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2021

Reconstructing vascular homeostasis by growth-based prestretch and optimal fiber deposition.
Wu J, Augustin CM, Shadden SC (2021) J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 114: 104161.
PMID: 33229142, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104161

Using machine learning to identify local cellular properties that support re-entrant activation in patient-specific models of atrial fibrillation.
Corrado C, Williams S, Roney C, Plank G, O'Neill M, Niederer S (2021) Europace, In Press.
PMID: 33437987, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa386

2020

His-bundle and left bundle pacing with optimized atrioventricular delay achieve superior electrical synchrony over endocardial and epicardial pacing in left bundle branch block patients.
Strocchi M, Lee AWC, Neic A, Bouyssier J, Gillette K, Plank G, Elliott MK, Gould J, Behar JM, Sidhu B, Mehta V, Bishop MJ, Vigmond EJ, Rinaldi CA, Niederer SA (2020) Heart Rhythm, 17(11): 1922-1929.
PMID: 32603781, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.06.028

3D Electrophysiological Modeling of Interstitial Fibrosis Networks and Their Role in Ventricular Arrhythmias in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
Balaban G, Costa CM, Porter B, Halliday B, Rinaldi CA, Prasad S, Plank G, Ismail TF, Bishop MJ (2020) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 67(11): 3125-3133.
PMID: 32275581, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2020.2976924

Double-kissing culotte technique for coronary bifurcation stenting.
Toth GG, Sasi V, Franco D, Prassl AJ, Di Serafino L, Ng JCK, Szanto G, Schneller L, Ang HY, Plank G, Wijns W, Barbato E (2020) EuroIntervention, 16(9): e724-e733.
PMID: 32338608, DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00130

In-silico pace-mapping using a detailed whole torso model and implanted electronic device electrograms for more efficient ablation planning.
Monaci S, Strocchi M, Rodero C, Gillette K, Whitaker J, Rajani R, Rinaldi CA, O'Neill M, Plank G, King A, Bishop MJ (2020) Comput Biol Med, 125: 104005.
PMID: 32971325, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.104005

In silico Comparison of Left Atrial Ablation Techniques That Target the Anatomical, Structural, and Electrical Substrates of Atrial Fibrillation.
Roney CH, Beach ML, Mehta AM, Sim I, Corrado C, Bendikas R, Solis-Lemus JA, Razeghi O, Whitaker J, O'Neill L, Plank G, Vigmond E, Williams SE, O'Neill MD, Niederer SA (2020) Front Physiol, 11: 1145.
PMID: 33041850, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.572874

Direct comparison of a novel antitachycardia pacing algorithm against present methods using virtual patient modeling.
Swenson DJ, Taepke RT, Blauer JJE, Kwan E, Ghafoori E, Plank G, Vigmond E, MacLeod RS, DeGroot P, Ranjan R (2020) Heart Rhythm, 17(9): 1602-1608.
PMID: 32438017, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.05.009

A computational investigation into rate-dependant vectorcardiogram changes due to specific fibrosis patterns in non-ischæmic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Gemmell PM, Gillette K, Balaban G, Rajani R, Vigmond EJ, Plank G, Bishop MJ (2020) Comput Biol Med, 123: 103895.
PMID: 32741753, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103895

Left ventricular endocardial pacing is less arrhythmogenic than conventional epicardial pacing when pacing in proximity to scar.
Mendonca Costa C, Neic A, Gillette K, Porter B, Gould J, Sidhu B, Chen Z, Elliott M, Mehta V, Plank G, Rinaldi CA, Bishop MJ, Niederer SA (2020) Heart Rhythm, 17(8): 1262-1270.
PMID: 32272230, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.03.021

An Inverse Eikonal Method for Identifying Ventricular Activation Sequences from Epicardial Activation Maps.
Grandits T, Gillette K, Neic A, Bayer J, Vigmond E, Pock T, Plank G (2020) J Comput Phys, 419PMID: 32952215, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109700

A publicly available virtual cohort of four-chamber heart meshes for cardiac electro-mechanics simulations.
Strocchi M, Augustin CM, Gsell MAF, Karabelas E, Neic A, Gillette K, Razeghi O, Prassl AJ, Vigmond EJ, Behar JM, Gould J, Sidhu B, Rinaldi CA, Bishop MJ, Plank G, Niederer SA (2020) PLoS One, 15(6): e0235145.
PMID: 32589679, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235145

Personalization of electro-mechanical models of the pressure-overloaded left ventricle: fitting of Windkessel-type afterload models.
Marx L, Gsell MAF, Rund A, Caforio F, Prassl AJ, Toth-Gayor G, Kuehne T, Augustin CM, Plank G (2020) Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 378(2173): 20190342.
PMID: 32448067, DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0342

Creation and application of virtual patient cohorts of heart models.
Niederer SA, Aboelkassem Y, Cantwell CD, Corrado C, Coveney S, Cherry EM, Delhaas T, Fenton FH, Panfilov AV, Pathmanathan P, Plank G, Riabiz M, Roney CH, Dos Santos RW, Wang L (2020) Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 378(2173): 20190558.
PMID: 32448064, DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0558

The impact of wall thickness and curvature on wall stress in patient-specific electromechanical models of the left atrium.
Augustin CM, Fastl TE, Neic A, Bellini C, Whitaker J, Rajani R, O'Neill MD, Bishop MJ, Plank G, Niederer SA (2020) Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 19(3): 1015-1034.
PMID: 31802292, DOI: 10.1007/s10237-019-01268-5

High inter-observer reliability in standardized ultrasound measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue in children aged three to six years.
Kelso A, Müller W, Fürhapter-Rieger A, Sengeis M, Ahammer H, Steinacker JM (2020) BMC Pediatr, 20(1): 145.
PMID: 32241257, DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-02044-6

Computational modeling of cardiac growth and remodeling in pressure overloaded hearts-Linking microstructure to organ phenotype.
Niestrawska JA, Augustin CM, Plank G (2020) Acta Biomater, 106: 34-53.
PMID: 32058078, DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.02.010

Simulating ventricular systolic motion in a four-chamber heart model with spatially varying robin boundary conditions to model the effect of the pericardium.
Strocchi M, Gsell MAF, Augustin CM, Razeghi O, Roney CH, Prassl AJ, Vigmond EJ, Behar JM, Gould JS, Rinaldi CA, Bishop MJ, Plank G, Niederer SA (2020) J Biomech, 101: 109645.
PMID: 32014305, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109645

Relative Body Weight and Standardised Brightness-Mode Ultrasound Measurement of Subcutaneous Fat in Athletes: An International Multicentre Reliability Study, Under the Auspices of the IOC Medical Commission.
Müller W, Fürhapter-Rieger A, Ahammer H, Lohman TG, Meyer NL, Sardinha LB, Stewart AD, Maughan RJ, Sundgot-Borgen J, Müller T, Harris M, Kirihennedige N, Magalhaes JP, Melo X, Pirstinger W, Reguant-Closa A, Risoul-Salas V, Ackland TR (2020) Sports Med, 50(3): 597-614.
PMID: 31571156, DOI: 10.1007/s40279-019-01192-9

