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Masafumi Kidoh; Yoshinari Matsunaga; Takeshi Nakaura; Kenichirō Tanoue; Shouzaburou Uemura; Kazuo Awai; Kazunori Harada; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Low-contrast dose protection protocol for diagnostic computed tomography in patients at high-risk for contrast-induced nephropathy.
Masafumi Kidoh; Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Kazunori Harada; Ichiro Yoshinaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Contrast enhancement during hepatic computed tomography: effect of total body weight, height, body mass index, blood volume, lean body weight, and body surface area.
Yohji Honda; Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Tomokazu Kawaoka; Masahiro Kenjo; Tomoki Kimura; Tomoki Kobayashi; Keiichi Masaki; Daisuke Miyaki; Noriaki Naeshiro; Yuko Nagaoki; Yasushi Nagata; Takashi Nakahara; Atsushi Ono; Shoichi Takahashi; Shintaro Takaki; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuo Awai; Takayuki Fukuhara; Akira Hiramatsu; Kazuaki Chayama
Stereotactic body radiation therapy combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for small hepatocellular carcinoma.

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2013: Masafumi Kidoh; Yoshinari Matsunaga; Takeshi Nakaura; Kenichirō Tanoue; Shouzaburou Uemura; Kazuo Awai; Kazunori Harada; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Low-contrast dose protection protocol for diagnostic computed tomography in patients at high-risk for contrast-induced nephropathy.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2013;37(2):289-96.
2013: Masafumi Kidoh; Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Kazunori Harada; Ichiro Yoshinaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Contrast enhancement during hepatic computed tomography: effect of total body weight, height, body mass index, blood volume, lean body weight, and body surface area.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2013;37(2):159-64.
2013: Yohji Honda; Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Tomokazu Kawaoka; Masahiro Kenjo; Tomoki Kimura; Tomoki Kobayashi; Keiichi Masaki; Daisuke Miyaki; Noriaki Naeshiro; Yuko Nagaoki; Yasushi Nagata; Takashi Nakahara; Atsushi Ono; Shoichi Takahashi; Shintaro Takaki; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuo Awai; Takayuki Fukuhara; Akira Hiramatsu; Kazuaki Chayama
Stereotactic body radiation therapy combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for small hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2013;28(3):530-6.
2013: Yuko Nakamura; Junko Nambu; Hideki Ohdan; Hirotaka Tashiro; Shuji Date; Hideaki Kakizawa; Kazuo Awai
Detectability of hepatocellular carcinoma by gadoxetate disodium-enhanced hepatic MRI: tumor-by-tumor analysis in explant livers.
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2013;37(3):684-91.
2013: Yoshinori Funama; Osamu Miyazaki; Yoshiaki Sugaya; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Kazuo Awai
Automatic exposure control at MDCT based on the contrast-to-noise ratio: theoretical background and phantom study.
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) 2013;29(1):39-47.
2012: Daisuke Miyaki; Noriaki Naeshiro; Yuko Nagaoki; Takashi Nakahara; Shoichi Takahashi; Shintaro Takaki; Mio Tanaka; Koji Waki; Akira Hiramatsu; Yohji Honda; Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Tomokazu Kawaoka; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuo Awai; Kazuaki Chayama
Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma according to Child-Pugh classification.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2012;27(12):1850-7.
2012: Yoshinori Funama; Seitaro Oda; Toshiaki Shimonobo; KATSUYUKI TAGUCHI; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Kazuo Awai
Coronary artery stent evaluation by combining iterative reconstruction and high-resolution kernel at coronary CT angiography.
Academic radiology 2012;19(11):1324-31.
2012: Chikako Fujioka; Yoshinori Funama; Minoru Ishifuro; Masao Kiguchi; Yasuki Kihara; Yasushi Nagata; Kazuo Awai
Coronary artery calcium scoring on different 64-detector scanners using a low-tube voltage (80 kVp).
Academic radiology 2012;19(11):1402-7.
2012: Keizo Tanitame; Yoshiaki Kiuchi; Takashi Sone; Kazuo Awai
Clinical applications of high-resolution ocular magnetic resonance imaging.
Japanese journal of radiology 2012;30(9):695-705.
2012: Toshiharu Oka; Yoji Urabe; Hiroto Utsunomiya; Hideya Yamamoto; Ryo Yamazato; Kazuo Awai; Jun Horiguchi; Toshiro Kitagawa; Eiji Kunita; Norihiko Ohashi; Yasuki Kihara
Association between epicardial adipose tissue volume and characteristics of non-calcified plaques assessed by coronary computed tomographic angiography.
International journal of cardiology 2012;161(1):45-9.
2012: Yuko Makita; Chikaaki Motoda; Yukiko Nakano; Noboru Oda; Akinori Sairaku; Kazuyoshi Suenari; Takehito Tokuyama; Hideya Yamamoto; Kazuo Awai; Mai Fujiwara; Kenta Kajihara; Yasuki Kihara
Use of preprocedural multidetector computed tomography to decrease atrial fibrillation recurrence following extensive encircling circumferential pulmonary vein isolation.
Journal of cardiology 2012;60(3):236-41.
