Chapters (peer-reviewed)

M. Midgett and S. Rugonyi, Analysis of 4D myocardial wall motion during early stages of chick heart development, In Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, USA (invited, submitted).

S. Rugonyi, Gestational programming of the cardiovascular system, In: Croy A., Yamada A.T., DeMayo F.J., Adamson S.L., editors. The Guide to Investigations of Mouse Pregnancy, Academic Press; Elsevier, 2014, Chapter 36, pp. 431-442.

S.B. Hall and S. Rugonyi, Alveolar surface mechanics, In Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 101-106.

S. Rugonyi and S.B. Hall, The basis of low surface tensions in the lungs, in Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder, K. Nag, Ed., Taylor and Francis Group, 2005, pp. 173-189.

Invited Reviews (peer-reviewed)

M. Midgett, S. Rugonyi. Congenital heart malformation induced by hemodynamic altering surgical interventions, special topic on Mechanotransduction and Development of Cardiovascular Form and Function.,Front. Physiol. 5:287

S. Goenezen, M. Rennie, S. Rugonyi. 2012. Biomechanics of early cardiac development. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, special issue devoted to the theme "Mechanics of development,” 11(8): 1187-1204. PMCID: PMC3475730.

S. Rugonyi, S.C. Biswas and S.B. Hall. 2008. The biophysical function of pulmonary surfactant, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, special issue on "Respiratory biomechanics," 163: 244-255.

Cardiac growth and early developmental stages

M. Midgett, S. Goenezen, S. Rugonyi, Blood flow dynamics reflect degree of outflow tract banding in HH18 chicken embryos, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol 11, no.10

M. Rennie, C.G. Gahan, C.S. López, K.L. Thornburg, S. Rugonyi. 2014, 3D imaging of the early embryonic chicken heart with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy, Microscopy & Microanalysis, published online doi:10.1017/S1431927614000828, pp 1-9.

D.E. Scott, S. Rugonyi, D.L. Marks, K.L. Thornburg, M.T. Hinds 2013, Hyperglycemia slows embryonic growth and suppresses cell cycle via Cyclin D1 and P21, Diabetes, 62: 234-242. PMCID: PMC3526024.

S. Rugonyi. 2013, Strain-induced tissue growth laws: Applications to embryonic cardiovascular development. Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering. Special Issue: Flexible Mechanisms and Biomechanics. S11:001 doi:10.4172/2168-9873.S11-001.

L. Shi, S. Goenezen, S. Haller, M. Hinds, K.L. Thornburg, S. Rugonyi. 2013, Alterations in pulse wave propagation reflect the degree of outflow tract banding in HH18 chicken embryos, American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 305: H386-H396. PMCID: PMC3742871.

A. Liu, X. Yin, L. Shi, P. Li, K. L. Thornburg, R. Wang, S. Rugonyi. 2012, Biomechanics of the chick embryonic heart outflow tract at HH18 using 4D optical coherence tomography imaging and computational modeling, PLoS One, 7: e40869.

S. Goenezen, M. Rennie, S. Rugonyi. 2012. Biomechanics of Early Cardiac Development. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, special issue devoted to the theme "Mechanics of development", 11: 1187-1204.

X. Yin, A. Liu, K. L. Thornburg, R. Wang, S. Rugonyi. 2012, Extracting cardiac shapes and motion of the chick embryo heart outflow tract from four-dimensional optical coherence tomography images, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 17(9): 096005. PMCID: PMC3523643.

P. Li, X. Yin, L. Shi, S. Rugonyi, R.K. Wang 2012, In vivo functional imaging of blood flow and wall strain rate in outflow tract of embryonic chick heart using ultrafast spectral domain optical coherence tomography, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 17(9): 096006. PMCID: PMC3434623.

A. Liu, A. Troyer, Z. Ma, R. Cary, X. Yin, A. Nickerson, K. Thornburg, R. Wang, S. Rugonyi. 2011, Quantifying blood flow and wall shear stresses in the outflow tract of chick embryonic hearts, Computers and Structures, 89: 855-867. PMCID: PMC3091009.

L. Phan, A.K. Knutsen, P.V. Bayly, S. Rugonyi, C. Grim 2011, Refining shape correspondence for similar objects using strain, Eurographic Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, April 2011, pp. 17-24.

P. Li, X. Yin, L. Shi, A. Liu, S. Rugonyi, R.K. Wang. 2011, Measurement of strain and strain rate in embryonic chick heart in vivo using spectral domain optical coherence tomography, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 58: 2333-2338.

P. Li, A. Liu, L. Shi, X. Yin, S. Rugonyi, R.K. Wang. 2011, Assessment of strain and strain rate in embryonic chick heart in vivo using tissue Doppler optical coherence tomography, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56: 7981-7992.

