Reed and Martha Rice Professor of Radiology
Vice Chair, Radiology

Department / Division:
Radiology / Abdominal Imaging

Address:
DUMC 3808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-7443

Office Telephone:
919-684-7443

Fax Telephone:
919-684-7138

• MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (California), 1980

• Radiology, Loma Linda University (California), 1981-1985

• Abdominal Imaging, Emory University (Georgia), 1985-1987
• Fellow, American College of Radiology

Clinical Interests:
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic imaging, virtual imaging, percutaneous image-guided intervention, percutaneous thermal tumor ablation

Research Interests:
Diagnostic Imaging of the Liver; Specifically the Detection and Characterization of Focal and Diffuse Processes by US, CT and MRI.

Representative Publications:
Sheafor DH, Paulson EK, Simmons CM, DeLong DM, Nelson RC. Abdominal percutaneous interventional procedures: Comparison of CT and US guidance. Radiology 1998; 207:705-710. (1998)

Sheafor DH, Foti TM, Vaslef SN, Nelson RC. Fat in the interior vena cava associated with caval injury. AJR 1998; 171:181-182. (1998)

Paulson EK, Fisher AJ, DeLong DM, Parker DD, Nelson RC. Helical liver CT with computer-assisted bolus tracking technology: Is it possible to predict which patients will not achieve a threshold of enhancement? Radiology 1998; 209:787-792. (1998)

Nelson RC, Anderson FA Jr, Birnbaum BA, Chezmar JL, Glick SN. Contrast media extravasation during dynamic CT: Detection with an Extravasation Detection Accessory. Radiology 1998; 209:837-843. (1998)

Fisher AJ, Paulson EK, Kliewer MA, DeLong DM, Nelson RC. Doppler sonography of the portal vein and hepatic artery: Measurement of a prandial effect in healthy subjects. Radiology 1998; 207:711-715. (1998)

Nelson RC, McDermott VG, Paulson EK: Aberrant venous drainage to the liver: Imaging implications. Radiology 1995;197:338-340. (1995)

Nelson RC, Sherbourne GM, Spenser HB, Chezmar JL: Splenic venous flow exceeding portal venous flow: Relationship to portosystemic varices. AJR 1993;161:563-567. (1993)

Nelson RC, Moyers JH, Chezmar JL, Hoel MJ, Jones EC, Peterson JE, Cork RD, Bernardino ME: Hepatic dynamic sequential CT: Section enhancement profiles with a bolus of ionic and nonionic contrast agents. Radiology 1991; 178:499-502. (1991)

Nelson RC, Chezmar JL, Sugarbaker PH, Murray DR, Bernardino ME: Preoperative localization of focal liver lesions to specific liver segments: Utility of CT during arterial portography. Radiology 1990;176:89-94. (1990)

Nelson RC, Chezmar JL, Sugarbaker PH, Bernardino ME: Hepatic tumors: Comparison of CT during arterial portography, delayed CT, and MR imaging for preoperative evaluation. Radiology 1989;172:27-34. (1989)