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Dalin Tang

Publications

Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal Articles

• Zhongzhao Teng, Dalin Tang, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Allen H. Hoffman, An Experimental Study on the Ultimate Strength of the Adventitia and Media of Human Atherosclerotic Carotid Arteries in Circumferential and Axial Directions, Journal of Biomechanics, 2009.  NIH MSID: 133222; PubID: BM4361, in press.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Shunichi Kobayashi, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Zhongzhao Teng, Kristen Billiar, Richard Bach, David N. Ku, 3D MRI-Based Anisotropic FSI Models with Cyclic Bending for Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Mechanical Analysis, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2009. 131(6):061010. NIHMS90882.

• Xueying Huang, Chun Yang, Chun Yuan, Fei Liu, Gador Canton, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Gregorio A. Sicard, Dalin Tang.  Patient-Specific Artery Shrinkage and 3D Zero-Stress State in Multi-Component 3D FSI Models for Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques Based on In Vivo MRI Data, accepted to: Journal of Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 6(2):121-134, 2009.

• Dalin Tang, Zhongzhao Teng, Gador Canton, Thomas S. Hatsukami, Li dong, Xueying Huang, Chun Yuan, Local Critical Stress Correlates Better than Global Maximum Stress with Plaque Morphological Features Linked to Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability: An In Vivo Multi-Patient Study, BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2009, 8:15 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-8-15.

• Dalin Tang, Zhongzhao Teng, Gador Canton, Chun Yang, Marina Ferguson, Xueying Huang, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Chun Yuan, Sites of Rupture in Human Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaques are Associated with High Structural Stresses: An In Vivo MRI-Based 3D Fluid-Structure Interaction Study, AHA Journal, Stroke.  2009; 40; 3258-3263; online July 23, 2009, Featured article on MDlink.com.

• Chun Yang, Richard Bach, Jie Zheng, Issam El Naqa, Pamela K. Woodard, Zhongzhao Teng, Kristen Billiar, Dalin Tang, In Vivo IVUS-Based 3D Fluid Structure Interaction Models with Cyclic Bending and Anisotropic Vessel Properties for Human Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque Mechanical Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2009 Oct; 56(10):2420-8.  Epub 2009 Jun 26.

• Zheng J, Abendschein DR, Okamoto RJ, Yang D, McCommis KS, Misselwitz B, Gropler RJ, Tang D.  MRI-based biomechanical imaging: initial study on early plaque progression and vessel remodeling.  Magn Reson Imaging.  2009 Jun 24.  PMID:19559552, in press.

• Xueying Huang, Chun Yang, Chun Yuan,  Fei Liu,  Gador Canton,   Jie Zheng,  Pamela K. Woodard,  Gregorio A. Sicard, Dalin Tang.  Patient-Specific Artery Shrinkage and 3D Zero-Stress State in Multi-Component 3D FSI Models for Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques Based on In Vivo MRI Data, accepted to: Journal of Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 6(2): 121-134, 2009.

• Dalin Tang,  Chun Yang, Sayan Mondal,  Fei Liu,  Gador Canton, Thomas S. Hatsukami,  Chun Yuan, A Negative Correlation between Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression and Plaque Wall Stress: In Vivo MRI-Based 2D/3D FSI Models, J. Biomechanics,  2008; 41(4):727-736, Featured article by the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE), March 2008, http://www.shapesociety.org.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Sayan Mondal, Fei Liu, Gador Canton, Thomas S. Hatsukami, Chun Yuan, A Negative Correlation between Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression and Plaque Wall Stress: In Vivo MRI-Based 2D/3D FSI Models, J. Biomechanics, 2008; 41(4):727-736, Featured article by the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE), March 2008, http://www.shapesociety.org.

• Chun Yang, Dalin Tang, Shunichi Kobayashi, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Zhongzhao Teng, Richard Bach, David N. Ku, Cyclic Bending Contributes to High Stress in a Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque and Rupture Risk: In Vitro Experimental Modeling and Ex Vivo MRI-Based Computational Modeling Approach, Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 5(4), 259-274. 2008.  NIHMS90871.

