Mark Sak

404 total citations
27 papers, 318 citations indexed

About

Mark Sak is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Artificial Intelligence and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Sak has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 318 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Mark Sak's work include AI in cancer detection (18 papers), Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging (17 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (10 papers). Mark Sak is often cited by papers focused on AI in cancer detection (18 papers), Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging (17 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (10 papers). Mark Sak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Mark Sak's co-authors include Peter J. Littrup, Neb Duric, Gretchen L. Gierach, Mark E. Sherman, Lisa Bey‐Knight, Cuiping Li, Haythem Ali, Nebojsa Duric, Norman F. Boyd and Rachel F. Brem and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors, Medical Physics and BioMed Research International.

In The Last Decade

Mark Sak

26 papers receiving 304 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Sak United States 9 176 133 123 120 57 27 318
Lisa Bey‐Knight United States 11 248 1.4× 110 0.8× 114 0.9× 195 1.6× 71 1.2× 25 400
C Glide United States 2 257 1.5× 71 0.5× 65 0.5× 182 1.5× 22 0.4× 3 355
Mirjam Facius Germany 11 227 1.3× 160 1.2× 76 0.6× 119 1.0× 86 1.5× 18 455
Olsi Rama United States 7 389 2.2× 99 0.7× 73 0.6× 329 2.7× 24 0.4× 18 565
Wei-Chih Shen Taiwan 10 353 2.0× 177 1.3× 84 0.7× 98 0.8× 58 1.0× 15 452
K.M. Hiltawsky Germany 8 216 1.2× 86 0.6× 57 0.5× 166 1.4× 18 0.3× 8 314
Earle Holsapple United States 4 318 1.8× 73 0.5× 49 0.4× 259 2.2× 14 0.2× 5 441
Afsaneh Alikhassi Iran 8 182 1.0× 82 0.6× 41 0.3× 24 0.2× 87 1.5× 33 288
Frederick Au Canada 8 184 1.0× 59 0.4× 75 0.6× 104 0.9× 39 0.7× 15 294
Haidy Nasief United States 7 297 1.7× 99 0.7× 76 0.6× 99 0.8× 122 2.1× 16 355

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Sak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Sak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Sak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Sak based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mark Sak. Mark Sak is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ramin, Cody, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Maeve Mullooly, et al.. (2023). Short-term changes in ultrasound tomography measures of breast density and treatment-associated endocrine symptoms after tamoxifen therapy. npj Breast Cancer. 9(1). 12–12. 2 indexed citations
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Gierach, Gretchen L., Mark Sak, Shaoqi Fan, et al.. (2022). Rapid Reductions in Breast Density following Tamoxifen Therapy as Evaluated by Whole-Breast Ultrasound Tomography. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(3). 792–792. 5 indexed citations
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Littrup, Peter J., Nebojsa Duric, Mark Sak, et al.. (2021). Multicenter Study of Whole Breast Stiffness Imaging by Ultrasound Tomography (SoftVue) for Characterization of Breast Tissues and Masses. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(23). 5528–5528. 13 indexed citations
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Duric, Neb, Mark Sak, Shaoqi Fan, et al.. (2020). Using Whole Breast Ultrasound Tomography to Improve Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: A Novel Risk Factor Based on the Quantitative Tissue Property of Sound Speed. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(2). 367–367. 27 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Peter J. Littrup, Rachel F. Brem, & Neb Duric. (2020). Whole Breast Sound Speed Measurement from US Tomography Correlates Strongly with Volumetric Breast Density from Mammography. Journal of Breast Imaging. 2(5). 443–451. 5 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, N. Duric, & Peter J. Littrup. (2018). Volumetric breast density comparisons between waveform UST sound speed imaging and mammography (Conference Presentation). 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, et al.. (2017). A comparison of automated versus manual segmentation of breast UST transmission images to measure breast volume and sound speed. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10139. 101391H–101391H. 1 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Neb Duric, Peter J. Littrup, Mark E. Sherman, & Gretchen L. Gierach. (2017). Ultrasound tomography imaging with waveform sound speed: parenchymal changes in women undergoing tamoxifen therapy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10139. 101390W–101390W. 5 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Neb Duric, Peter J. Littrup, et al.. (2016). Using Speed of Sound Imaging to Characterize Breast Density. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 43(1). 91–103. 53 indexed citations
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Khodr, Zeina G., Mark Sak, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, et al.. (2015). Determinants of the reliability of ultrasound tomography sound speed estimates as a surrogate for volumetric breast density. Medical Physics. 42(10). 5671–5678. 22 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Peter J. Littrup, Neb Duric, et al.. (2015). Current and Future Methods for Measuring Breast Density: A Brief Comparative Review. PubMed. 4(4). 209–221. 31 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Neb Duric, Peter J. Littrup, et al.. (2015). Comparison of breast density measurements made using ultrasound tomography and mammography. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9419. 94190R–94190R. 2 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Neb Duric, Peter J. Littrup, et al.. (2014). Comparison of sound speed measurements on two different ultrasound tomography devices. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9040. 90400S–90400S. 6 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, Neb Duric, Peter J. Littrup, et al.. (2013). Breast density measurements using ultrasound tomography for patients undergoing tamoxifen treatment. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8675. 86751E–86751E. 14 indexed citations
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Duric, Neb, Norman F. Boyd, Peter J. Littrup, et al.. (2013). Breast density measurements with ultrasound tomography: A comparison with film and digital mammography. Medical Physics. 40(1). 13501–13501. 52 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark. (2013). The Role Of Tissue Sound Speed As A Surrogate Marker Of Breast Density. DigitalCommons - WayneState (Wayne State University). 3 indexed citations
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Sak, Mark, et al.. (2012). Breast tissue composition and breast density measurements from ultrasound tomography. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8320. 83200Q–83200Q. 7 indexed citations
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Bakić, Predrag R., Cuiping Li, Mark Sak, et al.. (2011). Comparison of 3D and 2D breast density estimation from synthetic ultrasound tomography images and digital mammograms of anthropomorphic software breast phantoms. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7961. 79610Z–79610Z. 6 indexed citations
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Hopp, Torsten, et al.. (2011). 2D/3D image fusion of x-ray mammograms with speed of sound images: evaluation and visualization. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7968. 79680L–79680L. 5 indexed citations

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