Afaf Moustafa

Ms. Afaf Moustafa

New York Medical College
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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 August 2020 in Diagnostics
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AMAfaf Moustafa
Afaf Moustafa
TCTheodore Cary
Theodore Cary
Laith SultanLaith Sultan
Laith Sultan
SSSusan M. Schultz
Susan M. Schultz
ECEmily F Conant
Emily F Conant
CSChandra Sehgal
Chandra Sehgal
Color Doppler is used in the clinic for visually assessing the vascularity of breast masses on ultrasound, to aid in determining the likelihood of malignancy. In this study, quantitative color Doppler radiomics features were algorithmically extracted from breast sonograms for machine learning, producing a diagnostic model for breast cancer with higher performance than models based on grayscale and clinical category from the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System for ultrasound (BI-RADSUS). Ultrasound images of 159 solid masses were analyzed. Algorithms extracted nine grayscale features and two color Doppler features. These features, along with patient age and BI-RADSUS category, were used to train an AdaBoost ensemble classifier. Though training on computer-extracted grayscale features and color Doppler features each significantly increased performance over that of models trained on clinical features, as measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, training on both color Doppler and grayscale further increased the ROC area, from 0.925 ± 0.022 to 0.958 ± 0.013. Pruning low-confidence cases at 20% improved this to 0.986 ± 0.007 with 100% sensitivity, whereas 64% of the cases had to be pruned to reach this performance without color Doppler. Fewer borderline diagnoses and higher ROC performance were both achieved for diagnostic models of breast cancer on ultrasound by machine learning on color Doppler features.

7 January 2021 in Preventive Medicine
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AMAfaf Moustafa
Afaf Moustafa
DRDaniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez
AMAlexa Mazur
Alexa Mazur
JAJanet Audrain-McGovern
Janet Audrain-McGovern

21 April 2017 in Addiction
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HKHenry R. Kranzler
Henry R. Kranzler
RVRachel Vickers-Smith
Rachel Vickers-Smith
RSRobert Schnoll
Robert Schnoll
AMAfaf Moustafa
Afaf Moustafa
EGEmma Greenstreet‐Akman
Emma Greenstreet‐Akman

20 September 2021 in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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AMAfaf Moustafa
Afaf Moustafa
STShannon Testa
Shannon Testa
Daniel RodriguezDaniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez
SPStephen Pianin
Stephen Pianin
JAJanet Audrain-McGovern
Janet Audrain-McGovern

5 July 2021 in Obesity
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AMAfaf Moustafa
Afaf Moustafa
KQKerry M. Quigley
Kerry M. Quigley
TWThomas A. Wadden
Thomas A. Wadden
RBRobert I. Berkowitz
Robert I. Berkowitz
ACAriana M. Chao
Ariana M. Chao

29 March 2022 in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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AMAfaf Moustafa
Afaf Moustafa
DRDaniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez
SPStephen H. Pianin
Stephen H. Pianin
STShannon M. Testa
Shannon M. Testa
JAJanet E. Audrain-McGovern
Janet E. Audrain-McGovern