Versatile stabilized finite element formulations for nearly and fully incompressible solid mechanics.
Karabelas E, Haase G, Plank G, Augustin CM (2020) Comput Mech, 65(1): 193-215.
PMID: 31975744, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-019-01760-w

Automating image-based mesh generation and manipulation tasks in cardiac modeling workflows using Meshtool.
Neic A, Gsell MAF, Karabelas E, Prassl AJ, Plank G (2020) SoftwareX, 11: 100454.
PMID: 32607406, DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2020.100454

2019

Sex-Dependent QRS Guidelines for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using Computer Model Predictions.
Lee AWC, O'Regan DP, Gould J, Sidhu B, Sieniewicz B, Plank G, Warriner DR, Lamata P, Rinaldi CA, Niederer SA (2019) Biophys J, 117(12): 2375-2381.
PMID: 31547974, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.08.025

Factors Promoting Conduction Slowing as Substrates for Block and Reentry in Infarcted Hearts.
Campos FO, Whitaker J, Neji R, Roujol S, O'Neill M, Plank G, Bishop MJ (2019) Biophys J, 117(12): 2361-2374.
PMID: 31521328, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.08.008

GIRK1 triggers multiple cancer-related pathways in the benign mammary epithelial cell line MCF10A.
Schratter G, Scheruebel S, Langthaler S, Ester K, Pelzmann B, Ghaffari-Tabrizi-Wizsy N, Rezania S, Gorischek A, Platzer D, Zorn-Pauly K, Ahammer H, Prokesch A, Stanzer S, Devaney TTJ, Schmidt K, Jahn SW, Prassl R, Bauernhofer T, Schreibmayer W (2019) Sci Rep, 9(1): 19277.
PMID: 31848385, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55683-w

Inverse localization of earliest cardiac activation sites from activation maps based on the viscous Eikonal equation.
Kunisch K, Neic A, Plank G, Trautmann P (2019) J Math Biol, 79(6-7): 2033-2068.
PMID: 31473798, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-019-01419-3

Evaluation of algorithms for Multi-Modality Whole Heart Segmentation: An open-access grand challenge.
Zhuang X, Li L, Payer C, Štern D, Urschler M, Heinrich MP, Oster J, Wang C, Smedby Ö, Bian C, Yang X, Heng PA, Mortazi A, Bagci U, Yang G, Sun C, Galisot G, Ramel JY, Brouard T, Tong Q, Si W, Liao X, Zeng G, Shi Z, Zheng G, Wang C, MacGillivray T, Newby D, Rhode K, Ourselin S, Mohiaddin R, Keegan J, Firmin D, Yang G (2019) Med Image Anal, 58: 101537.
PMID: 31446280, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.101537

Automated age estimation from MRI volumes of the hand.
Štern D, Payer C, Urschler M (2019) Med Image Anal, 58: 101538.
PMID: 31400620, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.101538

Scar shape analysis and simulated electrical instabilities in a non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patient cohort.
Balaban G, Halliday BP, Bai W, Porter B, Malvuccio C, Lamata P, Rinaldi CA, Plank G, Rueckert D, Prasad SK, Bishop MJ (2019) PLoS Comput Biol, 15(10): e1007421.
PMID: 31658247, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007421

Pacing in proximity to scar during cardiac resynchronization therapy increases local dispersion of repolarization and susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmogenesis.
Mendonca Costa C, Neic A, Kerfoot E, Porter B, Sieniewicz B, Gould J, Sidhu B, Chen Z, Plank G, Rinaldi CA, Bishop MJ, Niederer SA (2019) Heart Rhythm, 16(10): 1475-1483.
PMID: 30930329, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.03.027

A rule-based method for predicting the electrical activation of the heart with cardiac resynchronization therapy from non-invasive clinical data.
Lee AWC, Nguyen UC, Razeghi O, Gould J, Sidhu BS, Sieniewicz B, Behar J, Mafi-Rad M, Plank G, Prinzen FW, Rinaldi CA, Vernooy K, Niederer S (2019) Med Image Anal, 57: 197-213.
PMID: 31326854, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.06.017

Segmenting and tracking cell instances with cosine embeddings and recurrent hourglass networks.
Payer C, Štern D, Feiner M, Bischof H, Urschler M (2019) Med Image Anal, 57: 106-119.
PMID: 31299493, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.06.015

Generation of a cohort of whole-torso cardiac models for assessing the utility of a novel computed shock vector efficiency metric for ICD optimisation.
Plancke AM, Connolly A, Gemmell PM, Neic A, McSpadden LC, Whitaker J, O'Neill M, Rinaldi CA, Rajani R, Niederer SA, Plank G, Bishop MJ (2019) Comput Biol Med, 112: 103368.
PMID: 31352217, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.103368

Dynamics of Forest Fragmentation and Connectivity Using Particle and Fractal Analysis.
Andronache I, Marin M, Fischer R, Ahammer H, Radulovic M, Ciobotaru AM, Jelinek HF, Di Ieva A, Pintilii RD, Drăghici CC, Herman GV, Nicula AS, Simion AG, Loghin IV, Diaconu DC, Peptenatu D (2019) Sci Rep, 9(1): 12228.
PMID: 31439903, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48277-z

Automatic Age Estimation and Majority Age Classification From Multi-Factorial MRI Data.
Stern D, Payer C, Giuliani N, Urschler M (2019) IEEE J Biomed Health Inform, 23(4): 1392-1403.
PMID: 31059459, DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2018.2869606

Integrating spatial configuration into heatmap regression based CNNs for landmark localization.
Payer C, Štern D, Bischof H, Urschler M (2019) Med Image Anal, 54: 207-219.
PMID: 30947144, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.03.007

The Left and Right Ventricles Respond Differently to Variation of Pacing Delays in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Combined Experimental- Computational Approach.
Willemen E, Schreurs R, Huntjens PR, Strik M, Plank G, Vigmond E, Walmsley J, Vernooy K, Delhaas T, Prinzen FW, Lumens J (2019) Front Physiol, 10: 17.
PMID: 30774598, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00017

Validation of Intramural Wavefront Reconstruction and Estimation of 3D Conduction Velocity.
Good WW, Gillette KK, Bergquist JA, Zenger B, Tate J, Rupp LC, Anderson D, Plank G, MacLeod RS (2019) Comput Cardiol (2010), 46PMID: 32123687, DOI: 10.22489/cinc.2019.420

2018

Fibrosis Microstructure Modulates Reentry in Non-ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Insights From Imaged Guided 2D Computational Modeling.
Balaban G, Halliday BP, Mendonca Costa C, Bai W, Porter B, Rinaldi CA, Plank G, Rueckert D, Prasad SK, Bishop MJ (2018) Front Physiol, 9: 1832.
PMID: 30618838, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01832

Phosphorylation by the stress-activated MAPK Slt2 down-regulates the yeast TOR complex 2.
Leskoske KL, Roelants FM, Emmerstorfer-Augustin A, Augustin CM, Si EP, Hill JM, Thorner J (2018) Genes Dev, 32(23-24): 1576-1590.
PMID: 30478248, DOI: 10.1101/gad.318709.118

