Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., University of Oklahoma 1987
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Breast Imaging, Radiology 2010 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Breast Imaging, Radiology 2006 - 2010
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Breast Imaging, Radiology 1997 - 2006
  • Associate in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Breast Imaging, Radiology 1993 - 1997
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Lead interpreting physician for Mammography Quality Assurance Program
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • American College of Radiology
  • North Carolina American College of Radiology
  • Therapixel
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Grimm, Lars J., Benjamin Neely, Rui Hou, Vignesh Selvakumaran, Jay A. Baker, Sora C. Yoon, Sujata V. Ghate, et al. “Mixed-Methods Study to Predict Upstaging of DCIS to Invasive Disease on Mammography.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol, February 3, 2021, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.20.23679.
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    • Buda, Mateusz, Ashirbani Saha, Ruth Walsh, Sujata V. Ghate, Nianyi Li, Albert Swiecicki, Joseph Y. Lo, and Maciej A. Mazurowski. “Detection of masses and architectural distortions in digital breast tomosynthesis: a publicly available dataset of 5, 060 patients and a deep learning model.” Corr abs/2011.07995 (2020).
    • Lee, Yueh Z., Connor Puett, Christina R. Inscoe, Beilin Jia, Connie Kim, Ruth Walsh, Sora Yoon, et al. “Initial Clinical Experience with Stationary Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.” Acad Radiol 26, no. 10 (October 2019): 1363–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2018.12.026.
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    • Jordan, Sheryl G., Dale Shaw, Janet Szabo, and Ruth Walsh. “2019 Silver Anniversary: A Chapter's Success in Continuing Medical Education.” J Am Coll Radiol 16, no. 8 (August 2019): 1011–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.05.043.
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    • Saha, Ashirbani, Michael R. Harowicz, Lars J. Grimm, Connie E. Kim, Sujata V. Ghate, Ruth Walsh, and Maciej A. Mazurowski. “A machine learning approach to radiogenomics of breast cancer: a study of 922 subjects and 529 DCE-MRI features.” Br J Cancer 119, no. 4 (August 2018): 508–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0185-8.
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    • Wang, M., J. Zhang, L. J. Grimm, S. V. Ghate, R. Walsh, K. S. Johnson, J. Y. Lo, and M. A. Mazurowski. “Predicting false negative errors in digital breast tomosynthesis among radiology trainees using a computer vision-based approach.” Expert Systems With Applications 56 (September 1, 2016): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.01.053.
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    • Saha, Ashirbani, Lars J. Grimm, Michael Harowicz, Sujata V. Ghate, Connie Kim, Ruth Walsh, and Maciej A. Mazurowski. “Interobserver variability in identification of breast tumors in MRI and its implications for prognostic biomarkers and radiogenomics.” Med Phys 43, no. 8 (August 2016): 4558. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4955435.
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    • Grimm, Lars J., Jing Zhang, Joseph Y. Lo, Karen S. Johnson, Sujata V. Ghate, Ruth Walsh, and Maciej A. Mazurowski. “Radiology Trainee Performance in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Relationship Between Difficulty and Error-Making Patterns.” J Am Coll Radiol 13, no. 2 (February 2016): 198–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2015.09.025.
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    • Grimm, Lars J., Andy L. Anderson, Jay A. Baker, Karen S. Johnson, Ruth Walsh, Sora C. Yoon, and Sujata V. Ghate. “Frequency of Malignancy and Imaging Characteristics of Probably Benign Lesions Seen at Breast MRI.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 205, no. 2 (August 2015): 442–47. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.14.13530.
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    • Zhang, Jing, Lars J. Grimm, Joseph Y. Lo, Karen S. Johnson, Sujata V. Ghate, Ruth Walsh, and Maciej A. Mazurowski. “Does Breast Imaging Experience During Residency Translate Into Improved Initial Performance in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis?” J Am Coll Radiol 12, no. 7 (July 2015): 728–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2015.02.025.
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    • Grimm, Lars J., Andy L. Anderson, Jay A. Baker, Karen S. Johnson, Ruth Walsh, Sora C. Yoon, and Sujata V. Ghate. “Interobserver Variability Between Breast Imagers Using the Fifth Edition of the BI-RADS MRI Lexicon.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 204, no. 5 (May 2015): 1120–24. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.14.13047.
