Conference Proceedings:

• Bekdache D and Amatoury J. How does surgical hyoid bone repositioning influence tracheal displacement outcomes on the upper airway? A finite element modeling study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 209:A2667, San Diego, USA, 2024.

• Rahme J, Saleh S, Sadek T, Amatoury J, Khraiche M. Comparative analysis of photoplethysmogram (PPG) waveform characteristics across various body sites under normal and apneic conditions. Full conference paper. 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Orlando USA, pp. 1-4, 2024.

• Bekdache D, Tibni F, Amatoury J. Investigating the effects of tracheal displacement and hyoid repositioning on upper airway patency using computational modeling. World Sleep (accepted) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2023.

• Tannous H et al. Combined effects of mandibular advancement and surgical hyoid bone repositioning on upper airway collapsibility. American Journal Of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (A2077), San Franciso, USA, 2022.

• Salman D and Amatoury, J. Role of Hyoid Bone position in upper airway patency and tissue mechanics: A computational finite element modeling approach.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (A2078), San Franciso, 2022.

• Salman D and Amatoury J. A finite element model study on the influence of hyoid bone baseline position (phenotype) and hyoid surgical repositioning on upper airway outcomes. Journal of Biomechanics, Taipei, Taiwan, 2022.

• Samaha C et al. The influence of surgical hyoid bone repositioning on upper airway collapsibility. European Respiratory Journal (PA755), 2021.

• Ayoub Y et al. Diagnostic Superficial Vein Scanner. International Conference on Computer and Applications, ICCA 2018(321-325), 2018.

• Tong B et al. Combined CPAP and oral appliance (OA) therapy reduces CPAP requirements and pharyngeal pressure (Pepi) swings in OSA. European Respiratory Journal (PA4346), 2018.

• Tong B et al. Postural effects on nasal resistance in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and efficacy of a novel oral. European Respiratory Journal (PA4339), 2018.

• Mekonnen T et al. Multi-channel Optical Coherence Tomography (MC-OCT): A Daisy-Chained Sensing Approach. Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC) (99-100), 2018.

• Tong B et al. The effects of posture and mandibular advancement on nasal resistance and obstructive sleep apnea treatment outcome with a novel oral appliance therapy device. Sleep Medicine(e87), 2017.

• Amatoury J et al. The role of a novel oral appliance therapy device on pharyngeal pressure swings and CPAP requirements during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea: A pilot study. Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine(83), 2017.

• Hanna NNN et al. How long is a vocal tract? Comparison of acoustic impedance spectrometry with magnetic resonance imaging. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 2017.

• Amatoury J et al. A new approach to quantifying arousal intensity: Relationships between physiological characteristics and body mass. Sleep Biol Rhythms(A127), 2015.

• Amatoury J et al. New insights into the mechanisms of respiratory load-induced arousal: Role of breath timing and respiratory load compensation, Sleep and Biological Rhythms(A171), 2015.

• Kairaitis K et al. Decreasing the surface tension of the upper airway lining liquid (STUAL) during wakefulness unfolds the pharyngeal surface mucosa in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine(A3907), 2014.

• Lambeth C et al. Upper airway mucosal surface topography in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients shows increased principal curvatures when compared with healthy subjects. Sleep and Biological Rhythms(A84), 2013.

• Amatoury J et al. Interactive effects of mandibular advancement and caudal tracheal displacement: A computational finite element model of the rabbit upper airway. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (A5465), 2013.

• Amatoury J et al. Effects of mandibular advancement on upper airway lumen size are modulated by the level of caudal tracheal displacement: Studies in an anaesthetised rabbit model. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (A5464), 2013.

• Amatoury J et al. Quantification of snoring-associated neck tissue vibrations using a tri-axial accelerometer. Sleep And Biological Rhythms (A84), 2013.

• Kairaitis K et al. “Is there a threshold lung volume for maintenance of upper airway patency? Studies in an anaesthetized animal model” , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (A5363), 2012.

• Kairaitis K et al. Subjects with obstructive sleep apnoea have a reduced number of velopharyngeal folds compared with healthy subjects. Journal of Sleep Research (20), 2012.

• Amatoury J et al. A 2-dimensional computational finite element model of the upper airway and peri-pharyngeal tissues of the rabbit. Sleep and Biological Rhythms (A26-27), 2010.

• Lee S et al. Identifying sounds in the night: perceptions of snoring. Respirology (A87), 2009.

• Amatoury J et al. Peri-pharyngeal tissue movement with tracheal traction. Respirology (A85), 2009.

• Amatoury J et al. Modelling the passive pharynx: effects of strain and tissue pressure on upper airway patency. Sleep and Biological Rhythms (A84), 2007.

•  Narayan J et al. Effect of graded simulated snoring on spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity. Sleep and Biological Rhythms (A135-136), 2007.

• Kairaitis K et al. Lung volume, tracheal displacement and tissue pressure interactions: relationship to upper airway patency. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (A754), 2007.

• Perri R et al. Mandibular advancement increases the size of the retro-mandibular space in healthy subjects. Respirology (A73), 2006.

• Amatoury J et al. Snoring associated vibration energy in tissues surrounding the upper airway. A rabbit model. Respirology (A94), 2005.

• Amatoury J et al. Snoring energy transmission to the carotid artery in rabbits. International Medical Journal (A21), 2005.