Andrew Rollins

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Develops biomedical optics technology for applications in biomedical research and health care improvement
Office: 429 Wickenden Phone Number: (216) 368-1917 Email: rollins@case.edu

Education

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2000
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1997
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1992

Awards and Recognitions

2020, Fellow, SPIE
2020, International Leader Award, Center for International Affairs
2014, International Activities Award, Case School of Engineering, CWRU
2014, Undergraduate Mentoring Award Nominee, CWRU, BMES
2011, International Activities Award, Case School of Engineering, CWRU
2011, Mentoring Fellow, University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education, Case Western University
2011, Fellow, American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, AIMBE
2006, Appointed Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Science and Engineering,
2004, Glennan Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
2003, Whitaker Foundation Young Investigator Award, "Phase-referenced Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography for Retinal Blood Flow Imaging",
2003, UCITE Learning Fellow, University for Innovation in Teaching and Education, Case Western Reserve University
1994, Peace Corps Volunteer, Malawi, Africa,

Patents Received

Publications

Elahi, S., Blackburn, B., Lapierre-Landry, M., Egusa, H., Rollins, A. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2020). Semi-automated shear stress measurements in developing embryonic hearts. Biomedical Optics Express, 11 (9).
Zhao, X., KILINC, O., Blumenthal, C., Dosluoglu, D., Jenkins, M., Snyder, C., Arruda, M., & Rollins, A. M. (2020). Intracardiac radiofrequency ablation in living swine guided by polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 25 (05).
Lu, H., Lee, J., Ray, S., Tanaka, K., Bezerra, H., Rollins, A. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2019). Automated stent coverage analysis in intravascular OCT (IVOCT) image volumes using a support vector machine and mesh growing. Biomedical Optics Express, 10 (6).
KILINC, O., Zhao, X., Jenkins, M., Snyder, C., & Rollins, A. M. (2019). Imaging of Atrioventricular Nodal Conduction Tissue in Porcine Hearts Using Optical Coherence Tomography. Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management, 10 (6), 3675-3680.
Lu, H., Lee, J., Ray, S., Tanaka, K., Bezerra, H., Rollins, A. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2019). Automated stent coverage analysis in intravascular OCT (IVOCT) image volumes using a support vector machine and mesh growing. Biomedical Optics Express, 10 (6).
Lu, H., Lee, J., Ray, S., Tanaka, K., Bezerra, H., Rollins, A. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2019). Automated stent coverage analysis in intravascular OCT (IVOCT) image volumes using a support vector machine and mesh growing. Biomedical Optics Express, 10 (6).
Lu, S., Lee, J., Ray, S., Tanaka, K., Bezerra, H., Rollins, A. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2019). Automated stent coverage analysis in intravascular OCT (IVOCT) image volumes using a support vector machine and mesh growing.. Biomedical optics express, 10 (6), 2809-2828.
Blackburn, B., Jenkins, M., Rollins, A. M., & Dupps, W. M. (2019). A Review of Structural and Biomechanical Changes in the Cornea in Aging, Disease, and Photochemical Crosslinking. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7
Rollins, A. M. (2019). Advances in cardiovascular imaging. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 9
Liu, Y., Broberg MCG, Y., Watanabe, M., Rollins, A. M., & Jenkins, M. W. (2019). SLIME: robust, high-speed 3D microvascular mapping.. Scientific reports, 9 (1), 893.
Blackburn, B., Rodriguez-Parada, J., Ford, J., De Stefano, V., Jenkins, M. W., Dupps, Jr, W. W., & Rollins, A. M. (2019). Noninvasive Assessment of Corneal Crosslinking With Phase-Decorrelation Optical Coherence Tomography.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 60 (1), 41-51.
Elahi, S., Egusa, H., Thrane, L., Rollins, A. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2018). Complex regression Doppler optical coherence tomography. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 23 (4).
Zhao, X., Fu, X., Blumenthal, C., Wang, Y., Jenkins, M. W., Snyder, C. W., Arruda, M. W., & Rollins, A. M. (2018). Integrated RFA/PSOCT catheter for real-time guidance of cardiac radio-frequency ablation. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, 9 (12), 6400-6411.
Shalev, R., Nakamura, D., Nishino, S., Rollins, A. M., Bezerra, H. M., Wilson, D. L., & Ray, S. L. (2017). Automated Volumetric Intravascular Plaque Classification Using Optical Coherence Tomography. AI Magazine, 38 (1).
Peterson, L., Egusa, H., Karunamuni, G., Jenkins, M., Watanabe, M., & Rollins, A. M. (2017). Embryonic aortic arch hemodynamics are a functional biomarker for ethanol-induced congenital heart defects [Invited]. Biomedical Optics Express, 8 (3).
