Publications

Publications

Book Chapters:

  1. Sowmiya C and Arun K. Thittai. Book chapter titled “Ultrasound receive-side strategies for image quality enhancement in low-energy illumination based Photoacoustic Imaging” in the book entitled “LED-based biomedical photoacoustic imaging: from bench to bedside", published by Springer in the series “Progress in Optical Sciences and Photonics”. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3984-8_4

For complete list with citation follow -: http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=EScEsvAAAAAJ

Refereed Review Article:

1. Ophir, J., Srinivasan, S., Righetti, R., and Thittai, A.K.: Elastography: A decade of progress (2000-2010), Cur. Med. Img. Rev. Special Issue on Elasticity Imaging, 7 (4), 292-312, 2011.

Refereed Original Articles in Journals:

  1. R Anand and AK Thittai.: “Towards practical implementation of the Compressed Sensing framework for Multi-Element Synthetic Transmit Aperture Imaging”, Ultrasonics , April 2021

  2. A Vayyeti, Thittai, A.K.: Weighted non-linear beamformers for low cost 2-element receive ultrasound imaging system, Ultrasonics , Feb 2021

  3. Umesh G, Y Pydi, C Das, A Thittai, S Roy, and N Datla.: Stiffness Tuneable, Ultrasound Compatible Phantom for Surgical Training of Prostate Biopsy, Medical Physics (under review)

  4. SK Shastri, S Rudresh, R Anand, S Nagesh, C Seelamantulaa, AK. Thittai.: Axial Super-Resolution in Ultrasound Imaging With Application to Non-Destructive Evaluation, Ultrasonics, 108(12) 2020

  5. R Anand and AK Thittai.: The use of Compressed Sensing in multi-element synthetic transmit aperture with sparse receive scheme: A feasibility study, IEEE Trans. Ultras., Ferro., and Freq. Cont (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2020.2995409 )

  6. Sowmiya, C and Thittai, A.K.: ω-k algorithm for sparse-transmit sparse-receive diverging beam synthetic aperture transmit scheme, IEEE Trans. Ultras., Ferro., and Freq. Cont (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2020.2998802 )

  7. Sathiyamoorthy S and Thittai, A.K.: Actuator-assisted sub-pitch translation-capable transducer for elastography: Preliminary performance assessment, Ultrasonic Imaging, vol 42 (1), 15-26, 2020

  8. Sowmiya, C and Thittai, A.K.: Extending Depth of Penetration in PLD-Based Photoacoustic Imaging: Moving Beyond Averaging, IEEE Trans. UFFC 2020 ( doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2020.3015130)

  9. Anand R and Thittai, A.K.: Strategic under-sampling and recovery for enhancing ultrasound image quality, IEEE Trans. Ultras., Ferro., and Freq. Cont., Vol x(y); pp-pp, 2020; (doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2019.2948652)

  10. Sathiyamoorthy S, Abhilash Verma and Thittai, A.K.:Quantitative and Operator-Independent Quasi-Static Ultrasound Elastography: An Ex-Vivo Study, Ultrasonic Imaging (DOI: 10.1177/0161734620921532 )

  11. Anand R and Thittai, A.K.: Compressed-Sensing With Gaussian Sampling Kernel for Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 45(7), pp. 1814-1829, 2019.

  12. Sowmiya, C and Thittai, A.K.: Enhancing Image Quality of Photoacoustic Tomography using Sub-Pitch Array Translation Approach: Simulation and Experimental Validation, IEEE Trans. BME (DOI 10.1109/TBME.2019.2907559)

  13. Anila S and Thittai, A.K..: A fast method for simulating Ultrasound Image from patient-specific CT data, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 48 (2) 61–68, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2018.10.003

  14. Lokesh B and Thittai, A.K.: Diverging Beam with Synthetic Aperture Technique (DB-SAT) for rotation elastography: Preliminary Experimental Results. Phys. Med. Biol. Letters, 63 (20), 1-8, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aae1c6)

