MS / PhD Students & Researchers
with The MeDCaVE &
Our Peer-Reviewed Publications
You currently do not have a MeDCaVE password. If you would like one, please contact prm44@pitt.edu or complete the Contact Me form expressing your interest to obtain a password to access the version of this webpage with Journal Paper Pre-Prints (for those accepted and in-press), Posters, PowerPoint Presentations, Conference paper download links and our Interactive Content !
Active
Alumni
High-School Mentees
Newsfeed & Achievements
Aneurysm biomechanics paper written in collaboration with The MeDCaVE wins the 2014 JMBE Annual Excellent Paper Award, from the Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering.
Yueh-Hsun Lu, Chia-Yuan Chen, Prahlad G. Menon, Kuan-Ting Liu, Hsing-Hung Lin, "Hemodynamic effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, In Press Uncorrected Proof, Available online 15 Oct 2013. DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1588
Congratulations to The MeDCaVE for winning the STACOM Best Paper Award!
"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." 2013 International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart (STACOM) at the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan. 26 September 2013. (E-poster presentation).
Aneurysm biomechanics paper written in collaboration with The MeDCaVE wins the 2014 JMBE Annual Excellent Paper Award, from the Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering.
Yueh-Hsun Lu, Chia-Yuan Chen, Prahlad G. Menon, Kuan-Ting Liu, Hsing-Hung Lin, "Hemodynamic effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, In Press Uncorrected Proof, Available online 15 Oct 2013. DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1588
Congratulations to The MeDCaVE for winning the STACOM Best Paper Award!
"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." 2013 International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart (STACOM) at the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan. 26 September 2013. (E-poster presentation).
Peer-Reviewed PUBLICATIONS
[updated 10-31-2015]
Peer-reviewed publications in 2015 :
[1] Ludwig DR, Menon PG, Schwartzman D. Nuclear image-guided left ventricular pacing lead navigation feasibility of a new technique. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2015 Aug 30. PubMed PMID: 26319647.
[2] Yang Gao** , Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang , Prahlad G. Menon. "3D shape comparison of cardiac geometries using a Laplace spectral-shape-matching approach." Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization. DOI:10.1080/21681163.2015.1057867 .
[3] Gopalakrishnan, V., Menon, P. G., Madan, S. (2015). "cMRI-BED: A novel informatics framework for cardiac MRI biomarker extraction and discovery applied to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification." BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2015, 14(Suppl 2):S7. DOI:10.1186/1475-925X-14-S2-S7.
[4] Ludwig, D. R., Menon, P. G., Fill, B., Gartner, M., & Schwartzman, D. (2015). "A Novel Toolkit to Improve Percutaneous Subxiphoid Needle Access to the Healthy Pericardial Sac." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 26(5), 576-580.
[5] Ludwig, D. R., Menon, P. G., & Schwartzman, D. (2015). "CT-Electromagnetic Three-Dimensional Tracking for Renal Endovascular Sympathetic Ablation Catheter Positioning in an Animal Model." J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Jan 27. pii: S1051-0443(14)01151-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.11.025. PubMed PMID: 25636671.
[6] Menon, P.G., Adhypak, S.M., Williams, R.B., Doyle, M., Biederman, R.W.W.. "Investigating Cardiac MRI Based Right Ventricular Contractility As A Novel Non-Invasive Metric of Pulmonary Arterial Pressure." Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2014; 8(Suppl 1): 45–50.
[7] Menon, P.G., Katz, W., Schwartzman, D. "Quantitative Biomarkers of Left Atrial Appendage Morphology & Function for Stroke Risk Stratification in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation." AHA Fellows Research Day 2015, Pittsburgh, PA. 23 January 2015.
