Elizabeth A. Rafferty

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth A. Rafferty is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth A. Rafferty has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 22 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth A. Rafferty's work include Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (22 papers), AI in cancer detection (21 papers) and Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging (21 papers). Elizabeth A. Rafferty is often cited by papers focused on Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (22 papers), AI in cancer detection (21 papers) and Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging (21 papers). Elizabeth A. Rafferty collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Elizabeth A. Rafferty's co-authors include Daniel B. Kopans, Richard H. Moore, Elkan F. Halpern, Sarah M. Friedewald, Tao Wu, Phoebe E. Freer, Donna Plecha, Melissa A. Durand, Debra S. Copit and Dave P. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth A. Rafferty

64 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Breast Cancer Screening Using Tomosynthesis in Combination With Digital Mammography

2014 603 citations Sarah M. Friedewald, Elizabeth A. Rafferty et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth A. Rafferty United States	31	1.9k	1.8k	1.4k	839	838	64	3.6k
Per Skaane Norway	37	1.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	875 1.0×	962 1.1×	119	4.7k
Murray Rebner United States	22	978 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	859 1.0×	803 1.0×	46	3.2k
Marie A. Ganott United States	28	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	466 0.6×	496 0.6×	63	3.1k
Rachel F. Brem United States	35	1.5k 0.8×	912 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	1.4k 1.7×	116	3.8k
Boo‐Kyung Han South Korea	37	2.2k 1.1×	819 0.4×	877 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	1.0k 1.2×	185	4.4k
Liane E. Philpotts United States	27	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	1.2k 1.4×	53	3.4k
Ruud M. Pijnappel Netherlands	30	1.3k 0.7×	797 0.4×	797 0.6×	927 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	112	3.0k
Marc B. I. Lobbes Netherlands	40	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	808 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	1.9k 2.3×	126	4.3k
Andriy I. Bandos United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	370 0.4×	341 0.4×	71	3.7k
Margarita L. Zuley United States	29	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	369 0.4×	432 0.5×	96	3.1k

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Rafferty, Elizabeth A., Stephen L. Rose, Dave P. Miller, et al.. (2017). Effect of age on breast cancer screening using tomosynthesis in combination with digital mammography. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 164(3). 659–666. 17 indexed citations

Freer, Phoebe E., Bethany L. Niell, & Elizabeth A. Rafferty. (2015). Preoperative Tomosynthesis-guided Needle Localization of Mammographically and Sonographically Occult Breast Lesions. Radiology. 275(2). 377–383. 62 indexed citations

Tang, Rong, Mansi A. Saksena, Suzanne B. Coopey, et al.. (2015). Intraoperative micro-computed tomography (micro-CT): a novel method for determination of primary tumour dimensions in breast cancer specimens. British Journal of Radiology. 89(1058). 20150581–20150581. 36 indexed citations

Wang, Yingbing, et al.. (2014). Clinical Evaluation of a Mobile Digital Specimen Radiography System for Intraoperative Specimen Verification. American Journal of Roentgenology. 203(2). 457–462. 9 indexed citations

Humphrey, Kathryn L., Mansi A. Saksena, Phoebe E. Freer, Barbara L. Smith, & Elizabeth A. Rafferty. (2014). To Do or Not to Do: Axillary Nodal Evaluation after ACOSOG Z0011 Trial. Radiographics. 34(7). 1807–1816. 42 indexed citations

Miller, Cynthia L., Anna Bettini, Frederick C. Koerner, et al.. (2014). Surgical excision of radial scars diagnosed by core biopsy may help predict future risk of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 145(2). 331–338. 30 indexed citations

Humphrey, Kathryn L., Janie M. Lee, Karen Donelan, et al.. (2013). Percutaneous Breast Biopsy: Effect on Short-term Quality of Life. Radiology. 270(2). 362–368. 22 indexed citations

Dang, Pragya A., Phoebe E. Freer, Kathryn L. Humphrey, Elkan F. Halpern, & Elizabeth A. Rafferty. (2013). Addition of Tomosynthesis to Conventional Digital Mammography: Effect on Image Interpretation Time of Screening Examinations. Radiology. 270(1). 49–56. 121 indexed citations

Baselga, José, Barbara L. Smith, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, & Alessandro Bombonati. (2012). Case 16-2012. New England Journal of Medicine. 366(21). 2018–2026. 6 indexed citations

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Niell, Bethany L., et al.. (2012). Breast Reconstruction With a Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap: Imaging Appearances of the Normal Flap and Common Complications. American Journal of Roentgenology. 200(1). W75–W84. 18 indexed citations

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Lee, Janie M., Elkan F. Halpern, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, & G. Scott Gazelle. (2009). Evaluating the Correlation between Film Mammography and MRI for Screening Women with Increased Breast Cancer Risk. Academic Radiology. 16(11). 1323–1328. 13 indexed citations

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Carp, Stefan A., Juliette Selb, Qianqian Fang, et al.. (2008). Dynamic functional and mechanical response of breast tissue to compression. Optics Express. 16(20). 16064–16064. 53 indexed citations

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Murphy, Colleen, Janie M. Lee, Brian Drohan, et al.. (2008). The American Cancer Society guidelines for breast screening with magnetic resonance imaging. Cancer. 113(11). 3116–3120. 14 indexed citations

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Specht, Michelle C., Janie M. Lee, Francisco Domínguez, et al.. (2007). Detecting Occult Malignancy in Prophylactic Mastectomy: Preoperative MRI Versus Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 14(9). 2477–2484. 37 indexed citations

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Reiser, Ingrid, Robert M. Nishikawa, Maryellen L. Giger, et al.. (2006). Computerized mass detection for digital breast tomosynthesis directly from the projection images. Medical Physics. 33(2). 482–491. 69 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quan, Thomas J. Brukilacchio, Ang Li, et al.. (2005). Coregistered tomographic x-ray and optical breast imaging: initial results. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 10(2). 24033–24033. 123 indexed citations

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Colbert, James A., JudyAnn Bigby, Darrell N. Smith, et al.. (2004). The age at which women begin mammographic screening. Cancer. 101(8). 1850–1859. 18 indexed citations

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Georgian-Smith, Dianne, Grace McKee, Eren D. Yeh, et al.. (2004). The Mammary Hamartoma. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 23(10). 1267–1273. 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Tao, Richard H. Moore, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, & Daniel B. Kopans. (2004). A comparison of reconstruction algorithms for breast tomosynthesis. Medical Physics. 31(9). 2636–2647. 238 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Mary Jane, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, Susanna I. Lee, et al.. (2001). Transvaginal Interventional Procedures: Aspiration, Biopsy, and Catheter Drainage. Radiographics. 21(3). 657–672. 35 indexed citations

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