Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings (1989-present)

• Sun D, Hadjiiski LM, Gormley JR, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Alva A, Mihalcea R, Zhou C, Gulani V. Large Language Model-Assisted Information Extraction from Clinical Reports for Survival Prediction of Bladder Cancer Patients. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2024; 12927: 129271V.

• Kushwaha A, Mourad RF, Heist K, Malyarenko D, Chan HP, Chenevert TL, and Hadjiiski LM. Segmentation of Mouse Tibia on MRI using Deep Learning U-Net Models. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2023; 12465: 124652O.

• Tarango R, Hadjiiski L, Alva A, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Cha KH, Samala RK, Weizer AZ, Zhou C, Joshi M, Zakharia Y.  Survival Prediction for Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Cancer after Immunotherapy by Machine Learning. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2023; 12465: 124653A.

• Clever J, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Cha KH, Samala RK, Zhou C. Bladder Cancer Segmentation Using U-Net Based Deep-Learning. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2023; 12465: 1246532.

• Sun D, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Alva A, Cha KH, Samala RK, Zhou C. Bladder Cancer Treatment Response Assessment in CT Urography by Using Deep-Learning and Radiomics. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2023; 12465: 1246533.

• Gao M, Helvie MA, Samala RK, Hadjiiski LM, Fessler JA, Chan HP. Deep CNN Task-based Image Quality Assessment: Application to Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction and Denoising. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2023; 12463: 1246319.

• Wang Y, Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Chughtai A. Fusion of multiple deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) for improved segmentation of lung nodules in CT images. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2022; 12033: 1203329.

• Sun D, Hadjiiski L, Garje R, Zakharia Y, Pomerantz L, Joshi M, Alva A, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Cha KH, Kirova-Nedyalkova G, Davenport MS, Shankar PR, Francis IR, Shampain K, Meyer N, Barkmeier D, Woolen S, Palmbos PL, Weizer AZ, Samala RK, Zhou C, Matuszak M. Effect of computerized decision support on diagnostic accuracy and intra-observer variability in multi-institutional observer performance study for bladder cancer treatment response assessment in CT urography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2022; 12033: 120330G.

• Gao M, Fessler JA, Chan HP.  Deep convolutional neural network regularized digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction with detector blur and correlated noise modeling. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2022; 12031: 1203108.

• Hadjiiski L, Joshi M, Alva A, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Kirova-Nedyalkova G, Davenport MS, Shankar PR, Francis IR, Cha KH, Samala RK, Palmbos PL, Weizer AZ.  Multi-institutional observer performance study for bladder cancer treatment response assessment in CT urography with and without computerized decision support.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2021; 11597: 115971K.

• Wang Y, Zhou C, Ying L, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Chughtai A, Kazerooni EA.  Reinforced learning from serial CT to improve early diagnosis of lung cancer in screening.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2021; 11597: 115971Q.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Qing D.  Deep learning based risk stratification for treatment management of multiple myeloma with sequential MRI scans. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2021; 11597: 1159716

• Samala RK, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Zhou C, Stojanovska J, Agarwal P, Fung C.  Severity assessment of COVID-19 using imaging descriptors: A deep-learning transfer learning approach from non-COVID-19 pneumonia. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2021; 11597: 115971T.

• Zhou J, Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Qing D.  Deep learning based similarity-consistency abnormality detection (SCAD) model for classification of MRI patterns of multiple myeloma (MM) infiltration. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2021; 11595: 115954D. 

• Gao M, Fessler JA, Chan HP.  Digital breast tomosynthesis denoising using deep convolutional neural network: Effects of dose level of training target images.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2021; 11595: 115951K.

• Ikejimba LC, Salad J, Graff CG, Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Zhao W, Huang H, Ghammraoui B, Lo LY, Glick SJ. Assessment of task-based performance from five clinical DBT systems using an anthropomorphic breast phantom. Proc SPIE 15th International Workshop on Breast Imaging – IWBI 2020; 11513:  1151305.

• Zhou Y, Wei J, Helvie MA, Chan HP, Zhou C, Hadjiiski L, Lu Y. Generating high resolution digital mammogram from digitized film mammogram with conditional generative adversarial network. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11314:  1131426.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Koneru S. Hazards of data leakage in machine learning: A study on classification of breast cancer using deep neural networks. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11314:  1131416.

• Papanastasopoulos Z, Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Paramagul C, Helvie MA, Neal CH. Explainable AI for Medical Imaging: Deep-learning CNN Ensemble for Classification of Estrogen Receptor Status from Breast MRI. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11314, 113140Z.

• Chapman-Sung DH, Hadjiiski LM, Gandikota D, Chan HP, Samala RK, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer A, Alva A, Zhou C.  Convolutional Neural Network-Based Decision Support System for Bladder Cancer Staging in CT Urography: Decision Threshold Estimation and Validation. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11314:  113141T.

• Ivanitskiy M, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Samala RK, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Weizer AZ, Alva A, Wei J, Zhou C.  Bladder Wall Segmentation using U-Net-based Deep-Learning. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11314:  113143K.

• Wang Y, Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Chughtai A, Kazerooni EA. Hybrid deep-learning model for volume segmentation of lung nodules in CT images. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11314:  113141F.

• Gao M, Samala RK, Jeffrey A. Fessler JA, Chan HP.  Deep Convolutional Neural Network Denoising for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2020; 11312:  113120Q.

• Zdon A, Helvie MA, Alex Tsodikov A, Chan HP, Wei J. Analysis of Mammographic Density as a Predictor for Breast Cancer Occurrence. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10954: 1095412.

• Zhou C, Dong Q, Chan HP, Campagnaro EL, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM. Quantitative MRI biomarker for treatment response assessment of multiple myeloma: robustness evaluation using independent test set of prospective cases. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 1095047.

• Ma X, Fisher C, Wei J, Helvie MA, Chan HP, Zhou C, Hadjiiski LM, Lu Y. Multi-path deep learning model for automated mammographic density categorization. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 109502E.

• Gandikota D, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cha KH, Samala RK, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer A, Alva A, Paramagul C, Wei J, Zhou C. Bladder cancer staging in CT Urography: estimation and validation of decision thresholds for a radiomics-based decision support system. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 109500W.

• Wu E, Hadjiiski LM, Samala RK, Chan HP, Cha KH, Richter C, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Paramagul C, Alva A, Weizer A. Deep Learning Based Bladder Cancer Treatment Response Assessment. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 109503D.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Paramagul C, Helvie MA, Neal CH. Homogenization of Breast MRI across Imaging Centers and Feature Analysis using Unsupervised Deep Embedding.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 1095020.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Richter C, Hadjiiski L, Zhou C, Wei J. Analysis of Deep Convolutional Features for Detection of Lung Nodules in Computed Tomography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 109500Q.