[8] Menon, P.G., Hong, H. "Interactive pre-surgical design of optimal extra-cardiac Fontan connections starting with cardiac MRI reconstructions of the Glenn anastomosis." Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2015, 17(Suppl 1):P197, SCMR/Euro CMR Joint Scientific Sessions, Nice, France. February 5-7, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
[9] Menon, P.G., Hong, H. "Evaluating MRI based vascular wall motion as a biomarker of Fontan hemodynamic performance." SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium. Orlando, FL. 21 - 26 February 2015. (Poster Presentation)
[10] Mirunalini Thirugnanasambandam**, Prahlad G. Menon, Stephane Avril, Ender A. Finol, "Novel image-based analysis of patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm wall stress using a membrane mechanics model." 2015 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and BIotransport Conference (SB3C), June 17-20, 2015, Utah. (Oral Presentation)
[11] Jiexin Guo***, Prahlad G Menon, "Feature based classification of melanoma from skin images." ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas. (Oral Presentation)
[12] Deanna C. Easley*, Prahlad G. Menon, Pamela M. Moalli, Steven D. Abramowitch, "Inter-observer variability of vaginal wall segmentation from MRI: a statistical shape analysis approach." ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas. (Oral Presentation)
[13] Pedro Antonio Nájera-Olvera**, Prahlad G Menon, "Automatic identification of genu valgum from tibio-femoral short radiographs." ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas. (Oral Presentation)
[14] Yuanyuan Ma**, Prahlad G Menon, "Automatic Tracking and Classification of Time-resolved Facial Expressions from Images." BMES Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. October 7-10, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
[15] Yaoxiu Hu**, Prahlad G Menon, "Neural Network approach for Lung Nodule Segmentation." BMES Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. October 7-10, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
[16] M. Alperin, S. D. Abramowitch, D. Easley**, P. G. Menon, M. S. Cook, W. Barone (2015). “A Novel Approach to Map Quantified Fascicle Data onto a 3D Model of Pelvic Floor Muscles.” American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) 36th Annual Scientific Meeting Tuesday, October 13 - Saturday, October 17, 2015. Seattle, WA (CONTROL ID: 2281303).
[17] Prahlad G. Menon, V Rao Parachuri, Ou Yuanchang, Richard Weeks. "Virtual Surgical Myectomy as a Planning Tool for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy." Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Annual Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, CA (27-30 January 2016). Paper accepted to appear in Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR).
[18] Philipp Berg, Christoph Roloff, Oliver Beuing, Samuel Voss, Shin-Ichiro Sugiyama, Nicolas Aristokleous, Andreas S. Anayiotos, Neil Ashton, Alistair Revell, Neil W. Bressloff, Alistair G. Brown, Bong Jae Chung, Juan R. Cebral, Gabriele Copelli, Wenyu Fu, Aike Qiao, Arjan J. Geers, Simona Hodis, Dan Dragomir-Daescu, Emily Nordahl, Yildirim Bora Suzen, Muhammad Owais Khan, Kristian Valen-Sendstad, Kenichi Kono, Prahlad G. Menon, Priti G. Albal**, Otto Mierka, Raphael Münster, Hernán G. Morales, Odile Bonnefous, Jan Osman, Leonid Goubergrits, Jordi Pallares, Salvatore Cito, Alberto Passalacqua, Senol Piskin, Kerem Pekkan, Susana Ramalho, Nelson Marques, Stéphane Sanchi, Kristopher R. Schumacher, Jess Sturgeon, Helena Švihlová, Jaroslav Hron, Gabriel Usera, Mariana Mendina, Jianping Xiang, Hui Meng, David A. Steinman and Gábor Janiga. The Computational Fluid Dynamics Rupture Challenge 2013-Phase II: Variability of Hemodynamic Simulations in Two Intracranial Aneurysms. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. doi:10.1115/1.4031794
[19] Prahlad G. Menon, Sotirios Nedios, Gerhard Hindricks, Andreas Bollmann. "Investigating relationships between left atrial volume, symmetry, and sphericity." SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA. 27 February - 3 March 2016. Paper No. MI102-213.
[20] Yaoxiu Hu**, Prahlad G. Menon. "A neural network approach to lung nodule segmentation." SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA. 27 February - 3 March 2016. Paper No. MI102-349.
[21] Prahlad G. Menon, Elizabeth R. Rochon, Beth L. Roman. "In-vivo cell tracking to quantify endothelial cell migration during zebrafish angiogenesis." SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA. 27 February - 3 March 2016. . Paper No. MI102-400.
[22] Easley, D.C., Menon, P.G., Rostaminia, G., Shobeiri, S.A., Abramowitch, S.D. Impact of Endovaginal Ultrasound on the Anatomical Positioning of Pelvic Floor Organs. Pittsburgh MR Imaging Community Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5, 2015 (Poster)
[23] Rostaminia, G., Easley, D.C., Menon, P.G., Shobeiri, S.A., Abramowitch, S.D. Is the Pelvic Floor Anatomy Distorted During Pelvic Floor Endovaginal Ultrasound? 36th American Urogynecology Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 13-17, 2015 (Oral Presentation)
Peer-reviewed publications in 2014 :
[1] Rao, A. S., Menon, P. G. (2014). "Pre-surgical planning using image-based in-silico anatomical and functional characterization of Tetralogy of Fallot with associated anomalies." Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, ivu368. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu368
[2] Menon, P.G., Ludwig, D., Lacomis, J., Schwartzman, D., Toma, C., 2014. "Computed Tomographic Analysis of Left Ventricular Volumes and Function after Implantation of the Parachute® Endoventricular Partitioning Device." Journal of Interventional Cardiology. DOI: 10.1111/joic.12151.
