Publications

Babaniyi, O.A., Rodrigues, R., Richards, M.S. (In review). Momentum Equation-Based Regularizationand Image Registration for Two-Dimensional Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging. Inverse Problemsin Science and Engineering, Submitted, in Review.

Tuladhar, U. R., Simon, R.A., Mix, D.S., Richards, M.S. (In review). 2D Ultrasound Elasticity Imagingof Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using Deep Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions onComputational Imaging, Submitted, in Review.

Kedwai, B., Zottola, Z., Lehane, D., Geiger, J., Lehane, D., Stoner, M., Richards, M., Mix, D. (2025). Characterizing Changes in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Principal Wall Strain Using Ultrasound Elastography. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Sept 14, Vol 12.

Tuladhar, U.R., Simon, R.A., Linte, C.A., Richards, M.S. (2025). Ultrasound elastic modulus reconstruction using a deep learning model trained with simulated data. Journal of Medical Imaging. Jan 12(1):017.

Kedwai B, Geiger J, Najjar S, Kruger J, Richards, M.S., Yeh C, Dennehy M, Stoner M, Mix D. (2025). Quantifying the effect of IMPEDE-FX packing rate and volume on pressure-normalized principal wall strain in an idealized 3D-printed aneurysm model. JVS-Vascular Science. Jan 1, 6:1002.

Gonring, D.W., Zottola, Z.R., Hirad, A.A., Lakony, R., Richards, M.S., Pitcher, G., Stoner, M.C., Mix, D.S. (2024). Ultrasound elastography to quantify average percent pressure-normalized strain reduction associated with different aortic endografts in 3D-printed hydrogel phantoms. JVS-Vascular Science, Vol. 5, 100198.

Zottola, Z., Kong, D., Medhekar, A., Frye, L. E., Hao, S.B., Gonring, D.W., Hirad, A.A., Stoner, M.C., Richards, M.S., Mix, D.S. (2023). Intermediate pressure-normalized principal wall strain values are associated with increased abdominal aortic aneurysmal growth rates. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol. 10, 1232844.

Zottola, Z.R., Gonring, D.W., Wang, M.L., Hirad, A.A., Richards, M.S., Stoner, M.C., Mix, D.S. (2022). Changes in Intra-operative Aortic Strain as Detected by Ultrasound Elastography in Patients Following Abdominal Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases. Innovations and Techniques. 10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.09.003.

Mora, K.E., Mlawer, S.J., Bae, A.J., Richards, M.S., Loiselle, A.E., Buckley, M.R. (2022). Ultrasound strain mapping of the mouse Achilles tendon during passive dorsiflexion. Journal of Biomechanics. Vol. 132. 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.008.

Aggouras, A.N., Chimenti, R.L., Flemister, A.S., Ketz, J., Slane, L.C., Buckley, M.R., Richards, M.S. (2022). Impingement in Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy Occurs Across a Larger Range of Ankle Angles and is Associated with Increased Tendon Thickness. Foot & Ankle International. 10.1177/10711007211069570.

Nicols, A.E.C., Muscat, S.N., Miller, S.E., Green, L.J., Richards, M.S., Loiselle, A.E. (2021). Impact of isolation method on cellular activation and presence of specific tendon cell subpopulations during in vitro culture. The FASEB Journal. Vol. 35(7). 10.1096/fj.202100405R.

Kotelsky, A., Carrier, J.S., Aggouras, A., Richards, M.S., Buckley, M.R. (2020). Evidence that reduction in volume protects in situ articular chondrocytes from mechanical impact. Connective Tissue Research. 1-15. 10.1080/03008207.2020.1711746.

Jadamba, B., Khan, A., Richards, M.S., Sama, M., Tammer, C. (2020). Analyzing the role of the Inf-Sup condition for parameter identification in saddle point problems with application in elasticity imaging. Optimization. 1-34. 10.1080/02331934.2020.1789128.

Jadamba, B., Khan, A., Richards, M.S., Sama, M. (2020). A convex inversion framework for identifying parameters in saddle point problems with applications to inverse incompressible elasticity. Inverse Problems. 10.1088/1361-6420/ab8482.

