Journal Publications

  1. Samuel Schmidgall, Justin D. Opfermann, Ji Woong Kim, and Axel Krieger, Will your next surgeon be a robot? Autonomy and AI in robotic surgery. Sci. Robot. Vol 10, Issue 104, 23 Jul 2025. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adt0187 [Link]
  2. Habibi M, Aslan SG#, Liu X, Loke YH, Krieger A, Hibino N, Olivieri L, Fuge M. Automatic Laplacian-based shape optimization for patient-specific vascular grafts. Computers in Biology and Medicine184 (2025): 109308.
  3. Erin OP#, Chen XG#, Bell AG#, Raval S, Schwehr TG#, Liu XP#, Addepalli PG#, Mair LO, Weinberg IN, Diaz-Mercado Y, Krieger A. Strong magnetic actuation system with enhanced field articulation through stacks of individually addressed coils. Scientific Reports. (2024).
  4. Schmidgall SG+, Kim JWP#, Kuntz A, Ghazi AE, Krieger A. General-purpose foundation models for increased autonomy in robot-assisted surgery. Nature Machine Intelligence. (2024): 1-9.
  5. Opfermann JDG#, Wang Y, Kaluna JUG#, Suzuki KUG#, Gensheimer W, Krieger A, Kang JU. Design and Evaluation of an Eye Mountable AutoDALK Robot for Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. Micromachines. 2024; 15(6):788. 3390/mi15060788
  6. Chen XG#, Bhattacherjee AP#, Mair LO, Raval S, Addepalli PG#, Erin OP#, Bell AG#, Diaz-Mercado Y, Krieger A, Mitigating Singularities in Control of Magnetic Capsule Endoscopes Using a Novel Nested Electromagnetic Coil System. Journal of Medical Robotics Research (2024).
  7. Smith MEG#, May AG#, Schwehr TG#, Erin OP#, Tragesser C, Scheese D, Mair LO, Diaz-Mercado Y, Hackam D, Krieger A. MagnetoStalsis: Generating Peristalsis in an Artificial Bowel for Treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome. Journal of Medical Robotics Research(2024).
  8. Kim A, Barnes NG+, Bailey C, Krieger A, Weiss CR. Remote-Controlled and Teleoperated Systems: Taking Robotic Image Guided Interventions to the Next Stage. Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2024): 101008.
  9. Riaziat ND, Erin OP#, Krieger A, Brown JD. Investigating Haptic Feedback in Vision-Deficient Millirobot Telemanipulation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters(2024).
  10. Schmidgall SG#, Kim JWP#, Krieger A. Robots learning to imitate surgeons—challenges and possibilities. Nature Reviews Urology(2024): 1-2.
  11. Wang Y, Wei S, Zuo R, Kam MG#, Opfermann JDG#, Sunmola IG#, Hsieh MH, Krieger A, Kang JU. Automatic and real-time tissue sensing for autonomous intestinal anastomosis using hybrid MLP-DC-CNN classifier-based optical coherence tomography. Biomedical Optics Express15, no. 4 (2024): 2543-2560.
  12. Hayashi H, Contento J, Matsushita H, Mass P, Cleveland V, Aslan SG#, Dave A, Dos Santos R, Zhu A, Reid E, Watanabe T, Lee N, Dunn T, Siddiqi U, Nurminsky K, Nguyen V, Kawaji K, Huddle J, Pociavavsek L, Johnson J, Fuge M, Loke YH, Krieger A, Olivieri L, Hibino N. Patient-specific tissue engineered vascular graft for aortic arch reconstruction.  JTCVS open18 (2024): 209-220.
  13. Cleveland V, Contento J, Mass P, Hardikar P, Wu QG#, Liu XP#, Aslan SG#, Loke YH, Krieger A, Lunos S, Olivieri L. In Vitro Investigation of Axial Mechanical Support Devices Implanted in the Novel Convergent Cavopulmonary Connection Fontan. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery: official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery: ezad413 (2024).
  14. Ge JG#, Kam MG#, Opfermann JDG#, Saeidi HP#, Leonard S, Mady LJ, Schnermann MJ, Krieger A. Autonomous System for Tumor Resection (ASTR)-Dual-Arm Robotic Midline Partial Glossectomy. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters(2023).
