Predrag R. Bakic, Ph.D.

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  1. Bakic PR, Albert M, Brzakovic D, Maidment ADA: Evaluation of a Mammography Simulation IWDM 2000 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography Yaffe MJ(eds.) Medical Physics Publishing, Madison WI, Page: 681-687, 2001 []                

  2. Albert M, Beideck DJ, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Aliasing effects in digital images of line-­pair phantoms. Medical Physics 29(8) : 1716-1718, 2002 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1493212]                

  3. Bakic PR, Albert M, Brzakovic D, Maidment ADA: Mammogram synthesis using a 3D simulation. I. Breast tissue model and image acquisition simulation Medical Physics 29(9) : 2131-2139, 2002 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1501143 ]                

  4. Bakic PR, Albert M, Brzakovic D, Maidment ADA: Mammogram synthesis using a 3D simulation. II. Evaluation of synthetic mammogram texture Medical Physics 29(9) : 2140-2151, 2002 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1501144 ]                

  5. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA: Evaluation of Breast Ductal Networks Using Ramification Matrices IWDM 2002, 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography Peitgen HO(eds.) Springer­Verlag, Berlin, Page: 249-252, 2002 []                

  6. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA: Dose requirements in stereoradiography Medical Imaging 2002: Physics of Medical Imaging Antonuk LE, Yaffe MJ(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4682: 126-137, 2002 []                

  7. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA: Classification of galactograms with ramification matrices: preliminary results Academic Radiology 10(2) : 198-204, 2003 []                

  8. Bakic PR, Albert M, Brzakovic D, Maidment ADA: Mammogram synthesis using a three­-dimensional simulation. III. Modeling and evaluation of the breast ductal network Medical Physics 30(7) : 1914-1925, 2003 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1586453 ]                

  9. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA: 2­AFC observer study of digital stereomammography Medical Imaging 2003: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Chakraborty DP, Krupinski EA(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5034: 1-9, 2003 []                

  10. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Albert M: Effects of quantum noise and binocular summation on dose requirements in stereoradiography Medical Physics 30(12) : 3061-3071, 2003 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1621869]                

  11. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Albert M: Is Stereomammography Possible Without Increased Dose IWDM 2002, 6th International Workshop on Digital Mammography Peitgen HO(eds.) Springer­-Verlag, Berlin, Page: 510-516, 2003 []                

  12. Richard FJP, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Non­rigid registration of mammograms obtained with variable breast compression: A phantom study Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 2717 Page: 281-290, 2003 []                

  13. Maidment ADA, Karasick T, Bakic PR, Albert M: 2­AFC observer study of shape and contrast discrimination in digital stereomammography Medical Imaging 2004: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Chakraborty DP, Eckstein MP(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5372: 62-71, 2004 []                

  14. Bakic PR, Richard FJP, Maidment ADA: ADA: Effect of Breast Compression on Registration of Successive Mammograms Preceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography Pisano ED(eds.) The University of North Carolina, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, Chapel Hill, NC, Page: 691-697, 2005 []                

  15. Dance DR, Hunt RA, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Sandborg M, Ullman G, Alm Carlsson G: Breast dosimetry using high­-resolution voxel phantoms Radiation Protection Dosimetry 114(1-3) : 359-363, 2005 []                

  16. Hoeschen C, Tischenko O, Dance DR, Hunt RA, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Testing a wavelet based noise reduction method using computer­simulated mammograms Medical Imaging 2005: Physics of Medical Imaging Flynn MJ(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5745: 969-978, 2005 []                

  17. Hunt RA, Dance DR, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Sandborg M, Ullman G, Alm Carlsson G: Calculation of the properties of digital mammograms using a computer simulation Radiation Protection Dosimetry 114(1-3) : 395-398, 2005 []                

  18. Maidment ADA, Albert M, Bakic PR, Karasick T: 2­AFC Observer Study of Shape and Contrast Discrimination in Digital Stereomammography Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography Pisano ED(eds.) The University of North Carolina, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, Chapel Hill, NC, Page: 474-483, 2005 []                

  19. Tischenko O, Hoeschen C, Dance DR, Hunt RA, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Evaluation of a novel method of noise reduction using computer-­simulated mammograms Radiation Protection Dosimetry 114(1-3) : 81-84, 2005 []                