2012: Takeshi Nakaura; Shouzaburou Uemura; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Kazunori Harada; Natsuki Maruyama; Shinichi Nakamura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Low contrast agent and radiation dose protocol for hepatic dynamic CT of thin adults at 256-detector row CT: effect of low tube voltage and hybrid iterative reconstruction algorithm on image quality.
Radiology 2012;264(2):445-54.
2012: Keizo Tanitame; Hiroki Ueno; Yuji Akiyama; Shuji Date; Yoshiko Iwakado; Kazuhide Ochi; Keiko Otani; Miyuki Takasu; Kazuo Awai
Effect of age on the fractional anisotropy (FA) value of peripheral nerves and clinical significance of the age-corrected FA value for evaluating polyneuropathies.
Neuroradiology 2012;54(8):815-21.
2012: Keizo Tanitame; Wataru Yamasaki; Shuji Date; Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Yuko Nakamura; Chihiro Tani; Kazuo Awai
Direct vasodilation by transdermal administration of nitroglycerin: preliminary, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of nitroglycerin skin spray for premedication before artery puncture.
Japanese journal of radiology 2012;30(4):370-5.
2012: Eisuke Murakami; Yuko Nagaoki; Yasushi Nagata; Shoichi Takahashi; Shintaro Takaki; Koji Waki; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuo Awai; Akira Hiramatsu; Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Yoshio Katamura; Tomokazu Kawaoka; Masahiro Kenjo; Tomoki Kimura; Daisuke Miyaki; Kazuaki Chayama
Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using 5-fluorouracil and systemic interferon-α for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in combination with or without three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy to venous tumor thrombosis in hepatic vein or inferior vena cava.
Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology 2012;42(5):442-53.
2012: Miyuki Takasu; Chihiro Tani; Keizo Tanitame; Yuji Akiyama; Hideki Asaoku; Shuji Date; Miho Ishikawa; Toshio Kajima; Akira Sakai; Yasuko Sakoda; Kazuo Awai
Iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation (IDEAL) imaging of multiple myeloma: initial clinical efficiency results.
European radiology 2012;22(5):1114-21.
2012: Hiroo Murazaki; Yoshiaki Sugaya; Seiji Tomiguchi; Yoshinori Funama; Osamu Miyazaki; Kazuo Awai
Optimal setting of automatic exposure control based on image noise and contrast on iodine-enhanced CT.
Academic radiology 2012;19(4):478-84.
2012: Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Yoshio Katamura; Naoyuki Toyota; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuaki Chayama; Masashi Hieda; Kazuo Awai
Long-term outcomes of hepatic arterial port implantation using a coaxial microcatheter system in 176 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Hiroshima journal of medical sciences 2012;61(1):7-13.
2012: Eiji Kunita; Norihiko Ohashi; Toshiharu Oka; Hiroto Utsunomiya; Hideya Yamamoto; Kazuo Awai; Jun Horiguchi; Toshiro Kitagawa; Yasuki Kihara
Association between plasma high-molecular-weight adiponectin and coronary plaque characteristics assessed by computed tomography angiography in conditions of visceral adipose accumulation.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2012;76(7):1687-96.
2012: Shinichi Nakamura; Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Kosuke Morita; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Chronological evaluation of liver enhancement in patients with chronic liver disease at Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced 3-T MR imaging: does liver function correlate with enhancement?
Japanese journal of radiology 2012;30(1):25-33.
2011: Masaki Ishikawa; Kenji Kajiwara; Hideaki Kakizawa; Wataru Yamasaki; Syuji Date; Masashi Hieda; Kazuo Awai
Recanalization after successful occlusion by transcatheter arterial embolization with N-butyl cyanoacrylate for traumatic splenic artery injury.
Hiroshima journal of medical sciences 2011;60(4):87-90.
2011: Takako Kakuda; Tatsuo Kohriyama; Masayasu Matsumoto; Kazuhide Ochi; Tomohiko Ohshita; Miyuki Takasu; Keizo Tanitame; Shuji Date; Hiroshi Fukuda; Katsuhide Ito; Kazuo Awai
Diffusion tensor imaging of peripheral nerve in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a feasibility study.
Neuroradiology 2011;53(12):955-60.
2011: Yuko Nakamura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Seitaro Oda; Naoyuki Toyota; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Shuji Date; Toru Beppu; Kazuo Awai
Clinical significance of the transitional phase at gadoxetate disodium-enhanced hepatic MRI for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: preliminary results.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2011;35(6):723-7.
2011: Hideaki Kodama; Daisuke Miyaki; Eisuke Murakami; Yuko Nagaoki; Yasushi Nagata; Shoichi Takahashi; Shintaro Takaki; Koji Waki; Yoshimasa Hashimoto; Akira Hiramatsu; Michio Imamura; Masaki Ishikawa; Hideaki Kakizawa; Yoshio Katamura; Yoshiiku Kawakami; Tomokazu Kawaoka; Masahiro Kenjo; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuo Awai; Takahiro Azakami; Kazuaki Chayama
Clinical outcome of esophageal varices after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with major portal vein tumor thrombus.
Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology 2011;41(11):1046-56.
