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Pre-prints:

1- S. Ashtiani, M. Sarabian, K. Laksari, H. Babaee, (2024), "Reconstructing Blood Flow in Data-Poor Regimes: A Vasculature Network Kernel for Gaussian Process Regression". [link]

2- P. Arrue, K. Laksari, N. SweitzerM. FainN. Toosizadeh, (2024), "Frailty Assessment in Aortic Stenosis based on Dynamic Interconnection between Cardiac and Motor Systems". [link]

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

44.   S. Ashtiani, M. Sarabian, K. Laksari, H. Babaee, (2024), "Reconstructing blood flow in data-poor regimes: a vasculature network kernel for Gaussian process regression", Journal of the Royal Society Interface. [link]

43.   A. Kamali, K. Laksari, (2024), "Discovering 3D hidden elasticity in isotropic and transversely isotropic materials with physics-informed UNets", Acta Biomaterialia. [link]

42.   P. Arrué, K. Laksari, Mark Russo, Tana La Placa, Meghan Smith, Nima Toosizadeh, (2024), "Associating Frailty and Dynamic Dysregulation between Motor and Cardiac Autonomic Systems", Frontiers in Aging. [link]
41.   A. Kamali, K. Laksari (2024), "Physics-informed UNets for discovering hidden elasticity in heterogeneous materials", Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 150, 106228. [link]

40.   C. Grijalva, VA Mullins, BR Michael, D Hale, L Wu, N Toosizadeh, F. Chilton, K. Laksari (2024), "Neuroimaging, wearable sensors, and blood-based biomarkers reveal hyperacute changes in the brain after sub-concussive impacts", Brain multiphysics 5, 100086. [link]

39.   A. Deshpande, J. Elliott, B. Jiang, P. Tahsili Fahadan, C. Kidwell, M. Wintermark, K. Laksari (2023), “End to end stroke triage using cerebrovascular morphology and machine learning”, Frontiers in Neurology. [link]

38.   A. Kamali, M. Sarabian, K. Laksari, (2022), “Elasticity Imaging Using Physics-informed Neural Networks: Spatial Discovery of Elastic Modulus and Poisson's Ratio”, Acta Biomaterialia. [link]

37.   Danya Pradeep Kumar, K. Laksari, Nima Toosizadeh, (2023), “Sensor-Based Assessment of Variability in Daily Physical Activity and its Association with Frailty”, Gerontology. [link]

36.   C. Grijalva, D. Halle, L. Wu, N. Toosizadeh, K. Laksari, (2023), “Hyper-acute effects of sub-concussive soccer headers on brain function and hemodynamics”, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, [link]

35.   A. Kamali*, L. Dieckhaus*, E. Peters, C. Preszler, R. Witte, P. Pires**, E. Hutchinson**, K. Laksari**, (2023), “Ultrasound, photoacoustic, and magnetic resonance imaging to study hyperacute pathophysiology of traumatic and vascular brain injury”, Journal of Neuroimaging, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jon.13115 [link]

34.   F. Eskandari, M. Shafieian, M. M. Aghdam, K. Laksari, (2022), “Morphological Changes in Glial Cell Arrangement under Mechanical Loading: A Quantitative Study”, Journal of Neuroimaging, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2022.08.062. [link]

33.   A. Deshpande, J. Elliott, N. Kari, B. Jiang, P. Michel, N. Toosizadeh, P. Tahsili Fahadan, C. Kidwell, M. Wintermark, K. Laksari, (2022), “Novel imaging markers for altered cerebrovascular morphology in aging, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease”, Journal of Neuroimaging, https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.13023. [link]

32.   M. Sarabian, H. Babaee, K. Laksari, (2022), “Physics-informed neural networks for brain hemodynamic predictions using medical imaging”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, doi: 10.1109/TMI.2022.3161653. [link]

31.   K. Laksari, M. Kurt, L. Wu, (2022), “Concussion Mechanism: Biomechanical Perspectives”, Tackling the Concussion Epidemic, pp. 1-24. Springer, Cham. [link]

30.   H. Thurgood, R. Witte, K. Laksari, (2021), “4D Reconstruction and Identification of Carotid Artery Stenosis Utilizing a Novel Pulsatile Ultrasound Phantom”, Current Protocols, 1, e264. [link]

29.   C. Grijalva, N. Toosizadeh, J. Sindorf, Y. Chou, K. Laksari, (2021), “Dual‐task performance is associated with brain MRI Morphometry in individuals with mild cognitive impairment”, Journal of Neuroimaging, 1-14. [link]

28. A. Deshpande, N. Jamilpour, B. Jiang, C. Kidwell, M. Wintermark, K. Laksari, (2021), “Automatic Segmentation, Feature Extraction and Comparison of Healthy and Stroke Cerebral Vasculature”, NeuroImage: Clinical, 102573. [link]

27. E. Ozkaya, G. Fabris, F. Macruz, Z. Suar, J. Abderezaeia, B. Su, K. Laksari, L. Wu, D. Camarillo, K. B. Pauly, M. Wintermark, M. Kurt, (2020), “Viscoelasticity of children and adolescent brains through MR elastographye”, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. [link]

26. F. Eskandari, M. Shafieian, M. Aghdam, K. Laksari, (2020), “Mind the gap: A mechanobiological hypothesis for the role of gap junctions in the mechanical properties of injured brain tissue”, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. [link]

25. P. Arrue, N. Toosizadeh, H. Babaee, K. Laksari, (2020), “Low-rank representation of head impact kinematics: A data-driven emulator”, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. [link]

24. F. Eskandari, M. Shafieian, M. Aghdam, K. Laksari, (2020), “The Importance of Axonal Directions in the Brainstem Injury during Neurosurgical Interventions”, Injury. [link]

