Scholars@Duke
Sujata Vijay Ghate

Sujata Vijay Ghate

Professor of Radiology
Radiology, Breast Imaging
ghate001@mc.duke.edu
Duke Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Breast Cancer Method of Detection: Frequently Asked Questions.

Journal Article J Breast Imaging · December 13, 2025 The initial method of detection (MOD) refers to the first imaging examination, physical symptom, or clinical sign that prompts further investigation and ultimately leads to a new breast cancer diagnosis. The MOD is assigned at the patient level and falls i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Follow-up Recommendations for Young, Average Risk Women With BI-RADS 3 Masses.

Journal Article J Breast Imaging · November 11, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome and malignancy rate of BI-RADS 3 masses during follow-up at 6, 12, and 24 months. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study identified female patients <35 years of age with an oval, parallel, circumscribed mass assigned a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cross-site Validation of AI Segmentation and Harmonization in Breast MRI.

Journal Article J Imaging Inform Med · June 2025 This work aims to perform a cross-site validation of automated segmentation for breast cancers in MRI and to compare the performance to radiologists. A three-dimensional (3D) U-Net was trained to segment cancers in dynamic contrast-enhanced axial MRIs usin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility of Prospective Assignment of Initial Method of Detection of Breast Cancer: A Multicenter Pilot Study.

Journal Article J Am Coll Radiol · July 2024 OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility of standardized, prospective assignment of initial method of detection (MOD) of breast cancer by radiologists in diverse practice settings. METHODS: This multicenter, retrospective study analyzed the rate of assignme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Screening the Implant-Augmented Breast with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Is Tomosynthesis Necessary for Non-implant-Displaced Views?

Journal Article J Breast Imaging · May 27, 2024 OBJECTIVE: To determine cancer visualization utility and radiation dose for non-implant-displaced (ID) views using standard protocol with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) vs alternative protocol with 2D only when screening women with implant augmentation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast: A Diagnostic Dilemma With Pathologic Correlation.

Journal Article J Breast Imaging · July 28, 2023 Myeloid sarcoma (MS) is a rare extramedullary solid tumor arising most often in patients with current or subsequent acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Patients of all ages may present with involvement of the skin, lymph nodes, intestinal tract, bone, and/or cen ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Benefits of Early Detection: Evidence From Modern International Mammography Service Screening Programs

Journal Article Journal of Breast Imaging · July 1, 2022 Research from randomized controlled trials initiated up to 60 years ago consistently confirms that regular screening with mammography significantly reduces breast cancer mortality. Despite this success, there is ongoing debate regarding the efficacy of scr ... Full text Cite

A Data Set and Deep Learning Algorithm for the Detection of Masses and Architectural Distortions in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Images.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · August 2, 2021 IMPORTANCE: Breast cancer screening is among the most common radiological tasks, with more than 39 million examinations performed each year. While it has been among the most studied medical imaging applications of artificial intelligence, the development a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mixed-Methods Study to Predict Upstaging of DCIS to Invasive Disease on Mammography.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2021 BACKGROUND. The incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has steadily increased, as have concerns regarding overtreatment. Active surveillance is a novel treatment strategy that avoids surgical excision, but identifying patients with occult invasive di ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mapping the Ultrasound Landscape to Define Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Diagnostic Ultrasound: A Proposal From the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and ACR Commission on Ultrasound.

Journal Article J Am Coll Radiol · January 2021 Current descriptions of ultrasound evaluations, including use of the term "point-of-care ultrasound" (POCUS), are imprecise because they are predicated on distinctions based on the device used to obtain images, the location where the images were obtained, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of masses and architectural distortions in digital breast tomosynthesis: a publicly available dataset of 5,060 patients and a deep learning model

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(8):e2119100 · November 13, 2020 Breast cancer screening is one of the most common radiological tasks with over 39 million exams performed each year. While breast cancer screening has been one of the most studied medical imaging applications of artificial intelligence, the development and ... Link to item Cite

Predicting Upstaging of DCIS to Invasive Disease: Radiologists's Predictive Performance.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · November 2020 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to quantify breast radiologists' performance at predicting occult invasive disease when ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) presents as calcifications on mammography and to identify imaging and histopathol ... Full text Link to item Cite

Generative adversarial network-based image completion to identify abnormal locations in digital breast tomosynthesis images

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2020 Deep learning has achieved great success in image analysis and decision making in radiology. However, a large amount of annotated imaging data is needed to construct well-performing deep learning models. A particular challenge in the context of breast canc ... Full text Cite

Abnormalities of the Fetal Central Nervous System: Prenatal US Diagnosis with Postnatal Correlation.