2011: Keizo Tanitame; Nobuko Tanitame; Shuji Date; Masaki Ishikawa; Keiko Otani; Miyuki Takasu; Chihiro Tani; Kazuo Awai
Evaluation of lumber nerve root compression using thin-slice thickness coronal magnetic resonance imaging: three-dimensional fat-suppressed multi-shot balanced non-steady-state free precession versus three-dimensional T1-weighted spoiled gradient-recalled echo.
Japanese journal of radiology 2011;29(9):623-9.
2011: Takeshi Nakaura; Noboru Takata; Shouzaburou Uemura; Kazuo Awai; Kazunori Harada; Natsuki Maruyama; Ichiro Yoshinaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Abdominal dynamic CT in patients with renal dysfunction: contrast agent dose reduction with low tube voltage and high tube current-time product settings at 256-detector row CT.
Radiology 2011;261(2):467-76.
2011: Seitaro Oda; Hiroko Takaoka; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Kazuhiro Katahira; Syoji Morishita; Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Indirect computed tomography venography with a low-tube-voltage technique: reduction in the radiation and contrast material dose--a prospective randomized study.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2011;35(5):631-6.
2011: Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Hisao Ogawa; Seigo Sugiyama; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Masahito Aoyama; Kazuo Awai; Toshinori Hirai; Yumi Yanaga; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Low-dose contrast protocol using the test bolus technique for 64-detector computed tomography coronary angiography.
Japanese journal of radiology 2011;29(7):457-65.
2011: Seitaro Oda; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Kazuhiro Katahira; Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Yasuyuki Yamashita
A low tube voltage technique reduces the radiation dose at retrospective ECG-gated cardiac computed tomography for anatomical and functional analyses.
Academic radiology 2011;18(8):991-9.
2011: Miyuki Takasu; Akihisa Tamura; Chihiro Tani; Hideki Asaoku; Shuji Date; Jun Horiguchi; Miho Ishikawa; Masao Kiguchi; Nobuhito Nango; Akira Sakai; Kazuo Awai
Multiple myeloma: microstructural analysis of lumbar trabecular bones in patients without visible bone lesions--preliminary results.
Radiology 2011;260(2):472-9.
2011: Jun Horiguchi; Masao Kiguchi; Yasuki Kihara; Megu Ohtaki; Hideya Yamamoto; Ryuichi Arie; Chikako Fujioka; Kazuo Awai
Is it possible to predict heart rate and range during enhanced cardiac CT scan from previous non-enhanced cardiac CT?
Journal of digital imaging 2011;24(4):688-93.
2011: Yoshinori Funama; Seitaro Oda; KATSUYUKI TAGUCHI; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai
Combination of a low-tube-voltage technique with hybrid iterative reconstruction (iDose) algorithm at coronary computed tomographic angiography.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2011;35(4):480-5.
2011: Kosuke Morita; Tomohiro Namimoto; Takashi Tsuji; Kazuo Awai; Masahiro Hashida; Toshinori Hirai; Masanori Komi; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Enhancement effects of hepatic dynamic MR imaging at 3.0 T and 1.5 T using gadoxetic acid in a phantom study: comparison with gadopentetate dimeglumine.
Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2011;66(1):213-8.
2011: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Takashi Fukunaga; Takeshi Nakaura; Seitaro Oda; Joji Urata; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Multidetector computed tomography evaluation of coronary plaque morphology in patients with stable angina.
Heart and vessels 2011;26(4):392-8.
2011: Shinichi Nakamura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Shuji Date; Masanori Komi; Kosuke Morita; Yumi Yanaga; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Signal intensity of lanthanum carbonate on magnetic resonance images: phantom study.
Japanese journal of radiology 2011;29(5):366-70.
2011: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yoshinori Funama; Shuji Date; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients weighing 70 kg or less: initial trial of compact-bolus dynamic CT with low-dose contrast material at 80 kVp.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2011;196(6):1324-31.
2011: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Seitaro Oda; Yoshinori Funama; Tomohiro Namimoto; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Baseline incidence and severity of renal insufficiency evaluated by estimated glomerular filtration rates in patients scheduled for contrast-enhanced CT.
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) 2011;52(5):581-6.
2011: Masaki Ishikawa; Naoyuki Toyota; Hideaki Kakizawa; Noriaki Matsuura; Masashi Hieda; Kazuo Awai
Aortoesophageal fistula after stent-graft treatment of an aortic arch mycotic aneurysm: treatment with embolization and covered esophageal stent.
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2011;22(4):578-81.
2011: Hideaki Kakizawa; Akihito Okazaki; Shintaro Takaki; Chihiro Tani; Keizo Tanitame; Naoyuki Toyota; Hiroshi Aikata; Kazuaki Chayama; Masashi Hieda; Masaki Ishikawa; Kazuo Awai
Portal-systemic shunt between the inferior mesenteric vein and inferior vena cava in a patient with hepatic encephalopathy: successful occlusion by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration.
Hiroshima journal of medical sciences 2011;60(1):15-9.
2011: Masaaki Konishi; Junichi Matsubara; Yasushi Matsuzawa; Yasuhiro Nagayoshi; Toshimitsu Nozaki; Keisuke Ohba; Koichi Sugamura; Seigo Sugiyama; Hitoshi Sumida; Satoshi Umemura; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Kazuo Awai; Kazuo Kimura; Hisao Ogawa
Total coronary artery plaque burden measured by cardiac computed tomography is associated with metabolic syndrome.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis 2011;18(11):939-45.
