By Associate Professor Susann Beier

Journal articles

Gharleghi R; Samarasinghe G; Sowmya A; Beier S, 2020, '377 Machine Learning to Predict Hemodynamic Risk in Left Main Bifurcations', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S207 - S207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.384

Senthurnathan A; Gharleghi R; Wright H; Liu J; Prusty G; Ray T; Beier S, 2020, '596 Assessment of Longitudinal Integrity of Stents Optimized for Haemodynamic Performance', Heart Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. s305 - s306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.603

Senthurnathan A; Gharleghi R; Prusty G; Beier S, 2020, '614 Longitudinal Strength of Coronary Stents – A Validation Study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. s314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.621

Lal R; Cabanag M; Dominguez L; Ooi S; Beier S, 2020, '627 Towards Preoperative PCI Procedure Planning With Virtual Reality', Heart Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. s319 - s320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.634

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Medrano P; Masoud-Ansari S; Cowan B, 2019, 'Coronary Artery Shape as a New Biomarker - Anatomical Features Linked to Adverse Haemodynamics', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S245 - S245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.261

Ormiston JO; Kassab GK; Finet GF; Chatzizisis YSC; Foin NF; Mickley TJM; Chiastra CC; Murasato YM; Hikichi TH; Wentzel JJW; Darremont OD; Iwasaki IK; Lefevre TL; Louvard YL; Beier S; Hojeibane HH; Netravali AN; Wooton JW; Cowan BC; Webster MIW; Medrano PM; Stankovic GS, 2017, 'Bench Testing and Coronary Artery Bifurcations: A Consensus Document from the European Bifurcation Club.', Eurointervention

Medrano-Gracia P; Ormiston J; Webster M; Beier S; Ellis C; Wang C; Smedby Ö; Young A; Cowan B, 2017, 'A Study of Coronary Bifurcation Shape in a Normal Population', Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 10, pp. 82 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12265-016-9720-2

Beier S; Ormiston JA; Webster MW; Cater JE; Norris SE; Medrano-Gracia P; Young AA; Cowan BR, 2016, 'Dynamically scaled phantom phase contrast MRI compared to true-scale computational modeling of coronary artery flow', Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 44, pp. 983 - 992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25240

Medrano-Gracia P; Ormiston J; Webster M; Beier S; Young A; Ellis C; Wang C; Smedby Ö; Cowan B, 2016, 'A computational atlas of normal coronary artery anatomy', Eurointervention, 12, pp. 845 - 854, http://dx.doi.org/10.4244/EIJV12I7A139

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Cater J; Norris S; Medrano-Gracia P; Young A; Cowan B, 2016, 'Impact of bifurcation angle and other anatomical characteristics on blood flow - A computational study of non-stented and stented coronary arteries', Journal of Biomechanics, 49, pp. 1570 - 1582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.03.038

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Cater J; Norris S; Medrano-Gracia P; Young A; Cowan B, 2016, 'Hemodynamics in Idealized Stented Coronary Arteries: Important Stent Design Considerations', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 44, pp. 315 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-015-1387-3

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Cater J; Norris S; Medrano-Gracia P; Young A; Cowan BR, 2016, 'A new method to quantify coronary flow conditions using dynamically scaled in vitro phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging', Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 18, pp. P103 - P103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429x-18-s1-p103

Medrano PM; Ormiston JO; Webster MW; Beier S; Ellis CE; Wang CW; Cowan BC; Young AY, 2015, 'A Statistical Model of the Main Bifurcation of the Left Coronary Artery using Coherent Point Drift', miccai

Beier S; Ormiston JO; Webster MW; Cater JC; Norris SN; Medrano PM; Young AY; Cowan BC, 2015, 'Overcoming spatio-temporal limitations using dynamically scaled in vitro PC-MRI-A comparison to real scale CFD of idealised, stented and patient left main geometries', MICCAI

