Research Program: Women's Cancer
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology

nelso323@umn.edu
612-273-5700 — office

Dr. Nelson's clinical profile
(University of Minnesota Physicians Web site)

Research Interests

Clinical investigator for CMRR MRI breast cancer diagnosis and measuring therapeutic response with MRS.

Selected Publications

Bolan PJ, Nelson MT, Yee D, Garwood M. Imaging in breast cancer: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Breast Cancer Res. 2005;7:149-152.

Meisamy S, Bolan PJ, Baker EH, Bliss RL, Gulbahce E, Everson LI, Nelson MT, Emory TH, Tuttle TM, Yee D, Garwood M. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy of locally advanced breast cancer: predicting response with in vivo (1)H MR spectroscopy--a pilot study at 4 T. Radiology 2004; ;233:424-31.

Bolan PJ, Meisamy S, Baker EH, Lin J, Emory T, Nelson M, Everson LI, Yee D, Garwood M. In vivo quantification of choline compounds in the breast with 1H MR spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med. 2003;50:1134-1143.

Meisamy S, Bolan PJ, Baker EH, Pollema MG, Le CT, Kelcz F, Lechner MC, Luikens BA, Carlson RA, Brandt KR, Amrami KK, Nelson MT, Everson LI, Emory TH, Tuttle TM, Yee D, Garwood M. Adding in vivo quantitative 1H MR spectroscopy to improve giagnostic accuracy of breast MR imaging: Preliminary results of observer performance study at 4.0 T. Radiology. 2005; 236:465-475.