  15. Sathiyamoorthy S and Thittai, A.K.: Quantitative Quasi-Static Ultrasound Elastography Using a Reference Layer for Liver Imaging Application: A Preliminary Assessment, Ultrasonics 93, 7–17, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2018.10.007

  16. Lokesh B and Thittai, A.K.: Design of a Low-Cost Ultrasound System Using Diverging Beam and Synthetic Aperture Approach, Ultrasonics, 91, 150-160, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2018.08.016

  17. Sathiyamoorthy S and Thittai, A.K.: Strategies to obtain Sub-Pitch Precision in Lateral Motion Estimation in Ultrasound Elastography, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 65(3), 448-456, 2018.

  18. Lokesh B, Ten Dam A, DeKorte C and Thittai, A.K.: Understanding Contrast Mechanism in Rotation Elastogram: A Parametric study, Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 44(8), 1860-1872, 2018 (in press, DoI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.05.001) - Impact Factor- 2.594;

  19. Kothawala A, C Sowmiya, N Ravi Kiran Reddy and Thittai, A.K.: Spatial compounding technique to obtain rotation elastogram: A feasibility study, Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 43(6), pp 1290–1301, 2017.

  20. Chintada B.R., Vikraman, A.S., Baghyam, R., and Thittai, A.K.: A novel elastographic frame quality indicator and its use in automatic representative-frame selection from a cine-loop, Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 43(1), 258–272, 2017.

  21. Lokesh B, Chintada B.R., and Thittai, A.K.: Rotation elastogram estimation using synthetic transmit aperture technique: a feasibility study, Ultrasonic Imaging 39(3), pp 189-204, 2017.

  22. Xia R and Thittai AK.: Method to estimate the deviation from ideal uniaxial compression during freehand elastography, Ultrasonic imaging 37 (1), 70-82, 2015.

  23. Thittai, A.K., and Xia, R., An analysis of the segmentation threshold used in axial–shear strain elastography, Ultrasonics 55, 58-64, 2015.

  24. Rongmin Xia and Thittai, A.K.: Real-time monitoring of HIFU treatment using axial strain and axial-shear strain elastograms, Ultras. Med. Biol., 40 (3), 485-495, 2014

  25. Rongmin Xia, Guazhi Tao, and Thittai, A.K.: Dynamic Frame-Pairing in Real Time Freehand Elastography, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 61(6), 979-985, 2014.

  26. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J-M, and Ophir, J.: Small breast lesion classification performance using the normalized axial-shear strain area feature. Ultras. Med. Biol., 39 (3), 543-548, 2013.

  27. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: On the advantages of imaging the axial-shear strain component of the total shear strain in breast tumors. Ultras. Med. Biol., 38(11), 2031–2037, 2012.

  28. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J, Mobbs,L.M., Kraemer-Chant,C.M., Chekuri, S, Garra, B.S., and Ophir, J. Axial-shear strain elastography for breast lesion classification: Initial in vivo results from retrospective data, Ultras. Med. Biol., 37(2), 189–197, 2011.

  29. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of HIFU-induced lesion boundaries by axial-shear strain elastography: A feasibility study, Ultras. Med. Biol., 37(3), 426-433, 2011

  30. Schwartz, D.L., Bankson, J., Bidaut,L., He, Y., Williams,R., Lemos, R., Thittai, A.K., Oh, J., Volgin, A., Soghomonyan, S., Yeh, H., Nishii,R., Mukhopadhay, U., Alauddin,M., Mushkudiani, L., Kuno,N., Krishnan,S., Bornman, W., Lai, S.Y., Powis, G, Hazle,J., and Gelovani, J.: HIF-1–Dependent Stromal Adaptation to Ischemia Mediates In Vivo Tumor Radiation Resistance, Mol Cancer Res. 9:259-270, 2011.

