Ultrasound / POCUS — Publications

Artificial intelligence-enhanced handheld breast ultrasound for screening: A systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy

Bunnell A, Valdez D, Strand F, Glaser Y, Sadowski P, Shepherd J

PLOS Digital Health, 4, e0001019 (2025)

The gSOS polygenic score is associated with bone density and fracture risk in childhood

Mitchell JA, Bradfield JP, McCormack SE, Chesi A, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Oberfield SE, Duren DL, Shepherd J, Hankenson KD, Kelly A, Håkonarson H, Grant SF, Zemel BS

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 41, 15-24 (2025)

Prediction of mammographic breast density based on clinical breast ultrasound images using deep learning: a retrospective analysis

Bunnell A, Valdez D, Wolfgruber T, Quon BK, Hung K, Hernandez BY, Seto TB, Killeen J, Miyoshi M, Sadowski P, Shepherd J

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 46, 101096 (2025)

BUSClean: Open-source software for breast ultrasound image pre-processing and knowledge extraction for medical AI

Bunnell A, Hung K, Shepherd JA, Sadowski P

PLOS ONE, 19, e0315434 (2024)

Abstract 3449: Is AI-enhanced breast ultrasound ready for breast cancer screening in low-resource environments? A systematic review

Bunnell A, Valdez D, Strand F, Glaser Y, Sadowski P, Shepherd J

Cancer Research, 84, 3449 (2024)

Learning a Clinically-Relevant Concept Bottleneck for Lesion Detection in Breast Ultrasound

Bunnell A, Glaser Y, Valdez D, Wolfgruber T, Altamirano A, González CZ, Hernandez BY, Sadowski P, Shepherd J

Lecture notes in computer science, , 650-659 (2024)

Abstract P3-03-02: Can artificial intelligence derived ultrasound breast density provide comparable breast cancer risk estimates to density derived from mammograms

Valdez D, Bunnell A, Wolfgruber T, Altamirano A, Quon BK, Maskarinec G, Sadowski P, Shepherd J

Cancer Research, 83, P3-03 (2023)

Abstract P3-04-05: Artificial Intelligence Detects, Classifies, and Describes Lesions in Clinical Breast Ultrasound Images

Bunnell A, Valdez D, Wolfgruber T, Altamirano A, Hernandez BY, Sadowski P, Shepherd J

Cancer Research, 83, P3-04 (2023)

Abstract P3-01-13: Comparing portable and clinical ultrasound systems using 3D printed breast phantom inserts

Valdez D, Fukui J, Wolfgruber T, Leong LT, Maskarinec G, Shepherd J

Cancer Research, 82, P3-01 (2022)

Greater Height Is Associated with a Larger Carotid Lumen Diameter

Hwaung P, Heo M, Bourgeois B, Kennedy S, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Medicines, 6, 57 (2019)

Freehand versus ultrasound-guided core biopsies of the breast: reducing the burden of repeat biopsies in patients presenting to the breast clinic

Ward ST, Shepherd JA, Khalil H

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 19, 105-108 (2010)

Evaluation of a gel‐coupled quantitative ultrasound device for bone status assessment.

Njeh CF, Chen MB, Fan B, Grigorian M, Shepherd J, Saeed I, Genant HK

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 20, 1219-1228 (2001)

Assessment of bone status using speed of sound at multiple anatomical sites

Njeh CF, Saeed I, Grigorian M, Kendler DL, Fan B, Shepherd J, McClung MR, Drake WM, Genant HK

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 27, 1337-1345 (2001)