Abstracts and Other Conference Papers

  1. L Al-Zogbi , B Teixeira , D Raina , V Singh , A Kapoor , A Krieger, T. R. Fleiter, Autonomous robotic ultrasound with deep learning: predicting internal anatomy from external body features using computer vision and body models. European Society of Radiology (2025).
  2. L Shepard, J Liu, L Al-ZogbiG#, G Kalnitskaya, A Dhimal, J Tokuda, A Krieger, A George, A Ghazi. A hydrogel transperineal bend-top prostate biopsy simulator with a built-in real-time quantitative assessment of biopsy accuracy. American Urological Association (2024).
  3. T Fleiter, Lidia Al-ZogbiG#, A Krieger. AI enabled autonomous robotic ultrasound to improve emergency imaging. European Society of Radiology (2024).
  4. JW Kim, S Schmidgall, A Krieger, M Kobilarov. Bridging the Gap between Cognitive Science and Robot Learning in the Real World: Progresses and New Directions. CoRL Workshop (2023).
  5. Gensheimer WG, Kaluna JUG#, Opfermann JOG#, Wang Y, Krieger A, Kang JU. Needle Insertion Force Profile of Rabbit Corneas with Relevance to Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK). Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2023.
  6. Wang Y, Guo S, Opfermann JDG#, Kaluna JUG#, Gensheimer BG, Krieger A, Kang JU. Common-path optical coherence tomography guided vertical pneumodissection for DALK. In Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, vol. 12372, pp. 15-19. SPIE, 2023.
  7. Gensheimer W, Guo S, Wang Y, Opfermann JDG#, Krieger A, Kang JU. Optical coherence tomography guided vertical pneumatic dissection using long razor edge cannula for a big bubble. American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), 2022.
  8. Wei S, Kam MG#, Wang Y, Opfermann JDG#, Saeidi HP#, Hsieh MH, Krieger A, Kang JU. Numerical landmark detection algorithm for fringe projection profilometry during autonomous robotic suturing. In Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic and Surgical Guidance Systems XX, p. PC119490A. SPIE, 2022.
  9. Wang Y, Wei S, Opfermann JDG#, Kam MG#, Saeidi HP#, Hsieh MH, Krieger A, Kang JU. Automated OCT A-line abdominal tissue classification using a hybrid MLP-CNN classifier during ventral hernia repair. In Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXII, vol. 11953, pp. 33-38. SPIE, 2022.
  10. Guo S, Opfermann JDG#, Gensheimer WG, Krieger A, Kang JU. Downward viewing common-path optical coherence tomography guided hydro-dissection needle for DALK. In Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXII, vol. 11953, pp. 39-43. SPIE, 2022.
  11. Ho C, Egan J, DiLizia EM, Saeidi HP#, Kam MG#, Opfermann JDG#, Wei SG+, Leonard S, Kang JU, Krieger A, Hsieh M. Autonomous Robotic vs Manual Suturing: An Experimental Quality Assessment and Comparison. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting,
  12. Young OM, Chen C, Xu X, Bentley WE, Fuge MD, Krieger A, Mass P, Kanter JP, Olivieri L, Sochol RD. 3D Microprinting Of Multi-Actuator Soft Robots Onto 3D-Printed Microfluidic Devices Via Ex Situ Direct Laser Writing. Hilton Head Workshop: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, 2022.
  13. Olivieri L, Kim BG#, Wang K, Liu XP#, Aslan SG#, Cleveland V, Mouzakis N, Mass P, Loke YH, Krieger A, Sinha P. Convergent cavopulmonary connection (CCPC): A novel, efficient design to accommodate mechanical TCPC support. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Scientific Sessions,
  14. Olivieri L, Kim BG#, Liu XP#, Aslan SG#, Cleveland V, Mouzakis N, Mass P, Loke YH, Krieger A, Sinha P. Patient-specific, convergent total cavopulmonary connection (CCPC): A novel, efficient inverted ‘Y’ design to accommodate mechanical TCPC support. American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, 2022.
  15. Graham-Brady L, El-Awady J, Ramesh KT, Hufnagel T, Weihs T, Krieger A. A semi-autonomous, robotically controlled high-throughput facility for designing materials for hypersonics and terminal ballistics applications. First World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM),
  16. Guo S, Opfermann JDG#, Gensheimer WG, Krieger A, Kang JU. Chronic assessment of thickness and needle insertion force change in ex-vivo rabbit cornea. Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE),
  17. Al-Zogbi LG#, Teixeira B, Singh V, Sahbaee P, Kapoor A, Fleiter T, Krieger A. Deep Learning-Based Autonomous Robotic Point Of Care Ultrasound Imaging For Detection And Monitoring Of COVID-19 Induced Pulmonary Diseases. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, 2021.
