publications | Simone Saitta

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Journal articles

2025

Comprehensive full-vessel segmentation and volumetric plaque quantification for intracoronary optical coherence tomography using deep learning

Rick H J A Volleberg, Ruben G A Waerden, Thijs J Luttikholt, Joske L Zande, Pierandrea Cancian, Xiaojin Gu, Jan-Quinten Mol, Silvan Quax, and 9 more authors

European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 2025

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@article{volleberg2025comprehensive,
  title = {Comprehensive full-vessel segmentation and volumetric plaque quantification for intracoronary optical coherence tomography using deep learning},
  author = {Volleberg, Rick H J A and van der Waerden, Ruben G A and Luttikholt, Thijs J and van der Zande, Joske L and Cancian, Pierandrea and Gu, Xiaojin and Mol, Jan-Quinten and Quax, Silvan and Prokop, Mathias and S{\'a}nchez, Clara I and van Ginneken, Bram and I{\v{s}}gum, Ivana and Thannhauser, Jos and Saitta, Simone and Nishimiya, Kensuke and Roleder, Tomasz and van Royen, Niels},
  journal = {European Heart Journal - Digital Health},
  volume = {6},
  number = {3},
  pages = {404--416},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  doi = {10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf021},
}

World of Forms: Deformable geometric templates for one-shot surface meshing in coronary CT angiography

Rudolf L M Herten, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Jelmer M Wolterink, Steffen Bruns, Eva R Meulendijks, Damini Dey, Joris R Groot, José P Henriques, and 3 more authors

Medical Image Analysis, 2025

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@article{vanherten2025world,
  title = {World of Forms: Deformable geometric templates for one-shot surface meshing in coronary CT angiography},
  author = {van Herten, Rudolf L M and Lagogiannis, Ioannis and Wolterink, Jelmer M and Bruns, Steffen and Meulendijks, Eva R and Dey, Damini and de Groot, Joris R and Henriques, Jos{\'e} P and Planken, R Nils and Saitta, Simone and I{\v{s}}gum, Ivana},
  journal = {Medical Image Analysis},
  volume = {103},
  pages = {103582},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.media.2025.103582},
}

Learning hemodynamic scalar fields on coronary artery meshes: A benchmark of geometric deep learning models

Guido Nannini, Julian Suk, Patryk Rygiel, Simone Saitta, Luca Mariani, Riccardo Maragna, Andrea Baggiano, Gianluca Pontone, and 2 more authors

Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2025

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@article{nannini2025learning,
  title = {Learning hemodynamic scalar fields on coronary artery meshes: A benchmark of geometric deep learning models},
  author = {Nannini, Guido and Suk, Julian and Rygiel, Patryk and Saitta, Simone and Mariani, Luca and Maragna, Riccardo and Baggiano, Andrea and Pontone, Gianluca and Wolterink, Jelmer M and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computers in Biology and Medicine},
  volume = {195},
  pages = {110477},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110477},
}

Deployment of a digital twin using the coupled momentum method for fluid–structure interaction: A case study for aortic aneurysm

Giacomo Creazzo, Guido Nannini, Simone Saitta, Davide Astori, Mario Gaudino, Leonard N Girardi, Jonathan W Weinsaft, and Alberto Redaelli

Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2025

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@article{creazzo2025deployment,
  title = {Deployment of a digital twin using the coupled momentum method for fluid--structure interaction: A case study for aortic aneurysm},
  author = {Creazzo, Giacomo and Nannini, Guido and Saitta, Simone and Astori, Davide and Gaudino, Mario and Girardi, Leonard N and Weinsaft, Jonathan W and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computers in Biology and Medicine},
  volume = {190},
  pages = {110084},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110084},
}

Ascending aorta over-angulation is a risk factor for acute type A aortic dissection: evidence from advanced finite element simulations

Ione Ianniruberto, Federica Lo Presti, Olimpia Bifulco, Davide Tondi, Simone Saitta, Davide Astori, Viviana L Galgano, Marisa De Feo, and 4 more authors