  20. Richard FJP, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Mammogram registration: a phantom- based evaluation of compressed breast thickness variation effects IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 25(2) : 188-197, 2006 []                

  21. Bakic PR, Kontos D, Megalooikonomou V, Rosen MA, Maidment ADA: Comparison of methods for classification of breast ductal branching patterns Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Astley S, Brady M, Rose C, Zwiggelaar R(eds.) Vol. 4046: 634-641, 2006 []                

  22. Bakic PR, Richard FJP, Maidment ADA: ADA: 2D­to­3D x­ray breast image registration Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 4057 Page: 84-91, 2006 []                

  23. Bakic PR, Richard FJP, Maidment ADA: Registration of mammograms and breast tomosynthesis images Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Astley S, Brady M, Rose C, Zwiggelaar R(eds.) Vol. 4046: 498-503, 2006 []                

  24. Bakic PR, Rosen MA, Maidment ADA: Comparison of breast ductal branching pattern classification using x­ray galactograms and MR autogalactograms Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing Reinhardt JM, Pluim JPW(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6144: 614425, 2006 []                

  25. Kontos D, Megalooikonomou V, Javadi A, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Classification of galactograms using fractal properties of the breast ductal network 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ­ Proceedings Page: 1324-1327, 2006 []                

  26. Megalooikonomou V, Kontos D, Danglemaier J, Javadi A, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: A representation and classification scheme for tree­like structures in medical images: An application on branching pattern analysis of ductal trees in x­ray galactograms Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing Reinhardt JM, Pluim JPW(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6144: 61441H, 2006 []                

  27. Bakic PR, Kontos D, Zhang C, Yaffe MJ, Maidment ADA: Analysis of percent density estimates from digital breast tomosynthesis projection images Medical Imaging 2007: Computer­-Aided Diagnosis Giger ML, Karssemeijer N(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6514: 651424, 2007 []                

  28. Bakic PR, Vujovic N, Maidment ADA: Establishing correspondence in mammograms and tomosynthesis projections Medical Imaging 2007: Computer-­Aided Diagnosis Giger ML, Karssemeijer N(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6514: 651425, 2007 []                

  29. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Analysis of parenchymal texture properties in breast tomosynthesis images Medical Imaging 2007: Computer-­Aided Diagnosis Giger ML, Karssemeijer N(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6514: 651417, 2007 []                

  30. Bakic PR, Kontos D, Carton AK, Maidment ADA: Breast percent density estimation from 3D reconstructed digital breast tomosynthesis images Medical Imaging 2008: Physics of Medical Imaging Hsieh J, Samei E(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6913: 691318, 2008 []                

  31. Bakic PR, Kontos D, Troxel AB, Maidment ADA: Comparison of breast percent density estimated from digital mammograms and central reconstructed tomosynthesis slice images Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Krupinski EA(eds.) Vol. 5116: 674-680, 2008 []                

  32. Barnathan M, Zhang J, Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Megalooikonomou V: Analyzing tree­like structures in biomedical images based on texture and branching: An application to breast imaging Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics Krupinski EA(eds.) Vol. 5116: 25-32, 2008 []                

  33. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Texture in digital breast tomosynthesis: A comparison between mammographic and tomographic characterization of parenchymal properties Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-­Aided Diagnosis Giger ML, Karssemeijer N(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6915: 69150A, 2008 []                

  34. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Troxel AB, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: Digital breast tomosynthesis parenchymal texture analysis for breast cancer risk estimation: A preliminary study Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Krupinski EA(eds.) Vol. 5116: 681-688, 2008 []                

  35. Kontos D, Zhang C, Ruiter N, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Digital breast tomosynthesis parenchymal texture analysis for breast cancer risk estimation: A preliminary study Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Krupinski EA(eds.) Vol. 5116: 491-498, 2008 []                

  36. Ruiter N, Zhang C, Bakic PR, Carton AK, Kuo J, Maidment ADA: Simulation of tomosynthesis images based on an anthropomorphic software breast tissue phantom Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image­-Guided Procedures, and Modeling Miga MI, Cleary KR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6918: 69182I, 2008 []                