• Ma X, Hadjiiski L, Wei J, Chan HP, Cha K, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Samala RK, Zhou C, Lu Y. 2D and 3D bladder segmentation using U-Net-based deep-learning. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2019; 10950: 109500Y.

• Ma X, Wei J, Zhou C. Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Lu Y. Fully Automated Pectoral Muscle Identification on MLO-view Mammograms with Deep Convolutional Neural Network.  The 14th International Workshop on Breast Imaging (IWBI18) 2018; 10718: 1071818.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Helvie MA, Richter CD, Cha K. Compression of Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Computer-aided Diagnosis of Masses in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 1057521.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Helvie MA, Richter CD, Cha K. Cross-Domain and Multi-Task Transfer Learning of Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 105750Q.

• Richter CD, Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Cha K. Generalization Error Analysis: Deep Convolutional Neural Network in Mammography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 1057520.

• Gandikota D, Hadjiiski L, Cha K, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer AZ, Alva A, Paramagul C, Wei J, Zhou C. Bladder Cancer Staging in CT Urography: Effect of Stage Labels on Statistical Modeling of a Decision Support System. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 105752B.

• Gordon MN, Cha K, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Paramagul C, Alva A, Weizer AZ. Bladder Cancer Treatment Response Assessment with Radiomic, Clinical and Radiologist Semantic Features. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 105751Y.

• Wei J, Li S, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Roubidoux M, Lu Y, Zhou C, Hadjiiski L, Samala RK. deep convolutional neural network for mammographic density segmentation. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 105753I.

• Cha K, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Samala RK, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Weizer AZ, Alva A. Bladder cancer treatment response assessment in CT urography using two-channel deep-learning network. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 105751V.

• Cha K, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer AZ, Gordon MN, Samala RK. Computer-aided Detection of Bladder Wall Thickening in CT Urography (CTU). Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 1057529. (Cum Laude Poster Award)

• Zhou C, Sun H, Chan HP, Chughtai A, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Kazerooni EA.  Differentiating invasive and pre-invasive lung cancer by quantitative analysis of histopathologic images.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2018; 10575: 105751H.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Chughtai AR, Kazerooni EA. Quantitative analysis of CT attenuation distribution patterns of nodule components for pathologic categorization of lung nodules.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 1013422.

• Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Cha KH, Srinivasan A, Wei J, Zhou C, Prince M, Papagerakis S.  Radiomics biomarkers for accurate tumor progression prediction of oropharyngeal cancer. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 101341Z.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Kim R. Identifying key radiogenomic associations between DCE-MRI and micro-RNA expressions for breast cancer.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 101340T.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Zhou C, Hadjiiski LM. Radiomic modeling of BI-RADS density categories.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 101340P.

• Cha KH, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Samala RK, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Paramagul C, Alva A. Bladder cancer treatment response assessment using deep learning in CT with transfer learning. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 1013404.

• Cha KH, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer AZ, Samala RK. Computer-aided detection of bladder masses in CT urography.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 1013403.

• Gordon M, Hadjiiski LM, Cha KH, Chan HP, Samala RK, Cohan RH, Caoili EM.  Segmentation of inner and outer bladder wall using deep-learning convolutional neural network in CT urography.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10134: 1013402.

• Zheng J, Fessler JA, Chan HP. Effects of detector blur and correlated noise on digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2017; 10132: 1013226.

• Zheng J, Fessler JA, Chan HP.  Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction with Detector Blur and Correlated Noise.  Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, 2016; 21-24.

• Cha KH, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer A, Zhou C. Computer-aided detection of bladder mass within non-contrast-enhanced region of CT Urography (CTU). Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 97853W.

• Samala RK, Wei J, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Cha K, Helvie MA.  First and second-order features for detection of masses in digital breast tomosynthesis. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 978523.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Ning R, Cha K, Helvie MA. Reference state estimation of breast computed tomography for registration with digital mammography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 97851U.

• Exell T, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Cha KH, Caoili EM. Cohan RH, Wei J, Zhou C.  Automatic detection of ureter lesions in CT urography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 97851O.

• Garapati S, Hadjiiski LM, Cha KH, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Weizer A, Alva A, Paramagul C, Wei J, Zhou C.  Automatic staging of bladder cancer on CT urography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 97851G.

• Cha KH, Hadjiiski LM, Samala RK, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM. Comparison of bladder segmentation using deep-learning convolutional neural network with and without level sets. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 978512.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Cha K, Helvie MA.  Deep learning convolution neural network for computer-aided detection of microcalcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 97850Y.

• Wei J, Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Agarwal P, Hadjiiski LM, Kazerooni EA.  Computerized flow and vessel wall analyses of coronary arteries for detection of non-calcified plaques in coronary CT angiography. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 97853U.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Chughtai AR, Wei J, Kazerooni EA.  Automated identification of best-quality coronary artery segments from multiple-phase coronary CT angiography (cCTA) for vessel analysis. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9785: 978503.

• Zheng J, Fessler JA, Chan HP. Digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction using spatially weighted non-convex regularization. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2016; 9783: 9783691-9783697.

• Fairbanks D, Hadjiiski LH, Zhou C, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Cha KH.  Ureter Segmentation in CT Urography (CTU) by COMPASS with Multiscale Hessian Enhancement.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414:94141S1-94141S6.

• Cha KH, Hadjiiski LH, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Wei J.  Computer-aided Detection of Bladder Mass within Contrast-enhanced Region of CTU.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414: 94141Q1-94141Q6.

• Liu J, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Zhou C, Wei J, Chughtai AR, Kuriakose J, Agarwal P, Kazerooni EA.  Automatic selection of best-quality vessels from multiple-phase coronary CT angiography (cCTA).  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414: 94140E1-94140E6.

• Wei J, Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Agarwal P, Kuriakose J, Hadjiiski LM, Patel S, Kazerooni EA.  Quantitative analysis of arterial flow properties for detection of non-calcified plaques in ECG-gated coronary CT angiography.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414: 94141H1-94141H7.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Kuriakose JW, Kazerooni EA, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Patel S. Robustness evaluation of a computer-aided detection system for pulmonary embolism (PE) in CTPA using independent test sets from multiple institutions.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414: 9414081-9414087.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Lu Y, Hadjiiski L, Wei J, Helvie MA.  Digital breast tomosynthesis: Application of 2D digital mammography CAD to detection of microcalcification clusters on planar projection image. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414: 9414181-9414187.

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Lu Y, Hadjiiski L, Wei J, Helvie MA.  Comparison of computer-aided detection of clustered microcalcifications in digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis.  Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2015; 9414: 94140K1-94140K7.