Journal Article Radiographics · 2020 Fetal central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities are second only to cardiac malformations in their frequency of occurrence. Early and accurate diagnosis at prenatal US is therefore essential, allowing improved prenatal counseling and facilitating appropria ... Full text Link to item Cite

Machine learning-based prediction of future breast cancer using algorithmically measured background parenchymal enhancement on high-risk screening MRI.

Journal Article J Magn Reson Imaging · August 2019 BACKGROUND: Preliminary work has demonstrated that background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) assessed by radiologists is predictive of future breast cancer in women undergoing high-risk screening MRI. Algorithmically assessed measures of BPE offer a more pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Solitary, Well-Circumscribed, T2 Hyperintense Masses on MRI Have Very Low Malignancy Rates.

Journal Article J Breast Imaging · March 13, 2019 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the malignancy rate of solitary MRI masses with benign BI-RADS descriptors. METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted of all breast MRI reports that described a mass with a final BI-RADS assessment ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationship between Background Parenchymal Enhancement on High-risk Screening MRI and Future Breast Cancer Risk.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · January 2019 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To determine if background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on screening breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in high-risk women correlates with future cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All screening breast MRIs (n = 1039) in high-ri ... Full text Link to item Cite

MRI predictors of tumor-positive margins after breast-conserving surgery.

Journal Article Clin Imaging · 2019 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of tumor-positive surgical margins after breast-conserving surgery on dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of consecutive women who under ... Full text Link to item Cite

A machine learning approach to radiogenomics of breast cancer: a study of 922 subjects and 529 DCE-MRI features.

Journal Article Br J Cancer · August 2018 BACKGROUND: Recent studies showed preliminary data on associations of MRI-based imaging phenotypes of breast tumours with breast cancer molecular, genomic, and related characteristics. In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of this relationship ... Full text Link to item Cite

Screening mammography for average-risk women.

Journal Article Menopause · March 2018 This Practice Pearl describes an approach to screening mammography for average-risk women that encourages the use of shared decision-making that addresses benefits (early diagnosis and decreased mortality) and potential harms (false positives and overdiagn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Convolutional encoder-decoder for breast mass segmentation in digital breast tomosynthesis

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2018 Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a relatively new modality for breast imaging that can provide detailed assessment of dense tissue within the breast. In the domains of cancer diagnosis, radiogenomics, and resident education, it is important to accurat ... Full text Cite

Association of high proliferation marker Ki-67 expression with DCEMR imaging features of breast: A large scale evaluation

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2018 One of the methods widely used to measure the proliferative activity of cells in breast cancer patients is the immunohistochemical (IHC) measurement of the percentage of cells stained for nuclear antigen Ki-67. Use of Ki-67 expression as a prognostic marke ... Full text Cite

Imaging Features of Patients Undergoing Active Surveillance for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · November 2017 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the imaging appearance of patients undergoing active surveillance for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively identified 29 patients undergoing active survei ... Full text Link to item Cite

Suspicious breast calcifications undergoing stereotactic biopsy in women ages 70 and over: Breast cancer incidence by BI-RADS descriptors.

Journal Article Eur Radiol · June 2017 OBJECTIVES: To determine the malignancy rate overall and for specific BI-RADS descriptors in women ≥70 years who undergo stereotactic biopsy for calcifications. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 14,577 consecutive mammogram reports in 6839 women ≥70 yea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predicting false negative errors in digital breast tomosynthesis among radiology trainees using a computer vision-based approach

Journal Article Expert Systems with Applications · September 1, 2016 Purpose Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) can improve lesion visibility in comparison to mammography by eliminating breast tissue superimposition. While the benefits of DBT in breast cancer screening rely on well trained radiologists, the optimal training ... Full text Cite

Impact of Breast Density Notification Legislation on Radiologists' Practices of Reporting Breast Density: A Multi-State Study.

Journal Article Radiology · September 2016 Purpose To evaluate the impact of breast density notification legislation on breast density reporting by radiologists nationally. Materials and Methods The institutional review board exempted this HIPAA-compliant retrospective study from the requirement fo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Can Vascular Patterns on Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Help Predict Skin Necrosis after Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy?