  37. Zhang C, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Development of an anthropomorphic breast software phantom based on region growing algorithm Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image­-Guided Procedures, and Modeling Miga MI, Cleary KR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6918: 69180V, 2008 []                

  38. Zhang C, Bakic PR, Xia S, Liu F, Maidment ADA: Evaluation of 3D breast surface reconstruction accuracy using non­contact scanner images: A phantom study Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 5116 Page: 585-592, 2008 []                

  39. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Carton AK, Troxel AB, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: Parenchymal Texture Analysis in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Risk Estimation: A Preliminary Study. Academic Radiology 16(3) : 283-298, 2009 []                

  40. Megalooikonomou V, Barnathan M, Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: A representation and classification scheme for tree­like structures in medical images: Analyzing the branching pattern of ductal trees in x­ray galactograms IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 28(4) : 487-493, 2009 []                

  41. Bakic PR, Carton AK, Kontos D, Zhang C, Troxel AB, Maidment ADA: Breast percent density: Estimation on digital mammograms and central tomosynthesis projections Radiology 252(1) : 40-49, 2009 []                

  42. Kontos D, Berger R, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Breast tissue classification in digital breast tomosynthesis images using texture features: A feasibility study Medical Imaging 2009: Computer­Aided Diagnosis Karssemeijer N, Giger ML(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7260: 726024, 2009 []                

  43. Ling H, Barnathan M, Megalooikonomou V, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Probabilistic branching node detection using hybrid local features Proceedings ­ 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009 Page: 233-236, 2009 []                

  44. Bakic PR, Lau B, Carton AK, Reiser I, Maidment ADA, Nishikawa RM: An anthropomorphic software breast phantom for tomosynthesis simulation: Power spectrum analysis of phantom projections Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Marti J, Oliver A, Freixent J, Marti R(eds.) Vol. 6136: 452-458, 2010 []                

  45. Bakic PR, Ng S, Ringer P, Carton AK, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: Validation and optimization of digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction using an anthropomorphic software breast phantom Medical Imaging 2010: Physics of Medical Imaging Samei E, Pelc NJ(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7622: 76220F, 2010 []                

  46. Bakic PR, Ringer P, Kuo J, Ng S, Maidment ADA: Analysis of geometric accuracy in digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Marti J, Oliver A, Freixent J, Marti R(eds.) Vol. 6136: 62-69, 2010 []                

  47. Carton AK, Bakic PR, Ullberg C, Maidment ADA: Development of a 3D high­resolution physical anthropomorphic breast phantom Medical Imaging 2010: Physics of Medical Imaging Samei E, Pelc NJ(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7622: 762206, 2010 []                

  48. Cheng E, Xie N, Ling H, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Megalooikonomou V: Mammographic image classification using histogram intersection 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 ­ Proceedings Page: 197-200, 2010 []                

  49. Conant EF, Li D, Gavenonis SC, Bakic PR, Carton AK, Zhang C, Maidment ADA, Kontos D: A comparative study of the inter­reader variability of breast percent density estimation in digital mammography: Potential effect of reader's training and clinical experience Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Marti J, Oliver A, Freixent J, Marti R(eds.) Vol. 6136: 114-120, 2010 []                

  50. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Acciavatti RJ, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: A comparative study of volumetric and area­based breast density estimation in digital mammography: Results from a screening population Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Marti J, Oliver A, Freixent J, Marti R(eds.) Vol. 6136: 378-385, 2010 []                

  51. Kontos D, Xing Y, Bakic PR, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: A comparative study of volumetric breast density estimation in digital mammography and magnetic resonance imaging: results from a high­risk population Medical Imaging 2010: Computer­-Aided Diagnosis Karssemeijer N, Summers RM(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7624: 762409, 2010 []                

  52. Nuzhnaya T, Barnathan M, Ling H, Megalooikonomou V, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Probabilistic branching node detection using AdaBoost and hybrid local features 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 ­ Proceedings Page: 221-224, 2010 []                

  53. Carton AK, Bakic PR, Ullberg C, Derand H, Maidment ADA: Development of a physical 3D anthropomorphic breast phantom Medical Physics 38(2) : 891-896, 2011 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3533896]                

  54. Bakic PR, Zhang C, Maidment ADA: Development and characterization of an anthropomorphic breast software phantom based upon region­growing algorithm Medical Physics 38(6) : 3165-3176, 2011 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3590357]                

