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Perry J. Pickhardt is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Surgery, Oncology, Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main topics of study incorporate a variety of areas related to medical imaging and diagnostic techniques. These include:

  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Pickhardt has published extensively in several prominent venues, with multiple papers in:

  • Abdominal Radiology
  • American Journal of Roentgenology
  • Radiology
  • Radiographics
  • British Journal of Radiology

Frequent coauthors in their research include Ronald M. Summers, Meghan G. Lubner, John W. Garrett, David H. Kim, and Peter M. Graffy, indicating collaborative work with established researchers in the field.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Automated CT biomarkers for opportunistic prediction of future cardiovascular events and mortality in an asymptomatic screening population: a retrospective cohort study (2020, The Lancet Digital Health)
  • Value-added Opportunistic CT Screening: State of the Art (2022, Radiology)
  • Automated Abdominal CT Imaging Biomarkers for Opportunistic Prediction of Future Major Osteoporotic Fractures in Asymptomatic Adults (2020, Radiology)
  • Quantification of Liver Fat Content with CT and MRI: State of the Art (2021, Radiology)
  • Opportunistic Screening Using Low-Dose CT and the Prevalence of Osteoporosis in China: A Nationwide, Multicenter Study (2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research)

Best Publications

  • Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology.

    Bernard Levin;David A Lieberman;Beth McFarland;Kimberly S Andrews

  • Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal neoplasia in asymptomatic adults.

    Perry J. Pickhardt;J. Richard Choi;Inku Hwang;James A. Butler

  • Screening and Surveillance for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Adenomatous Polyps, 2008: A Joint Guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi‐Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology*†

    Bernard Levin;David A. Lieberman;Beth McFarland;Robert A. Smith

  • Polyps: Linear and Volumetric Measurement at CT Colonography

    Srinath C. Yeshwant;Ronald M. Summers;Jianhua Yao;Daniel S. Brickman

  • Prospective blinded comparison of polyp size on computed tomography colonography and endoscopic colonoscopy.

    Courtney Barancin;Perry J. Pickhardt;David H. Kim;Bret Spier

  • CT colonography versus colonoscopy for the detection of advanced neoplasia.

    David H. Kim;Perry J. Pickhardt;Andrew J. Taylor;Winifred K. Leung

  • Opportunistic Screening for Osteoporosis Using Abdominal Computed Tomography Scans Obtained for Other Indications

    Perry J. Pickhardt;B. Dustin Pooler;Travis Lauder;Alejandro Muñoz del Rio

  • CT colonography reporting and data system: a consensus proposal.

    Michael E. Zalis;Matthew A. Barish;J. Richard Choi;Abraham H. Dachman

  • CT Texture Analysis: Definitions, Applications, Biologic Correlates, and Challenges.

    Meghan G. Lubner;Andrew D. Smith;Kumar Sandrasegaran;Dushyant V. Sahani

  • Data augmentation using generative adversarial networks (CycleGAN) to improve generalizability in CT segmentation tasks.

    Veit Sandfort;Ke Yan;Perry J. Pickhardt;Ronald M. Summers

  • Colorectal cancer: CT colonography and colonoscopy for detection--systematic review and meta-analysis

    Perry J. Pickhardt;Cesare Hassan;Steve Halligan;Riccardo Marmo

  • Location of adenomas missed by optical colonoscopy.

    Perry J Pickhardt;Pamela A Nugent;Pauline A Mysliwiec;J Richard Choi

  • Primary neoplasms of the appendix: radiologic spectrum of disease with pathologic correlation.

    Perry J. Pickhardt;Angela D. Levy;Charles A. Rohrmann;Amir I. Kende

  • Abdominal CT With Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction (MBIR): Initial Results of a Prospective Trial Comparing Ultralow-Dose With Standard-Dose Imaging

    Perry J. Pickhardt;Meghan G. Lubner;David H. Kim;Jie Tang

  • Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy computer-aided polyp detection in a screening population.

    Ronald M. Summers;Jianhua Yao;Perry J. Pickhardt;Marek Franaszek

  • A Resect and Discard Strategy Would Improve Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening

    Cesare Hassan;Perry J. Pickhardt;Perry J. Pickhardt;Douglas K. Rex

  • Simultaneous screening for osteoporosis at CT colonography: Bone mineral density assessment using MDCT attenuation techniques compared with the DXA reference standard

    Perry J Pickhardt;Lawrence J Lee;Alejandro Muñoz del Rio;Travis Lauder

  • Intestinal malrotation in adolescents and adults: spectrum of clinical and imaging features.

    Perry J Pickhardt;Sanjeev Bhalla

  • CT textural analysis of hepatic metastatic colorectal cancer: pre-treatment tumor heterogeneity correlates with pathology and clinical outcomes.

    Meghan G. Lubner;Nicholas Stabo;Sam J. Lubner;Alejandro Munoz del Rio

  • Incidence of Colonic Perforation at CT Colonography: Review of Existing Data and Implications for Screening of Asymptomatic Adults

    Perry J. Pickhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald M. Summers
Ronald M. Summers National Institutes of Health
Cesare Hassan
Cesare Hassan Catholic University of America
Zhengrong Liang
Zhengrong Liang Stony Brook University
Neil Binkley
Neil Binkley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jianhua Yao
Jianhua Yao Tencent (China)
Guang-Hong Chen
Guang-Hong Chen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Douglas K. Rex
Douglas K. Rex Indiana University
Brooks D. Cash
Brooks D. Cash The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Steve Halligan
Steve Halligan University College London
Nicholas Petrick
Nicholas Petrick US Food and Drug Administration

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