Linz Lab

Publications

  • Petras, A., Amoros Figueras, G., Moreno Weidmann, Z., García-Sánchez, T., Viladés Medel, D., Ivorra, A., Guerra, J. M., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2025). Is a single lethal electric field threshold sufficient to characterize the lesion size in computational modeling of cardiac pulsed-field ablation? Heart Rhythm O2. 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.02.014
  • Anees, M., Moreno Weidmann, Z., Viladés Medel, D., Guerra, J. M., Gerardo-Giorda, L., & Petras, A. (2025). Impact of the dispersive patch placement on dissipated power in radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation via a virtual patient study. Scientific Reports, 15(1). 10.1038/s41598-025-90158-1
  • Bianconi, F., Leoni, M., Petras, A., Schena, E., Gerardo-Giorda, L., & Gizzi, A. (2025). Higher-order thermal modeling and computational analysis of laser ablation in anisotropic cardiac tissue. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 24(2), 559–577. 10.1007/s10237-025-01926-x
  • Leoni, M., Petras, A., Weidmann, Z. M., Guerra, J. M., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2024). Impact of Catheter Orientation on Cardiac Radiofrequency Ablation. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 152–162). Springer Nature Switzerland. 10.1007/978-3-031-52448-6_15
  • Leoni, M., Petras, A., Moreno Weidmann, Z., M. Guerra Ramos, J., & Gerardo Giorda, L. (2023). Should I Tilt or Should I Push? Effect of Contact Force and Catheter Inclination in Cardiac Radiofrequency Ablation. In Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC). 2023 Computing in Cardiology Conference. Computing in Cardiology. 10.22489/cinc.2023.036
  • Petras, A., Leoni, M., Guerra, J. M., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2023). Calibration of a three-state cell death model for cardiomyocytes and its application in radiofrequency ablation. Physiological Measurement, 44(6), 065003. 10.1088/1361-6579/acdcdd
  • Petras, A., Moreno Weidmann, Z., Echeverría Ferrero, M., Leoni, M., Guerra, J. M., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2022). Impact of electrode tip shape on catheter performance in cardiac radiofrequency ablation. Heart Rhythm O2, 3(6), 699–705. 10.1016/j.hroo.2022.07.014
  • Petras, Argyrios, Leoni, M., Moreno Weidmann, Z., M. Guerra, J., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2022). In silico assessment of a multipore electrode design for High Power Short Duration ablation. In Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC). 2022 Computing in Cardiology Conference. Computing in Cardiology. 10.22489/cinc.2022.177
  • Molinari, L., Gerardo-Giorda, L., & Gizzi, A. (2022). A transversely isotropic thermo-hyperelastic constitutive model of myocardial tissue with a three-state cell death dynamics for cardiac radiofrequency ablation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 161, 104810. 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104810
  • Petras, A., Moreno Weidmann, Z., Leoni, M., Gerardo-Giorda, L., & Guerra, J. M. (2021). Systematic Characterization of High-Power Short-Duration Ablation: Insight From an Advanced Virtual Model. Frontiers in Medical Technology, 3. 10.3389/fmedt.2021.747609
  • Ondrusova, B., Petras, A., Szasz, J., Meier, J., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2025). Can Side Holes in Returning Cannula Improve VV-ECMO Effectiveness?. In 2025 15th International Conference on Measurement (pp. 287-290). IEEE. 10.23919/MEASUREMENT66999.2025.11078673
  • Leoni, M., Szasz, J., Meier, J., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2022). Blood flow but not cannula positioning influences the efficacy of Veno-Venous ECMO therapy. Scientific Reports, 12(1). 10.1038/s41598-022-23159-z
  • Almus, C., Doğrusöz, Y. S., Svehlikova, J., & Ondrusova, B. (2025). A MARS-Based Approach for PVC Localization Using Clinical Data. In 2025 33rd Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). 2025 33rd Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU). IEEE. 10.1109/siu66497.2025.11112491
  • Přibilová, A., Švehlíková, J., Šašov, M., Zelinka, J., Ondrušová, B., Hatala, R., & Tyšler, M. (2025). Autocorrelation maps for optimal setting in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 260, 108519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108519
  • Zelieska, L., Ondrusova, B., Tysler, M., & Sánchez, J. (2025). In Silico Investigation of The Impact of the Ventricular Filling Heterogeneity on the Electrical Field Propagation Using a Patient-Specific Model. In 2025 15th International Conference on Measurement (pp. 283–286). 2025 15th International Conference on Measurement. IEEE. 10.23919/MEASUREMENT66999.2025.11078685