S. Rugonyi, E. Tucker, U. Marzec, A. Gruber and S. Hanson. 2010, Transport-reaction model of mural thrombogenesis: comparisons of mathematical model predictions and results from baboon models. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 38: 2660-2675.

Z. Ma, A. Liu, X. Yin, A. Troyer, R. Wang, S. Rugonyi. 2010, Absolute flow velocity measurement in HH18 chicken embryo outflow tract based on 4D reconstruction using spectral domain optical coherence tomography, Biomedical Optics Express, 1: 798-811. PMCID: PMC2994554.

A. Liu, R. Wang, K.L. Thornburg and S. Rugonyi. 2009. Dynamic Variation of Hemodynamic Shear Stress on the Walls of Developing Chick Hearts: Computational Models of the Heart Outflow Tract, Engineering with Computers; Special issue with papers on Computational Bioengineering, 25: 73-86. 

A. Liu, R. Wang, K.L. Thornburg and S. Rugonyi. 2009, Efficient postacquisition synchronization of 4-D nongated cardiac images obtained from optical coherence tomography: Application to 4-D reconstruction of the chick embryonic heart, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 14, 044020.

S. Rugonyi, C. Shaut, A. Liu, K.L. Thornburg and R.K. Wang. 2008. Changes in wall motion and blood flow in the outflow tract of chick embryonic hearts observed with optical coherence tomography after outflow tract banding and vitelline-vein ligation, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53: 5077-5091. 

A. Liu, S. Rugonyi, J.O. Pentecost and K.L. Thornburg. 2007. Finite element modeling of blood flow-induced mechanical forces in the outflow tract of chick embryonic heart, Computers and Structures, 85: 727-738.

Abdominal aortic aneurysms

J.E. Zelaya, S. Goenezen, P.T. Dargon, A.F. Azarbal, S. Rugonyi, Improving the efficiency of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall stress computations, PLoS One, 9(7),e101353

Thrombosis and hemostasis

G.W. Tormoen, S. Rugonyi, A. Gruber, O.J.T. McCarty. 2011, Role of carrier number on the procoagulant activity of tissue factor in blood and plasma, Physical Biology, 8:066005.

M.A. Berny, I.A. Patel, T.C. White-Adams, P. Simonson, A. Gruber, S. Rugonyi and O.J.T. McCarty. 2010. Rational design of an ex vivomodel of thrombosis, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 3: 187-189.

E.I. Tucker, U.M. Marzec, T.C. White, S. Hurst, S. Rugonyi, O.J.T. McCarty, D. Gailani, A. Gruber, S.R. Hanson. 2009. Prevention of vascular graft occlusion and thrombus-associated thrombin generation by inhibition of factor XI, Blood, 113:936-944.

S. Rugonyi. 2008. Effect of blood flow on near-the-wall mass transport of drugs and other bioactive agents - A simple formula to estimate boundary layer concentrations, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 130: 021010.

Pulmonary surfactant biophysics

S. Rugonyi, S.C. Biswas and S.B. Hall. 2008. The Biophysical Function of Pulmonary Surfactant, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology; Special issue on Respiratory Biomechanics, 163: 244-255.

T.A. Siebert and S. Rugonyi. 2008. Influence of liquid layer thickness on pulmonary surfactant spreading and collapse, Biophysical Journal, 163:244-255.

S.B. Hall and S. Rugonyi, Alveolar surface mechanics, In Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 101-106.

S. Rugonyi and S.B. Hall, The basis of low surface tensions in the lungs, in Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder, K. Nag, Ed., Taylor and Francis Group, 2005, pp. 173-189.

S. Rugonyi, E.C. Smith and S.B. Hall. 2005. Kinetics for the collapse of trilayer liquid-crystalline disks from a monolayer at an air-water interface, Langmuir, 21:7303-7307.

S. Rugonyi, E.C. Smith and S.B. Hall. 2004. Transformation diagrams for the collapse of a phospholipid monolayer, Langmuir, 20:10100-10106.

S. Rugonyi, E. C. Smith and S. B. Hall, Effect of viscosity and compression rate on the collapse phase transition of pulmonary surfactant at an air-water interface, in Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics Vol. 2, K.J.Bathe Ed., Elsevier, 2003.

Press releases

The Developing Heart, Getting to the heart of cardiac defects, International Innovation, pp. 50-52, Jul. 2013.
Sanrda Rugonyi and the Rugonyi Lab's work on Cardiac Development was featured in the July 2013 issue of International Innovation, an international publication dissemination resource. International Innovation, accessible through Research Media, is a not just a publication for scientists, but the wider scientific, technology and research communities, dedicated to promoting discoveries and innovations in research and technology globally. Download the PDF.

Fluid Dynamics and Fetal Heart Health, featured in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) articles about fluid engineering in December 2012.

Imaging and modeling of blood flow in the developing heart, featured in the SPIE article under Biomedical Optics and Medical Imaging. SPIE is an international society advancing interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light.