Department of Medical Physics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Publications

Our Publications

  • Wakai, R.T., Leuthold, A.C., Cripe, L. and Martin, C.B., Assessment of fetal rhythm in congenital complete heart block by magnetocardiography, PACE, 23, 1047-1050, 2000.
  • R.T. Wakai, J.M. Lengle, and A.C. Leuthold, Transmission of electric and magnetic fetal cardiac signals in a case of ectopia cordis: the dominant role of the vernix caseosa, Phys. Med. Biol., 45, 1989-1995, 2000.
  • Lengle, J.M., Chen, M., and Wakai, Improved detection of fetal and neonatal auditory evoked responses, Clin. Neurophysiol. 112(5), 785-92, 2001.
  • Chen, M., Wakai, R.T., and VanVeen, B., Eigenvector-based spatial filtering of fetal biomagnetic signals, J. Perinat. Med. 29(6), 486-496, 2001.
  • DeAraujo, D., Baffa, O., and Wakai, R., Theta oscillations and human navigation: a magnetoencephalography study, J. Cogn. Neurosci. 14: 70-78, 2002.
  • Zhao, H, and Wakai, R.T., Simultaneity of fetal heart rate acceleration and fetal trunk movement determined by fetal magnetocardiogram actocardiography, Phys. Med. Biol. 47:839-46, 2002.
  • Wakai, R.T. and Lutter, W.J., Matched filter template generation via spatial filtering: application to fetal biomagnetic recordings, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 49(10):1214-1217, 2002.
  • Rodriguez, A, VanVeen, B., and Wakai, R.T., Use of Signal Related Variance for MEG/EEG Source Localization and Detection, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 50, 137-49, 2003.
  • Wakai, R.T., Strasburger, J.F., Li., Z., Deal, B., and Gotteiner, N., Magnetocardiographic Rhythm Patterns at Initiation and Termination of Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia, Circulation 107:307-12, 2003.
  • Moraes, E.R., Troncon, L.E.A., Baffa. O., Oba-Kunyioshi, A.S., Wakai R.T., and Leuthold, A.C., Adaptive, auto regressive spectral estimation for analysis of electrical signals of gastric origin, Physiol. Meas. 24:91-106, 2003.
  • Cuneo, B.F., Ovadia, M., Strasburger, J.F., Petropulos, T., Schneider, J., Zhao, H., Wakai, R.T., Prenatal Diagnosis and in utero Treatment of Torsades de pointes Associated with Congenital Long QT Syndrome, accepted for publication in Am. J. Cardiol. 91:1395-8, 2003.
  • Horigome, H. and Wakai, R.T., Basic and clinical applications of fetal magnetocardiography, Ped. Cardiol. Cardiac Surg. 19: 468-75 , 2003.
  • Lutter, W. J., Wakai, R. T., Maier, M. M., and Baryshnikov, B. V. MEG sleep pattern dependence of auditory evoked fields in young infants. Neurol Clin Neurophysiol 2004, 77, 2004.
  • Wakai, R.T., Assessment of fetal neurodevelopment via fetal magnetocardiography, Experimental Neurology, Experimental Neurology 190, S65–S71, 2004.
  • Baryshnikov, B., VanVeen, B.D., and Wakai, R.T., Maximum likelihood estimation of low rank signals for multiepoch MEG/EEG analysis, IEEE Trans. Biomed Eng. 51, 1981-93, 2004.
  • Li, Z., Strasburger, J.F., and Wakai, R.T., Giant Fetal Magnetocardiogram P-waves in Congenital Heart Block: A Marker of Cardiovascular Compensation?, Circulation 110:2097-2101, 2004.
  • Li, Z., R. T. Wakai, D. N. Paulson, and B. Schwartz, HTS magnetometers for fetal magnetocardiography. Neurol Clin Neurophysiol 2004:25, 2004.
  • de Araujo, D. B., Barros, A. K., Estombelo-Montesco, C., Zhao, H., da Silva Filho, A. C., Baffa, O., Wakai, R., and Ohnishi, N. Fetal source extraction from magnetocardiographic recordings by dependent component analysis. Phys Med Biol 50, 4457-4464, 2005.
  • Dubin, A.M., Cuneo, B.F., Strasburger, J.F., Wakai, R.T.,.Van Hare, G.F., Rosenthal, D.N., Congenital Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia and Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block: A Shared Etiology?, Heart Rhythm 2(3):313-5, 2005.
  • Rodriguez, A., Baryshnikov, B.V., Van Veen, B.D., Wakai, R.T., MEG and EEG Source Localization in Beamspace, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 53:430-441, 2005.
  • W.J. Lutter, M. Maier, and R.T. Wakai, Development of MEG Sleep Patterns and Magnetic Auditory Evoked Responses During Early Infancy, Clin. Neurophysiol., 117, 522-30, 2006.
  • Cuneo , B. F.,Strasburger, J. F., Wakai, R. T., Ovadia, M. Conduction system disease in fetuses evaluated for irregular cardiac rhythm, Fetal Diagn Ther 21, 307-13, 2006
  • Chen, M., Van Veen, B., and Wakai, R.T., Linear Minimum Mean Square Error Filtering for Evoked Responses: Application to Fetal MEG, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 53(5):959-963, 2006.
  • Limpiti, T., VanVeen, B., Wakai, R.T., Cortical Patch Basis Model for Spatially Extended Neural Activity, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 53, 1740-54, 2006.
  • Zhao, H., Strasburger, J.F., Cuneo, B.F., and Wakai, R.T., Fetal Cardiac Repolarization Abnormalities, Am. J. Cardiol. 98, 491-6, 2006.
  • Li, Z., Wakai, R.T., and Walker, T.G., Parametric Modulation of an Atomic Magnetometer, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 134105, 2006 .
  • Estombelo-Montesco, C. A., de Araujo, D. B., Silva Filho, A. C., Moraes, E. R., Barros, A. K., Wakai, R. T., Baffa, O. Dependent component analysis for the magnetogastrographic detection of human electrical response activity, Physiol. Meas. 28(9), 1029-44, 2007.
  • Zhao, H., Chen, M., Van Veen, B.,D., Strasburger J.S., and Wakai, R.T., Simultaneous Fetal Ultrasound/Doppler and Magnetocardiography, IEEE Trans. Biomed Eng. 54(6), 1167-71, 2007.
  • Wakai, R. T., W. J. Lutter, and M.M. Maier, “On and Off magnetic auditory evoked responses in early infancy: A possible marker of brain immaturity.” Clin Neurophysiol 118(7): 1480-7, 2007.
  • Cuneo, B.F., Zhao, H., Ovadia, M., Strasburger, J. F., Huhta, J., and Wakai, R. T., Atrial and Ventricular Rate Response and Patterns of Heart Rate Acceleration during Maternal-Fetal Terbutaline Treatment of Fetal Complete Heart Block, Am. J. Cardiol. 100, 661-6, 2007
  • Zhao, H., Cuneo, B.F., Strasburger, J.F., Gotteiner, N.L., Huhta, J., and Wakai, R. T., Electrophysiologic Characteristics of Fetal AV Block, J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 51(1), 77-84, 2008.