Morton Friedman

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

Fluid and wall mechanical factors in atherosclerosis, cineangiographic and vascular ultrasound image processing, relation between arterial geometry and disease risk

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

Education

  • B.S.CH.E. Cornell University, 1957
  • M.S. Ch.E. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1958
  • Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1961

Representative Publications

  • Ateshian, G. A., and M. H. Friedman. “Integrative biomechanics: A paradigm for clinical applications of fundamental mechanics.” Journal of Biomechanics 42, no. 10 (July 2009): 1444–51.
  • Zhu, Hui, Zhaohua Ding, Robert N. Piana, Thomas R. Gehrig, and Morton H. Friedman. “Cataloguing the geometry of the human coronary arteries: a potential tool for predicting risk of coronary artery disease.” International Journal of Cardiology 135, no. 1 (June 2009): 43–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.087.
  • Friedman, M. H. “Variability of arterial wall shear stress, its dependence on vessel diameter and implications for Murray's Law.” Atherosclerosis 204, no. 1 (May 2009): 18–19.
  • Friedman, M. H. “Variability of arterial wall shear stress, its dependence on vessel diameter and implications for Murray's Law.” Atherosclerosis 203, no. 1 (March 2009): 47–48.
  • Liang, Y., H. Zhu, and M. H. Friedman. “Estimation of the transverse strain tensor in the arterial wall using ivus image registration.” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 34, no. 11 (November 2008): 1832–45.