Professional Staff
Ultra Sound Unit
Department of Radiology
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel
Education
1970-1976: Honors Program in Medical Education, Northwestern University
Degrees Awarded
1974: B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
1976: M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago Illinois
Residency Training
1976: Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1977-1980: Dept. of Radiology, McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Fellowship Training
1980-1981: Section of Ultrasound & Body Computer Tomography, Dept. of Radiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Hospital Appointments
2001-present: Hadassah/Hebrew University Medical Center, Tenured appointment to the professional staff, Department of Radiology, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel
1992-2001: Hadassah/Hebrew University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel
1981-1992: Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center (Sunset), Department of Radiology, 1505 North Edgemont Street, Los Angeles, CA 90027
1981-1992: Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024
1980-1981: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Radiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Honors and Awards
1976: Inducted into Alpha Omega Medical Honor Society, Northwestern University Chapter
1979-1980: Chief Resident, Department of Radiology, McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
1996: 1st prize, MRI Marathon, Sponsored by MOR / MAR, Ltd., Herzlia, Israel.
2008: 1st prize, Poster Award, Winner, 9th Intrnational Workshop in Digital Mammography, Tucson, Arizona.
Licensure (active)
Israel: #24239
Board Certification
1997: National Board of Medical Examiners # 166451
1980: American Board of Radiology
1981: Israeli Certificate of Specialization in Radiology-#12657 (Issued 1992 - valid retroactively based on ABR certification)
Professional Societies
1977-1981: American College of Radiology, Junior Member
1977-1986: Radiological Society of N. America, Assoc. Member
1992-present: Israel Medical Association
1994-present: Israel Radiological Society
1995-present: Israel Ultrasound Society
2005-present: European Ultrasound Society
Teaching Activities
1981-1991: Instructing diagnostic radiology residents and preparing them for the speciality board examinations at Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center and at UCLA.
1992-present: Instructing diagnostic radiology residents and preparing them for the speciality board examinations at Hadassah University Hospital.
1992-present: Instructing 5th year medical students of the Hebrew University School of Medicine in Ultrasound.
2002-2005: Lecturing on clinical radiology to 4th and 5th year medical students of the Hebrew University School of Medicine.
2006-present: Lecturing on Ultrasound at the Jerusalem College of Technology.
Research Activities
1995-1998: SophisView Technologies. Radiological consultant for the development of a Computer Assisted Diagnosis (CAD) system for the classification of lesions in mammography.
1998- 2002 International Medical Multimedia. Radiological consultant. Responsible for the medical content of interactive software program for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Quality Assurance (QA) in mammography.
2000- 2001: Developing a method for performing ultrasound guidance for thrombin injection for the treatment of femoral artery pseudoaneurysm.
2001- 2002: Developing a method for performing ultrasound guidance for laparoscopic enucleation of pancreatic islet cell tumors.
2002- 2004: CAD Vision Medical Technologies. Radiological consultant for the development of a CAD system for automatic detection of lesions in mammography
2004-present: Siemens Computer Aided Diagnosis, Ltd. Radiological consultant for the development of CAD systems for digital and CT images.
Other Professional Activities
2001-2002: Reviewer for the European Journal of Radiology
2004: Experience in the field of Musculo-skeletal Ultra-sound at the 14th Annual Workshop In Musculo-skeletal Ultra-sound, October 17-21, 2004, Bologna, Italy.
Patents
U.S. Patent No. 7418119 - Issue Date: August 26, 2008 - Title: “Display for Computer-Aided Evaluation of Medical Images and For Establishing Clinical Recommendation Therefrom”
Scientific Exhibits
1. Radiology of Pressure Sores. Hendrix RW, Lederman RB, Calenoff L, Leiman HL. Exhibited at the 65th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1979.
2. Radiological Evaluation of Pressure Sores. Calenoff L, Lederman RB, Hendrix RW, Neiman HL. Exhibited at the 57th Annual Session of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the 42nd Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington, D.C., October 1980.
3. Computerized Processing in Mammography. Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Behar D., Buchbinder S., Exhibited at the MEDAX convention, Jerusalem, Israel, October 1996.