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2025

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@article{ianniruberto2025ascending,
  title = {Ascending aorta over-angulation is a risk factor for acute type A aortic dissection: evidence from advanced finite element simulations},
  author = {Ianniruberto, Ione and Lo Presti, Federica and Bifulco, Olimpia and Tondi, Davide and Saitta, Simone and Astori, Davide and Galgano, Viviana L and De Feo, Marisa and Redaelli, Alberto and Di Eusanio, Marco and Votta, Emiliano and Della Corte, Alessandro},
  journal = {European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery},
  volume = {67},
  number = {3},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  doi = {10.1093/ejcts/ezaf053},
}

Automatic 4D mitral valve segmentation from transesophageal echocardiography: a semi-supervised learning approach

Riccardo Munafò, Simone Saitta, Davide Tondi, Giacomo Ingallina, Paolo Denti, Francesco Maisano, Eustachio Agricola, and Emiliano Votta

Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2025

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@article{munafo2025automatic,
  title = {Automatic 4D mitral valve segmentation from transesophageal echocardiography: a semi-supervised learning approach},
  author = {Munaf{\`o}, Riccardo and Saitta, Simone and Tondi, Davide and Ingallina, Giacomo and Denti, Paolo and Maisano, Francesco and Agricola, Eustachio and Votta, Emiliano},
  journal = {Medical \& Biological Engineering \& Computing},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s11517-024-03275-w},
}

2024

Implicit neural representations for unsupervised super-resolution and denoising of 4D flow MRI

Simone Saitta, Marcello Carioni, Subhadip Mukherjee, Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, and Alberto Redaelli

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2024

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@article{saitta2024implicit,
  title = {Implicit neural representations for unsupervised super-resolution and denoising of 4D flow MRI},
  author = {Saitta, Simone and Carioni, Marcello and Mukherjee, Subhadip and Sch{\"o}nlieb, Carola-Bibiane and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine},
  volume = {246},
  pages = {108057},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108057},
}

An automated and time-efficient framework for simulation of coronary blood flow under steady and pulsatile conditions

Guido Nannini, Simone Saitta, Luca Mariani, Riccardo Maragna, Andrea Baggiano, Saima Mushtaq, Gianluca Pontone, and Alberto Redaelli

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2024

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@article{nannini2024automated,
  title = {An automated and time-efficient framework for simulation of coronary blood flow under steady and pulsatile conditions},
  author = {Nannini, Guido and Saitta, Simone and Mariani, Luca and Maragna, Riccardo and Baggiano, Andrea and Mushtaq, Saima and Pontone, Gianluca and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine},
  volume = {257},
  pages = {108415},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108415},
}

Left ventricle diastolic vortex ring characterization in ischemic cardiomyopathy: insight into atrio-ventricular interplay

Alessandra Riva, Simone Saitta, Francesco Sturla, Giandomenico Disabato, Lara Tondi, Antonia Camporeale, Daniel Giese, Serenella Castelvecchio, and 4 more authors

Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2024

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@article{riva2024left,
  title = {Left ventricle diastolic vortex ring characterization in ischemic cardiomyopathy: insight into atrio-ventricular interplay},
  author = {Riva, Alessandra and Saitta, Simone and Sturla, Francesco and Disabato, Giandomenico and Tondi, Lara and Camporeale, Antonia and Giese, Daniel and Castelvecchio, Serenella and Menicanti, Lorenzo and Redaelli, Alberto and Lombardi, Massimo and Votta, Emiliano},
  journal = {Medical \& Biological Engineering \& Computing},
  volume = {62},
  number = {12},
  pages = {3671--3685},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s11517-024-03154-4},
}

Angulation and curvature of aortic landing zone affect implantation depth in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Riccardo Gorla, Omar A Oliva, Luca Arzuffi, Valentina Milani, Simone Saitta, Mattia Squillace, Enrico Poletti, Maurizio Tusa, and 5 more authors

Scientific Reports, 2024

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@article{gorla2024angulation,
  title = {Angulation and curvature of aortic landing zone affect implantation depth in transcatheter aortic valve implantation},
  author = {Gorla, Riccardo and Oliva, Omar A and Arzuffi, Luca and Milani, Valentina and Saitta, Simone and Squillace, Mattia and Poletti, Enrico and Tusa, Maurizio and Votta, Emiliano and Brambilla, Nedy and Testa, Luca and Bedogni, Francesco and Sturla, Francesco},
  journal = {Scientific Reports},
  volume = {14},
  number = {1},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-61084-5},
}

