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Binh Q. Tran, Ph.D.
Dr. Binh Q. Tran 
Phone: (202) 319-4285 
FAX: (309) 319-4499
EMAIL: tran@cua.edu

 

The Catholic University of America
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
620 Michigan Ave, NE (Pangborn)
Washington, DC 20064
 

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A.   Published Papers:

  1. Tajik, J.K., B.Q. Tran, and E.A. Hoffman, "Xenon enhanced CT imaging of local pulmonary ventilation." SPIE Medical Imaging Proceedings 1996, vol 2709, pp.40-54.

  2. Tran, B.Q., J.K. Tajik, R.A. Chiplunkar, and E.A. Hoffman, "Dynamic Lung Volume Tracker and Controller." Website (1996): http://everest.radiology.uiowa.edu/~bqtran/volctrl.html

  3. Hoffman E.A., J.M. Reinhardt, J.K. Tajik, and B.Q. Tran, "Physiologic assessment of lung via x-ray CT." SPIE Medical Imaging: Physiology and Function from Multi-Dimensional Images. Vol 3033, 1997.

  4. Tajik, J.K., B.Q. Tran, and E.A. Hoffman, "New technique to quantitate regional pulmonary microvascular transit times from dynamic x-ray CT images." SPIE Medical Imaging: Physiology and Function from Multi-Dimensional Images 3337:24-32, 1998.

  5. Tran, B.Q. and E.A. Hoffman, "Role of breathing on cardiac performance: experimental and mathematical models." SPIE Medical Imaging: Physiology and Function from Multi-Dimensional Images 3660:150-158, 1999.

  6. Tajik, J.K., B.Q. Tran, and E.A. Hoffman, "CT-based assessment of regional pulmonary blood flow parameters: an update." SPIE Medical Imaging: Physiology and Function from Multi-Dimensional Images 3660:181-187, 1999.

  7. Tran, B.Q. and J.M. Winters, "Innovative uses of teleconferencing technologies for BME education." ASEE Conference Proceedings, 2000.

  8. Tran, B.Q., "Educating biomedical engineers in Home Care Technologies for the 21st Century", ASEE Conference Proceedings, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.

  9. J. K. Tajik, D. Chon, C. Won, B.Q. Tran, and E.A. Hoffman, Sub-second multislice x-ray CT imaging of regional pulmonary ventilation. Academic Radiology, Vol 9 (2), pp. 130-146, 2002.

  10. K.M. Buckley, B.Q. Tran, C.M. Prandoni, and H. Clark, Training Future Providers in Home Care and Telehealth Technologies: A Collaborative Effort Between Nursing and Biomedical Engineering, Health Care Management & Practice (accepted).

  11. B.Q. Tran, K.M. Buckley, C.M. Prandoni, Selection and Use of Telehealth Technology in Support of Homebound Caregivers of Stroke Patients, Caring (accepted; March 2002)

B.   Abstracts

  1. Tran, B.Q., Pattekar, M.A., Hoffman, E.A., "Heart-Lung Interaction Studied by Echo-Planar MR Imaging with Respiration Synchronized to the Cardiac Cycle." Am. J. of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 151(4), Apr. 1995, pt2, p. 708. (abstract)

  2. Tajik, J.K., B.Q. Tran, E.A. Hoffman, "Assessing regional pulmonary microvascular transit times and flow using dynamic multislice CT." Am. J. of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 153(4), Apr. 1996, pt2, p.A816. (abstract)

  3. Tran, B.Q., J.K. Tajik, E.A. Hoffman, "Fourier Deconvolution Method of Correcting Parenchymal Indicator Dilution Curves Obtained from Dynamic Multi-Slice X-ray CT." Annals of Biomedical Eng., Vol. 24, Sup.1, Sept/Oct, 1996, S65. (abstract)

  4. Tran, B.Q., J.K. Tajik, R.A. Chiplunkar, and E.A. Hoffman, "Lung Volume Control for Quantitative X-Ray CT." Annals of Biomedical Eng., Vol. 24, Sup.1, Sept/Oct, 1996, S66. (abstract)

  5. Tran, B.Q. and E.A. Hoffman, "Role of pleural pressure on LV volume assessed via high-speed MR imaging." Circulation, Vol. 96, No. 8, Sup.1997, I-514. (abstract)

  6. Tran, B.Q. and E.A. Hoffman, "Augmentation of cardiac performance by synchronizing ventilation to the cardiac cycle: a computational model-based study." FASEB J., 1999 (abstract)

  7. Tran, B.Q., A. Kinsella, J. Winters, L. Thiel, C. Prandoni, and E. Hughes, "Utility of mass-market technologies to enable care provided by laypersons in the home environment." First Joint Meeting of BMES & EMBS, Oct. 1999, p. 121.

  8. Tran, B.Q. "Pulmonary function testing system for home-based rehabilitation." First Joint Meeting of BMES & EMBS, Oct. 1999, p. 115.

  9. Tran, B.Q. "Wireless physiologic monitoring: Applications and Implementation for Home Health Care" World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, July, Chicago 2000.

  10. B.Q. Tran, K.M. Buckley, C. Prandoni, "Tele-support of stroke caregivers in the home environment: Observations and lessons learned." American Telemedicine Assoc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 2001.

C.   Book Chapters

  1. E.A. Hoffman and B.Q. Tran, "Dynamic volumetric imaging-based assessment of the intrathoracic milieu." In: Respiratory-Circulatory Interactions in Health and Disease. Ed. S.M. Scharf, M.R. Pinsky, and S. Magder, New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001.

  2. Tran, B.Q. and E.A. Hoffman, "Computation model of the effects of breathing on cardiac function." In: Frontiers in Modeling and Control of Breathing: Integration at Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Levels; Eds C.S. Poon and H. Kazemi, (submitted)

D.   Technical Reports
  1. Tran, B.Q., D.M. Krainak, and J.M. Winters, "Performance evaluation of commercial POTS-based videoconferencing systems." Tech Report HCTR-11-v1.0., Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, D.C.

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