4. CAD Taken to a New Dimension. Leichter I., Buchbinder S.S., Lederman R., Bamberger P., Novak B., Fields S. Exhibited at the 86th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, November 2000, Chicago, USA.
5. Mammography CAD: What can be done to optimize performance? Lederman R. , Buchbinder S.S. , Bamberger P. , Novak B. , Fields S. , Leichter I. Exhibited at the 14th European Congress of Radiology, March 2001, Vienna, Austria.
6. Collateral benefit to the mammographer from Computer Aided Diagnosis. Buchbinder S.S, Leichter I, Bamberger P, Novak B, Fields S, Lederman R. Exhibited at the 15th European Congress of Radiology, March 2002, Vienna, Austria.
7. Optimizing the CAD Process for Detecting Mammographic Lesions by a New Generation Algorithm Using Linear Classifiers and a Gradient Based Approach. Bamberger P, Leichter I, Merlet N, Ratner E, Fung G, Lederman R. Exhibited at the 9th International Workshop in Digital Mammography - IWDM 2008, Tucson, Arizona.
8. Can pulmonary malignancies be detected on chest radiographs earlier with CAD? Shaham D, Leichter I, Bogot N, Manevitch A, Simanovsky N, Lederman R. The 23rd European Congress of Radiology, March 2010, Vienna, Austria.
9. Breast Density, Lesion Pathology and Lesion Size – which of them most impacts CAD Performance in Mammography? Gallimidi Z, Leichter I, Heyman-Reiss A, Merlet N, Ratner E, Abramov M, Stainvas I, Lederman R. The 23rd European Congress of Radiology, March 2010, Vienna, Austria.
10. Automatic Assessment of Breast Composition Based on Computerized Analysis of Digital Mammographic Examinations. Peled I, Rothstein A, Lederman R, Leichter I. Optical Engineering 2010, July 2010, Jerusalem, Israel.
Publications
1. Radiology of Pressure Sores. Hendrix RW, Lederman R, Calenoff L, Neiman HL. Radiology, February 1981.
2. Ultrasound Diagnosis of Testicular Leukemia. Lupetin AR, King WIII, Rich PJ, Lederman R. Radiology, 146, 171, 1983.
3. Traumatized Scrotum: Ultrasound Evaluation. Lupetin AR, King WIII, Rich PJ, Lederman R. Radiology, 148, 203, 1983.
4. Clinical Evaluation of Computerized Enhancement and Analysis of Mammographic Findings. Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Behar D., Buchbinder S., in: Digital Mammography '96. K. Doi, M. L. Giger, R. M. Nishikawa, R. A. Schmidt (Eds.) Elsevier Science, New York, 1996, pp. 81-86.
5. Computerized Diagnostics in Digital Mammography. Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Fields S., Lederman R. IEEE Proceedings (96TH8190) of the 19th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, pp. 406-408, 1996.
6. Analysis of Clustered Microcalcifications by Using a Single Numerical Classifier Extracted from Mammographic Digital Images. Buchbinder S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Fields S., Behar D. Academic Radiology, 5, 779-789, 1998.
7. Interactive Quantitative. Characterization of Microcalcifications on Digitized Film- Screen Mammograms. Lederman R, Leichter I, Bamberger P, Novak B, Fields S, Buchbinder SS . in: Digital Mammography, Nijmegen 1998, N. Karssemeijer, M. Thijssen, J. Hendriks, L. van Erning (Eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1998, pp. 221-224.
8. The Use of an Interactive Software Program for Quantitative Characterization of Micro-calcifications on Digitized Film-Screen Mammograms. Leichter I., Lederman R., Bamberger P., Novak B., Fields S., Buchbinder S.S. Investigative Radiology 34, 394-400, 1999.
9. Improved Mammographic Interpretation of Masses Using Computer Aided Diagnosis. Leichter I., Fields S., Nirel R., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Buchbinder S. European Radiology, 10, 377-383, 2000.