[3] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.* & Rao Parachuri, V., Gadabanahalli, K, Bhat, V. R, Shetty V. and Shetty, D. (2014). “Restoration of optimal left ventricular apical geometry and rotation following surgical ventricular restoration using rectangular patch plasty technique: a pilot study using cardiac magnetic resonance.” Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, ivu173. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu173. [* -- joint first authors]
[4] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.* & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Characterization of dysfunctional remote myocardium in left ventricular anterior aneurysms and improvements following surgical ventricular restoration using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-preliminary results.” Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, ivu162. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu162 [* -- joint first authors]
[5] Kruzick, S., Mengshoel, O., Menon, P. G. (2014). “Detection of Myocardial Perfusion Defects Using First Pass Perfusion CMR Data.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science). DOI10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_23 .
[6] Piao, D., Menon, P. G., Mengshoel, O. (2014). “Computing Probabilistic Optical Flow using Markov Random Fields.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_22.
[7] Menon, P. G., Adhyapak, S. M. & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Analysis of cardiac MRI based regional timing of left ventricular mechanical contraction as a biomarker for electrical dyssynchrony in heart-failure 9atients.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_5 .
[8] Menon, P. G.*, Muller, J. H.* (2014). “Characterization of a novel imaging based metric of patello-femoral separation using computational modeling.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_17 . [* -- joint first authors]
[9] Gao, Y., Liao, T., Zhang, Y., Menon, P. G. (2014). “Development of active shape models for left ventricular function in ischemic cardiomyopathy.” Paper accepted for publication in the proceedings of CompIMAGE 2014 (to appear in Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Sept 3-5, 2014.
[10] S.M Adhyapak*, P.G Menon*, A Mehra***, S Tully, V Rao Parachuri, "Rapid quantification of mean myocardial wall velocity in ischemic cardiomyopathy by cardiac magnetic resonance: An index of cardiac functional abnormalities during the cardiac cycle." Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology. Accepted on 21 February 2014. [* -- joint first authors]
[11] S.M Adhyapak*, P.G Menon*, V Rao Parachuri, " Pre-surgical planning and optimization of surgical techniques of surgical ventricular restoration by in-silico simulations." Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. Accepted on 14 February 2014. [*-- joint first authors] DOI: 10.1177/0218492314528341.
[12] Friehling, M, P.G Menon, D R Ludwig, D Schwartzman, "SPECT-CT Fusion Image Integration to Support Left Ventricular Substrate Ablation.” The European Journal of Pacing, Arrhythmias and Cardiac Electrophysiology (Case Report, EP-Europace, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu073).
[13] P.G Menon, A Mehra***, M Doyle, R W W Biederman, E Finol, “Rapid 4D regional wall motion characterization of abdominal aortic aneurysms with intra-luminal thrombus using cine cardiac MRI.” Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2014, 16(Suppl 1):P385. doi:10.1186/1532-429X-16-S1-P385. Presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 17th Annual Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA. 16-19 January 2014. Control ID: 1806186. (Poster Presentation)
[14] P.G Albal**, T Montidoro, O Dur, P.G Menon ,"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart. Imaging and Modelling Challenges. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. 83-93. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54268-8_10.
[15] P.G Menon, A.S Rao***, P.G Albal**, "Surgical planning using in-silico anatomical and functional characterization of Tetralogy of Fallot with associated anomalies." Society of Thoracic Surgeons 50th Annual Meeting, January 25-29, 2014, Orlando, FL. (Oral Presentation)
[16] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak, Parachuri, V Rao, "Regional mean myocardial velocity of remote myocardium following surgical ventricular restoration in heart failure patients with anterior aneurysms: An index of improved post-operative left ventricular performance." AHA Fellows Research Day 2014 Pittsburgh, PA. February 14, 2014.
[17] Prahlad G. Menon, Lailonny Morris, Mara Staines, Joao Lima, Daniel C. Lee, Colin Lee, Vanathi Gopalakrishnan, “Novel MRI-derived quantitative biomarker for cardiac function applied to classifying ischemic cardiomyopathy within a Baysian rule learning framework.” SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium. 18 February 2014, San Diego, CA. DOI: 10.1117/12.2042118.