A fully automated deep learning approach for coronary artery segmentation and comprehensive characterization

Guido Nannini, Simone Saitta, Andrea Baggiano, Riccardo Maragna, Saima Mushtaq, Gianluca Pontone, and Alberto Redaelli

APL Bioengineering, 2024

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@article{nannini2024fully,
  title = {A fully automated deep learning approach for coronary artery segmentation and comprehensive characterization},
  author = {Nannini, Guido and Saitta, Simone and Baggiano, Andrea and Maragna, Riccardo and Mushtaq, Saima and Pontone, Gianluca and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {APL Bioengineering},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {AIP Publishing},
  doi = {10.1063/5.0181281},
}

A deep learning-based fully automated pipeline for regurgitant mitral valve anatomy analysis from 3D echocardiography

Riccardo Munafò, Simone Saitta, Giacomo Ingallina, Paolo Denti, Francesco Maisano, Eustachio Agricola, Alberto Redaelli, and Emiliano Votta

IEEE Access, 2024

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@article{munafo2024deep,
  title = {A deep learning-based fully automated pipeline for regurgitant mitral valve anatomy analysis from 3D echocardiography},
  author = {Munaf{\`o}, Riccardo and Saitta, Simone and Ingallina, Giacomo and Denti, Paolo and Maisano, Francesco and Agricola, Eustachio and Redaelli, Alberto and Votta, Emiliano},
  journal = {IEEE Access},
  volume = {12},
  pages = {5295--5308},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3349698},
}

2023

A CT-based deep learning system for automatic assessment of aortic root morphology for TAVI planning

Simone Saitta, Francesco Sturla, Riccardo Gorla, Omar A Oliva, Emiliano Votta, Francesco Bedogni, and Alberto Redaelli

Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023

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@article{saitta2023ct,
  title = {A CT-based deep learning system for automatic assessment of aortic root morphology for TAVI planning},
  author = {Saitta, Simone and Sturla, Francesco and Gorla, Riccardo and Oliva, Omar A and Votta, Emiliano and Bedogni, Francesco and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computers in Biology and Medicine},
  volume = {163},
  pages = {107147},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107147},
}

Data-driven generation of 4D velocity profiles in the aneurysmal ascending aorta

Simone Saitta, Ludovica Maga, Chlöe Armour, Emiliano Votta, Declan P O’Regan, M Yousuf Salmasi, Thanos Athanasiou, Jonathan W Weinsaft, and 3 more authors

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2023

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@article{saitta2023data,
  title = {Data-driven generation of 4D velocity profiles in the aneurysmal ascending aorta},
  author = {Saitta, Simone and Maga, Ludovica and Armour, Chl{\"o}e and Votta, Emiliano and O'Regan, Declan P and Salmasi, M Yousuf and Athanasiou, Thanos and Weinsaft, Jonathan W and Xu, Xiao Yun and Pirola, Selene and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine},
  volume = {233},
  pages = {107468},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107468},
}

Quantification of paravalvular leaks associated with TAVI implants using 4D MRI in an aortic root phantom made possible by the use of 3D printing

Philipp Aigner, Eleonora Sella Bart, Sebastiano Panfili, Tito Körner, Markus Mach, Martin Andreas, Markus Königshofer, Simone Saitta, and 3 more authors

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023

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@article{aigner2023quantification,
  title = {Quantification of paravalvular leaks associated with TAVI implants using 4D MRI in an aortic root phantom made possible by the use of 3D printing},
  author = {Aigner, Philipp and Sella Bart, Eleonora and Panfili, Sebastiano and K{\"o}rner, Tito and Mach, Markus and Andreas, Martin and K{\"o}nigshofer, Markus and Saitta, Simone and Redaelli, Alberto and Schmid, Albrecht and Moscato, Francesco},
  journal = {Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {1083300},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Frontiers},
  doi = {10.3389/fcvm.2023.1083300},
}

2022

A deep learning-based and fully automated pipeline for thoracic aorta geometric analysis and planning for endovascular repair from computed tomography

Simone Saitta, Francesco Sturla, Alessandro Caimi, Alessandra Riva, Maria Chiara Palumbo, Giovanni Nano, Emiliano Votta, Alessandro Della Corte, and 4 more authors