10. Quantitative Characterization of Mass Lesions on Digitized Mammograms for Computer Assisted Diagnosis. Leichter I., Buchbinder S., Bamberger P., Novak B., Fields S., Lederman R. Invest. Radiol. 35, 366-372, 2000.
11. Optimizing Parameters for Computer Aided Diagnosis of Micro-calcifications in Mammography. Leichter I., Lederman R., Novak B., Bamberger P., Fields S., Buchbinder S. Academic Radiology 7, 406-412, 2000
12. Analysis of Computer Extracted Features Related to Size of Micro-Calcifications: Correlation With Pathologic Diagnosis. Fields S., Lederman R., Bamberger P., Novak B., Buchbinder S.S., Leichter I.. In: IWDM 2000: Fifth International Workshop on Digital Mammography, M.J. Yaffe (Ed.), Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, Wis., 2001.
13. Ultrasound-guided Thrombin Injection for the Treatment of Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysm of the Femoral Artery. Bloom A, Sasson T, Verstandig A, Wolf Y, Anner H, Berlatzky Y, Akopnick I, Lotan C, Lederman R, Lebensart P, The Israel Medical Association Journal 3, 649-652, 2001
14. Can Size of Micro-calcifications predict Malignancy of Clusters in Mammography? Leichter I., Buchbinder S., Lederman R., Novak B., Bamberger P., Fields S., Academic Radiology 9, 18-26, 2002.
15. Laparoscopic Enucleation of Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors. Reissman P, Lyass S, Eid A, Zamir O, Lederman R, Gross D, Surgical Endoscopy and other Interventional Techniques Suppl. 1, 16, 303, 2002.
16. Stratification of mammographic cases by BIRADS Category with the assistance of a CAD system. Lederman R., Leichter I., Novak B., Bamberger P., Fields S., Buchbinder S. European Radiology, 13, 347-353, 2003.
17. Mammographic Lesions: what diagnostic role does the individual microcalcifications shape play compared to the cluster Geometry? Leichter I., Lederman R , Buchbinder S ,. Bamberger P, Novak B, Fields Am. J Roentgenol. 182, 705-712, 2004
18. The use of CAD Analysis in BI-RADS Category 3 Lesions. Buchbinder S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Novak B,Bamberger P, Sklair-Levy M, Yarmish G, Fields S. Radiology, 230, 820-823, 2004.
19. Improved mammographic accuracy with CAD assisted ranking of lesions. Fields S, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Sklair M, Bamberger P, Leichter I. In: Digital Mammography IWDM 2002, H.O. Peitgen (Ed.), Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.
20. Hepatic Lymphoma: an Imaging Approach with Emphasis on Image-Guided Needle Biopsy. Appelbaum L, Lederman R, Agid R, Libson E. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 7, 19-22, 2005.
21. Computerized Classification Can Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies in BI-RADS Category 4A Lesions. Leichter I, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Srour Y, Bamberger P, , Sperber F. In: Digital Mammography - IWDM 2006, S.M. Astley, M. Brady, C. Rose, R. Zwiggelaar (Eds.) Springer, Berlin, 2006, pp. 76-83.
22. Optimizing the CAD Process for Detecting Mammographic Lesions by a New Generation Algorithm Using Linear Classifiers and a Gradient Based Approach. Bamberger P, Leichter I, Merlet N, Ratner E, Fung G, Lederman R. In: Digital Mammography - IWDM 2008, LNCS 5116, Krupinski EA (Ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 358-365, 2008.
23. Does a mammography CAD algorithm with varying filtering levels of detection marks, used to reduce the false mark rate, adversely affect the detection of small masses? Leichter I, Lederman R, Ratner E, Merlet N, Fung G, Krishnapuram B, Bamberger P. In: Digital Mammography - IWDM 2008, LNCS 5116, Krupinski EA (Ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 504- 509, 2008
24. Should CAD Be Used as a Second Reader? – Exploring Two Alternative Reading Modes for CAD in Screening Mammography. Lederman R, Leichter I, Ratner E, Abramov M, Manevich A, Stoeckel J. In: Digital Mammography - IWDM 2010, LNCS 6136, Marti J et al, (Eds.), Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 161- 167, 2010.
