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Refereed Review Article:


  

  1. Ophir, J., Srinivasan, S., Righetti, R., and Thittai, A.K.: Elastography: A decade of progress (2000-2010), Cur. Med. Img. Rev. Special Issue on Elasticity Imaging, 7 (4), 292-312, 2011. (DOWNLOAD)


Refereed Original Articles in Journals:


2014

  1. Rongmin Xia, Guazhi Tao, and Thittai, A.K.: Dynamic Frame-Pairing in Real Time Freehand Elastography, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 61(6), 979-985, 2014. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Xia R and Thittai AK. Method to estimate the deviation from ideal uniaxial compression during freehand elastography, Ultrasonic Imaging, in press

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., and Xia, R. An analysis of the segmentation threshold used in axial-shear strain ealstography, Ultras. Med. and Biol. under review

  

  1. Xia R and Thittai AK. Real-time monitoring of HIFU treatment using axial strain and axial-shear strain elastograms, Ultras. Med. Biol., 40(3), 485-495, 2014. (DOWNLOAD)

2013

  1. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J-M, and Ophir, J.:  Small breast lesion classification performance using  the normalized axial-shear strain area feature. Ultras. Med. Biol., 39 (3), 543-548,2013. (DOWNLOAD)


2012

  1. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: On the advantages of imaging the axial-shear strain component of the total shear strain in breast tumors. Ultras. Med. Biol.,38(11), 2031–2037,2012. (DOWNLOAD)


2011

  1. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J, Mobbs,L.M., Kraemer-Chant,C.M., Chekuri, S, Garra, B.S., and Ophir, J. Axial-shear strain elastography for breast lesion classification: Initial in vivo results from retrospective data, Ultras. Med. Biol., 37(2), 189–197, 2011. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of HIFU-induced lesion boundaries by axial-shear strain elastography: A feasibility study, Ultras. Med. Biol., 37(3),  426-433, 2011. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Schwartz, D.L., Bankson, J., Bidaut,L., He, Y., Williams,R., Lemos, R., Thittai, A.K., Oh, J., Volgin, A., Soghomonyan, S., Yeh, H., Nishii,R., Mukhopadhay, U.,  Alauddin,M., Mushkudiani, L., Kuno,N., Krishnan,S., Bornman, W., Lai, S.Y., Powis, G, Hazle,J., and Gelovani, J.: HIF-1–Dependent Stromal Adaptation to Ischemia Mediates In Vivo Tumor Radiation Resistance, Mol Cancer Res. 9:259-270, 2011.


2010

  1. Thittai, AK, Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model: Experimental validation and in vivo examples with implications to breast tumor classification, Ultras. Med. Biol. 36(5), 1-7, 2010. PMID: 20420971. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: The importance of axial compression verification to the correct interpretation of axial-shear strain elastograms in breast lesions, Ultrasonic Imaging 32, 190-198, 2010. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Schwartz,D., Bankson,J., Lemos,R., Thittai,AK., He,Yi., Hostetter,G., Demeure,M., Von Hoff,D., Powis,G.: Radiosensitization and stromal imaging response correlates for the HIF-1 inhibitor PX-478 given with or without chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer, Mol. Can. Therap. 9(4),2057-2067,2010


2009 - 2002 

  

  1. Mitra, J., Glover, J.R., Ktonas, P.Y., ThitaiKumar, A., Mukherjee, A., Karayiannis, N.B.,Frost, J.D. Jr, Hrachovy, R.A., Mizrahi, E.M.: A Multi-stage System for the Automated Detection of Epileptic Seizures in Neonatal EEG, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 26(4), 218-226, 2009.  PMID: 19602985. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Schwartz, D., Powis, G.,Thitai-Kumar, A., He, Y., Bankson, J., Williams, R., Lemos, R., Oh, J.,  Volgin, A., Soghomonyan, S., Nishii, R., Mukhopadhay, U., Alauddin, M.,  Peng,   Z., Bornman,  W., Gelovani, J.: The selective hypoxia inducible factor-1 inhibitor PX-478 provides in vivo radiosensitization through tumor stromal effects, Mol. Can. Therp. 8(4), 947--958, 2009. PMID: 19372568

  

  1. Volgin, A., LeRoux, L., Maxwell, D., Schellingerhout, D., Thitai-Kumar, A., He,Y., Gelovani, J., Schwartz, DL. In Vitro 3D Modeling of Host Organ-specific Whole Tumor Responses to Radiation, International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 72(1), S682--S683, 2008.

