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Walfre Franco
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Research Expertise
Biomedical Optics
Medical Devices
Computational Modeling
Publications
Malignant Ascites in Ovarian Cancer:
Cellular, Acellular, and Biophysical
Determinants of Molecular Characteristics
and Therapy Response
Cancers
2021
Hyperthermic injury to adipocyte cells by
selective heating of subcutaneous fat with
a novel radiofrequency device: Feasibility
studies
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2010
Apparatus for Harvesting Tissue
Microcolumns
Journal of Visualized Experiments
2018
Fractional Skin Harvesting
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Global Open
2013
Radial and temporal variations in surface
heat transfer during cryogen spray cooling
Physics in Medicine and Biology
2005
Flow-induced Shear Stress Confers
Resistance to Carboplatin in an Adherent
Three-Dimensional Model for Ovarian
Cancer: A Role for EGFR-Targeted
Photoimmunotherapy Informed by Physical
Stress
Journal of Clinical Medicine
2020
Improvement of port wine stain laser
therapy by skin preheating prior to
cryogen spray cooling: A numerical
simulation
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2006
Controlled volumetric heating of
subcutaneous adipose tissue using a novel
radiofrequency technology
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2009
Treatment of cutaneous vascular lesions
using multiple‐intermittent cryogen spurts
and two‐wavelength laser pulses: Numerical
and animal studies
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2007
Review of applications of fluorescence
excitation spectroscopy to dermatology
British Journal of Dermatology
2016
Thermal and elastic response of
subcutaneous tissue with different fibrous
septa architectures to RF heating:
Numerical study
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2015
UV fluorescence excitation imaging of
healing of wounds in skin: Evaluation of
wound closure in organ culture model
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2016
Laser surgery of port wine stains using
local vacuum pressure: Changes in skin
morphology and optical properties (Part I)
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2007
Sprayable peptide-modified silver
nanoparticles as a barrier against
bacterial colonization
Nanoscale
2016
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2013
Infrared measurement of human skin
temperature to predict the individual
maximum safe radiant exposure (IMSRE)
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2007
Pulmonary Phototherapy for Treating Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning
American Journal of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine
2015
Effects of hypobaric pressure on human
skin: Implications for cryogen spray
cooling (Part II)
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2005
Methods to Evaluate Changes in
Mitochondrial Structure and Function in
Cancer
Cancers
2023
Laser surgery of port wine stains using
local vaccum pressure: Changes in
calculated energy deposition (Part II)
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2007
Multifunctional Nano and Collagen-Based
Therapeutic Materials for Skin Repair
ACS Biomaterials Science &
Engineering
2019
Fluorescence excitation photography of
epidermal cellular proliferation
British Journal of Dermatology
2016
Phototherapy and extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation facilitate removal of carbon
monoxide in rats
Science Translational Medicine
2019
Effect of ambient humidity on light
transmittance through skin phantoms during
cryogen spray cooling
Physics in Medicine and Biology
2005
BEaTS-α an open access 3D printed device
for in vitro electromechanical stimulation
of human induced pluripotent stem cells
Scientific Reports
2020
Veno‐venous extracorporeal blood
phototherapy increases the rate of carbon
monoxide (CO) elimination in CO‐poisoned
pigs
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2021
Laser-assisted cryosurgery of prostate:
numerical study
Physics in Medicine and Biology
2006
DYNAMICS OF THERMAL-HYDRAULIC NETWORK
CONTROL STRATEGIES
Experimental Heat Transfer
2004
Selective and localized radiofrequency
heating of skin and fat by controlling
surface distributions of the applied
voltage: analytical study
Physics in Medicine and Biology
2012
Effect of Surface Roughness on Single
Cryogen Droplet Spreading
Journal of Fluids Engineering
2008
Mobile phone‐based UV fluorescence
microscopy for the identification of
fungal pathogens
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2018
Nonlinear analysis of tilted toroidal
thermosyphon models
International Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer
2002
Emerging biofabrication approaches for
gastrointestinal organoids towards patient
specific cancer models
Cancer Letters
2021
Apparatus for Harvesting Tissue
Microcolumns
Journal of Visualized Experiments
2018
Extent of lateral epidermal protection
afforded by a cryogen spray against laser
irradiation
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2007
Remittance at a single wavelength of
390 nm to quantify epidermal melanin
concentration
Journal of Biomedical Optics
2009
Pulmonary Phototherapy to Treat Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning in Rats
Shock
2017
Fractional Skin Harvesting: Device
Operational Principles and Deployment
Evaluation
Journal of Medical Devices
2014
CryolipolysisTM for Subcutaneous Fat Layer
Reduction
Cellulite
2010
Comparison of thermal-hydraulic network
control strategies
Proceedings of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of
Systems and Control Engineering
2003
Carbon monoxide poisoning and phototherapy
Nitric Oxide
2024
Changes in endogenous UV fluorescence and
biomechanical stiffness of bovine
articular cartilage after collagenase
digestion are strongly correlated
Journal of Biophotonics
2016
Radial Heat Transfer Dynamics During
Cryogen Spray Cooling
Heat Transfer, Volume 1
2004
Point‐of‐care detection of neutrophils in
live skin microsamples using
chemiluminescence
Journal of Biophotonics
2020
Intrinsic fluorescence and mechanical
testing of articular cartilage in human
patients with osteoarthritis
Journal of Biophotonics
2017
Evaluation of cell and matrix mechanics
using fluorescence excitation
spectroscopy: Feasibility study in
collagen gels containing fibroblasts
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2016
Interaction Between Secondaries in a
Thermal-Hydraulic Network
Journal of Dynamic Systems,
Measurement, and Control
2006
James Turner. Language, Religion,
Knowledge: Past and Present. Notre Dame:
University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
208pp. Cloth $37.50, paper $17.00.