[18] V Gopalakrishnan, P. G Menon, S Madan, “A novel framework to enhance scientific knowledge of cardiovascular MRI biomarkers and their application to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification.” IWBBIO 2014 (2nd International Work-Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering), Granada, Spain. April 7-9, 2014.
[19] J.F Antaki, A Daly, M Jamiolkowski, M.V Kameneva, M Massoudi, A Martin, P.G Menon, W.R Wagner, W-T Wu, “Trafficking of Platelets and Red Blood Cells: Theoretical and Experimental.” 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA. July 6-11, 2014.
[20] P.G. Menon, P.G. Albal, "In-silico evaluation of effects of swirl direction and intensity on aortic flow patterns induced by an aortic pump using computational fluid dynamics." ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov 14-20, 2014 [IMECE2014-39711]. (Oral Presentation)
[21] P.G. Menon, A.S. Rao, "4D mitral valve motion analysis using multi-plane cine cardiac MRI reconstructions for functional classification of patients with mitral regurgitation." ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov 14-20, 2014 [IMECE2014-39910]. (Oral Presentation).
[22] Prahlad G. Menon, Priti G. Albal, Brian A. Mosier, Lance Maynard, John Christoforetti, "Regional characterization of effective joint space & hip-joint capsule volume from magnetic resonance imaging." BMES Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. October 22-25, 2014. (Poster Presentation)
[23] Lindsey SE, Menon PG, Kowalski WJ, Shekhar A, Yalcin HC, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB, Butcher JT, Pekkan K. Growth and hemodynamics after early embryonic aortic arch occlusion. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2014 Nov 23. PubMed PMID: 25416845.
Peer-reviewed publications in 2013:
[1] S.M Adhyapak*, P.G Menon*, V Rao Parachuri, "Restoration of optimal ellipsoid left ventricular geometry – lessons learned from in-silico surgical modeling." Journal of Interactive CardioVascular Thoracic Surgery (ICVTS). Accepted on 20 September 2013. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt464 [*-- joint first authors]
[2] Kowalski, W.J, N.C.Teslovich, P.G.Menon, J.P.Tinney, B.B.Keller, K.Pekkan, " Left atrial ligation alters intracardiac flow patterns and the biomechanical landscape in the chick embryo." Journal of Developmental Dynamics. DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24107
[3] Yueh-Hsun Lu, Chia-Yuan Chen, Prahlad G. Menon, Kuan-Ting Liu, Hsing-Hung Lin, "Hemodynamic effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, In Press Uncorrected Proof, Available online 15 Oct 2013. DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1588
[4] Chen, C.-Y., Antón, R., Hung, M.-Y., Menon, P. G., Patrick, M. J., Finol, E. A., and Pekkan, K., 2014, “Effects of intraluminal thrombus on patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm hemodynamics via stereoscopic PIV and CFD modeling," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering-Transactions of the ASME. doi: 10.1115/1.4026160.
[5] P.G Albal**, P.G Menon ," MRI & CT image-fusion based aorta & coronary artery model for in-silico feasibility evaluation of perfusion with an ascending aortic pump, using computational fluid dynamics." Journal of Medical Devices. Presented at ASME/FDA 1st Annual Frontiers in Medical Devices, Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation (ASME FMD 2013). (Oral presentation & published paper) DOI: 10.1115/1.4025630
[6] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak,V Rao Parachuri, "Quantitative analysis of regional morphology and mechanical dyssynchrony using cardiac MRI for optimal surgical ventricular restoration." AHA Scientific Sessions, Dallas, Texas, November 17, 2013, Poster Presentation. (Conference Proceedings Publication).
[7] Prahlad G. Menon*, Haifa Hong*, Haibo Zhang, Hucheng Li, Zhongqun Zhu Huiwen Chen, Jinfen Liu, "Post surgical comparison of pulsatile hemodynamics in five unique Fontan connections – identifying an ideal connection strategy." Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2013. 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.035
[8] P.G Menon, J.F Antaki, A Undar, K Pekkan,"Aortic outflow cannula tip design and orientation impacts cerebral perfusion during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass procedures." Annals of Biomedical Engineering, journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0857-8.
[9] Menon, P.G, R.W.W Biederman, "Automated 3D morphometric difference biomarker for abnormal ventricular morphology." Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2013. 15(Suppl 1):E35.
E-poster presentation at Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 16th Annual Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA. 30 January - 3 February 2013.
