Electromagnetic Field Detector Bracelet (2009)
Cati Vaucelle, Hiroshi Ishii, Joseph A. Paradiso
In this paper we present the design of a cost-effective wearable sensor to detect and indicate the strength and other characteristics of the electric field emanating from a laptop display. Our...
Ishimoto, Hiroshi, Mukae, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Noriho, Amenomori, Misato, Kitazaki, Takeshi, Imamura, Yoshifumi, ...
Objectives Mucus hypersecretion is a prominent feature in patients with chronic respiratory tract infections such as cystic fibrosis and diffuse panbronchiolitis, and the clinical effectiveness of...
egaku: enhancing the sketching process (2008)
Jennifer Yoon, Kimiko Ryokai, Chad Dyner, Jason Alonso, Hiroshi Ishii
Architects sketch using a translucent vellum tracing paper with a thick pencil or marker. The translucency of the paper allows architects to employ a layer-drawing technique for the exploration of...
Dennis Frenchman City Design and Development Group, DUSP (2008)
John P Wilson, A Stewart Fotheringham, Gary J Hunter, Carlo Ratti, Yao Wang, Hiroshi Ishii, ...
In recent years, an increasing amount of effort has gone into the design of GIS user interfaces. On the one hand, Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) with a high degree of sophistication have replaced...
CADcast: a Method for Projecting Spatially Referenced Procedural Instructions (2008)
This paper describes the implementation of CADcast, an experimental interface for augmenting physical workspaces with projected computer graphics. We illustrate how this approach allows instructions...
Andrea Chew, Vincent Leclerc, Sajid Sadi, Aaron Tang, Hiroshi Ishii
In this paper we introduce Sparks, an ambient social networking and communication facilitation interface. We developed the Sparks system as a physical alternative to existing connectedness mediator...
CHOW, Chee-Onn, ISHII, Hiroshi
Video multicast over wireless medium has gained increasing popularity in a wide range of applications, such as video-on-demand and group video conferencing. With mobile ad hoc networks emerging as a...
Tangible Viewpoints: Physical Navigation through Interactive Stories (2007)
Ali Mazalek, Glorianna Davenport, Hiroshi Ishii
Over the centuries, stories have moved from the physical environment (around campfires and on the stage), to the printed page, then to movie, television and computer screens. Today, using wireless...
Zytoon, Ashraf Anas, Ishii, Hiroshi, Murakami, Koji, El-Kholy, Mohamed Ramdan, Furuse, Junji, El-Dorry, Ahmed, ...
Background Despite the high complete necrosis rate of radiofrequency ablation (RFA), tumor recurrence, either local tumor recurrence or new tumor formation, remains a significant problem. Purpose of...
It is predicted that there will be a high demand for video applications in future wireless networks including wireless ad hoc networks. However, supporting video applications over mobile ad hoc...
Prognostic Factors in Patients with Gemcitabine-Refractory Pancreatic Cancer (2007)
Nakachi, Kohei, Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yoshino, Masahiro
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic factors in patients with gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer and to determine criteria for selecting candidates for second-line...
Interfacing Video Capture, Editing and Publication in a Tangible Environment (2007)
Abstract. The paper presents a novel approach to collecting, editing and performing visual and sound clips in real time. The cumbersome process of capturing and editing becomes fluid in the...
Prognostic Factors in Patients with Gemcitabine-Refractory Pancreatic Cancer (2007)
Nakachi, Kohei, Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yoshino, Masahiro
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic factors in patients with gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer and to determine criteria for selecting candidates for second-line...
Okusaka, Takuji, Ishii, Hiroshi, Funakoshi, Akihiro, Ueno, Hideki, Furuse, Junji, Sumii, Toshihiko
Background: In an effort to improve efficacy of single-agent gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer, several studies have examined the effects of 5-FU combined with gemcitabine. However, no studies to date...
Furuse, Junji, Okusaka, Takuji, Funakoshi, Akihiro, Yamao, Kenji, Nagase, Michitaka, Ishii, Hiroshi, ...
Background: Standard chemotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancer has not been established. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of a combination chemotherapy of...
Furuse, Junji, Okusaka, Takuji, Funakoshi, Akihiro, Yamao, Kenji, Nagase, Michitaka, Ishii, Hiroshi, ...
Background: Standard chemotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancer has not been established. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of a combination chemotherapy of...
Okusaka, Takuji, Ishii, Hiroshi, Funakoshi, Akihiro, Ueno, Hideki, Furuse, Junji, Sumii, Toshihiko
Background: In an effort to improve efficacy of single-agent gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer, several studies have examined the effects of 5-FU combined with gemcitabine. However, no studies to date...
Primary Tumor of Pancreatic Cancer as a Measurable Target Lesion in Chemotherapy Trials (2005)
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Nakachi, Kouhei, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yoshino, Masahiro
Background: It is unclear whether primary pancreatic cancer (PC) tumors can be accepted as measurable target lesions in chemotherapy trials. We reviewed recent PC patients to clarify the significance...