History of Education Quarterly
2003
Smartphone imaging of subcutaneous veins
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2018
Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Biomédica
Unknown Venue
Flows in large, self-similar tree networks
and their control
Proceedings of the Royal Society A:
Mathematical, Physical and Engineering
Sciences
2006
Optical, flow, and thermal analysis of a
phototherapy extracorporeal membrane
oxygenator for treating carbon monoxide
poisoning
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2023
Hyperbaric phototherapy augments blood
carbon monoxide removal
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2021
Noninvasive Assessment of Mycotic Nail
Tissue Using an Ultraviolet Fluorescence
Excitation Imaging System
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2020
Development of a wide-field fluorescence
imaging system for evaluation of wound
re-epithelialization
SPIE Proceedings
2013
Fluid and Thermal Dynamics of Cryogen
Sprays Impinging on a Human Tissue Phantom
Journal of Biomechanical
Engineering
2008
Determining the Relationship Between
Corneal Stiffening and Tissue Dehydration
After Corneal Cross-Linking
Investigative Ophthalmology &
Visual Science
2024
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenators with
light‐diffusing fibers for treatment of
carbon monoxide poisoning: Experiments,
mathematical modeling, and performance
assessment with unit cells
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2023
Optimization of Control Hardware Placement
in a Thermal-Hydraulic Network
HVAC&R Research
2008
Tryptophan intrinsic fluorescence from
wound healing correlates with
re‐epithelialization in a rabbit model
Skin Research and Technology
2024
Loss of Tryptophan Fluorescence Correlates
With Mechanical Stiffness Following
Photo-Crosslinking Treatment of Rabbit
Cornea
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual
Science
2017
Fluorescence spectroscopy of collagen
crosslinking: non-invasive and in situ
evaluation of corneal stiffness
SPIE Proceedings
2015
Confinement of Freezing Front by Laser
Irradiation During Cryosurgery
Heat Transfer: Volume 1
2005
Design and implementation of a
dual-wavelength intrinsic fluorescence
camera system
SPIE Proceedings
2017
The Effect of Roughness on the Impact
Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Cryogen
Droplets Impinging Onto Indented Skin
Phantoms
Heat Transfer: Volume 1
2005
Endogenous Fluorescence Dissimilarity
Assessment of Four Potential Biomarkers of
Early Liver Fibrosis by Preservation Media
Effect
Journal of Fluorescence
2020
Physiological Monitoring in Diving Mammals
Unknown Venue
2012
Effects of relative humidity on laser
light transmittance during cryogen spray
cooling of in vitro skin phantoms
SPIE Proceedings
2005
Autofluorescence Excitation Imaging of
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer for Margin
Assessment Before Mohs Micrographic
Surgery: A Pilot Study
Dermatologic Surgery
2024
Passive cooling of cutaneous and
subcutaneous tissues using phase changing
materials: feasibility study using a
numerical model
International Journal of
Hyperthermia
2017
Statistical image segmentation for the
detection of skin lesion borders in UV
fluorescence excitation
SPIE Proceedings
2016
Design Optimization of a Phototherapy
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator for
Treating Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Bioengineering
2023
Multifunctional patch for use during laser
procedures: Optimization and feasibility
testing
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2021
Calibration-free technique for the
measurement of oxygen saturation changes
in muscles of marine mammals and its proof
of concept
Optical Biopsy XVI: Toward Real-Time
Spectroscopic Imaging and
Diagnosis
2018
Identification of hydrodynamic forces
around 3D surrogates using particle image
velocimetry in a microfluidic channel
Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical
Microsystems XVI
2018
Variations in the endogenous fluorescence
of rabbit corneas after mechanical
property alterations
Journal of Biomedical Optics
2017
Oxygen saturation in free-diving whales:
optical sensor development
SPIE Proceedings
2013
Spray and Cooling Dynamics of Cryogen
Sprays Impinging on a Human Skin Model
ASME/JSME 2007 Thermal Engineering Heat
Transfer Summer Conference, Volume
1
2007
Modelamiento de la transferencia de calor
entre placas paralelas con un coating
selectivo
Unknown Venue
Development of nitric oxide generators to
produce high-dose nitric oxide for
inhalation therapy
Nitric Oxide
2023
Nanomaterials for Engineering the
Treatment of Skin Wounds
Nanoengineering Materials for
Biomedical Uses
2019
Simulation of less‐mobile porosity
dynamics in contrasting sediment water
interface porous media
Hydrological Processes
2018
LB1005 Sprayable silver nanoparticles
combined with fractional grafting for the
treatment of skin wound infections: An in
vitro feasibility study
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2017
Preservation media analysis for ex vivo
measurements of endogenous UV fluorescence
of liver fibrosis in bulk samples
SPIE Proceedings
2017
Education
University of Notre Dame
Mechanical Engineering / May, 2003
Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
of America
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