  15. Aslan SG#, Liu XP#, Wu QG#, Mass P, Loke YH, Johnson J, Huddle J, Olivieri L, Hibino N, Krieger A. Virtual Planning and Patient-Specific Graft Design for Aortic Repairs. Cardiovascular engineering and technology (2023).
  16. Barnes NG+, Young O, Colton A, Liu XP#, Janowski M, Gandhi D, Sochol R, Brown J, Krieger A. Toward a novel soft robotic system for minimally invasive interventions. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. (2023). PMID: 37486544.
  17. Yip M, Salcudean S, Goldberg K, Althoefer K, Menciassi A, Opfermann JDG#, Krieger A, Swaminathan K, Walsh CJ, Huang HH, Lee IC. Artificial intelligence meets medical robotics. Science (New York, NY)381, no. 6654 (2023): 141-146.
  18. Hayashi H, Contento J, Matsushita H, Watanabe T, Lee N, Dunn T, Nurminsky K, Zhu A, Reid E, Mass P, Cleveland V, Aslan SG#, Nguyen V, Kawaji K, Huddle Joey, Johnson J, Loke JH, Krieger A, Olivieri O, Hibino N. Validity of Customized Branched Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft in a Porcine Model. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports(2023).
  19. Kam MG#, Wei S, Opfermann JDG#, Saeidi HP#, Hsieh MH, Wang KC, Kang JU, Krieger A. Autonomous System for Vaginal Cuff Closure via Model-Based Planning and Markerless Tracking Techniques. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2023). DOI: 1109/LRA.2023.3273416.
  20. Opfermann JDG#, Contento JM, Mass PN, Krieger A, Berul CI, Kumthekar RN. A novel videoscope and tool kit for percutaneous pericardial access under direct visualization. BioMed Eng OnLine22, 19 (2023).
  21. Sinha P, Contento J, Kim BG#, Wang KG#, Wu QG#, Cleveland V, Mass P, Loke YH, Krieger A, Olivieri L. The Convergent Cavopulmonary Connection: A Novel and Efficient Configuration of Fontan to Accommodate Mechanical Support. JTCVS Open (2023).
  22. Barnoy Y+G, Erin O#P, Raval S, Pryor W, Mair LO, Weinberg IN, Diaz-Mercado Y, Krieger A, Hager GD. Control of Magnetic Surgical Robots With Model-Based Simulators and Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (2022).
  23. Contento J, Mass P, Cleveland V, Aslan S, Matsushita H, Hayashi H, Nguyen V, Kawaji K, Loke Y, Nelson K, Johnson J, Krieger A, Olivieri L, Hibino N. Location Matters: Offset in Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft Implantation Location Affects Wall Shear Stress in Porcine Models. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Open (2022).
  24. Connolly L, Deguet A, Leonard S, Tokuda J, Ungi T, Krieger A, Kazanzides P, Mousavi P, Fichtinger G, Taylor RH. Bridging 3D Slicer and ROS2 for Image-Guided Robotic Interventions. Sensors22, no. 14 (2022): 5336.
  25. Erin OP#, Raval S, Schwehr TJG#, Pryor WG+, Barnoy YG+, Bell AG#, Liu XP#, Mair LO, Weinberg IN, Krieger A, Diaz-Mercado Y. Enhanced Accuracy in Magnetic Actuation: Closed-Loop Control of a Magnetic Agent With Low-Error Numerical Magnetic Model Estimation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters7, no. 4 (2022): 9429-9436. PMID: 36544557.
  26. Kim BG#, Nguyen PUG#, Loke Y, Cleveland V, Liu XP#, Mass P, Hibino N, Olivieri L, Krieger A. Virtual Reality Cardiac Surgical Planning Software (CorFix) for Designing Patient-Specific Vascular Grafts: Development and Pilot Usability Study. JMIR cardio6, no. 1 (2022): e35488. DOI: 2196/35488. PMID: 35713940.