  • Ondrusova, B., Almus, C., Svehlikova, J., & Dogrusoz, Y. S. (2025). Non-Invasive Approaches for Premature Ventricular Contractions Localization. In 2025 15th International Conference on Measurement (pp. 10–13). 2025 15th International Conference on Measurement. IEEE. 10.23919/MEASUREMENT66999.2025.11078736
  • Rababah, A., Al-Nabulsi, J., Tate, J., Ondrusova, B., Boonstra, M., Svehlikova, J., & MacLeod, R. S. (2024). Evaluation of Computed Epicardial Potentials, Activation Times, and Pacing Site Localization in Electrocardiographic Imaging. In 2024 Second Jordanian International Biomedical Engineering Conference (JIBEC) (pp. 104–108). 2024 Second Jordanian International Biomedical Engineering Conference (JIBEC). IEEE. 10.1109/jibec63210.2024.10931901
  • Strocchi, M., Longobardi, S., Augustin, C. M., Gsell, M. A. F., Petras, A., Rinaldi, C. A., Vigmond, E. J., Plank, G., Oates, C. J., Wilkinson, R. D., & Niederer, S. A. (2023). Cell to whole organ global sensitivity analysis on a four-chamber heart electromechanics model using Gaussian processes emulators. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(6), e1011257. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011257
  • Petras, A., Gsell, M. A. F., Augustin, C. M., Rodriguez-Padilla, J., Jung, A., Strocchi, M., Prinzen, F. W., Niederer, S. A., Plank, G., & Vigmond, E. J. (2023). Mechanoelectric effects in healthy cardiac function and under Left Bundle Branch Block pathology. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 156, 106696. 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106696
  • Rodríguez-Padilla, J., Petras, A., Magat, J., Bayer, J., Bihan-Poudec, Y., El Hamrani, D., Ramlugun, G., Neic, A., Augustin, C. M., Vaillant, F., Constantin, M., Benoist, D., Pourtau, L., Dubes, V., Rogier, J., Labrousse, L., Bernus, O., Quesson, B., Haïssaguerre, M., … Vigmond, E. (2022). Impact of intraventricular septal fiber orientation on cardiac electromechanical function. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 322(6), H936–H952. 10.1152/ajpheart.00050.2022
  • Cusimano, N., Gerardo-Giorda, L., & Gizzi, A. (2021). A space-fractional bidomain framework for cardiac electrophysiology: 1D alternans dynamics. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 31(7). 10.1063/5.0050897
  • Barnafi, N. A., Petras, A., & Gerardo-Giorda, L. (2024). Fully nonlinear inverse poroelasticity: Stress-free configuration recovery. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 425, 116960. 10.1016/j.cma.2024.116960
  • Marinelli, I., Thompson, B. M., Parekh, V. S., Fletcher, P. A., Gerardo-Giorda, L., Sherman, A. S., Satin, L. S., & Bertram, R. (2022). Oscillations in K(ATP) conductance drive slow calcium oscillations in pancreatic β-cells. Biophysical Journal, 121(8), 1449–1464. 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.03.015
  • Dassi, F., Kroos, J. M., Gerardo-Giorda, L., & Perotto, S. (2022). A denoising tool for the reconstruction of cortical geometries from MRI. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 191, 14–32. 10.1016/j.matcom.2021.07.020
  • Bayona, V., Petras, A., Piret, C., & Ruuth, S. J. (2024). A Meshfree RBF-FD Constant along Normal Method for Solving PDEs on Surfaces. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 46(6), A3897–A3921. 10.1137/23m1621265
  • Petras, A., Ling, L., & Ruuth, S. J. (2022). Meshfree Semi-Lagrangian Methods for Solving Surface Advection PDEs. Journal of Scientific Computing, 93(1). 10.1007/s10915-022-01966-w

Student thesis

  • Image-Informed Mathematical Modeling of Low-Grade Glioma Growth
    Julian Zauner
    2025
  • FEM implementation of dual-phase-lag thermo-electric model with a three-state cell death dynamics for cardiac radiofrequency ablation
    Cecilia Granata
    2023
  • Multi-field material modeling and computational implementation of cardiac ablation
    Leonardo Molinari
    2020
  • In-silico comparison between in-vitro experiments and in-vivo application of radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia
    Laura Füssel
    2025
  • Simulation of the dual-phase lag bioheat equation in a medical RF ablation context
    Simon Valentin Innerbichler
    2024
  • Parametrization of a three-state cell death model for esophageal tissue
    Jakob Haselbacher
    2024
  • Theoretical aspects of cardiac radiofrequency ablation
    Paula Kohlberger
    2024
  • Three-state hyperthermic cell death model for the prediction of myocardial lesion
    Stefan Lämmermann
    2023
  • A kinetic-based multiscale model for glioma growth
    Julian Zauner
    2023
  • Modelling and numerical simulation of cardiac electrophysiology
    Nicole Feilmaier
    2022