Emily Fox Conant,
Emily Fox Conant
Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Department of Radiology/1 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology/1 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156624032
Fax: 2156627436
Fax: 2156627436
Email:
emily.conant@uphs.upenn.edu
emily.conant@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.A. (Zoology)
University of Vermont, 1976.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 1980.
Permanent linkB.A. (Zoology)
University of Vermont, 1976.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 1980.
Description of Research Expertise
Multi-modality Breast Imaging, Breast Cancer Screening, High Risk ScreeningDescription of Clinical Expertise
Multi-modality Breast Imaging and Interventional ProceduresDescription of Other Expertise
Patient EducationSelected Publications
Daye D, Keller B, Conant EF, Chen J, Schnall MD, Maidment ADA, Kontos D: Mammographic parenchymal patterns as an imaging marker of endogenous hormonal exposure: A preliminary study in high-risk population. Academic Radiology 20(5): 635-46, May 2013 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.12.016.Keller BM, Nathan DL, Gavenonis SC, Chen J, Conant EF, Kontos D: Reader variability in breast density estimation from full-field digital mammograms: The effect of imaging post-processing on relative and absolute measures. Academic Radiology 20(5): 560-8, May 2013 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.01.003.
Wu S, Weinstein SP, Conant EF, Schnall MD, Kontos: Automated chest wall line detection for whole-breast segmentation in sagittal breast MR images. Med Phys 40(4): 042301, April 2013 Notes: doi: 10.1118/1.4793255.
Rauscher GH, Khan JA, Berbaum ML, Conant EF: Potentially missed detection with screening mammography: does the quality of radiologist's interpretation vary by patient socioeconomic advantage/disadvantage? Annals of Epidemiology 23(4): 210-214, April 2013 Notes: DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.01.006.
Rauscher GH, Conant EF, Khan JA, Berbaum ML: Mammogram image quality as a potential contributor to disparities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis: an observational study. BMC Cancer 13(1): 208, April 2013.
Pati S, Reum J, Conant E, Tuton LW, Scott P, Abbuhl S, Grisso JA: Tradition meets innovation: Transforming academic medical culture at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. Acad Med 88(4), April 2013.
McCarthy AM, Armstrong K, Handorf E, Boghossian L, Jones L, Chen J, Demeter MB, McGuire, Conant EF, Domcheck SM: Incremental impact of breast cancer SNP panel on risk classification in a screening population of white and African-American women. Breast Cancer Res Treat 138(3): 889-98, April 2013 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2471-8.
Jing B, Keller B, Crescenzi R, Conant EF, Maidment ADA, Kontos D: Dependence of area and volumetric mammographic breast density estimation on radiation dose. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging. Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR (eds.). Feb 2013 Notes: In press.
Wu S, Weinstein SP, Conant EF, Kontos: Fully-automated fibroglandular tissue segmentation and volumetric density in breast MRI by integrating a continuous max-flow model and a likelihood atlas. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging: Computer-Aided Diagnosis. Novak CL, Aylward S (eds.). Feb 2013 Notes: In press.
Cole EB, Zhang Z, Marques HS, Nishikawa RM, Hendrick RE, Yaffe MJ, Padungchaichote W, Kuzmiak C, Chayakulkheeree J, Conant EF, Fajardo L, Baum J, Gatsonia C, Pisano E: Assessing the standalone sensitivity of computer-aided detection (CADe) with cancer cases from the digital mammographic imaging screening trial (DMIST). AJR 199(3): W392-401, Sept 2012 Notes: doi:10.2214/AJR.11.7255.