  55. Kontos D, Ikejimba LC, Bakic PR, Troxel AB, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: Analysis of parenchymal texture with digital breast tomosynthesis: Comparison with digital mammography and implications for cancer risk assessment Radiology 261(1) : 80-91, 2011 []                

  56. Bakic PR, Li C, West E, Sak M, Gavenonis SC, Duric N, Maidment ADA: Comparison of 3D and 2D breast density estimation from synthetic ultrasound tomography images and digital mammograms of anthropomorphic software breast phantoms Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging Pelc NJ, Samei E, Nishikawa RM(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7961: 79610Z, 2011 []                

  57. Cheng E, Ling H, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Megalooikonomou V: Automatic detection of regions of interest in mammographic images Medical Imaging 2011: Image Processing Dawant BM, Haynor DR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7962: 79623J, 2011 []                

  58. Cheng E, McLaughlin S, Megalooikonomou V, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Ling H: Learning­based vessel segmentation in mammographic images Proceedings ­ 2011 1st IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, Imaging and Systems Biology, HISB 2011 Page: 315-322, 2011 []                

  59. Kuo J, Ringer P, Fallows SG, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Ng S: Dynamic reconstruction and rendering of 3D tomosynthesis images Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging Pelc NJ, Samei E, Nishikawa RM(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7961: 796116, 2011 []                

  60. Skoura A, Megalooikonomou V, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Classifying ductal tree structures using topological descriptors of branching IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 364 AICT (PART 2) Page: 455-463, 2011 []                

  61. Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Optimized generation of high resolution breast anthropomorphic software phantoms Medical Physics 39(4) : 2290-2302, 2012 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3697523]                

  62. Brunner CC, Acciavatti RJ, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Williams MB, Kaczmarek R, Chakrabarti K: Evaluation of various mammography phantoms for image quality assessment in digital breast tomosynthesis Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Gavenonis SC(eds.) Vol. 7361: 284-291, 2012 []                

  63. Chen F, Pokrajac DD, Shi X, Liu F, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Simulation of three material partial volume averaging in a software breast phantom Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Gavenonis S(eds.) Vol. 7361: 149-156, 2012 []                

  64. Chen F, Pokrajac DD, Shi X, Liu F, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Partial volume simulation in software breast phantoms Medical Imaging 2012: Physics of Medical Imaging Pelc NJ, Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8313: 83134U, 2012 []                

  65. Chui JH, Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Towards breast anatomy simulation using GPUs Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Gavenonis SC(eds.) Vol. 7361: 506-513, 2012 []                

  66. Chui JH, Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Roadmap for efficient parallelization of breast anatomy simulation Medical Imaging 2012: Physics of Medical Imaging Pelc NJ, Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8313: 83134T, 2012 []                

  67. Contijoch F, Lynch JM, Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Shape analysis of simulated breast anatomical structures Medical Imaging 2012: Physics of Medical Imaging Pelc NJ, Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8313: 83134U, 2012 []                

  68. Marchessoux C, Avanaki A, Bakic PR, Kimpe TRL, Maidment ADA: Effects of medical display luminance, contrast and temporal compensation on CHO detection performance at various browsing speeds and on digital breast tomosynthesis images Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Gavenonis SC(eds.) Vol. 7361: 292-299, 2012 []                

  69. Vieira M, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Schiabel H, Mascarenhas NDA: Filtering of poisson noise in digital mammography using local statistics and adaptive wiener filter Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Gavenonis SC(eds.) Vol. 7361: 268-275, 2012 []                

  70. Acciavatti RJ, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Proposing a new velocity profile for continuous x-­ray tube motion in digital breast tomosynthesis Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8668: 86680f, 2013 []                

  71. Avanaki A, Espig K, Marchessoux C, Krupinski EA, Bakic PR, Kimpe TRL, Maidment ADA: Integration of spatio­-temporal contrast sensitivity with a multi­-slice channelized Hotelling observer. Medical Imaging 2013: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Abbey CK, Mello­-Thoms CR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8673: 86730H, 2013 []                

  72. Bakic PR, Keller B, Zheng Y, Wang Y, Gee JC, Kontos D, Maidment ADA: Testing realism of software breast phantoms: texture analysis of synthetic mammograms Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8668: 866824, 2013 []                

