Karla P. Mercado-Shekhar
Department : Biological Engineering
Research Interests
● Tissue elasticity imaging
● Shear wave imaging
● Quantitative ultrasound techniques
● High-frequency ultrasound imaging
● Tissue characterization
Professional Summary
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Apr 2019 to present)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2014 – 2018)
Publications
1. Mercado-Shekhar, K.P., Kleven, R., Aponte Rivera, H., Lewis, R., Karani, K.B., Vos, H.J., Abruzzo, T.A., Haworth, K.J., and Holland, C.K. “The effect of clot stiffness on rt-PA lytic susceptibility in vitro,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 44(12): 2710-2727, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.08.005.
2. Mercado, K.P., Radhakrishnan, K., Stewart, K., Snider, L., Ryan, D., and Haworth, K.J. “Size-isolation of ultrasound-mediated phase transition perfluorocarbon droplets using differential centrifugation,” The Journal Acoustical Society of America, 139(5): EL142-EL148, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4946831
3. Mercado, K.P., Langdon, J., McAleavey S.A., Hocking, D.C., and Dalecki, D. “Scholte wave generation during Single Tracking Location Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging of three-dimensional engineered tissues,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(2): EL138-EL144, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4927633.
4. Mercado, K.P., Helguera, M., Hocking, D.C., and Dalecki, D. “Noninvasive quantitative imaging of collagen microstructure in three-dimensional hydrogels using high frequency quantitative ultrasound,” Tissue Engineering Part C, Methods, 21(7): 671-682, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.TEC.2014.0527.
5. Mercado, K.P., Helguera, M., Hocking, D.C., and Dalecki, D. “Estimating cell concentration in three-dimensional engineered tissues using high frequency quantitative ultrasound,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 42(6): 1292-1304, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-014-0994-8.
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