Journal of Digital Imaging, 2022

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@article{saitta2022deep,
  title = {A deep learning-based and fully automated pipeline for thoracic aorta geometric analysis and planning for endovascular repair from computed tomography},
  author = {Saitta, Simone and Sturla, Francesco and Caimi, Alessandro and Riva, Alessandra and Palumbo, Maria Chiara and Nano, Giovanni and Votta, Emiliano and Della Corte, Alessandro and Glauber, Mattia and Chiappino, Dante and Marrocco-Trischitta, Massimiliano M and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Journal of Digital Imaging},
  volume = {35},
  number = {2},
  pages = {226--239},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s10278-021-00535-1},
}

Comparison of four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging analysis of left ventricular fluid dynamics and energetics in ischemic and restrictive cardiomyopathies

Alessandra Riva, Francesco Sturla, Silvia Pica, Antonia Camporeale, Lara Tondi, Simone Saitta, Alessandro Caimi, Daniel Giese, and 7 more authors

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2022

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@article{riva2022comparison,
  title = {Comparison of four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging analysis of left ventricular fluid dynamics and energetics in ischemic and restrictive cardiomyopathies},
  author = {Riva, Alessandra and Sturla, Francesco and Pica, Silvia and Camporeale, Antonia and Tondi, Lara and Saitta, Simone and Caimi, Alessandro and Giese, Daniel and Palladini, Giovanni and Milani, Paolo and Castelvecchio, Serenella and Menicanti, Lorenzo and Redaelli, Alberto and Lombardi, Massimo and Votta, Emiliano},
  journal = {Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging},
  volume = {56},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1157--1170},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  doi = {10.1002/jmri.28076},
}

Evaluation and verification of patient-specific modelling of type B aortic dissection

Chlöe H Armour, Baolei Guo, Simone Saitta, Selene Pirola, Yifan Liu, Zhihui Dong, and Xiao Yun Xu

Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022

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@article{armour2022evaluation,
  title = {Evaluation and verification of patient-specific modelling of type B aortic dissection},
  author = {Armour, Chl{\"o}e H and Guo, Baolei and Saitta, Simone and Pirola, Selene and Liu, Yifan and Dong, Zhihui and Xu, Xiao Yun},
  journal = {Computers in Biology and Medicine},
  volume = {140},
  pages = {105053},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105053},
}

The role of multiple re-entry tears in type B aortic dissection progression: a longitudinal study using a controlled swine model

Chlöe Armour, Baolei Guo, Simone Saitta, Daqiao Guo, Yifan Liu, Weiguo Fu, Zhihui Dong, and Xiao Yun Xu

Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 2022

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@article{armour2022role,
  title = {The role of multiple re-entry tears in type B aortic dissection progression: a longitudinal study using a controlled swine model},
  author = {Armour, Chl{\"o}e and Guo, Baolei and Saitta, Simone and Guo, Daqiao and Liu, Yifan and Fu, Weiguo and Dong, Zhihui and Xu, Xiao Yun},
  journal = {Journal of Endovascular Therapy},
  volume = {31},
  number = {1},
  pages = {104--114},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications},
  doi = {10.1177/15266028221111295},
}

2021

Aortic hemodynamics assessment prior and after valve sparing reconstruction: A patient-specific 4D flow-based FSI model

Guido Nannini, Alessandro Caimi, Maria Chiara Palumbo, Simone Saitta, Leonard N Girardi, Mario Gaudino, Mary J Roman, Jonathan W Weinsaft, and 1 more author

Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2021

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@article{nannini2021aortic,
  title = {Aortic hemodynamics assessment prior and after valve sparing reconstruction: A patient-specific 4D flow-based FSI model},
  author = {Nannini, Guido and Caimi, Alessandro and Palumbo, Maria Chiara and Saitta, Simone and Girardi, Leonard N and Gaudino, Mario and Roman, Mary J and Weinsaft, Jonathan W and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Computers in Biology and Medicine},
  volume = {135},
  pages = {104581},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104581},
}

Qualitative and quantitative assessments of blood flow on tears in type B aortic dissection with different morphologies