[10] D R Ludwig, P.G Menon, M Friehling, D Schwartzman, "Feasibility of SPECT-CT Guided Left Ventricular Lead Deployment for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2013. Presented at annual meeting of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), September 26–29, 2013, Chicago, IL. (Poster Presentation)
[11] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak,"Cardiac MRI based in-silico quantitative comparison of morphology and mechanics after surgical ventricular restoration by the Dor procedure vs. linear endoventricular patch-plasty." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. Seattle, Washington. (Poster Presentation).
[12] M.Eckman***, P.G Menon ," 4D shape analysis applied to post-operative wall motion function assessment of extracardiac total cavopulmonary connections." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. Seattle, Washington. (Oral Presentation).
[13] A.Mehra***, S.Tully, S.M.Adhyapak, P.G Menon ," Quantification of cardiac function by shape analysis for early diagnosis of ventricular remodeling, from 4-D cardiac MRI." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013, Seattle, Washington. (Poster Presentation).
[14] P.G Albal**, T Montidoro, O Dur, P.G Menon ,"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." 2013 International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart at the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan. 26 September 2013. (E-poster presentation. Published in Springer LNCS. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54268-8_10). This paper won the The MeDCaVE the best paper award at STACOM 2013, Nagoya, Japan.
[15] P.G Albal**, P.G Menon, "In-silico mechanical analysis and feasibility study on the InSitu-Lok – a flexible external tubing connector for extracorporeal circuitry." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. (Poster Presentation)
[16] A.S Rao***, P.G Menon, "Morphological characterization to inform complex surgical decisions in chronic Tetralogy of Fallot." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. (Oral Presentation)
[17] A.S Rao***, P.G Albal, P.G Menon, "Patient-specific hemodynamic evaluation and in-silico surgical planning for optimal interventions in Tetralogy of Fallot patients." ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, CA. (Poster Presentation)
[18] P.G Menon, W.J Kowalski, K Pekkan, "Computational fluid dynamics analysis of early embryonic aortic arch-ligation." Accepted for presentation and published in proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 26-29, 2013, Sunriver, Oregon (Poster Presentation)
[19] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak, "Shape Analysis for Automatic and Objective Visualization of Pathological Cardiovascular Remodeling from Cine Cardiac MRI." Accepted for presentation and published in proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 26-29, 2013, Sunriver, Oregon. [Summary: Demonstration of two shape analysis techniques based on spherical harmonics (SPHARM) and Hausdorff distance, to analyze ventricular function in a patient with a post-infarct ventricular aneurysm. (Poster Presentation)
[20] P.G Menon, V Rao Parachuri, S.M Adhyapak, "Quantitative analysis of regional function and mechanical dyssynchrony using CMR for patients with post-infarction left ventricular remodeling." AHA Fellows Research Day 2013. February 15, 2013. [Summary: We sought to first characterize basal and apical rotation in a 7 patients with post-infarction antero-apical aneurysms and secondly to study whether the extent of LV remodeling, characterized by regional LV volumes (RLVV), was related to severity of mechanical dyssynchrony in these patients.] (Poster Presentation)
[21] Yoshida, M, P.G Menon, C Chrysostomou, K Pekkan, P Wearden, Jacqueline Kreutzer, Vivekanand Allada, V Morell, "右室流出路導管の術後流出路形状の評価とそれにあわせてデザインされたPTFE 弁付き導管の早期成績: Early clinical results of specially designed valved polytetrafluoroethyleme conduit for right ventricular outflow." 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. 16-19 October 2013, Sendai, Japan.
[22] Kerem Pekkan, PhD, Berk Yigit, Prahlad G Menon, Senol Piskin, William Kowalski, Ahmet Sasmazel, MD , "Impact of Integrated Computational Fluid Dynamics and Lumped Parameter Modeling on Neonatal CPB and Congenital Heart Surgery." Artif Organs, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2013.
[23] S. C. Jones, P. G. Menon, R. J. Sclabassi, A. Kharlamov, E. Yushmanov, "Concussion detection scheme." Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Nov 13, 2013. Poster#: 811.15/J4.
2012 and earlier publications are listed at www.linkedin.com/in/prahladmenon
[*- joint first authors, ** - PhD student with The MeDCaVE, *** - Student researcher with The MeDCaVE & QuantMD intern.]
[Password to access the Students Page with all linked pre-print publication PDFs and PowerPoint presentation downloads is: CollaboratorMeDCaVE ]
[2] Menon, P.G., Ludwig, D., Lacomis, J., Schwartzman, D., Toma, C., 2014. "Computed Tomographic Analysis of Left Ventricular Volumes and Function after Implantation of the Parachute® Endoventricular Partitioning Device." Journal of Interventional Cardiology. DOI: 10.1111/joic.12151.
