publications | Malte ROLF

preprints

Uncertainty quantification in mechanics: A unified Bayesian perspective

S. Ranftl, M. Rolf, Holzapfel. G. A., and 1 more author

arXiv preprint, 2026

DOI
Feasibility study of fluid-structure-growth modelling in the context of endogenous tissue restoration

L. Maes, A. Hendrickx, H. Shirazi, and 13 more authors

bioRxiv preprint, 2026

DOI

2027

Book

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow

Academic Press, 2027

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  title = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027}
}

Book

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: Sources and Methods of Uncertainty and Variability Analysis

Academic Press, 2027

Bib

@book{Holzapfel2027b,
  title = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: Sources and Methods of Uncertainty and Variability Analysis},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027}
}

Chapter

Pathophysiological mechanism of aortic dissection

M. Rolf, X. Kan, and G. A. Holzapfel

In: (Ed.), The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford University Press, 2027

DOI Bib

@incollection{Rolf2027b,
  title = {Pathophysiological mechanism of aortic dissection},
  author = {Rolf, M. and Kan, X. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  booktitle = {The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine},
  editor = {},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  year = {2027},
  doi = {}
}

Chapter

Model validation in biomechanics: Terminology and regulatory guidelines for in silico medicine

M. Rolf and G.A. Holzapfel

In: G. Holzapfel, M. Rolf and X. Xu (Eds.), Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow, Academic Press, 2027

DOI Bib

@incollection{Rolf2027a,
  title = {Model validation in biomechanics: {T}erminology and regulatory guidelines for <i>in silico</i> medicine},
  author = {Rolf, M. and Holzapfel, G.A.},
  booktitle = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027},
  doi = {10.1016/B978-0-443-33016-2.00010-9}
}

Chapter

Uncertainty quantification in biomechanics: Probabilistic fundamentals

M.P. Wollner, M. Rolf, S. Ranftl, and 1 more author

In: G. Holzapfel, M. Rolf and X. Xu (Eds.), Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: Sources and Methods of Uncertainty and Variability Analysis, Academic Press, 2027

DOI Bib

@incollection{Wollner2027a,
  title = {Uncertainty quantification in biomechanics: {P}robabilistic fundamentals},
  author = {Wollner, M.P. and Rolf, M. and Ranftl, S. and Holzapfel, G.A.},
  booktitle = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: Sources and Methods of Uncertainty and Variability Analysis},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027},
  doi = {10.1016/B978-0-443-58169-4.00001-X}
}

Chapter

Sensitivity analysis in biomechanics: Addressing model complexity and uncertainty

G.M. Melito, S. Brandstaeter, S. Quicken, and 4 more authors

In: G. Holzapfel, M. Rolf and X. Xu (Eds.), Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: Sources and Methods of Uncertainty and Variability Analysis, Academic Press, 2027

DOI Bib

@incollection{Melito2027a,
  title = {Sensitivity analysis in biomechanics: {A}ddressing model complexity and uncertainty},
  author = {Melito, G.M. and Brandstaeter, S. and Quicken, S. and Rolf, M. and Holzapfel, G.A. and Ellermann, K. and Huberts, W.},
  booktitle = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: Sources and Methods of Uncertainty and Variability Analysis},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027},
  doi = {10.1016/B978-0-443-58169-4.00002-1}
}

Chapter

Model validation of stent-graft deployment and migration simulations in large arteries

X. Kan, X. Jiang, X. Yuan, and 5 more authors

In: G. Holzapfel, M. Rolf and X. Xu (Eds.), Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow, Academic Press, 2027

DOI Bib

@incollection{Kan2027a,
  title = {Model validation of stent-graft deployment and migration simulations in large arteries},
  author = {Kan, X. and Jiang, X. and Yuan, X. and Rolf, M. and Holzapfel, G.A. and Nienaber, C.A. and Xu, X.Y. and Dong, Z.},
  booktitle = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027},
  doi = {10.1016/B978-0-443-33016-2.00014-6}
}

Chapter

Generation and validation of virtual patient cohorts for in silico clinical trials: achievements from the SIMCor project

S. Verstraeten, J. Brüning, L. Goubergrits, and 8 more authors

In: G. Holzapfel, M. Rolf and X. Xu (Eds.), Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow, Academic Press, 2027

