Publications

  1. Bryan J. Ranger, Allison Lombardi, Susie Kwon, Mary Loeb, Hayoung Cho, Keshi He, Donglai Wei, and Jinhee Park. “Ultrasound for assessing paediatric body composition and nutritional status: Scoping review and future directions.” Acta Paediarica (2024).

  2. Bryan J. Ranger, Kevin M. Moerman, Micha Feigin, Hugh Herr, Brian W. Anthony. “3D ultrasound shear wave elastography for musculoskeletal tissue assessment under compressive load: a feasibility study.” Journal of Ultrasonic Imaging (2024).

  3. Bryan J. Ranger, Avneet Hira, and Siddhartan Govindasamy. "Work in Progress: Engineering Analysis Laboratory Courses Complement First-Year Physics and Calculus." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition (2024).

  4. Bryan J. Ranger*, Elizabeth Bradburn*, Qingchao Chen, Micah Kim, J. Alison Noble, Aris T. Papageorghiou. “Portable ultrasound devices for obstetric care in resource-constrained environments: mapping the landscape.” Gates Open Research (2023).

  5. Yi Li, Keshi He, Hayoung Cho, Bryan J. Ranger. “Ultrasound Segmentation Using Deep Learning: Training on Musculoskeletal Phantom Data and Testing on Clinical Data.” IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research and Technology Conference (2023).

  6. Kashish Shah, Dhaval K. Patel, Minesh P. Thaker, Harsh A. Patel, Manob Jyoti Saikia, Bryan J. Ranger. “EMED-UNet: An Efficient Multi-Encoder-Decoder Based UNet for Medical Image Segmentation.” IEEE Access (2023).

  7. Connor Gaudette, Hayoung Cho, Manob Jyoti Saikia, Bryan J. Ranger. “Mimicry of skeletal muscle tissue with layered phantom for ultrasound imaging.” IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research and Technology Conference (2022).

  8. Bryan J. Ranger, Kevin M. Moerman, Brian W. Anthony, Hugh M. Herr. “Constitutive parameter identification of transtibial residual limb soft tissue using ultrasound indentation and shear wave elastography.” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2022).

  9. Bryan J. Ranger, Avneet Hira, Brian Smith, Xiang Zhang, Brian W. Anthony. “Work in progress: cost-effective table-top ultrasound systems as platform for biomedical engineering education.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition (2022).

  10. Bryan J. Ranger, Micha Feigin, Xiang Zhang, Kevin Moerman, Hugh M. Herr, Brian W. Anthony. “3D ultrasound imaging of residual limbs with camera-based motion compensation” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 207-217 (2019).

  11. Bryan J. Ranger and Aikaterini Mantzavinou. “Design thinking in development engineering education: a case study on creating prosthetic and assistive technologies for the developing world” Journal of Development Engineering. vol. 3, pp. 166-174 (2018).

  12. Bryan J. Ranger, Micha Feigin, Hugh Herr, Brian W. Anthony. “Image registration in a tomographic ultrasound system: comparison between camera-tracking and image-based motion compensation“. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) Conference (2017).

  13. Bryan J. Ranger and Aikaterini Mantzavinou. “A Course in Prosthetics for the Developing World: Merging Education, Research, and Industry to Teach Biomedical Design for Social Impact“. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference (2017).

  14. Bryan J. Ranger, Brian W. Anthony, Hugh M. Herr, Kevin M. Moerman. “Indentation and inverse FEA-based soft tissue constitutive parameter identification: simplified versus anatomically accurate model geometries”. European Mechanics Society (Euromech) Conference – Colloqium 585: Advanced Experimental Methods in Tissue Biomechanics (2017).

  15. Micha Feigin, Bryan J. Ranger, Brian W. Anthony. “Statistical Consensus Matching Framework for Image Registration”. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) (2016).

  16. Aikaterini Mantzavinou*, Bryan J. Ranger*, Smitha Gudapakkam, Katharine G. Broach Hutchins, Elizabeth Bailey, Kristian R. Olson. “Health hackathons drive affordable medical technology innovation through community engagement“. UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development: From Innovation to Social Impact (2016).

