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| Yasutaka IchikawaSummaryAffiliation: Mie University Country: Japan Publications
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Increased myocardial uptake of iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine on delayed images, compared with early images, in patients with multiple system atrophyYasutaka Ichikawa
Department of Radiology, Matsusaka Central Hospital, Kawai machi, Matsusaka, Mie, Japan
Clin Nucl Med 28:890-2. 2003..The mechanism responsible for these findings is not clearly understood, but could be related to the pathophysiological changes in the early stage of multiple systemic atrophy...
Adipose tissue detected by multislice computed tomography in patients after myocardial infarctionYasutaka Ichikawa
Department of Radiology, Matsusaka Central Hospital, Mie, Japan
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2:548-55. 2009....
Diagnostic accuracy of stress first-pass contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion MRI compared with stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphyHajime Sakuma
Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, 2 174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514 8507, Japan
AJR Am J Roentgenol 185:95-102. 2005..Recent studies show that first-pass contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion MRI can provide noninvasive detection of low-limiting stenosis in the coronary artery...
Detection of coronary artery stenosis with whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiographyHajime Sakuma
Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan
J Am Coll Cardiol 48:1946-50. 2006..We sought to determine the diagnostic performance of whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance (MR) angiography for detecting significant coronary artery disease...
Late gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in acute and chronic myocardial infarction. Improved prediction of regional myocardial contraction in the chronic state by measuring thickness of nonenhanced myocardiumYasutaka Ichikawa
Department of Radiology, Matsusaka Central Hospital, Mie, Japan
J Am Coll Cardiol 45:901-9. 2005..The diagnostic performance of CMR imaging for detection of preserved contractile function can be significantly improved by measuring thickness of nonenhanced myocardium in MI patients...
Prevalence and signal characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathyShiro Nakamori
Department of Cardiology, Matsusaka Central Hospital, Matsusaka, Japan
Circ J 76:914-21. 2012..To determine the prevalence and signal intensity (SI) characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC)...
Thallium-201 SPECT and low-dose dobutamine stress cine MRI for predicting functional recovery of regional myocardial contraction in patients with myocardial infarctionShoko Uemura
First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 6:697-707. 2004..Decreased specificity of SPECT in the inferior and posterolateral segments resulted in lower overall specificity in comparison with dobutamine MRI...
Assessment of coronary artery disease using magnetic resonance coronary angiography: a national multicenter trialShingo Kato
Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:983-91. 2010..This national multicenter study determined the diagnostic performance of 1.5-T whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD)...
Quantitative analysis of first-pass contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion MRI using a Patlak plot method and blood saturation correctionTakashi Ichihara
Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
Magn Reson Med 62:373-83. 2009..11. The current method using Patlak plot permits quantification of MBF with operator interaction limited to tracing the LV wall contours, registration, and time delays...
Diagnostic value of late gadolinium-enhanced MRI and first-pass dynamic MRI for predicting functional recovery in patients after acute myocardial infarctionKakuya Kitagawa
Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2 174 Edobashi, Tsu, 514 8507, Japan
Radiat Med 25:263-71. 2007....
Assessment of coronary arteries with total study time of less than 30 minutes by using whole-heart coronary MR angiographyHajime Sakuma
Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, 2 174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514 8507, Japan
Radiology 237:316-21. 2005..Whole-heart coronary MR angiography with a navigator-gated steady-state sequence can enable reliable 3D visualization of the coronary arteries in patients suspected of having coronary artery disease...
Evaluation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction using fast steady-state cine MR imaging: comparison with left ventricular angiographyYasutaka Ichikawa
Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 5:333-42. 2003..9% for long-axis images. These values were 7.2% and 8.7% with the SPGR imaging. In conclusion, the SSFP acquisition can provide accurate and noninvasive assessments of LV volumes and ejection fraction within a reduced imaging time...
Prediction of regional functional recovery after acute myocardial infarction with low dose dobutamine stress cine MR imaging and contrast enhanced MR imagingMunenobu Motoyasu
First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2 174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514 8507, Japan
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 5:563-74. 2003....
[Cardiovascular MR imaging]Hajime Sakuma
Nippon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 94:1625-31. 2005