DOI Bib

@incollection{Verstraeten2027a,
  title = {Generation and validation of virtual patient cohorts for <i>in silico</i> clinical trials: achievements from the {SIMCor} project},
  author = {Verstraeten, S. and Br{\"u}ning, J. and Goubergrits, L. and Schievano, S. and Capelli, C. and Rizzo, A. and Rolf, M. and Holzapfel, G.A. and Spanjaards, M. and Huberts, W. and {The SIMCor Consortium}},
  booktitle = {Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in Biomechanics: From Soft Biological Tissue to Blood Flow},
  editor = {Holzapfel, G.A. and Rolf, M. and Xu, X.Y.},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2027},
  doi = {10.1016/B978-0-443-33016-2.00013-4}
}

2026

Review

Reanimating the past: From historical collections of the placenta and uterus to modern imaging, machine learning, and multiscale modeling

M. Rolf, S. Jayatissa, J. Reshef, and 5 more authors

Placenta, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{Rolf2026a,
  title = {Reanimating the past: {F}rom historical collections of the placenta and uterus to modern imaging, machine learning, and multiscale modeling},
  author = {Rolf, M. and Jayatissa, S. and Reshef, J. and Posch, S. and Kuhl, E. and James, J. L. and Clark, A. and Allerkamp, H. H.},
  journal = {Placenta},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1016/j.placenta.2026.02.013}
}

Original

A reparameterization-invariant Bayesian framework for uncertainty estimation and calibration of simple materials

M. P. Wollner, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, and G. A. Holzapfel

Computational Mechanics, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{Wollner2026a,
  title = {A reparameterization-invariant {B}ayesian framework for uncertainty estimation and calibration of simple materials},
  author = {Wollner, M. P. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Computational Mechanics},
  volume = {77},
  pages = {243--273},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/s00466-024-02573-2}
}

2025

Review

Mechanisms of aortic dissection: From pathological changes to experimental and in silico models

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, R. Schussnig, T.-P. Fries, and 4 more authors

Progress in Materials Science, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{RolfPissarczyk2025a,
  title = {Mechanisms of aortic dissection: {F}rom pathological changes to experimental and <i>in silico</i> models},
  author = {Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Schussnig, R. and Fries, T.-P. and Fleischmann, D. and Elefteriades, J. A. and Humphrey, J. D. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Progress in Materials Science},
  volume = {150},
  pages = {101363},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101363}
}

Original

Assessment of aortic dissection remodeling with patient-specific fluid-structure interaction models

K. Bäumler, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, R. Schussnig, and 6 more authors

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Baumler2025a,
  title = {Assessment of aortic dissection remodeling with patient-specific fluid-structure interaction models},
  author = {B{\"a}umler, K. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Schussnig, R. and Fries, T.-P. and Mistelbauer, G. and Pfaller, M. R. and Marsden, A. L. and Fleischmann, D. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering},
  volume = {72},
  pages = {953--964},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1109/TBME.2024.3480362},
}

Original

Computational modeling of endogenous tissue restoration in biodegradable implants: Bridging scaffold degradation and neo-tissue adaptation

H. Shirazi, L. Maes, T. Vervenne, and 9 more authors

Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Shirazi2025a,
  title = {Computational modeling of endogenous tissue restoration in biodegradable implants: {B}ridging scaffold degradation and neo-tissue adaptation},
  author = {Shirazi, H. and Maes, L. and Vervenne, T. and Hendrickx, A. and Semp{\'e}rtegui, F. and Rolf, M. and G{\"o}tzen, N. and Cox, M. and Holzapfel, G. A. and Avril, S. and Meuris, B. and Famaey, N.},
  journal = {Computers in Biology and Medicine},
  volume = {196},
  pages = {110741},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110741}
}

Original

A parameterized cross-sectional model for simulating balloon angioplasty in atherosclerotic arteries

S. M. B. Kwakman, M. Terzano, M. Rolf, and 1 more author

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Kwakman2025a,
  title = {A parameterized cross-sectional model for simulating balloon angioplasty in atherosclerotic arteries},
  author = {Kwakman, S. M. B. and Terzano, M. and Rolf, M. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering},
  volume = {41},
  pages = {e70058},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1002/cnm.70058}
}

2024

Original

On the role of tissue mechanics in fluid–structure interaction simulations of patient-specific aortic dissection

R. Schussnig, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, K. Bäumler, and 3 more authors

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{Schussnig2024a,
  title = {On the role of tissue mechanics in fluid--structure interaction simulations of patient-specific aortic dissection},
  author = {Schussnig, R. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and B{\"a}umler, K. and Fries, T.-P. and Holzapfel, G. A. and Kronbichler, M.},
  journal = {International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering},
  pages = {e7478},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1002/nme.7478}
}

2023

Original

A general model for anisotropic pseudo-elasticity and viscoelasticity at finite strains