A Phase II Trial of Uracil-Tegafur (UFT) in Patients with Advanced Biliary Tract Carcinoma (2005)
Ikeda, Masafumi, Okusaka, Takuji, Ueno, Hideki, Morizane, Chigusa, Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi
Background: Uracil-tegafur (UFT) has been reported to have broad antitumor activity in a variety of malignancies. However, its activity in biliary tract carcinoma has not been fully evaluated. The...
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Kinoshita, Taira, Konishi, Masaru, Nakagohri, Toshio, Takahashi, Shinichiro, ...
Background: Recent advances in cancer chemotherapy have increased not only the survival rate but also the treatment cost, although there has been little interest in cost analyses in Japan. Method:...
Primary Tumor of Pancreatic Cancer as a Measurable Target Lesion in Chemotherapy Trials (2005)
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Nakachi, Kouhei, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yoshino, Masahiro
Background: It is unclear whether primary pancreatic cancer (PC) tumors can be accepted as measurable target lesions in chemotherapy trials. We reviewed recent PC patients to clarify the significance...
Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi, Okusaka, Takuji, Nagase, Michitaka, Nakachi, Kohei, Ueno, Hideki, ...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasible dose of gemcitabine when administered as a fixed dose rate infusion (10 mg/m2/min) on a weekly schedule to Japanese patients with...
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Kinoshita, Taira, Konishi, Masaru, Nakagohri, Toshio, Takahashi, Shinichiro, ...
Background: Recent advances in cancer chemotherapy have increased not only the survival rate but also the treatment cost, although there has been little interest in cost analyses in Japan. Method:...
A Phase II Trial of Uracil-Tegafur (UFT) in Patients with Advanced Biliary Tract Carcinoma (2005)
Ikeda, Masafumi, Okusaka, Takuji, Ueno, Hideki, Morizane, Chigusa, Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi
Background: Uracil–tegafur (UFT) has been reported to have broad antitumor activity in a variety of malignancies. However, its activity in biliary tract carcinoma has not been fully evaluated. The...
A Phase II Trial of Uracil-Tegafur (UFT) in Patients with Advanced Biliary Tract Carcinoma (2005)
Ikeda, Masafumi, Okusaka, Takuji, Ueno, Hideki, Morizane, Chigusa, Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi
Background: Uracil-tegafur (UFT) has been reported to have broad antitumor activity in a variety of malignancies. However, its activity in biliary tract carcinoma has not been fully evaluated. The...
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Kinoshita, Taira, Konishi, Masaru, Nakagohri, Toshio, Takahashi, Shinichiro, ...
Background: Recent advances in cancer chemotherapy have increased not only the survival rate but also the treatment cost, although there has been little interest in cost analyses in Japan. Method:...
Primary Tumor of Pancreatic Cancer as a Measurable Target Lesion in Chemotherapy Trials (2005)
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Nakachi, Kouhei, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yoshino, Masahiro
Background: It is unclear whether primary pancreatic cancer (PC) tumors can be accepted as measurable target lesions in chemotherapy trials. We reviewed recent PC patients to clarify the significance...
Furuse, Junji, Ishii, Hiroshi, Okusaka, Takuji, Nagase, Michitaka, Nakachi, Kohei, Ueno, Hideki, ...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasible dose of gemcitabine when administered as a fixed dose rate infusion (10 mg/m2/min) on a weekly schedule to Japanese patients with...
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Kinoshita, Taira, Konishi, Masaru, Nakagohri, Toshio, Takahashi, Shinichiro, ...
Background: There is no standard treatment for patients with extrahepatic spread from hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify candidates for aggressive...
Ishii, Hiroshi, Furuse, Junji, Nagase, Michitaka, Maru, Yasushi, Yoshino, Masahiro, Hayashi, Takayuki
Background: Hepatic arterial infusion of zinostatin stimalamer and lipiodol emulsion shows a moderate activity against hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the anti-tumor activity of zinostatin...
The Actuated Workbench: (2002)
Gian Pangaro, Dan Maynes-aminzade, Hiroshi Ishii
The Actuated Workbench is a device that uses magnetic forces to move objects on a table in two dimensions. It is intended for use with existing tabletop tangible interfaces, providing an additional...
Emerging Frameworks for Tangible User Interfaces (2001)
For more than thirty years, people have relied primarily on screen-based text and graphics to interact with computers. Whether the screen is placed on a desk, held in one's hand, worn on...
HandSCAPE: A Vectorizing Tape Measure for On-Site Measuring Applications (2000)
Jay Lee, Victor Su, Ia Ren, Hiroshi Ishii
We introduce HandSCAPE, an orientation-aware digital tape measure, as an input device for digitizing field measurements, and visualizing the volume of the resulting vectors with computer graphics....