Publications by authors named "Suzanne Ghannam"

While active efforts are advancing medical artificial intelligence (AI) model development and clinical translation, safety issues of the AI models emerge, but little research has been done. We perform a study to investigate the behaviors of an AI diagnosis model under adversarial images generated by Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) models and to evaluate the effects on human experts when visually identifying potential adversarial images. Our GAN model makes intentional modifications to the diagnosis-sensitive contents of mammogram images in deep learning-based computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of breast cancer.

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Granular cell tumor (GCT) is an uncommon neoplasm arising from perineural Schwann cells that can arise anywhere in the body and is particularly rare in the breast. Imaging typically shows an irregular, noncalcified mass with high density on mammography and intense posterior shadowing on US that mimics malignancy. Benign GCTs can be locally aggressive and invade the skin or chest wall.

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Objectives: • To review all the various techniques and their results and efficiencies to provide practicing urologists with some guidance for choice of technique • To discuss improvements of varicocelectomy techniques in the last 15 years and their impact on results of surgery.

Patients And Methods: • A PubMed English literature review of literature from 1995 to present.

Results: • Pregnancy rates were highest with microsurgical subinguinal technique • Varicocele recurrence rates were lowest with microsurgical subinguinal technique • Hydrocele formation rates were lowest with microsurgical inguinal technique • Surgical complications were highest in the laparoscopic technique • Varicocelectomy by itself or in conjunction with IVF is cost effective

Conclusions: • Microsurgical subinguinal or microsurgical inguinal techniques offer best outcomes • Varicocelectomy is a cost effective treatment modality for infertility • Further research is needed to explore new developments in varicocelectomy.

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