Division Chief, Abdominal Imaging

Department / Division:
Radiology / Abdominal Imaging

Address:
DUMC 3808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-2711

Office Telephone:
919-684-7366

Fax Telephone:
919-684-7129

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1985

• Radiology, University of Utah, 1986-1990

• Abdominal Imaging, Duke University Medical Center, 1990-1991

Clinical Interests:
Hepatobiliary pancreatic imaging with emphasis on CT and MR, abdominal interventional radiology, oncologic imaging, CT colonography

Research Interests:
Research interests include (1) CT dose reduction, (2) clinical evaluation and applications of state-of-the-art imaging technology with an emphasis on computed body tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging, (3) imaging technology for hepatic lesion detection and characterization, (4) image guided percutaneous biopsies and interventional procedures, and (5) imaging of pancreatic pathology

Representative Publications:
Brady MJ, Thomas J, Wong TZ, Franklin KM, Ho LM, Paulson EK. Adrenal nodules at FDG PET/CT in patients known to have or suspected of having lung cancer: a proposal for an efficient diagnostic algorithm. Radiology. 2009 Feb;250(2):523-30. (2009) Abstract

Boll DT, Patil NA, Paulson EK, Merkle EM, Simmons WN, Pierre SA, Preminger GM. Renal stone assessment with dual-energy multidetector CT and advanced postprocessing techniques: improved characterization of renal stone composition--pilot study. Radiology. 2009 Mar;250(3):813-20. (2009) Abstract

Taylor SA, Charman SC, Lefere P, McFarland EG, Paulson EK, Yee J, Aslam R, Barlow JM, Gupta A, Kim DH, Miller CM, Halligan S. CT colonography: investigation of the optimum reader paradigm by using computer-aided detection software. Radiology. 2008 Feb;246(2):463-71. (2008) Abstract

Paulson EK, Weaver C, Ho LM, Martin L, Li J, Darsie J, Frush DP. Conventional and reduced radiation dose of 16-MDCT for detection of nephrolithiasis and ureterolithiasis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jan;190(1):151-7. (2008) Abstract

Ho LM, Paulson EK, Brady MJ, Wong TZ, Schindera ST. Lipid-poor adenomas on unenhanced CT: does histogram analysis increase sensitivity compared with a mean attenuation threshold? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jul;191(1):234-8. (2008) Abstract