Assessment of wall stresses and mechanical heart power in the left ventricle: Finite element modeling versus Laplace analysis.
Gsell MAF, Augustin CM, Prassl AJ, Karabelas E, Fernandes JF, Kelm M, Goubergrits L, Kuehne T, Plank G (2018) Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng, 34(12): e3147.
PMID: 30151998, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3147

Tracking yeast pheromone receptor Ste2 endocytosis using fluorogen-activating protein tagging.
Emmerstorfer-Augustin A, Augustin CM, Shams S, Thorner J (2018) Mol Biol Cell, 29(22): 2720-2736.
PMID: 30207829, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E18-07-0424

Arterial hypertension drives arrhythmia progression via specific structural remodeling in a porcine model of atrial fibrillation.
Manninger M, Zweiker D, van Hunnik A, Alogna A, Prassl AJ, Schipke J, Zeemering S, Zirngast B, Schönleitner P, Schwarzl M, Herbst V, Thon-Gutschi E, Huber S, Rohrer U, Ebner J, Brussee H, Pieske BM, Heinzel FR, Verheule S, Antoons G, Lueger A, Mühlfeld C, Plank G, Schotten U, Post H, Scherr D (2018) Heart Rhythm, 15(9): 1328-1336.
PMID: 29803020, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.05.016

Personalized computational modeling of left atrial geometry and transmural myofiber architecture.
Fastl TE, Tobon-Gomez C, Crozier A, Whitaker J, Rajani R, McCarthy KP, Sanchez-Quintana D, Ho SY, O'Neill MD, Plank G, Bishop MJ, Niederer SA (2018) Med Image Anal, 47: 180-190.
PMID: 29753182, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2018.04.001

A work flow to build and validate patient specific left atrium electrophysiology models from catheter measurements.
Corrado C, Williams S, Karim R, Plank G, O'Neill M, Niederer S (2018) Med Image Anal, 47: 153-163.
PMID: 29753180, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2018.04.005

Towards a Computational Framework for Modeling the Impact of Aortic Coarctations Upon Left Ventricular Load.
Karabelas E, Gsell MAF, Augustin CM, Marx L, Neic A, Prassl AJ, Goubergrits L, Kuehne T, Plank G (2018) Front Physiol, 9: 538.
PMID: 29892227, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00538

Sinoatrial Beat to Beat Variability Assessed by Contraction Strength in Addition to the Interbeat Interval.
Ahammer H, Scheruebel S, Arnold R, Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber M, Lang P, Dolgos Á, Pelzmann B, Zorn-Pauly K (2018) Front Physiol, 9: 546.
PMID: 29867582, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00546

Modeling the Electrophysiological Properties of the Infarct Border Zone.
Mendonca Costa C, Plank G, Rinaldi CA, Niederer SA, Bishop MJ (2018) Front Physiol, 9: 356.
PMID: 29686626, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00356

Age is reflected in the Fractal Dimensionality of MRI Diffusion Based Tractography.
Reishofer G, Studencnik F, Koschutnig K, Deutschmann H, Ahammer H, Wood G (2018) Sci Rep, 8(1): 5431.
PMID: 29615717, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23769-6

Universal ventricular coordinates: A generic framework for describing position within the heart and transferring data.
Bayer J, Prassl AJ, Pashaei A, Gomez JF, Frontera A, Neic A, Plank G, Vigmond EJ (2018) Med Image Anal, 45: 83-93.
PMID: 29414438, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2018.01.005

Integrating geometric configuration and appearance information into a unified framework for anatomical landmark localization.
Urschler M, Ebner T, Štern D (2018) Med Image Anal, 43: 23-36.
PMID: 28963961, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2017.09.003

2017

Efficient computation of electrograms and ECGs in human whole heart simulations using a reaction-eikonal model.
Neic A, Campos FO, Prassl AJ, Niederer SA, Bishop MJ, Vigmond EJ, Plank G (2017) J Comput Phys, 346: 191-211.
PMID: 28819329, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.020

Highly trabeculated structure of the human endocardium underlies asymmetrical response to low-energy monophasic shocks.
Connolly A, Robson MD, Schneider J, Burton R, Plank G, Bishop MJ (2017) Chaos, 27(9): 093913.
PMID: 28964115, DOI: 10.1063/1.4999609

Stochastic spontaneous calcium release events and sodium channelopathies promote ventricular arrhythmias.
Campos FO, Shiferaw Y, Vigmond EJ, Plank G (2017) Chaos, 27(9): 093910.
PMID: 28964108, DOI: 10.1063/1.4999612

Assessment of reduced-order unscented Kalman filter for parameter identification in 1-dimensional blood flow models using experimental data.
Caiazzo A, Caforio F, Montecinos G, Muller LO, Blanco PJ, Toro EF (2017) Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng, 33(8): e2843.
PMID: 27781397, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2843

Advantages and problems of nonlinear methods applied to analyze physiological time signals: human balance control as an example.
Müller W, Jung A, Ahammer H (2017) Sci Rep, 7(1): 2464.
PMID: 28550294, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02665-5

Biophysical Modeling to Determine the Optimization of Left Ventricular Pacing Site and AV/VV Delays in the Acute and Chronic Phase of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
Lee AW, Crozier A, Hyde ER, Lamata P, Truong M, Sohal M, Jackson T, Behar JM, Claridge S, Shetty A, Sammut E, Plank G, Rinaldi CA, Niederer S (2017) J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 28(2): 208-215.
PMID: 27885749, DOI: 10.1111/jce.13134

Standardized Ultrasound Measurement of Subcutaneous Fat Patterning: High Reliability and Accuracy in Groups Ranging from Lean to Obese.
Störchle P, Müller W, Sengeis M, Ahammer H, Fürhapter-Rieger A, Bachl N, Lackner S, Mörkl S, Holasek S (2017) Ultrasound Med Biol, 43(2): 427-438.
PMID: 27866704, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.09.014

Evaluation and comparison of 3D intervertebral disc localization and segmentation methods for 3D T2 MR data: A grand challenge.
Zheng G, Chu C, Belavý DL, Ibragimov B, Korez R, Vrtovec T, Hutt H, Everson R, Meakin J, Andrade IL, Glocker B, Chen H, Dou Q, Heng PA, Wang C, Forsberg D, Neubert A, Fripp J, Urschler M, Stern D, Wimmer M, Novikov AA, Cheng H, Armbrecht G, Felsenberg D, Li S (2017) Med Image Anal, 35: 327-344.
PMID: 27567734, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2016.08.005

Training echo state networks for rotation-invariant bone marrow cell classification.
Kainz P, Burgsteiner H, Asslaber M, Ahammer H (2017) Neural Comput Appl, 28(6): 1277-1292.
PMID: 28706349, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2609-9

2016

Patient-specific modeling of left ventricular electromechanics as a driver for haemodynamic analysis.
Augustin CM, Crozier A, Neic A, Prassl AJ, Karabelas E, Ferreira da Silva T, Fernandes JF, Campos F, Kuehne T, Plank G (2016) Europace, 18(suppl 4): iv121-iv129.
PMID: 28011839, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw369