[3] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.* & Rao Parachuri, V., Gadabanahalli, K, Bhat, V. R, Shetty V. and Shetty, D. (2014). “Restoration of optimal left ventricular apical geometry and rotation following surgical ventricular restoration using rectangular patch plasty technique: a pilot study using cardiac magnetic resonance.” Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, ivu173. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu173. [* -- joint first authors]
[4] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.* & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Characterization of dysfunctional remote myocardium in left ventricular anterior aneurysms and improvements following surgical ventricular restoration using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-preliminary results.” Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, ivu162. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu162 [* -- joint first authors]
[5] Kruzick, S., Mengshoel, O., Menon, P. G. (2014). “Detection of Myocardial Perfusion Defects Using First Pass Perfusion CMR Data.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science). DOI10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_23 .
[6] Piao, D., Menon, P. G., Mengshoel, O. (2014). “Computing Probabilistic Optical Flow using Markov Random Fields.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_22.
[7] Menon, P. G., Adhyapak, S. M. & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Analysis of cardiac MRI based regional timing of left ventricular mechanical contraction as a biomarker for electrical dyssynchrony in heart-failure 9atients.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_5 .
[8] Menon, P. G.*, Muller, J. H.* (2014). “Characterization of a novel imaging based metric of patello-femoral separation using computational modeling.” Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_17 . [* -- joint first authors]
[9] Gao, Y., Liao, T., Zhang, Y., Menon, P. G. (2014). “Development of active shape models for left ventricular function in ischemic cardiomyopathy.” Paper accepted for publication in the proceedings of CompIMAGE 2014 (to appear in Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Sept 3-5, 2014.
[10] S.M Adhyapak*, P.G Menon*, A Mehra***, S Tully, V Rao Parachuri, "Rapid quantification of mean myocardial wall velocity in ischemic cardiomyopathy by cardiac magnetic resonance: An index of cardiac functional abnormalities during the cardiac cycle." Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology. Accepted on 21 February 2014. [* -- joint first authors]
[11] S.M Adhyapak*, P.G Menon*, V Rao Parachuri, " Pre-surgical planning and optimization of surgical techniques of surgical ventricular restoration by in-silico simulations." Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. Accepted on 14 February 2014. [*-- joint first authors] DOI: 10.1177/0218492314528341.
[12] Friehling, M, P.G Menon, D R Ludwig, D Schwartzman, "SPECT-CT Fusion Image Integration to Support Left Ventricular Substrate Ablation.” The European Journal of Pacing, Arrhythmias and Cardiac Electrophysiology (Case Report, EP-Europace, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu073).
[13] P.G Menon, A Mehra***, M Doyle, R W W Biederman, E Finol, “Rapid 4D regional wall motion characterization of abdominal aortic aneurysms with intra-luminal thrombus using cine cardiac MRI.” Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2014, 16(Suppl 1):P385. doi:10.1186/1532-429X-16-S1-P385. Presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 17th Annual Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA. 16-19 January 2014. Control ID: 1806186. (Poster Presentation)
[14] P.G Albal**, T Montidoro, O Dur, P.G Menon ,"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart. Imaging and Modelling Challenges. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. 83-93. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54268-8_10.
[15] P.G Menon, A.S Rao***, P.G Albal**, "Surgical planning using in-silico anatomical and functional characterization of Tetralogy of Fallot with associated anomalies." Society of Thoracic Surgeons 50th Annual Meeting, January 25-29, 2014, Orlando, FL. (Oral Presentation)
[16] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak, Parachuri, V Rao, "Regional mean myocardial velocity of remote myocardium following surgical ventricular restoration in heart failure patients with anterior aneurysms: An index of improved post-operative left ventricular performance." AHA Fellows Research Day 2014 Pittsburgh, PA. February 14, 2014.
[17] Prahlad G. Menon, Lailonny Morris, Mara Staines, Joao Lima, Daniel C. Lee, Colin Lee, Vanathi Gopalakrishnan, “Novel MRI-derived quantitative biomarker for cardiac function applied to classifying ischemic cardiomyopathy within a Baysian rule learning framework.” SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium. 18 February 2014, San Diego, CA. DOI: 10.1117/12.2042118.
[18] V Gopalakrishnan, P. G Menon, S Madan, “A novel framework to enhance scientific knowledge of cardiovascular MRI biomarkers and their application to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification.” IWBBIO 2014 (2nd International Work-Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering), Granada, Spain. April 7-9, 2014.