  27. Erin OP#, Liu XP#, Ge JG#, Opfermann JG#, Barnoy YG#, Mair LO, Kang JU, Gensheimer W, Weinberg IN, Diaz-Mercado Y, Krieger A. Overcoming the Force Limitations of Magnetic Robotic Surgery: Magnetic Pulse Actuated Collisions for Tissue‐Penetrating‐Needle for Tetherless Interventions. Advanced Intelligent Systems(2022): 2200072. DOI: 1002/aisy.202200072. PMID: 35967598
  28. Wei S, Kam MG#, Wang Y, Opfermann JDG#, Saeidi HP#, Hsieh MH, Krieger A, Kang JU. Deep point cloud landmark localization for fringe projection profilometry. JOSA A39, no. 4 (2022): 655-661.
  29. Liu XP#, Hibino N, Loke YH, Kim BG#, Mass P, Fuge M, Olivieri L, Krieger A. Surgical Planning and Optimization of Patient-Specific Fontan Grafts with Uncertain Post-Operative Boundary Conditions and Anastomosis Displacement. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering(2022) 27;PP. DOI: 1109/TBME.2022.3170922. PMID: 35476577.
  30. Saeidi HP#, Opfermann JDG#, Kam MG#, Wei SG+, Leonard S, Hsieh MH, Kang JU, Krieger A. Autonomous Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery for Intestinal Anastomosis. Science Robotics. 7, no. 62 (2022). PMID: 35080901. DOI: 1126/scirobotics.abj2908
  31. Liu XP#, Aslan SG#, Kim BG#, Warburton LUG#, Jackson DUG#, Muhuri AUG#, Subramanian AG#, Mass P, Cleveland V, Loke YH, Hibino N, Olivieri L, Krieger A. Computational Fontan Analysis: Preserving accuracy while expediting workflow. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 13, no. 3 (2022): 293–301.
  32. Ghoreishi SFP+, Sochol R, Gandhi D, Krieger A, Fuge M. Physics-Informed Modeling and Control of Multi-Actuator Soft Catheter Robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Soft Robotics (2022), p.386.
  33. Mair LO, Chowdhury S, Liu XP#, Erin OP#, Udalov O, Raval S, Johnson B, Jafari S, Cappelleri DJ, Diaz-Mercado Y, Krieger A, Weinberg IN. Going Hands-Free: MagnetoSuture™ for Untethered Guided Needle Penetration of Human Tissue Ex Vivo. Robotics 10, no. 4 (2021): 129. DOI: 3390/robotics10040129
  34. Mandell JG, Loke YH, Mass PN, Cleveland V, Delaney M, Opfermann JDG#, Aslan SG#, Krieger A, Hibino N, and Olivieri L. Altered hemodynamics by 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance predict exercise intolerance in repaired coarctation of the aorta: an in vitro study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23(1), no. 1 (2021): 1-11.
  35. Aroom K, Ge JG#, Al-Zogbi LG#, White M, Trustman A, Greenbaum A, Farley J, Krieger A. Positive Pressure Testing Booths Development and Deployment in Response To The COVID-19 Outbreak. ASME Journal of Medical Devices, MED-21-1004 (2021). DOI: 1115/1.4052515
  36. Vagvolgyi BP, Khrenov MUG#, Cope J, Deguet A, Kazanzides P, Manzoor S, Taylor RH, Krieger A. Telerobotic Operation of Intensive Care Unit Ventilators. Frontiers in Robotics and AI(2021): 186. DOI: 3389/frobt.2021.612964
  37. Liu XP#, Kim BG#, Loke YH, Mass P, Olivieri L, Hibino N, Fuge M, Krieger A. Semi-Automatic Planning and Three-dimensional Electrospinning of Patient-Specific Grafts for Fontan Surgery. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, (2021) 69(1):186-198. PMID: 34156934. DOI:1109/TBME.2021.3091113
  38. Leonard S, Opfermann JDG#, Uebele N, Carroll L, Walter R, Bayne C, Ge JG#, Krieger A. Vaginal Cuff Closure with Dual-Arm Robot and Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sutures. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 3, no. 3 (2021): 762-772. DOI:1109/TMRB.2021.3097415
  39. Ghoreishi SFP+, Sochol RD, Gandhi D, Krieger A, Fuge M. Bayesian Optimization for Design of Multi-Actuator Soft Catheter Robots. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics3, no. 3 (2021): 725-737.
