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Oana Craciunescu,
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Current Address: Department
of Radiation Oncology, 152 Jones Bld., Duke
University Medical Center, Box 3455, Durham, NC 27710Telephone & Voice Mail:
(919) 681 1675Fax: (919) 684 3953E_mail: ****@******.****.***
Research Interests:
Computational bioheat transfer, simulation of biological flows, hyperthermia,
percolation networks and fractal interpolation functions to describe tumor
perfusionEducation:Ph.D.: 1998, Mechanical
Engineering and Materials Science, Duke
University, Durham, NC
Thesis Title: "Influence of Blood
Vessel Networks on Hyperthermia Induced Temperature Distributions",
Advisor: Prof. Scott T. Clegg.
M.S.: 1992, Mechanical Engineering, "Politehnica"
University of Bucharest, Romania
Thesis: "Finite Time Thermodynamics Applied to Refrigeration Systems
Optimization", Advisor: Prof. Vsevolod Radcenco.Experience:1998-present: Research
Associate, Hyperthermia Group, Thermal Modeling Core, Radiation
Oncology Dept., Duke University Medical Center
: thermal
modeling, fractal analysis applied to characterize microvascular networks
and tumor perfusion, fractal interpolation functions to reconstruct the
3D tumor perfusion distribution;1995-1998: Research Assistant, Hyperthermia
Project, Thermal Modeling Core, Radiation Oncology Dept., Duke University
Medical Center
Fields of research: modeling bioheat transfer and biological
flow, percolation theory applied to tumor vessel network growth;1994-1995: Research Assistant, Heat Transfer
Laboratory, MEMS Dept., Duke University, NC
Fields of research: computational heat transfer and fluid flow
applied to the study of water-molten material interactions;1992-1994: Assistant Lecturer, Thermodynamics
and Heat Engines Dept., "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania.
Field of research: finite time thermodynamics optimization
of refrigeration systems;
Teaching experience: lectures in thermodynamics, heat transfer
and fundamentals of refrigeration systems; Published Materials:Book Chapters1. Radcenco, V., Apostol, V. and Craciunescu,
O., "Refrigeration Systems, Heat Pumps, Cryogeny", in Engineering
Thermodynamics, Eds. Marinescu, M., Baran, N. and Radcenco, V., Matrix
Rom, pp. 589-642 (in Romanian), 1998.
Journal Papers
1. Craciunescu, O., Bejan, A.,
Cacuci, D. and Schatz, W., "Time-dependent Interaction
Between Water at Supercritical Pressures and a Hot Surface", Numerical
Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, vol. 30, no. 6, 355-375, 1996.
2. Craciunescu, O.I., Das, S. K.
and Clegg, S.T.,"Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced
MRI and Fractal Characteristics of the 2D Tumor Perfusion Percolation Cluster",
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 121, 480-486, 1999.
3. Craciunescu, O.I., Howle, L.E. and
Clegg, S.T., "Experimental Evaluation of
the Thermal Properties of Two Tissue Equivalent Phantom Materials",
International Journal of Hyperthermia, vol. 15, no. 6, 509-518, 1999.
4. Craciunescu, O.I., Samulski,
T.V., MacFall, J.R. and Clegg, S.T.,"Perturbations
in Hyperthermia Temperature Distributions Associated with Counter-Current
Flow: Numerical Simulations and Empirical Verification",
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 47, no. 4, 435-443, 2000.
5.Craciunescu, O.I., Das, S.K., Poulson, J. M. and Samulski, T.V., "Three-Dimensional Tumor Perfusion Reconstruction Using Fractal Interpolation Functions", in print, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2000.
6. Craciunescu, O.I. and Clegg, S.T.,
"Pulsatile Blood Flow Effects on Temperature
Distribution and Heat Transfer in Rigid Vessels", submitted to
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 1999.