[19] J.F Antaki, A Daly, M Jamiolkowski, M.V Kameneva, M Massoudi, A Martin, P.G Menon, W.R Wagner, W-T Wu, “Trafficking of Platelets and Red Blood Cells: Theoretical and Experimental.” 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA. July 6-11, 2014.
[20] P.G. Menon, P.G. Albal, "In-silico evaluation of effects of swirl direction and intensity on aortic flow patterns induced by an aortic pump using computational fluid dynamics." ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov 14-20, 2014 [IMECE2014-39711]. (Oral Presentation)
[21] P.G. Menon, A.S. Rao, "4D mitral valve motion analysis using multi-plane cine cardiac MRI reconstructions for functional classification of patients with mitral regurgitation." ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov 14-20, 2014 [IMECE2014-39910]. (Oral Presentation).
[22] Prahlad G. Menon, Priti G. Albal, Brian A. Mosier, Lance Maynard, John Christoforetti, "Regional characterization of effective joint space & hip-joint capsule volume from magnetic resonance imaging." BMES Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. October 22-25, 2014. (Poster Presentation)
[23] Lindsey SE, Menon PG, Kowalski WJ, Shekhar A, Yalcin HC, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB, Butcher JT, Pekkan K. Growth and hemodynamics after early embryonic aortic arch occlusion. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2014 Nov 23. PubMed PMID: 25416845.
Peer-reviewed publications in 2013:
[1] S.M Adhyapak*, P.G Menon*, V Rao Parachuri, "Restoration of optimal ellipsoid left ventricular geometry – lessons learned from in-silico surgical modeling." Journal of Interactive CardioVascular Thoracic Surgery (ICVTS). Accepted on 20 September 2013. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt464 [*-- joint first authors]
[2] Kowalski, W.J, N.C.Teslovich, P.G.Menon, J.P.Tinney, B.B.Keller, K.Pekkan, " Left atrial ligation alters intracardiac flow patterns and the biomechanical landscape in the chick embryo." Journal of Developmental Dynamics. DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24107
[3] Yueh-Hsun Lu, Chia-Yuan Chen, Prahlad G. Menon, Kuan-Ting Liu, Hsing-Hung Lin, "Hemodynamic effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, In Press Uncorrected Proof, Available online 15 Oct 2013. DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1588
[4] Chen, C.-Y., Antón, R., Hung, M.-Y., Menon, P. G., Patrick, M. J., Finol, E. A., and Pekkan, K., 2014, “Effects of intraluminal thrombus on patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm hemodynamics via stereoscopic PIV and CFD modeling," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering-Transactions of the ASME. doi: 10.1115/1.4026160.
[5] P.G Albal**, P.G Menon ," MRI & CT image-fusion based aorta & coronary artery model for in-silico feasibility evaluation of perfusion with an ascending aortic pump, using computational fluid dynamics." Journal of Medical Devices. Presented at ASME/FDA 1st Annual Frontiers in Medical Devices, Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation (ASME FMD 2013). (Oral presentation & published paper) DOI: 10.1115/1.4025630
[6] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak,V Rao Parachuri, "Quantitative analysis of regional morphology and mechanical dyssynchrony using cardiac MRI for optimal surgical ventricular restoration." AHA Scientific Sessions, Dallas, Texas, November 17, 2013, Poster Presentation. (Conference Proceedings Publication).
[7] Prahlad G. Menon*, Haifa Hong*, Haibo Zhang, Hucheng Li, Zhongqun Zhu Huiwen Chen, Jinfen Liu, "Post surgical comparison of pulsatile hemodynamics in five unique Fontan connections – identifying an ideal connection strategy." Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2013. 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.035
[8] P.G Menon, J.F Antaki, A Undar, K Pekkan,"Aortic outflow cannula tip design and orientation impacts cerebral perfusion during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass procedures." Annals of Biomedical Engineering, journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0857-8.
[9] Menon, P.G, R.W.W Biederman, "Automated 3D morphometric difference biomarker for abnormal ventricular morphology." Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2013. 15(Suppl 1):E35.
E-poster presentation at Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 16th Annual Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA. 30 January - 3 February 2013.
[10] D R Ludwig, P.G Menon, M Friehling, D Schwartzman, "Feasibility of SPECT-CT Guided Left Ventricular Lead Deployment for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2013. Presented at annual meeting of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), September 26–29, 2013, Chicago, IL. (Poster Presentation)
[11] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak,"Cardiac MRI based in-silico quantitative comparison of morphology and mechanics after surgical ventricular restoration by the Dor procedure vs. linear endoventricular patch-plasty." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. Seattle, Washington. (Poster Presentation).