Simone Saitta, Baolei Guo, Selene Pirola, Claudia Menichini, Daqiao Guo, Yan Shan, Zhihui Dong, Xiao Yun Xu, and 1 more author

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021

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@article{saitta2021qualitative,
  title = {Qualitative and quantitative assessments of blood flow on tears in type B aortic dissection with different morphologies},
  author = {Saitta, Simone and Guo, Baolei and Pirola, Selene and Menichini, Claudia and Guo, Daqiao and Shan, Yan and Dong, Zhihui and Xu, Xiao Yun and Fu, Weiguo},
  journal = {Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology},
  volume = {9},
  pages = {742985},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Frontiers},
  doi = {10.3389/fbioe.2021.742985},
}

The influence of inlet velocity profile on predicted flow in type B aortic dissection

Chlöe Harriet Armour, Baolei Guo, Selene Pirola, Simone Saitta, Yifan Liu, Zhihui Dong, and Xiao Yun Xu

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2021

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@article{armour2021influence,
  title = {The influence of inlet velocity profile on predicted flow in type B aortic dissection},
  author = {Armour, Chl{\"o}e Harriet and Guo, Baolei and Pirola, Selene and Saitta, Simone and Liu, Yifan and Dong, Zhihui and Xu, Xiao Yun},
  journal = {Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology},
  volume = {20},
  number = {2},
  pages = {481--490},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s10237-020-01395-4},
}

2019

Evaluation of 4D flow MRI-based non-invasive pressure assessment in aortic coarctations

Simone Saitta, Selene Pirola, Filippo Piatti, Emiliano Votta, Federico Lucherini, Francesca Pluchinotta, Mario Carminati, Massimo Lombardi, and 5 more authors

Journal of Biomechanics, 2019

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@article{saitta2019evaluation,
  title = {Evaluation of 4D flow MRI-based non-invasive pressure assessment in aortic coarctations},
  author = {Saitta, Simone and Pirola, Selene and Piatti, Filippo and Votta, Emiliano and Lucherini, Federico and Pluchinotta, Francesca and Carminati, Mario and Lombardi, Massimo and Geppert, Christian and Cuomo, Federica and Figueroa, Carlos Alberto and Xu, Xiao Yun and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {Journal of Biomechanics},
  volume = {94},
  pages = {13--21},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.07.004},
}

4-D flow MRI-based computational analysis of blood flow in patient-specific aortic dissection

Selene Pirola, Baolei Guo, Claudia Menichini, Simone Saitta, Weiguo Fu, Zhihui Dong, and Xiao Yun Xu

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2019

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@article{pirola2019computational,
  title = {4-D flow MRI-based computational analysis of blood flow in patient-specific aortic dissection},
  author = {Pirola, Selene and Guo, Baolei and Menichini, Claudia and Saitta, Simone and Fu, Weiguo and Dong, Zhihui and Xu, Xiao Yun},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering},
  volume = {66},
  number = {12},
  pages = {3411--3419},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/TBME.2019.2904885},
}

Preprints

Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation as a predictor of functional severity of coronary stenosis

Marta Pillitteri, Guido Nannini, Simone Saitta, Luca Mariani, Riccardo Maragna, Andrea Baggiano, Gianluca Pontone, and Alberto Redaelli

arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.13649, 2025

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@article{pillitteri2025pericoronary,
  title = {Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation as a predictor of functional severity of coronary stenosis},
  author = {Pillitteri, Marta and Nannini, Guido and Saitta, Simone and Mariani, Luca and Maragna, Riccardo and Baggiano, Andrea and Pontone, Gianluca and Redaelli, Alberto},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.13649},
  year = {2025},
}

MitraClip device automated localization in 3D transesophageal echocardiography via deep learning

Riccardo Munafò, Simone Saitta, Luca Vicentini, Davide Tondi, Veronica Ruozzi, Francesco Sturla, Giacomo Ingallina, Andrea Guidotti, and 2 more authors

arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.15013, 2024

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@article{munafo2024mitraclip,
  title = {MitraClip device automated localization in 3D transesophageal echocardiography via deep learning},
  author = {Munaf{\`o}, Riccardo and Saitta, Simone and Vicentini, Luca and Tondi, Davide and Ruozzi, Veronica and Sturla, Francesco and Ingallina, Giacomo and Guidotti, Andrea and Agricola, Eustachio and Votta, Emiliano},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.15013},
  year = {2024},
}