2011: Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Kohei Murao; Akio Ozawa; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yumi Yanaga; Koichi Kawanaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Volume-doubling time of pulmonary nodules with ground glass opacity at multidetector CT: Assessment with computer-aided three-dimensional volumetry.
Academic radiology 2011;18(1):63-9.
2010: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Seitaro Oda; Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Yumi Yanaga; Toshinori Hirai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Comparison of standard- and low-tube voltage MDCT angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
European radiology 2010;20(11):2758-65.
2010: Kie Shimizu; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Takeshi Nakaura; Kazuo Awai; Seitaro Oda; Yumi Yanaga; Yoshinori Funama; Toshinori Hirai; Masahiro Hashida; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Uniform vascular enhancement of lower-extremity artery on CT angiography using test-injection monitoring at the central level of the scan range: a simulation flow phantom study with clinical correlation.
Academic radiology 2010;17(9):1153-7.
2010: S Oda; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yumi Yanaga; K Kawanaka; Takeshi Nakaura; T Hirai; R Murakami; Hiroaki Nomori; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Detection of small pulmonary nodules on chest radiographs: efficacy of dual-energy subtraction technique using flat-panel detector chest radiography.
Clinical radiology 2010;65(8):609-15.
2010: Yoshinori Funama; Nozomu Nagasue; Kazuo Awai; Ichiro Sakamoto; Kiyotaka Kakei; Masamichi Shimamura; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Masataka Uetani
Radiation exposure of operator performing interventional procedures using a flat panel angiography system: evaluation with photoluminescence glass dosimeters.
Japanese journal of radiology 2010;28(6):423-9.
2010: Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Yumi Yanaga; Koichi Kawanaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Effects of dual-energy subtraction chest radiography on detection of small pulmonary nodules with varying attenuation: receiver operating characteristic analysis using a phantom study.
Japanese journal of radiology 2010;28(3):214-9.
2010: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Seitaro Oda; Toshinori Hirai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Contrast material injection protocol with the dose adjusted to the body surface area for MDCT aortography.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2010;194(4):903-8.
2010: Masaaki Konishi; Seigo Sugiyama; Koichi Sugamura; Toshimitsu Nozaki; Keisuke Ohba; Junichi Matsubara; Yasushi Matsuzawa; H Sumida; Yasuhiro Nagayoshi; Takeshi Nakaura; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Hideaki Jinnouchi; Kunihiko Matsui; Kazuo Kimura; Satoshi Umemura; Hisao Ogawa
Association of pericardial fat accumulation rather than abdominal obesity with coronary atherosclerotic plaque formation in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
Atherosclerosis 2010;209(2):573-8.
2010: Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Kohei Murao; Akio Ozawa; Yumi Yanaga; Koichi Kawanaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Computer-aided volumetry of pulmonary nodules exhibiting ground-glass opacity at MDCT.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2010;194(2):398-406.
2010: S Nishimura; Toshinori Hirai; A Sasao; Mika Kitajima; Motohiro Morioka; Yutaka Kai; Y Omori; T Okuda; Ryuji Murakami; H Fukuoka; Kazuo Awai; Jun-ichi Kuratsu; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Evaluation of dural arteriovenous fistulas with 4D contrast-enhanced MR angiography at 3T.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2010;31(1):80-5.
2010: Yu Imamura; Masahiko Hirota; Satoshi Ida; Naoko Hayashi; Masayuki Watanabe; Hiroshi Takamori; Kazuo Awai; Hideo Baba
Significance of renal rim grade on computed tomography in severity evaluation of acute pancreatitis.
Pancreas 2010;39(1):41-6.
2009: Yoshinori Funama; KATSUYUKI TAGUCHI; Kazuo Awai; Daisuke Sakabe; Masamichi Shimamura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Image noise and radiation dose using an automatic tube current modulation technique at 64-detector computed tomography: effect of off-center patient position, bowtie filter type, and scan projection radiograph.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2009;33(6):973-7.
2009: Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Kenji Suzuki; Yumi Yanaga; Yoshinori Funama; Heber MacMahon; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Performance of radiologists in detection of small pulmonary nodules on chest radiographs: effect of rib suppression with a massive-training artificial neural network.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2009;193(5):W397-402.
2009: Tomohiro Namimoto; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Yumi Yanaga; Toshinori Hirai; Tetsuo Saito; Hidetaka Katabuchi
Combined use of T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted 3-T MR imaging for differentiating uterine sarcomas from benign leiomyomas.
European radiology 2009;19(11):2756-64.
2009: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Takeshi Nakaura; Toshinori Hirai; Sebastien Roux; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Low-dose MDCT urography: feasibility study of low-tube-voltage technique and adaptive noise reduction filter.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2009;193(3):W220-9.
2009: Katsunori Imai; Toru Beppu; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Takatoshi Ishiko; K Horino; Hiroyuki Komori; Toshiro Masuda; Hiromitsu Hayashi; Hirohisa Okabe; Yoshihumi Baba; Masayuki Watanabe; Hiroshi Takamori; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Hideo Baba
Preoperative prediction of poorly differentiated components in small-sized hepatocellular carcinoma for safe local ablation therapy.
