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| Akira FurukawaSummaryAffiliation: Shiga University of Medical Science Country: Japan Publications
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CT diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia from various causesAkira Furukawa
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:408-16. 2009..CONCLUSION: Recognition of characteristic CT appearances and the variations associated with each cause may help in the accurate interpretation of CT in the diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia...- CT diagnosis of small bowel obstruction: scanning technique, interpretation and role in the diagnosisAkira Furukawa
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta tsukinowa cho, Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 24:336-52. 2003..CT also provides characteristic findings indicating the presence of closed-loop obstruction and intestinal ischemia, which leads to appropriate and timely management for these emergent cases... - Cross-sectional imaging in Crohn diseaseAkira Furukawa
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta tsukinowa cho, Otsu Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Radiographics 24:689-702. 2004..CT or MR imaging should be included in a comprehensive evaluation of patients with Crohn disease, along with conventional imaging and clinical and laboratory tests... - Gastrointestinal tract perforation: CT diagnosis of presence, site, and causeA Furukawa
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa cho Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Abdom Imaging 30:524-34. 2005..Gastrointestinal mural pathology and associated adjacent inflammation are precisely assessed with thin-section images and multiplanar reformations that aid in the assessment of the site and cause of perforation... - Embolization materials made of gelatin: comparison between Gelpart and gelatin microspheresShinichi Ohta
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 33:120-6. 2010..The object of this study was to assess the level of embolization in the embolized artery and the degradation period of these two embolic agents in the renal arteries using rabbit models... - Gelatin microspheres: initial clinical experience for the transcatheter arterial embolizationNorihisa Nitta
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa cho Otsu Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Eur J Radiol 67:536-40. 2008..The purpose of this study is to evaluate the embolization effects of gelatin microspheres (GMSs) when used as an embolic material for transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for several organs... - Laser-guided computed tomography puncture system: simulation experiments using artificial phantom lesions and preliminary clinical experienceNorihisa Nitta
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta tsukinowa cho, Otsu, 520 2192, Japan
Radiat Med 25:187-93. 2007..To conduct computed tomography (CT)-guided puncture exactly and safely, we newly developed a laser guiding puncture system that can be used in a commercially available CT scanner... - An initial clinical study on the efficacy of cisplatin-releasing gelatin microspheres for metastatic liver tumorsNorihisa Nitta
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Tsukinowa cho, Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Eur J Radiol 71:519-26. 2009..To evaluate the antitumor effect and side effects of cisplatin-releasing gelatin microspheres (Cis-GMSs) for metastatic liver tumors... - Evaluation of computer-aided detection of lesions in mammograms obtained with a digital phase-contrast mammography systemToyohiko Tanaka
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa cho, Seta, Otsu, Japan
Eur Radiol 19:2886-95. 2009..840 to 0.888 for microcalcifications (P = 0.034) and from 0.947 to 0.962 for masses (P = 0.025) respectively. The application of CAD to the PCM system is a promising approach for the detection of breast cancer in its early stages... - Pluronic F127: application in arterial embolizationShinichi Ohta
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Japan
J Vasc Interv Radiol 17:533-9. 2006..This suggested that Pluronic F127 dissolved before severe tissue damage could occur. CONCLUSION: Pluronic F127 can potentially be used as a temporary embolic material... - Newly developed biodegradable stents for benign gastrointestinal tract stenoses: a preliminary clinical trialToyohiko Tanaka
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa cho, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Digestion 74:199-205. 2006..The stenosis had not recurred at the six-month follow-up examination. In conclusion, the newly developed biodegradable stents were useful in treating benign stenoses of the alimentary tract... - MR imaging of the normal appendix and acute appendicitisNorihisa Nitta
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
J Magn Reson Imaging 21:156-65. 2005..To describe the MR appearance of the normal appendix and the MR imaging characteristics of acute appendicitis with correlation to pathological severity... - Comparison between tissue harmonic imaging and liver-specific late-phase contrast-enhanced pulse-inversion imaging in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastasisHajasoa Alain Rabenandrasana
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
Radiat Med 22:90-7. 2004..2249 NS). CONCLUSION: In patients with liver metastasis, CE-PI statistically improved the sensitivity of lesion detection compared with THI. Conversely, CE-PI did not improve the sensitivity of lesion detection in patients with HCC... - Magnetic resonance voiding cystourethrography for vesicoureteral refluxRyutaro Takazakura
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
J Magn Reson Imaging 25:170-4. 2007..To assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance voiding cystourethrography (MRVCUG) using MR fluoroscopy for evaluation of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), and its use as a noninvasive alternative to standard VCUG... - Differentiation of femoral versus inguinal hernia: CT findingsShigeru Suzuki
Department of Radiology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2 11 1 Kaga, Itabashi ku, Tokyo 173 8605, Japan
AJR Am J Roentgenol 189:W78-83. 2007..The purpose of our study was to investigate the CT findings of femoral hernias, focusing on their differentiation from inguinal hernias... - Estimation of cerebral perfusion reserve by blood oxygenation level-dependent imaging: comparison with single-photon emission computed tomographyAkihiko Shiino
Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Ohtsu, Japan
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 23:121-35. 2003..This study is an attempt to develop such analysis... - A wide variety of dynamic contrast-enhanced MR appearances of breast cancer: pathologic correlation studyMasayuki Onishi
Shiga University of Medical Science, Department of Radiology, Seta Tsukinowa cho Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Eur J Radiol 65:286-92. 2008..The aim of this study was to elucidate the characteristic magnetic resonance (MR) appearance of breast cancers, as well as, its variations and to investigate the pathology providing different patterns of dynamic-MR appearances... - Assessment of small bowel motility function with cine-MRI using balanced steady-state free precession sequenceMakoto Wakamiya
Radiology Department of Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
J Magn Reson Imaging 33:1235-40. 2011..To evaluate the use of cine-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a steady-state free precession sequence to monitor and assess small bowel motility... - Budd-Chiari syndrome: a case with a combination of hepatic vein and superior vena cava occlusionYoshio Araki
Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan
World J Gastroenterol 11:3797-9. 2005..If deteriorating liver function or intractable ascites occur again, a liver transplantation may be anticipated. This is the first case report of Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with a superior vena cava occlusion... - Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for Brescia-Cimino hemodialysis fistula dysfunction: technical success rate, patency rate and factors that influence the resultsKiyosumi Maeda
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta tsukinowa cho, Otsu City, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Eur J Radiol 54:426-30. 2005.... - Neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy for locally advanced uterine cervical cancer: clinical efficacy and factors influencing responseKatsuhiro Kobayashi
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa cho Otsu, Shiga 520 2192, Japan
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 26:234-41. 2003..To evaluate the effects of neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy (NAIC) for locally advanced uterine cervical cancer, and to analyze factors influencing the response to the chemotherapy... - Many faces of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: its wide spectrum of radiological findingsMasashi Takahashi
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa-Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 32:45-65. 2003 - The first trial of phase contrast imaging for digital full-field mammography using a practical molybdenum x-ray tubeToyohiko Tanaka
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Invest Radiol 40:385-96. 2005.... - Fenestrated stent-graft for traumatic juxtahepatic inferior vena cava injuryShoji Watarida
Second Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
J Endovasc Ther 9:134-7. 2002..To report the use of a fenestrated stent-graft to manage a traumatic rupture of the juxtahepatic inferior vena cava (IVC)...