Analysis of lead placement optimization metrics in cardiac resynchronization therapy with computational modelling.
Crozier A, Blazevic B, Lamata P, Plank G, Ginks M, Duckett S, Sohal M, Shetty A, Rinaldi CA, Razavi R, Niederer SA, Smith NP (2016) Europace, 18(suppl 4): iv113-iv120.
PMID: 28011838, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw366

Tug-of-war lacunarity-A novel approach for estimating lacunarity.
Reiss MA, Lemmerer B, Hanslmeier A, Ahammer H (2016) Chaos, 26(11): 113102.
PMID: 27908020, DOI: 10.1063/1.4966539

Track Z. Training and Further Education for Engineers and Physicians.
Hofer E, Arnold R, Reishofer G, Ahammer H (2016) Biomed Tech (Berl), 61(s1): 262-266.
PMID: 27682706, DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2016-5024

Automated Texture Analysis and Determination of Fibre Orientation of Heart Tissue: A Morphometric Study.
Zach B, Hofer E, Asslaber M, Ahammer H (2016) PLoS One, 11(8): e0160735.
PMID: 27505420, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160735

Pyramidal fractal dimension for high resolution images.
Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber M, Ahammer H (2016) Chaos, 26(7): 073109.
PMID: 27475069, DOI: 10.1063/1.4958709

The relative role of patient physiology and device optimisation in cardiac resynchronisation therapy: A computational modelling study.
Crozier A, Blazevic B, Lamata P, Plank G, Ginks M, Duckett S, Sohal M, Shetty A, Rinaldi CA, Razavi R, Smith NP, Niederer SA (2016) J Mol Cell Cardiol, 96: 93-100.
PMID: 26546827, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.10.026

PDE constrained optimization of electrical defibrillation in a 3D ventricular slice geometry.
Chamakuri N, Kunisch K, Plank G (2016) Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng, 32(4): e02742.
PMID: 26249168, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2742

Investigating a Novel Activation-Repolarisation Time Metric to Predict Localised Vulnerability to Reentry Using Computational Modelling.
Hill YR, Child N, Hanson B, Wallman M, Coronel R, Plank G, Rinaldi CA, Gill J, Smith NP, Taggart P, Bishop MJ (2016) PLoS One, 11(3): e0149342.
PMID: 26934736, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149342

Three-dimensional atrial wall thickness maps to inform catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation.
Bishop M, Rajani R, Plank G, Gaddum N, Carr-White G, Wright M, O'Neill M, Niederer S (2016) Europace, 18(3): 376-83.
PMID: 25842272, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv073

Anatomically accurate high resolution modeling of human whole heart electromechanics: A strongly scalable algebraic multigrid solver method for nonlinear deformation.
Augustin CM, Neic A, Liebmann M, Prassl AJ, Niederer SA, Haase G, Plank G (2016) J Comput Phys, 305: 622-646.
PMID: 26819483, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2015.10.045

Image-Based Personalization of Cardiac Anatomy for Coupled Electromechanical Modeling.
Crozier A, Augustin CM, Neic A, Prassl AJ, Holler M, Fastl TE, Hennemuth A, Bredies K, Kuehne T, Bishop MJ, Niederer SA, Plank G (2016) Ann Biomed Eng, 44(1): 58-70.
PMID: 26424476, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1474-5

Subcutaneous fat patterning in athletes: selection of appropriate sites and standardisation of a novel ultrasound measurement technique: ad hoc working group on body composition, health and performance, under the auspices of the IOC Medical Commission.
Müller W, Lohman TG, Stewart AD, Maughan RJ, Meyer NL, Sardinha LB, Kirihennedige N, Reguant-Closa A, Risoul-Salas V, Sundgot-Borgen J, Ahammer H, Anderhuber F, Fürhapter-Rieger A, Kainz P, Materna W, Pilsl U, Pirstinger W, Ackland TR (2016) Br J Sports Med, 50(1): 45-54.
PMID: 26702017, DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095641

2015

Verification of cardiac mechanics software: benchmark problems and solutions for testing active and passive material behaviour.
Land S, Gurev V, Arens S, Augustin CM, Baron L, Blake R, Bradley C, Castro S, Crozier A, Favino M, Fastl TE, Fritz T, Gao H, Gizzi A, Griffith BE, Hurtado DE, Krause R, Luo X, Nash MP, Pezzuto S, Plank G, Rossi S, Ruprecht D, Seemann G, Smith NP, Sundnes J, Rice JJ, Trayanova N, Wang D, Jenny Wang Z, Niederer SA (2015) Proc Math Phys Eng Sci, 471(2184): 20150641.
PMID: 26807042, DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0641

Beneficial Effect on Cardiac Resynchronization From Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing Is Mediated by Early Access to High Conduction Velocity Tissue: Electrophysiological Simulation Study.
Hyde ER, Behar JM, Claridge S, Jackson T, Lee AW, Remme EW, Sohal M, Plank G, Razavi R, Rinaldi CA, Niederer SA (2015) Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 8(5): 1164-72.
PMID: 26136400, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.002677

Local Gradients in Electrotonic Loading Modulate the Local Effective Refractory Period: Implications for Arrhythmogenesis in the Infarct Border Zone.
Connolly A, Trew ML, Smaill BH, Plank G, Bishop MJ (2015) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 62(9): 2251-2259.
PMID: 25872206, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2015.2421296

Stochastic spontaneous calcium release events trigger premature ventricular complexes by overcoming electrotonic load.
Campos FO, Shiferaw Y, Prassl AJ, Boyle PM, Vigmond EJ, Plank G (2015) Cardiovasc Res, 107(1): 175-83.
PMID: 25969391, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv149

Is a two-dimensional generalization of the Higuchi algorithm really necessary?
Ahammer H, Sabathiel N, Reiss MA (2015) Chaos, 25(7): 073104.
PMID: 26232955, DOI: 10.1063/1.4923030

Minimum cement volume for vertebroplasty.
Martinčič D, Brojan M, Kosel F, Štern D, Vrtovec T, Antolič V, Vengust R (2015) Int Orthop, 39(4): 727-33.
PMID: 25500712, DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2620-7

IQM: an extensible and portable open source application for image and signal analysis in Java.
Kainz P, Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber M, Ahammer H (2015) PLoS One, 10(1): e0116329.
PMID: 25612319, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116329

Biophotonic Modelling of Cardiac Optical Imaging.
Bishop MJ, Plank G (2015) Adv Exp Med Biol, 859: 367-404.
PMID: 26238061, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17641-3_15

What automated age estimation of hand and wrist MRI data tells us about skeletal maturation in male adolescents.
Urschler M, Grassegger S, Štern D (2015) Ann Hum Biol, 42(4): 358-67.
PMID: 26313328, DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2015.1043945

2014

Fractal analysis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
Fabrizii M, Moinfar F, Jelinek HF, Karperien A, Ahammer H (2014) PLoS One, 9(10): e108457.
PMID: 25302712, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108457

