Veronica A Arteaga

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Medical Student EducationInterstitial lung diseaseLung Cancer Screening

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EducationAnalysis of Interstitial Lung Disease

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Journals/Publications

• Filice, R. W., Stein, A., Wu, C. C., Arteaga, V. A., Borstelmann, S., Gaddikeri, R., Galperin-Aizenberg, M., Gill, R. R., Godoy, M. C., Hobbs, S. B., Jeudy, J., Lakhani, P. C., Laroia, A., Nayak, S. M., Parekh, M. R., Prasanna, P., Shah, P., Vummidi, D., Yaddanapudi, K., & Shih, G. (2020). Crowdsourcing pneumothorax annotations using machine learning annotations on the NIH chest X-ray dataset. Journal of digital imaging, 33(2), 490-496.
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  Pneumothorax is a potentially life-threatening condition that requires prompt recognition and often urgent intervention. In the ICU setting, large numbers of chest radiographs are performed and must be interpreted on a daily basis which may delay diagnosis of this entity. Development of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to detect pneumothorax could help expedite detection as well as localize and potentially quantify pneumothorax. Open image analysis competitions are useful in advancing state-of-the art AI algorithms but generally require large expert annotated datasets. We have annotated and adjudicated a large dataset of chest radiographs to be made public with the goal of sparking innovation in this space. Because of the cumbersome and time-consuming nature of image labeling, we explored the value of using AI models to generate annotations for review. Utilization of this machine learning annotation (MLA) technique appeared to expedite our annotation process with relatively high sensitivity at the expense of specificity. Further research is required to confirm and better characterize the value of MLAs. Our adjudicated dataset is now available for public consumption in the form of a challenge.
• Arteaga, V., Mitchell, D., Armitage, T., Tancredi, D., Schenker, M., & Mitloehner, F. (2015). Cage Versus Noncage Laying-Hen Housings: Respiratory Exposures. Journal of agromedicine, 20(3), 245-55.
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  The objective of this study was to compare the personal respiratory exposures of poultry workers in three different types of layer housing under commercial production conditions. Workers were randomly assigned to each of conventional cage, enriched cage, and aviary barns in a crossover repeated-measures design for three observation periods over the hens' lifetime. Inhalable and fine particulate matter (PM) and endotoxin in both size fractions were assessed by personal and area samplers over the work shift. Concentrations of inhalable PM, PM2.5 (PM with an aerodynamic diameter
• Mitchell, D., Arteaga, V., Armitage, T., Mitloehner, F., Tancredi, D., Kenyon, N., & Schenker, M. (2015). Cage Versus Noncage Laying-Hen Housings: Worker Respiratory Health. Journal of agromedicine, 20(3), 256-64.
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  The objective of this study was to compare respiratory health of poultry workers in conventional cage, enriched cage and aviary layer housing on a single commercial facility, motivated by changing requirements for humane housing of hens. Three workers were randomly assigned daily, one to each of conventional cage, enriched cage, and aviary housing in a crossover repeated-measures design for three observation periods (for a total of 123 worker-days, eight different workers). Workers' exposure to particles were assessed (Arteaga et al. J Agromedicine. 2015;20:this issue) and spirometry, exhaled nitric oxide, respiratory symptoms, and questionnaires were conducted pre- and post-shift. Personal exposures to particles and endotoxin were significantly higher in the aviary than the other housings (Arteaga et al., 2015). The use of respiratory protection was high; the median usage was 70% of the shift. Mixed-effects multivariate regression models of respiratory cross-shift changes were marginally significant, but the aviary system consistently posted the highest decrements for forced expiratory volume in 1 and 6 seconds (FEV1 and FEV6) compared with the enriched or conventional housing. The adjusted mean difference in FEV1 aviary - enriched cage housing was -47 mL/s, 95% confidence interval (CI): (-99 to 4.9), P = .07. Similarly, for FEV6, aviary - conventional housing adjusted mean difference was -52.9 mL/6 s, 95% CI: (-108 to 2.4), P = .06. Workers adopting greater than median use of respiratory protection were less likely to exhibit negative cross-shift pulmonary function changes. Although aviary housing exposed workers to significantly higher respiratory exposures, cross-shift pulmonary function changes did not differ significantly between houses. Higher levels of mask use were protective; poultry workers should wear respiratory protection as appropriate to avoid health decrements.
• Arteaga, V. A. (2014). Medical image of the week: Scimitar syndrome.. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & Critical Care, 9(2), 137-9.
• Hammode, e., Hamed, k., & Arteaga, V. A. (2014). Persistent left superior vena cava.. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & Critical Care, 9(4), 309-10. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc132-14
• Knox, K. S., & Arteaga, V. A. (2014). Medical image of the week: PE with infarct and pulmonary cavitation. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & Critical Care, 9(6), 333-4. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc158-14
• Strawter, C., Arteaga, V. A., & Mosier, J. (2014). Medical image of the week: asbestosis. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & Critical Care, 9(6), 309-10. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc156-14
• Arteaga, V. A., & Knox, K. S. (2013). Medical image of the week: expiratory imaging accentuates mosaic attenuation. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & Critical Care, 6(5), 245.
• Dalabih, M. R., Sobonya, R. E., Arteaga, V. A., Snyder, L. S., & Carr, G. E. (2013). A 48-year-old woman with headache and respiratory failure. Chest, 144(4), 1411-1416.
• Natt, B., Arteaga, V. A., & Campion, J. (2013). Medical image of the week: accessory cardiac bronchus. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & Critical Care, 7(3), 193. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc126-13
• Arteaga, V. A., Farber, A., Wagner, W. H., Lauterbach, S. R., Cossman, D. V., Louis Cohen, J., & Levin, P. M. (2003). Septic embolization to the carotid bifurcation presenting as carotidynia. Annals of vascular surgery, 17(2), 152-5.
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  Carotidynia is a term that is best defined by neck pain associated with tenderness over the carotid artery. The differential diagnosis of this entity is broad and includes vascular disorders such as carotid dissection, aneurysm, occlusion, and arteritis. We describe the first reported case of carotidynia caused by septic embolization to the carotid bulb and offer a logical plan for its management.

Presentations

• Arteaga, V. A., Bista, B., Ruehm, S., & Finn, P. (2016, May). Spectrum of imaging findings of congenital heart disease- a year long institutional experience section of diagnostic cardiovascular imaging,. UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Radiology - Research Day. UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Radiology..
• Arteaga, V. A. (2015, March). Pulmonary infections in the transplanted patient. Thoracic Imaging 2015 Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course.
• Arteaga, V. A., Knox, K., & Malo, J. (2014, March). Diverse appearances of coccidiodomycosis: an institutional experience. Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course.
• Jokerst, C., Hansen, S., Kicska, G., Raptis, D., Vargas, D., Arteaga, V. A., & Bhalla, S. (2014, Winter). Regional theater: avoiding pitfalls in thoracic radiology by understanding regional mycoses. Radiological Society of North American 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.