Description of Research Expertise:
Multi-modality Breast Imaging, Breast Cancer Screening, High Risk Screening
Selected Publications:
Gastounioti A, McCarthy AM, Pantalone L, Synnestvedt M, Kontos D, Conant EF.: Effect of Mammographic Screening Modality on Breast Density Assessment: Digital Mammography versus Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. Radiology : 2019.
Conant EF, Barlow WE, Herschorn SD, et al.: Association of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis vs Digital Mammography with Cancer Detection and Recall Rates by Age and Breast Density JAMA Oncol
: 2019.
Schapira MM, Hubbard RA, Seitz HH, Conant EF, Schnall M, Cappella JN, Harrington T, Inge C, Armstrong K.: The Impact of a Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Decision Aid on Initiation of Mammography Among Younger Women: Report of a Randomized Trial. MDM Policy Pract 4 (1): 2019.
Kontos D, Winham SJ, Oustimov A, Pantalone L, Hsieh MK, Gastounioti A, Whaley DH, Hruska CB, Kerlikowske K, Brandt K, Conant EF, Vachon CM.: Radiomic Phenotypes of Mammographic Parenchymal Complexity: Toward Augumenting Breast Density in Breast Cancer Risk Assessment. Radiology. 2019 Jan;290(1):41-49 : 2019.
Gastounioti A, Hsieh MK, Cohen E, Pantalone L, Conant EF, Kontos D.: Incorporating Breast Anatomy in Computational Phenotyping of Mammographic Parenchymal Patterns for Breast Cancer Risk Estimation. Sci Rep. : 2018.
Alsheik NH, Dabbous F, Pohlman SK, Troeger KM, Gliklich RE, Donadio GM, Su Z, Menon V, Conant EF: Comparison of Resources Utilization and Clinical Outcomes Following Screening with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Versus Digital Mammography: Findings from a Learning Health System Acad Radiol J Acad Radiol : 2018.
McCarthy AM, Barlow WE, Conant EF, et al.: Breast Cancer with a Poor Prognosis Diagnosed after Screening Mammography with Negative Results JAMA Oncology : 2018.
Schapira MM, Barlow WE, Conant EF, Sprague BL, Tosteson ANA, Haas JS, Onega T, Beaber EF, Goodrich M, McCarthy AM, Herschorn SD, Skinner CS, Harrington TO, Geller B: Communication Practice of Mammography Facilities and Timely Follow-up of a Screening Mammogram Acad Radiol : 2018.
Conant EF, Sprague BL, Kontos D: Beyond BI-RADS Density: A Call for Quantification in the Breast Imaging Clinic Radiology 286 (2): 401-404,2018.
Gastounoiti A, Oustimov A, Hsieh MK, Pantalone L, Conant EF, Kontos D: Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Enhance Capture of Breast Parenchymal Complexity Patterns Associated with Breast Cancer Risk Acad Radiol : 2018.