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  1. Lee T, Richardson-Powell V, Adhikari G, Crouch B, Ramanujam N, Mueller J. Optimization of injections with speculum-compatible devices to deliver ethyl cellulose-ethanol into the cervix to treat cervical dysplasia. Scientific Reports, 2025. Online ahead of print. Abstract
  2. Lee T, Richardson-Powell V, Chen J, Garvey D, Sarojasamhita V, Aroom K, Wang M, Crouch B, Ramanujam N, Hurvitz J, Mueller J. Usability of Speculum-Compatible Injection Devices for Administering Ethyl Cellulose-Ethanol Ablation to Treat Cervical Neoplasia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2025. 53(10): 2658-2668. Abstract
  3. Yang J, Ma X, Mikhail A, Pritchard W, Wood B, Zhang H, ​Mueller J. Evaluating the echogenicity of ethyl cellulose-ethanol gel for tracking biodistribution during liver ablation. Scientific Reports, 2025. 15(1): 25596. Abstract
  4. McGinnis O, Wesonga A, Amano H, Loh A, Tien Lee Y, Biswas A, Hollier P, Ssekitoleko R, Mueller J, Fitzgerald T. Global Utilization of Minimally Invasive Surgery: Practice and Challenges. Journal of Surgical Research, 2025. 313: 198-209. Abstract
  5. Ma C, Yang J, Quinlan J, McNaughton K, Kaluzienski M, Hauser T, Starost M, Mueller J, Huang H. Synergizing photodynamic therapy and ethanol ablation: Light-activatable sustained-exposure ethanol injection technology for enhanced tumor ablation. Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, 2025. e70028. Abstract
  6. Barnes A, Kaluzienski M, Quang T, Chen J, Singh S, Smith W, Simcox T, Kworekwa P, Kaaya R, Ssekitoleko R, Fitzgerald T, Mueller J. Development of a Portable Testing Chamber to Assess Imaging Performance of Laparoscopes in Low and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2025. 30(1): 016001. Abstract
  7. Barnes A, Kaluzienski M, Chen J, Quang T, Simcox T, Kworekwa P, Kaaya R, Ssekitoleko R, Aroom K, Rzasa J, Fitzgerald T, Mueller J. Improved Performance and Design of a Low-Cost Laparoscope to Enable Laparoscopic Surgery in Low-Income Countries. Biophotonics Discovery, 2025. 2(2): 022302. ​Abstract
  8. Yang J, Ma CH, Quinlan J, Lee Y, Hauser T, McNaughton K, Kaluzienski M, Vig S, Quang T, Starost M, Huang HC, Mueller J. Evaluating the Biodistribution and Biosafety of the Light-Activatable, Sustained-Exposure Ethanol Injection Technology for Treatment of Local Unresectable Tumors. Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, 2024. e10696. Abstract
  9. Cadena I, Adhikari G, Obasi N, Almer A, Mueller J, Fogg K. Development of a 3D in vitro human-sized model of cervical dysplasia to evaluate the delivery of ethyl cellulose-ethanol injection. Frontiers in Biomaterials Science, 2024. 3: 1365781. Abstract
  10. Mullen S, Myers E, Brenner R, Nguyen K, Harper T, Welsh D, Keffer S, Mueller J, Whitley M. Systematic Review of Intralesional Therapies for Cutaneous Warts. JID Innovations, 2024. 4(3): 100264. Abstract
  11. Adhikari G, Sarojasamhita VP, Richardson-Powell V, Farooqui A, Budzinski M, Garvey D, Yang J, Katz D, Crouch B, Ramanujam M, Mueller J. Impact of Injection-Based Delivery Parameters on Local Drug Distribution Volume of Ethyl-Cellulose Ethanol in Tissue and Tissue Mimicking Phantoms. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2024. 71(5): 1488-1498. Abstract
  12. Quang T, Yang J, Kaluzienski M, Parrish A, Farooqui A, Katz D, Crouch B, Ramanujam N, Mueller J. In Vivo Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Ethyl Cellulose-Ethanol Ablation in a Swine Cervix Model. Bioengineering, 2023. 10(11): 1246. Abstract
  13. Quang T, Yang J, Mikhail A, Wood B, Ramanujam N, Mueller J. Tumor ablation: Review of clinical applications and potential use in low and middle-income countries. Journal of Global Oncology, 2023, 9: e2300155. Abstract