Ackerman, Jessica & Studentsova, Valentina & Myers, Marlin & Buckley, Mark & Richards, Michael & Loiselle, Alayna. (2019). Non-Invasive Ultrasound Quantification of Scar Tissue Volume Identifies Early Functional Changes During Tendon Healing. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 37. 10.1002/jor.24397.

Mix, Doran & Cybulski, Luke & Stoner, Michael & Richards, Michael. (2019). Comparison of elastic modulus inverse estimation and the pulse wave velocity estimation for monitoring abdominal aortic aneurysms. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 145. 1858-1858. 10.1121/1.5101710.

Mix, Doran & Stoner, Michael & Day, Steven & Richards, Michael. (2018). Manufacturing Abdominal Aorta Hydrogel Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms for Ultrasound Elastography Validation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10.3791/57984.

Kelly, Meghan & MacDonald, Ashlee & Olson, Rachel & Weyand, Grace & Chimenti, Ruth & Richards, Michael & Buckley, Mark & Ketz, John & Flemister, Adolph. (2018). Novel Physical Therapy Protocol Targeting Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy Improves Patient Reported Outcomes that Persist For 1 Year. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics. 3. 2473011418S0028. 10.1177/2473011418S00284.

Kotelsky, A., Woo, C. W., Delgadillo, L. F., Richards, M. S., & Buckley, M. R. (2018). An Alternative Method to Characterize the Quasi-Static, Nonlinear Material Properties of Murine Articular Cartilage. Journal of biomechanical engineering, 140(1), 0110071–0110079. doi:10.1115/1.4038147

Kelly, Meghan & Bucklin, Mary & Chimenti, Ruth & Olson, Rachel & Richards, Michael & Buckley, Mark & Ketz, John & Flemister, Adolph. (2017). Novel Physical Therapy Protocol Results in Increased Compressive Strain and Improved Outcomes in Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics. 2. 2473011417S0002. 10.1177/2473011417S000238.

Mix, Doran & Yang, Ling & Johnson, Camille & Couper, Nathan & Zarras, Ben & Arabadjis, Isaac & Trakimas, Lauren & Stoner, Michael & Day, Steven & Richards, Michael. (2017). Detecting Regional Stiffness Changes in Aortic Aneurysmal Geometries Using Pressure-Normalized Strain. Ultrasound in medicine & biology.. 2017 Oct 0; 43(10):2372-2394. Epub 2017 Jul 17.

Mix, Doran & Stoner, Michael & Richards, Michael. (2017). Elastic reconstruction of shear modulus and stress distribution for assessing abdominal aorta aneurysmal rupture risk. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 141. 3676-3676. 10.1121/1.4987979.

Toth, Sandra & Mix, Doran & Bah, Ibrahima & Stoner, Michael & Doyle, Adam & Glocker, Roan & Buckley, Mark & Richards, Michael. (2016). PC222. Loss of Normal Fiber Orientation in Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmal Tissue and Increased Energy Loss. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 63. 220S-221S. 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.03.369.

Mix, Doran & Arabadjis, Isaac & Atene, Lynn & Stoner, Michael & Richards, Michael. (2016). IP029. Ultrasound Detection of Heterogeneous Accumulated Strain Within 3D Printed Patient Specific Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 63. 65S-66S. 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.03.052.

Chimenti, Ruth & Bucklin, Mary & Kelly, Meghan & Ketz, John & Flemister, Adolph & Richards, Michael & Buckley, Mark. (2016). Insertional achilles tendinopathy associated with altered transverse compressive and axial tensile strain during ankle dorsiflexion: ALTERED TENDON STRAINS IN IAT. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 35. 10.1002/jor.23338.

Stone, Jonathan & Fidalgo, Alexander & Park, Jennifer & Candela, Braden & Mix, Doran & Richards, Michael & Erturk, Erdal & Ghazi, Ahmed. (2016). V6-04 FULL IMMERSION SIMULATED PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY USING 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY. The Journal of Urology. 195. e660. 10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.404.

Chimenti, Ruth & Flemister, Adolph & Ketz, John & Bucklin, Mary & Buckley, Mark & Richards, Michael. (2015). Ultrasound strain mapping of Achilles tendon compressive strain patterns during dorsiflexion. Journal of Biomechanics. 49. 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.008.

