William D O'Brien

2024

Automated Field of Interest Determination for Quantitative Ultrasound Analyses of Cervical Tissues: Toward Real-time Clinical Translation in Spontaneous Preterm Birth Risk Assessment

Zuo, J., Simpson, D. G., O'Brien, W. D., McFarlin, B. L. & Han, A., Dec 2024, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 50, 12, p. 1861-1867 7 p.

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Enhanced identification of women at risk for preterm birth via quantitative ultrasound: a prospective cohort study

McFarlin, B. L., Villegas-Downs, M., Mohammadi, M., Han, A., Simpson, D. G. & O'Brien, W. D., May 2024, In: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology MFM. 6, 5, 101250.

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Sticky Hard-Sphere Model for Characterizing Tumor Microstructure via Quantitative Ultrasound

Tran, Q., O'Brien, W. D. & Han, A., 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 71, 8, p. 985-994 10 p.

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Trajectory of Postpartum Cervical Remodeling in Women Delivering Full-Term and Spontaneous Preterm: Sensitivity to Quantitative Ultrasound Biomarkers

Villegas-Downs, M., Mohammadi, M., Han, A., O'Brien, W. D., Simpson, D. G., Peters, T. A., Schlaeger, J. M. & McFarlin, B. L., Dec 2024, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 50, 12, p. 1777-1784 8 p.

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2023

Predicting Spontaneous Pre-term Birth Risk Is Improved When Quantitative Ultrasound Data Are Included With Historical Clinical Data

McFarlin, B. L., Liu, Y., Villegas-Downs, M., Mohammadi, M., Simpson, D. G., Han, A. & O'Brien, W. D., May 2023, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 49, 5, p. 1145-1152 8 p.

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2022

Direct Comparison of Quantitative US versus Controlled Attenuation Parameter for Liver Fat Assessment Using MRI Proton Density Fat Fraction as the Reference Standard in Patients Suspected of Having NAFLD

Jung, J., Han, A., Madamba, E., Bettencourt, R., Loomba, R. R., Boehringer, A. S., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., O’Brien, W. D., Fowler, K. J., Sirlin, C. B. & Loomba, R., Jul 2022, In: Radiology. 304, 1, p. 75-82 8 p.

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Evaluation of ultrasound scattering models adapted for two types of scatterers to extract scatterer parameters from cell-pellet biophantoms

Muleki-Seya, P., Han, A. & O'Brien, W. D., 2022, IUS 2022 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. IEEE Computer Society, (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS; vol. 2022-October).

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Investigation of the Effects of Cardiovascular Therapeutic Ultrasound Applied in Female and Male Rats' Hearts of Different Ages

Coiado, O. C., Yerrabelli, R. S., Christensen, A. P., Wozniak, M. & Obrien, W. D., Jan 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 69, 1, p. 166-180 15 p.

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Liver Fat Assessment in Multiview Sonography Using Transfer Learning With Convolutional Neural Networks

Byra, M., Han, A., Boehringer, A. S., Zhang, Y. N., O'Brien, W. D., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & Andre, M., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 41, 1, p. 175-184 10 p.

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Ultrasound Scattering From Cell-Pellet Biophantoms and <italic>Ex Vivo</italic> Tumors Provides Insight Into the Cellular Structure Involved in Scattering

Muleki-Seya, P. & O'Brien, W. D., Feb 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 69, 2, p. 637-649 13 p.

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2021

A 10% Tomato Diet Selectively Reduces Radiation-Induced Damage in TRAMP Mice

Rowles, J. L., Wallig, M. A., Selting, K. A., Fan, T. M., Miller, R. J., O'Brien, W. D. & Erdman, J. W., Nov 1 2021, In: The Journal of nutrition. 151, 11, p. 3421-3430 10 p.

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Positive chronotropic effect caused by transthoracic ultrasound in heart of rats

Coiado, O. C., Yerrabelli, R. S., Christensen, A. P., Wozniak, M., Lucas, A. & O'Brien, W. D., Aug 1 2021, In: JASA Express Letters. 1, 8, 082001.

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Therapeutic Ultrasound in Cardiovascular Medicine

Coiado, O. C., Lowe, J. & O'Brien, W. D., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 40, 6, p. 1061-1076 16 p.

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2020

Assessment of hepatic steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by using quantitative US

Han, A., Zhang, Y. N., Boehringer, A. S., Montes, V., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Valasek, M. A., Sirlin, C. B. & O’Brien, W. D., 2020, In: Radiology. 295, 1, p. 106-113 8 p.

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Dietary Tomato or Lycopene Do Not Reduce Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression in a Murine Model

Rowles, J. L., Smith, J. W., Applegate, C. C., Miller, R. J., Wallig, M. A., Kaur, A., Sarol, J. N., Musaad, S., Clinton, S. K., O'Brien, W. D. & Erdman, J. W., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of Nutrition. 150, 7, p. 1808-1817 10 p.

