2021
Background Parenchymal Uptake on Molecular Breast Imaging and Breast Cancer Risk: A Cohort Study.
Hruska CB, Geske JR, Conners AL, Whaley DH, Rhodes DJ, O'Connor MK, Carter RE, Scott CG, Vachon CM. Background Parenchymal Uptake on Molecular Breast Imaging and Breast Cancer Risk: A Cohort Study. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2021, 216: 1193-1204. PMID: 32755210, PMCID: PMC8640999, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.20.23854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBackground parenchymal uptakeMolecular breast imagingPostmenopausal womenBreast cancer riskAbsolute riskBreast cancerCohort studyDiscriminatory accuracyDense breastsRisk factorsParenchymal uptakeCancer riskRisk scoreFuture breast cancer diagnosisGreater breast cancer riskBreast cancer risk factorsCox proportional hazards modelGail risk scoreBreast cancer eventsIndependent risk factorSubset of womenCancer risk factorsCase-control studyProportional hazards modelBreast cancer diagnosis
2019
Classification of Background Parenchymal Uptake on Molecular Breast Imaging Using a Convolutional Neural Network
Carter RE, Attia ZI, Geske JR, Conners AL, Whaley DH, Hunt KN, O’Connor M, Rhodes DJ, Hruska CB. Classification of Background Parenchymal Uptake on Molecular Breast Imaging Using a Convolutional Neural Network. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 2019, 3: 1-11. PMID: 30807208, PMCID: PMC6446086, DOI: 10.1200/cci.18.00133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConvolutional neural networkNeural networkDeep learning modelsImage convolutionLearning modelModel performanceBackground parenchymal uptakeTesting dataComputer algorithmAlgorithmExpert radiologistsNetworkDirect matchingDirect matchAccuracyImagesClassificationResearch purposesPerformanceBreast imagingConvolutionEncodingMatchingModelingTraining
2018
Quantitative background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging and breast cancer risk: a case-control study
Hruska CB, Geske JR, Swanson TN, Mammel AN, Lake DS, Manduca A, Conners AL, Whaley DH, Scott CG, Carter RE, Rhodes DJ, O’Connor M, Vachon CM. Quantitative background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging and breast cancer risk: a case-control study. Breast Cancer Research 2018, 20: 46. PMID: 29871661, PMCID: PMC5989426, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-018-0973-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research