase-based amplified MRI", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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J. Abderezaei, W. Zhao, C. L. Grijalva, S. Ji, K. Laksari, M. Kurt, "Nonlinear biomechanics of the human brain with implications for mechanisms of brain injury", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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J. Abderezaei, G. Fabris, Z. Lopez, C. Gologorsky, J. Weickenmeier, M. Kurt, "The role of corpus callosum myelination in the biomechanics of TBI", International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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C. Freda, J. Abderezaei, M. Kurt, "Pulsatile Motion of the Murine Brain through Optical Coherence Tomography", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June. 25-28th 2019, Seven Springs, PA, USA

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Z. M. Suar, M. Urbanski, G. Fabris, C.V. Melendez-Vasquez, M. Kurt, "Effect of microstructural variation in the biomechanics of oligodendrocyte-neuron co-cultures", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 25-28, 2019, Seven Springs, PA, USA

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Z. M. Suar, G. Fabris, L. Langner, M. Kurt, "Deformation characteristics of the rat pia-arachnoid complex through multimodal imaging", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 25-28, 2019, Seven Springs, PA, USA

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J. Abderezaei, G. Fabris, Z. Lopez, C. Gologorsky, J, Weickenmeier, M. Kurt, "Effect Of Corpus Callosum Demyelination On Murine Brain Injury Mechanism", Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June. 25-28th 2019, Seven Springs, PA, USA​

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