25. Is CAD Able to Assist in the Detection of Subtle Breast Findings – Lobular Cancers, and T1a/T1b Masses in Dense Breasts? Leichter I, Gallimidi Z, Heyman-Reiss A, Merlet N, Ratner E, Abramov M, Stainvas I, Lederman R. In: Digital Mammography- IWDM 2010, LNCS 6136, Marti J et al, (Eds.), Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 474- 480, 2010.
26. Towards Learning Spiculation Score of the Masses in Mammography Images. Stainvas I, Stoeckel J, Ratner E, Abramov M, Lederman R. In: Digital Mammography- IWDM 2010, LNCS 6136, Marti J et al, (Eds.), Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 272- 279, 2010.
Abstracts
1. Radiology of Pressure Sores. Hendrix RW, Lederman RB, Calenoff L, Neiman HL. The 65th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1979.
2. Transjugular Intrahepativ Portosystemic Shunting (TIPS): Initial Experience in Israel. Verstanding A, Cracuin E, Lederman R, Tur-Kaspa R, Eid A, Katz A, Barlotsky Y, Shuval Y, Shuval D. The Semi-annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Liver, Haifa, Israel, January 1993.
3. Clinical Evaluation of Computerized Enhancement and Analysis of Mammographic Findings. Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Behar D., Buchbinder S. The 3rd International Workshop in Digital Mammography. Chicago, 1996.
4. Computerized Processing in Mammography. Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Behar D., Buchbinder S. The 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of Radiologists in Israel, October 1996.
5. Improved Mammographic Interpretation of Masses Using Computer Aided Diagnosis. Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Behar D., Buchbinder S. 10th European Congress of Radiology, March 1997, Vienna, Austria.
6. Analysis of Clustered Microcalcifications Using a Single Numerical Classifier Extracted from Mammographic Digital Images. Buchbinder S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Lederman R., Fields S.I., Behar D.J. Radiology 205(P), 402, 1997. The 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. November 1997, Chicago, USA.
7. Classification of Clustered Microcalcifications - Is Patient Age a significant Variable? Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Behar D., Buchbinder S. The 27th Annual Meeting of The Society of Radiologists in Israel. December 1997, Tel Aviv, Israel.
8. Computer-Aided Diagnosis Can Help Radiologists Accurately Distinguish Benign from Malignant Breast Tumors. Fields S., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Buchbinder S. The 28th National Conference on Breast Cancer, The American College of Radiology, Washington, DC, April 1998.
9. Interactive Quantitative Characterization of Microcalcifications on Digitized Film-Screen Mammograms. Lederman R., Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Fields S., Buchbinder S. In: The 4th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, June 1998, pp. 38-39.
10. Optimizing Parameters for Computer Aided Diagnosis in Mammography. Buchbinder S., Bamberger P., Lederman R., Fields S., Novak B. and Leichter I. The 12thEuropean Conference of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, March 1999.
11. A Computerized System for Automatic Extraction of Mammographic Lesions Characteristics. Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Fields S., Buchbinder S. In: Proceedings of the Second Israeli Symposium on Computer –Aided Surgery, Medical Robotics and Medical Imaging, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1999, pp.1-11.
12. Size of Micro-calcifications: Are the Smallest Calcifications Benign? Buchbinder S., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Fields S., Leichter I. The 13th European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, March 2000.
13. Analysis of Computer Extracted Features Related to Size of Micro-Calcifications: Correlation With Pathologic Diagnosis. Lederman R., Fields S., Bamberger P., Novak B., Buchbinder S., Leichter I. In: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Digital Mammography Toronto, Canada., June 11-14, 2000.
14. Improved CAD of Mammographic Lesions by Assigning Non-uniform Weight to Different Parameters. Buchbinder S., Lederman R., Bamberger P., Novak B., Fields S., Leichter I.. The 14th European Congress of Radiology, March 2001, Vienna, Austria
15. Circular Clusters of Micro-calcifications and their Association with Benign Pathology. Leichter I., Bamberger P., Novak B., Lederman R., Fields S., Buchbinder S. In: Proceedings of the 87 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 25, 2001, Chicago, U.S.A.