• Jie Ji, Shunichi Kobayashi, Hirohisa Morikawa, Dalin Tang, David N. Ku, Influence of External Pressure on Flow and Deformation in Arterial Stenosis Models, J. of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, 75-84, 2008.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Tal Geva,  Pedro J. del Nido, Patient-Specific MRI-Based 3D FSI RV/LV/Patch Models for Pulmonary Valve Replacement Surgery and Patch Optimization, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 130(4)041010, PMID: 18601452, 2008.

• Chun Yang, Dalin Tang,* Idith Haber, Tal Geva, Pedro J. del Nido, In Vivo MRI-Based 3D FSI RV/LV Models for Human Right Ventricle and Patch Design for Potential Computer-Aided Surgery Optimization, Computers & Structures, 85, 988-997, 2007.

• Chun Yang,     Dalin Tang,  Chun Yuan,  Thomas S. Hatsukami,   Jie Zheng,  and Pamela K. Woodard, In Vivo/Ex Vivo MRI-Based 3D Models with Fluid-Structure Interactions for Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Compared with Fluid/Wall-Only Models, CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 19(3):233-245, 2007.

• Dalin Tang, Modeling Flow in Healthy and Stenosed Arteries, Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, edited by Metin Akay, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, Article 1525, pp. 1-16, 2006.  web access: dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780471740360.ebs1525.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Joseph D. Petruccelli, Gregorio A. Sicard, and Chun Yuan, Local Maximal Stress Hypothesis and Computational Plaque Vulnerability Index for Atherosclerotic Plaque Assessment, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 33(12):1789-1801, 2005.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Gregorio A. Sicard, Thomas K. Pilgram, and Chun Yuan, Quantifying Effects of Plaque Structure and Material Properties on Stress Behaviors in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Using 3D FSI Models, J. Biomech. Engng., 127(7):1185-1194, 2005.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Shunichi Kobayashi, David N. Ku, "Effect of a Lipid Pool on Stress/Strain Distributions in Stenotic Arteries: 3D FSI Models," J. Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 126, 363-370, June 2004.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Jie Zheng, Pamela K. Woodard, Gregorio A. Sicard, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, and Chun Yuan, 3D MRI-Based Multi-Component FSI Models for Atherosclerotic Plaques a 3-D FSI model, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 947-960, 2004 (Selected in Best Paper Selection, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Year Book 2006, page 70).

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Jie Zheng, and Raymond P. Vito, "Effects of stenosis asymmetry on blood flow and artery compression: a 3-D FSI model," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 31:1182-1193, 2003.

• Chun Yang, Dalin Tang and S. Q. Liu, "A Multi-Physics Growth Model with Fluid Structure Interactions for Blood Flow and Re-Stenosis in Rat Vein Grafts," Computers & Structures, 81, 1041-1058, 2003.

• Shu Q. Liu, Dalin Tang, Christopher Tieche, and Paul Alkema, "Pattern formation of vascular smooth muscle cells subject to nonuniform fluid shear stress: Mediation by the gradient of cell density," Am. J. Physio. Heart Circ Physiol, Featured article by Association of Eradication of Heart Attack, 285(3):H1072-80, 2003.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Shunichi Kobayashi and David N. Ku, "Simulating Cyclic Artery Compression using a 3-D Unsteady Model with Fluid-Structure Interactions," Computers & Structures, 80, 1651-1665, 2002.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Shunichi Kobayashi and David N. Ku, "Steady Flow and Wall Compression in Stenotic Arteries: a 3-D Thick-Wall Model with Fluid-Wall Interactions," J. Biomech. Engng., 123, pp. 548-557, 2001.

• Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, S. Kobayashi and David N. Ku, "A Generalized Finite Difference Method for 3-D Viscous Flow in Stenotic Tubes with Large Wall Deformation and Collapse," Applied Num. Math., 38: pp. 49-68, 2001.

• Dalin Tang and Jun Yang, "A Free Moving Boundary Model and Boundary Iteration Method for Unsteady Viscous Flow in Stenotic Elastic Tubes," SIAM J. on Scientific Computing, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1370-1386, 2000.

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