Publications
Journal Publications
Polk AA, Maul TM, McKeel DT, Snyder TA, Lehocky CA, Pitt B, Stolz DB, Federspiel WJ, Wagner WR. (2010) A biohybrid artificial lung prototype with active mixing of endothelialized microporous hollow fibers. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2010 Jun 15;106(3):490-500. PMCID: PMC4136649.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
Lehocky CA, Engh JA, Riviere CN. “White Matter Tract Following with Flexible Needles for Targeting Subcortical Structurs.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Milan, Italy, 25-29 Aug 2015.
Lehocky CA, Shi Y, Riviere CN. “Hyper- and Viscoelastic Modeling of Needle and Brain Tissue Interaction.” Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014;2014:6530-3. PMCID: PMC4359917.
Sanan S, Chen YC, Lehocky CA, Gong C, Riviere CN, Choset H. “Motion Planning in 3D Environments for Steerable Needles Using Path Sets.” Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, pp. 79-80, London, UK. July, 2014.
Wu G, Li X, Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “Automatic Steering of Manually Inserted Needles.” Conf Proc IEEE Int Conf Syst Man Cybern. 2013;1488-1493. PMCID: PMC3989365.
Li X, Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “Efficient 3D Control for Needle Steering using Duty-Cycled Rotation.” Int Conf Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), vol. 2, pp. 192-199. 29-31 July 2013.
Wood NA, Lehocky CA*, Riviere CN. “Algorithm for three-dimensional control of needle steering via duty-cycled rotation.” IEEE Int Conf on Mechatronics. 2013:pp. 237-241. 27 Feb.-1 March 2013. (*: presenting author)
Lehocky CA, Xiao Li, Riviere CN. “Design and control considerations for safe needle steering in brain tissue.” Int Conf Communication, Computing, Control Apps, pp. 1-6. 6-8 Dec. 2012.
Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “Needle insertion with duty-cycled rotation into multiple media.” Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012;2012:916-9. PMCID: PMC3562353.
Lehocky CA and Riviere CN. (2012) Toward a simplified mechanical model of needle steering by duty-cycled rotation. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). 24-27 June 2012.
Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. (2012) Needle steering by duty-cycled spinning: Modeling the mechanics. 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), pp.55-56, 16-18 March 2012.
Conference Abstracts
Lehocky CA, Kano H, Flickinger JC, Iyer A, Shin SS, Monaco III E, Niranjan A, Lunsford LD. "Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma of the Skull Base as an Adjuvant or Salvage Treatment." American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. Oct 18-21, 2015.
Mousavi H*, Lehocky CA*, Flickinger JC, Kano H, Niranjan A, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD. "Does Reducing Cochlear Dose Through Beam Sector Blocking Improve Hearing Preservation Following Vestibular Schwannoma Radiosurgery?" American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. Oct 18-21, 2015. (*Authors contributed equally)
Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “Control and Design of Flexible, Steerable Needles for Safety in Brain.” 4th Biennial North American Summer School on Surgical Robotics, Pittsburgh, PA. July, 2014.
Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “A Robotically-Controlled Flexible Needle for Intracerebral Navigation.” National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Training Grantees Meeting. Bethesda, MD. June, 2014.
Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “Flexible Needles for Intracerebral Navigation.” American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April, 2014.
Lehocky CA, Riviere CN. “Flexible Needle Steering in Brain Tissue.” Innovation in Healthcare Technology Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. February, 2014.
Lehocky CA, Pan Y, Wood NA, Riviere CN. (2012) Three-dimensional needle steering with duty-cycled rotation. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN. 14-18 May, 2012.
Lehocky CA, Krishnamurthy N, Santhanam G, Afshar A, Yu B, Ryu SI, Cunningham J, Gilja V, Kalmar R, Rivera-Alvidrez Z, Hatsopoulos N, Shenoy K, Harrison M, Batista AP. (2009) Neuronal correlations in premotor cortex are weak and rare, but flexible. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lehocky CA, Yu BM, Santhanam G, Ryu SI, Afshar A, Shenoy KV, Batista AP. (2008) Absence of fast-timescale correlations in macaque dorsal premotor cortex. Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Lehocky CA, Bregman R, Grasman J, Scharl A, Samosky J. (2008) Development of an Intravenous Infusion Simulation System. Department of Anesthesiology Research Day, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Lehocky CA, Batista AP, Yu BM, Santhanam G, Ryu SI, Afshar A, Shenoy KV. (2007) Cross-correlation analysis of neural spike times in primate premotor cortex. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Lehocky CA, Zeringue HC. (2006) RNAi suppression of the NMDA-receptor subunit protein NR2A. Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Polk AA, McKeel DT, Lehocky CA, Federspiel WJ, Wagner WR. (2006) A biohybrid lung prototype with active mixing and oxygenation of endothelialized microporous hollow fibers. McGowan Institute Scientific Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA.