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Rendon C. Nelson

Medical Professor in the Department of Radiology
Radiology
Box 3808 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
1532 Hosp North, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Diagnostic Imaging of the Liver; Specifically the Detection and Characterization of Focal and Diffuse Processes by US, CT and MRI.
Percutaneous Image-Guided Thermal Ablation of Hepatic and Renal Tumors

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Medical Professor in the Department of Radiology · 2025 - Present Radiology, Clinical Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 1994 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Comparison of clinical efficacy, subjective user experience, and safety for two different core biopsy needles, the Achieve® and Marquee®.

Journal Article Abdom Radiol (NY) · August 2022 PURPOSE: To compare clinical efficacy, subjective radiologist preference, and complication rates for two different core biopsy needles, the Achieve® and Marquee®. METHODS: Retrospective review included consecutive patients who underwent 18 gauge non-target ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dual-Energy CT Vital Iodine Tumor Burden for Response Assessment in Patients With Metastatic GIST Undergoing TKI Therapy: Comparison With Standard CT and FDG PET/CT Criteria.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2022 BACKGROUND. CT-based criteria for assessing the gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) response to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy are limited in part because tumor attenuation is influenced by treatment-related changes including hemorrhage and calc ... Full text Link to item Cite

HSP90-Specific nIR Probe Identifies Aggressive Prostate Cancers: Translation from Preclinical Models to a Human Phase I Study.

Journal Article Mol Cancer Ther · January 2022 A noninvasive test to discriminate indolent prostate cancers from lethal ones would focus treatment where necessary while reducing overtreatment. We exploited the known activity of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) as a chaperone critical for the function of n ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


High-Throughput Volumetric Photoacoustic Imaging of Living Vascularized Organoids

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023

A Patient-Adaptive, High MI Abdominal Scanner

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


Loma Linda University, School of Medicine · 1980 M.D.