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    • Ghate, Sujata V., Jay A. Baker, Connie E. Kim, Karen S. Johnson, Ruth Walsh, and Mary Scott C. Soo. “Using the BI-RADS lexicon in a restrictive form of double reading as a strategy for minimizing screening mammography recall rates.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 198, no. 4 (April 2012): 962–70. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.11.6648.
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    • Webb, Lincoln J., Ehsan Samei, Joseph Y. Lo, Jay A. Baker, Sujata V. Ghate, Connie Kim, Mary Scott Soo, and Ruth Walsh. “Comparative performance of multiview stereoscopic and mammographic display modalities for breast lesion detection.” Med Phys 38, no. 4 (April 2011): 1972–80. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3562901.
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    • Wilke, Lee G., Gloria Broadwater, Sarah Rabiner, Elizabeth Owens, Sora Yoon, Sujata Ghate, Victoria Scott, et al. “Breast self-examination: defining a cohort still in need.” Am J Surg 198, no. 4 (October 2009): 575–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.012.
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    • Saunders, Robert S., Ehsan Samei, Jay Baker, David Delong, Mary Scott Soo, Ruth Walsh, Etta Pisano, Cherie M. Kuzmiak, and Dag Pavic. “Comparison of LCD and CRT displays based on efficacy for digital mammography.” Acad Radiol 13, no. 11 (November 2006): 1317–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2006.07.017.
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    • Soo, Mary Scott, Sujata V. Ghate, Jay A. Baker, Eric L. Rosen, Ruth Walsh, Brenda N. Warwick, A. R. Ramachandran, and Kathryn R. Nightingale. “Streaming detection for evaluation of indeterminate sonographic breast masses: a pilot study.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 186, no. 5 (May 2006): 1335–41. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.05.0005.
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    • Cole, Elodia B., Etta D. Pisano, Donglin Zeng, Keith Muller, Stephen R. Aylward, Sungwook Park, Cherie Kuzmiak, et al. “The effects of gray scale image processing on digital mammography interpretation performance.” Acad Radiol 12, no. 5 (May 2005): 585–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2005.01.017.
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    • Ghate, Sujata V., Mary Scott Soo, Jay A. Baker, Ruth Walsh, Edgardo I. Gimenez, and Eric L. Rosen. “Comparison of recall and cancer detection rates for immediate versus batch interpretation of screening mammograms.” Radiology 235, no. 1 (April 2005): 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2351040699.
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    • Cole, Elodia, Etta D. Pisano, Mary Brown, Cherie Kuzmiak, M Patricia Braeuning, Hak Hee Kim, Roberta Jong, and Ruth Walsh. “Diagnostic accuracy of Fischer Senoscan Digital Mammography versus screen-film mammography in a diagnostic mammography population.” Acad Radiol 11, no. 8 (August 2004): 879–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2004.04.003.
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    • Baker, Jay A., Eric L. Rosen, Joseph Y. Lo, Edgardo I. Gimenez, Ruth Walsh, and Mary Scott Soo. “Computer-aided detection (CAD) in screening mammography: sensitivity of commercial CAD systems for detecting architectural distortion.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 181, no. 4 (October 2003): 1083–88. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.181.4.1811083.
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    • Cole, Elodia B., Etta D. Pisano, Emily O. Kistner, Keith E. Muller, Marylee E. Brown, Stephen A. Feig, Roberta A. Jong, et al. “Diagnostic accuracy of digital mammography in patients with dense breasts who underwent problem-solving mammography: effects of image processing and lesion type.” Radiology 226, no. 1 (January 2003): 153–60. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2261012024.
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    • Pisano, Etta D., Elodia B. Cole, Emily O. Kistner, Keith E. Muller, Bradley M. Hemminger, Mary L. Brown, R Eugene Johnston, et al. “Interpretation of digital mammograms: comparison of speed and accuracy of soft-copy versus printed-film display.” Radiology 223, no. 2 (May 2002): 483–88. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2232010704.
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    • Pisano, E. D., E. B. Cole, S. Major, S. Zong, B. M. Hemminger, K. E. Muller, R. E. Johnston, et al. “Radiologists' preferences for digital mammographic display. The International Digital Mammography Development Group.” Radiology 216, no. 3 (September 2000): 820–30. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.216.3.r00se48820.