  73. Chen F, Zheng P, Xu P, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, Liu F, Shi X: Breast image registration by using non-­linear local affine transformation Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8668: 86684J, 2013 []                

  74. Chui JH, Zeng R, Pokrajac DD, Park S, Myers KJ, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Two methods for simulation of dense tissue distribution in software breast phantoms Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8668: 86680M, 2013 []                

  75. Karunamuni R, Kanamaluru S, Lau K, Gavenonis SC, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Exploring the relationship between SDNR and detectability in dual- energy breast x-­ray imaging Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8668: 866863, 2013 []                

  76. Vieira M, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Effect of denoising on the quality of reconstructed images in digital breast tomosynthesis Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging Nishikawa RM, Whiting BR(eds.) Vol. 8668: 86680C, 2013 []                

  77. Avanaki A, Espig K, Maidment ADA, Marchessoux C, Bakic PR, Kimpe TRL: Development and evaluation of a 3D model observer with nonlinear spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity. Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Mello­-Thoms CR, Kupinski MA(eds.) SPIE Vol. 9037: , 2014 []                

  78. Abbey CK, Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA, Eckstein MP, Boone JM: Non-­Gaussian statistical properties of virtual breast phantoms. Physics of Medical Imaging Whiting BR, Hoeschen C(eds.) SPIE Vol. 9033: , 2014 []                

  79. Shankla VG, Pokrajac DD, Weinstein JL, DeLeo M, Tuite C, Roth R, Conant EF, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Automatic insertion of simulated microcalcification clusters in a software breast phantom Physics of Medical Imaging Whiting BR, Hoeschen C(eds.) SPIE Vol. 9033: , 2014 []                

  80. Avanaki A, Espig K, Marchessoux C, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Kimpe TRL: On modeling the effects of display contrast and luminance in a spatio-temporal numerical observer. In Proc. Medical Image Perception Society (MIPS) XV Conference Page: , 2013 []                

  81. Avanaki A, Espig K, Xthona A, Kimpe TRL, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: It is Hard to See a Needle in a Haystack: Modeling Contrast Masking Effect in a Numerical Observer. Breast Imaging (IWDM), Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Fujita H, Hara T, Marumatsu C(eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Vol. 8539: 723-730, 2014 []                

  82. Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, De Caro R, Maidment ADA: Realistic Simulation of Breast Tissue Microstructure in Software Anthropomorphic Phantoms. Breast Imaging (IWDM), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Fujita H, Hara T, Muramatsu C(eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Vol. 8539: 348-355, 2014 []                

  83. Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, Thomas M, Skoura A, Nuzhnaya T, Megalooikonomou V, Keller B, Zheng Y, Kontos D, Gee JC, Cardenosa G, Maidment ADA: Correlation Between Topological Descriptors of the Breast Ductal Network from Clinical Galactograms and Texture Features of Corresponding Mammograms Breast Imaging (IWDM), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Fujita H, Hara T, Marumatsu C(eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Vol. 8539: 658-665, 2014 []                

  84. Cockmartin L, Bakic PR, Bosmans H, Maidment ADA, Gall H, Zerhouni M, Marshall NW: Power Spectrum Analysis of an Anthropomorphic Breast Phantom Compared to Patient Data in 2D Digital Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis. Breast Imaging (IWDM), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Fujita H, Hara T, Marumatsu C(eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Vol. 8539: 423-429, 2014 []                

  85. Eckstein MP, Boone JM, Abbey CK, Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA: Non-Gaussian Statistical Properties of Virtual Breast Phantoms In Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Proc. Mello-Thoms C, Kupinski M(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9037: , 2014 []                

  86. Petkovic M, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Pokrajac DD: Asymptotic Number of Z3Δ Cells Covering C(1) Surface on Uniform Grid and Complexity of Recursive-Partitioning Simulation of Septal Tissue Regions Applied Mathematics and Computation 252 : 252-263, 2015 [10.1016/j.amc.2014.11.111]                

  87. Avanaki A, Espig K, Xthona A, Kimpe TRL, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: On anthropomorphic decision making in a model observer In Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Mello-Thoms C, Kupinski M(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9416: 941610, 2015 []                

