B
Brian S. Garra
Researcher at Veterans Health Administration
Publications - 5
Citations - 232
Brian S. Garra is an academic researcher from Veterans Health Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Data security & Mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 206 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian S. Garra include Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Elastography: current status, future prospects, and making it work for you.
TL;DR: The first and most common application of elastography is for the diagnosis of breast lesions where studies have shown an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.88 to 0.95 for distinguishing cancer from benign lesions.
Journal ArticleDOI
A low-cost ultrasound program leads to increased antenatal clinic visits and attended deliveries at a health care clinic in rural Uganda.
Andrew B. Ross,Kristen K. DeStigter,Matthew Rielly,Sonia Souza,Gabriel Eli Morey,Melissa Nelson,Eric Silfen,Brian S. Garra,Alphonsus Matovu,Michael Kawooya +9 more
TL;DR: The availability of a low-cost antenatal ultrasound program may assist progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 by encouraging women in a rural environment to come to a health care facility for skilled antenatal care and delivery assistance instead of utilizing more traditional methods.
Journal ArticleDOI
Technical aspects of mediastinal ultrasound for pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis
Kara Lee Pool,Charlotte C. Heuvelings,Charlotte C. Heuvelings,Sabine Bélard,Martin P. Grobusch,Heather J. Zar,Dorothy I. Bulas,Brian S. Garra,Savvas Andronikou,Savvas Andronikou +9 more
TL;DR: Technical aspects of performing mediastinal US, which may assist diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary TB, are described.
Journal ArticleDOI
Volume sweep imaging: open-source technology for pediatric global health collaboration
TL;DR: The World Federation of Pediatric Imaging, whose primary goals are to promote collaboration between pediatric imaging practitioners and facilitate outreach and training to low-resource nations, has begun to reach out to innovators in US technology to develop point-of-care testing for pediatric patients in developing countries.
Book ChapterDOI
Information Technology in Global Health Radiology
Brian S. Garra,Brian S. Garra +1 more
TL;DR: Continual improvements in network infrastructure and declining electronic component cost will make development of low-cost imaging network solutions easier in the future.