  40. Ahuja AO#, Al-Zogbi LG#, Krieger A. Application of Noise-Reduction Techniques to Machine Learning Algorithms for Breast Cancer Tumor Identification. Computers in Biology and Medicine (2021), p.104576. DOI: 1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104576
  41. Ghobadi K, Hager G, Krieger A, Levin S, Unberath M. Responding to a Pandemic: COVID-19 Projects in the Malone Center. Surgical Innovation (2021), p.15533506211018446.
  42. Al-Zogbi LG#, Singh V, Teixeira B, Ahuja A, Bagherzadeh PS, Kapoor A, Saeidi HP#, Fleiter T, Krieger A. Autonomous Robotic Point-of-Care Ultrasound Imaging for Monitoring of COVID-19–Induced Pulmonary Diseases. Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2021), 8. DOI: 3389/frobt.2021.645756
  43. Su H, Di Lallo A, Murphy RR, Taylor RH, Garibaldi BT, Krieger A. Physical human–robot interaction for clinical care in infectious environments. Nature Machine Intelligence 3, 3 (2021): 184-186. DOI: 10.1038/s42256-021-00324-z
  44. Ge JG#, Opfermann JDG#, Saeidi HP#, Huenerberg KA, Badger CD, Cha J, Schnermann MJ, Joshi AS, Krieger A. A Novel Indocyanine Green-Based Fluorescent Marker for Guiding Trans-oral Robotic Surgery. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences (2021): 2150013. DOI: 1142/S1793545821500139
  45. Di Lallo A, Murphy R, Krieger A, Zhu J, Taylor RH, Su H. Medical Robots for Infectious Diseases: Lessons and Challenges from the COVID-19 Pandemic. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine 28, no. 1 (2021): 18-27.
  46. Al-Zogbi LG#, Bock BUG#, Schaffer SUG#, Fleiter T, Krieger A. A 3-D-Printed Patient-Specific Ultrasound Phantom for FAST Scan. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 47, no. 3 (2021): 820-832. PMID: 33328132. DOI: 1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.004
  47. Mandell JG, Loke YH, Mass PN, Opfermann JD G#, Cleveland V, Aslan SG#, Hibino N, Krieger A, Olivieri LJ. Aorta size mismatch predicts decreased exercise capacity in patients with successfully repaired coarctation of the aorta. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 162, no. 1 (2021): 183-192. PMID: 33131888.
  48. Kim BG#, Loke YH, Mass P, Irwin MR, Capeland C, Olivieri L, Krieger A. A Novel Virtual Reality Medical Image Display System for Group Discussions of Congenital Heart Disease: Development and Usability Testing. JMIR Cardio 4, no. 1 (2020): e20633. PMID: 33289675. DOI: 2196/20633
  49. Mair LO, Liu XP#, Dandamudi BG#, Jain KG#, Chowdhury S, Weed JUG#, Diaz-Mercado Y, Weinberg IN, Krieger A. MagnetoSuture: Tetherless Manipulation of Suture Needle. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 2, no. 2 (2020): 206-215, DOI: 1109/TMRB.2020.2988462
  50. Loke YH, Kim BG#, Mass P, Opfermann JDG#, Hibino N, Krieger A, Olivieri L. Role of Surgeon Intuition and Computer-Aided Design in Fontan Optimization: A Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation Study. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2020), 160(1):203-212.e2. PMID: 32057454. DOI: 1016/j.jtcvs.2019.12.068
  51. Guo S, Sarfaraz NRUG#, Gensheimer WG, Krieger A, Kang JU. Demonstration of Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Big Bubble Technique for Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK). Sensors 20, no. 2 (2020). PMID: 31940877.
  52. Yeung E, Inoue T, Matsushita H, Opfermann JO#, Mass P, Aslan SG#, Johnson J, Nelson K, Kim BG#, Olivieri L, Krieger A, Hibino N. In vivo implantation of 3-dimensional printed customized branched tissue engineered vascular graft in a porcine model. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2019), pii: S0022-5223(19)32170-1.