Journal of surgical oncology 2009;100(2):121-6.
2009: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Joji Urata; Touitsu Hirayama; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Primary cardiac lymphoma: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging features.
Japanese journal of radiology 2009;27(6):243-6.
2009: Masuma Akter; Toshinori Hirai; Ryosei Minoda; Ryuji Murakami; Shutaro Saiki; Tomoyuki Okuaki; Mika Kitajima; Hirofumi Fukuoka; Akira Sasao; Shinichiro Nishimura; Eiji Yumoto; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Diffusion tensor tractography in the head-and-neck region using a clinical 3-T MR scanner.
Academic radiology 2009;16(7):858-65.
2009: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Seitaro Oda; Yoshinori Funama; Kyongtae T Bae; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Effect of contrast injection protocols with dose adjusted to the estimated lean patient body weight on aortic enhancement at CT angiography.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2009;192(4):1071-8.
2009: Mika Kitajima; Toshinori Hirai; Shigehiko Katsuragawa; Tomoko Okuda; Hirofumi Fukuoka; Akira Sasao; Masuma Akter; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Ryuji Ikeda; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Shigetoshi Yano; Jun-ichi Kuratsu; Kunio Doi
Differentiation of common large sellar-suprasellar masses effect of artificial neural network on radiologists' diagnosis performance.
Academic radiology 2009;16(3):313-20.
2009: Tomohiro Namimoto; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Yumi Yanaga; Toshinori Hirai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of gynecological diseases.
European radiology 2009;19(3):745-60.
2009: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Duo Liu; Seitaro Oda; Yumi Yanaga; Takeshi Nakaura; Koichi Kawanaka; Masamichi Shimamura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Detection of nodules showing ground-glass opacity in the lungs at low-dose multidetector computed tomography: phantom and clinical study.
Journal of computer assisted tomography 2009;33(1):49-53.
2008: Yoshiharu Nakayama; Kazuo Awai; Yumi Yanaga; Takeshi Nakaura; Yoshinori Funama; T Hirai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Optimal contrast medium injection protocols for the depiction of the Adamkiewicz artery using 64-detector CT angiography.
Clinical radiology 2008;63(8):880-7.
2008: Takeshi Nakaura; Kazuo Awai; Yumi Yauaga; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Seitaro Oda; Masahiro Hatemura; Yasuhiro Nagayoshi; Hisao Ogawa; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Contrast injection protocols for coronary computed tomography angiography using a 64-detector scanner: comparison between patient weight-adjusted- and fixed iodine-dose protocols.
Investigative radiology 2008;43(7):512-9.
2008: Seitaro Oda; Kazuo Awai; Duo Liu; Takeshi Nakaura; Yumi Yanaga; Hiroaki Nomori; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Ground-glass opacities on thin-section helical CT: differentiation between bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and atypical adenomatous hyperplasia.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2008;190(5):1363-8.
2008: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Osamu Miyazaki; Taiga Goto; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Masamichi Shimamura; Kumiko Hiraishi; Shinichi Hori; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Radiation dose reduction in hepatic multidetector computed tomography with a novel adaptive noise reduction filter.
Radiation medicine 2008;26(3):171-7.
2008: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Nakaura; Tomohiro Namimoto; Seitaro Oda; Yoshinori Funama; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Optimal contrast dose for depiction of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma at dynamic CT using 64-MDCT.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2008;190(4):1003-9.
2008: Frank C Detterbeck; Hiroaki Nomori; Koei Ikeda; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Mori; Koichi Kawanaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Great data, but how do we use it?
Chest 2008;133(3):827-8; author reply 827-8.
2008: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Masahiro Hatemura; Masamitchi Shimamura; Yumi Yanaga; Seitaro Oda; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Automatic tube current modulation technique for multidetector CT: is it effective with a 64-detector CT?
Radiological physics and technology 2008;1(1):33-7.
2008: Duo Liu; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Seitaro Oda; Takeshi Nakaura; Yumi Yanaga; Masahiro Hatemura; Koichi Kawanaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Identification and characterization of focal ground-glass opacity in the lungs by high-resolution CT using thin-section multidetector helical CT: experimental study using a chest CT phantom.
Radiation medicine 2008;26(1):21-7.
2008: Takeshi Nakaura; Kazuo Awai; Yumi Yanaga; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Seitaro Oda; Yoshinori Funama; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Detection of early enhancement of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma using single breath-hold 3D pixel shift dynamic subtraction MDCT.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2008;190(1):W13-8.
2007: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Takeshi Nakaura; Yoshitaka Tamura; Masahiro Hatemura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Pancreas: patient body weight tailored contrast material injection protocol versus fixed dose protocol at dynamic CT.
Radiology 2007;245(2):475-82.
2007: Yoshiko Hayashida; Toshinori Hirai; Yasuhiro Hiai; Mika Kitajima; Masanori Imuta; Ryuji Murakami; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Tetsuhiko Takahashi; Kiyomi Hamada
Positional lumbar imaging using a positional device in a horizontally open-configuration MR unit - initial experience.
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2007;26(3):525-8.
