Rudy Van Hemert

Associate Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas Medical Center (2016); University of Arkansas System (2013)

Faculty Researcher

Radiology, College of Medicine

11 h-index 21 pubs 1,278 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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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: 21
Citations: 1,278

Selected Publications

Prognostic impact of focal lesion location and persistence in multiple myeloma: insights from serial PET/DWI imaging (2025)

Blood Advances 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Dorsal Root Ganglion Size in Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Lower Extremity: A Retrospective Pilot Study (2024)

Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface 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)

Blood 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Bone remineralization of lytic lesions in multiple myeloma – The Arkansas experience (2021)

Bone 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Lack of Spleen Signal on Diffusion Weighted MRI is associated with High Tumor Burden and Poor Prognosis in Multiple Myeloma: A Link to Extramedullary Hematopoiesis? (2019)

Theranostics 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Lack of a Spleen Signal on Diffusion Weighted MRI Is Associated with High Tumor Burden and Poor Prognosis in Multiple Myeloma (2018)

Blood DOI OpenAlex
Combination of Flow Cytometry and Functional Imaging for Monitoring of Residual Disease in Myeloma (2018)

Blood 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Combination of flow cytometry and functional imaging for monitoring of residual disease in myeloma (2018)

Leukemia 153 citations DOI OpenAlex
The presence of large focal lesions is a strong independent prognostic factor in multiple myeloma (2018)

Blood 117 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Comparison of PET-CT to Whole Body Diffusion Weighted MRI in the Diagnosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias (2017)

Blood DOI OpenAlex
Root Cause Analysis: An Examination of Odontogenic Origins of Acute Maxillary Sinusitis in Both Immunocompetent & Immunocompromised Patients (2016)

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
Features of infratentorial-predominant posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (2015)

Acta Neurologica Belgica 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Elevation of serum lactate dehydrogenase at posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome onset in chemotherapy-treated cancer patients (2014)

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
Use of Spleen as an Internal Marker in Whole Body DWIBS Exam in Patients of Multiple Myeloma (2014)

Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia DOI OpenAlex
Lithium Toxicity and PRES: A Novel Association (2014)

Journal of Neuroimaging 11 citations DOI OpenAlex