  18. Saeidi HP#, Ge JG#, Opfermann JDG#, Krieger A, and A.S. Joshi. An Experimental Comparison of Supervised Autonomous and Robotically Assisted Electrosurgery for Oropharyngeal Carcinoma, Triological Society 123rd Annual Meeting, May-Jun. 2020.
  19. Ge JG#, Opfermann JDG#, Saeidi HP#, Krieger A, Joshi AS. Chronic in vivo Study of a Novel Biocompatible Marker for Transoral Robotic Surgery, Triological Society 123rd Annual Meeting, May-Jun. 2020.
  20. Mandell JG, Loke JH, Mass P, Opfermann JDG#, Aslan SG#, Cleveland V, Krieger A, Hibino N, Olivieri L. Aortic arch geometry following coarctation repair alters exercise capacity simulated with 4D flow MRI, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), Orlando, Florida, February 2020.
  21. Hsieh M, Saeidi HP#, Kam MG#, Wei S, Opfermann JDG#, Leonard S, Kang JU, Krieger A, An Experimental Comparison Of Autonomous Robotic And Manual Laparoscopic Suturing. The Journal of Urology; 203 (Supplement 4), 2020.
  22. Hsieh M, Saeidi HP#, Le HDG+, Opfermann JDO#, Leonard S, Kim A, Wei S, Kang JU, Krieger A. Laparoscopic Suturing with an Autonomous Robotic System. North American Robotic Urologic Symposium (NARUS), 2019.
  23. Saeidi HP#, Opfermann JDO#, Ge JG#, Krieger A, Joshi AS. Autonomous Robotic Tissue Cutting for Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers. Triological Society Meeting, Coronado, CA, January 2019.
  24. Ge JG#, Opfermann JDO#, Saeidi HP#, Krieger A, Joshi AS, A Novel Biocompatible Marker for Image Guided Transoral Robotic Surgery, American Head and Neck Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, May 2019.
  25. Ge JG#, Opfermann JDO#, Saeidi HP#, Joshi AS, A Krieger. A Novel Biocompatible Marker for Image Guided Transoral Robotic Surgery. 10th National Image Guided Therapy Workshop, Boston, October 2018.
  26. Le Hanh NDG+, Wei SG+, Leonard S, Opfermann JDO#, Krieger A, Kang JU. Suture maps based on structural enhanced imaging endoscope for laparoscopic robotic surgery.  CLEO: Science and Innovations, pp. JTu2A-106. Optical Society of America, 2018.
  27. Schroeder TUG#, Opfermann JDO#, Sachyani E, Zhang YF, Ge Q, Magdassi S, Krieger A. Minimally Invasive Soft Robotic Tissue Manipulator for Safe Autonomous Surgery. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, Canada, September, 2017.
  28. Opfermann JDO#, Leonard S, Decker RO#, Bayne R, Broch C, Krieger A. Bimanual Autonomous Anastomosis of the Vaginal Cuff using the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 22-25, 2017.
  29. Fukunishi T, Sugiura T, Best CA, Opfermann JDO#, Shinoka T, Breuer CK, Krieger A, Johnson J, Hibino N. Preclinical Study of Patient-Specific Nanofiber Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts Using Three-Dimensional Printing in a Sheep Model. Congenital Heart Concurrent Forum at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Hawaii, June 22 – 25, 2016.
  30. Cleary K, Sharma K, Monfaredi R, Wilson E, Krieger A, Fricke S, Jun C, Lim S, Petrisor D, Stoianovici D. MRI-Safe Robot and Novel Workflow for MRI-Guided Pediatric Long Bone Biopsy. International Congress Computer Aided Radiology and Surgery (CARS), Heidelberg, Germany, 2016.
  31. Loke YHO+, Krieger A, Harahsheh A, Olivieri L. A randomized control trial of 3D heart models and their impact on medical education. Society for Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 25-28, 2015.
  32. Olivieri L, Krieger A, Loke YHO+, Nath DS, Jago J, Kim PC, Sable CA. Three-dimensional Printing of Congenital Heart Defects from Echocardiographic Source Images: Feasibility and Accuracy. 25 American Society of Echocardiography Annual Scientific Meeting, Portland, June 20-24, 2014.
  33. Cochenour CO#, Kane T, Kim PCW, Krieger A. Novel Endoluminal Catheter Shows Potential for Non-invasive Treatment of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis. American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, May 29 – June 1, 2014.
  34. Loke YHO+, Olivieri L, Krieger A. Software Segmentation and Rapid Prototyping of Congenital Heart Defects with Cardiac MRI images. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 13-17, 2014.
  35. Opfermann JO#, Azizi B, Shademan AP#, Leonard S, Kim PCW, Krieger A. Hybrid Approach to Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS): Universal Hand Tool Adapter for Robotically Controlled Laparoscopic Surgery. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2-5, 2014.
  36. Opfermann JO#, Krieger A, Kim PCW. A Novel Biodegradable Clip-based Fastening Device Combining Suturing and Stapling Mechanisms for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2-5, 2014.