Karunamuni, G., Sheehan, M., Doughman, Y., Egusa, H., Sun, J., Li, Y., Strainic, J., Rollins, A. M., Jenkins, M. M., & Watanabe, M. M. (2017). Supplementation with the Methyl Donor Betaine Prevents Congenital Defects Induced by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41 (11), 1917-1927.
Ford, S., McPheeters, M., Wang, Y., Ma, P., Egusa, H., Strainic, J., Snyder, C., Rollins, A. M., Watanabe, M. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2017). Increased regurgitant flow causes endocardial cushion defects in an avian embryonic model of congenital heart disease: FORD et al.. Congenital Heart Disease.
Thrane, L., Egusa, H., Blackburn, B., Damodaran, K., Rollins, A. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2017). Complex decorrelation averaging in optical coherence tomography: a way to reduce the effect of multiple scattering and improve image contrast in a dynamic scattering medium. Optics Letters, 42 (14).
Malone, J., El-Haddad, M., Bozic, I., Tye, L., Majeau, L., Godbout, N., Rollins, A. M., Boudoux, C. M., Joos, K. M., Patel, S. M., & Tao, Y. M. (2017). Simultaneous multimodal ophthalmic imaging using swept-source spectrally encoded scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and optical coherence tomography. Biomedical Optics Express, 8 (1).
Shalev, R., Gargesha, M., Prabhu, D., Tanaka, K., Rollins, A. M., Lamouche, G. M., Bisaillon, C. M., Bezerra, H. M., Ray, S. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2016). Processing to determine optical parameters of atherosclerotic disease from phantom and clinical intravascular optical coherence tomography three-dimensional pullbacks. Journal of Medical Imaging, 3 (2), 024501.
Shalev, R., Gargesha, M., Prabhu, D., Tanaka, K., Rollins, A. M., Lamouche, G. M., Bisaillon, C. M., Bezerra, H. M., Ray, S. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2016). Processing to determine optical parameters of atherosclerotic disease from phantom and clinical intravascular optical coherence tomography three-dimensional pullbacks.. Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.), 3 (2), 024501.
Wang, Y., Rollins, A. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2016). Infrared inhibition of embryonic hearts. Journal of Biomedical Optics [10833668], 21 (6).
Shalev, R., Gargesha, M., Prabhu, D., Tanaka, K., Rollins, A. M., Lamouche, G. M., Bisaillon, C. M., Bezerra, H. M., Ray, S. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2016). Processing to determine optical parameters of atherosclerotic disease from phantom and clinical intravascular optical coherence tomography three-dimensional pullbacks. Journal of Medical Imaging [23294302], 3 (2).
Ma, P., Egusa, H., Karunamuni, G., Jenkins, M., Watanabe, M., & Rollins, A. M. (2016). Cardiac neural crest ablation results in early endocardial cushion and hemodynamic flow abnormalities. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology [03636135], 311 (5), H1150-H1159.
Watanabe, M., Rollins, A. M., Polo-Parada, L. M., Ma, P. M., Egusa, H. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2016). Probing the Electrophysiology of the Developing Heart. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease [23083425], 3 (1).
Ford, S., McPheeters, M., Wang, Y., Egusa, H., Doughman, Y., Strainic, J., Rollins, A. M., Watanabe, M. M., & Jenkins, M. M. (2016). INCREASED REGURGITANT FLOW CAUSES ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECTS IN AN AVIAN EMBRYONIC MODEL OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology [07351097], 67 (13).
Ma, P., Chan, D., Egusa, H., Watanabe, M., Jenkins, M., & Rollins, A. M. (2016). Volumetric optical mapping in early embryonic hearts using light-sheet microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express [21567085], 7 (12).
Wang, Z., Jenkins, M., Linderman, G., Bezerra, H., Fujino, Y., Costa, M., Wilson, D., & Rollins, A. M. (2015). 3-D Stent Detection in Intravascular OCT Using a Bayesian Network and Graph Search. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, 34 (7), 1549-1561.
Karunamuni, G., Rodriguez-Parada, J., Doughman, Y., Noonan, A., Rollins, A. M., Jenkins, M. M., & Watanabe, M. M. (2015). Using Optical Coherence Tomography to Rapidly Phenotype and Quantify Congenital Heart Defects Associated With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS, 244 (4), 607-618.
Fu, X., Patel, D., Zhu, H., MacLennan, G., Wang, Y., Jenkins, M., & Rollins, A. M. (2015). Miniature forward-viewing common-path OCT probe for imaging the renal pelvis. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, 6 (4), 1164-1171.
Gargesha, M., Shalev, R., Prabhu, D., Tanaka, K., Rollins, A. M., Costa, M. M., Bezerra, H. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2015). Parameter estimation of atherosclerotic tissue optical properties from three-dimensional intravascular optical coherence tomography. Journal of Medical Imaging, 2 (1), 016001–016001.
Galon, M., Wang, Z., Bezerra, H., Lemos, P., Schnell, A., Wilson, D. L., Rollins, A. M., Costa, M. M., & Attizzani, G. M. (2014). Differences determined by optical coherence tomography volumetric analysis in non-culprit lesion morphology and inflammation in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and stable angina pectoris patients.. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions.
