Faculty & Staff
François Tchi-Ho Yu PhD
Research Instructor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Peer Reviewed Articles
1. Yu FTH, Cloutier G. Experimental ultrasound characterization of red blood cell aggregation using the structure factor size estimator. J Acoust Soc Am 2007;122:645-656.
2. Cloutier G, Zimmer A, Yu FTH, Chiasson JL. Increased shear rate resistance and fastest kinetics of erythrocyte aggregation in diabetes measured with ultrasound. Diabetes Care 2008;31:1400-1402.
3. Yu FTH, Franceschini E, Chayer B, Armstrong JK, Meiselman HJ, Cloutier G. Ultrasonic parametric imaging of erythrocyte aggregation using the Structure Factor Size Estimator. Biorheology 2009;46:343-363.
4. Franceschini E, Yu FTH, Destrempes F, Cloutier G.Ultrasound characterization of red blood cell aggregation with intervening attenuating tissue-mimicking phantoms. J Acoust Soc Am 2010;127:1104-1115.
5. Yu FTH, Armstrong JK, Tripette J, Meiselman HJ, Cloutier G. A local increase in red blood cell aggregation can trigger deep vein thrombosis: Evidence based on quantitative cellular ultrasound imaging. J Thrombosis Haemostasis 2011;9:481-488.
6. Leeman JE, Kim JS, Yu FTH, Chen X, Kim K, Wang J, Chen X, Villanueva FS, Pacella JJ. Effect of acoustic conditions on microbubble-mediated microvascular sonothrombolysis. Ultrasound Med Biol 2012;38(9):1589-1598.
7. Yu FTH, Villanueva FS, Chen X. Radial modulation contrast imaging using a 20-MHz single element intravascular ultrasound catheter. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelect Freq Control 2014;61:779-91.
8. Yu FTH, Chen X, Wang J, Qin B, Panday R, Villanueva FS. Low intensity ultrasound mediated liposomal doxorubicin delivery using polymer microbubbles. Mol Pharmaceutics 2016;13(1):55-64.