  17. Bryan J. Ranger, Micha Feigin, Xiang Zhang, Al Mirealt, Ramesh Raskar, Hugh M. Herr, and Brian W. Anthony. “3D optical imagery for motion compensation in a limb ultrasound system“. SPIE Medical Imaging (2016).

  18. Bryan J. Ranger, Micha Feigin, Nikita Pestrov, Xiang Zhang, Victor Lempitsky, Hugh M. Herr, Brian W. Anthony. “Motion compensation in a tomographic ultrasound imaging system: toward volumetric scans of a limb for prosthetic socket design”. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference (2015).

  19. Jonathan Casey*, Aikaterini Mantzavinou*, Bryan Ranger*, Rafael Secundo*, Robert Sheridan. “A cost-efficient spring-powered dermatome to treat skin trauma”. IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Healthcare Innovation & Point-of-Care Technologies (HIPT) (2014).

  20. Bryan Ranger, Peter J. Littrup, Nebojsa Duric, Priti Chandiwala-Mody, Cuiping Li, Steven Schmidt, and Jessica Lupinacci. “Breast ultrasound tomography versus MRI for clinical display of anatomy and tumor rendering: preliminary results” American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 198, no. 1, pp. 233-239. 2012.

  21. Bryan Ranger, Peter Littrup, Neb Duric, Cuiping Li, Steven Schmidt, Olsi Rama, Lisa Bey-Knight. “Breast imaging with ultrasound tomography: update on comparative study with MR”. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7968, 79680M (2011).

  22. Nebojsa Duric, Peter Littrup, Erik West, Bryan Ranger, Cuiping Li, Steven Schmidt. “In-vivo imaging of breast cancer with ultrasound tomography: probing the tumor environment”. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7968, 796821 (2011).

  23. Bryan Ranger, Peter Littrup, Neb Duric, Cuiping Li, Steven Schmidt, Jessica Lupinacci, Lukasz Myc, Amy Szczepanski, Olsi Rama, Lisa Bey-Knight. “Breast imaging with ultrasound tomography: a comparative study with MRI”. Proc. SPIE, Vol 7629, 762906 (2010).

  24. Nebojsa Duric, Peter Littrup, Priti Chandiwala-Mody, Cuiping Li, Steven Schmidt, Lukasz Myc, Olsi Rama, Lisa Bey-Knight, Jessica Lupinacci, Bryan Ranger, Amy Szczepanski, Erik West. “In-vivo imaging results with ultrasound tomography: report on an ongoing study at the Karmanos Cancer Institute”. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7629, 76290M (2010).

  25. Lukasz Myc, Neb Duric, Peter Littrup, Cuiping Li, Bryan Ranger, Jessica Lupinacci, Steven Schmidt, Olsi Rama, Lisa Bey-Knight. “Volumetric breast density evaluation by ultrasound tomography and magnetic resonance imaging: a preliminary comparative study”. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7629, 76290N (2010).

  26. Jessica Lupinacci, Neb Duric, Peter Littrup, Ding Wang, Cuiping Li, Steven Schmidt, Bryan Ranger, Erik West, Amy Szczepanski, Olsi Rama, Lisa Bey-Knight, Lukasz Myc “Monitoring breast masses with ultrasound tomography in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy”. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7629, 76291C (2010).

  27. Bryan Ranger, Peter Littrup, Neb Duric, Cuiping Li, Jessica Lupinacci, Lukasz Myc, Olsi Rama, Lisa Bey-Knight. “Breast Imaging with acoustic tomography: a comparative study with MRI.” SPIE, Vol. 7265, 726510 (2009).

Patents

  1. Herr, Hugh M., Kevin Mattheus Moerman, Dana Solav, Bryan James Ranger, Rebecca Steinmeyer, Stephanie Lai Ku, Canan Dagdeviren, et al. "Quantitative Design And Manufacturing Framework For A Biomechanical Interface Contacting A Biological Body Segment." U.S. Patent Application 16/969,142, filed May 20, 2021.

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