Structural heterogeneity modulates effective refractory period: a mechanism of focal arrhythmia initiation.
Bishop MJ, Connolly A, Plank G (2014) PLoS One, 9(10): e109754.
PMID: 25291380, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109754

Simulating photon scattering effects in structurally detailed ventricular models using a Monte Carlo approach.
Bishop MJ, Plank G (2014) Front Physiol, 5: 338.
PMID: 25309442, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00338

Influence of the Purkinje-muscle junction on transmural repolarization heterogeneity.
Walton RD, Martinez ME, Bishop MJ, Hocini M, Haïssaguerre M, Plank G, Bernus O, Vigmond EJ (2014) Cardiovasc Res, 103(4): 629-40.
PMID: 24997066, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvu165

Classical and all-floating FETI methods for the simulation of arterial tissues.
Augustin CM, Holzapfel GA, Steinbach O (2014) Int J Numer Methods Eng, 99(4): 290-312.
PMID: 26751957, DOI: 10.1002/nme.4674

Sensitivity and specificity of substrate mapping: an in silico framework for the evaluation of electroanatomical substrate mapping strategies.
Blauer JJ, Swenson D, Higuchi K, Plank G, Ranjan R, Marrouche N, Macleod RS (2014) J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 25(7): 774-80.
PMID: 24762029, DOI: 10.1111/jce.12444

Mechanism of reentry induction by a 9-V battery in rabbit ventricles.
Bishop MJ, Burton RA, Kalla M, Nanthakumar K, Plank G, Bub G, Vigmond EJ (2014) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 306(7): H1041-53.
PMID: 24464758, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00591.2013

An efficient finite element approach for modeling fibrotic clefts in the heart.
Costa CM, Campos FO, Prassl AJ, dos Santos RW, Sánchez-Quintana D, Ahammer H, Hofer E, Plank G (2014) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 61(3): 900-10.
PMID: 24557691, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2292320

Effects of regional mitochondrial depolarization on electrical propagation: implications for arrhythmogenesis.
Zhou L, Solhjoo S, Millare B, Plank G, Abraham MR, Cortassa S, Trayanova N, O'Rourke B (2014) Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 7(1): 143-51.
PMID: 24382411, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000600

Distribution of decidual natural killer cells and macrophages in the neighbourhood of the trophoblast invasion front: a quantitative evaluation.
Helige C, Ahammer H, Moser G, Hammer A, Dohr G, Huppertz B, Sedlmayr P (2014) Hum Reprod, 29(1): 8-17.
PMID: 24140594, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det353

Towards automatic bone age estimation from MRI: localization of 3D anatomical landmarks.
Ebner T, Stern D, Donner R, Bischof H, Urschler M (2014) Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv, 17(Pt 2): 421-8.
PMID: 25485407, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10470-6_53

Fully automatic bone age estimation from left hand MR images.
Stern D, Ebner T, Bischof H, Grassegger S, Ehammer T, Urschler M (2014) Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv, 17(Pt 2): 220-7.
PMID: 25485382, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10470-6_28

2013

Body composition in sport: a comparison of a novel ultrasound imaging technique to measure subcutaneous fat tissue compared with skinfold measurement.
Müller W, Horn M, Fürhapter-Rieger A, Kainz P, Kröpfl JM, Maughan RJ, Ahammer H (2013) Br J Sports Med, 47(16): 1028-35.
PMID: 24055780, DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092232

Body composition in sport: interobserver reliability of a novel ultrasound measure of subcutaneous fat tissue.
Müller W, Horn M, Fürhapter-Rieger A, Kainz P, Kröpfl JM, Ackland TR, Lohman TG, Maughan RJ, Meyer NL, Sundgot-Borgen J, Stewart AD, Ahammer H (2013) Br J Sports Med, 47(16): 1036-43.
PMID: 23956337, DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092233

Modeling the dispersion in electromechanically coupled myocardium.
Eriksson TS, Prassl AJ, Plank G, Holzapfel GA (2013) Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng, 29(11): 1267-84.
PMID: 23868817, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2575

Automatic Parameterization Strategy for Cardiac Electrophysiology Simulations.
Costa CM, Hoetzl E, Rocha BM, Prassl AJ, Plank G (2013) Comput Cardiol (2010), 40: 373-376.
PMID: 24729986

On boundary stimulation and optimal boundary control of the bidomain equations.
Chamakuri N, Kunisch K, Plank G (2013) Math Biosci, 245(2): 206-15.
PMID: 23856647, DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2013.07.004

Xanthohumol ameliorates atherosclerotic plaque formation, hypercholesterolemia, and hepatic steatosis in ApoE-deficient mice.
Doddapattar P, Radović B, Patankar JV, Obrowsky S, Jandl K, Nusshold C, Kolb D, Vujić N, Doshi L, Chandak PG, Goeritzer M, Ahammer H, Hoefler G, Sattler W, Kratky D (2013) Mol Nutr Food Res, 57(10): 1718-28.
PMID: 23650230, DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200794

Simulating the Mechanics of Myocardial Tissue Using Strongly Scalable Parallel Algorithms.
Augustin CM, Plank G (2013) Biomed Tech (Berl), 58 Suppl 1PMID: 24043067, DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4322

Tissue Structure and Ca2+-Mediated Ectopic Beats.
Campos FO, Shiferaw Y, Plank G (2013) Biomed Tech (Berl), 58 Suppl 1PMID: 24043060, DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4320

Computational Challenges in Building Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Models of Cardiac Electro-Mechanics.
Plank G, Prassl AJ, Augustin C (2013) Biomed Tech (Berl), 58 Suppl 1PMID: 24043050, DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4318

Electroanatomical characterization of atrial microfibrosis in a histologically detailed computer model.
Campos FO, Wiener T, Prassl AJ, dos Santos RW, Sanchez-Quintana D, Ahammer H, Plank G, Hofer E (2013) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 60(8): 2339-49.
PMID: 23559023, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2256359

Optimal control approach to termination of re-entry waves in cardiac electrophysiology.
Nagaiah C, Kunisch K, Plank G (2013) J Math Biol, 67(2): 359-88.
PMID: 22684847, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0557-2

Tachycardia in post-infarction hearts: insights from 3D image-based ventricular models.
Arevalo H, Plank G, Helm P, Halperin H, Trayanova N (2013) PLoS One, 8(7): e68872.
PMID: 23844245, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068872

Mechanistic inquiry into the role of tissue remodeling in fibrotic lesions in human atrial fibrillation.
McDowell KS, Vadakkumpadan F, Blake R, Blauer J, Plank G, Macleod RS, Trayanova NA (2013) Biophys J, 104(12): 2764-73.
PMID: 23790385, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.05.025

The functional role of electrophysiological heterogeneity in the rabbit ventricle during rapid pacing and arrhythmias.
Bishop MJ, Vigmond EJ, Plank G (2013) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 304(9): H1240-52.
PMID: 23436328, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00894.2012

Quantitative vertebral morphometry based on parametric modeling of vertebral bodies in 3D.
Stern D, Njagulj V, Likar B, Pernuš F, Vrtovec T (2013) Osteoporos Int, 24(4): 1357-68.
PMID: 22825483, DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2089-4

