Yoshihiro Okumura

Development of the Neuroinformatics Base Platform System: XooNIps (2008)

Kazutsuna Yamaji, Hiroyuki Sakai, Yoshihiro Okumura, Osamu Kurosaki, Shiro Usui

Abstract: One of the important issues in neuroinformatics is the creation of a new research framework to encourage sharing of digital research resources in addition to the conventional paper-based...

Inter-observer Variations in FDG-PET Interpretation for Cancer Screening (2007)

Suzuki, Akiko, Nakamoto, Yuji, Terauchi, Takashi, Kawamoto, Masami, Okumura, Yoshihiro, Suzuki, Yutaka, ...

Background Diagnostic guidelines for the use of 2-(fluorine 18) fluoro-2 deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) in cancer screening have yet to be established. We assessed...

Functional evaluation of lung by Xe-133 lung ventilation scintigraphy before and after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in patients with pulmonary emphysema. (2006)

Kurose, Taichi, Okumura, Yoshihiro, Sato, Shuhei, Yamamoto, Yasuhiro, Akaki, Shiro, Takeda, Yoshihiro, ...

We evaluated the respiratory functions of patients with pulmonary emphysema who underwent lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) by the mean transit time (MTT) with Xe-133 lung ventilation...

Diagnostic capabilities of I-131, TI-201, and Tc-99m-MIBI scintigraphy for metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma after total thyroidectomy. (2006)

Fujie, Shunji, Okumura, Yoshihiro, Sato, Shuhei, Akaki, Shiro, Katsui, Kuniaki, Himei, Kengo, ...

We investigated the diagnostic capabilities of I-131, Tl-201, and Tc-99m-MIBI (hexakis-2-methoxyisobutyl- isonitrile) scintigraphy for thyroid cancer metastases after total thyroidectomy over the...

Differentiation of thyroid nodules using Tl-201 scintigraphy quantitative analysis and fine-needle aspiration biopsy. (2006)

Yamamoto, Yasuhiro, Okumura, Yoshihiro, Sato, Shuhei, Maki, Kumi, Mukai, Takashi, Mifune, Hirofumi, ...

We studied the differentiation of thyroid nodules using fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) and Tl-201 scintigraphy quantitative analysis. One-hundred and thirty-one thyroid nodules were examined: 83...