16. The role of individual MCs shape and cluster shape in the interpretation of mammograms. Leichter I, Lederman R, Bamberger P, Novak B, Fields S, Buchbinder S. In: Proceedings of the 15th European Congress of Radiology, March 2002, Vienna, Austria.
17. Improved mammographic accuracy with CAD assisted ranking of lesions. Fields S, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Sklair M, Bamberger P, Leichter I. In: Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Digital Mammography, Bremen, Germany., June 22-25, 2002.
18. Mammographic interpretation improvement with CAD assisted classification of lesions. Fields S., Buchbinder S., Lederman R., Novak B., Sklair-Levy M., Bamberger P., Leichter I. The Annual Meeting of Israel Radiological Association, Eilat, Israel, October 23-25, 2002
19. The use of CAD Analysis in BI-RADS Category 3 Lesions. Buchbinder S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Novak B,Bamberger P, Sklair-Levy M, Fields S. The 88 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, December 1, 2002, Chicago, U.S.A.
20. Increased Diagnostic Performance with CAD Assisted Classification of Mammographic Lesions. Leichter I, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Bamberger P, Sklair-Levy M, Fields S. The 88 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, December 1, 2002, Chicago, U.S.A.
21. Extracting Additional Information from BI-RADS Category 4 Cases by CAD Analysis Buchbinder S, Lederman R, Leichter I, Novak B, Bamberger P, Fields S. Proceedings of The 16th European Congress of Radiology, March 2003, Vienna, Austria.
22. A Case for Changing the BI-RADS Guidelines. Buchbinder S, Lederman R, Leichter I, Novak B, Bamberger P, Sklair-Levy M, Fields S. Proceedings of The 16th European Congress of Radiology, March 2003, Vienna, Austria.
23. The Use of Computer Aided Classification (CAC) in Reducing the Recall Rate in screening Mammography. Fields S, Buchbinder S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Novak B, Bamberger P. Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association, October 29, 2003 Eilat, Israel.
24. Can a CAC (Computer Assisted Classification) system serve as a second reader for Mammography? Lederman R. , Leichter I, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Salvatore M, Yarmish G, Bamberger P, Fields S. Proceedings of The 89 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 30, 2003, Chicago, U.S.A
25. The Use of an Advanced CAC (Computer Assisted Classification) Device in Reducing Incomplete Assessments in Screening Mammography. Buchbinder S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Novak B, Bamberger P, Fields S. Proceedings of The 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 30, 2003, Chicago, U.S.A
26. The Use of an Advanced Two-tiered System in Maximizing CAD Performance for Mammography. Leichter I, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Sklair-Levy M, Bamberger P, Fields S . Proceedings of The 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 30, 2003, Chicago, U.S.A.
27. Improving the Performance of Mammographic Assessment by the use of an Advanced Two-tiered CAD/CAC System. Fields S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Sklair-Levy M, Sperber F, Bamberger P. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, June 2004, Charlotte, NC, U.S.A.
28. Improved Mammographic Accuracy by the Use of an Advanced Two-tiered CAD/CAC System. Fields S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Sklair-Levy M, Bamberger P. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association, October 27-29, 2004 Eilat, Israel.
29. Can a Combination of Automatic Detection (CAD) and Computerized Classification (CAC) Optimize the Performance of Mammographic Assessment? Buchbinder S, Leichter I, Lederman R, Fields S, Nova k B, Sklair-Levy M, Sperber F, Bamberger P. Proceedings of The 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 28, 2004, Chicago, U.S.A.
30. Is CAD/CAC Performance Affected by Breast Tissue Composition? Lederman R, Leichter I, Fields S, Buchbinder S, Novak B, Sklair-Levy M, Bamberger P. Proceedings of The 18th European Congress of Radiology, March 2005, Vienna, Austria.
31. A New Approach for Adjunct Computerized Assessment of Mammographic Findings, using a CAC System. Leichter I, Buchbinder S, Lederman R, Fields S, Novak B, Bamberger P. Proceedings of The 18th European Congress of Radiology, March 2005, Vienna, Austria.