Lu, H., Jakl, M., Wang, Z., Tanaka, K., Ray, S., Cervinka, P., Rollins, A. M., Bezerra, H. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2014). TCT-371 Evaluation of Highly Automated Software for Analyzing Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Pullbacks of Stents. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 64 (11_S).
Faramarzalian, A., Prabhu, D., Abdul-Aziz, A., Wang, Z., Chamie, D., Yamamoto, H., Fujino, Y., Hawwa, S., Ziats, N., Rollins, A. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2014). Ex Vivo Cryoimaging for Plaque Characterization. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 7 (4), 430–432.
Jenkins, M. W., Wang, Y. W., Doughman, Y. W., Watanabe, M. W., Cheng, Y. W., & Rollins, A. M. (2013). Optical pacing of the adult rabbit heart.. Biomedical optics express, 4 (9), 1626-35.
Belinson, S., Ledford, K., Rasool, N., Rollins, A. M., Wulan, N. M., Wang, C. M., Rong, X. M., Zhang, W. M., Zhu, Y. M., Tresser, N. M., Wu, R. M., & Belinson, J. M. (2013). Cervical Epithelial Brightness by Optical Coherence Tomography Can Determine Histological Grades of Cervical Neoplasia. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease , 17
Galon, M., Wang, Z., Attizzani, G., Wilson, D. L., Rollins, A. M., Lemos, P. M., & Bezerra, H. M. (2013). Non-Culprit Lesion Morphology in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Stable Angina Pectoris: an Optical Coherence Tomography Fibrous Cap Volumetric Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 62 (18), B198-B198.
Lu, H., Gargesha, M., Wang, Z., Chamie, D., Attizzani, G., Kanaya, T., Ray, S., Costa, M., Rollins, A. M., Bezerra, H. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2013). Automatic stent strut detection in intravascular OCT images using image processing and classification technique. Medical Imaging 2013: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 8670
Faramarzalian, A., Prabhu, D., Abdul-Aziz, A., Chamie, D., Yamamoto, H., Fujino, Y., Wang, W., Ziats, N., Rollins, A. M., Wilson, D. L., Costa, M. L., & Bezerra, H. L. (2013). Use of Ex Vivo Cryoimaging as an Adjuvant for Plaque Validation by Optical Coherence Tomography and for Characterization of Fibrous Cap Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 61 (10), E1637-E1637.
Lu, S., Gargesha, M., Wang, Z., Chamie, D., Attizzani, G., Kanaya, T., Ray, S., Costa, M., Rollins, A. M., Bezerra, H. M., & Wilson, D. L. (2012). Automatic stent detection in intravascular OCT images using bagged decision trees.. Biomedical optics express, 3 (11), 2809-24.
Wang, Z., Chamie, D., Bezerra, H., Yamamoto, H., Kanovsky, J., Wilson, D. L., Costa, M. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2012). Volumetric quantification of fibrous caps using intravascular optical coherence tomography.. Biomedical optics express, 3 (6), 1413-26.
Wang, Z., Kyono, H., Bezerra, H., Wilson, D. L., Costa, M. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2011). Automatic segmentation of intravascular optical coherence tomography images for facilitating quantitative diagnosis of atherosclerosis. Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine Xv, 7889
Jenkins, M. W., Peterson, K. W., Rodriguez-Parada, J. W., Gargesha, M. W., Wilson, D. L., Watanabe, M. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2010). Measuring hemodynamics in the developing heart tube with four-dimensional gated Doppler optical coherence tomography.. Journal of biomedical optics, 15 (6), 066022.
Wang, Z., Kyono, H., Bezerra, H., Gargesha, M., Alraies, C., Xu, C., Schmitt, J., Wilson, D. L., Costa, M. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2010). Semiautomatic segmentation and quantification of calcified plaques in intracoronary optical coherence tomography images.. Journal of biomedical optics, 15 (6), 061711.
Jenkins, M. W., Adler, D. W., Gargesha, M. W., Huber, R. W., Rothenberg, F. W., Belding, J. W., Watanabe, M. W., Wilson, D. L., Fujimoto, J. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2007). Ultrahigh-speed optical coherence tomography imaging and visualization of the embryonic avian heart using a buffered Fourier Domain Mode Locked laser.. Optics express, 15 (10), 6251-67.
Jenkins, M. W., Rothenberg, F. W., Roy, D. W., Nikolski, V. W., Huang, R. W., Watanabe, M. W., Wilson, D. L., Efimov, I. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2006). 4D embryonic cardiography using gated optical coherence tomography.. Optics express, 14 (2), 736-48.
Jenkins, M. W., Rothenberg, F. W., Roy, D. W., Nikolski, V. W., Wilson, D. L., Efimov, I. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2005). 4D optical coherence tomography of the embryonic heart using gated imaging. Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine IX, 5690 , 1-3.
Qi, X., Sivak, M., Wilson, D. L., & Rollins, A. M. (2004). Computer aided diagnosis of dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus using endoscopic optical coherence tomography. Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine Viii, 5316 , 33-40.