M. P. Wollner, M. Terzano, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, and 1 more author

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{Wollner2023a,
  title = {A general model for anisotropic pseudo-elasticity and viscoelasticity at finite strains},
  author = {Wollner, M. P. and Terzano, M. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids},
  volume = {180},
  pages = {105403},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105403}
}

Original

Modelling the anisotropic inelastic response of polymeric scaffolds for in situ tissue engineering applications

M. Terzano, M. P. Wollner, M. P. Kainz, and 3 more authors

Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{Terzano2023a,
  title = {Modelling the anisotropic inelastic response of polymeric scaffolds for in situ tissue engineering applications},
  author = {Terzano, M. and Wollner, M. P. and Kainz, M. P. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and G{\"o}tzen, N. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Journal of the Royal Society Interface},
  volume = {20},
  number = {206},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1098/rsif.2023.0318}
}

Original

Morphological parameters affecting false lumen thrombosis following type B aortic dissection: A systematic study based on simulations of idealized models

A. Jafarinia, G. M. Melito, T.S. Müller, and 5 more authors

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{Jafarinia2023a,
  title = {Morphological parameters affecting false lumen thrombosis following type B aortic dissection: {A} systematic study based on simulations of idealized models},
  author = {Jafarinia, A. and Melito, G. M. and M{\"u}ller, T.S. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Holzapfel, G. A. and Brenn, G. and Ellermann, K. and Hochrainer, T.},
  journal = {Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {885--904},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1007/s10237-023-01687-5}
}

2022

Original

Stochastic modeling of inhomogeneities in the aortic wall and uncertainty quantification using a Bayesian encoder-decoder surrogate

S. Ranftl, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, G. Wolkerstorfer, and 4 more authors

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2022

DOI Bib

@article{Ranftl2022a,
  title = {Stochastic modeling of inhomogeneities in the aortic wall and uncertainty quantification using a {B}ayesian encoder-decoder surrogate},
  author = {Ranftl, S. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Wolkerstorfer, G. and Pepe, A. and Egger, J. and von der Linden, W. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering},
  volume = {401},
  pages = {115594},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cma.2022.115594},
}

Chapter

Multiscale experimental characterization and computational modeling of the human aorta

M. Dalbosco, D.C. Haspinger, K. Li, and 5 more authors

In: G. Sommer, K. Li, D. Haspinger and R. Ogden (Eds.), Solid (Bio)mechanics: Challenges of the Next Decade. A Book Dedicated to Professor Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Springer, 2022

DOI Bib

@incollection{Dalbosco2022a,
  title = {Multiscale experimental characterization and computational modeling of the human aorta},
  author = {Dalbosco, M. and Haspinger, D.C. and Li, K. and Murtada, S.-I. and Pukaluk, A. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Sherifova, S. and Sommer, G.},
  booktitle = {Solid (Bio)mechanics: Challenges of the Next Decade. A Book Dedicated to Professor Gerhard A. Holzapfel},
  editor = {Sommer, G. and Li, K. and Haspinger, D.C. and Ogden, R.W.},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-92339-6_1}
}

2021

Original

Efficient computational modelling of smooth muscle orientation and function in the aorta

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, M.P. Wollner, D. R. Q. Pacheco, and 1 more author

Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2021

DOI Bib

@article{Rolfpissarczyk2021b,
  title = {Efficient computational modelling of smooth muscle orientation and function in the aorta},
  author = {Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Wollner, M.P. and Pacheco, D. R. Q. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society A},
  volume = {477},
  number = {2255},
  pages = {20210592},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1098/rspa.2021.0592}
}

Original

A discrete approach for modeling degraded elastic fibers in aortic dissection

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, K. Li, D. Fleischmann, and 1 more author

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2021

DOI Bib

@article{Rolfpissarczyk2021a,
  title = {A discrete approach for modeling degraded elastic fibers in aortic dissection},
  author = {Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Li, K. and Fleischmann, D. and Holzapfel, G.A.},
  journal = {Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering},
  volume = {373},
  pages = {113511},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cma.2020.113511}
}

2020

Review

Detection, segmentation, simulation and visualization of aortic dissections: A review

A. Pepe, J. Li, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, and 4 more authors

Medical Image Analysis, 2020

DOI Bib

@article{Pepe2020a,
  title = {Detection, segmentation, simulation and visualization of aortic dissections: {A} review},
  author = {Pepe, A. and Li, J. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Gsaxner, C. and Chen, X. and Holzapfel, G. A. and Egger, J.},
  journal = {Medical Image Analysis},
  volume = {65},
  pages = {101773},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1016/j.media.2020.101773}
}