2007: Koei Ikeda; Kazuo Awai; Takeshi Mori; Koichi Kawanaka; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Hiroaki Nomori
Differential diagnosis of ground-glass opacity nodules: CT number analysis by three-dimensional computerized quantification.
Chest 2007;132(3):984-90.
2007: Yumi Yanaga; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Takeshi Nakaura; Yoshitaka Tamura; Yoshinori Funama; Masahito Aoyama; Naoki Asada; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Optimal dose and injection duration (injection rate) of contrast material for depiction of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas by multidetector CT.
Radiation medicine 2007;25(6):278-88.
2007: Masanori Imuta; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Yuka Murata; Chiaki Asao; Tetsuya Matsukawa; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Multidetector CT findings suggesting a perforation site in the gastrointestinal tract: analysis in surgically confirmed 155 patients.
Radiation medicine 2007;25(3):113-8.
2007: Shamima Sultana; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Takeshi Nakaura; Duo Liu; Masahiro Hatemura; Yoshinori Funama; Shoji Morishita; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas: bolus tracking with a 40-detector CT scanner to time arterial phase imaging.
Radiology 2007;243(1):140-7.
2007: Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Takeshi Nakaura; Yumi Yanaga; Yoshitaka Tamura; Masahiro Hatemura; Yoshinori Funama; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Prediction of aortic peak enhancement in monophasic contrast injection protocols at multidetector CT: phantom and patient studies.
Radiation medicine 2007;25(1):14-21.
2007: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Takashi Sakamoto; Hiroyuki Hazeyama; Taiji Nishiharu; Joji Urata; Yasuyuki Yamashita
In vitro evaluation of metallic coronary artery stents with sub-millimeter multi-slice computed tomography using an ECG-gated cardiac phantom: relationship between in-stent visualization and stent type.
Cardiology 2007;107(4):254-60.
2006: Takeshi Nakaura; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Incidence of myocardial bridging observed on MDCT.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006;187(6):W662; author reply W663.
2006: Yoshiko Hayashida; Toshitake Yakushiji; Kazuo Awai; Kazuhiro Katahira; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Osamu Shimomura; Mika Kitajima; Toshinori Hirai; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Hiroshi Mizuta
Monitoring therapeutic responses of primary bone tumors by diffusion-weighted image: Initial results.
European radiology 2006;16(12):2637-43.
2006: Yoshiharu Nakayama; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Duo Liu; Takeshi Nakaura; Yoshitaka Tamura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Lower tube voltage reduces contrast material and radiation doses on 16-MDCT aortography.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006;187(5):W490-7.
2006: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Takashi Sakamoto; Taiji Nishiharu; Joji Urata; Akira Taniguchi; Takeshi Nakaura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Cardiac 16-MDCT for anatomic and functional analysis: assessment of a biphasic contrast injection protocol.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006;187(3):638-44.
2006: Yoshiharu Nakayama; Qiang Li; Shigehiko Katsuragawa; Ryuji Ikeda; Yasuhiro Hiai; Kazuo Awai; Shinichiro Kusunoki; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Hideaki Okajima; Yukihiro Inomata; Kunio Doi
Automated hepatic volumetry for living related liver transplantation at multisection CT.
Radiology 2006;240(3):743-8.
2006: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Seiji Tomiguchi; Kazuo Awai; Shinya Shiraishi; Takeshi Nakaura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Mutidetector-row CT and quantitative gated SPECT for the assessment of left ventricular function in small hearts: the cardiac physical phantom study using a combined SPECT/CT system.
European radiology 2006;16(8):1818-25.
2006: Duo Liu; Mika Kitajima; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Yoshitaka Tamura; Hiroko Suda; Katsuhiro Asonuma; Yukihiro Inomata; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Ectopic cervical thymus in an infant.
Radiation medicine 2006;24(6):452-5.
2006: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Nobuhiko Atsuchi; Taiji Nishiharu; Joji Urata; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Multi-slice CT demonstration of sinus of Valsalva rupture.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2006;22(3-4):561-4.
2006: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Taiji Nishiharu; Joji Urata; Masaki Ino; Koichi Nakao; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Coronary arterial malformation depicted at multi-slice CT angiography.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2006;22(3-4):547-51.
2006: Ryuji Ikeda; Shigehiko Katsuragawa; Toshiaki Shimonobou; Yasuhiro Hiai; Masahiro Hashida; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Kunio Doi
[Comparison of LCD and CRT monitors for detection of pulmonary nodules and interstitial lung diseases on digital chest radiographs by using receiver operating characteristic analysis].
Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi 2006;62(5):734-41.
2006: Shinya Shiraishi; Seiji Tomiguchi; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Koichi Kawanaka; Kazuo Awai; Syoji Morishita; Tomoko Okuda; Koichi Yokotsuka; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Quantitative analysis and effect of attenuation correction on lymph node staging of non-small cell lung cancer on SPECT and CT.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006;186(5):1450-7.
2006: Kazuo Awai; Kohei Murao; Akio Ozawa; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Takeshi Nakaura; Duo Liu; Koichi Kawanaka; Yoshinori Funama; Shoji Morishita; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Pulmonary nodules: estimation of malignancy at thin-section helical CT--effect of computer-aided diagnosis on performance of radiologists.