  88. Chen F, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Jensen ST, Shi X, Pokrajac DD: Description and Characterization of a Novel Method for Partial Volume Simulation in Software Breast Phantoms IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 34(10) : 2146-2161, 2015 []                

  89. Oliveira HCR, Borges L, Nunes PF, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Vieira MAC: Use of Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis to Reduce Radiation Dose in Digital Mammography 28th IEEE Int'l Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems Page: 33-37, 2015 []                

  90. Vieira MAC, Nunes PF, Oliveira HCR, Borges L, Bakic PR, Acciavatti RJ, Barufaldi B, Maidment ADA: Feasibility Study of Dose Reduction in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Using Non-Local Denoising Algorithms In Physics of Medical Imaging Hoeschen C, Kontos D, Flohr T(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9412: , 2015 []                

  91. Borges L, Oliveira HCR, Nunes PF, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Vieira MAC: Method for simulating dose reduction in digital mammography using the Anscombe transformation Medical Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine 43(6) : 2704, 2016 [10.1118/1.4948502]                

  92. Barufaldi B, Borges L, Vieira MAC, Gabarda S, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, Schiabel H: The Effect of Breast Composition on a No-reference Anisotropic Quality Index for Digital Mammography IWDM 2016 Tingberg A(eds.) Springer International Publishing Switzerland : 226-233, 2016 [10.1007/978-3-319-41546-8_30]                

  93. Borges L, Guerrero I, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Schiabel H, Vieira MAC: Simulation of Dose Reduction in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis IWDM 2016 Tingberg A(eds.) Springer International Publishing Switzerland Vol. 9699: 343-350, 2016 [10.1007/978-3-319-41546-8_43]                

  94. Sousa M, Marcomini K, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Schiabela H: Observer study to evaluate the simulation of mammographic calcification clusters Medical Imaging 2016: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Abbey CK, Kupinski M(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9787: 9787, 2016 [10.1117/12.2217257]                

  95. Oliveira HCR, Barufaldi B, Borges L, Gabarda S, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Vieira MAC, Schiabel H: Validation of no-reference image quality index for the assessment of digital mammographic images Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment Abbey CK, Kupinski M(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9787: , 2016 []                

  96. Pokrajac DD, Imran A, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Estimation of adipose compartment volumes in CT images of a mastectomy specimen Physics of Medical Imaging Kontos D, Flohr T(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9783: , 2016 []                

  97. Pokrajac DD, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Reduction of artifacts in computer simulation of breast Cooper's ligaments Physics of Medical Imaging Kontos D, Flohr T(eds.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9783: , 2016 []                

  98. Bakic PR, Pokrajac DD, Batiste R, Feldman M, Maidment ADA: Simulation of Breast Anatomy: Bridging the Radiology-Pathology Scale Gap IWDM 2016 Tingberg A(eds.) Springer International Publishing Switzerland Vol. 9699: 478-485, 2016 [10.1007/978-3-319-41546-8_60]                

  99. Bakic PR, Myers KJ, Glick S, Maidment ADA, The Members of AAPM Task Group: Virtual Tools for the Evaluation of Breast Imaging: State-of-the Science and Future Directions IWDM 2016 Tingberg A(eds.) Springer International Publishing Switzerland Vol. 9699: 518-524, 2016 [10.1007/978-3-319-41546-8_65]                

  100. Bakic PR, Albert M, Brzakovic D, Maidment ADA: Generation and evaluation of physically inspired synthetic mammograms Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE 2 : 1047-1050, 2000 [10.1109/IEMBS.2000.897906]                

  101. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA, Reljin B: Experiment with 3-D Mammography and their Possible Applications in Telemammography Annals of the Academy of Studenica 4 : 67-69, 2001 []                

  102. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA, and Reljin B: Topological Analysis of Breast Ductal Network ETRAN 2003: 47th Serbo-Montenegrin (Yugoslav) Conference of Electronics, Telecommunications, Computers, Automation, and Nuclear Engineering Page: 157-160, 2003 []                

  103. Vieira MAC, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Mascarenhas NDA: Investigating Poisson Noise Filtering in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis In Proc. of Computer Vision Workshop (WVC 2013) Page: , 2013 []                

