Description of Research Expertise
Early Detection of Breast Cancer; X-ray Imaging; Digital Mammography; Digital Tomosynthesis; Imaging Biomarkers
Selected Publications
Barufaldi B, Acciavatti RJ, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: Impact of super-resolution and image acquisition on the detection of calcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis European Radiology 34 (1): 193-203,2024.
Acciavatti RJ, Choi CJ, Vent TL, Barufaldi B, Cohen EA, Wileyto EP, Maidment ADA: Non-Isocentric Geometry for Next-Generation Tomosynthesis with Super-Resolution IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 43 (1): 377-391,2024.
Choi CJ, Vent TL, Acciavatti RJ, Maidment ADA: Line-based iterative geometric calibration method for a tomosynthesis system Medical Physics : 2024.
Barufaldi B, Gomes J, do Rego TG, Malheiros Y, Filho TMS, Borges LR, Acciavatti RJ, Surti S, Maidment ADA: Impact of Tomosynthesis Acquisition on 3D Segmentations of Breast Outline and Adipose/Dense Tissue with AI: A Simulation-Based Study Tomography 9 (4): 1303-1314,2023.
Acciavatti RJ, Barufaldi B, Vent TL, Choi CJ, Feldman MD, Conant EF, Surti S, Maidment ADA: Assessing Improvements in Dense Tissue Visualization in Next-Generation Tomosynthesis through Mastectomy Specimen Imaging 10th International Breast Density and Cancer Risk Assessment Workshop : 2023.
Barufaldi B, da Nobrega YNG, Carvalhal G, Teixeira JPV, Filho TMS, do Rego TG, Malheiros Y, Acciavatti RJ, Maidment ADA: Multiclass Segmentation of Breast Tissue and Suspicious Findings: A Simulation-Based Study for the Development of Self-Steering Tomosynthesis Tomography 9 (3): 1120-1132,2023.
Nobrega Y, Carvalhal G, Rego TG, Malheiros Y, Filho TMS, Borges LR, Acciavatti RJ, Maidment ADA, Barufaldi B: Addressing Class Imbalance and Overconfidence of U-Net Segmentation Models for Density and Risk Assessment 10th International Breast Density and Cancer Risk Assessment Workshop : 2023.
Choi CJ, Acciavatti RJ, Maidment ADA: Spatial dependency of multiplanar reconstruction in digital breast tomosynthesis Proc. SPIE, Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging 12463 : 124632B,2023.
Acciavatti RJ, Lee SH, Reig B, Moy L, Conant EF, Kontos D, Moon WK: Beyond Breast Density: Risk Measures for Breast Cancer in Multiple Imaging Modalities Radiology 306 (3): e222575,2023.
da Nobrega YNG, Carvalhal G, Teixeira JPV, de Camargo BP, do Rego TG, Malheiros Y, Filho TMES, Vent TL, Acciavatti RJ, Maidment ADA, Barufaldi B: Multiclass Segmentation of Suspicious Findings in Simulated Breast Tomosynthesis Images Using a U-Net Proc. SPIE, 16th International Workshop on Breast Imaging (IWBI 2022) 12286 : 122860L,2022.
Academic Contact Information
John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
X-Ray Physics Lab
JMB 151B
Philadelphia ,
PA
19104