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Overview

Leo K. Cheng is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and works primarily in the field of Medicine with a specific focus on Gastroenterology and related subfields. Their research encompasses gastrointestinal motility and disorders, gastroesophageal reflux and treatments, as well as biomedical engineering and cardiac electrophysiology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within medical sciences.

Cheng's recent publications include work on soft robotics and biomedical applications. Notable papers include "Design and Characterization of a Bellows-Driven Soft Pneumatic Actuator" (2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics), "SoGut: A Soft Robotic Gastric Simulator" (2020, Soft Robotics), and "Smart capsules for sensing and sampling the gut: status, challenges and prospects" (2023, Gut). Other recent contributions are "Strategies to Refine Gastric Stimulation and Pacing Protocols: Experimental and Modeling Approaches" (2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience) and "Validation of noninvasive body-surface gastric mapping for detecting gastric slow-wave spatiotemporal features by simultaneous serosal mapping in porcine" (2022, American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology).

Frequent co-authors include Recep Avci, Niranchan Paskaranandavadivel, Peng Du, Timothy R. Angeli, and Nipuni D. Nagahawatte, indicating a collaborative network that spans various aspects of biomedical engineering and physiology.

Cheng's work is often published in specialized venues such as the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society conferences, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Soft Robotics, and Gastroenterology. These venues highlight the cross-disciplinary nature of the research involving medical engineering, physiology, and clinical studies.

Main fields and subfields of study related to Cheng's research include:

  • Medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery

The principal topics covered in Cheng's research consist of:

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Infant Health and Development

Best Publications

  • Abnormal Initiation and Conduction of Slow-Wave Activity in Gastroparesis, Defined by High-Resolution Electrical Mapping

    Gregory O'Grady;Timothy R. Angeli;Peng Du;Chris Lahr

  • Mathematically Modelling the Electrical Activity of the Heart: From Cell to Body Surface and Back Again

    Andrew J Pullan;Leo K Cheng;Martin L Buist

  • High-resolution Mapping of In Vivo Gastrointestinal Slow Wave Activity Using Flexible Printed Circuit Board Electrodes: Methodology and Validation

    P Du;G O’Grady;JU Egbuji;WJ Lammers

  • High-frequency gastric electrical stimulation for the treatment of gastroparesis: a meta-analysis.

    Gregory O’Grady;John U. Egbuji;Peng Du;Leo K. Cheng

  • Noninvasive electrical imaging of the heart: theory and model development.

    A J Pullan;L K Cheng;M P Nash;C P Bradley

  • Origin, propagation and regional characteristics of porcine gastric slow wave activity determined by high-resolution mapping.

    J. U. Egbuji;G. O’grady;P. Du;L. K. Cheng

  • The gastrointestinal electrical mapping suite (GEMS): software for analyzing and visualizing high-resolution (multi-electrode) recordings in spatiotemporal detail

    Rita Yassi;Gregory O’Grady;Nira Paskaranandavadivel;Peng Du

  • Comparison of potential- and activation-based formulations for the inverse problem of electrocardiology

    L.K. Cheng;J.M. Bodley;A.J. Pullan

  • Subject specific finite elasticity simulations of the pelvic floor.

    Kimberley F. Noakes;Andrew J. Pullan;Ian P. Bissett;Leo K. Cheng

  • Modelling gastrointestinal bioelectric activity

    Andrew Pullan;Leo Cheng;Rita Yassi;Martin Buist

  • Forward problem of electrocardiography: is it solved?

    Laura R. Bear;Leo K. Cheng;Ian J. LeGrice;Gregory B. Sands

  • The bioelectrical basis and validity of gastrointestinal extracellular slow wave recordings.

    Timothy R. Angeli;Peng Du;Niranchan Paskaranandavadivel;Patrick W.M. Janssen

  • How Accurate Is Inverse Electrocardiographic Mapping? A Systematic In Vivo Evaluation.

    Laura R. Bear;Ian J. LeGrice;Gregory B. Sands;Nigel A. Lever

  • Functional physiology of the human terminal antrum defined by high-resolution electrical mapping and computational modeling.

    Rachel Berry;Taimei Miyagawa;Niranchan Paskaranandavadivel;Peng Du

  • Falling-Edge, Variable Threshold (FEVT) Method for the Automated Detection of Gastric Slow Wave Events in High-Resolution Serosal Electrode Recordings

    Jonathan C Erickson;Jonathan C Erickson;Gregory O'Grady;Peng Du;Chibuike Obioha

  • Method and system of defining a model of one or more organs

    Andrew Pullan;Martin Buist;Leo Cheng

  • Design and Characterization of a Peristaltic Actuator Inspired by Esophageal Swallowing

    Steven Dirven;Feijiao Chen;Weiliang Xu;John E. Bronlund

  • Methods for High-Resolution Electrical Mapping in the Gastrointestinal Tract

    Gregory O'Grady;Timothy R. Angeli;Niranchan Paskaranandavadivel;Jonathan C. Erickson

  • Automated gastric slow wave cycle partitioning and visualization for high-resolution activation time maps.

    Jonathan C. Erickson;Greg O’Grady;Peng Du;John U. Egbuji

  • Effects of experimental and modeling errors on electrocardiographic inverse formulations

    L.K. Cheng;J.M. Bodley;A.J. Pullan

  • Tissue-Specific Mathematical Models of Slow Wave Entrainment in Wild-Type and 5-HT2B Knockout Mice with Altered Interstitial Cells of Cajal Networks

    Peng Du;Greg O'Grady;Simon J. Gibbons;Rita Yassi

  • Mapping and Modeling Gastrointestinal Bioelectricity: From Engineering Bench to Bedside

    L. K. Cheng;L. K. Cheng;P. Du;G. O'Grady

  • Anatomically realistic multiscale models of normal and abnormal gastrointestinal electrical activity.

    Leo K Cheng;Rie Komuro;Travis M Austin;Martin L Buist

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Pullan
Andrew J. Pullan University of Auckland
John A. Windsor
John A. Windsor University of Auckland
Weiliang Xu
Weiliang Xu University of Auckland
Martyn P. Nash
Martyn P. Nash University of Auckland
Nicolas P. Smith
Nicolas P. Smith University of Auckland
Peter Hunter
Peter Hunter University of Auckland
Mauricio R. Delgado
Mauricio R. Delgado The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
William G. Richards
William G. Richards Brigham and Women's Hospital

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