23. F. Eskandari, M. Shafieian, M. Aghdam, K. Laksari, (2020), “Structural Anisotropy vs. Mechanical Anisotropy: The Contribution of Axonal Fibers to the Material Properties of Brain White Matter”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. [link]

22. D. Pradeep Kumar, C. Wendel, K. Laksari*, N. Toosizadeh*, (2020), “Between-day repeatability of sensor-based in-home gait assessment among older adults: assessing the effect of frailty”, Journal of Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. [link]

21. H. Lv, M. Kurt, N. Zeng, E. Ozkaya, F. Marcuz, L. Wu, K. Laksari, D. Camarillo, K. Butts Pauly, Z. Wang, M. Wintermark, (2020), “MR elastography frequency–dependent and independent parameters demonstrate accelerated decrease of brain stiffness in elder subjects”, European Radiology. [link]

20. F. Eskandari, M. Shafieian, M. Aghdam, K. Laksari, (2020), “Tension strain-softening and compression strain-stiffening behavior of brain white matter”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. [link]

19. D. Pradeep Kumar, Nima Toosizadeh, J. Mohler, H. Ehsani, C. Mannier, K. Laksari, (2020), “Sensor-based characterization of daily walking: a new paradigm in pre-frailty/frailty assessment”, Journal of BMC Geriatrics. [link]

18. F. Eskandari, M. Shafieian, M. Aghdam, K. Laksari, (2020), “A knowledge map analysis of brain biomechanics: Current evidence and future directions”, Journal of Clinical Biomechanics. [link]

17. K. Laksari, M. Fanton, L. Wu, T. Nguyen, M. Kurt, C. Giordano, E. Kelly, E. O'Keeffe, E. Wallace, C. Doherty, M. Campbell, S. Tiernan, G. Grant, J. Ruan, S. Barbat, D. Camarillo, (2020), “Multi-directional dynamic model for traumatic brain injury detection”, Journal of Neurotrauma. [link]

16. J. Abderezaei, W. Zhao, C. Grijalva, G. Fabris, S. Ji, K. Laksari*, Mehmet Kurt*, (2019), “Nonlinear dynamical behavior of the deep white matter during head impact”, Physical Review Applied. [link]

15. M. Kurt, L. Wu, K. Laksari, E. Ozkaya, Z. Suar, H. Lv, K. Epperson, K. Epperson, A. Sawyer, D. Camarillo, K.B. Pauly, M. Wintermark, (2019), “Optimization of a Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography Protocol for the Human Brain”, Journal of Neuroimaging. [link]

14. C.T. Yen, J. Mohler, M. Dohm, K. Laksari, B. Najafi, N. Toosizadeh, (2018), “The Effect of Pain Relief on Daily Physical Activity: In-Home Objective Physical Activity Assessment in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients after Paravertebral Spinal Block”, Sensors. [link]

13. K. Laksari*, M. Kurt*, H. Babaee, S. Kleiven, D. Camarillo, (2018), “Mechanistic Insights into Human Brain Impact Dynamics through Modal Analysis”, Physical Review Letters. [link]

12. L. Wu, C. Kuo, J. Loza, M. Kurt, K. Laksari, L. Yanez, D. Senif, S. Anderson, L. Miller, J. Urban, J. Stitzel, D. Camarillo, (2017), “Detection of American football head impacts using biomechanical features and support vector machine classification”, Scientific Reports. [link]

11. C. Kuo, L. Wu, P. Ye, K. Laksari, D. Camarillo, E. Kuhl, (2017), “Pilot findings of brain displacements and deformations during roller coaster rides”, Journal of Neurotrauma. [link]

10. M. Rastgar Agah, K. Laksari, S. Assari, K. Darvish, (2016), “Mechanical behavior of porcine thoracic aorta in physiological and supra-physiological intraluminal pressures”, Journal Engineering Physics. [link]

9. M. Kurt, K. Laksari, C. Kuo, G. Grant, D. Camarillo, (2016), “Modeling and optimization of airbag helmets for preventing head injuries in bicycling”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. [link]

8. L. Wu, K. Laksari, C. Kuo, J. Luck, D. Bass, S. Kleiven, D. Camarillo, (2016), “Bandwidth requirements for wearable head impact sensors”, Journal of Biomechanics. [link]

7. K. Laksari, D. Shahmirzadi, C. Acosta, E. Konofagou, (2016), “Energy-based Constitutive Modeling of Focal Material Properties of Canine Aortas”, Journal of the Royal Society Open Science. [link]

6. M. Rastgar Agah, K. Laksari, S. Assari, K. Darvish, (2016), “Mechanical instability of aorta due to intraluminal pressure”, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 8, Issue 1. [link]

5. K. Laksari, L. Wu, M. Kurt, C. Kuo, D. Camarillo, (2015), “Resonance of Human Brain under Head Acceleration”, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12.108: 20150331. [link]

4. F. Hernandez, L. Wu, M. Yip, K. Laksari, A. Hoffman, J. Lopez, G. Grant, S. Kleiven, D. Camarillo, (2014), “Six Degrees of Freedom Measurements of Human Mild Traumatic Brain Injury”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. [link]

3. K. Laksari, S. Assari, B. Seibold, K. Sadeghipour, K. Darvish, (2014), “Computational Simulation of the Mechanical Response of Brain Tissue under Blast Loading”, Journal of Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. [link]

2. K. Laksari, K. Sadeghipour, K. Darvish, (2014), “Mechanical Response of Brain Tissue under Blast Loading”, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. [link]

1. K. Laksari, M. Shafieian, and K. Darvish, (2012), “Constitutive model for brain tissue under finite compression”, Journal of Biomechanics. [link]

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