  104. Dance DR, Hunt RA, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Sandborg M, Ullman G, Alm Carlsson G: Computer simulation of X-ray mammography using high resolution voxel phantoms UK Mammography Physics Group Newsletter Page: , 2005 []                

  105. Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: Digital Phantoms for Breast Imaging Physics of Mammographic Imaging Markey M(eds.) Taylor and Francis Oxford, UK Chapter 12, Page: , 2012 []                

  106. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA: Quantum Noise and Dose in Digital Stereomammography: A 2-AFC Observer Study Radiology 225 : 644, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  107. Bakic PR, Albert M, Maidment ADA: "Quantum Noise and Dose in Digital Stereomammography: A 2-AFC Observer Study," Radiology (Presented orally at the 2002 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.) 225 : 644, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  108. Brzakovic D, Bakic PR: Mammogram Screening by Automated Followup: Mammogram Modeling Era of Hope: Proc. DoD Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, (Presented as a poster at the 2002 Era of Hope Meeting, Orlando, FL.) Page: 28-2, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  109. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Albert M: "Dose Requirements in Stereomammo-graphy," Era of Hope: Proc. DoD Cancer Research Program Meeting, p. , . (Presented as a poster at the 2002 Era of Hope Meeting, Orlando, FL.) Page: 30-7, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  110. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Albert M: "3-Dimensional Imaging of the Breast," Era of Hope: Proc. DoD Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, (Presented as a poster at the 2002 Era of Hope Meeting, Orlando, FL.) Page: 30-6, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  111. Reljin BD, Kostic PD, Milosavljevic I, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: A Comparison of Design and Implementation Issues in Yugoslav and US PACS Radiology 225 : 692, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  112. Reljin BD, Kostic PD, Milosavljevic I, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "A Comparison of Design and Implementation Issues in Yugoslav and US PACS," Radiology (Presented as a poster at the 2002 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.) 225 : 692, 2002 []   [Abstract]             

  113. Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: A 3D Anthropomorphic Software Breast Phantom Radiological Society of North America scientific assembly and annual meeting program. Oak Brook, IL Page: 35-36, 2003 []   [Abstract]             

  114. Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "A 3D Anthropomorphic Software Breast Phantom," (Presented as an InfoRAD exhibit at the 2003 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.) Page: , 2003 []   [Abstract]             

  115. Dance DR, Hunt RA, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Sandborg M, Alm Carlsson G: Computer Simulation of X-ray Mammography Using High-Resolution Voxel Phantoms Medical Physics 30(6) : 1456, 2003 []   [Abstract]             

  116. Dance DR, Hunt RA, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Sandborg M, Ullman G, Alm Carlsson G: "Computer Simulation of X-Ray Mammography Using High Resolution Voxel Phantoms," Medical Physics (Presented orally at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, CA.) 30 : 1456, 2003 []   [Abstract]             

  117. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Ruiter NV, Richard FJP: Model-based Comparison of Two Breast Tissue Compression Methodologies Medical Physics 31(6) : 1786, 2004 []   [Abstract]             

  118. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Ruiter NV, Richard FJP: "Model-Based Comparison of Two Breast Tissue Compression Methodologies," Medical Physics (Presented orally at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.) 31 : 1786, 2004 []   [Abstract]             

  119. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "Parenchymal Texture Analysis in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Towards Developing Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Risk," 32nd Annual Eugene P. Pendergrass Symposium Program. (Presented orally at 32nd Annual Eugene P. Pendergrass Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Page: , 2006 []   [Abstract]             

  120. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "Analysis of Parenchymal Texture Properties in Breast Tomosynthesis Images," University of Pennsylvania 5th Annual Biomedical Postoc Research Symposium Program, (Presented as a poster at the 2006 University of Pennsylvania 5th Annual Biomedical Postoc Research Symposium, Philadelphia) Page: , 2006 []   [Abstract]             

  121. Bakic PR, Richard FJP, Maidment ADA: "2D/3D Registration of Mammograms and Breast Tomosynthesis Images," University of Pennsylvania Institute of Medicine and Engineering Interdisciplinary Symposium Program, (Presented as a poster at the 2006 University of Pennsylvania Institute of Medicine and Engineering Interdisciplinary Symposium, Philadelphia) Page: 68, 2006 []   [Abstract]             

