Marvin D. Nelson Jr. MD
Radiologist | Body Imaging
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Marvin D. Nelson Jr., MD, MBA, serves the Children's Hospital Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. He functions as a pediatric radiologist, using neuroradiology techniques to diagnose and treat neurological disorders. He is also a Professor of Radiology at the USC Keck School of Medicine. With an impressive education with fellowships earned all around the world, Dr. Nelson is also the author of various articles and conductor of various research trials in the up-and-coming field of neuroimaging.
Education and Training
California
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Radiology
Neuroradiology
American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Characterizing chronic pericarditis using steady-state free-precession cine MR imaging.
- Clinical, radiological, and audiological relationships in hemifacial microsomia.
- Functional MRI in neonates using neonatal head coil and MR compatible incubator.
- Micro-MRI at 11.7 T of a murine brain tumor model using delayed contrast enhancement.
- MR imaging of newborns by using an MR-compatible incubator with integrated radiofrequency coils: initial experience.
- Best cases from the AFIP: hemimegalencephaly.
- Proton-decoupled 31P MRS in untreated pediatric brain tumors.
- Image-matching as a medical diagnostic support tool (DST) for brain diseases in children.
- Differentiation of choroid plexus tumors by advanced magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
- Somatosensory lateralization in the newborn brain.
- Untreated pediatric primitive neuroectodermal tumor in vivo: quantitation of taurine with MR spectroscopy.
- Mechanisms of tissue-iron relaxivity: nuclear magnetic resonance studies of human liver biopsy specimens.
- Improved R2* measurements in myocardial iron overload.
- Multimodal imaging analysis of tumor progression and bone resorption in a murine cancer model.
- Globus MEDICUS - federation of DICOM medical imaging devices into healthcare Grids.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor of Radiology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine -
Internships
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowships
- National Hospital for Nervous Disease (Neuroradiology), London; Foundation Ophthalmologique A. de Rothschild, Paris; (Interventional Neuroradiology); Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago (Pediatric Radiology)
Articles and Publications
- Co-author, 'Proton-decoupled 31P MRS in untreated pediatric brain tumors.' Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2005
- Co-author, 'Functional MRI in neonates using neonatal head coil and MR compatible incubator.' NeuroImage, 2003
- Co-author, 'Anorectal malformations: evaluation of associated spinal dysraphic syndromes.' Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1988
What do you attribute your success to?
Parents and Early Education
Hobbies / Sports
- Golf, Tennis, Antiquarian Books
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