Medrano ; Ormiston ; Webster ; Beier S; Ellis ; Wang CW; Cowan BC; Young AY, 2014, 'Construction of a coronary artery atlas from CT angiography', International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Cater J; Medrano-Gracia P; Young A; Cowan BR, 2014, 'Coronary artery bifurcation haemodynamics - comparison between phase contrast MRI and computational fluid dynamics', Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 16, pp. P224 - P224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429x-16-s1-p224

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Cater J; Medrano-Gracia P; Young A; Cowan B, 2013, 'Ex-Vivo Stented Coronary Artery Hemodynamics Using 4D Flow Measurements and Computational Flow Dynamics (CFD)', Heart Lung and Circulation, 22, pp. s40 - s41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.096

Ormiston JA; Beier S; Cowan B; Webster MWI, 2012, 'Reply', Jacc Cardiovascular Interventions, 5, pp. 362 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2012.02.001

Fortin H; Kandev N; Fafard M, 2012, 'FEM analysis of voltage drop in the anode connector induced by steel stub diameter reduction', Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 52, pp. 71 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2011.10.006

Beier S; Chen JJJC; Fortin HF; Fafard MF, 2011, 'FEM analysis of the anode connection in aluminium reduction cells', Journal of Light Metals

Conference Papers

Saeed D; Gharleghi R; Beier S; Singh S, 2026, 'Machine-Learning Based Detection of Coronary Artery Calcification Using Synthetic Chest X-Rays', in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, pp. 215 - 231

Yu TJ; Renaud-Assemat I; Beier S; Li DD, 2025, 'AUTOMATED PLAGIARISM DETECTION IN CAD-MODELLING COURSES: CATEGORISATION OF ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT', in Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings, pp. 1936 - 1944, http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17631406

Li DD; Yu T-J; Renaud-Assemat I; Beier S, 2024, 'Enhancing academic integrity: Development of an innovative plagiarism detection tool for CAD-modelling courses', Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 1 - 9, presented at 2024 World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC), http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/weef-gedc63419.2024.11151836

Zhang S; Gharleghi R; Singh S; Sowmya A; Beier S, 2023, 'Assessing Encoder-Decoder Architectures for Robust Coronary Artery Segmentation', in Bailey D; Punchihewa A; Paturkar A (eds.), Proceedings of the 2023 38th International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), IEEE, Palmerston North, New Zealand, presented at IVCNZ 2023 Image and Vision Computing, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 29 November 2023 - 30 November 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IVCNZ61134.2023.10343804

Shen C; Zhang M; Beier S, 2022, 'The Role of Diameter Variation in Investigation of Coronary Tortuosity', in Lei C; Thornber B; Armfield S (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, Sydney, pp. 1 - 6, presented at The 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference – 23AFMC, Sydney, 04 December 2022 - 08 December 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28731

Shen C; Gharleghi R; Li DD; Beier S, 2022, 'Helical Flow in Healthy and Diseased Patient-specific Coronary Bifurcations', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), SCOTLAND, Glasgow, pp. 3977 - 3980, presented at 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), SCOTLAND, Glasgow, 11 July 2022 - 15 July 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871374

Chen N; Gharleghi R; Sowmya A; Beier S, 2022, 'Learning Left Main Bifurcation Shape Features with an Autoencoder', in Proceedings International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), INDIA, Kolkata, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2022 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), INDIA, Kolkata, 28 March 2022 - 31 March 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISBI52829.2022.9761591

Otton J; Leong CN; Al Abed A; Alharbi Y; Beier S; Dokos S, 2021, 'Computational Flow Dynamic Simulation of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation Indicates That Multiple Anatomical Factors Contribute to Postprocedural Outflow Tract Obstruction', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, pp. B168 - B168, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000715526900386&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gharleghi R; Samarasinghe G; Sowmya A; Beier S, 2020, 'Deep Learning for Time Averaged Wall Shear Stress Prediction in Left Main Coronary Bifurcations', in Proceedings International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 818 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISBI45749.2020.9098715

