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Robert Ellis Reiman Jr.

Associate Professor of Radiology
Radiology
Box 3155 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
409 Elf Street, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Dr. Reiman is diplomate of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, and is the Associate Director the Radiation Safety Division of Duke's Occupational and Environmental Safety Office.  He is on the faculty the Department of Radiology and is a member of the Faculty of the Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program.  He coordinates the patient care activities of the Duke Radiation Safety Division and participates in the teaching of radiology residents, nuclear medicine fellows, cardiology fellows and medical students.  His current research interests include internal radionuclide dosimetry and the application of Web-based systems to problems in radiation safety and dosimetry.  He has also published on imaging of bone, brain and soft-tissue tumors with nitrogen-13 labeled amino acids.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Radiology · 2021 - Present Radiology, Clinical Science Departments

Recent Publications


Evaluation of an 131I-labeled HER2-specific single domain antibody fragment for the radiopharmaceutical therapy of HER2-expressing cancers.

Journal Article Sci Rep · February 22, 2022 Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) is an attractive strategy for treatment of disseminated cancers including those overexpressing the HER2 receptor including breast, ovarian and gastroesophageal carcinomas. Single-domain antibody fragments (sdAbs) exemplifi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Seven-Pinhole Versus Single-Pinhole SPECT for Thyroid Imaging

Conference 2020 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2020 · January 1, 2020 To compare 7-pinhole and single-pinhole SPECT thyroid imaging under conditions of equal total detector area. A phantom was generated using XCAT software. Trajectories of 7-pinhole and single-pinhole detectors were developed for 2 scenarios: (i) minimum rad ... Full text Cite

Improved Dose Estimates for Fluoroscopically Guided Lumbar Epidural Injections.

Journal Article Pain Med · May 1, 2019 OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to determine the potential impact of system inaccuracies and table attenuation on fluoroscope-reported dose values. DESIGN: An Institutional Review Board-approved study was conducted to collect detailed acquisition and ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Health Physics: Accelerator Health Physics; Reactor Health Physics

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 2012 - 2014

Cross-disciplinary Training in Medical Physics

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

Development of Nuclear Safety Graduate Level Courses Including Radionuclide Therapy Training Modules and Radiation Protection Laboratory Exercises

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 2007 - 2011

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Education, Training & Certifications


Case Western Reserve University · 1987 M.D.