Selected peer-reviewed publications rebuilt as explorable research pages. The interactive pages supplement—rather than replace—the published articles.
Each microsite focuses on the structure of the scientific argument: anatomical setting, evidence, classifications, mechanisms, uncertainty, and clinical or experimental implications. The collection is ordered by publication year, newest first.
An interactive guide to extension nomenclature, masticatory-versus-buccal compartment logic, parotid-duct and facial-nerve variability, buccotemporal fascial boundaries, clinical uses, and pathology.
Rusu MC · Stancu AI · Tibacu VI · Vintilă B · Tudose RC · Dandoczi CA · doi: 10.3390/anatomia5040033
A segment-based surgical anatomy explorer: course relative to the mandibular border, facial artery and vein, three pathway types, branching, anastomoses, injury and recovery.
Vrapciu AD · Rusu MC · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16172762
An interactive suprasternal-notch reference system for the aortic arch, brachiocephalic trunk, left brachiocephalic vein, and sternoclavicular-joint configuration.
Munteanu IM · Jianu AM · Tudose RC · Rusu MC · Vrapciu AD · Triantafyllou G · Piagkou M · Brezean I · PMID 42739155 · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16172724
Explore bilateral maxillary-artery course types, infratemporal looping, gonial-angle and notch morphometry, and the near-tenfold loop-associated risk of close lingular proximity.
Dincă V · Rusu MC · Tudose RC · Stănescu AG · Jianu AM · Triantafyllou G · Piagkou M · Brezean I · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16152406
A regional evidence map of valved, variably valved, and valveless pathways, with an IJV competence explorer and infection-spread logic.
Rusu MC · Bănică DA · Tudose RC · doi: 10.1007/s00276-026-03910-1
A course-forward nomenclature explorer separating Type I from Type II spinal and occipital/mixed pathways and highlighting posterior circulation dependence.
Rusu MC · Tudose RC · Vrapciu AD · doi: 10.1007/s00276-026-03880-4
A structured methodological critique separating osteological observation, anatomical inference, and untested hemodynamic or clinical hypotheses in posterior cranial fossa dry-skull studies.
Rusu MC · doi: 10.1055/a-2949-3959
An interactive evidence map separating directly demonstrated diabetic PPG apoptosis from predicted necroptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis and satellite-glial mechanisms, then extending the model to a unified secretory denervation syndrome.
Rusu MC · Bănică DA · Vrapciu AD · doi: 10.1159/cto/acbag003
An interactive companion to a 17-study meta-analysis separating mandible-level from side-level prevalence, comparing laterality and sex, and keeping proposed clinical implications distinct from the entirely osteological evidence base.
Piagkou M · Triantafyllou G · Alzir I · Tudose RC · Kolomvos N · Kokkou E · Lazaridis N · Rusu MC · PMID: 42832164
Explore six corridor families by target subregion, operative reach, quantitative anatomical evidence, characteristic morbidity, and the limits of cross-corridor clinical comparison.
Albu AC · Vintilă B · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1007/s00701-026-07049-1
An interactive map of the valveless craniocervical venous hub, its ten direct or indirect connecting channels, method-dependent prevalence, IPS/IPOV pathways, postural haemodynamics, and surgical/endovascular implications.
Rusu MC · Jianu AM · Rădoi PM · Tudose RC · doi: 10.1007/s12565-026-00974-2
An interactive phenotype map of the dynamic styloid–C1 neurovascular corridor, integrating neural, arterial, venous, and mixed presentations with imaging and management.
Bănică DA · Zamfirescu VI · Rusu MC · Brezean I · doi: 10.3390/tomography12090127
A hypothesis-driven neural model with four candidate pathways and a clickable Tier 0–5 evidence hierarchy.
Rusu MC · Varga I · Tudose RC · doi: 10.1002/ar.70228
Explore the five-mechanism composite model, region-specific ossification, Meckel’s cartilage signalling, and developmental timeline.
Rusu MC · Stănescu AG · Tudose RC · doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2026.106664
Trace the persisting carotid duct, reconstituted ECA, suboccipital PPA loop, and its separate V3 and V2 vertebral connections.
Rusu MC · Jianu AM · Grigoriţă LO · Tudose RC · doi: 10.1007/s00276-026-03892-0
A quantitative interactive summary of left-sided V1 tortuosity, bilateral origin asymmetry, and the origin–entry mismatch concept.
Tudose RC · Calotă RN · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1007/s00234-026-04180-9
A concise digital companion mapping 20 peripheral trigeminal–facial anastomoses and their clinical value.
Vrapciu AD · Stancu A-I · Tibacu VI · Zamani-Gavnani K-T · Rusu MC · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16121855
A digital companion on lingula morphology, landmark reliability, dry-bone versus CBCT discrepancies, and clinically relevant implications for IAN block and mandibular ramus surgery.
Rusu MC · Stănescu AG · Stancu AI · Stăncioiu IM · Stăncioiu IE · doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2026.152844
A concise digital companion to the study concluding that human colonic muscularis mucosae lacks interstitial cells of Cajal and likely depends on direct neural regulation.
Rusu MC · Pirici DN · Varga I · Nicolescu MI · doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2026.152812
Pooled DCIA anatomy: origin, calibre, usable pedicle length, branching and perforator reliability, with definition-sensitive interpretation of origin.
