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Richard C. Semelka is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Additional subfields include Materials Chemistry, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Hepatology.

The scientist's work frequently appears in various academic venues, including UNC Libraries, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Open Access, Investigative Radiology, Radiologia Brasileira, and Archives of Toxicology.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas such as:

  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard C. Semelka include:

  • "Gadolinium Deposition Disease," 2023, Investigative Radiology
  • "Physicians with self-diagnosed gadolinium deposition disease: a case series," 2021, Radiologia Brasileira

Richard C. Semelka has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, most notably Miguel Ramalho and Joana Ramalho, as well as Mamdoh AlObaidy, Holden T. Maecker, and Yael Rosenberg-Hasson.

Best Publications

  • Normal left ventricular dimensions and function: Interstudy reproducibility of measurements with cine MR imaging

    Richard C. Semelka;Ernesto Tomei;Stefan Wagner;John Mayo;John Mayo

  • MRI: Basic Principles and Applications

    Mark A. Brown;Richard C. Semelka

  • Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent Accumulation and Toxicity: An Update

    J. Ramalho;R. C. Semelka;M. Ramalho;R. H. Nunes

  • Contrast agents for MR imaging of the liver

    Richard C. Semelka;Thomas K. G. Helmberger

  • Growth of uterine leiomyomata among premenopausal black and white women

    Shyamal D. Peddada;Shannon K. Laughlin;Kelly Miner;Kelly Miner;Jean Philippe Guyon

  • Interstudy reproducibility of dimensional and functional measurements between cine magnetic resonance studies in the morphologically abnormal left ventricle.

    Richard C. Semelka;Ernesto Tomei;Stefan Wagner;John Mayo

  • Hepatic hemangiomas: a multi-institutional study of appearance on T2-weighted and serial gadolinium-enhanced gradient-echo MR images.

    Richard C Semelka;E. D. Brown;S. M. Ascher;R. H. Patt

  • Focal liver lesions: Comparison of dual‐phase CT and multisequence multiplanar MR imaging including dynamic gadolinium enhancement

    Richard C. Semelka;Diego R. Martin;Cem Balci;Cem Balci;Trang Lance

  • Right and left ventricular stroke volume measurements with velocity-encoded cine MR imaging: In vitro and in vivo validation

    C Kondo;G R Caputo;R Semelka;E Foster

  • Adenomyosis: prospective comparison of MR imaging and transvaginal sonography.

    Susan M. Ascher;Lori L. Arnold;Richard H. Patt;John J. Schruefer

  • MRI of Acute Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in Pregnant Patients

    Katherine R. Birchard;Michele A. Brown;Michele A. Brown;W. Brian Hyslop;Zeynep Firat

  • Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies, including selective substitution with MRI

    Richard C. Semelka;Richard C. Semelka;Diane M. Armao;Diane M. Armao;Jorge Elias;Jorge Elias;Jorge Elias;Walter Huda;Walter Huda

  • MR imaging of the pancreas.

    Richard C. Semelka;Susan M. Ascher

  • Bladder tumor staging : comparison of contrast-enhanced CT, T1- and T2-weighted MR imaging, dynamic gadolinium-enhanced imaging, and late gadolinium-enhanced imaging

    B. Kim;Richard C Semelka;S. M. Ascher;D. B. Chalpin

  • HASTE MR imaging: Description of technique and preliminary results in the abdomen

    Richard C. Semelka;Nikolaos L. Kelekis;David Thomasson;Mark A. Brown

  • High Signal Intensity in Globus Pallidus and Dentate Nucleus on Unenhanced T1-weighted MR Images: Evaluation of Two Linear Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents.

    Joana Ramalho;Mauricio Castillo;Mamdoh AlObaidy;Mamdoh AlObaidy;Renato H Nunes

  • Spectrum of MRI appearances of untreated metastases of the liver.

    Ioana Maria Danet;Richard C Semelka;Polytimi Leonardou;Larissa Braga

  • Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas: Spectrum of appearances on MRI

    Richard C. Semelka;Carolina M. Custodio;N. Cem Balci;John T. Woosley

  • Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopy in distinguishing the type and severity of inflammatory Bowel disease

    J Shoenut;Richard Semelka;Cynthia Magro;Richard Silverman

  • Fetal fast MR imaging: reproducibility, technical quality, and conspicuity of anatomy.

    Deborah Levine;Patrick D. Barnes;Scott Sher;Richard C. Semelka

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald G. Mitchell
Donald G. Mitchell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Eugenio Picano
Eugenio Picano National Research Council (CNR)
Mauricio Castillo
Mauricio Castillo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hedvig Hricak
Hedvig Hricak Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Frank H. Miller
Frank H. Miller Northwestern University
Daniel L. Rubin
Daniel L. Rubin Stanford University
David A. Bluemke
David A. Bluemke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles B. Higgins
Charles B. Higgins University of California, San Francisco
Sanjay Saini
Sanjay Saini Harvard University
Lorrin M. Koran
Lorrin M. Koran Stanford University

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