  37. Costello JP, Krieger A, Thabit O, Pike J, Marshall B, Yoo SJ, Kim PC, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Feasibility of Synthetic High-Fidelity Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Models for Simulation and Education. Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) 2013 Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 20-21, 2013.
  38. Wu KL, Krieger A, Leonard S, Kim Y, Cochenour CG#, Kim PC. The Future Concept for Surgical Robotics: a Smart Tissue Anastomosis Robot (STAR) and a Proof-of-Concept Demonstration. 22nd Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children, Bejing, China, June 17-22, 2013.
  39. Jordan C, Wu KL, Ishibashi K, Krieger A, Kim PC, Kane TD, Berul CI. Minimally Invasive Epicardial Pacemaker: Feasibility of a Novel Pediatric Implantation Route. Heart Rhythm Society 2013 – 34th Annual Scientific Sessions, Colorado, May 8-11, 2013.
  40. Xu H, Lasso A, Guion P, Krieger A, Kaushal A, Singh AK, Pinto PA, Coleman J, Grubb RL 3rd, Lattouf JB, Menard C, Whitcomb LL, Fichtinger G. Accuracy analysis in MRI-guided robotic prostate biopsy. Computer Aided Radiology and Surgery (CARS), Kuessaberg, Germany 2013.
  41. Song SE, Seifabadi R, Krieger A, Cho NB, Tokuda J, Fichtinger G, Iordachita I. Robotic System for MRI-guided Prostate Intervention: Feasibility Study of Tele-operated Needle Insertion. Computer Aided Radiology and Surgery (CARS), Berlin, Germany 2011.
  42. Publicover J, Gallop D, Elliott CO#, Abed J, Simeonov A, O’Leary G, Iupati D, Krieger A, Menard C. A Navigation Strategy for Patient-Specific Needle Deflection in Transperineal MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions. Abstracts of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society, p. S65–S65, 2011.
  43. Haider M, Milot L, Elliot IO#, Krieger A, Klotz L. Improvements in Prostate SNR and Image Quality with a Phased Array Endorectal Surface Coil-Comparison. 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Chicago, 2011.
  44. Xu H, Lasso A, Vikal S, Guion P, Krieger A, Kaushal A, Whitcomb L, Fichtinger G. MRI-Guided Transrectal Robotic Prostate Biopsy Validation. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting 2010, Philadelphia, July 18-22, vol. 37, pp. 3128-3129. 2010.
  45. Viswanathan R, Goldstein B, Anderson K, Krieger A. A Novel Nanomaterial Coil for High Resolution Prostate Imaging. 18th Scientific Meeting Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Stockholm, 2010.
  46. Xu H, Lasso A, Vikal S, Guion P, Krieger A, Kaushal A, Whitcomb LL, Fichtinger G. Clinical Accuracy of Robot-Assisted Prostate Biopsy in Closed MRI Scanner. The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, The Royal Society, London, UK. 2010
  47. Krieger A, Guion P, Csoma C, Iordachita I, Singh A, Kaushal A, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL. Design and Preliminary Clinical Studies of an MRI-Guided Transrectal Prostate Intervention System. The 7th Interventional MRI Symposium. Baltimore: 2008 p. pp. 6-10.
  48. Krieger A, Iordachita I, Metzger G, Guion P, Atalar E, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL. Accuracy of hybrid tracking for a novel MR guided transrectal prostate interventional device. The 6th Interventional MRI Symposium. Leipzig: 2006
  49. Krieger A, Guion P, El-Sharkawy A-M, Metzger G, Coleman J, Grubb R, Qian D, Gharib A, Thomasson D, Singh A, Whitcomb LL, Menard C, Atalar E. MRI Guided Prostate Interventions in 3T. 13th Scientific Meeting Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Miami, Florida, 2005.
  50. Krieger A, Susil RC, Menard C, Coleman J, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL, Atalar E. A Novel MRI Compatible Manipulator for Prostate Interventions. 12th Scientific Meeting of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Kyoto, Japan, 2004.
  51. Menard C, Susil RC, Choyke P, Coleman J, Grubb R, Krieger A, Gharib A, Thomasson D, Capala J. Integrating Diagnostic and Interventional MRI for the Molecular Characterization of Prostate Cancer. 5th Interventional MRI Symposium. Boston: 2004
  52. Susil RC, Krieger A, Menard C, Coleman J, Camphausen K, Choyke P, Coleman CN, Whitcomb LL, Fichtinger G, Atalar E. An MRI System for Guidance and Monitoring of Transrectal Prostate Interventions in a 1 5T Scanner. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 89th Scientific Assembly. Chicago: 2003
  53. Susil RC, Krieger A, Derbyshire J, Tanacs A, McVeigh E, Whitcomb LL, Fichtinger G, Atalar E. A system for guidance and monitoring of transrectal prostate biopsy in a 1.5 T closed MR scanner. 4th Interventional MRI Symposium. Leipzig: 2002

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