  31. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model: Experimental validation and in vivo examples with implications to breast tumor classification, Ultras. Med. Biol. 36(5), 1-7, 2010. PMID: 20420971

  32. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: The importance of axial compression verification to the correct interpretation of axial-shear strain elastograms in breast lesions, Ultrasonic Imaging 32, 190-198, 2010.

  33. Schwartz,D., Bankson,J., Lemos,R., Thittai,AK., He,Yi., Hostetter,G., Demeure,M., Von Hoff,D., Powis,G.: Radiosensitization and stromal imaging response correlates for the HIF-1 inhibitor PX-478 given with or without chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer, Mol. Can. Therap. 9(4),2057-2067,2010.

  34. Mitra, J., Glover, J.R., Ktonas, P.Y., ThitaiKumar, A., Mukherjee, A., Karayiannis, N.B., Frost, J.D. Jr, Hrachovy, R.A., Mizrahi, E.M.: A Multi-stage System for the Automated Detection of Epileptic Seizures in Neonatal EEG, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 26 (4), 218-226, 2009. PMID: 19602985

  35. Schwartz, D., Powis, G.,Thitai-Kumar, A., He, Y., Bankson, J., Williams, R., Lemos, R., Oh, J., Volgin, A., Soghomonyan, S., Nishii, R., Mukhopadhay, U., Alauddin, M., Peng, Z., Bornman, W., Gelovani, J.: The selective hypoxia inducible factor-1 inhibitor PX-478 provides in vivo radiosensitization through tumor stromal effects, Mol. Can. Therp. 8(4), 947-958, 2009. PMID: 19372568

  36. Thitaikumar, A., Ophir, J.: Visualization of Lesion Bonding in Axial-Shear Strain Elastograms of Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions, Cover Image, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 55 (8), 2008.

  37. Thitaikumar, A., Mobbs, L.M., Kraemer-Chant, C.M., Garra, B.S and Ophir, J.: Breast Tumor Classification using axial shear strain elastography: a feasibility study. Phys. Med. Biol. 53, 4809-4823, 2008. PMID: 18701768

  38. ThitaiKumar, A., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of bonding at an inclusion boundary using axial shear strain elastography: A feasibility study, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 2615-2633, 2007. PMID: 17440256

  39. ThitaiKumar, A., and Ophir, J.: Effect of lesion boundary conditions on axial strain elastograms: A parametric study, Ultras. Med. Biol. 33(9), 1463-1467, 2007. PMID: 17561335

  40. ThitaiKumar, A., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Signal-to-Noise ratio, Contrast-to-Noise ratio, and their trade-offs with resolution in axial-shear elastography, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 13-28, 2007. PMID: 17183125

  41. Righetti, R., Srinivasan, S., Kumar, A.T., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Assessing image quality in effective poisson's ratio elastography and poroelastography - part I, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 1303-1320, 2007. PMID: 17301456

  42. Righetti, R., Srinivasan, S., Kumar, A.T., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Assessing image quality in effective poisson's ratio elastography and poroelastography - part II, Phys. Med. Biol. 52, 1321-1333,2007. PMID: 17301457

  43. ThitaiKumar, A., Righetti, R., Krouskop, T.A., and Ophir, J.: Resolution of axial-shear strain elastography, Phys. Med. Biol. 51, 5245-5257, 2006. PMID: 17019036

  44. Kumar, A.T., Ophir, J., and Krouskop, T.A.: Noise performance and signal-to-noise ratio of shear strain elastograms, Ultrasonic imaging 27, 145-165, 2005. PMID: 16550705

* There was a name change from Arun Thitai Kumar to Arun K. Thittai. These names refer to the same author.

Conference Publications (Peer-reviewed)

  1. Kothawala A, Divya B, Kavitha A, Thittai AK.: “Regularized Kurtosis Imaging and its comparison with Regularized Log Spectral Difference and Regularized Nakagami Imaging for Microwave Hyperthermia hotspot monitoring”, Proceeding of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'20), PP xxxx-xxxx, Iowa City, USA, April 2020

  2. Anand R and Thittai AK.: “Compressed sensing for data reduction in synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging: A feasibility study” Proceeding of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'20), PP xxxx-xxxx, Iowa City, USA, April 2020.