Bah, Ibrahima & Kwak, Samuel & Chimenti, Ruth & Richards, Michael & Ketz, John & Flemister, Adolph & Buckley, Mark. (2015). Mechanical changes in the Achilles tendon due to insertional Achilles tendinopathy. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 53. 320-328. 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.08.022.

Ghazi, Ahmed & Stone, Jonathan & Candela, Braden & Richards, Michael & Joseph, Jean. (2015). V9-10 SIMULATED INANIMATE MODEL FOR PHYSICAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE (SIMPLE) FOR ROBOTIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY USING A 3-D PRINTED KIDNEY MODEL. The Journal of Urology. 193. e778. 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.2285.

Stone, Jonathan & Candela, Braden & Alleluia, Vincent & Fazili, Anees & Richards, Michael & Feng, Changyong & Peyre, Sarah & Joseph, Jean & Ghazi, Ahmed. (2015). MP23-09 A NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR SIMULATED SURGICAL PROCEDURES USING 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY. The Journal of Urology. 193. e270. 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.1252.

Richards, Michael & Perucchio, Renato & Doyley, Marvin. (2015). Visualizing the stress distribution within vascular tissues using intravascular ultrasound elastography: a preliminary investigation. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2015 Jun 0; 41(6):1616-31. Epub 2015 Mar 31.

Yengul, Sanjay & Seidl, Daniel & Oberai, Assad & Richards, Michael & Barbone, Paul. (2014). Boundary condition-free elastic modulus reconstructions from ultrasound measured quasi-static displacements. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 135. 2157. 10.1121/1.4876996.

Albocher, U., Barbone, P. E., Richards, M. S., Oberai, A. A., & Harari, I. (2014). Approaches to accommodate noisy data in the direct solution of inverse problems in incompressible plane-strain elasticity. Inverse problems in science and engineering.. 2014 22(8):1307-1328. doi:10.1080/17415977.2013.872100

Hansen, Hendrik & Richards, Michael & Doyley, Marvin & Korte, Chris. (2013). Noninvasive Vascular Displacement Estimation for Relative Elastic Modulus Reconstruction in Transversal Imaging Planes. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 13. 3341-57. 10.3390/s130303341.

Richards, Michael & Doyley, Marvin. (2012). Non-Rigid Image Registration Based Strain Estimator for Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 39. 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.09.023.

Pinter, Stephen & Rubin, Jonathan & Kripfgans, Oliver & Treadwell, Marjorie & Romero, Vivian & Richards, Michael & Zhang, Man & Hall, Anne & Fowlkes, Jeffrey. (2012). Three-Dimensional Sonographic Measurement of Blood Volume Flow in the Umbilical Cord. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 31. 1927-34. 10.7863/jum.2012.31.12.1927.

Richards, Michael & Doyley, Marvin. (2011). Investigating the impact of spatial priors on the performance of model-based IVUS elastography. Physics in medicine and biology. 56. 7223-46. 10.1088/0031-9155/56/22/014.

Patel, Prashant & Biswas, Rohan & Park, Daewoo & Cichonski, Thomas & Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan & Phan, Sem & Hamilton, James & Weitzel, William. (2010). Characterization of vascular strain during in-vitro angioplasty with high-resolution ultrasound speckle tracking. Theoretical biology & medical modelling. 7. 36. 10.1186/1742-4682-7-36.

Park, Dae Woo & Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan & Hamilton, James & Kruger, Grant & Weitzel, William. (2010). Arterial elasticity imaging: Comparison of finite-element analysis models with high-resolution ultrasound speckle tracking. Cardiovascular ultrasound. 8. 22. 10.1186/1476-7120-8-22.

Fisher, Ted & Hall, Timothy & Panda, Satchi & Richards, Michael & Barbone, Paul & Jiang, Jingfeng & Resnick, Jeff & Barnes, Steve. (2010). Volumetric Elasticity Imaging with a 2-D CMUT Array. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 36. 978-90. 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.019.

Richards, Michael & Jing, Shayin & Doyley, Marvin. (2010). Visualization of atherosclerotic plaque mechanical properties using model based intravascular ultrasound elastography. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 127. 1730. 10.1121/1.3383444.