• Claus B, Chan HP.  Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction with an Adaptive Voxel Grid.  Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9033: 90335A1-90335A7.

• Xu N, Yi S, Mendonca P, Tian TP, Samala R, Chan HP. False Positive Reduction of Microcalcification Cluster Detection in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 90342N1-90342N7. 

• Zick D, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Zhou C, Wei J. COMPASS-based ureter segmentation in CT urography (CTU). Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 90352S1-90352S7.

• Cha K, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Zhou C. Segmentation of urinary bladder in CT urography (CTU) using CLASS with enhanced contour conjoint procedure. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 90352P1-90352P6.

• Cha KH, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Zhou C. Comparison of CLASS and ITK-SNAP in segmentation of urinary bladder in CT urography. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 90351F1-90351F8.

• Marentis TC, Hadjiiski L, Rondon L, Chaudhury AR, Chronis N, Chan HP. Surgical retained foreign object (RFO) prevention by computer aided detection (CAD). Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 9035291-9035296. (Cum Laude Poster Award)

• Samala RK, Chan HP, Lu Y, Hadjiiski L, Wei J, Helvie MA. Digital breast tomosynthesis: Effects of projection-view distribution on computer-aided detection of microcalcification clusters. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 90350Y1-90350Y7.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Dong Q, He B, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Couriel DR. Automated identification of spinal cord and vertebras on sagittal MRI. Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 9035151-9035156.

• Wei J, Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Patel S, Agarwal P, Kuriakose J, Hadjiiski LM, Kazerooni EA. Computerized luminal analysis for detection of non-calcified plaques in coronary CT angiography.  Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014; 9035: 90350R1-90350R6.

• Samala R, Chan HP, Lu Y, Hadjiiski L, Wei J, Sahiner B, Helvie MA. Detection of microcalcifications in breast tomosynthesis reconstructed with multiscale bilateral filtering regularization. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 86701L1-86701L8.

• Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Niland L, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Zhou C, Wei J.  Computerized segmentation of ureters in CT urography (CTU) using COMPASS. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 86703B1-86703B7.

• Guo Y, Zhou C, Chan HP, Wei J, Chughtai AR, Hadjiiski LM, Patel S, Kazerooni EA. Multiscale intensity homogeneity transformation method and its application to computer-aided detection of pulmonary embolism in computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA). Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 8670361-8670366.

• Lu Y, Chan HP, Wei J, Hadjiiski L, Samala R. Study of image quality in digital breast tomosynthesis by subpixel reconstruction. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8668: 86680I1-86680I6.

• Sahiner B, He X, Chen W, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Petrick N. Neural Network Training by Maximization of the Area Under the ROC Curve: Application to characterization of masses on breast ultrasound as malignant or benign. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 86701M1-86703M7.

• Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Agarwal P, Kuriakose J, Patel S, Wei J, Kazerooni EA. Automated registration of coronary arterial trees from multiple phases in coronary CT angiography (cCTA). Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 86703M1-86703M5.

• Wei J, Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Patel S, Agarwal P, Kuriakose J, Hadjiiski LM, Kazerooni EA. Computerized detection of non-calcified plaques in coronary CT angiography: Topological soft-gradient detection method for plaque prescreening. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 8670161-8670166.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Guo Y, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Chughtai AR, Sundaram B, Patel S, Kuriakose JW, Kazerooni EA. Curved planar reformation and optimal path tracing (CROP) method for false positive reduction in computer-aided detection of pulmonary embolism CTPA. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 8670351-8670357.  (Cum Laude Poster Award)

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Agarwal P, Kuriakose J, Kazerooni EA. Automatic identification of origins of left and right coronary arteries in CT angiography for coronary arterial tree tracking and plaque detection. Proc. SPIE 2013; 8670: 86703L1-86703L7.

• Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH. Segmentation of urinary bladder in CT urography. Proc. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) 2012; 2012: 3978-3981.

• Hadjiiski LM, Cho HC, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Paramagul C, Nees AV.   Inter- and intra- observer variability of radiologists evaluating CBIR systems. Proc. 11th International Workshop on Breast Imaging. IWDM-2012.  Philadelphia, PA.  July 8-11, 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2012; 7361: 482-489.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Lu Y, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Helvie MA. Breast Parenchymal Pattern (BPP) Analysis: Comparison of Digital Mammograms and Breast Tomosynthesis.  Proc. 11th International Workshop on Breast Imaging.  IWDM-2012.  Philadelphia, PA.  July 8-11, 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2012; 7361:  514-520.

• Lu Y, Chan HP, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C.  Improving Image Quality of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis by Artifact Reduction.  Proc. 11th International Workshop on Breast Imaging. IWDM-2012.  Philadelphia, PA.  July 8-11, 2012, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2012; 7361: 745-752.

• Cho HC, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Paramagul C, Helvie MA, Nees AV.  Interactive content-based image retrieval (CBIR) computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) system for ultrasound breast masses using relevance feedback.  Proc. SPIE 2012; 8315: 8315091–8315097.

• Cho HC, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Paramagul C, Nees AV. A similarity study between the query mass and retrieved masses using decision tree content-based image retrieval (DTCBIR) CADx system for characterization of ultrasound breast mass images.  Proc. SPIE 2012; 8315: 8315281–8315287.

• Lu Y, Chan HP, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C. Multiscale regularized reconstruction for enhancing microcalcification in digital breast tomosynthesis.  Proc. SPIE 2012; 8313: 8313221–8313228.

• Guo Y, Zhou C, Chan HP, Kuriakose JW, Chughtai AR, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Kazerooni EA. Automatic seed point identification and main artery segmentation for pulmonary vascular tree segmentation and tracking in computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA). Proc. SPIE 2012; 8315: 83152P1–83152P6.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Kuriakose J, Chughtai AR, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Patel S, Kazerooni EA. Pulmonary vessel segmentation utilizing curved planar reformation and optimal path finding (CROP) in computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for CAD applications.  Proc. SPIE 2012; 8315: 83150N1–83150N9.

• Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Law Y, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Cho H, Zhou C, Wei J.  Segmentation of Urinary bladder in CT urography (CTU) using CLASS.  Proc. SPIE 2012; 8315: 83150J1–83150J7.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Zhou C, Lu Y. Computer-aided detection of microcalcifications in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT): A multichannel signal detection approach on projection views. Proc. SPIE 2012; 8315: 83152D1–83152D7.

• Lo SCB, Tao Y, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Freedman MT.  BI-RADS Guided Mammographic Masses Retrieval. Proc. SPIE 2011; 7963: 79632H1–79632H6.

