Natalia Antropova
PhD student, Medical Physics
email: antropova@uchicago.edu
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nataliaantropova
I am a Ph.D. student in in medical physics at The University of Chicago, working in Dr. Maryellen Giger's computer-aided diagnosis group. My research focuses on developing deep learning methods for clinical decision-making based on medical images. My current projects focus on breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and prognosis using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Prior to University of Chicago, I attended University of Wisconsin, Madison, where I received my B.S. degrees in applied mathematics and physics and a minor in electrical engineering. My previous research focused on developing methods for fetal position tracking with ultrasound.
Publications
- N Antropova, B Huynh, M Giger, “A deep fusion methodology for breast cancer diagnosis demonstrated on three imaging modality datasets.” Medical Physics (2017). [Link]
- N Antropova, B Huynh, M Giger, “Multi-task learning in the computerized diagnosis of breast cancer on DCE-MRIs.” arXiv preprint: arXiv:1701.03882 (2017). [Link]
- H Li, B Huynh, M Giger, N Antropova, “Deep learning in breast cancer risk assessment: evaluation of convolutional neural networks on a large clinical dataset of FFDMs.” Journal of Medical Imaging, Aug (2017). [Link]
- N Antropova, B Huynh, M Giger, “Performance comparison of deep learning and segmentation-based radiomic methods in the task of distinguishing benign and malignant breast lesions on DCE-MRI.” In SPIE Medical Imaging. Int Society for Optics and Photonics, (2016). [Link]
- N Antropova, A Sanchez, I Reiser, E Sigky, J Boone, X Pan, “Efficient iterative image reconstruction algorithm for dedicated breast CT.” In SPIE Medical Imaging. Int Society for Optics and Photonics, (2016). [Link]
Honors and Awards
- Winner, Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Genomics Hackathon Summer 2017
- The University of Chicago Paul C. Hodges Alumni Society Research Award Autumn 2016
- Academic Excellence Scholarship 2010-2014
- Applied Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics Leadership Prize Spring 2013
- Dr. Maritza Irene Stapanian Crabtree Physics Scholarship Spring 2013
- Clarice Cox Mathematics and Physics Scholarship Spring 2012
- Henry and Eleanor Firminhac Physics Scholarship Spring 2012