Biswas, Rohan & Patel, Prashant & Park, Dae Woo & Cichonski, Thomas & Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan & Hamilton, James & Weitzel, William. (2010). Venous Elastography: Validation of a Novel High-Resolution Ultrasound Method for Measuring Vein Compliance Using Finite Element Analysis. Seminars in dialysis. 23. 105-9. 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2009.00684.x.

Richards, Michael & Kripfgans, Oliver & Rubin, Jonathan & Hall, Anne & Fowlkes, Jeffrey. (2009). Mean Volume Flow Estimation in Pulsatile Flow Conditions. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 35. 1880-91. 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.025.

Kripfgans, Oliver & Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan & Hall, Anne & Fowlkes, Jeffrey. (2009). 1522: PreClinical Studies of the Measurement of Volumetric Blood Flow. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - ULTRASOUND MED BIOL. 35. 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.06.909.

Jia, Congxian & Olafsson, Ragnar & Kim, Kang & Kolias, Theodore & Rubin, Jonathan & Weitzel, William & Witte, Russell & Huang, S.C.-H & Richards, Michael & Deng, Cheri & O'Donnell, Matthew. (2009). Two-Dimensional Strain Imaging of Controlled Rabbit Hearts. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 35. 1488-501. 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.007.

Richards, Michael & Barbone, Paul & Oberai, Assad. (2009). Quantitative three-dimensional elasticity imaging from quasi-static deformation: A phantom study. Physics in medicine and biology. 54. 757-79. 10.1088/0031-9155/54/3/019.

Booi, Rebecca & Carson, Paul & O'Donnell, Matthew & Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan. (2007). Diagnosing Cysts With Correlation Coefficient Images From 2-Dimensional Freehand Elastography. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 26. 1201-7. 10.7863/jum.2007.26.9.1201.

Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan & Oberai, Assad & Barbone, Paul. (2007). Three dimensional ultrasound elasticity imaging. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 121. 3084. 10.1121/1.4781933.

Richards, Michael & Gokhale, Nachiket & Barbone, Paul & Oberai, Assad. (2006). Three-dimensional ultrasound image registration and shear elastic modulus reconstruction. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 119. 3320. 10.1121/1.4786348.

Citron, Jason & Barbone, Paul & Rivas, Carlos & Richards, Michael & Bamber, Jeffrey & Bush, Nigel & Yarnold, John. (2019). Measuring Tissue Deformation from Ultrasound Image Sequences. Research Thrust R1 Presentations.

Jalalahmadi, Golnaz & Helguera, María & Mix, Doran & Hodis, Simona & Richards, Michael & Stoner, Michael & Linte, Cristian. (2018). (PEAK) WALL STRESS AS AN INDICATOR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM SEVERITY. Proceedings. IEEE Western New York Image and Signal Processing Workshop. 2018. 1-5. 10.1109/WNYIPW.2018.8576453.

Hansen, Hendrik & Richards, Michael & Doyley, Marvin & Korte, Chris. (2012). Compound strain imaging for elastic modulus reconstruction of transverse vessel cross-sections. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 1386-1389. 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0346.

Richards, Michael & Rubin, Jonathan & Jeong, Claire & Hollister, Scott & Kim, Kang. (2008). Three Dimensional Elastic Modulus Reconstruction for Non-invasive, Quantitative Monitoring of Tissue Scaffold Mechanical Property Changes. 536 - 539. 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0130.

Kim, K. & Richards, Michael & Jeong, Claire & Hollister, Scott. (2007). 5C-2 Non-Invasive Ultrasound Elastic Modulus Estimates on Tissue Scaffold Mechanical Property Change. 347 - 350. 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.97.

Booi, R.C. & Roubidoux, M. & Richards, Michael & Rubin, J.M. & O'Donnell, M. & Helvie, M.A. & Hall, A.L. & Carson, Paul. (2007). Mammographic through-paddle elastography for improved breast lesion characterization. 121.

Gokhale, N. & Richards, Michael & Oberai, A. & Barbone, P. & Doyley, Marvin. (2004). Simultaneous elastic image registration and elastic modulus reconstruction. 543 - 546 Vol. 1. 10.1109/ISBI.2004.1398595.