7. Craciunescu, O.I., Das, S.K., McCauley
R.L., MacFall, J.R. and Samulski, T.V., "3D Reconstruction of the Hyperthermia Induced Temperature Distribution in Human Sarcomas Using DE-MRI Measured Tissue Perfusion: Validation Against Non-Invasive
MR Temperature Measurements", accepted, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2000. Conference Proceedings
1.Apostol, V., Radcenco, V. and Craciunescu,
O. " The Effect of Pressure Losses and of the Intake Degree
on the Cryogenic Expander Optimization",
Proc. of Florence World Energy
Research Symposium, FLOWERS'94, Florence, Italy, Carnevale, E., Manfrida,
G. and Martelli, F., editors, SG Editoriali Padova, 1994.
2. Craciunescu, O. and Clegg, S.T.,
"Perturbations of Large Vessels on Induced Temperature Distributions. Part
A: Three-dimensional simulation study", Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer
in Biotechnology, HTD, vol. 355, 193-198.,1997. 3. Craciunescu, O. and Clegg, S.T.,
"Towards the Understanding of Blood Perfusion in Tumor Vascular Networks
Using Contrast Enhanced MRI and Invasion Percolation", Advances in Heat
and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology, HTD, vol. 362, 143-147, 1998. 4. Craciunescu, O., Das, S.K. and
Dewhirst M.K., "Three-dimensional Microvascular Networks Fractal Structure:
A Potential for Tissue Characterization?", Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer
in Biotechnology, HTD, vol. 363, 9-13, 1999. 5. Craciunescu, O.I., Das, S.K. and
Samulski, T.V., "Piecewise Fractal Interpolation Models to Reconstruct
the Three-Dimensional Tumor Perfusion", 3166-41728.pdf in Proceedings
on CD-ROM of the 2000 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical
Engineering and of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Chicago, July 23-28, 2000. 6. Craciunescu, O.I., Das, S.K., MacCauley,
R.L. and Samulski, T.V., "Hyperthermia Induced 3D Temperature Distribution
in Human Sarcomas with Tumor Perfusion Reconstructed Using Fractal Interpolation
Functions", Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology, HTD, vol. 368,59-65, 2000. Published Abstracts
1. Craciunescu, O. and Clegg,
S.T., "Contrast-Enhanced MRI and Invasion Percolation to Describe Blood
Flow Perfusion in a Two-Dimensioanl Tumor Vascular Network", Seventeenth
Annual Meeting of the North American Hyperthermia Society, April 25-29,
Louisville, Kentucky, P24-460, 1998.
2. Craciunescu, O., Das, S.K. and Dewhirst,
M.W., "Three-Dimensional Microvascular Networks Characterization Using
Fractal Analysis", Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Hyperthermia
Society, April 8-10, Philadelphia, PA, P42-31, 1999.
3. Das, S.K., Craciunescu, O.I.
and Samulski, T.V., Numerical Reconstruction of Temperature Distribution
Using MRI Measured Perfusion in the Pennes Bioheat Equation, The Eighth
International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology, April 26-29, Kyong-Ju,
Korea, 2000.
4. Craciunescu, O., Raaymakers, B.W., J.B., Kotte, A.N.T.J., Das, S.K., van de Kamer, J.B., McCauley, R.L., Dragnic-Cindric, D., Kroeze, H., Samulski, T.V., Lagendijk, J.J.W., "Large discrete vessels and/or relative perfusion maps? The optimal way to describe perfusion for 3D hyperthermia induced temperature computations", Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Hyperthermia Society, San Juan, 2001.
Invited Abstracts
1. Craciunescu, O., Das K., McCauley, R. and Samulski, T."Hyperthermia Thermal Modeling Project: The Duke Experience", in the session Treatment Planning and Biothermal Modeling, Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Hyperthermia Society, San Juan, 2001.
2. Das, K., Craciunescu, O., Jones, E. and Samulski, T."The Role of MRI in Temperature Modeling and Control, in the session, Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Hyperthermia Society, San Juan, 2001.
Editorial Responsabilities:
Manuscript reviewer for the following peer-refereed scientific journals
and conference proceedings:
1. International Journal of Hyperthermia
2. National Heat Transfer ConferencePrizes/Affiliations:1994-1998: Departmental Fellowship - Duke
University, MEMS Dept.
1992: 1st prize at the Student Paper Contest, "Politehnica" University
of Bucharest, Romania.
American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Associate Member since 1996: Bioengineering
Division and Heat Transfer
Division;
IEEE Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society (IEEE EMB) Member since 1999;
North American Hyperthermia
Society (NAHS) Associate Member since 2000.
Last revised December 2000
© 1997-2000 Oana Craciunescu
© 1997-2000 Oana Craciunescu
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