  

  1. Thitaikumar, A., Ophir, J.: Visualization of Lesion Bonding in Axial-Shear Strain Elastograms of  Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions, Cover Image, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 55 (8), 2008. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Thitaikumar, A., Mobbs, L.M., Kraemer-Chant, C.M., Garra, B.S and Ophir, J.: Breast Tumor Classification using axial shear strain elastography: a feasibility study. Phys. Med. Biol. 53, 4809-4823, 2008. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of bonding at an inclusion                 boundary using axial shear strain elastography: A feasibility study, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 2615-2633, 2007. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., and Ophir, J.: Effect of lesion boundary conditions on axial strain elastograms:   A parametric study, Ultras. Med. Biol. 33(9), 1463-1467, 2007. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Signal-to-Noise ratio, Contrast-to-Noise ratio, and their trade-offs with resolution in axial-shear elastography, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 13-28, 2007. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Righetti, R., Srinivasan, S., Kumar, A.T., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Assessing image quality in effective poisson's ratio elastography and poroelastography - part I, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 1303 -1320, 2007. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Righetti, R., Srinivasan, S., Kumar, A.T., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Assessing image quality in effective poisson's ratio elastography and poroelastography - part II, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 1321-1333,2007. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Righetti, R., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Resolution of axial-shear strain elastography, Phys. Med. Biol. 51, 5245-5257, 2006. (DOWNLOAD)

  

  1. Kumar, A.T., Ophir, J., and Krouskop, T.A.: Noise performance and signal-to-noise ratio of shear strain elastograms, Ultrasonic imaging 27, 145-165, 2005. (DOWNLOAD)


 There was a name change from Arun Thitai Kumar to Arun K. Thittai. These names refer to the same author.



Patents:


  

  1. Thittai, A.K. “Rotation Elastogram: A method to image the rotation in target tissue using Ultrasound Elastography”. United States Provisional Patent (Filed 03/2013).


  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J. “Method and apparatus for characterizing inhomogeneities using axial-shear strain elastography”. United States Patent (pending) submitted 9/10/2010.



Invited Presentations:


  

  1. Thittai, A.K. “Axial-Shear Strain Elastography: Progress and Prospects”, to the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA on 03/25/ 2011.


  

  1. Thittai, A.K. “Quasi-static Ultrasound Elastography: Progress and Prospects”, Seminar Series of Soft Matter Research and Technology Center (SMAT-C 2013), University of Santiago Chile, Chile, July 18, 2013.


Conference Abstracts (Peer- reviewed):


  

  1. Rongmin Xia and Thittai, A.K.: Real-time monitoring of HIFU ablation using axial strain and axial-shear strain elastograms. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Lingfield, Surrey, UK, p 84, 2013.


  

  1. Rongmin Xia and Thittai, A.K.: Dynamic Frame-Pairing in Real Time Freehand Elastography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Lingfield, Surrey, UK, p 41, 2013.

  

  1. Khalil, E.G., Thittai, A.K., Garra, B, and Ophir, J.: Axial Shear Strain Elastography in Benign and Malignant Breast Disease: Preliminary Prospective freehand in vivo data. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Lingfield, Surrey, UK, p 65, 2013.

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: On the advantages of imaging the axial-shear strain component of the total shear strain in breast tumors. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Deauville, France, p 50, 2012.