• Cho HC, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Nees AV, Paramagul C. Similarity evaluation between query and retrieved masses using a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) CADx system for characterization of breast masses on ultrasound images: An observer study. Proc. SPIE 2011; 7963: 79632F1–79632F8.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Kuriakose JW, Chughtai AR, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Patel S, Kazerooni EA. Computerized detection of pulmonary embolism in computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA): Improvement of vessel segmentation. Proc. SPIE 2011; 7963: 79630L1–79630L9.

• Paquerault S, Sahiner B, Kettermann A, Petrick N, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP. Analysis of the number of distinct CT lung findings obtained by multiple readers in an MRMC study: When do findings obtained from the addition of new readers become redundant, or otherwise negligible? Proc. SPIE 2011; 7966: 79661M1–79661M10.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Zhou C, Hadjiiski LM.  Study of adaptability of breast density analysis system developed for screen film mammograms (SFMs) to full-field digital mammograms (FFDMs): robustness of parenchymal texture analysis. Proc. SPIE 2011; 7963: 7963201–7963206.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Lu Y. Computer-aided detection of breast masses in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT): Improvement of false positive reduction by optimization of object segmentation. Proc. SPIE 2011; 7963: 7963111–7963116.

• Lu Y, Chan HP, Fessler JA, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Goodsitt MM. Adaptive diffusion regularization for enhancement of microcalcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) reconstruction. Proc. SPIE 2011; 7961: 7961171–7961179.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Helvie MA. Digital breast tomosynthesis: Computerized detection of microcalcifications in reconstructed breast volume using a 3D approach. Proc. SPIE 2010; 7624: 76241D1–76241D8.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Zhou C, Helvie MA, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B. Association of a mammographic parenchymal pattern (MPP) descriptor with breast cancer risk: a case-control study. Proc. SPIE 2010; 7624: 76240A1–76240A8.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Patel S, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Wei J, Kazerooni EA. Automated segmentation and tracking of coronary arteries in cardiac CT scans: comparison of performance with a clinically used commercial software. Proc. SPIE 2010; 7624: 76240O1–76240O8.

• Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Ibrahim M, Sahiner B, Gujar S, Mukherji SK. Interobserver variability effects on computerized volume analysis of treatment response of head and neck lesions in CT. Proc. SPIE 2010; 7624: 76243G1–76243G8.

• Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Wei J, Sahiner B, Zhou C, Helvie MA. Digital breast tomosynthesis mammgoraphy: feasibility of automated detection of microcalcification clusters on projections views. Proc. SPIE 2010; 7624: 76241F1-76241F8.

• Lu Y, Chan HP, Goodsitt MM, Wei J, Hadjiiski L, Schmitz A, Eberhard JW, Claus BEH. Effects of projection-view distributions on image quality of calcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) reconstruction. Proc. SPIE 2010; 7622: 76220D1–76220D8.

• Chan HP, Wei J, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA. Comparison of computerized mass detection in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) mammograms and conventional mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2009; 7260: 72600S1-72600S7.

• Cui J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Shi J, Nees AV, Paramagul C, Hadjiiski LM. A computer-aided diagnosis system for prediction of the probability of malignancy of breast masses on ultrasound images. Proc. SPIE 2009; 7260: 72600L1-72600L7.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chughtai AR, Patel S, Wei J, Cascade PN, Kazerooni EA. Evaluation of Computerized Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Independent Data Sets of Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiographic (CTPA) Scans. Proc. SPIE 2009; 7260: 72600B1-72600B8.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Zhou C, Wu YT, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA. Comparison of breast parenchymal pattern on prior mammograms of breast cancer patients and normal subjects. Proc. SPIE 2009; 7260: 72602H1-72602H6

• Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Zhou C. Automated segmentation of urinary bladder and detection of bladder lesions in multi-detector row CT urography. Proc. SPIE 2009; 7260: 72603R1- 72603R7.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Cui J, Paramagul C, Nees AV, Helvie MA. Inter- and intra-observer variability in radiologists’ assessment of mass similarity on mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2009; 7263: 7263151-7263157.

• Hadjiiski LM, Filev P, Chan HP, Ge J, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA. Computerized detection and classification of malignant and benign microcalcifications on full field digital mammograms. In: Digital Mammography – Proc. 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2008. Ed. Krupinski EA. 2008; Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5116:  336-342. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg).

• Shi J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Ge J, Wei J. Breast Mass Classification on Full-Field Digital Mammography and Screen-Film Mammography. In: Digital Mammography – Proc. 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2008. Ed. Krupinski EA. 2008; Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5116: 371-377. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg).

• Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, LeCarpentier J, Carson PL. Automated Registration of Volumes of Interest for a Combined X-ray and Ultrasound Breast Imaging System. P In: Digital Mammography – Proc. 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2008. Ed. Krupinski EA. 2008; Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5116: 463-468. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg).

• Zhang Y, Chan HP, Goodsitt MM, Schmitz A, Eberhard J, Claus B. Investigation of Different PV Distributions in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) Mammography. In: Digital Mammography – Proc. 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2008. Ed. Krupinski EA. 2008; Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5116:  593-600. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg).

• Chan HP, Wei J, Zhang Y, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA. Detection of masses in digital tomosynthesis mammography: Effects of the number of projection views and dose. In: Digital Mammography – Proc. 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2008. Ed. Krupinski EA. 2008; Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5116: 279-285. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg).

• Cui J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Nees A, Paramagul C, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Shi J.  A computer aid for assessing breast masses on ultrasound images.  SPIE Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging Newsroom Article, 5 March, 2008, http://spie.org/x20070.xml.

• Cui J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Nees A, Paramagul C, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Shi J.  Design and evaluation of a new automated method for the segmentation and characterization of masses on ultrasound images, Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69150H1-69150H9.

• Wu YT, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Zhang Y, Shi J, Zhou C, Ge J, Cui J. Comparison of mammographic parenchymal patterns of normal subjects and breast cancer patients. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 6915201-6915208.

• Shi J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Paramagul C, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Wu YT, Ge J, Zhang Y, Zhou C, Wei J. Breast mass segmentation on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging scans using the level set method. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69152A1-69152A7.

• Ge J, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Zhou C, Helvie MA, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhang Y, Wu YT, Shi J. Automated detection of breast vascular calcifications on full-field digital mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 6915171-6915177.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Chughtai AR, Patel S, Agarwal P, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Wei J, Ge J, Kazerooni EA. Automated segmentation and tracking of coronary arteries in ECG-gated cardiac CT scans. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69150O1-69150O7.

• Chan HP, Wu YT, Sahiner B, Zhang Y, Wei J, Moore RH, Kopans DB, Helvie MA, Hadjiiski LM, TW Way. Digital tomosynthesis mammography: comparison of mass classification using 3D slices and 2D projection views. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 6915061-6915066.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Paramagul C, Nees A, Helvie MA, Shi J. Concordance of computer-extracted image features with BI-RADS descriptors for mammographic mass margin. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69151N1-69151N6.