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Inpatient Maternal Mortality in the United States, 2002-2014

Mogos, M. F., Liese, K. L., Thornton, P. D., Manuck, T. A., O'Brien, W. D. & McFarlin, B. L., Jan 1 2020, In: Nursing Research. 69, 1, p. 42-50 9 p.

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Liver Fat Droplet Dependency on Ultrasound Backscatter Coefficient in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Wu, Y., Lopez, L., Andre, M. P., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B., Valasek, M. A., Wallig, M. A., O'Brien, W. D. & Han, A., Sep 7 2020, IUS 2020 - International Ultrasonics Symposium, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, 9251748. (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS; vol. 2020-September).

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Noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and quantification of liver fat with radiofrequency ultrasound data using one-dimensional convolutional neural networks

Han, A., Byra, M., Heba, E., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & O'Brien, W. D., May 1 2020, In: Radiology. 295, 2, p. 342-350 9 p.

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Reasons Why Pregnant Women Participate in Ultrasound Research Involving Transvaginal Scans

Meagher, B. T., Campos, M. R., Thornton, P., Klima, C., Peters, T. A., Hallberg, J., Ulfhager, E., O'Brien, W. D. & McFarlin, B. L., Aug 1 2020, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 39, 8, p. 1581-1587 7 p.

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Technique to compensate for unknown laminate transmission loss in phantom attenuation measurements

Nagabhushana, K., O'Brien, W. D. & Han, A., Sep 7 2020, IUS 2020 - International Ultrasonics Symposium, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, 9251582. (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS; vol. 2020-September).

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Ultrasound scattering from cell pellet biophantoms can provide insight into the cellular structure involved in scattering

Muleki-Seya, P. & O'Brien, W. D., Sep 7 2020, IUS 2020 - International Ultrasonics Symposium, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, 9251710. (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS; vol. 2020-September).

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2019

A Phantom-Based Assessment of Repeatability and Reproducibility of Transvaginal Quantitative Ultrasound

Chen, S., McFarlin, B. L., Meagher, B. T., Peters, T. A., Simpson, D. G., O'Brien, W. D. & Han, A., 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 66, 9, p. 1413-1421 9 p., 8736856.

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Improved Assessment of Hepatic Steatosis in Humans Using Multi-Parametric Quantitative Ultrasound

Han, A., Boehringer, A. S., Zhang, Y. N., Montes, V., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & O'Brien, W. D., Oct 2019, 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019. IEEE Computer Society, p. 1819-1822 4 p. 8926030. (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS; vol. 2019-October).

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Inter-platform reproducibility of ultrasonic attenuation and backscatter coefficients in assessing NAFLD

Han, A., Zhang, Y. N., Boehringer, A. S., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & O’Brien, W. D., Sep 1 2019, In: European Radiology. 29, 9, p. 4699-4708 10 p.

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Low fat but not soy protein isolate was an effective intervention to reduce nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression in C57BL/6J mice: monitored by a novel quantitative ultrasound (QUS) method

Rowles, J. L., Han, A., Miller, R. J., Kelly, J. R., Applegate, C. C., Wallig, M. A., O'Brien, W. D. & Erdman, J. W., Mar 2019, In: Nutrition Research. 63, p. 95-105 11 p.

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Quantitative Ultrasound and the Pancreas: Demonstration of Early Detection Capability

Miller, R. J., Han, A., Erdman, J. W., Wallig, M. A. & O'Brien, W. D., Aug 2019, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 38, 8, p. 2093-2102 10 p.

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2018

Analysis of Two Quantitative Ultrasound Approaches

Muleki-Seya, P., Han, A., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W. & O’Brien, W. D., Mar 1 2018, In: Ultrasonic Imaging. 40, 2, p. 84-96 13 p.

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Inter-sonographer reproducibility of quantitative ultrasound outcomes and shear wave speed measured in the right lobe of the liver in adults with known or suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Han, A., Labyed, Y., Sy, E. Z., Boehringer, A. S., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & O’Brien, W. D., Dec 1 2018, In: European Radiology. 28, 12, p. 4992-5000 9 p.

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Repeatability and reproducibility of the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient and backscatter coefficient measured in the right lobe of the liver in adults with known or suspected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Han, A., Andre, M. P., Deiranieh, L., Housman, E., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & O’Brien, W. D., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 37, 8, p. 1913-1927 15 p.

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2017

A pilot comparative study of quantitative ultrasound, conventional ultrasound, and MRI for predicting histology-determined steatosis grade in adult nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Paige, J. S., Bernstein, G. S., Heba, E., Costa, E. A. C., Fereirra, M., Wolfson, T., Gamst, A. C., Valasek, M. A., Lin, G. Y., Han, A., Erdman, J. W., O'Brien, W. D., Andre, M. P., Loomba, R. & Sirlin, C. B., May 2017, In: American Journal of Roentgenology. 208, 5, p. W168-W177

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Koenig, M. D., McFarlin, B. L., Steffen, A. D., Tussing-Humphreys, L., Giurgescu, C., Engeland, C. G., Kominiarek, M. A., Ciezczak-Karpiel, C., O'Brien, W. D. & White-Traut, R., Jan 1 2017, In: JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 46, 1, p. 123-134 12 p.