  53. Saeidi HP#, Ge JG#, Kam MG#, Opfermann JDO#, Leonard S, Joshi A, Krieger A. Supervised Autonomous Electrosurgery via Biocompatible Near-Infrared Tissue Tracking Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 1, no. 4 (2019): 228-236. PMID: 33458603. DOI:1109/TMRB.2019.2949870
  54. Monfaredi R, Iordachita I, Wilson E, Sze R, Sharma K, Krieger A, Fricke S, Cleary K. Development of a shoulder-mounted robot for MRI-guided needle placement: phantom study. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery13, no. 11 (2018): 1829-1841. PMID: 30099660.
  55. Le HNDG+, Nguyen H, Wang Z, Opfermann JO#, Leonard S, Krieger A, Kang JU. Demonstration of a laparoscopic structured-illumination three-dimensional imaging system for guiding reconstructive bowel anastomosis. Journal of Biomedical Optics 23, no. 5 (2018): 056009. PMID: 29797865. DOI: 1117/1.JBO.23.5.056009
  56. Siallagan DG#, Loke YHG+, Olivieri L, Opfermann JO#, Ong CS, de Zélicourt D, Petrou A, Daners MS, Kurtcuoglu V, Meboldt M, Nelson K, Vricella L, Johnson J, Hibino N, Krieger A. Virtual surgical planning, flow simulation and 3D electrospinning of patient-specific grafts to optimize Fontan hemodynamics. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2018), 155(4):1734-1742. PMID: 29361303. DOI: 1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.068
  57. Olivieri LJ, Zurakowski D, Ramakrishnan K, Su L, Alfares FAO+, Irwin MR, Heichel J, Krieger A, Nath DS. Novel, 3D Display of Heart Models in the Postoperative Care Setting Improves CICU Caregiver Confidence. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (2018), 9(2):206-213. PMID: 29544410.
  58. Krieger A, Opfermann JO#, Kim PCW. Development and Feasibility of a Robotic Laparoscopic Clipping Tool for Wound Closure and Anastomosis. Journal of Medical Devices (2018), 12(1):0110051-110056. PMID: 29333207. DOI: 1115/1.4038335
  59. Son AI, Opfermann JDO#, McCue C, Ziobro J, Abrahams JH 3rd, Jones K, Morton PD, Ishii S, Oluigbo C, Krieger A, Liu JS, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M. An Implantable Micro-Caged Device for Direct Local Delivery of Agents. Scientific Reports 7, no. 1 (2017): 1-16. PMID: 29247175.
  60. Clark BC, Opfermann JDO#, Davis TD, Krieger A, Berul CI. Single-incision percutaneous pericardial ICD lead placement in a piglet model. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 28, no. 9 (2017): 1098-1104. PMID: 28569424.
  61. Frank T, Krieger A, Leonard S, Patel NA, Tokuda J. ROS-IGTL-Bridge: an open network interface for image-guided therapy using the ROS environment. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery12, 8 (2017): 1451-1460. PMID: 28567563.
  62. Ong CS, Loke YHO+, Opfermann JDO#, Olivieri L, Vricella L, Krieger A, Hibino N. Virtual Surgery for Conduit Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 8, 3 (2017): 391-393. PMID: 28520540.
  63. Loke YHO+, Harahsheh AS, Krieger A, Olivieri LJ. Usage of 3D models of tetralogy of Fallot for medical education: impact on learning congenital heart disease. BMC Medical Education17, 1 (2017): 1-8. PMID: 28284205.
  64. Fukunishi T, Best CA, Sugiura T, Opfermann JDO#, Ong CS, Shinoka T, Breuer CK, Krieger A, Johnson J, Hibino N. Preclinical study of patient-specific cell-free nanofiber tissue-engineered vascular grafts using 3-dimensional printing in a sheep model. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 153, 4 (2017): 924-932.
