Tsunoda, Masatoshi, Kimoto, Shin, Hamazaki, Keisuke, Takeda, Yoshihiro, Hiraki, Yoshio
A non-invasive method for measuring portal blood flow by magnetic resonance (MR) phase contrast was evaluated in a flow phantom and 20 healthy volunteers. In a flow phantom study, the flow volumes...
Tanaka, Akio, Kuroda, Masahiro, Inamura, Keiji, Kawasaki, Shouji, Hiraki, Yoshio
External capacitive heating is the usual method of electromagnetic wave heating, in which the tumor is caught and heated between two opposite applicators. Using a phantom, the authors developed and...
Evaluation of renal function by dynamic MR imaging: effect of water load. (2007)
Murakami, Kiminori, Togami, Izumi, Hiraki, Yoshio
The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the evaluation of renal function, with particular attention to the effects of water load. Ten healthy...
Quantitative evaluation of 99mTc-GSA in the rat liver after ischemia-reperfusion injury. (2007)
Hashimura, Shinji, Kohno, Yoshihiro, Gohbara, Hideo, Niiya, Harutaka, Hiraki, Yoshio
99mTc-DTPA-galactosyl human serum albumin (Tc-GSA) is a new liver-imaging agent which binds specifically to hepatic binding protein. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of Tc-GSA...
Preoperative multidisciplinary treatment with hyperthermia for soft tissue sarcoma (2007)
Makihata, Eiichi, Kuroda, Masahiro, Kawai, Akira, Ozaki, Toshifumi, Sugihara, Shinsuke, Inoue, Hajime, ...
We report the results of phase I/II studies of preoperative multidisciplinary treatment of 14 patients with soft tissue sarcoma using hyperthermia from November 1990 to April 1995. The preoperative...
Enhancement of DNA-transfection frequency by X-rays (2007)
Iwamoto, Ryota, Fushimi, Kazuo, Hiraki, Yoshio, Namba, Masayoshi
This study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of DNA transfection into human cells following X-ray irradiation. We transfected plasmid DNA (pSV2neo) into human cells, HeLa and PA-1, by either...
Hyperthermotherapy for postoperative local recurrences of rectal cancer. (2007)
Kuroda, Masahiro, Hizuta, Akio, Iwagaki, Hiromi, Makihata, Eiichi, Asaumi, Junichi, Nishikawa, Koji, ...
Between November 1984 and August 1992 we used hyperthermotherapy in six cases of local recurrence of rectal cancer. Hyperthermotherapy was performed on the average 8.7 times (range: 3-18) for each...
Ohnoshi, Taisuke, Hiraki, Shunkichi, Fujii, Masafumi, Ueoka, Hiroshi, Yonei, Toshiro, Tamura, Makoto, ...
We evaluated the long-term outcome of 148 patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who had been entered into clinical trials of chemotherapy with or without thoracic and prophylactic cranial...
Hyperthermotherapy added to the multidisciplinary therapy for penile cancer. (2007)
Kuroda, Masahiro, Tsushima, Tomoyasu, Nasu, Yasutomo, Asaumi, Junichi, Nishikawa, Koji, Gao, Xian Shu, ...
We performed a long-term follow-up of 4 patients with penile cancer who underwent hyperthermotherapy from August 1985 until August 1992. Hyperthermia was applied using a frequency of 350 MHz with a...
Multivariate analysis of magnetic resonance imaging of focal hepatic lesions. (2007)
Fujishima, Mamoru, Suemitsu, Ichizou, Sei, Tetsurou, Takeda, Yoshihiro, Hiraki, Yoshio
A total of 124 lesions from 1 to 6cm in diameter, including 31 cavernous hemangiomas, 32 metastases and 61 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) were analyzed to study the usefulness of magnetic resonance...
Kuroda, Masahiro, Inamura, Keiji, Tahara, Seiji, Mimura, Seiichi, Mikami, Yasutaka, Kawasaki, Shoji, ...
Simultaneous radiohyperthermotherapy (SRH) is a combined hyperthermia-radiation therapy in which irradiation is given during heating. Mutual interference between the high energy radiotherapy system...
Awai, Sachiko, Kimoto, Shin, Satou, Nobuo, Hamasaki, Keisuke, Hiraki, Yoshio
A new dynamic CT method for evaluating the portal blood flow is described. Thirty healthy volunteers were injected with non-ionic hypo-osmotic iodine contrast medium to estimate the portal blood...
Cepharanthin Reduces Thermotolerance by Enhancing Thermosensitivity in NIH3T3 Cells (2007)
Kuroda, Masahiro, Kawasaki, Shoji, Hiraki, Yoshio
The effects of cepharanthin (Ce), glycyrrhizin (G), verapamil (V), and G plus V on induced thermotolerance in NIH3T3 cells were studied. Cells were heated with or without the drug at 45 degrees C for...
Studies of an aspect of renal function with the aid of dynamic CT and renogram. (2007)
Satoh, Nobuo, Kimoto, Shin, Hiraki, Yoshio
Dynamic CT scans were conducted on 94 persons who had been randomly selected among the patients and the volunteers. The test results were used to obtain the time-density curve. A part of the subjects...
Hamazaki, Keisuke, Mimura, Hisashi, Miyashima, Takanao, Gouchi, Akira, Orita, Kunzo, Irisawa, Minoru, ...