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    • Baker, J. A., P. J. Kornguth, M. S. Soo, R. Walsh, and P. Mengoni. “Sonography of solid breast lesions: observer variability of lesion description and assessment.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 172, no. 6 (June 1999): 1621–25. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.172.6.10350302.
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    • Soo, M. S., R. Walsh, and J. Patton. “Prone table stereotactic breast biopsy: facilitating biopsy of posterior lesions using the arm-through-the-hole technique.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 171, no. 3 (September 1998): 615–17. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.171.3.9725284.
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    • Soo, M. S., P. J. Kornguth, R. Walsh, C. Elenberger, G. S. Georgiade, D. DeLong, and C. E. Spritzer. “Intracapsular implant rupture: MR findings of incomplete shell collapse.” J Magn Reson Imaging 7, no. 4 (July 1997): 724–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.1880070419.
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    • Walsh, R., P. J. Kornguth, M. S. Soo, R. Bentley, and D. M. DeLong. “Axillary lymph nodes: mammographic, pathologic, and clinical correlation.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 168, no. 1 (January 1997): 33–38. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.168.1.8976915.
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    • Soo, M. S., P. J. Kornguth, R. Walsh, C. D. Elenberger, and G. S. Georgiade. “Complex radial folds versus subtle signs of intracapsular rupture of breast implants: MR findings with surgical correlation.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 166, no. 6 (June 1996): 1421–27. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.166.6.8633456.
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    • Walsh, R., M. A. Kliewer, D. C. Sullivan, B. Hertzberg, E. K. Paulson, M. S. Soo, F. A. Saksouk, and P. J. Kornguth. “Periprosthetic mycobacterial infection. CT and mammographic findings.” Clin Imaging 19, no. 3 (July 1995): 193–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(94)00048-h.
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    • Soo, M. S., M. E. Williford, R. Walsh, R. C. Bentley, and P. J. Kornguth. “Papillary carcinoma of the breast: imaging findings.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 164, no. 2 (February 1995): 321–26. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.164.2.7839962.
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  • Book Sections

    • Soo, M. S., M. E. Williford, R. Walsh, P. J. Kornguth, D. L. Wellman, A. C. Braithwaite, and B. E. Whiteside. “Breast imaging.” In Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion: 2nd Edition, 2012.
    • Walsh, R., and M. S. Soo. “Breast imaging: Case 9.” In Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion: 2nd Edition, 78–79, 2012.
    • Walsh, R., and M. S. Soo. “Breast imaging: Case 2.” In Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion: 2nd Edition, 64–65, 2012.
    • Walsh, R., and M. S. Soo. “Breast imaging: Case 12.” In Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion: 2nd Edition, 84–85, 2012.
    • Walsh, R., and M. S. Soo. “Breast imaging: Case 6.” In Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion: 2nd Edition, 72–73, 2012.
    • Walsh, R., and M. S. Soo. “Breast imaging: Case 3.” In Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion: 2nd Edition, 66–67, 2012.

  • Conference Papers

    • Swiecicki, A., M. Buda, A. Saha, N. Li, S. V. Ghate, R. Walsh, and M. A. Mazurowski. “Generative adversarial network-based image completion to identify abnormal locations in digital breast tomosynthesis images.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 11314, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2551379.
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    • Saha, A., M. R. Harowicz, L. J. Grimm, C. E. Kim, S. V. Ghate, R. Walsh, and M. A. Mazurowski. “Association of high proliferation marker Ki-67 expression with DCEMR imaging features of breast: A large scale evaluation.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 10575, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293207.
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    • Wang, M., J. Zhang, L. J. Grimm, S. V. Ghate, R. Walsh, K. S. Johnson, J. Y. Lo, and M. A. Mazurowski. “Identification of error making patterns in lesion detection on digital breast tomosynthesis using computer-extracted image features.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging  Proceedings of Spie, Vol. 9787, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2201061.
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    • Soo, M. S., J. A. Baker, S. V. Ghate, R. Walsh, B. Warwick, and K. Nightingale. “Streaming detection for evaluation of indeterminate sono-graphic breast masses - A pilot study.” In American Journal of Roentgenology, 184:27–27. AMER ROENTGEN RAY SOC, 2005.
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