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Deletion of the K1L gene results in a vaccinia virus that is less pathogenic due to muted innate immune responses, yet still elicits protective immunity

Bravo Cruz, A. G., Han, A., Roy, E. J., Guzmán, A. B., Miller, R. J., Driskell, E. A., O'Brien, W. D. & Shisler, J. L., Aug 1 2017, In: Journal of virology. 91, 15, e00542-17.

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Limitations on estimation of effective scatterer diameters

Zhu, Y., Han, A., O'Brien, W. D., Oelze, M. L. & Insana, M. F., Dec 1 2017, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 142, 6, p. 3677-3690 14 p.

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Quantitative ultrasound and the pancreas: Demonstration of early detection capability

Miller, R., Han, A., Erdman, J., Shisler, J., Wallig, M. & O'Brien, W., Oct 31 2017, 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017. IEEE Computer Society, 8092115. (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS).

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Quantitative ultrasound and the pancreas: Demonstration of early detection capability

Miller, R. J., Han, A., Gates-Tanzer, L. T., Erdman, J. W., Shisler, J. L., Wallig, M. A. & O'Brien, W. D., Oct 31 2017, 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017. IEEE Computer Society, 8091743. (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS).

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Repeatability and Reproducibility of a Clinically Based QUS Phantom Study and Methodologies

Han, A., Andre, M. P., Erdman, J. W., Loomba, R., Sirlin, C. B. & O'Brien, W. D., Jan 2017, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 64, 1, p. 218-231 14 p., 7508452.

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The negative chronotropic effect in rat heart stimulated by ultrasonic pulses: Role of sex and age

Coiado, O. C. & O'Brien, W. D., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 36, 4, p. 799-808 10 p.

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2016

Cumulative effect in the chronotropic effect in rat hearts caused by pulsed ultrasound

Coiado, O. C. & O'brien, W. D., Oct 1 2016, In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 140, 4, p. 3246-3246

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Structure Function Estimated from Histological Tissue Sections

Han, A. & O'Brien, W. D., Sep 2016, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 63, 9, p. 1296-1305 10 p., 7442168.

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Targeted Ultrasound-Assisted Cancer-Selective Chemical Labeling and Subsequent Cancer Imaging using Click Chemistry

Wang, H., Gauthier, M., Kelly, J. R., Miller, R. J., Xu, M., O'Brien, W. D. & Cheng, J., Apr 25 2016, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 55, 18, p. 5452-5456 5 p.

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2015

An early history of high-intensity focused ultrasound

O'Brien, W. D. & Dunn, F., Oct 1 2015, Physics Today, 68, 10, p. 40-45 6 p.

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A temporal view of soft tissue quantitative ultrasound

O'Brien, W. D., 2015, In: Physics Procedia. 70, p. 1127-1130 4 p.

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Beyond cervical length: A pilot study of ultrasonic attenuation for early detection of preterm birth risk

McFarlin, B. L., Kumar, V., Bigelow, T. A., Simpson, D. G., White-Traut, R. C., Abramowicz, J. S. & O'Brien, W. D., Nov 2015, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 41, 11, p. 3023-3029 7 p.

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Contrast ultrasound imaging does not affect heat shock protein 70 expression in cholesterol-fed rabbit aorta

Smith, B. W., Simpson, D. G., Miller, R. J., Erdman, J. W. & O'Brien, W. D., Jul 1 2015, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 34, 7, p. 1209-1216 8 p.

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Contrast ultrasound imaging of the aorta does not affect progression of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular biomarkers in ApoE-/- Mice

Smith, B. W., Simpson, D. G., Sarwate, S., Miller, R. J., Erdman, J. W. & O'Brien, W. D., Jun 1 2015, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 34, 6, p. 1115-1122 8 p.

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Design of albumin-coated microbubbles loaded with polylactide nanoparticles

Gauthier, M., Yin, Q., Cheng, J. & O'Brien, W. D., Aug 1 2015, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 34, 8, p. 1363-1372 10 p.

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Development of an Ultrasonic Method to Detect Cervical Remodeling inVivo in Full-Term Pregnant Women

McFarlin, B. L., Balash, J., Kumar, V., Bigelow, T. A., Pombar, X., Abramowicz, J. S. & O'Brien, W. D., Sep 1 2015, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 41, 9, p. 2533-2539 7 p.

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Effects of Tomato and Soy Germ on Lipid Bioaccumulation and Atherosclerosis in ApoE^-/- Mice

Smith, B. W., Miller, R. J., Wilund, K. R., O'Brien, W. D. & Erdman, J. W., Aug 1 2015, In: Journal of food science. 80, 8, p. H1918-H1925

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William D O'Brien

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