32. Assessing Mammaographic Lesions with Low Suspicion of Malignancy by Computer Aided Classification (CAC). Sperber F, Lederman R, Fields S , Buchbinder S, Bamberger P, Leichter I. Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association, November 2-4, 2005 Eilat, Israel.
33. Improved Performance of Mammographic Interpretation Using Computerized Extraction of Quantitative Features for Lesion Characterization. Fields S , Leichter I, Buchbinder S, Srour Y, Novak B, Lederman R. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association, November 2-4, 2005 Eilat, Israel.
34. Computerized Classification of CAD-detected Visible, Non-actionable Lesions in Previously Overlooked Breast Cancers. Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Fields S, Sperber F, Bamberger P, Leichter I. Proceedings of The 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 27, 2005, Chicago, U.S.A.
35. The Use of Computer Aided Classification (CAC) in BI-RADS Category 4A lesions. Sperber F, Lederman R, Fields S Buchbinder S, Bamberger P, Leichter I. The 19th European Congress of Radiology, March 2006, Vienna, Austria, European Radiology, 16 Supp.1, 265, 2006.
36. Computerized Classification Can Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies in BI-RADS Category 4A Lesions. Leichter I, Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Srour Y, Bamberger P, , Sperber F. The 8th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, IWDM 2006, June 2006, Manchester, UK
37. Reduction in Unnecessary Breast Biopsies by Computerized Classification of Mammographic Lesions. Fields S, MD, Leichter I, PhD, Sklair-Levy M, MD, Buchbinder S, MD, Lederman R, MD. Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association, November 1-3, 2006 Tel-Aviv, Israel.
38. Improved Performance of Mammographic Interpretation using Lesion Characterization by BI-RADS Descriptors Derived from Computerized Features. Lederman R, Leichter I, Sklair-Levy M, Buchbinder S, Srour Y, Fields S. Proceedings of The 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 26, 2006, Chicago, U.S.A.
39. Improved Diagnosis of T1a and T1b Mammographic Lesions by Drawing Radiologists’ Attention to Prompts Most Indicative of Malignancy. Leichter I, Lederman R, Srour Y, Shapira M, Buchbinder S. The 20th European Congress of Radiology, March 2007, Vienna, Austria.
40. The Percentage of Equivocal Cases in which Breast Biopsies Could Be Eliminated by Computerized Analysis of Mammograms. Fields S, Leichter I, Sklair-Levy M, Srour Y, Buchbinder S, Lederman R. The 20th European Congress of Radiology, March 2007, Vienna, Austria.
41. A mammography CAD algorithm with varying levels of filtering for the CAD marks - the effect on the sensitivity and the false mark rate. Leichter I, Lederman R, Bamberger P. The semi-annual meeting of The Israeli Society of Breast Imaging, February 27, 2008, Haifa, Israel.
42. A New Generation Algorithm for Digital Mammography Designed to Reproduce the Performance of Expert Radiologists in Detecting Actionable Clusters. Bamberger P, Leichter I, Merlet, N, Fung, G, Lederman R. The 21st European Congress of Radiology, March 2008 Vienna, Austria.
43. Does a mammography CAD algorithm with varying filtering levels of detection marks, used to reduce the false mark rate, adversely affect the detection of small masses? Leichter I, Lederman R, Ratner E, Merlet N, Fung G, Krishnapuram B, Bamberger P. IWDM 2008, Tucson, Arizona, 2008
44. Utility of CAD for Digital Chest Radiographs in Readers with Various Levels of Expertise. Bogot N, Shaham D, Lederman R, Stoeckel J, Eliahou R, Manevitch A, Hiller N, Mansur SS, Dinesh MS, Acharyya M, Leichter I. The annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association (ISRA), October 2008, Eilat, Israel.
45. Amyloid goiter – imaging and diagnosis. Ben-David E, Lebensart PD, Lederman R, Simoanovski N, Hiller N, Sosna J, Dubiner V, Appelbaum L. The annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association (ISRA), October 2008, Eilat, Israel.
