Rudy Van Hemert

Associate Professor

Last publication 2023 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Radiology, College of Medicine

11 h-index 22 pubs 1,263 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Rudy Van Hemert's research focuses on the application of advanced medical imaging techniques, particularly Diffusion-Weighted Whole-Body MRI (DW-MRI), for the assessment and prognosis of multiple myeloma. His work investigates the potential of serial imaging to identify patients at high risk of relapse and to evaluate bone remineralization of lytic lesions. Van Hemert has published on the prognostic impact of focal lesion location and persistence in multiple myeloma, utilizing insights from serial PET/DWI imaging. He also contributes to the literature on differential diagnosis in neuroimaging, as evidenced by his publication on meningioma and its mimics.

Van Hemert is an Associate Professor in Radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 11, with 21 total publications and over 1,254 citations. He has collaborated with researchers such as Sharmilan Thanendrarajan and Maurizio Zangari, with whom he shares multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 22
  • Citations: 1,263

Selected Publications

  • Prognostic impact of focal lesion location and persistence in multiple myeloma: insights from serial PET/DWI imaging (2025)
  • Dorsal Root Ganglion Size in Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Lower Extremity: A Retrospective Pilot Study (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Sequential Imaging with Diffusion-Weighted Whole-Body MRI (DW-MRI) and PET-CT Identifies Patients at High Risk of Relapse in Multiple Myeloma (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Bone remineralization of lytic lesions in multiple myeloma – The Arkansas experience (2021)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex

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