Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Pedro M. Gonçalves Pereira

Pedro M. Gonçalves Pereira
Editor-in-Chief
Medical Faculty, MD in Neuroradiology, Campus Gambelas
University Algrave, Portugal

Biography

Pedro M. Gonçalves Pereira was born in Lisbon (February 10, 1968). Currently works has Neuroradiologist at Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Spine and Artro Interventionist at PainCare, Head Neuroradiology at SCM-Benavente and assists Hospitals and Clinics with teleradiology. Between 2013 and 2017 was assigned Head of Neuroradiology at Hospital Vila Franca Xira / José Melo Saude (a 4-year appointment to set-up in-patient, out-patient workflow, and the emergency response by teleradiology). Between 2007 and 2018 was Neuroradiologist at Hospital dos Lusiadas. He his Professor of Neuroimaging at the University of Algarve Medical Faculty (University Core Professors), and Professor (Pathology of the CNS, and Neurosciences) at the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute (University Personal Page). He is registered as full-member of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRBM) and Board Member of the International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS). He his entrepreneur and CEO of a neuroimaging company, dedicated to clinical diagnosis and research.

Research Interest

- Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Tractography (brain, cerebellum and brain stem pathways, cranial nerves and spinal cord). - Quantitative MRI (volumetry, relaxometry, CSF dynamics, cerebral blood flow/perfusion, fractional anisotropy) - Functional MRI (motor, sensitive, visual, language functions). - Spectroscopy (single-, multi-, and 3D-voxel) - Fetal MRI (brain, spine, head and neck). - Pediatric Neuroradiology - Pediatric and Adult Head and Neck - Angiography (CT, MRI, DSA) - Perfusion CT and Dual Source CT - CT mielography - Spine intervention (percutaneous fluoroscopic-guided interventions) - Artro intervention