  65. Decker RSO#, Shademan AP#, Opfermann JDO#, Leonard S, Kim PC, Krieger A. Biocompatible Near-Infrared Three-Dimensional Tracking System. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 64, no. 3 (2017): 549-556. PMID: 28129145. DOI:1109/TBME.2017.2656803
  66. Le HNG+, Decker RO#, Krieger A, Kang JU. Experimental assessment of a 3-D plenoptic endoscopic imaging system. Chinese Optics Letters 15, 5 (2017): 051701. PMID: 29449863
  67. Shademan AP#, Decker RSO#, Opfermann JDO#, Leonard S, Krieger A, Kim PC. Supervised autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery. Science Translational Medicine 8, no. 337 (2016): 337ra64-337ra64. PMID: 27147588. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad9398
  68. Loke YHO+, Krieger A, Sable C, Olivieri LJ. Novel Uses for 3-Dimensional Printing in Congenital Heart Disease. Current Pediatrics Reports 4, no. 2 (2016): 28-34. DOI: 1007/s40124-016-0099-y
  69. Clark BC, Davis TD, El-Sayed Ahmed MM, McCarter R, Ishibashi N, Jordan CP, Kane TD, Kim PC, Krieger A, Nath DS, Opfermann JDO#, Berul CI. Minimally invasive percutaneous pericardial ICD placement in an infant piglet model: Head-to-head comparison with an open surgical thoracotomy approach. Heart Rhythm 13, 5 (2016): 1096-1104. PMID: 26690060.
  70. Olivieri LJ, Su L, Hynes CF, Krieger A, Alfares FAO+, Ramakrishnan K, Zurakowski D, Marshall MB, Kim PCW, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Just-in-time training using 3D printed cardiac models after congenital cardiac surgery. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 7.2 (2016): 164-168.
  71. Melchiorri AJG+, Hibino N, Best C, Yi T, Lee YU, Kraynak CA, Kimerer LK, Krieger A, Breuer CK, and Fisher JP. 3D printed biodegradable polymeric vascular grafts. Advanced Healthcare Materials5, no. 3 (2016): 319-325. PMID: 26627057.
  72. Cha J*G+, Shademan A*P#, Le HNDG+, Decker RO#, Kim PCW, Kang JU, Krieger A. Multispectral tissue characterization for intestinal anastomosis optimization. Journal of Biomedical Optics 20, 10 (2015): 106001. DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.10.106001
  73. Olivieri LJ, Krieger A, Loke YHO+, Nath DS, Kim PCW, and Sable CA. Three-Dimensional Printing of Intracardiac Defects from Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Images: Feasibility and Relative Accuracy. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography28, 4 (2015): 392-397. PMID: 25660668.
  74. Costello JP, Olivieri LJ, Su L, Krieger A, Alfares FO+, Thabit O, Marshall MB, Yoo SJ, Kim PC, Jonas RA, and Nath DS. Incorporating Three-dimensional Printing into a Simulation-based Congenital Heart Disease and Critical Care Training Curriculum for Resident Physicians. Congenital Heart Disease 10, no. 2 (2015): 185-190.
  75. Costello JP, Olivieri L, Krieger A, Thabit O, Marshall B, Yoo SJ, Kim PC, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Utilizing Three-Dimensional Printing Technology to Assess the Feasibility of High-Fidelity Synthetic Ventricular Septal Defect Models for Simulation in Medical Education. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery5, 3 (2014): 421-426. PMID: 24958045.
  76. Kim YO#, Leonard S, Shademan AP#, Krieger A (Corresponding Author), Kim PC. Kinect Technology for Hand Tracking Control of Surgical Robots: Technical and Surgical Skill Comparison to Current Robotic Masters. Surgical Endoscopy28, 6 (2014): 1993-2000. PMID: 24380997. DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3383-8
  77. Leonard S, Shademan AP#, Krieger A (Corresponding Author), Kim PC. Smart Tissue Anastomosis Robot (STAR): A Vision-Guided Robotics System for Laparoscopic Suturing. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering61, no. 4 (2014): 1305-1317. PMID: 24658254C. DOI: 1109/TBME.2014.2302385
  78. Olivieri L, Krieger A, Chen MY, Kim P, Kanter JP. 3D Heart Model Guides Complex Stent Angioplasty of Pulmonary Venous Baffle Obstruction in a Mustard Repair of D-TGA. International Journal of Cardiology172, no. 2 (2014): e297-e298. PMID: 24447757. DOI: 1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.192
  79. Haider MA, Krieger A, Elliott C, Da Rosa M, Milot L. Prostate imaging: evaluation of a reusable two-channel endorectal receiver coil for MR imaging at 1.5 T. Radiology270, 2 (2014): 556-565. PMID: 24471393.