  14. Zadey S, Leras H, Gupta A, Biswas A, Hollier P, Vissoci J, Mugaga J, Ssekitoleko R, Everitt J, Loh A, Saterbak A, Mueller J, Fitzgerald T. KeyLoop Retractor for Gasless Laparoscopy: Evaluation of Safety and Feasibility in a Porcine Model. Surgical Endoscopy, 2023, 37(8): 5943–5955. Abstract
  15. Jiang T, Kost S, Doshi P, Ho J, Dunn Phillips S, Mutindi E, Mueller J, Fitzgerald T. Crucial Business Model Elements for Medical Device Startup Companies in Emerging Markets. Value in Health Regional Issues, 2022, 33: 83-90. Abstract
  16. Zadey S, Mueller J, Fitzgerald T. Improving Access to Laparoscopic Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA Surgery, 2022, 157(9): 844-845. Abstract
  17. Mueller J, Morhard M, DeSoto M, Chelales E, Yang J, Nief C, Crouch B, Everitt J, Previs R, Katz D, Ramanujam N. Optimizing ethyl cellulose-ethanol delivery towards enabling ablation of cervical dysplasia. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11(1): 16869. Abstract
  18. Gupta A, Brown E, Davis J, Mueller J, Fitzgerald T. ReadyLift Retractor: Mechanical Retraction of the Abdominal Wall for Gasless Laparoscopy. Surgical Innovation, 2021, 29(1): 88-97. Abstract
  19. Ma C, Yang J, Mueller J, Huang H. Intratumoral Photosensitizer Delivery and Photodynamic Therapy. Nano LIFE, 2021, 11(2): 2130003. Abstract
  20. Mueller J, Rozman N, Sunassee E, Gupta A, Schuval C, Biswas A, Knight B, Kulkarni S, Brown M, Ramanujam N, Fitzgerald T. A Low-Cost Endoscope for Surgery in Low- and Middle- Income Countries. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2021, 9(7): 1657-1669. Abstract
  21. Hubner S, Maloney C, Dunn Phillips S, Doshi P, Mueller J, Fitzgerald T. The Evolving Landscape of Medical Device Regulation in East, Central and Southern Africa. Global Health: Science and Practice, 2021, 9(1): 136-148. Abstract
  22. Nief C, Morhard R, Chelales E, Alvarez DA, Bourla I, Lam CT, Crouch B, Sag A, Mueller J, Katz D, Dewhirst M, Everitt J, Ramanujam N. Polymer-assisted intratumoral delivery of ethanol: Preclinical investigation of safety and efficacy in a murine breast cancer model. PLoS ONE, 2021, 16(1): e0234535. Abstract
  23. Farrow N, Commander S, Reed C, Mueller J, Gupta A, Loh A, Sekabira J, Fitzgerald T. Laparoscopic experience and attitudes toward a low-cost laparoscopic system among surgeons in East, Central, and Southern Africa: a survey study. Surgical Endoscopy, 2021, 35(12): 6539-6548. Abstract
  24. Mueller J, Dotson L, Dietzel J, Peters J, Asturias G, Cheatham A, Krieger M, Taylor B, Broverman S, Ramanujam N. Using human-centered design to connect engineering concepts to the sustainable development goals. Advances in Engineering Education, 2020, 8(2). Abstract
  25. Mueller J*, Morhard R*, Tanq Q, Nief C, Chelales E, Lam C, Adrianzen Alvarez D, Rubinstein M, Katz D, Ramanujam N. Understanding factors governing distribution volume of ethyl cellulose-ethanol to optimize ablative therapy in the liver. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2020, 67(8): 2337-2348.  Abstract
  26. Asiedu MN, Simhal A, Chaudhary U, Mueller J, Lam C, Schmitt JW, Venegas G, Sapiro G, Ramanujam N. Development of algorithms for automated detection of cervical pre-cancers with a low-cost, point-of-care, Pocket colposcope. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2019, 66(8): 2306-2318. Abstract
  27. Mueller J, Lam C, Dahl D, Asiedu M, Krieger M, Bellido Y, Kellish M, Peters J, Erkanli E, Ortiz E, Muasher L, Taylor P, Schmitt J, Venegas G, Ramanujam N. Portable Pocket colposcopy performs comparably to standard-of-care clinical colposcopy using acetic acid and Lugol’s iodine as contrast mediators: an investigational study in Perú. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2018, 125(10): 1321-1329. Abstract