  3. Anudeep V and Thittai AK.: “A novel filtered delay weight multiply and sum (F-DwMAS) beamforming for ultrasound imaging: preliminary results, pp xxxx-xxxx, Iowa city, USA, April 2020.

  4. Senthil Kumar P, Thittai AK and KrishnaKumar R.: “Noninvasive Portal Pressure Estimation Model using Finite Element Analysis”, Proceeding of the 13th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEVICES 2020), PP XXX-XXX, Malta, March 2020.

  5. Sowmiya C and A. K. Thittai, “Noise Reduction in Inherently low-SNR PLD-based PAT images”, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2019), 2019, Kochi, Kerala pp 106-108.

  6. Lakra, Praveen Paul, Kumar, Ashish, Narayanaswamy, Mohanram, Krishnamurthi, Ganapathy, Thittai, Arun.: “Deep-Learning Based Identification of Frames Containing Fetal Gender Region During Early 2nd Trimester Ultrasound Scanning”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), PP 471-474, Glasgow, UK, Oct 2019

  7. Shastri SK, Anand R, Sunil R, Nagesh S, Thittai, Arun, Seelamantula, Chandra Sekhar. “Axial Super-Resolution in Ultrasound Imaging”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), PP 639-642, Glasgow, UK, Oct 2019

  8. Kothawala A, Divya B, Kavitha A, Thittai AK.: “Regularized Nakagami Ultrasound Imaging for Monitoring of Microwave Hyperthermia”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), PP 1523-1526, Glasgow, UK, Oct 2019

  9. Sowmiya C and Thittai AK. “Enhancing Depth of Penetration in PLD-Based Photoacoustic Imaging: Preliminary Results”, Proceedings of the 41st Annual International conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biol., PP 6379-6382, Berlin, Germany, July 23-27, 2019

  10. Kothawala, A, Divya B, Kavitha A, Thittai, AK. “Ultrasound-Based Regularized Log Spectral Difference Method for Monitoring Microwave Hyperthermia”, Proceedings of the 41st Annual International conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biol., pp 6387-6390, Berlin, Germany, July 23-27, 2019

  11. Sathiyamoorthy S, Thittai AK “Quantitative Quasi-Static Ultrasound Elastography Using Reference Layer: Ex-Vivo Study”, Proceedings of the 41st Annual International conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biol., pp 7107-7110, Berlin, Germany, July 23-27, 2019

  12. Anand R and Thittai AK. “Lateral Resolution Improvement in Ultrasound Imaging System Using Compressed Sensing: Initial Results”, Proceedings of the 41st Annual International conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biol., PP 2727-2730, Berlin, Germany, July 23-27, 2019.

  13. Sowmiya C and Thittai AK. "Improved lateral resolution using sub pitch sampling of ultrasound data for pulsed laser diode-based photoacoustic imaging”, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), PP xxx-xxx, Kobe, Japan, Oct 2018.

  14. Anand R and Thittai AK. “Strategic lateral undersampling and Compressed Sensing recovery in ultrasound imaging”, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), PP xxx-xxx, Kobe, Japan, Oct 2018.

  15. Sathiyamoorthy S and Thittai AK. "Quantitative quasi-static ultrasound elastography using reference layer: A preliminary Assessment”, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), PP xxx-xxx, Kobe, Japan, Oct 2018.

  16. Abhilash V and Thittai AK. “Development of a compact hand-held device for use in quasi-static elastography: a preliminary study on tissue-mimicking phantom”, Proceedings of the 16th International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Avignon, France, P 40, September 2018.

  17. Anila Satheesh B and Thittai AK. "A method of ultrasound simulation from patient-specific CT image data: A Preliminary simulation study", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'18), PP 1483-1486, Washington DC, USA, April 2018.