[12] M.Eckman***, P.G Menon ," 4D shape analysis applied to post-operative wall motion function assessment of extracardiac total cavopulmonary connections." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. Seattle, Washington. (Oral Presentation).
[13] A.Mehra***, S.Tully, S.M.Adhyapak, P.G Menon ," Quantification of cardiac function by shape analysis for early diagnosis of ventricular remodeling, from 4-D cardiac MRI." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013, Seattle, Washington. (Poster Presentation).
[14] P.G Albal**, T Montidoro, O Dur, P.G Menon ,"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." 2013 International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart at the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan. 26 September 2013. (E-poster presentation. Published in Springer LNCS. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54268-8_10). This paper won the The MeDCaVE the best paper award at STACOM 2013, Nagoya, Japan.
[15] P.G Albal**, P.G Menon, "In-silico mechanical analysis and feasibility study on the InSitu-Lok – a flexible external tubing connector for extracorporeal circuitry." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. (Poster Presentation)
[16] A.S Rao***, P.G Menon, "Morphological characterization to inform complex surgical decisions in chronic Tetralogy of Fallot." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013. (Oral Presentation)
[17] A.S Rao***, P.G Albal, P.G Menon, "Patient-specific hemodynamic evaluation and in-silico surgical planning for optimal interventions in Tetralogy of Fallot patients." ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, CA. (Poster Presentation)
[18] P.G Menon, W.J Kowalski, K Pekkan, "Computational fluid dynamics analysis of early embryonic aortic arch-ligation." Accepted for presentation and published in proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 26-29, 2013, Sunriver, Oregon (Poster Presentation)
[19] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak, "Shape Analysis for Automatic and Objective Visualization of Pathological Cardiovascular Remodeling from Cine Cardiac MRI." Accepted for presentation and published in proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 26-29, 2013, Sunriver, Oregon. [Summary: Demonstration of two shape analysis techniques based on spherical harmonics (SPHARM) and Hausdorff distance, to analyze ventricular function in a patient with a post-infarct ventricular aneurysm. (Poster Presentation)
[20] P.G Menon, V Rao Parachuri, S.M Adhyapak, "Quantitative analysis of regional function and mechanical dyssynchrony using CMR for patients with post-infarction left ventricular remodeling." AHA Fellows Research Day 2013. February 15, 2013. [Summary: We sought to first characterize basal and apical rotation in a 7 patients with post-infarction antero-apical aneurysms and secondly to study whether the extent of LV remodeling, characterized by regional LV volumes (RLVV), was related to severity of mechanical dyssynchrony in these patients.] (Poster Presentation)
[21] Yoshida, M, P.G Menon, C Chrysostomou, K Pekkan, P Wearden, Jacqueline Kreutzer, Vivekanand Allada, V Morell, "右室流出路導管の術後流出路形状の評価とそれにあわせてデザインされたPTFE 弁付き導管の早期成績: Early clinical results of specially designed valved polytetrafluoroethyleme conduit for right ventricular outflow." 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. 16-19 October 2013, Sendai, Japan.
[22] Kerem Pekkan, PhD, Berk Yigit, Prahlad G Menon, Senol Piskin, William Kowalski, Ahmet Sasmazel, MD , "Impact of Integrated Computational Fluid Dynamics and Lumped Parameter Modeling on Neonatal CPB and Congenital Heart Surgery." Artif Organs, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2013.
[23] S. C. Jones, P. G. Menon, R. J. Sclabassi, A. Kharlamov, E. Yushmanov, "Concussion detection scheme." Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Nov 13, 2013. Poster#: 811.15/J4.
2012 and earlier publications are listed at www.linkedin.com/in/prahladmenon
[*- joint first authors, ** - PhD student with The MeDCaVE, *** - Student researcher with The MeDCaVE & QuantMD intern.]
[Password to access the Students Page with all linked pre-print publication PDFs and PowerPoint presentation downloads is: CollaboratorMeDCaVE ]
Second opinions and medical technology solutions for the Patient.
We offer timely and accurate image processing of radiology images for clinical care, research, and training.
This is a service brought to you by the MEdical Diagnostics and CArdio-Vascular Engineering Lab.
The MeDCaVE – where QuantMD is engineered.
This is a service brought to you by the MEdical Diagnostics and CArdio-Vascular Engineering Lab.
The MeDCaVE – where QuantMD is engineered.