Radiology 2006;239(1):276-84.
2006: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Osamu Miyazaki; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Da Liu; Taiga Goto; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Shinichi Hori
A computer-simulated liver phantom (virtual liver phantom) for multidetector computed tomography evaluation.
European radiology 2006;16(4):837-45.
2006: Yoshiko Hayashida; Toshinori Hirai; Toshitake Yakushiji; Kazuhiro Katahira; Osamu Shimomura; Masanori Imuta; Takeshi Nakaura; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Evaluation of diffusion-weighted imaging for the differential diagnosis of poorly contrast-enhanced and T2-prolonged bone masses: Initial experience.
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2006;23(3):377-82.
2006: Kazuo Awai; Atsushi Hatcho; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Shinichiro Kusunoki; Duo Liu; Masahiro Hatemura; Yoshinori Funama; Masayuki Denbo; Natsuko Sato; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Simulation of aortic peak enhancement on MDCT using a contrast material flow phantom: feasibility study.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006;186(2):379-85.
2006: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Kazuo Awai; Yoshitaka Tamura; Taiji Nishiharu; Joji Urata; Takashi Sakamoto; Akira Taniguchi; Yasuyuki Yamashita
16-MDCT aortography with a low-dose contrast material protocol.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006;186(2):374-8.
2006: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Osamu Miyazaki; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Taiga Goto; Yasuo Omi; Toshiaki Shimonobo; Duo Liu; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Shinichi Hori
Improvement of low-contrast detectability in low-dose hepatic multidetector computed tomography using a novel adaptive filter: evaluation with a computer-simulated liver including tumors.
Investigative radiology 2006;41(1):1-7.
2006: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Shinya Shiraishi; Masanori Imuta; Seiji Tomiguchi; Koichi Kawanaka; Shoji Morishita; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Added value of SPECT/CT fusion in assessing suspected bone metastasis: comparison with scintigraphy alone and nonfused scintigraphy and CT.
Radiology 2006;238(1):264-71.
2005: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Masamichi Shimamura; Kiyotaka Kakei; Nozomu Nagasue; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Reduction of radiation dose at HRCT of the temporal bone in children.
Radiation medicine 2005;23(8):578-83.
2005: Tatsuo Inoue; Masatoshi Kudo; Ryousuke Watai; Zhou Pei; Toshihiko Kawasaki; Yasunori Minami; Hobyung Chung; Toyokazu Fukunaga; Kazuo Awai; Osamu Maenishi
Differential diagnosis of nodular lesions in cirrhotic liver by post-vascular phase contrast-enhanced US with Levovist: comparison with superparamagnetic iron oxide magnetic resonance images.
Journal of gastroenterology 2005;40(12):1139-47.
2005: Takeshi Nakaura; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Shinya Shiraishi; Seiji Tomiguchi; Tsuyoshi Honda; Hisao Ogawa; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Three-dimensional cardiac image fusion using new CT angiography and SPECT methods.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2005;185(6):1554-7.
2005: Yoshiharu Nakayama; Kazuo Awai; Yoshinori Funama; Masahiro Hatemura; Masanori Imuta; Takeshi Nakaura; Da Ryu; Shoji Morishita; Shamima Sultana; Natsuko Sato; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Abdominal CT with low tube voltage: preliminary observations about radiation dose, contrast enhancement, image quality, and noise.
Radiology 2005;237(3):945-51.
2005: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Kiyotaka Kakei; Nozomu Nagasue; Masamichi Shimamura; Natsuko Sato; Shamima Sultana; Shoji Morishita; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Radiation dose reduction without degradation of low-contrast detectability at abdominal multisection CT with a low-tube voltage technique: phantom study.
Radiology 2005;237(3):905-10.
2005: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Takeshi Nakaura; Tsuyoshi Honda; Shinya Shiraishi; Seiji Tomiguchi; Koichi Kawanaka; Shoji Morishita; Kazuo Awai; Hisao Ogawa; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Object-specific attenuation correction at SPECT/CT in thorax: optimization of respiratory protocol for image registration.
Radiology 2005;237(2):662-9.
2005: Kazuo Awai
[Problems of radiation exposure in X-ray computed tomography and optimization of exposure dose].
Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi 2005;61(10):1375-7.
2005: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Seiji Tomiguchi; Shinya Shiraishi; Koichiro Yamada; Tsuyoshi Honda; Koichi Kawanaka; Akihiro Kojima; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Initial experience with X-ray CT based attenuation correction in myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging using a combined SPECT/CT system.
Annals of nuclear medicine 2005;19(6):485-9.
2005: Takeshi Nakaura; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Shinya Shiraishi; Seiji Tomiguchi; Koichi Kawanaka; Tsuyoshi Honda; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Fusion imaging between myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography and cardiac computed tomography.
Circulation 2005;112(3):e47-8.
2005: Yoshinori Funama; Kazuo Awai; Yoshiyuki Umezu; Masamichi Shimamura; Kazuhisa Ogawa; Toyoyuki Kato; Masahiro Hashida; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Digital cine angiography permits radiation dose reduction without reduction in image quality.
Radiation medicine 2005;23(3):151-5.
