Abstract

The Pathology Core will provide standard pathologic analysis to the 3 clinical projects. It will review all material for projects 1 and 2. In addition, it will process all specimens related to project 3 in a way that the entire tumor volume can be reconstructed.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
1P01CA085424-01A2
Application #
6507818
Study Section
Subcommittee E - Prevention &Control (NCI)
Project Start
2001-09-17
Project End
2006-08-31
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pennsylvania
Department
Type
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104

  Publications

Wu, Shandong; Weinstein, Susan; Kontos, Despina (2012) Atlas-based probabilistic fibroglandular tissue segmentation in breast MRI. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv 15:437-45
Kontos, Despina; Ikejimba, Lynda C; Bakic, Predrag R et al. (2011) Analysis of parenchymal texture with digital breast tomosynthesis: comparison with digital mammography and implications for cancer risk assessment. Radiology 261:80-91
Mavi, Ayse; Cermik, Tevfik F; Urhan, Muammer et al. (2010) The effect of age, menopausal state, and breast density on (18)F-FDG uptake in normal glandular breast tissue. J Nucl Med 51:347-52
Tchou, Julia; Sonnad, Seema S; Bergey, Meredith R et al. (2010) Degree of tumor FDG uptake correlates with proliferation index in triple negative breast cancer. Mol Imaging Biol 12:657-62
Megalooikonomou, Vasileios; Barnathan, Michael; Kontos, Despina et al. (2009) A representation and classification scheme for tree-like structures in medical images: analyzing the branching pattern of ductal trees in X-ray galactograms. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 28:487-93
Bakic, Predrag R; Carton, Ann-Katherine; Kontos, Despina et al. (2009) Breast percent density: estimation on digital mammograms and central tomosynthesis projections. Radiology 252:40-9
Weinstein, Susan P; Localio, A Russell; Conant, Emily F et al. (2009) Multimodality screening of high-risk women: a prospective cohort study. J Clin Oncol 27:6124-8
Kontos, Despina; Bakic, Predrag R; Carton, Ann-Katherine et al. (2009) Parenchymal texture analysis in digital breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer risk estimation: a preliminary study. Acad Radiol 16:283-98
Konecky, Soren D; Choe, Regine; Corlu, Alper et al. (2008) Comparison of diffuse optical tomography of human breast with whole-body and breast-only positron emission tomography. Med Phys 35:446-55
Chen, Sara C; Carton, Ann-Katherine; Albert, Michael et al. (2007) Initial clinical experience with contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis. Acad Radiol 14:229-38

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