Herbert Kressel, MD
Appointments:
MRI Staff
Radiologist-in-Chief , Emeritus
Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Biosketch:
Graduated the University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1972. Completed internship at the University of Washington Hospitals in Seattle and served as a resident and fellow in diagnostic radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Joined the section of gastrointestinal radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, was later appointed Director of MRI and Professor of Radiology. Past president of Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and Editor of many professional journals. Major interests are magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen and pelvis with particular interest in prostate, liver and pancreas
Contact: hkressel@bidmc.harvard.edu
Recent Publications:
- Kolodny GM, Raptopolous V, Simon M, Mendel J, Barbaras LG, Tal I, Kressel HY.A low-cost, full-function picture archiving and communication system using standard PC hardware and the traditional 4-over-4 display format. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Mar;172(3):591-4
- Raptopoulos V, Prassopoulos P, Chuttani R, McNicholas MM, McKee JD, Kressel HY. Multiplanar CT pancreatography and distal cholangiography with minimum intensity projections. Radiology. 1998 May;207(2):317-24.
- Nunes LW, Schiebler MS, Rauschning W, Schnall MD, Tomaszewski JE, Pollack H, Kressel HY. The Normal Prostate and Periprostatic Structures: Correlation Between MR Images Made with an Endorectal Coil and Cadaveric Microtome Sections. AJR 164:923-927 1995
- Schnall MD, Furth EE, Rosato EF, Kressel HY. Rectal tumor stage: correlation of endorectal MR imaging and pathologic findings. Radiology 190: 709-14, 1994
- Schiebler ML, Schnall MD, Pollack HM, Lenkinski RE, Tomaszewski JE, Wein AJ, Whittington R, Rauschning W, Kressel HY. Current role of MR imaging in the staging of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Radiology 189:339-352, 1993
- Schenck JF, Dumoulin CL, Redington RW, Kressel HY, Elliott RT, McDougall IL. Human exposure to 40-Tesla magnetic fields in a whole-body scanner. Med Phys 19 (4): 1089-1098, 1992
- Chan TW, Kressel HY, Milestone B, Tomachefski J, et al. Rectal carcinoma: staging at MR imaging with endorectal surface coil. Radiology 181: 461-467, 1991
- Schnall MD, Imai Y, Tomaszewski J, Pollack HM, Lenkinski RE, Kressel HY. Prostate cancer: local staging with endorectal surface coil MR imaging. Radiology 178: 797-802, 1991
- Imai Y, Kressel HY, Saul SH, Chao PW, et al. Colorectal tumors: an in vitro study of high resolution MR imaging. Radiology 177: 695-701, 1990
- Schnall MD, Lenkinski RE, Pollack HM, Imai Y, Kressel HY. Prostate: MR imaging with an endorectal surface coil. Radiology 172: 570-574, 1989
- Lenkinski RE, Holland GA, Allman T, Vogele K, Kressel HY, Grossman RI, Charles HC, Engeseth HR, Famig D, MacFall JR. Integrated MR imaging and spectroscopy with chemical shift imaging of P-31 at 1.5 T: initial clinical experience. Radiology 169: 201-206, 1988
- Ebner F, Kressel HY, Mintz MC, Carlson JA, Cohen EK, Schiebler M, Gefter G, Axel L. Tumor recurrence versus fibrosis in the female pelvis: differentiation with MR imaging at 1.5 T. Radiology 166: 333-340, 1988
