A Partnership Training Program in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Concept Development of the Next Generation Diagnostic Breast Imaging Using Digital Image Library and Networking Techniques
Abstract
In this partnership training program, experts from Georgetown and Howard Universities participated in training through seminars, specialized tutorials and workshops. Further, we developed a large digitized mammography database of African-American patients. The database was made accessible through the web to support breast cancer research. We have accomplished the objectives of this 4-year project and have reached our goal. As a result, a large number of Howard faculty investigators and students, both undergraduate and graduate, have been trained for breast cancer research. Under this program, one Ph.D. student and three Masters students have successfully completed their theses and obtained their degrees from Howard University; four graduate students have entered the Ph.D. degree program of the ECE Department; and half a dozen of undergraduate students have successfully completed their degree work. More than a dozen academic papers have been published in both international journals and at international conferences based on the research activities of this partnership program. We have also developed a large-scale mammography database featuring Africa-American patients and a mammography research website, among other major achievements listed in this final report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA466579
Entities
People
- Mohamed F. Chouikha
Organizations
- Howard University