  122. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "Towards Developing Quantitative Imaging Methods for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: A Comparison Between Mammographic and Tomographic Characterization of Parenchymal Texture," (Presented orally at the 6th Annual Biomedical Postdoc Research Symposium, U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Page: , 2007 []   [Abstract]             

  123. Zhang C, Bakic PR, Xia S, Ruiter NV, Su Z, Shi X, Pokrajac D, Liu F, Maidment ADA: "A Phantom Study of 3D Breast Surface Reconstruction Using Non-contact Optical Scanner Images," (Presented as a poster at the 6th Annual Biomedical Postdoc Research Symposium, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA) Page: , 2007 []   [Abstract]             

  124. Zhang C, Ruiter NV, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "Development of an Anthropomorphic Software Breast Phantom and a Framework for Generating Synthetic Mammographic and Tomosynthesis Images," (Presented as a poster at the 6th Annual Biomedical Postoc Research Symposium, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Page: , 2007 []   [Abstract]             

  125. Bakic PR, Carton AK, Zhang C, Yaffe MJ, Maidment ADA: "Inter- and Intra-Observer Correlation of Breast Percent Density Estimation from Mammograms and Central Tomosynthesis Projections." (Presented orally at the 2007 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.) Page: , 2007 []   [Abstract]             

  126. Kontos D, Carton AK, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA: "Analysis of Parenchymal Texture in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis." (Accepted as an alternate at the 2007 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.) Page: , 2007 []   [Abstract]             

  127. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Troxel AB, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: "Parenchymal Texture Analysis in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Comuter-Assisted Risk Estimation (CARe) of Breast Cancer," 33nd Annual Eugene P. Pendergrass Symposium Program. (Presented orally at 33nd Annual Eugene P. Pendergrass Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Page: , 2008 []   [Abstract]             

  128. Kontos D, Bakic PR, Carton AK, Troxel AB, Conant EF, Maidment ADA: "Parenchymal Texture Analysis in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Computer-assisted Risk Estimation (CARe) of Breast Cancer: A Preliminary Evaluation." (Presented orally at the 2008 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.) Page: , 2008 []   [Abstract]             

  129. Avanaki A, Espig K, Marchessoux C, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Kimpe TRL: On Modeling the Effects of Display Contrast and Luminance in a Spatio-Temporal Numerical Observer Proc. of MIPS - Medical Image Perception Society XV Conference Page: , 2013 []   [Abstract]             

  130. Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Chui JH, Avanaki AN, Marchessoux C, Pokrajac DD, Espig K, Kimpe TRL, Xthona A, Lago M, Shankla V: Automated and Optimized Imaging Simulation Platform for Virtual Clinical Trials of Breast Cancer Screening Proc. of the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America Page: , 2013 []   [Abstract]             

  131. Lago AM, Maidment ADA, Bakic PR: Modelling of Mammographic Compression of Anthropomorphic Software Breast Phantom Using FE Bio Proc. 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT Page: , 2013 []   [Abstract]             

  132. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Chui JH, Avanaki AN, Marchessoux C, Pokrajac DD, Espig K, Kimpe TRL, Xthona A, Lago M, Shankla V: The Role of Virtual Clinical Trials in Preclinical Testing of Breast Imaging System Proc. of the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America Page: , 2013 []   [Abstract]             

  133. Maidment ADA, Bakic PR, Chui JH, Avanaki AN, Marchessoux C, Pokrajac DD, Espig K, Kimpe TRL, Xthona A, Lago M, Shankla V: The role of virtual clinical trials in preclinical testing of breast imaging systems In Proc. of the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America Page: , 2013 []   [Abstract]             

  134. Vieira MAC, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Mascarenhas NDA: Investigating Poisson Noise Filtering in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Proc. WVC - Brazilian Computer Vision Workshop Page: , 2013 []   [Abstract]             

  135. Nunes PF, Oliveira HCR, Borges L, Bakic PR, Maidment ADA, Vieira MAC: Using Non-Local Means Algorithms for Noise Filtering in Mammograms Acquired with Reduced Dose(in Portuguese) Proc. of the 24th CBEB - Brazilian Biomedical Engineering Congress Page: , 2014 []   [Abstract]