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J-M., and Ophir, J.: Small breast lesion classification performance using the normalized axial-shear strain area feature. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Arlington, Texas, USA, p 43, 2011.

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J.M., Mobbs, L.M., Kraemer–Chant, C.M., Chekuri, S., Garra, B.S., Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain elastography for breast lesion classification: initial in vivo results from retrospective data. Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Snowbird, Utah, USA, p102, 2010.

  

  1. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of HIFU-induced lesion boundaries by axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Snowbird, Utah, USA, p123, 2010.

  

  1. Thitai Kumar, A., Galaz, B., Miller, R., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in beef muscle samples under load: an in vitro study. Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, p50, 2009.

  

  1. Thitai Kumar, A., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model (part II): Experimental validation and in vivo examples with implications to breast tumor classification. Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, p100, 2009.

  

  1. Galaz,B., Thitai Kumar, A., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model (part I): A simulation study. Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, p99, 2009.

  

  1. Thitai-Kumar, A., Hazel, J., Gelovani, J., Bankson, J., and Schwartz, D.: Registered MRI-US Imaging Platform for Preclinical Imaging - A Feasibility Study. World Molecular Imaging Congress, Nice, France, 2008.

  

  1.  Volgin, A., LeRoux, L., Maxwell, D., Schellingerhout, D., Thitai-Kumar, A., He, Y., Gelovani, J., and Schwartz, D.: 3D Modeling of Host Organ-Specific Whole Tumor Responses to Radiation. World Molecular Imaging Congress, Nice, France, 2008.

  

  1.  Volgin, A., LeRoux, L., Maxwell, D., Schellingerhout, D., Thitai-Kumar, A., He, Y., Gelovani, J., and Schwartz, D.: In Vitro 3D Modeling of Host Organ-Specific Whole Tumor Responses to Radiation. Annual meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Boston, MA, 2008.

  

  1. Khaled, W., Chekuri, S., Thitai Kumar, A., Ophir, J., Mobbs, L.M., Garra, B.S.: Real-Time imaging of breast tumors invivo using axial and axial-shear strain elastograms: a preliminary study. Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 72, 2008.

  

  1. Zahiri–Azar,R., Thitai Kumar, A., Ophir, J., and Salcudean, S.E.: Real–time axial shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 36, 2007.

  

  1. Thitai Kumar, A, Ophir, J, Chant, C.M, Mobbs, L.M,Garra, B.S.: Visualization of inclusion-background bonding using axial-shear strain elastography: preliminary in vivo images. Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 125, 2007.

  

  1. Righetti, R., Srinivasan, S., Thitai Kumar,A., Ophir,J., and Krouskop, T.A.: Image quality issues in poroelastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 46, 2006.

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Ophir, J., and Krouskop, T.A.: Interface bonding strength in axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 54, 2006.

  

  1. Thitai Kumar, A., Righetti, R., Ophir, J and Krouskop, T.A.: Resolution of axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 69, 2006.

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Ophir, J and Krouskop, T.A.: SNR, CNR and their trade-offs with resolution in axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 108, 2006.

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Ophir J, and Krouskop T.A.: Comparison between axial elastograms of a connected and disconnected inclusion in homogeneous background: A simulation study. Proc. Of the 4th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 49 2005.

  

  1. ThitaiKumar, A., Muktevi, V.M., Glover, J.R., Ktonas, P.Y., Frost, J.D., Hrachovy, R.A., Mizrahi, E.M.: Automated Detection of Epileptic Seizure Segments in the Neonatal EEG. Proc. of the HSEMB conference 2003.

 

  1. Glover, J.R., Ktonas,P.Y., Shastry,M., ThitaiKumar, A., Muktevi,V., Frost,J.D., Hrachovy,R.A., Mizrahi,E.M.: Methodology and System Architecture for Automated Detection Of Epileptic Seizures. Proc. of the IEEE-EMBS conference, PP 70-72 2002.



  

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