Faculty: Vesna Zderic
 
Vesna Zderic

 
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Research

My research interests include ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery, wound healing, ultrasound image-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) therapy for hemorrhage control and tumor treatment, and development of novel therapeutic devices.

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Selected Publications

  • Kay M, Swift L, Sangave A, Zderic V. Contrast Harmonic Ultrasound Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008;1:969-972.
  • Sangave A, Manuccia T, Kay M, Zderic V. Lingual Force Detection System. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008;1:4844-4847.
  • Steines DA, Eom KB, Manuccia T, Zderic V. A Novel 100 Watt High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Driving System. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008;1:2530-2533.
  • Zderic V, Foley J, Luo W, Vaezy S. Bubbles at the HIFU Focus for Prevention of Thermal Damage at Soft Tissue-Air Interfaces in the Post-Focal Region. Med Phys 2008;35:4292-4299.
  • Zderic V, Foley JL, O’Keefe GE, Vaezy S. Intraoperative Resection of Solid Organs using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol 2007;33:1251-1258.
  • Greaby R, Zderic V, Vaezy S. Pulsatile Flow Phantom for Image-Guided HIFU Treatment of Vascular Injuries. Ultrasound Med Biol 2007;33:1269-1276.
  • Luo W, Zderic V, Mann FA, Vaezy S. Color and Pulsed Doppler Sonography for Arterial Bleeding Detection. J Ultrasound Med 2007;26:1019-1029.
  • Vaezy S, Zderic V. Hemorrhage Control Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Int J Hyperthermia 2007;23:203-211.
  • Vaezy S, Zderic V, Karmy-Jones R, Jurkovich G, Cornejo C, Crum L, Martin RW. Hemostasis and Sealing of Air Leaks in Lung using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. J of Trauma 2007;62:1390-1395.
  • Burgess S, Zderic V, Vaezy S. Image-Guided Acoustic Hemostasis for Treatment of Hidden Liver Injuries. Ultrasound Med Biol 2007;33:113-119.
  • Rabkin BA, Zderic V, Crum LA, Vaezy S. Biological and Physical Mechanisms of HIFU-Induced Hyperecho in Ultrasound Images. Ultrasound Med Biol 2006;32:1721-1729.
  • Zderic V, Brayman AA, Sharar SR, O’Keefe GE, Crum LA, Vaezy S. Microbubble-Enhanced Hemorrhage Control Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Ultrasonics 2006;40:113-120.
  • Luo W, Zderic V, Carter S, Crum L, Vaezy S. Contrast-Enhanced Bleeding Detection of Punctured Femoral Artery. J Ultrasound Med 2006;25:1169-1177.
  • Zderic V, Keshavarzi A, Noble ML, Paun M, Sharar SR, Crum LA, Martin RW, Vaezy S. Hemorrhage Control in Arteries Using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: A Survival Study. Ultrasonics 2006;44:46-53.
  • Held RT, Zderic V, Nguyen TN, Vaezy S. Annular Phased Array High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Device for Image-guided Therapy. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2006;53:335-348.
  • Lafon C, Zderic V, Noble ML, Yuen JC, Kaczkowski PJ, Sapozhnikov OA, Chavrier F, Crum LA, Vaezy S. Gel Phantom for Use in High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Dosimetry. Ultrasound Med Biol 2005;31:1383-1389.
  • Rabkin BA, Zderic V, Vaezy S. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Induced Hyperechoic Regions for Ultrasound Guidance of Therapy. Ultrasound Med Biol 2005;31:947-956.
  • Zderic V, Clark JI, Martin RW, Vaezy S. Transcorneal Drug Delivery Using 880 kHz Ultrasound. Cornea 2004;23:804-811.
  • Zderic V, Clark JI, Vaezy S. Drug Delivery into the Eye Using Ultrasound. J Ultrasound Med 2004;23:1349-1359.
  • Zderic V, Keshavarzi A, Andrew MA, Vaezy S, Martin RW. Attenuation of Porcine Tissues In-Vivo after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment. Ultrasound Med Biol 2004;30:61-66.
  • Zderic V, Vaezy S, Martin RW, Clark JI. Ocular Drug Delivery Using 20-kHz Ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol 2002;28:823-829.

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Assistant Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Room 624E, Phillips Hall
Phone: (202) 994-7593, Fax: (202) 994-0227
zderic@gwu.edu


BS Electrical Engineering, 1998,
University of Belgrade, Serbia
PhD Bioengineering, 2004,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA