Publications by authors named "Reni S Butler"
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- - The study addresses the challenge of distinguishing between benign and malignant breast masses using conventional ultrasound, which often leads to false positives, by introducing optoacoustic imaging to improve specificity.
- - Researchers analyzed ultrasound and fused optoacoustic images from 480 patients, comparing the accuracy of assessments made solely on ultrasound versus those supported by machine learning-based decision tools (DST).
- - Results showed that using fused imaging with DST assistance significantly increased specificity at a fixed sensitivity of 98%, highlighting the improved diagnostic capability of this combined approach (47.2% vs 38.2% specificity for ultrasound alone).
Screening Breast Ultrasound: Update After 10 Years of Breast Density Notification Laws.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
June 2020
Breast density notification laws have grown from the first state legislation in Connecticut in 2009 to a federally mandated update to the Mammography Quality Standards Act in 2019. The increasing recognition of limited mammographic sensitivity in women with dense breasts has led to greater utilization of supplemental screening ultrasound. Robust data support improved detection of small node-negative invasive breast cancers with adjunctive ultrasound.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Optoacoustic imaging can assess tumor hypoxia coregistered with US gray-scale images. The combination of optoacoustic imaging and US may have a role in distinguishing breast cancer molecular subtypes. Purpose To investigate whether optoacoustic US feature scores correlate with breast cancer molecular subtypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To compare 3.0 Tesla (T) vs 1.5T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging systems in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To determine performance and utilization of screening breast ultrasonography (US) in women with dense breast tissue who underwent additional screening breast US in the 1st year since implementation of Connecticut Public Act 09-41 requiring radiologists to inform patients with heterogeneous or extremely dense breasts at mammography that they may benefit from such examination.
Materials And Methods: Informed consent was waived for this institutional review board-approved, HIPAA-compliant retrospective review of 935 women with dense breasts at mammography who subsequently underwent handheld screening and whole-breast US from October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010.
Results: Of 935 women, 614 (65.