  28. Lam C, Mueller J, Asma B, Asiedu M, Krieger M, Chitalia R, Dahl D, Schmitt J, Ramanujam N. An integrated strategy for improving contrast, durability, and portability of a Pocket colposcope for cervical cancer screening and diagnosis. PLoS ONE, 2018, 13(2): e0192530. Abstract
  29. Morhard R, Nief C, Barrero Castedo C, Hu F, Madonna M, Mueller J, Dewhirst M, Katz D, Ramanujam N. Development of enhanced ethanol ablation as an alternative to surgery in treatment of superficial solid tumors. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1): 8750. Abstract
  30. Mueller J*, Asma B*, Lam C ,Krieger M, Asiedu M, Gallagher J, Hariprasad R, Malliga J, Mchome B, Oneko O, Taylor P, Venegas G, Wanyoro A, Muasher L, Schmitt J, Ramanujam N. International image concordance study to compare a point-of-care tampon colposcope with a standard-of-care colposcope. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 2017, 21(2): 112-119. Abstract
  31. Mueller J*, Chitalia R*, Fu H, Whitley M, Kirsch D, Brown Q, Willett R, Ramanujam N. Algorithms for differentiating between images of heterogeneous tissue across fluorescence microscopes. Biomedical Optics Express, 2016, 7(9): 3412-3424. Abstract
  32. Kennedy S, Caldwell M, Bydlon T, Mulvey C, Mueller J, Wilke L, Barry W, Ramanujam N, Geradts J. Correlation of breast tissue histology and optical signatures to improve margin assessment techniques. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2016, 21(6): 066014. Abstract
  33. Mueller J, Gallagher J, Chitalia R, Krieger M, Erkanli A, Willett R, Geradts J, Ramanujam N. Rapid staining and imaging of sub-nuclear features to differentiate between malignant and benign breast tissues at a point-of-care setting. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 2016, 142: 1475–1486. Abstract
  34. Fu H, Mueller J, Whitley M, Cardona D, Willett R, Kirsch D, Brown Q, Ramanujam N. Structured illumination microscopy and a quantitative image analysis for the detection of positive margins in a pre-clinical genetically engineered mouse model of sarcoma. PLoS ONE, 2016, 11(1): e0147006. Abstract
  35. Lazarides A, Whitley M, Strasfeld D, Cardona D, Ferrer J, Mueller J, Fu H, Bartholf DeWitt S, Brigman B, Ramanujam N, Kirsch D, Eward W. A fluorescence-guided laser ablation system for removal of residual cancer in a mouse model of soft tissue sarcoma. Theranostics, 2016, 6(2): 155-166. Abstract
  36. Mueller J*, Dobbs J*, Krishnamurthy S, Shin D, Kuerer H, Yang W, Ramanujam N, Richards-Kortum R. Micro-anatomical quantitative optical imaging: towards automated assessment of breast tissues. Breast Cancer Research, 2015, 17: 105. Abstract
  37. Mueller J, Fu H, Mito J, Whitley M, Chitalia R, Erkanli A, Dodd L, Cardona D, Geradts J, Willett R, Kirsch D, Ramanujam N. A quantitative microscopic approach to predict local recurrence based on in vivo intraoperative imaging of sarcoma tumor margins. International Journal of Cancer, 2015, 137(10): 2403-12. Abstract
  38. Fu H, Mueller J, Javid M, Mito J, Kirsch D, Ramanujam N, Brown Q. Optimization of a widefield structured illumination microscope for non-destructive assessment and quantification of nuclear features in tumor margins of a primary mouse model of sarcoma. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(7): e68868. Abstract
  39. Mueller J, Harmany Z, Mito K, Kennedy S, Kim Y, Dodd L, Geradts J, Kirsch D, Willett R, Brown Q, Ramanujam N. Quantitative segmentation of fluorescence microscopy images of heterogeneous tissue: Application to the detection of residual disease in tumor margins. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(6): e66198. Abstract

​*denotes authors contributed equally
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