Journal Publications

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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2022

Javid Abderezaei, Aymeric Pionteck, Ya-Chen Chuang, Alejandro Carrasquilla, Gizem Bilgili, Tse An Lu, Itamar Terem, 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 Malformation | patients measured through 3D amplified MRI (3D aMRI)," medRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.25.22281481, October 28, 2022.

 

J Abderezaei, A Pionteck, A Chopra, M Kurt. "3D Inception-Based TransMorph: Pre-and Post-operative Multi-constrast 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 flowthrough 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.

 

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 Nguuyen. Systems, Devices, and Methods for Assessment of Brain Injury. US Patent Application Number 17/413,918. March 3, 2022.

 

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.

 

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 existic 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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: 0.1007/s11071-018-4276-0, 2018.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 Classifcation, Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17864-3, 2017.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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Selected Conference Publications

 

D. Nasti, J. Abderezaei, A. Pionteck, L. Wu, M. Kurt, “Characterizing the dynamics of soccer headers with a custom instrumented mouthguard”, SB3C, July 17-20th 2020

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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”, SB3C, July 17-20th 2020

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G. Fabris, Z. M. Suar,  L. Langner, M. Kurt, “Deformation characteristics of the rat pia-arachnoid complex through multimodal imaging”, CMBBE, Aug. 14-16th 2019

 

J. Abderezaei, I. Terem, J. Martinez, S. Holdsworth, M. Kurt, “Investigating the pulsatile motion of the brain through 3D phase-based amplified MRI”, CMBBE, Aug. 14-16th 2019, New York City, NY, USA

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M. Kurt, K. Laksari, D.B. Camarillo, Modal Analysis of Human Brain Dynamics in Contact Sports, Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference, June 29-July 2, 2016.

 

M. Kurt, H. Lv, K. Laksari, L.C. Wu, K. Epperson, K. Epperson, A.M. Sawyer, D. B. Camarillo, K.B. Pauly, M. Wintermark, In Vivo Multi-Frequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography Of The Human Brain: Which Frequencies Matter?, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES), October 5-8, 2016.

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