• Zhang Y, Chan HP, Wu YT, Sahiner B, Zhou C, Wei J, Ge J, Hadjiiski LM, Shi J.  Truncation artifact and boundary artifact reduction in breast tomosynthesis reconstruction. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69132Y1-69132Y9.

• Ge J, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Zhang Y, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Wu YT, Shi J. Digital tomosynthesis mammography: improvement of artifact reduction method for high-attenuation objects on reconstructed slices. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69134O1-69134O6.

• Cui J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Paramagul C, Nees A, Hadjiiski LM, Wu YT. Characterization of posterior acoustic features of breast masses on ultrasound images using artificial neural network. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 6915211-6915217.

• Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Zhou C, Chan HP. Automated detection of ureteral wall thickening on multidetector row CT urography. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 69152U1-69152U7.

• Hadjiiski LM, Street ES, Sahiner B, Gujar S, Ibrahim M, Chan HP, Mukherji SK. Volume analysis of treatment response of head and neck lesions using 3D level set segmentation, Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 6915121-6915127.

• Wei J, Chan HP, Zhang Y, Sahiner B, Zhou C, Ge J, Wu YT, Hadjiiski LM. Classification of breast masses and normal tissues in digital tomosynthesis mammography. Proc. SPIE 2008; 6915: 6915081-6915086.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM. Classifier performance estimation under the constraint of a finite sample size: resampling schemes applied to neural network classifiers. Proc. 2007 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Vol. 1-6:   2007: 1762-1766.   Aug 12-17, 2007. Orlando, FL.

• Chan HP, Wei J, Zhang Y, Moore RH, Kopans DB, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Roubidoux MA, Helvie MA. Computer-aided detection of masses in digital tomosynthesis mammography: combination of 3D and 2D detection information. Proc. SPIE 2007; 6514: 6514161-6514166.

• Hadjiiski LM, Way T, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Cascade PN, Bogot N, Kazerooni EA, Zhou C.  Computer-aided diagnosis for interval change analysis of lung nodule features in serial CT examinations. Proc. SPIE 2007; 6514: 111-117.

• Shi, J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Wu YT, Wei J. Pulmonary Nodule Registration in Serial CT Scans Using Rib Anatomy and Nodule Template Matching. Proc. SPIE 2007; 6514: 0R1-0R9.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Shi J, Cascade PN, Kazerooni EA, Zhou C, Wei J, Chughtai AR, Poopat C, Song T, Stojanovska J, Frank L, Attili A. Effect of CAD on radiologists’ detection of lung nodules on thoracic CT scans: Observer performance study. Proc. SPIE 2007; 6515: 1D1-1D7.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Shi, J, Way T, Cascade PN, Kazerooni EA, Zhou C, Wei J.  The effect of nodule segmentation on the accuracy of computerized lung nodule detection on CT scans: Comparison on a data set annotated by multiple radiologists. Proc. SPIE 2007; 6514: 0L1-0L7.

• Wu YT, Zhou C, Hadjiiski LM, Shi J, Wei J, Paramagul C, Sahiner B, Chan HP. A dynamic multiple thresholding method for automated breast boundary detection in digitized mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2007; 6512: 2U1-2U8.

• Wei J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Roubidoux MA, Helvie MA, Ge J, Zhou C, Wu YT, Zhang Y.  Computer aided detection of breast masses on prior mammograms.  Proc. SPIE 2007; 6514: 051-057.

• Zhang Y, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Wei J, Ge J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C.  Investigation of the z-axis resolution of breast tomosynthesis mammography systems.  Proc. SPIE 2007; 6510: 4A1-4A8.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Chughtai A, Patel S, Cascade PN, Sahiner B, Wei J, Ge J, Kazerooni EA.  Computerized detection of pulmonary embolism in 3D computed tomographic pulmonary angiographic (CTPA) images.  Proc. SPIE 2007; 6514: 2F1-2F8.

• Ge J, Chan HP, Zhang Y, Sahiner B, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C.  Digital tomosynthesis mammography: Intra- and interplane artifact reduction for high-contrast objects on reconstructed slices using a priori 3D geometrical information.  Proc. SPIE 2007; 6512: 4Q1-4Q8.

• Claus BEH, Eberhard JW, Schmitz A, Carson PL, Goodsitt MM, Chan HP. Generalized Filtered Back-Projection Reconstruction in Breast Tomosynthesis. Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2006.  Manchester, UK.  June 18-21, 2006. Proc Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2006; 4046: 167-174.

• Eberhard JW, Albagli D, Schmitz A, Claus BEH, Carson PL, Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Roubidoux MA, Thomas JA, Osland J. Mammography Tomosynthesis System for High Performance 3D Imaging. Proceedings of 8th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  IWDM-2006.  Manchester, UK.  June 18-21, 2006. Proc Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2006; 4046: 137-143.

• Eberhard JW, Staudinger P, Schmitz A, McCoy J, Rumsey M, Landberg CE, Claus BEH, Carson PL, Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Roubidoux MA, Thomas JA, Osland J. Rapid acquisition tomosynthesis system for 3D mammography. Proceedings of 30th International Congress of Imaging Science (ICIS 06). Society of Imaging Science & Technology. Rochester, NY, MAY 07-11, 2006, 401-403.

• Paquerault S, Petrick N, Myers KJ, Sahiner B, Chan HP.  Potential improvement of computerized mass detection on mammograms using a bilateral pairing technique.  Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 5N1-5N8.

• Eberhard JW, Staudinger P, Smolenski J, Ding J, Schmitz A, McCoy J, Rumsey M, Al-Khalidy A, Ross W, Landberg CE, Claus BEH, Carson P, Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Roubidoux MA, Thomas JA, Osland J. High speed, Large angle mammography tomosynthesis system.  Proc. SPIE 2006; 6142: 0C1-0C11.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Patel S, Cascade PN, Sahiner B, Wei J, Ge J, Kazerooni EA.  Automatic pulmonary vessel segmentation in 3D computed tomographic pulmonary angiographic (CTPA) images. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 4Q1-4Q7.

• Wei J, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Zhou C, Ge J, Zhang Y.  Two-view information fusion for improvement of computer-aided detection (CAD) of breast masses on mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 241-247.

• Zhang Y, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Wei J, Goodsitt MM, Hadjiiski LM, Ge J, Zhou C.  Tomosynthesis Reconstruction with Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (SART) on Breast Phantom Data. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6142: 491-499.

• Wei J, Sahiner B, Zhang Y, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Ge J, Wu YT.  Regularized Discriminant Analysis for Breast Mass Detection on Full Field Digital Mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 5P1-5P6.

• Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Chan HP.  Automated Detection of Ureter Abnormalities on Multi-Detector Row CT Urography. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 1W1-1W7.

• Hadjiiski LM, Drouillard D, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Zhou C. Characterization of Corresponding Microcalcification Clusters on Temporal Pairs of Mammograms for Interval Change Analysis - Comparison of Classifiers. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 5Q1-5Q6.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Zhou C, Wei J.  Computerized Lung Nodule Detection on Screening CT Scans: Performance on Juxta-Pleural and Internal Nodules. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 5S1-5S6.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM. Performance analysis of 3-class classifiers:  Properties of the 3D ROC surface and the normalized volume under the surface. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6146: 0C1-0C7.

• Wu YT, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Zhou C, Sahiner B, Chan HP. Computer-aided detection of breast masses on mammograms: bilateral analysis for false positive reduction. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 211-217.

• Ge J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Zhou C, Wei J, Zhang Y. Computer-aided detection of clustered microcalcifications on full-field digital mammograms: A two-view information fusion scheme for FP reduction. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6144: 5R1-5R8.

• Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA.  Automated registration and classification techniques for interval change analysis in mammography.  Proc. of North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference (NAFIPS 2005), Ann Arbor, MI, June 23-24, 2005: 55-60. (Invited talk)

• Sahiner B, Ge Z, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Bogot N, Cascade P, Kazerooni E. False positive reduction using Hessian features in computer-aided detection of pulmonary nodules on thoracic CT images. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5747: 790-795.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Zhou C, Wei J. Comparison of decision tree classifiers with neural network and linear discriminant analysis classifiers for computer-aided diagnosis:  A Monte Carlo simulation study. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5747: 258-265.

• Wei J, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Petrick N, Zhou C, Ge J. Computer aided detection of breast masses on mammograms: performance improvement using a dual system. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5747: 9-15.

• Ge J, Wei J, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Zhou C, Ge Z. Computer aided detection of microcalcification clusters on full-field digital mammograms: multiscale pyramid enhancement and false positive reduction using an artificial neural network. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5747: 806-812.

• Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA. Effects of the continuous and discrete confidence rating scales in ROC observer studies. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5749: 1-7.

• Zhou C, Hadjiiski LM, Paramagul C, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Wei J. Computerized pectoral muscle identification on MLO-view mammograms for CAD applications. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5747: 852-857.

• Nees A, Arnold AC, Hadjiiski LM, Roubidoux MA, Sahiner B, Chan HP. Evaluation of the characterization of mammographic masses in two-view temporal pairs by inexperienced observers with and without the use of computer-assisted diagnosis. In: Proc. 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2004.  Ed. Pisano E. 272-276.

• Hadjiiski L, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA. Automated interval change analysis of masses in serial mammograms - evaluation of an adaptive similarity measure for mass matching. In: Proc. 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2004.  Ed. Pisano E. 534-539.

• Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Lydick JT. Development of an add-on asymmetric collimator for automated stereo-spot digital mammography. In: Proc. 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2004.  Ed. Pisano E. 466-473.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Wei J, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Paramagul C, Nees A, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B. Performance evaluation of an automated breast density estimation system for digital mammograms and digitized film mammograms. In: Proc. 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2004.  Ed. Pisano E. 425-429.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Roubidoux MA, Paramagul C, Helvie MA, LeCarpentier GL. Fusion of mammographic and sonographic computer-extracted features for improved characterization of breast masses. In: Proc. 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2004.  Ed. Pisano E. 546-551.

• Chan HP, Wei J, Sahiner B, Rafferty EA, Wu T, Roubidoux MA, Moore RH, Kopans DB, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA. Computerized detection of masses on digital tomosynthesis mammograms – A preliminary study.  In: Proc. 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2004. Ed. Pisano E. 199-202.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM. Sample size and validation issues on the development of CAD systems. In: CARS 2004 - Proc. 18th International Congress and Exhibition. Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery.  Chicago, IL, June 23-26, 2004. Ed. Lemke HU, Vannier MW, Inamura K, Farman AG, Doi K, Reiber JHC.  International Congress Series 1268. pp. 872-877. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands). (Invited).

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Roubidoux MA, Paramagul C, Helvie MA, Zhou C. Multi-modality CAD: Combination of computerized classification techniques based on mammograms and 3D ultrasound volumes for improved accuracy in breast mass characterization. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5370: 67-74.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Paramagul C. Computerized multiple image analysis on mammograms: performance improvement of automated nipple identification for registration of multiple views using texture and geometric convergence analyses. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5370: 314-320.

• Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Roubidoux MA, Nees A, Petrick N, Blane C, Paramagul C, Bailey J, Patterson S, Klein K, Adler D, Foster M, Shen J. ROC Study of the Effects of Computer-Aided Interval Change Analysis on Radiologists’ Characterization of Breast Masses in Two-View Serial Mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5370: 51-58.

• Ge Z, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Wei J, Bogot N, Cascade PN, Kazerooni EA, Zhou C.  Computer aided detection of lung nodules: False positive reduction using a 3D gradient field method. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5370: 1076-1082.

• Wei J, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Zhou C, Ge Z. Computer aided detection of breast masses on full-field digital mammograms: false positive reduction using gradient field analysis. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5370: 992-998.

• Chan HP, Goodsitt M, Helvie MA, Hadjiiski LM, Lydick JT, Roubidoux MA, Bailey J, Nees A, Blane C, Shen J, Foster M, Sahiner B. Assessment of breast lesions on stereoscopic and monoscopic digital specimen mammograms: an ROC study. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5368: 428-432.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Petrick N. Effect of imaging parameters on computer analysis of mammograms.  Seminar in Breast Imaging 2003; 5: 211-216.

• Sahiner B, Ramachandran A, Chan HP, Roubidoux MA, Hadjiiski LM, Helvie MA, Petrick N, Zhou C. Three-dimensional active contour model for characterization of solid breast masses on three-dimensional ultrasound images.  Proc. SPIE 2003; 5032: 405-413.

• Petrick N, Badano A, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM. Digital indirect detection x-ray imagers with microlens focusing: Effects of Fresnel reflections from the microlens layer.  Proc. SPIE 5030; 2003: 504-510.

• Zhou C, Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Patel S, Cascade PN, Kazerooni EA, Wei J. Computerized detection of pulmonary embolism in 3D computed tomographic (CT) images: vessel tracking and segmentation techniques.  Proc. SPIE 2003; 5032: 1613-1620.

• Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Blane C, Paramagul C, Petrick N, Bailey J, Klein K, Foster M, Patterson S, Adler D, Nees A, Shen J.  ROC study: Effects of computer-aided diagnosis on radiologists’ characterization of malignant and benign breast masses in temporal pairs of mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2003; 5032: 94-101.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Petrick N, Zhou C. Design of three-class classifiers in computer-aided diagnosis: Monte Carlo simulation study. Proc. SPIE 2003; 5032: 567-578.

• Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Roubidoux MA, Helvie MA, Paquerault S, Sahiner B, Chenevert T, Goodsitt MM.  Breast density estimation: correlation of mammographic density and MR volumetric density. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2002: 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Peitgen HO. (Springer, Berlin) 2003: 281-284.

• Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA.  An adaptive similarity measure for automated identification of breast lesions in temporal pairs of mammograms for interval change analysis. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2002: 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Peitgen HO. (Springer, Berlin) 2003: 304-308.

• Petrick N, Woo TH, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM. Evaluation of light collection in digital indirect detection x-ray imagers: Monte Carlo simulations with a more realistic phosphor screen model. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2002: 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Peitgen HO. (Springer, Berlin) 2003: 54-58.

• Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA. The use of joint two-view information for improving computerized microcalcification detection accuracy.  In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2002: 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Peitgen HO. (Springer, Berlin) 2003: 358-362.

• Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Gurcan MN. Computer-aided characterization of malignant and benign microcalcification clusters based on the analysis of temporal change of mammographic features. Proc. SPIE 2002; 4684: 749-753.

• Sahiner B, Gurcan MN, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Petrick N, Helvie MA. The use of joint two-view information for computerized lesion detection on mammograms:  Improvement of microcalcification detection accuracy. Proc. SPIE 2002; 4684: 754-761.

• Gurcan MN, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM, Petrick N, Helvie MA. Optimal neural network architecture selection: Effects on computer-aided detection of mammographic microcalcifications. Proc. SPIE 2002; 4684: 1325-1328.

• Chan HP, Goodsitt MM, Hadjiiski L, Bailey JE, Klein K, Darner KL, Paramagul C. Digital stereomammography: observer performance study of the effects of magnification and zooming on depth perception.  Proc. SPIE 2002; 4682: 163-166.

• Lo SCB, Makariou E, Delegacz A, Chan HP, Dorfman DD, Freedman MT, Berbaum KS. Integer wavelet compression guided by a computer-aided detection system in mammography. Proc. SPIE 2001; 4322: 643-648.

• Beiden SV, Wagner RF, Campbell G, Metz CE, Chan HP, Nishikawa RM, Mitchell D. Schnall MD, Jiang Y. Analysis of components of variance in multiple-reader studies of computer-aided diagnosis with different tasks. Proc. SPIE 2001; 4324: 167-176.

• Beiden SV, Wagner RF, Campbell G, Metz CE, Jiang Y, Chan HP. Multiple-reader studies, computer-aided diagnosis—digital mammography, and the Holy Grail of imaging physics (II). Proc. SPIE 2001; 4320: 619-626.

• Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Gurcan M.  Analysis of temporal change of mammographic features for computer-aided characterization of malignant and benign masses. Proc. SPIE 2001; 4322: 661-666.

• Paquerault S, Petrick N, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Dolney AY.  Improvement of mammographic lesion detection by fusion of information from different views. Proc. SPIE 2001; 4322: 1883-1889.

• Gurcan M, Petrick N, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Cascade P, Kazerooni E, Hadjiiski LM.  Computerized lung nodule detection on thoracic CT images: combined rule-based and statistical classifier for false positive reduction. Proc. SPIE 2001; 4322: 686-692.

• Sahiner B, Petrick N, Chan HP, Paquerault S, Helvie MA, Hadjiiski LM.  Recognition of lesion correspondence on two mammographic views – a new method of false-positive reduction for computerized mass detection.  Proc. SPIE 4322; 2001: 649-655.

• Gurcan MN, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski L, Petrick N. Optimal Selection of Neural Network Architecture for CAD using Simulated Annealing,” Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000, vol. 4, pp. 3052–3055, July 23-28, 2000, Chicago, Illinois.

• Petrick N, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Helvie, MA, Paquerault S.  Preclinical evaluation of a CAD algorithm for early detection of breast cancer. Presented at the IWDM-2000.  Toronto, Canada.  June 11-14, 2000. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2000: 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Yaffe MJ. (Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI) 2001: 328-333.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Hadjiiski L, Helvie MA, Paquerault S.  Active contour models for segmentation and characterization of mammographic masses. Presented at the IWDM-2000.  Toronto, Canada.  June 11-14, 2000. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2000: 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Yaffe MJ. (Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI) 2001: 357-362.

• Paquerault S, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Hadjiiski L, Gurcan MN, Zhou C, Helvie M.  Prediction of object location in different mammographic views using geometrical models. Presented at the IWDM-2000.  Toronto, Canada.  June 11-14, 2000. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2000: 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Yaffe MJ. (Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI) 2001: 748-755.

• Goodsitt MM, Chan HP, Sullivan JM, Darner KL, Hadjiiski LM.  Evaluation of the Effect of Virtual cursor shape on depth measurements in digital stereomammograms. Presented at the IWDM-2000.  Toronto, Canada.  June 11-14, 2000. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2000: 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Yaffe MJ. (Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI) 2001: 45-50.

• Chan HP, Goodsitt MM, Darner KL, Sullivan JM, Hadjiiski LM, Petrick N, Sahiner B. Effects of stereoscopic imaging technique on depth discrimination. Presented at the IWDM-2000.  Toronto, Canada.  June 11-14, 2000. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2000: 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography.  Ed. Yaffe MJ. (Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI) 2001: 13-18.

• Hadjiiski LM, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Paquerault S, Zhou C.  Interval change analysis in temporal pairs of mammograms using a local affine transformation. Proc. SPIE 2000; 3979: 847-853.

• Zhou C, Chan HP, Petrick N, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Roubidoux MA, Hadjiiski LM, Goodsitt MM. Computerized image analysis:  Estimation of breast density on mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2000; 3979: 1615-1624.

• Petrick N, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Paquerault S. Evaluation of an automated computer-aided diagnosis system for the detection of masses on prior mammograms. Proc. SPIE 2000; 3979: 967-973.

• Wagner RF, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Mossoba JT.  Components of variance in ROC analysis of CADx classifier performance.  II: Applications of the bootstrap. Proc. SPIE 1999; 3661: 523-532.

• Petrick N, Chan HP, Goodsitt MM, Sahiner B, Hadjiiski LM.  Digital mammographic imaging using microlens focusing: Estimates of light collection and x-ray utilization. Proc. SPIE 1999; 3659: 276-284.