Quantitating the subtleties of microglial morphology with fractal analysis.
Karperien A, Ahammer H, Jelinek HF (2013) Front Cell Neurosci, 7: 3.
PMID: 23386810, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00003

Beat to beat variability of embryonic chick heart cells under septic conditions: application and evaluation of entropy as well as fractal measures.
Ahammer H, Scherubel S, Arnold R, Zorn-Pauly K, Pelzmann B (2013) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2013: 5566-9.
PMID: 24110998, DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610811

FETI Methods for the Simulation of Biological Tissues.
Augustin C, Steinbach O (2013) Domain Decompos Method Sci Eng XX (2011), 91: 503-510.
PMID: 26925469, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35275-1_59

2012

Methodology for patient-specific modeling of atrial fibrosis as a substrate for atrial fibrillation.
McDowell KS, Vadakkumpadan F, Blake R, Blauer J, Plank G, MacLeod RS, Trayanova NA (2012) J Electrocardiol, 45(6): 640-5.
PMID: 22999492, DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.08.005

A novel rule-based algorithm for assigning myocardial fiber orientation to computational heart models.
Bayer JD, Blake RC, Plank G, Trayanova NA (2012) Ann Biomed Eng, 40(10): 2243-54.
PMID: 22648575, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0593-5

Decomposition of fractionated local electrograms using an analytic signal model based on sigmoid functions.
Wiener T, Campos FO, Plank G, Hofer E (2012) Biomed Tech (Berl), 57(5): 371-82.
PMID: 23027582, DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2012-0008

Spongious hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in patients with mutations in the four-and-a-half LIM domain 1 gene.
Binder JS, Weidemann F, Schoser B, Niemann M, Machann W, Beer M, Plank G, Schmidt A, Bisping E, Poparic I, Lafer I, Stojakovic T, Quasthoff S, Vincent JB, Rienmueller R, Speicher MR, Berghold A, Pieske B, Windpassinger C (2012) Circ Cardiovasc Genet, 5(5): 490-502.
PMID: 22923418, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.962332

The role of fine-scale anatomical structure in the dynamics of reentry in computational models of the rabbit ventricles.
Bishop MJ, Plank G (2012) J Physiol, 590(18): 4515-35.
PMID: 22753546, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.229062

Three-dimensional mechanisms of increased vulnerability to electric shocks in myocardial infarction: altered virtual electrode polarizations and conduction delay in the peri-infarct zone.
Rantner LJ, Arevalo HJ, Constantino JL, Efimov IR, Plank G, Trayanova NA (2012) J Physiol, 590(18): 4537-51.
PMID: 22586222, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.229088

Accelerating cardiac bidomain simulations using graphics processing units.
Neic A, Liebmann M, Hoetzl E, Mitchell L, Vigmond EJ, Haase G, Plank G (2012) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 59(8): 2281-90.
PMID: 22692867, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2202661

Influence of ischemic core muscle fibers on surface depolarization potentials in superfused cardiac tissue preparations: a simulation study.
Campos FO, Prassl AJ, Seemann G, Weber dos Santos R, Plank G, Hofer E (2012) Med Biol Eng Comput, 50(5): 461-72.
PMID: 22411321, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0880-1

Investigating the role of the coronary vasculature in the mechanisms of defibrillation.
Bishop MJ, Plank G, Vigmond E (2012) Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 5(1): 210-9.
PMID: 22157522, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.965095

Biophysical modeling to simulate the response to multisite left ventricular stimulation using a quadripolar pacing lead.
Niederer SA, Shetty AK, Plank G, Bostock J, Razavi R, Smith NP, Rinaldi CA (2012) Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 35(2): 204-14.
PMID: 22040178, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03243.x

Analyses of the redistribution of work following cardiac resynchronisation therapy in a patient specific model.
Niederer SA, Lamata P, Plank G, Chinchapatnam P, Ginks M, Rhode K, Rinaldi CA, Razavi R, Smith NP (2012) PLoS One, 7(8): e43504.
PMID: 22952697, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043504

Fractal dimension and vessel complexity in patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
Reishofer G, Koschutnig K, Enzinger C, Ebner F, Ahammer H (2012) PLoS One, 7(7): e41148.
PMID: 22815946, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041148

2011

Cardiac bidomain bath-loading effects during arrhythmias: interaction with anatomical heterogeneity.
Bishop MJ, Vigmond E, Plank G (2011) Biophys J, 101(12): 2871-81.
PMID: 22208185, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.10.052

Parametric modelling and segmentation of vertebral bodies in 3D CT and MR spine images.
Stern D, Likar B, Pernuš F, Vrtovec T (2011) Phys Med Biol, 56(23): 7505-22.
PMID: 22080628, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/23/011

Lack of acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 reduces intestinal cholesterol absorption and attenuates atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E knockout mice.
Chandak PG, Obrowsky S, Radovic B, Doddapattar P, Aflaki E, Kratzer A, Doshi LS, Povoden S, Ahammer H, Hoefler G, Levak-Frank S, Kratky D (2011) Biochim Biophys Acta, 1811(12): 1011-20.
PMID: 21924378, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.08.010

Verification of cardiac tissue electrophysiology simulators using an N-version benchmark.
Niederer SA, Kerfoot E, Benson AP, Bernabeu MO, Bernus O, Bradley C, Cherry EM, Clayton R, Fenton FH, Garny A, Heidenreich E, Land S, Maleckar M, Pathmanathan P, Plank G, Rodríguez JF, Roy I, Sachse FB, Seemann G, Skavhaug O, Smith NP (2011) Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 369(1954): 4331-51.
PMID: 21969679, DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0139

Inter-model consistency and complementarity: learning from ex-vivo imaging and electrophysiological data towards an integrated understanding of cardiac physiology.
Camara O, Sermesant M, Lamata P, Wang L, Pop M, Relan J, De Craene M, Delingette H, Liu H, Niederer S, Pashaei A, Plank G, Romero D, Sebastian R, Wong KC, Zhang H, Ayache N, Frangi AF, Shi P, Smith NP, Wright GA (2011) Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 107(1): 122-33.
PMID: 21791225, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.07.007

Bidomain ECG simulations using an augmented monodomain model for the cardiac source.
Bishop MJ, Plank G (2011) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 58(8)PMID: 21536529, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2148718

The role of photon scattering in voltage-calcium fluorescent recordings of ventricular fibrillation.
Bishop MJ, Rowley A, Rodriguez B, Plank G, Gavaghan DJ, Bub G (2011) Biophys J, 101(2): 307-18.
PMID: 21767482, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.06.012

Estimation of local orientations in fibrous structures with applications to the Purkinje system.
Cetingül HE, Plank G, Trayanova NA, Vidal R (2011) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 58(6): 1762-72.
PMID: 21335301, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2116119

Simulating human cardiac electrophysiology on clinical time-scales.
Niederer S, Mitchell L, Smith N, Plank G (2011) Front Physiol, 2: 14.
PMID: 21516246, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00014

Representing cardiac bidomain bath-loading effects by an augmented monodomain approach: application to complex ventricular models.
Bishop MJ, Plank G (2011) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 58(4): 1066-75.
PMID: 21292591, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2096425