Shen C; Canchi T; Gharleghi R; Beier S, 2020, 'Impact of Curvature, Bifurcation and Stenting on Secondary Flow in Idealised and Realistic Coronary Arteries', in 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Afmc 2020, University of Queensland Library, presented at Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/9d492ee

Wang L; Tian F; Beier S, 2019, 'An immersed boundary method for hemodynamics involving complex geometries', in ACCM4, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, presented at The 4th Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 28 November 2019 - 29 November 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27691

Gharleghi R; Wright H; Khullar S; Liu J; Ray T; Beier S, 2019, 'Advanced Multi-objective Design Analysis to Identify Ideal Stent Design', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Shenzhen, China, pp. 193 - 200, presented at MLMECH, Shenzhen, China, 13 October 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33327-0_23

Masoud-Ansari S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Pontre B; Cowan B; Beier S, 2019, 'Towards validating stent induced micro flow patterns in left main coronary artery bifurcations', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 5749 - 5752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856419

Beier S; Ormiston J; Webster M; Cater J; Norris S; Medrano-Gracia P; Young A; Gilbert K; Cowan B, 2016, 'Overcoming spatio-temporal limitations using dynamically scaled in vitro PC-MRI - A flow field comparison to true-scale computer simulations of idealized, stented and patient-specific left main bifurcations', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 1220 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7590925

Medrano-Gracia P; Ormiston J; Webster M; Beier S; Ellis C; Wang C; Young AA; Cowan BR, 2014, 'Construction of a coronary artery atlas from CT angiography', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, pp. 513 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10470-6_64

Beier S; Chen JJJ; Fortin H; Fafard M, 2011, 'FEM analysis of the anode connection in aluminium reduction cells', in TMS Light Metals, pp. 979 - 984

Preprints

Colombo A; Carbonarob D; Zhang M; Shen C; Kapoor A; Jepson N; Chiastra C; Beier S, 2026, Influence of Plaque Characteristics on Stent Biomechanical Outcomes - A Case Study on Double Kissing Crush Coronary Stenting, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.07800

Saeed D; Gharleghi R; Beier S; Singh S, 2026, Machine-Learning Based Detection of Coronary Artery Calcification Using Synthetic Chest X-Rays, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2511.11093

Colombo A; Carbonaro D; Zhang M; Shen C; Gharleghi R; Kapoor A; Chiastra C; Jepson N; Webster M; Beier S, 2025, Are Ultrathin Stents Optimal for Bifurcation Lesions? Insights from Computational Modelling of Provisional and DK-Crush Techniques, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2506.21029

Colombo A; Carbonaro D; Zhang M; Chiastra C; Webster M; Jepson N; Beier S, 2025, Mechanistic Insights Into How Rewiring and Bifurcation Angle Affect DK-Crush Stent Deployment, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.02948

Zhang S; Gharleghi R; Singh S; Moses D; Adikari D; Sowmya A; Beier S, 2025, LWT-ARTERY-LABEL: A Lightweight Framework for Automated Coronary Artery Identification, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2508.06874

Shen C; Zhang M; Keramati H; Zhang S; Gharleghi R; Wentzel JJ; Khan MO; Morbiducci U; Qayyum A; Niederer SA; Samant S; Chatzizisis YS; Almeida D; Tsai T-Y; Serruys P; Beier S, 2025, The Anatomy of Coronary Risk: How Artery Geometry Shapes Coronary Artery Disease through Blood Flow Haemodynamics -- Latest Methods, Insights and Clinical Implications, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.17109

Shen C; Zhang M; Keramati H; Almeida D; Beier S, 2025, High-Intensity Helical Flow: A Double-Edged Sword in Coronary Artery Haemodynamics, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2502.06161

Zhang M; Keramati H; Gharleghi R; Beier S, 2025, Reliability of characterising coronary artery flow with the flow-split outflow strategy: comparison against the multiscale approach, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2502.20406

