Nola M Hylton was born on 1957 and is an American oncologist who is Professor of Radiology and Director of the Breast Imaging Research Group at the University of California, San Francisco.
16 Facts About Nola Hylton
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Nola Hylton pioneered the usage of magnetic resonance imaging for the detection, diagnosis, and staging of breast cancer by using MRIs to locate tumors and characterize the surrounding tissue.
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Nola Hylton studied chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979.
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Nola Hylton was an undergraduate fellow at Bell Labs in 1975.
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Nola Hylton joined Stanford University for her PhD, earning a doctorate in applied physics in 1985, and becoming one of a handful of Black women with doctorates in that period.
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Nola Hylton developed hierarchical processing algorithms to characterise the tissues.
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Nola Hylton was appointed group leader of the working group on Breast MRI systems.
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Nola Hylton played an integral role in the development of MRI technology for the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Nola Hylton was among the first group of scholars named the Susan G Komen for the Cure's Scientific Advisory Council and co-leader for the US Department of Health and Human Services' Women's Health International Group, where she identified and addressed barriers to clinical dissemination of breast MRI.
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Nola Hylton worked with Hologic to develop software to measure the volume of tumours and analyse images automatically.
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Nola Hylton expanded the software to include diffusion-weighted imaging, which helps assess the response of tumours in patients undergoing preoperative chemotherapy.
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Nola Hylton was principal investigator for ACRIN 6657 and 6698.
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Nola Hylton is particularly interested in dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
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Nola Hylton demonstrated in 2010 that MRI could be used to predict how women will respond to neoadjuvant therapy.
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Nola Hylton served as the principal investigator for the National Cancer Institute's International Breast MRI Consortium.
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Nola Hylton serves on the University of California, San Francisco Diversity and Inclusion committee.