Journal Article J Am Coll Surg · August 2016 BACKGROUND: Nipple-areola complex (NAC) and skin flap ischemia and necrosis can occur after nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM). The purpose of this study was to correlate vascular findings on MRI with outcomes in patients who underwent NSM. STUDY DESIGN: Fema ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interobserver variability in identification of breast tumors in MRI and its implications for prognostic biomarkers and radiogenomics.

Journal Article Med Phys · August 2016 PURPOSE: To assess the interobserver variability of readers when outlining breast tumors in MRI, study the reasons behind the variability, and quantify the effect of the variability on algorithmic imaging features extracted from breast MRI. METHODS: Four r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of breast structure on lesion detection in breast tomosynthesis, a simulation study.

Journal Article J Med Imaging (Bellingham) · July 2016 This study aims to characterize the effect of background tissue density and heterogeneity on the detection of irregular masses in breast tomosynthesis, while demonstrating the capability of the sophisticated tools that can be used in the design, implementa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiology Trainee Performance in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Relationship Between Difficulty and Error-Making Patterns.

Journal Article J Am Coll Radiol · February 2016 PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to better understand the relationship between digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) difficulty and radiology trainee performance. METHODS: Twenty-seven radiology residents and fellows and three expert breast imagers reviewed ... Full text Link to item Cite

Identification of error making patterns in lesion detection on digital breast tomosynthesis using computer-extracted image features

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2016 Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) can improve lesion visibility by eliminating the issue of overlapping breast tissue present in mammography. However, this new modality likely requires new approaches to training. The issue of training in DBT is not well e ... Full text Cite

Evaluation of Pathologic Nipple Discharge: What is the Added Diagnostic Value of MRI?

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · December 2015 PURPOSE: To determine the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the evaluation of patients with pathologic nipple discharge. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of women with nipple discharge who underwent breast MRI between Jan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Architectural Distortion on Mammography: Correlation With Pathologic Outcomes and Predictors of Malignancy.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · December 2015 OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to determine the risk of malignancy associated with architectural distortion and to evaluate the imaging and clinical features that may contribute to the prediction of malignancy in the setting of architectural dis ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recurrence-free survival in breast cancer is associated with MRI tumor enhancement dynamics quantified using computer algorithms.

Journal Article Eur J Radiol · November 2015 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between breast cancer recurrence-free survival and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tumor enhancement dynamics which are quantified semi-automatically using computer algorithms. ME ... Full text Link to item Cite

Benefits and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article JAMA · October 20, 2015 IMPORTANCE: Patients need to consider both benefits and harms of breast cancer screening. OBJECTIVE: To systematically synthesize available evidence on the association of mammographic screening and clinical breast examination (CBE) at different ages and in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abbreviated screening protocol for breast MRI: a feasibility study.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · September 2015 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of two shortened breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols to a standard MRI protocol for breast cancer screening. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this Health Insurance Portability and Accountability A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Frequency of Malignancy and Imaging Characteristics of Probably Benign Lesions Seen at Breast MRI.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · August 2015 OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to evaluate the frequency, follow-up compliance, and cancer rate of MRI BI-RADS category 3 lesions and to determine the cancer rate for individual BI-RADS descriptors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic Value of Ultrasound in Female Patients With Nipple Discharge.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · July 2015 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of ultrasound to the evaluation of patients with pathologic nipple discharge. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted of the records of females who presented with nippl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of realistic physical breast phantoms matched to virtual breast phantoms based on human subject data.

Journal Article Med Phys · July 2015 PURPOSE: Physical phantoms are essential for the development, optimization, and evaluation of x-ray breast imaging systems. Recognizing the major effect of anatomy on image quality and clinical performance, such phantoms should ideally reflect the three-di ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does Breast Imaging Experience During Residency Translate Into Improved Initial Performance in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis?

Journal Article J Am Coll Radiol · July 2015 PURPOSE: To determine the initial digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performance of radiology trainees with varying degrees of breast imaging experience. METHODS: To test trainee performance with DBT, we performed a reader study, after obtaining IRB approv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interobserver Variability Between Breast Imagers Using the Fifth Edition of the BI-RADS MRI Lexicon.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · May 2015 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the interobserver variability of users of the MRI lexicon in the fifth edition of the BI-RADS atlas. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three breast imaging specialists reviewed 280 routine clinical breast MRI finding ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of breast structure on lesion detection in breast tomosynthesis

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2015 Virtual clinical trials (VCT) can be carefully designed to inform, orient, or potentially replace clinical trials. The focus of this study was to demonstrate the capability of the sophisticated tools that can be used in the design, implementation, and perf ... Full text Cite

Prenatal maternal-fetal imaging for global health radiology

Journal Article · October 1, 2014 The state of maternal-fetal health in the developing world remains appalling despite growing global attention. Since the adoption of the Millennium Development goals, there has been increased deployment of resources towards this issue with little improveme ... Full text Cite

Using computer-extracted image features for modeling of error-making patterns in detection of mammographic masses among radiology residents.