A macro finite-element formulation for cardiac electrophysiology simulations using hybrid unstructured grids.
Rocha BM, Kickinger F, Prassl AJ, Haase G, Vigmond EJ, dos Santos RW, Zaglmayr S, Plank G (2011) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 58(4): 1055-65.
PMID: 20699206, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2064167

A new method for morphometric analysis of tissue distribution of mobile cells in relation to immobile tissue structures.
Nikitina L, Ahammer H, Blaschitz A, Gismondi A, Glasner A, Schimek MG, Dohr G, Sedlmayr P (2011) PLoS One, 6(3): e15086.
PMID: 21408197, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015086

Length-dependent tension in the failing heart and the efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Niederer SA, Plank G, Chinchapatnam P, Ginks M, Lamata P, Rhode KS, Rinaldi CA, Razavi R, Smith NP (2011) Cardiovasc Res, 89(2): 336-43.
PMID: 20952413, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq318

A finite element approach for modeling micro-structural discontinuities in the heart.
Costa CM, Campos FO, Prassl AJ, dos Santos RW, Sánchez-Quintana D, Hofer E, Plank G (2011) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011: 437-40.
PMID: 22254342, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090059

Modeling defibrillation of the heart: approaches and insights.
Trayanova N, Constantino J, Ashihara T, Plank G (2011) IEEE Rev Biomed Eng, 4: 89-102.
PMID: 22273793, DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2011.2173761

Higuchi dimension of digital images.
Ahammer H (2011) PLoS One, 6(9): e24796.
PMID: 21931854, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024796

2010

Modeling the role of the coronary vasculature during external field stimulation.
Bishop MJ, Boyle PM, Plank G, Welsh DG, Vigmond EJ (2010) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 57(10): 2335-45.
PMID: 20542762, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2051227

Image-based models of cardiac structure in health and disease.
Vadakkumpadan F, Arevalo H, Prassl AJ, Chen J, Kickinger F, Kohl P, Plank G, Trayanova N (2010) Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med, 2(4): 489-506.
PMID: 20582162, DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.76

Measurement of cell death by oxidative stress in three-dimensional spheroids from trophoblast and in fragments of decidua tissue.
Theuerkauf RS, Ahammer H, Siwetz M, Helige C, Dohr G, Walcher W, Palacio JR, Martinez P, Sedlmayr P (2010) J Reprod Immunol, 85(1): 63-70.
PMID: 20227766, DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.01.004

Development of an anatomically detailed MRI-derived rabbit ventricular model and assessment of its impact on simulations of electrophysiological function.
Bishop MJ, Plank G, Burton RA, Schneider JE, Gavaghan DJ, Grau V, Kohl P (2010) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 298(2): H699-718.
PMID: 19933417, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00606.2009

Purkinje-mediated effects in the response of quiescent ventricles to defibrillation shocks.
Boyle PM, Deo M, Plank G, Vigmond EJ (2010) Ann Biomed Eng, 38(2): 456-68.
PMID: 19876737, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9829-4

Automated detection of spinal centrelines, vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs in CT and MR images of lumbar spine.
Stern D, Likar B, Pernus F, Vrtovec T (2010) Phys Med Biol, 55(1): 247-64.
PMID: 20009200, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/1/015

A 2D-computer model of atrial tissue based on histographs describes the electro-anatomical impact of microstructure on endocardiac potentials and electric near-fields.
Campos FO, Wiener T, Prassl AJ, Ahammer H, Plank G, Weber Dos Santos R, Sánchez-Quintana D, Hofer E (2010) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2010: 2541-4.
PMID: 21096441, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626870

2009

Arrhythmogenic mechanisms of the Purkinje system during electric shocks: a modeling study.
Deo M, Boyle P, Plank G, Vigmond E (2009) Heart Rhythm, 6(12): 1782-9.
PMID: 19959130, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.023

Solving the coupled system improves computational efficiency of the bidomain equations.
Southern JA, Plank G, Vigmond EJ, Whiteley JP (2009) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 56(10): 2404-12.
PMID: 19457741, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2022548

Generation of histo-anatomically representative models of the individual heart: tools and application.
Plank G, Burton RA, Hales P, Bishop M, Mansoori T, Bernabeu MO, Garny A, Prassl AJ, Bollensdorff C, Mason F, Mahmood F, Rodriguez B, Grau V, Schneider JE, Gavaghan D, Kohl P (2009) Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 367(1896): 2257-92.
PMID: 19414455, DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0056

Towards predictive modelling of the electrophysiology of the heart.
Vigmond E, Vadakkumpadan F, Gurev V, Arevalo H, Deo M, Plank G, Trayanova N (2009) Exp Physiol, 94(5): 563-77.
PMID: 19270037, DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2008.044073

Automatically generated, anatomically accurate meshes for cardiac electrophysiology problems.
Prassl AJ, Kickinger F, Ahammer H, Grau V, Schneider JE, Hofer E, Vigmond EJ, Trayanova NA, Plank G (2009) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 56(5): 1318-30.
PMID: 19203877, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2014243

Image-based models of cardiac structure with applications in arrhythmia and defibrillation studies.
Vadakkumpadan F, Rantner LJ, Tice B, Boyle P, Prassl AJ, Vigmond E, Plank G, Trayanova N (2009) J Electrocardiol, 42(2): 157.e1-10.
PMID: 19181330, DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.003

Low energy defibrillation in human cardiac tissue: a simulation study.
Morgan SW, Plank G, Biktasheva IV, Biktashev VN (2009) Biophys J, 96(4): 1364-73.
PMID: 19217854, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.031

Synthetic LXR agonist attenuates plaque formation in apoE-/- mice without inducing liver steatosis and hypertriglyceridemia.
Kratzer A, Buchebner M, Pfeifer T, Becker TM, Uray G, Miyazaki M, Miyazaki-Anzai S, Ebner B, Chandak PG, Kadam RS, Calayir E, Rathke N, Ahammer H, Radovic B, Trauner M, Hoefler G, Kompella UB, Fauler G, Levi M, Levak-Frank S, Kostner GM, Kratky D (2009) J Lipid Res, 50(2): 312-26.
PMID: 18812595, DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M800376-JLR200

Near-real-time simulations of biolelectric activity in small mammalian hearts using graphical processing units.
Vigmond EJ, Boyle PM, Leon L, Plank G (2009) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2009: 3290-3.
PMID: 19964295, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333738

2008

Trophoblastic invasion in vitro and in vivo: similarities and differences.
Helige C, Ahammer H, Hammer A, Huppertz B, Frank HG, Dohr G (2008) Hum Reprod, 23(10): 2282-91.
PMID: 18621754, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den198

From mitochondrial ion channels to arrhythmias in the heart: computational techniques to bridge the spatio-temporal scales.
Plank G, Zhou L, Greenstein JL, Cortassa S, Winslow RL, O'Rourke B, Trayanova NA (2008) Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 366(1879): 3381-409.
PMID: 18603526, DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0112