Gharleghi R; Zhang M; Shen C; Webster M; Ellis C; Beier S, 2024, Assessing Left Main Bifurcation Anatomy and Haemodynamics: A Potential Surrogate for Disease Risk in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Without Stenosis?, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2401.12504

Li J; Zhou Z; Yang J; Pepe A; Gsaxner C; Luijten G; Qu C; Zhang T; Chen X; Li W; Wodzinski M; Friedrich P; Xie K; Jin Y; Ambigapathy N; Nasca E; Solak N; Melito GM; Vu VD; Memon AR; Schlachta C; De Ribaupierre S; Patel R; Eagleson R; Chen X; Mächler H; Kirschke JS; de la Rosa E; Christ PF; Li HB; Ellis DG; Aizenberg MR; Gatidis S; Küstner T; Shusharina N; Heller N; Andrearczyk V; Depeursinge A; Hatt M; Sekuboyina A; Löffler M; Liebl H; Dorent R; Vercauteren T; Shapey J; Kujawa A; Cornelissen S; Langenhuizen P; Ben-Hamadou A; Rekik A; Pujades S; Boyer E; Bolelli F; Grana C; Lumetti L; Salehi H; Ma J; Zhang Y; Gharleghi R; Beier S; Sowmya A; Garza-Villarreal EA; Balducci T; Angeles-Valdez D; Souza R; Rittner L; Frayne R; Ji Y; Ferrari V; Chatterjee S; Dubost F; Schreiber S; Mattern H; Speck O; Haehn D; John C; Nürnberger A; Pedrosa J; Ferreira C; Aresta G; Cunha A; Campilho A; Suter Y; Garcia J; Lalande A; Vandenbossche V; Van Oevelen A; Duquesne K; Mekhzoum H; Vandemeulebroucke J; Audenaert E; Krebs C; van Leeuwen T; Vereecke E; Heidemeyer H; Röhrig R; Hölzle F; Badeli V; Krieger K; Gunzer M; Chen J; van Meegdenburg T; Dada A; Balzer M; Fragemann J; Jonske F; Rempe M; Malorodov S; Bahnsen FH; Seibold C; Jaus A; Marinov Z; Jaeger PF; Stiefelhagen R; Santos AS; Lindo M; Ferreira A; Alves V; Kamp M; Abourayya A; Nensa F; Hörst F; Brehmer A; Heine L; Hanusrichter Y; Weßling M; Dudda M; Podleska LE; Fink MA; Keyl J; Tserpes K; Kim M-S; Elhabian S; Lamecker H; Zukić D; Paniagua B; Wachinger C; Urschler M; Duong L; Wasserthal J; Hoyer PF; Basu O; Maal T; Witjes MJH; Schiele G; Chang T-C; Ahmadi S-A; Luo P; Menze B; Reyes M; Deserno TM; Davatzikos C; Puladi B; Fua P; Yuille AL; Kleesiek J; Egger J, 2023, MedShapeNet -- A Large-Scale Dataset of 3D Medical Shapes for Computer Vision, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2308.16139

Kapoor A; Jepson N; Bressloff NW; Loh PH; Ray T; Beier S, 2023, The Road to the Ideal Stent: A Review of Stent Design Optimisation Methods, Findings, and Opportunities, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2309.08092

Zhang M; Gharleghi R; Shen C; Beier S, 2023, Exploring the Interplay of Left Coronary Tree Anatomy and Haemodynamics: Implications for Plaque Formation, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2312.00257

Gharleghi R; Zhang M; Adikari D; McGrath-Cadell L; Graham RM; Wentzel J; Webster M; Ellis C; Ooi S-Y; Beier S, 2023, Sex-Specific Variances in Anatomy and Blood Flow of the Left Main Coronary Bifurcation: Implications for Coronary Artery Disease Risk, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2311.18489

Zhang S; Gharleghi R; Singh S; Sowmya A; Beier S, 2023, Assessing Encoder-Decoder Architectures for Robust Coronary Artery Segmentation, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2310.10002

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