Conference proceedings

2026

Uncertainty analysis in intravascular OCT segmentation

Leah Heil, Ruben G A Waerden, Rick H J A Volleberg, Jos Thannhauser, and Simone Saitta

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2026

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@inproceedings{heil2026uncertainty,
  title = {Uncertainty analysis in intravascular OCT segmentation},
  author = {Heil, Leah and van der Waerden, Ruben G A and Volleberg, Rick H J A and Thannhauser, Jos and Saitta, Simone},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

2025

Attenuation artifact detection and severity classification in intracoronary OCT using mixed image representations

Pierandrea Cancian, Simone Saitta, Xiaojin Gu, Rudolf L M Herten, Thijs J Luttikholt, Jos Thannhauser, Rick H J A Volleberg, Ruben G A Waerden, and 5 more authors

In Medical Imaging 2025: Image Processing, 2025

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@inproceedings{cancian2025attenuation,
  title = {Attenuation artifact detection and severity classification in intracoronary OCT using mixed image representations},
  author = {Cancian, Pierandrea and Saitta, Simone and Gu, Xiaojin and van Herten, Rudolf L M and Luttikholt, Thijs J and Thannhauser, Jos and Volleberg, Rick H J A and van der Waerden, Ruben G A and van der Zande, Joske L and S{\'a}nchez, Clara I and van Ginneken, Bram and van Royen, Niels and I{\v{s}}gum, Ivana},
  booktitle = {Medical Imaging 2025: Image Processing},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {SPIE},
  doi = {10.1117/12.3047192},
}

2023

Diastolic vortex ring derangements in ischemic cardiomyopathy left ventricles: a 4D Flow MRI study

Alessandra Riva, Simone Saitta, Francesco Sturla, Antonia Camporeale, Lara Tondi, Silvia Pica, Daniel Giese, Serenella Castelvecchio, and 3 more authors

In European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, 2023

2022

Mixed reality and deep learning for external ventricular drainage placement: a fast and automatic workflow for emergency treatments

Maria Chiara Palumbo, Simone Saitta, Marco Schiariti, Maria Chiara Sbarra, Eleonora Turconi, Gabriella Raccuia, Junling Fu, Villiam Dallolio, and 3 more authors

In Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2022, 2022

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@inproceedings{palumbo2022mixed,
  title = {Mixed reality and deep learning for external ventricular drainage placement: a fast and automatic workflow for emergency treatments},
  author = {Palumbo, Maria Chiara and Saitta, Simone and Schiariti, Marco and Sbarra, Maria Chiara and Turconi, Eleonora and Raccuia, Gabriella and Fu, Junling and Dallolio, Villiam and Ferroli, Paolo and Votta, Emiliano and others},
  booktitle = {Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2022},
  pages = {147--156},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-16449-1_15},
}

Fast automatic segmentation of mitral valve structures from 3D transesophageal echocardiography for transcatheter procedures: training and validation of a 3D U-Net convolutional neural network

Simone Saitta, Riccardo Munafò, and Emiliano Votta

In 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS), 2022

2021

A deep learning-based and fully automated pipeline for thoracic aorta geometric analysis and TEVAR planning from computed tomography

Simone Saitta, Francesco Sturla, Alessandro Caimi, Alessandra Riva, Maria Chiara Palumbo, Emiliano Votta, Alberto Redaelli, and Massimiliano M Marrocco-Trischitta

In European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, 2021
Biomechanical impact of valve sparing procedure onto the native aorta: a multi-patient in silico study

Valentina Scarponi, Alessandro Caimi, Simone Saitta, Maria Chiara Palumbo, Leonard N Girardi, Mario F Gaudino, Mary J Roman, Jiwon Kim, and 2 more authors

In Circulation, 2021

2018

Quantification of the aortic hemodynamics after transcatheter aortic valve implantation combining 3D-printing, 4D PC-MRI and computational fluid dynamics

Selene Pirola, Francesco Sturla, Federico Lucherini, Riccardo Vismara, Michal Jaworek, Simone Saitta, Fabio Demarco, Francesca Pluchinotta, and 4 more authors

In 8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), 2018