46. CAD for Mammography Made More Effective for Small Lesions in Dense Breasts by Filtering the Detection Marks by Their Level-of-suspicion. Leichter I, Lederman R, Ratner E, Merlet N, Fung G, Krishnapuram B. The 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 30, 2008, Chicago, U.S.A.
47. Is CAD effective in Detecting High Risk Breast Lesions? Leichter I, Lederman R, Merlet N, Ratner E, Manevich A, Gallimidi Z, Heyman-Reiss A. The 22nd European Congress of Radiology, March 2009, Vienna, Austria.
48. The Effect of CAD on Readers with Various Levels of Expertise, Analyzing Digital Chest Radiographs for Lung Nodules. Shaham D, Bogot NR, Leichter I, Lederman R, Eliahou R, Manevitch A, Stoeckel J, Dinesh MS, Acharyya M. The 22nd European Congress of Radiology, March 2009, Vienna, Austria.
49. Can CAD Detect Sub-solid Lung Nodules on Digital Chest Radiographs? Shaham D, Bogot NR, Lederman R, Manevitch A, Merlet N, Abramov M, Belhdeb M, Leichter I. The Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association (ISRA), October 28-30, 2009, Eilat, Israel.
50. Is CAD Performance in Mammography Affected by Breast Density, Lesion Pathology or Lesion Size? Gallimidi Z, Lederman R, Heyman-Reiss A, Merlet N, Ratner E, Abramov M, Stainvas I, Leichter I. The Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association (ISRA), October 28-30, 2009, Eilat, Israel.
51. Improving Mammographic CAD Performance for Masses by an Algorithm that Mimics Human Vision by Comparing Bilateral Views. Leichter I, Lederman R, Merlet N, Ratner E, Manevich A. The 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, November 29, 2009, Chicago, U.S.A.
52. Minimizing the Recall Rate in Mammography due to CAD by Exploring the Frequently Encountered Types of False Marks. Lederman R, Buchbinder S, Leichter I. The 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of The Radiological Society of North America, November 29, 2009, Chicago, U.S.A.
53. Should CAD in Mammography be used for Prescreening or as a Second Reader? Leichter I, Lederman R, Merlet N, Abramov M, Stainvas I, Ratner E, Stoeckel J. The 23rd European Congress of Radiology, March 2010, Vienna, Austria.
54. Subsolid Lung Nodules Verified by CT- Are they detectable by CAD on Digital Chest Radiographs? Shaham D, Bogot NR, Lederman R, Manevitch A, Merlet N, Abramov M, Belhdeb M, Leichter I, The 23rd European Congress of Radiology, March 2010, Vienna, Austria.
55. Integrating Computer Assisted Detection in PACS for assisting the radiologist in the detection of nodules on chest radiographs. Leichter I, Lederman R, Manevitch A, Greenberg M, Shaham D, Stoeckel J, The 5th PACS Israeli Annual Congress, IsraPACS 2010, May 2010, Jerusalem. Israel.
56. Automatic Assessment of Breast Composition Based on Computerized Analysis of Digital Mammographic Examinations. Peled I, Rothstein A, Lederman R, Leichter I. The Annual Optical Engineering Meeting 2010, July 2010, Jerusalem, Israel.
57. Can CAD Assist in the Detection of Subtle Findings on Chest Radiographs? Shaham D, Leicther I, Bogot NR, Manevitch A, Lederman R. The 23rd International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer, October 22-23, 2010, NYC, NY, USA.
58. Earlier Detection of Cancer on Chest Radiographs by CAD. Shaham D, Leichter I, Bogot N, Manevitch A, Simanovsky N, Lederman R. The 23rd International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer, October 22-23, 2010, NYC NY, USA.
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60. Can CAD Assist in the Earlier Detection of Pulmonary Malignancies on Chest Radiographs? Shaham D, Leichter I, Bogot N, Manevitch A, Simanovsky N, Lederman R. The Annual Meeting of the Israel Radiological Association (ISRA), October 27-29, 2010, Eilat, Israel.
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