  80. Jordan C, Wu KL, Ishibashi K, Krieger A, Kim PC, Kane TD, Berul CI. Minimally invasive resynchronization pacemaker: a pediatric animal model. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery96, 6 (2013): 2210-2213. PMID: 24296186.
  81. 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. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery8, 6 (2013): 937-944. PMID: 23532560.
  82. Krieger A, Iordachita II, Guion P, Singh AK, Kaushal A, Menard C, Pinto PA, Camphausen K, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL. An MRI-Compatible Robotic System With Hybrid Tracking for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering58, 11 (2011): 3049-3060. DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2134096.
  83. Krieger A, Song SE, Bongjoon Cho N, Iordachita II, Guion P, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL. Development and Evaluation of an Actuated MRI-Compatible Robotic System for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 18, no. 1 (2011): 273-284. DOI:1109/TMECH.2011.2163523
  84. Seifabadi R, Song S-E, Krieger A, Cho NB, Tokuda J, Fichtinger G, Iordachita I. Robotic system for MRI-guided prostate biopsy: feasibility of teleoperated needle insertion and ex vivo phantom study. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 7, no. 2 (2012): 181-190.
  85. Arani A, Plewes D, Krieger A, Chopra R. The feasibility of endorectal MR elastography for prostate cancer localization. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine66, no. 6 (2011): 1649-1657.
  86. Singh AK, Krieger A, Lattouf J-B, Guion P, Grubb RL 3rd, Albert PS, Metzger G, Ullman K, Smith S, Fichtinger G, Ocak I, Choyke P, Ménard C, Coleman J. Patient selection determines the prostate cancer yield of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging-guided transrectal biopsies in a closed 3-Tesla scanner. BJU International101, no. 2 (2008): 181-185.
  87. Singh AK, Guion P, Sears-Crouse N, Ullman K, Smith S, Albert PS, Fichtinger G, Choyke PL, Xu S, Kruecker J, Wood BJ, Krieger A, Ning H. Simultaneous integrated boost of biopsy proven, MRI defined dominant intra-prostatic lesions to 95 Gray with IMRT: early results of a phase I NCI study. Radiation Oncology2, no. 1 (2007): 1-6.
  88. Fahmy AS, Krieger A, Osman NF. An integrated system for real-time detection of stiff masses with a single compression. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering53, no. 7 (2006): 1286-1293.
  89. Chowning SL, Susil RC, Krieger A, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL, Atalar E. A preliminary analysis and model of prostate injection distributions. The Prostate66, no. 4 (2006): 344-357.
  90. Susil RC, Ménard C, Krieger A, Coleman JA, Camphausen K, Choyke P, Fichtinger G, Whitcomb LL, Coleman CN, Atalar E. Transrectal prostate biopsy and fiducial marker placement in a standard 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The Journal of Urology175, no. 1 (2006): 113-120.
  91. Ménard C, Susil RC, Choyke P, Coleman J, Grubb R, Gharib A, Krieger A, Guion P, Thomasson D, Ullman K, Gupta S, Espina V, Liotta L, Petricoin E, Fitchtinger G, Whitcomb LL, Atalar E, Coleman CN, Camphausen K. An interventional magnetic resonance imaging technique for the molecular characterization of intraprostatic dynamic contrast enhancement. Molecular Imaging4, no. 1 (2005).
  92. Krieger A, Susil RC, Ménard C, Coleman JA, Fichtinger G, Atalar E, Whitcomb LL. Design of a novel MRI compatible manipulator for image guided prostate interventions. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering52, no. 2 (2005): 306-313. DOI: 1109/TBME.2004.840497 (Best Paper Award by TBME)  
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