Radiology / Nuclear Medicine

The Washington University physicians at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) have been providing clinical radiology services for nearly three quarters of a century and have earned the reputation of a radiology leader.

MIR is a large and complex radiology department—a necessity for providing top quality radiology services to our patients.

Our expert radiologists, working with skilled nurses and technologists, perform and interpret more than 600,000 examinations and procedures each year. Combine this experience and expertise with productive research and training programs and you have a top-notch radiology facility for diagnosing and treating diseases.

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Henry Duval Royal, MD

Specialty Areas
Nuclear Medicine
Radiology
PET Imaging

Areas of Clinical Interest
Tumor imaging, pulmonary embolism, radiation injuries, positron emission tomography

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003, 2005-2009 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Cited in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare beginning with the 1st edition, 1996

Cited in Who's Who in America beginning with the 51st edition (1997), 1996

Listed under the specialty "Nuclear Medicine - Radiation Accidents" and "Nuclear Medicine - General" in "The Best Doctors in America", Naifeh S and Smith GW (editors), Woodward / White, Aiken, S Carolina, 1994-1995 edition

Listed under the specialty "Nuclear Medicine - Radiation Accidents" in "The Best Doctors in America", Naifeh S and Smith GW (editors), Woodward / White, Aiken, S Carolina, 1992-1993

St. Louis University Medical School,
Cum Laude, 1974

Editorial Responsibilities

Assistant Editor:
(Nuclear Radiology), American Journal of Roentgenology

Reviewer:
American Journal of Roentgenology
Journal of Coronary Artery Disease
Journal of the American Medical Association
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Radiology
Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

Parker JA, Royal HD, Uren RF, Front D, Bliss JG, Rabussi M, Jansons D, Kolodny GM. An all-digital nuclear medicine department. 1983 [classical article] J Digit Imaging. 2003;16:5-10; discussion 3-4

Schuster DP, Stark T, Stephenson J, Royal H. Detecting lung injury in patients with pulmonary edema. Intensive Care Med, 2002; 28(9):p. 1246-53

Royal, HD: Relative biological effectiveness of external radiation vs ¹³¹I: A review of animal data. IN Radiation and Thyroid Cancer. G. Thomas, A. Karaoglou and E. D. Williams. Singapore, World Scientific: 201-207, 1999.

Coppack SW, Horowitz JF, Paramore DS, Cryer PE, Royal HD, Klein S: Whole-body, adipose tissue and forearm norepinephrine kinetics in lean and obese women. Am J Physiol 275 (Endocrinol Metab 38): E830-E834, 1998.

Invited Publications

Delbeke D, Coleman RE, Guiberteau MJ, Brown ML, Royal HD, Siegel BA, Townsend DW, Berland LL, Parker JA, Hubner K, Stabin MG, Zubal G, Kachelriess M, Cronin V, Holbrook S. Procedure guideline for tumor imaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT 1.0. J Nucl Med. 2006;47(5):885-95. Erratum in: J Nucl Med 2006; 47:903

Delbeke D, Coleman RE, Guiberteau MJ, Brown ML, Royal HD, Siegel BA, Townsend DW, Berland LL, Parker JA, Zubal G, Cronin V; Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM). Procedure Guideline for SPECT/CT Imaging 1.0. J Nucl Med 2006; 47:1227-34

Coleman RE, Delbeke D, Guiberteau MJ, Conti PS, Royal HD, Weinreb JC, Siegel BA, Federle MF, Townsend DW, Berland LL; American College of Radiology; Society of Nuclear Medicine; Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance. Concurrent PET/CT with an integrated imaging system: intersociety dialogue from the joint working group of the American College of Radiology, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance. J Nucl Med 2005 Jul; 46(7):1225-39

Meier DA, Brill DR, Becker DV, Clarke SE, Silberstein EB, Royal HD, Balon HR; Society of Nuclear Medicine. Procedure guideline for therapy of thyroid disease with (131)iodine. J Nucl Med. 2002; 43:856-61

Royal HD, Hillier DA: Chapter 4: Thromboembolism Imaging. In: Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine (Schiepers C, ed), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000; pp 57-77

Henry Duval Royal, MD