Journal Article Med Phys · September 2014 PURPOSE: Mammography is the most widely accepted and utilized screening modality for early breast cancer detection. Providing high quality mammography education to radiology trainees is essential, since excellent interpretation skills are needed to ensure ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and application of a suite of 4-D virtual breast phantoms for optimization and evaluation of breast imaging systems.

Journal Article IEEE Trans Med Imaging · July 2014 Mammography is currently the most widely utilized tool for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. However, in women with dense breast tissue, tissue overlap may obscure lesions. Digital breast tomosynthesis can reduce tissue overlap. Furthermore, imagin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiology resident mammography training: interpretation difficulty and error-making patterns.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · July 2014 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to better understand the concept of mammography difficulty and how it affects radiology resident performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven radiology residents and three expert breast imagers reviewed ... Full text Link to item Cite

Task-based strategy for optimized contrast enhanced breast imaging: analysis of six imaging techniques for mammography and tomosynthesis.

Conference Med Phys · June 2014 PURPOSE: The use of contrast agents in breast imaging has the capability of enhancing nodule detectability and providing physiological information. Accordingly, there has been a growing trend toward using iodine as a contrast medium in digital mammography ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predicting error in detecting mammographic masses among radiology trainees using statistical models based on BI-RADS features.

Journal Article Med Phys · March 2014 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to explore Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) features as predictors of individual errors made by trainees when detecting masses in mammograms. METHODS: Ten radiology trainees and three expert breast im ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modeling resident error-making patterns in detection of mammographic masses using computer-extracted image features: Preliminary experiments

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2014 Providing high quality mammography education to radiology trainees is essential, as good interpretation skills potentially ensure the highest benefit of screening mammography for patients. We have previously proposed a computer-aided education system that ... Full text Cite

Application of a dynamic 4D anthropomorphic breast phantom in contrast-based imaging system optimization: Dual-energy or temporal subtraction?

Journal Article Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics · August 15, 2012 We previously developed a dynamic 4D anthropomorphic breast phantom, which can be used to optimize contrast-based breast imaging systems, accounting for patient variability and contrast kinetics [1]. In this study we aim to compare the performance of contr ... Full text Cite

Development of a dynamic 4D anthropomorphic breast phantom for contrast-based breast imaging

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · May 4, 2012 Mammography is currently the most widely accepted tool for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. However, the sensitivity of mammography is reduced in women with dense breast tissue due to tissue overlap, which may obscure lesions. Digital breast tomos ... Full text Cite

3D biopsy for tomosynthesis: Simulation of prior information based reconstruction for dose and artifact reduction

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · May 4, 2012 Accurately targeting of small lesions for success is crucial in breast biopsy. In this paper, we proposed a new 3D tomobased biopsy, which is characterized in being more accurate, easier to perform, lower in dose, and free of metal artifact. In the scout p ... Full text Cite

Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsies of the Breast

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY · May 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

Using the BI-RADS lexicon in a restrictive form of double reading as a strategy for minimizing screening mammography recall rates.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2012 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to determine the potential reduction in screening recall rates by strictly following standardized BI-RADS lexicon for lesions seen on screening mammography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Of 3084 consecutive mammograms per ... Full text Link to item Cite

Titanium vs carbon coated ceramic breast tissue marker clips: 3T MR susceptibility artifact and local signal disturbance.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · June 2011 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Spectroscopy signal of a breast lesion may be disrupted by the presence of metal from a biopsy marking clip. This study compares the size of magnetic resonance (MR) susceptibility artifacts and degree of local spectroscopy signal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative performance of multiview stereoscopic and mammographic display modalities for breast lesion detection.

Journal Article Med Phys · April 2011 PURPOSE: Mammography is known to be one of the most difficult radiographic exams to interpret. Mammography has important limitations, including the superposition of normal tissue that can obscure a mass, chance alignment of normal tissue to mimic a true le ... Full text Link to item Cite

Elastography's Role In Predicting Benign from Malignant Breast Lesions

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY · May 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Is surgical excision of core biopsy proven benign papillomas of the breast necessary?