Evaluating intramural virtual electrodes in the myocardial wedge preparation: simulations of experimental conditions.
Plank G, Prassl A, Hofer E, Trayanova NA (2008) Biophys J, 94(5): 1904-15.
PMID: 17993491, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121343

Subunit stoichiometry of heterologously expressed G-protein activated inwardly rectifying potassium channels analysed by fluorescence intensity ratio measurement.
Grasser E, Steinecker B, Ahammer H, Schreibmayer W (2008) Pflugers Arch, 455(6): 1017-24.
PMID: 17940795, DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0358-4

Role of Purkinje system in cardiac arrhythmias.
Deo M, Boyle P, Plank G, Vigmond E (2008) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2008: 149-52.
PMID: 19162615, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649112

A finite element formulation for atrial tissue monolayer.
Wieser L, Richter HE, Plank G, Pfeifer B, Tilg B, Nowak CN, Fischer G (2008) Methods Inf Med, 47(2): 131-9.
PMID: 18338084, DOI: 10.3414/me0414

Solvers for the cardiac bidomain equations.
Vigmond EJ, Weber dos Santos R, Prassl AJ, Deo M, Plank G (2008) Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 96(1-3): 3-18.
PMID: 17900668, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2007.07.012

2007

Reduced-order preconditioning for bidomain simulations.
Deo M, Bauer S, Plank G, Vigmond E (2007) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 54(5): 938-42.
PMID: 17518292, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889203

Algebraic multigrid preconditioner for the cardiac bidomain model.
Plank G, Liebmann M, Weber dos Santos R, Vigmond EJ, Haase G (2007) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 54(4): 585-96.
PMID: 17405366, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889181

Oblique propagation of activation allows the detection of uncoupling microstructures from cardiac near field behavior.
Hofer E, Wiener T, Prassl AJ, Thurner T, Plank G (2007) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2007: 415-8.
PMID: 18001978, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352312

Arrhythmogenesis research: a perspective from computational electrophysiology viewpoint.
Trayanova N, Plank G (2007) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2007: 406-9.
PMID: 18001976, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352310

Accuracy of local conduction velocity determination from non-fractionated cardiac activation signals.
Wiener T, Thurner T, Prassl AJ, Plank G, Hofer E (2007) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2007: 27-30.
PMID: 18001880, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352214

2006

Three-dimensional models of individual cardiac histoanatomy: tools and challenges.
Burton RA, Plank G, Schneider JE, Grau V, Ahammer H, Keeling SL, Lee J, Smith NP, Gavaghan D, Trayanova N, Kohl P (2006) Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1080: 301-19.
PMID: 17132791, DOI: 10.1196/annals.1380.023

What have we learned from mathematical models of defibrillation and postshock arrhythmogenesis? Application of bidomain simulations.
Trayanova N, Plank G, Rodríguez B (2006) Heart Rhythm, 3(10): 1232-5.
PMID: 17018358, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.04.015

A new floating sensor array to detect electric near fields of beating heart preparations.
Hofer E, Keplinger F, Thurner T, Wiener T, Sanchez-Quintana D, Climent V, Plank G (2006) Biosens Bioelectron, 21(12): 2232-9.
PMID: 16384696, DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2005.11.010

Accelerating large cardiac bidomain simulations by arnoldi preconditioning.
Deo M, Bauer S, Plank G, Vigmond E (2006) Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2006: 3923-6.
PMID: 17946209, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259271

2005

Defibrillation depends on conductivity fluctuations and the degree of disorganization in reentry patterns.
Plank G, Leon LJ, Kimber S, Vigmond EJ (2005) J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 16(2): 205-16.
PMID: 15720461, DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40140.x

2004

Parallel multigrid preconditioner for the cardiac bidomain model.
Weber dos Santos R, Plank G, Bauer S, Vigmond EJ (2004) IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 51(11): 1960-8.
PMID: 15536898, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.834275

The influence of edge detection algorithms on the estimation of the fractal dimension of binary digital images.
Ahammer H, DeVaney TT (2004) Chaos, 14(1): 183-8.
PMID: 15003059, DOI: 10.1063/1.1638947

2003

Cardiac near-field morphology during conduction around a microscopic obstacle--a computer simulation study.
Plank G, Vigmond E, Leon LJ, Hofer E (2003) Ann Biomed Eng, 31(10): 1206-12.
PMID: 14649494, DOI: 10.1114/1.1615573

Use of cardiac electric near-field measurements to determine activation times.
Plank G, Hofer E (2003) Ann Biomed Eng, 31(9): 1066-76.
PMID: 14582609, DOI: 10.1114/1.1603258

Computational tools for modeling electrical activity in cardiac tissue.
Vigmond EJ, Hughes M, Plank G, Leon LJ (2003) J Electrocardiol, 36 Suppl: 69-74.
PMID: 14716595, DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2003.09.017

2001

Fractal dimension of K1735 mouse melanoma clones and spheroid invasion in vitro.
Ahammer H, DeVaney TT, Tritthart HA (2001) Eur Biophys J, 30(7): 494-9.
PMID: 11820393, DOI: 10.1007/s002490100173

Early behavioral development in autistic children: the first 2 years of life through home movies.
Maestro S, Muratori F, Barbieri F, Casella C, Cattaneo V, Cavallaro MC, Cesari A, Milone A, Rizzo L, Viglione V, Stern DD, Palacio-Espasa F (2001) Psychopathology, 34(3): 147-52.
PMID: 11316961, DOI: 10.1159/000049298

2000

Model study of vector-loop morphology during electrical mapping of microscopic conduction in cardiac tissue.
Plank G, Hofer E (2000) Ann Biomed Eng, 28(10): 1244-52.
PMID: 11144985, DOI: 10.1114/1.1320841

1999

A new real-time mapping system to detect microscopic cardiac excitation patterns.
Mohr G, Hofer E, Plank G (1999) Biomed Instrum Technol, 33(5): 455-61.
PMID: 10511916

Cross-talk reduction in confocal images of dual fluorescence labelled cell spheroids.
Ahammer H, DeVaney TT, Hartbauer M, Tritthart HA (1999) Micron, 30(4): 309-17.
PMID: 10431381, DOI: 10.1016/s0968-4328(99)00029-3

Comparison between the role of discontinuities in cardiac conduction and in a one-dimensional hardware model.
deCastro M, Hofer E, Muñuzuri AP, Gómez-Gesteira M, Plank G, Schafferhofer I, Pérez-Muñuzuri V, Pérez-Villar V (1999) Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics, 59(5 Pt B): 5962-9.
PMID: 11969578, DOI: 10.1103/physreve.59.5962

1995

Optical multisite monitoring of cell excitation phenomena in isolated cardiomyocytes.
Windisch H, Ahammer H, Schaffer P, Müller W, Platzer D (1995) Pflugers Arch, 430(4): 508-18.
PMID: 7491277, DOI: 10.1007/BF00373887

1994

Di-4-ANEPPS causes photodynamic damage to isolated cardiomyocytes.
Schaffer P, Ahammer H, Müller W, Koidl B, Windisch H (1994) Pflugers Arch, 426(6): 548-51.
PMID: 8052525, DOI: 10.1007/BF00378533