Rusu MC · Brezean I · doi: 10.1007/s44411-026-00838-1
A methodological companion to the preliminary SC/TC phenotype, marker panel, quantitative morphology and endothelial-mimic problem.
Rusu MC · Varga I · Tudose RC · Mehedinti MC · doi: 10.1007/s44411-026-00711-1
A proximal vertebral-artery companion that integrates vertebral-level origin, transverse-foramen entry, V1 shape, and bilateral pattern logic into a side-specific CTA reading strategy.
Calotă RN · Rusu MC · Jianu AM · Ann Anat. 269:153374 · PMID 42710688 · doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2026.153374
A skull-base pattern explorer linking ICA, optic nerve, foramen rotundum, vidian canal and intersphenoid sinus septum, with special emphasis on combinatorial heterogeneity and bilateral symmetry loss.
Munteanu IM · Tudose RC · Albu AC · Rusu MC · Ann Anat. 268:153357 · PMID 42600756 · doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2026.153357
A structured digital companion to the multimodal review of ECA variability—bifurcation, axial spin, branch sequence, common trunks, osseous relations, distal course, and surgical corridors.
Rusu MC · Dincă V · Tudose RC · Bănică DA · Ann Anat. 267:152884 · PMID 42431518 · doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2026.152884
A prevalence-and-topography microsite explaining why vertebral-artery loops are uncommon overall yet clinically important in the V2 segment and cervical foraminal differential diagnosis.
Albu AC · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1007/s00586-026-10221-x
A definition-sensitive guide to HRVA prevalence, showing how reported rates change with the Neo/Bloch standard, alternative criteria, population type, and patient- versus side-level pooling.
Tudose RC · Triantafyllou G · Piagkou M · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1007/s12565-026-00954-6
A surgical-anatomy companion covering common trunk patterns, the hyoid–hypoglossal landmark pair, and the dynamic narrowing of the lingual midline safety corridor during tongue manipulation.
Dincă V · Calotă RN · Hostiuc S · Tudose RC · Varga I · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1007/s00276-026-03846-6
An interactive guide to an almost completely mineralised epiglottis: index-case morphometry, terminology, prevalence, grading, differential diagnosis, swallowing biomechanics, airway considerations and a clearly separated OSA hypothesis.
Rusu MC · Stăncioiu IE · Stăncioiu IM · Jianu AM · doi: 10.1007/s00276-026-03959-y
A six-variable CBCT explorer for canal direction, calibre, GPF neighbourhood, inflection complexity and right–left asymmetry in posterior maxillary planning.
Tudose RC · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000012716
An evidence-pathway explorer linking the buccal fat pad to adipose-derived mesenchymal/stromal cells, perivascular niche concepts, and emerging craniofacial regenerative applications.
Rusu MC · Varga I · Tudose RC · Vrapciu AD · Vintilă B · Hostiuc S · doi: 10.1007/s12015-026-11062-3
A clinically focused guide to the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve: course, branching, thyrohyoid membrane entry, sensory function, regional block and preservation.
Vrapciu AD · Brezean I · Tudose RC · Rusu MC · Triantafyllou G · Piagkou M · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15131711
A pooled and topographic view of RP-ICA prevalence, minimum carotid–pharyngeal distance, level, laterality, and dynamic positional change.
Tudose RC et al. · Clin Anat. 2026;39(8):931–948 · PMID 41455123 · doi: 10.1002/ca.70072
Click through Types 0–V, compare prevalence and side distribution, and see how the study extends into 40 sequential ECA branching types.
Calotă RN et al. · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15243106
An MRI-based locator for the SG, combined with dissection anatomy, variation, sympathetic pathways, and procedural risk.
Rusu MC et al. · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15222911
A structured map of jugular-flow impairment: dominance, fenestrations, multilevel compression, and the novel long inferior petrosal sinus case.
Dincă V · Ionescu P · Tudose RC · Munteanu M · Vrapciu AD · Rusu MC · doi: 10.3390/medicina61091627
A topographic classification of precaval RRAs with subtype frequencies, rare configurations and surgical implications.
Damen NS · Jianu AM · Rusu MC · doi: 10.1007/s44411-025-00070-3
A concise digital companion to the debate on the LPM: variable heads, origins, insertions, accessory muscles, and the argument against a single fixed anatomical template.
Rusu MC · Toader C · Tudose RC · Grigoriţa LO · doi: 10.3390/medicina60121913
Six axial ICA–ECA configurations with overall and side-specific prevalence across 300 bifurcations.
Manta MD · Rusu MC · Hostiuc S · Vrapciu AD · Manta BA · Jianu AM · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13193122
A 12-type classification plus null state for carotid relationships to the greater horn of the hyoid bone.
Manta MD · Rusu MC · Hostiuc S · Vrapciu AD · Manta BA · Jianu AM · doi: 10.3390/medicina59081494
Pooled V1–V2 variability across 32,153 vessels: origin, entry level, tortuosity, hypoplasia, and dominance.
Tudose RC · Rusu MC · Hostiuc S · doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13122036
A terminology-conscious morphology explorer covering fenestration, duplication, triplication, absence, aberrant course, bifurcation, tributaries, and termination.
Rusu MC · Tudose RC · Vrapciu AD · Toader C · Popescu ȘA · doi: 10.3390/medicina59030622
Interactive research pages are AI-assisted digital presentations of selected publications. They do not replace the peer-reviewed articles and should be cited through the original publications.