A case of hepatocellular carcinoma is reported in which the main tumor, intrahepatic metastases and a tumor thrombus in the portal vein were necrotized completely after Lipiodol chemoembolization. In...
Yoshida, Akira, Hiraki, Yoshio, Ohkawa, Yoshihiro, Yamada, Toshiharu, Hashimoto, Keiji, Aono, Kaname
To determine the characteristic curve of the radiographic screen/film systems in a short focal spot-film distance, the inverse square sensitometric method was modified by changing the radiation...
Serum and urinary ferritin levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2007)
Nishiya, Koji, Matsueda, Hideki, Shirakami, Toshiaki, Hatano, Makoto, Yano, Keisuke, Ogura, Toshiro, ...
The serum and urinary ferritin levels in 52 RA patients were measured by the 2-site immunoradiometric assay method. Serum ferritin levels in RA patients correlated with C-reactive protein (CRP) and...
Takata, Ichiro, Ueoka, Hiroshi, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Tabata, Masahiro, Takigawa, Nagio, Katayama, Hideki, ...
A pilot study was conducted to assess the efficacy and feasibility of daily low-dose cisplatin with concurrent thoracic irradiation for clinically unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)....
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...
Hyodo, Tsuyoshi, Kanazawa, Susumu, Dendo, Shuichi, Kobayashi, Keita, Hayashi, Hirohide, Kouno, Yoshihiro, ...
We compared the thin-section CT findings of 11 intrapulmonary lymph nodes with pathological findings and evaluated the possibility of CT scan differential diagnosis from pulmonary metastatic nodules....
Percutaneous sclerotherapy for venous malformations using polidocanol under fluoroscopy. (2006)
Mimura, Hidefumi, Kanazawa, Susumu, Yasui, Kotaro, Fujiwara, Hiroyasu, Hyodo, Tsuyoshi, Mukai, Takashi, ...
This retrospective study evaluated the safety and efficacy of using polidocanol with X-ray fluoroscopy for percutaneous sclerotherapy of venous malformations of the limbs, head, and neck. The...
Yabuki, Takayuki, Togami, Izumi, Kitagawa, Takahiro, Sasai, Nobuya, Tsushima, Tomoyasu, Shirasaki, Yoshinori, ...
The purpose of this study was to compare the MR characteristics of renal cell carcinomas against histologic findings and to assess the correlations among signal intensity, tumor enhancement, and...
Sasai, Nobuya, Togami, Izumi, Tsunoda, Masatoshi, Sei, Tetsuro, Akaki, Shiro, Hiraki, Yoshio
Chemical shift MRI is widely used for identifying adenomas, but it is not a perfect method. We determined whether combined dynamic MRI methods can lead to improved diagnostic accuracy. Fifty-seven...
Hepatic infarction following abdominal interventional procedures. (2006)
Fujiwara, Hiroyasu, Kanazawa, Susumu, Hiraki, Takao, Mimura, Hidefumi, Yasui, Kotaro, Akaki, Shiro, ...
To clarify the incidence, background, and progress of hepatic infarction following interventional procedures, cases of hepatic infarction following interventional procedures at our department during...
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...
Yasui, Kotaro, Kanazawa, Susumu, Mimura, Hidefumi, Dendo, Shuichi, Hiraki, Yoshio, Irie, Hiroyuki, ...
An 83-year-old man with a large internal iliac artery aneurysm (IIAA) was treated with the use of stent-graft, suggesting successful results at 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment. However, 24-month...
Togami, Izumi, Sasai, Nobuya, Tsunoda, Masatoshi, Sei, Tetsuro, Yabuki, Takayuki, Kitagawa, Takahiro, ...
A preliminary study was conducted to evaluate the superior and inferior glenoid labra with abductive movement using an open-type MR unit in asymptomatic healthy volunteers. Both fast low angle shot...
Suzuki, Yasunori, Kohno, Yoshihiro, Takeda, Yoshihiro, Hiraki, Yoshio
To investigate the correlation between nuclear medicine parameters determined by technetium-99m-DTPA-galactosyl-human serum albumin (Tc-99m-GSA) and liver function tests, canonical correlation...
Kuroda, Masahiro, Inamura, Keiji, Tahara, Seiji, Kurabayashi, Yuzuru, Akagi, Tadaatsu, Asaumi, Junichi, ...
We developed a reliable system for the irradiation of xenografted tumors in mice which allows for accurate local irradiation under specific pathogen-free conditions. The system presented here...
The Results of Radiotherapy for T1 Glottic Cancers: Influence of Radiation Beam Energy (2006)
Yamamoto, Michinori, Joja, Ikuo, Takemoto, Mitsuhiro, Kuroda, Masahiro, Hiraki, Yoshio
We analyzed the influence of various parameters on the results of radiotherapy for T1 glottic cancer by assessing the outcomes of 60 patients with this cancer who received definitive radiotherapy...
OHNOSHI, TAISUKE, HIRAKI, SHUNKICHI, KAWAHARA, SHIN, YAMASHITA, HIDETOSHI, YONEI, TOSHIRO, ISHII, JUN-ICHI, ...
In order to assess the effectiveness of chest irradiation in addition to intensive chemotherapy in limited stage small cell lung cancer, 50 patients were randomized to receive either chemotherapy...