Journal Article Acad Radiol · May 2010 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine if core biopsy-proven benign papillomas of the breast need to be surgically excised. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mammographic and pathologic database review from January 1994 to January 2004 revea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Breast self-examination: defining a cohort still in need.

Journal Article Am J Surg · October 2009 BACKGROUND: The value of breast self-examination (BSE) to detect early breast cancer is controversial. METHODS: Within an institutional review board-approved prospective study, 147 high-risk women were enrolled from 2004 to 2007. Yearly clinical examinatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

The influence of increased ambient lighting on mass detection in mammograms.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · March 2009 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Recent research has provided evidence that in reading rooms equipped with liquid crystal displays (LCDs), a measured increase of ambient lighting may improve clinicians' detection performance. In agreement with this research, the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sonohysterography: do 3D reconstructed images provide additional value?

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2008 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively determine the value of adding 3D multiplanar sonography to 2D sonohysterography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between September 2003 and April 2005, 80 women (mean age, 43.5 years; range, 26-78 years) u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Minimal Screening Mammography Recall Rates Using Standardized BI-RADS Criteria

Journal Article AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY · May 1, 2007 Link to item Cite

MRI-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy with a handheld portable biopsy system.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · June 2006 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a compact portable 10-gauge handheld battery-operated vacuum-assisted biopsy system for MRI-guided breast biopsy. CONCLUSION: The compact portable battery-operated biopsy system can be used successfully ... Full text Link to item Cite

Streaming detection for evaluation of indeterminate sonographic breast masses: a pilot study.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · May 2006 OBJECTIVE: Streaming detection is a novel sonography technique that uses ultrasonic energy to induce movement in cyst fluid that is detected on Doppler sonography. This pilot study evaluates the utility of streaming detection for differentiating cysts from ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Comparison of recall and cancer detection rates for immediate versus batch interpretation of screening mammograms.

Journal Article Radiology · April 2005 PURPOSE: To retrospectively compare recall and cancer detection rates between immediate and subsequent batch methods for interpretation of screening mammograms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Institutional review board approval was obtained, and informed consent w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Computer-aided detection of amorphous calcifications.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · March 2005 OBJECTIVE: Computer-aided detection (CAD) systems have been used successfully to detect malignant calcifications on mammography, with sensitivities ranging from 86% to 99%. Amorphous calcifications are a subset of small indistinct calcifications of interme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stereotactic breast biopsy of noncalcified lesions: a cost-minimization analysis comparing 14-gauge multipass automated core biopsy to 14- and 11-gauge vacuum-assisted biopsy.

Journal Article Clin Imaging · 2005 A decision model was used to compare the relative costs of the 14-gauge automated gun technique to the 14-gauge and 11-gauge vacuum-assisted techniques for stereotactic biopsy of noncalcified breast lesions. Probability and cost variables were estimated fr ... Full text Link to item Cite

MRI-guided breast biopsies using a novel hand-held portable breast biopsy system

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY · January 1, 2005 Link to item Cite

Extended field-of-view two-dimensional ultrasonography of the breast: improvement in lesion documentation.

Journal Article J Ultrasound Med · September 1999 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of extended field-of-view two-dimensional ultrasonographic imaging for improvement in overall breast lesion documentation. Sonographic images of 59 patients with breast lesions or silicone implants were eva ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stereotactic biopsy of noncalcified breast lesions: utility of vacuum-assisted technique compared to multipass automated gun technique.

Journal Article Clin Imaging · 1999 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the stereotactic 14-gauge, vacuum-assisted biopsy technique in diagnosing noncalcified breast lesions. Stereotactic biopsy of 116 noncalcified breast lesions was performed with either 14-gauge, vacuum-assisted tech ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient compliance in mobile screening mammography.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · December 1995 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We assessed the follow-up behavior of women who had abnormal results of screening mammograms taken on a mobile van. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 1988 and 1991 of all women served by a mobile mammogra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inhibition of DNA helicase II unwinding and ATPase activities by DNA-interacting ligands. Kinetics and specificity.

Journal Article J Biol Chem · May 25, 1992 Although DNA helicases play important roles in the processing of DNA, little is known about the effects of DNA-interacting ligands on these helicases. Therefore, the effects of a wide variety of DNA-binding ligands on the unwinding and ATPase reactions cat ... Link to item Cite