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Publications
PDF versions of publications are posted. For a complete list of publications please refer to my [cv].

*PDF copies are for personal reference only and not for reprint or distribution of any kind. 
 

Journal Papers (published / submitted)
B. A. Martin, F. Loth, “The Influence of Coughing on Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in an In Vitro Syringomyelia Model with Spinal Canal Stenosis,” (submitted July, 2008).

B. A. Martin, F. Loth, “Spinal Canal Pressure Measurements in an In Vitro Spinal Stenosis Model: Implications on Syringomyelia Theories, (accepted May, 2009).

W. Kalata, B. A. Martin, F. Loth, T. J. Royston, J. N. Oshinski, “MR Measurement of Pulse Wave Velocity in the Spinal Canal,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (December 2008).

B. A. Martin, W. Kalata, F. Loth, T.J. Royston, J.N. Oshinski, "Syringomyelia hydrodynamics: an in vitro study based on in vivo measurements, " Vol. 127, No. 7, pp. 1110-1120, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, (December 2005).

Y. Yazicioglu, T. J. Royston, T. Spohnholtz, B. A. Martin, F. Loth and H. Bassiouny, “Acoustic radiation from a fluid-filled, subsurface vascular tube with internal turbulent flow due to a constriction,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118 (2), 1193 – 1209 (2005).

Journal Papers (in progress)
B. A. Martin, F. Loth, T.J. Royston, J.N. Oshinski, “Elastic Properties of the Spinal Aqueduct,” (in progress, 2008).

B. A. Martin, F. Loth, W. Kalata, et al., "Quantification of Spinal Cord Motion Pre and Post Spinal Decompression Surgery," (in progress, 2008).  

Conference and Symposium Papers
B. A. Martin, R. Labuda, T. J. Royston, J. N. Oshinski, B. Iskandar, F. Loth, “ Pathological Biomechanics of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in Syringomyelia: Fluid Structure Interaction of an In Vitro Coaxial Elastic Tube System,” ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Lake Tahoe, CA, 6/17-21, 2009) submitted.

B. A. Martin, T. J. Royston, J. N. Oshinski, F. Loth, “Elastic Properties of the Spinal Aqueduct,” ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Lake Tahoe, CA, 6/17-21, 2009) submitted.

B. A. Martin, F. Loth, “The Influence of Coughing on Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in an In Vitro Syringomyelia Model With Spinal Canal Stenosis,” ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Lake Tahoe, CA, 6/17-21, 2009) submitted.

B. A. Martin, Wojciech Kalata, Francis Loth, John N. Oshinski, Michael Jerosch-Herold, “ MR Measurement of Pulse Wave Velocity in the Spinal Canal,” ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Marco Island, FL, 6/25-29, 2008).

Y. Yazicioglu, B. A. Martin, K. Navarro, T. J. Royston, “ Transverse vibration of pre-stressed beams: An experimental technique for the determination of dynamic viscoelastic material properties of tissue mimicking materials,” 152nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Paris, France, 5/29-6/4, 2008).

B. A. Martin, W. Kalata, F. Loth, T. J. Royston, J.N. Oshinski, “An Experimental Investigation of the Hydrodynamic and Biomechanical Environment Present in Syringomyelia,” ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Vail, CO, 5/22-26, 2005).

T. Spohnholtz, T. J. Royston, Y. Yaziciolgu, B. A. Martin, F. Loth, H. Bassiouny, “Helping doctors interpret the sound of blood using a multimode sonic and ultrasonic imaging system,” 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Vancouver, Canada, 05/16-20, 2005).

Y. Yazicioglu, T. J. Royston, T. Spohnholtz, B. A. Martin, F. Loth, H. Bassiouny, “Coupled vibration and sound radiation from a fluid-filled and submerged or embedded vascular tube with internal turbulent flow due to a constriction,” 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Vancouver, Canada, 05/16-20, 2005).

Y. Yazicioglu, T. J. Royston, T. Spohnholtz, B. A. Martin, F. Loth, “Coupled vibration of a fluid-filled and submerged vascular tube with internal transitional / turbulent flow due to a constriction,” in Proceedings of the 148th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (San Diego, CA, November 2004).

B. A. Martin, W. Kalata, J.N. Oshinski, F. Loth, T.J. Royston, “Construction and validation of a complaint model of the cerebrospinal fluid system with fluid filled syrinx”, 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (Anaheim, CA ,11/13-19, 2004).

W. Kalata, B. A. Martin, F. Loth, T. J. Royston, J.N. Oshinski, “Hydrodynamics of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Spinal Canal with Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia,” Bioengineering Poster Session, American Society of Mechanical Engineers National Conference (Anaheim, CA, 11/13-19, 2004).  

Thesis
B. A. Martin, “An Experimental Investigation of the Hydrodynamic and Biomechanical Environment Present in Syringomyelia,” Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL, 8/2008).

Posters
If you would like a .ppt file of any of these posters please send me an email bryn [at] fluxeng [dot] com.

[2009 - ASME summer bioengineering conference, cough]
[2009 - ASME summer bioengineering conference, fsi]
[2007 - BMES chicago conference]