2005: Yukinobu Yagyu; Kazuo Awai; Masaaki Inoue; Ryousuke Watai; Toshiko Sano; Hirokazu Hasegawa; Yasumasa Nishimura
MDCT of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas: a prospective study using contrast materials with different iodine concentrations.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2005;184(5):1535-40.
2004: Kunimitsu Onobori; Kazuo Awai; Takao Tsuruta
[Interaction between a ceiling pendent-type lead acrylic protective board for use in IVR and scattered radiation].
Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi 2004;60(12):1694-703.
2004: Kazuo Awai; Masaaki Inoue; Yukinobu Yagyu; Manabu Watanabe; Toshiko Sano; Seiun Nin; Ryuta Koike; Yasumasa Nishimura; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Moderate versus high concentration of contrast material for aortic and hepatic enhancement and tumor-to-liver contrast at multi-detector row CT.
Radiology 2004;233(3):682-8.
2004: Kazuo Awai
[Radiation exposure doses in medical procedures].
Nihon Igaku Hōshasen Gakkai zasshi. Nippon acta radiologica 2004;64(7 Suppl):7-10.
2004: Kazuo Awai; Masanori Imuta; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Takeshi Nakaura; Sultana Shamima; Koichi Kawanaka; Shinichi Hori; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Contrast enhancement for whole-body screening using multidetector row helical CT: comparison between uniphasic and biphasic injection protocols.
Radiation medicine 2004;22(5):303-9.
2004: Tomohiro Namimoto; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Kazuo Awai; Akihiko Arakawa; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Shoji Morishita; Yuhshi Araki
Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma using double-echo FLASH sequence during the hepatic arterial phase.
Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2004;3(2):87-93.
2004: Kazuo Awai; Daisuke Utsunomiya; Masanori Imuta; Shinya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Yamashita; Yasumasa Nishimura; Natsuko Sato; Maiko Kudo
Retrospective respiration-gated MDCT: initial results in canine models.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2004;183(1):79-81.
2004: Shoji Morishita; Shin Honda; Kazuo Awai; Yoshimi Hatanaka; Yoshiko Hayashida; Masanori Imuta; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Role of preoperative helical CT before laparoscopic cholecystectomy: evaluation of gallbladder and peritoneal adhesion.
Radiation medicine 2004;22(2):111-5.
2004: Kazuo Awai; Kohei Murao; Akio Ozawa; Masanori Komi; Haruo Hayakawa; Shinichi Hori; Yasumasa Nishimura
Pulmonary nodules at chest CT: effect of computer-aided diagnosis on radiologists' detection performance.
Radiology 2004;230(2):347-52.
2004: Daisuke Utsunomiya; Shiho Notsute; Yoshiko Hayashida; Flora Lwakatare; Hidetaka Katabuchi; Hitoshi Okamura; Kazuo Awai; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Endometrial carcinoma in adenomyosis: assessment of myometrial invasion on T2-weighted spin-echo and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted images.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2004;182(2):399-404.
2004: Yasuyuki Yamashita; Shoji Morishita; Kazuo Awai; Koichi Kawanaka
Imaging of the liver by helical CT and MR imaging.
Intervirology 2004;47(3-5):125-33.
2004: Kazuo Awai; Kumiko Hiraishi; Shinichi Hori
Effect of contrast material injection duration and rate on aortic peak time and peak enhancement at dynamic CT involving injection protocol with dose tailored to patient weight.
Radiology 2004;230(1):142-50.
2003: Shamima Sultana; Shoji Morishita; Kazuo Awai; Koichi Kawanaka; Yoichi Ohyama; Yoshiharu Nakayama; Masanori Imuta; Akihiko Arakawa; Yasuyuki Yamashita
Evaluation of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver by means of helical CT: comparison of different contrast medium concentrations within the same patient.
Radiation medicine 2003;21(6):239-45.
2003: Kazuo Awai; Shinichi Hori
Effect of contrast injection protocol with dose tailored to patient weight and fixed injection duration on aortic and hepatic enhancement at multidetector-row helical CT.
European radiology 2003;13(9):2155-60.
2003: I Kawashita; Takayuki Ishida; Hidetaka Arimura; Shigehiko Katsuragawa; Masanori Komi; Kazuo Awai; S Hori; Kunio Doi
[Development of computerized method for automated classification of the body parts in digital radiographs].
Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi 2003;59(3):396-7.
2002: Kazuo Awai; Koichi Takada; Hiromitsu Onishi; Shinichi Hori
Aortic and hepatic enhancement and tumor-to-liver contrast: analysis of the effect of different concentrations of contrast material at multi-detector row helical CT.
Radiology 2002;224(3):757-63.
2002: Kazuhiro Iwase; Jun Higaki; Hyung-Eun Yoon; Shoki Mikata; Minoru Miyazaki; Kei Torikai; Yasuhiro Shirai; Kazuo Awai; Masami Imakita; Wataru Kamiike
Solitary necrotic nodule of the liver.
Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery 2002;9(1):120-4.
2001: Kazuo Awai; Masanori Komi; Shinichi Hori
Selenium-based digital radiography versus high-resolution storage phosphor radiography in the detection of solitary pulmonary nodules without calcification: receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2001;177(5):1141-4.