  18. AliArshad K, Divya B, Kavitha A, Thittai AK." A time domain method to monitor temperature in microwave hyperthermia using ultrasound attenuation", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'18), PP 1496-1499, Washington DC, USA, April 2018.

  19. Lokesh B and Thittai AK. " Design of a low cost ultrasound system using diverging beams and synthetic aperture approach: preliminary study", Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'17), PP 1108-1111, Melbourne, Australia, April 2017.

  20. Sathiyamoorthy S and Thittai AK. " Comparison of two novel-strategies to obtain sub-pitch resolution in ultrasound elastography" , Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'17), PP 903-906, Melbourne, Australia, April 2017.

  21. Sowmiya C and Arun K. Thittai.: " Simulation of Photoacoustic Tomography (PAT) system in COMSOL and comparison of two popular reconstruction techniques. Proc. SPIE 10137, Medical Imaging 2017: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, pages-101371O1-O11;

  22. Lokesh B and Thittai AK.: Spatial Resolution Improvement in Plane Wave Imaging Using Adaptive Sign Coherence Factor Weighting, Proceedings of IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Tours, France, pp 1-4,2016.

  23. Kothawala A and Thittai AK.: Experimental results on the improvements in rotation elastogram quality using spatial compounding approach. Proceedings of the 15th International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Lake Morey, Vermont, USA, P 84, 2016.

  24. Sathiyamoorthy S and Thittai, A.K.: Linear actuator-assisted transducer to obtain sub-pitch resolution for elastography. Proceedings of the 15th International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Lake Morey, Vermont, USA, P 50, 2016.

  25. Lokesh B and Thittai AK.: Improving rotation elastogram quality using synthetic aperture technique: experimental results. Proceedings of the 15th International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Lake Morey, Vermont, USA, P60, 2016.

  26. Sowmiya C, Ali Arshad K, and Arun K. Thittai " Rotation elastogram: a novel method to visualize local rigid body rotation under quasi-static compression ", Proc. SPIE 9790, Medical Imaging 2016: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography, pages 97901E1-E8 (April 1, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2216828;

  27. Bhaskara Rao C, Sumramani Vikram , and Thittai AK.: Automatic selection of representative frames from axial-shear strain elastogram (ASSE) cine-loop. Proceedings of the 14th International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Bardolina, Verona, Italy, P41, 2015.

  28. Lokesh B, Bhaskara Rao C, and Thittai AK.: Improving rotation elastogram quality using synthetic aperture technique. Proceedings of the 14th International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Bardolina, Verona, Italy, P79, 2015.

  29. Rongmin Xia and Thittai, A.K.: Real-time monitoring of HIFU ablation using axial strain and axial-shear strain elastograms. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Lingfield, Surrey, UK, p 84, 2013.

  30. Rongmin Xia and Thittai, A.K.: Dynamic Frame-Pairing in Real Time Freehand Elastography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Lingfield, Surrey, UK, p 41, 2013.

  31. Khalil, E.G., Thittai, A.K., Garra, B, and Ophir, J.: Axial Shear Strain Elastography in Benign and Malignant Breast Disease: Preliminary Prospective freehand in vivo data. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Lingfield, Surrey, UK, p 65, 2013.

  32. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: On the advantages of imaging the axial-shear strain component of the total shear strain in breast tumors. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Deauville, France, p 50, 2012.

  33. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J-M., and Ophir, J.: Small breast lesion classification performance using the normalized axial-shear strain area feature. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Arlington, Texas, USA, p 43, 2011.

  34. Thittai, A.K., Yamal, J.M., Mobbs, L.M., Kraemer–Chant, C.M., Chekuri, S., Garra, B.S., Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain elastography for breast lesion classification: initial in vivo results from retrospective data. Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Snowbird, Utah, USA, p102, 2010.

  35. Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of HIFU-induced lesion boundaries by axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Snowbird, Utah, USA, p123, 2010.