• Hadjiiski LM, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA.  Hybrid unsupervised-supervised approach for computerized classification of malignant and benign masses on mammograms. Proc. SPIE 1999; 3661: 464-473.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Wagner RF, Hadjiiski LM.  Stepwise linear discriminant analysis in computer-aided diagnosis: the effect of finite sample size. Proc. SPIE 1999; 3661: 499-510.

• Chan HP, Helvie MA, Petrick N, Sahiner B, Roubidoux MA, Wilson TE, Joynt LK, Hadjiiski LM, Paramagul C, Adler DD, Goodsitt MM.  Digital Mammography: observer performance study of the effects of pixel size on radiologists' characterization of malignant and benign microcalcifications. Proc. SPIE 1999; 3659: 394-397.

• Wagner RF, Mossoba JT, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N.  Finite-sample dependence of classifier assessment in CADx. In: Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Medical Imaging 1999: Proceeding of the First International Conference on Computer-Aided Diagnosis. September 1998, Chicago, Illinois.  Eds.  Doi K, MacMahon H, Giger ML, Hoffmann KR.  (Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, New York). Pp. 555-560.

• Chan HP, Sahner B, Wagner RF, Petrick N.  Effects of sample size on classifier design for computer-aided diagnosis. Proc. SPIE 1998; 3338: 845-858.

• Wagner RF, Chan HP, Mossoba JT, Sahiner B, Petrick N.  Components of variance in ROC analysis of CADx Classifier performance.  Proc. SPIE 1998; 3338: 859-875.

• Sanjay-Gopal S, Chan HP, Petrick N, Wilson T, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM.  A regional mammogram registration technique for automated analysis of interval changes of breast lesions. Proc. SPIE 1998; 3338: 118-129.

• Petrick N, Keshavmurthy S, Chan HP, Goodsitt MM, Sahiner B.  A technique to improve the effective fill factor of digital mammographic imagers. Proc. SPIE 1998; 3336: 210-218.

• Sahiner B, LeCarpentier GL, Chan HP, Petrick N, Goodsitt MM, Sanjay-Gopal S, Carson PL Computerized characterization of breast masses using three-dimensional ultrasound images.  Proc. SPIE 1998; 3338: 301-312.

• Sanjay-Gopal S, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N.  Neural network based segmentation using a priori image models.  Proc. of the 1997 International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN'97) 1997; 4:  2455-2459.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Sanjay-Gopal S, Goodsitt MM.  Neural network design for optimization of the partial area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.  Proc. of the 1997 International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN'97) 1997; 4: 2468-2471.

• Wagner RF, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Mossoba JT.  Finite-sample effects and resampling plans:  Applications to linear classifiers in computer-aided diagnosis.  Proc. SPIE 1997; 3034: 467-477.

• Petrick N, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM.  Unitary ranking for automated detection mammographic masses.   Proc. SPIE 1997; 3034: 522-525.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Goodsitt MM, Helvie MA.  Characterization of masses on mammograms:  Significance of the use of the rubber-band straightening transform.  Proc. SPIE 1997; 3034: 491-500.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Wagner RF, Petrick N, Mossoba JT.  Effects of sample size on classifier design: Quadratic and neural network classifiers.  Proc. SPIE 1997; 3034: 1102-1103.

• Petrick N, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM, Adler DD.  Computer-aided breast mass detection: False positive reduction using breast tissue composition. In: Digital Mammography (Doi K, Giger, ML, Nishikawa, RM and Schmidt, RA, eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 373-378, 1996.  Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Chicago, IL, June 9-12, 1996.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM, Adler DD.  Classification of mass and normal breast tissue:  Feature selection using a genetic algorithm.  In: Digital Mammography (Doi K, Giger, ML, Nishikawa, RM and Schmidt, RA, eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 379-384, 1996.  Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Chicago, IL, June 9-12, 1996.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM, Adler DD.  Classification of masses on mammograms using a rubber-band straightening transform and feature analysis.  Proc. SPIE 1996; 2710: 44-50.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Lam KL, Helvie MA.  Effects of pixel size on classification of microcalcifications on digitized mammograms.  Proc. SPIE 1996; 2710: 30-41.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Wei D, Helvie MA, Adler DD, Goodsitt MM.  Classification of mass and normal breast tissue: An artificial neural network with morphological features.  Proc. of World Congress on Neural Networks 1995; II: 876-879.

• Chan HP, Sahiner B, Lam KL, Wei D, Helvie MA, Adler DD.  Classification of malignant and benign microcalcifications on mammograms using an artificial neural network.  Proc. of World Congress on Neural Networks 1995; II: 889-892.

• Petrick N, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Wei D, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM, Adler DD.  Automated detection of breast masses on digital mammograms using a convolution neural network for morphological and texture classification.  Proc. of World Congress on Neural Networks 1995; II: 872-875.

• Wei D, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N.  Detection of masses on mammograms using a convolution neural network.  Proc. of International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP-95)  95CH2431-5: 3483-3486, 1995.

• Mun SK, Freedman MT, Wu YC, Lo BSC, Floyd CE, Lo JY, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Petrick N, Sahiner B, Wei D, Chakraborty DP, Clarke LP, Kallergi M, Clark R, Kim Y.  Academic consortium for the evaluation of CADx in mammography.  Proc. SPIE 1995; 2431: 442-446.

• Wei D, Chan HP, Helvie MA, Sahiner B, Petrick N, Adler DD, Goodsitt MM.  Multiresolution texture analysis for classification of mass and normal breast tissue on digital mammograms.  Proc. SPIE 1995; 2434: 606-611.

• Petrick N, Chan HP, Sahiner B, Wei D, Helvie MA, Goodsitt MM, Adler DD.  Automated detection of breast masses on digital mammograms using adaptive density-weighted contrast -enhancement filtering.  Proc. SPIE 1995; 2434: 590-597.

• Sahiner B, Chan HP, Petrick N, Wei D, Helvie MA, Adler DD, Goodsitt MM.  Image classification using artificial neural networks.  Proc. SPIE 1995; 2434: 838-845.

• Chan HP, Wei D, Lam KL, Lo SCB, Helvie MA, Adler DD.  Computerized detection and classification of microcalcifications on mammograms.  Proc. SPIE 1995; 2434: 612-620.

• Chang CL, Chan HP, Niklason LT, Crabbe J, Mathews J, Cobby M, Adler RS:  Computer-aided detection and characterization of hyperparathyroidism in digital hand radiographs.  Proceedings of the Fifth Annual IEEE Symposium:  Computer-Based Medical Systems.  Durham, NC.  June 14-17, 1992.  458-465.

• Cheng SNC, Chan HP, Adler RS, Niklason LT:  Development of a neural network for early detection of renal osteodystrophy.  Proc. SPIE 1991; 1450: 90-98.