Bo Yang

Journal Articles

Yang B., Klineberg E., and O'Connell, G.D., 2021. Intervertebral Disc Mechanics with Nucleotomy: Differences between Simple and Dual Loading Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Link

Yang B., Wendland M.F., and O'Connell, G.D., 2020. Direct Quantification of Intervertebral Disc Water Content Using MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Link

Yang B., and O'Connell, G.D., 2019. Intervertebral Disc Swelling Maintains Strain Homeostasis throughout the Annulus Fibrosus: A Finite Element Analysis of Healthy and Degenerated Discs. Acta Biomaterialia. Link

Yang B., Yintong Lu, Colin Um, and O'Connell, G.D., 2019. Relative Nucleus Pulposus Area and Position Alters Disc Joint Mechanics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Link

Yang B. and O'Connell G.D., 2019. GAG content, fiber stiffness, and fiber angle affect swelling-based residual stress in the intact annulus fibrosus. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. Link

Yang B. and O'Connell G.D., 2018. Swelling behavior of fiber-reinforced soft tissues is affected by fiber orientation, fiber stiffness, and lamella structure. Journal of The mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. Link

Yang B. and O'Connell G.D., 2017. Effect of collagen fibre orientation on intervertebral disc torsion mechancis. Biomechanics and modeling in mechanogiology. Link

Patents

Yang B, Huang B, Guo S, Reeves R, Gao W, Driscoll P, Ryan K, Jennings M, Lwanga J, Kazi M, Reversal-pointbased Detection and Ranking. 09/18/2024 published, Patent number: us 17/116184

Guo S, Driscoll P, Jennings M, Reeves R, Yang B, Time Series Anomaly Detection. 2020 applied, application number:us 17/133222

Guo S, Reeves R, Yang B, Gao W, Tang W, Driscoll P, Zhou S, Burfield T, Meza A, Time Series Anomaly Ranking. 2020 applied, application number: us 17/133259

Conference Paper

Yang B, Wendland MF, Ma Y, O'Connell GD Direct Quantification of Intervertebral Disc Water Content Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Podium presentation at the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Seven Springs, Pennsylvania 06/2019

Yang B, O'Connell GD. Residual Stress and Pressure Formation Due to Swelling of Tissues within the Intervertebral Disc Abstract for a poster presentation at the Annual Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) meeting, 03/2019

Yang B, O'Connell GD. Residual Strain in the annulus fibrosus decreases with disc degeneration. Podium presentation at the World Congress of Biomechanics Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 07/2018.

Yang B, Lu Y, Um C, O'Connell GD. Nucleotomy increases disc bending stiffness under complex loading modalities. Podium presentation at the World Congress of Biomechanics Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 07/2018.

Yang B, Um C, Lu Y, O'Connell GD. Effect of nucleus pulposus size and location on internal stresses in the intervertebral disc. Abstract for poster presentation at the World Congress of Biomechanics Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 07/2018.

Yang B, O'Connell GD. Effect of osmotic swelling in soft Tissue is dependent on collagen fiber orientation. Abstract for Ph.D. Paper Competition to the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Tucson, AZ 06/2017

Yang B, Habtegebriel YB, Ma Y, Wendland MF, O'Connell GD. A semi-automated approach for creating a subject-specific finite element model of the intervertebral disc. Abstract for poster presentation to the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Tucson, AZ 06/2017.

Yang B, Jbaily A, Yintong L, Szeri AJ, O'Connell GD. Lung micromechanics of pulmonary fibrosus: A finite element analysis. Abstract for poster presentation to the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Tucson, AZ 06/2017

Yang B, Zhou M, O'Connell GD. Osmotic swelling alters tissue mechanics in fiber-reinforced tissues. Abstract for poster presentation at the Annual Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) meeting, San Diego, CA, 03/2017

Yang B, Zhou M, O'Connell GD. Detailed finite element modeling of fiber-reinforced tissues. Abstract for poster presentation to the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), National Harbor, MD, 06/2016

Yang B, O'Connell GD. Effect of annulus fibrosus collagen orientation on intervertebral disc torsional mechanical behavior. Podium presentation at the Annual Orthopaedic Research Society meeting (ORS), Orlando, FL, 03/2016.