  36. Thitai Kumar, A., Galaz, B., Miller, R., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in beef muscle samples under load: an in vitro study. Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, p50, 2009.

  37. Thitai Kumar, A., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model (part II): Experimental validation and in vivo examples with implications to breast tumor classification. Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, p100, 2009.

  38. Galaz,B., Thitai Kumar, A., and Ophir, J.: Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model (part I): A simulation study. Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, p99, 2009

  39. Thitai-Kumar, A., Hazel, J., Gelovani, J., Bankson, J., and Schwartz, D.: Registered MRI-US Imaging Platform for Preclinical Imaging - A Feasibility Study. World Molecular Imaging Congress, Nice, France, 2008.

  40. Volgin, A., LeRoux, L., Maxwell, D., Schellingerhout, D., Thitai-Kumar, A., He,Y., Gelovani, J., Schwartz, DL. In Vitro 3D Modeling of Host Organ-specific Whole Tumor Responses to Radiation, International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 72(1), S682-S683 , 2008.

  41. Volgin, A., LeRoux, L., Maxwell, D., Schellingerhout, D., Thitai-Kumar, A., He, Y., Gelovani, J., and Schwartz, D.: 3D Modeling of Host Organ-Specific Whole Tumor Responses to Radiation. World Molecular Imaging Congress, Nice, France, 2008.

  42. Volgin, A., LeRoux, L., Maxwell, D., Schellingerhout, D., Thitai-Kumar, A., He, Y., Gelovani, J., and Schwartz, D.: In Vitro 3D Modeling of Host Organ-Specific Whole Tumor Responses to Radiation. Annual meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Boston, MA, 2008.

  43. Khaled, W., Chekuri, S., Thitai Kumar, A., Ophir, J., Mobbs, L.M., Garra, B.S.: Real-Time imaging of breast tumors invivo using axial and axial-shear strain elastograms: a preliminary study. Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 72, 2008.

  44. Zahiri–Azar,R., Thitai Kumar, A., Ophir, J., and Salcudean, S.E.: Real–time axial shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 36, 2007.

  45. Thitai Kumar, A, Ophir, J, Chant, C.M, Mobbs, L.M,Garra, B.S.: Visualization of inclusion-background bonding using axial-shear strain elastography: preliminary in vivo images. Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 125, 2007.

  46. Righetti, R., Srinivasan, S., Thitai Kumar,A., Ophir,J., and Krouskop, T.A.: Image quality issues in poroelastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 46, 2006.

  47. ThitaiKumar, A., Ophir, J., and Krouskop, T.A.: Interface bonding strength in axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 54, 2006.

  48. Thitai Kumar, A., Righetti, R., Ophir, J and Krouskop, T.A.: Resolution of axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 69, 2006.

  49. ThitaiKumar, A., Ophir, J and Krouskop, T.A.: SNR, CNR and their trade-offs with resolution in axial-shear strain elastography. Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 108, 2006.

  50. ThitaiKumar, A., Ophir J, and Krouskop T.A.: Comparison between axial elastograms of a connected and disconnected inclusion in homogeneous background: A simulation study. Proc. Of the 4th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement of Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, pp 49 2005.

  51. ThitaiKumar, A., Muktevi, V.M., Glover, J.R., Ktonas, P.Y., Frost, J.D., Hrachovy, R.A., Mizrahi, E.M.: Automated Detection of Epileptic Seizure Segments in the Neonatal EEG. Proc. of the HSEMB conference 2003.

  52. Glover, J.R., Ktonas,P.Y., Shastry,M., ThitaiKumar, A., Muktevi,V., Frost,J.D., Hrachovy,R.A., Mizrahi,E.M.: Methodology and System Architecture for Automated Detection Of Epileptic Seizures. Proc. of the IEEE-EMBS conference, PP 70-72 2002.

There was a name change from Arun Thitai Kumar to Arun K. Thittai. These names refer to the same author.