Abdominal CT with Low Tube Voltage: Preliminary Observations about Radiation Dose, Contrast Enhancement, Image Quality, and Noise1 Y Nakayama, K Awai, Y Funama, M Hatemura, M Imuta, T Nakaura, ... Radiology 237 (3), 945-951, 2005 | 509 | 2005 |
Lower tube voltage reduces contrast material and radiation doses on 16-MDCT aortography Y Nakayama, K Awai, Y Funama, D Liu, T Nakaura, Y Tamura, ... American Journal of Roentgenology 187 (5), W490-W497, 2006 | 206 | 2006 |
Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of gynecological diseases T Namimoto, K Awai, T Nakaura, Y Yanaga, T Hirai, Y Yamashita European radiology 19, 745-760, 2009 | 205 | 2009 |
Combined use of T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted 3-T MR imaging for differentiating uterine sarcomas from benign leiomyomas T Namimoto, Y Yamashita, K Awai, T Nakaura, Y Yanaga, T Hirai, T Saito, ... European radiology 19, 2756-2764, 2009 | 179 | 2009 |
Low contrast agent and radiation dose protocol for hepatic dynamic CT of thin adults at 256–detector row CT: effect of low tube voltage and hybrid iterative reconstruction … T Nakaura, S Nakamura, N Maruyama, Y Funama, K Awai, K Harada, ... Radiology 264 (2), 445-454, 2012 | 161 | 2012 |
Deep learning based noise reduction for brain MR imaging: tests on phantoms and healthy volunteers M Kidoh, K Shinoda, M Kitajima, K Isogawa, M Nambu, H Uetani, K Morita, ... Magnetic resonance in medical sciences 19 (3), 195-206, 2020 | 155 | 2020 |
Improvement of image quality at CT and MRI using deep learning T Higaki, Y Nakamura, F Tatsugami, T Nakaura, K Awai Japanese journal of radiology 37, 73-80, 2019 | 148 | 2019 |
Association of pericardial fat accumulation rather than abdominal obesity with coronary atherosclerotic plaque formation in patients with suspected coronary artery disease M Konishi, S Sugiyama, K Sugamura, T Nozaki, K Ohba, J Matsubara, ... Atherosclerosis 209 (2), 573-578, 2010 | 139 | 2010 |
Ground-glass opacities on thin-section helical CT: differentiation between bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and atypical adenomatous hyperplasia S Oda, K Awai, D Liu, T Nakaura, Y Yanaga, H Nomori, Y Yamashita American Journal of Roentgenology 190 (5), 1363-1368, 2008 | 138 | 2008 |
Negative predictive value of multiparametric MRI for prostate cancer detection: outcome of 5-year follow-up in men with negative findings on initial MRI studies R Itatani, T Namimoto, S Atsuji, K Katahira, S Morishita, K Kitani, ... European journal of radiology 83 (10), 1740-1745, 2014 | 121 | 2014 |
Abdominal dynamic CT in patients with renal dysfunction: contrast agent dose reduction with low tube voltage and high tube current–time product settings at 256–detector row CT T Nakaura, K Awai, N Maruyama, N Takata, I Yoshinaka, K Harada, ... Radiology 261 (2), 467-476, 2011 | 121 | 2011 |
Pulmonary Nodules: Estimation of Malignancy at Thin-Section Helical CT—Effect of Computer-aided Diagnosis on Performance of Radiologists1 K Awai, K Murao, A Ozawa, Y Nakayama, T Nakaura, D Liu, K Kawanaka, ... Radiology 239 (1), 276-284, 2006 | 111 | 2006 |
Reduction of dental metallic artefacts in CT: value of a newly developed algorithm for metal artefact reduction (O-MAR) M Kidoh, T Nakaura, S Nakamura, S Tokuyasu, H Osakabe, K Harada, ... Clinical radiology 69 (1), e11-e16, 2014 | 109 | 2014 |
Contrast injection protocols for coronary computed tomography angiography using a 64-detector scanner: comparison between patient weight-adjusted-and fixed iodine-dose protocols T Nakaura, K Awai, Y Yauaga, Y Nakayama, S Oda, M Hatemura, ... Investigative radiology 43 (7), 512-519, 2008 | 104 | 2008 |
Hypervascular Hepatocellular Carcinomas: Bolus Tracking with a 40-Detector CT Scanner to Time Arterial Phase Imaging1 S Sultana, K Awai, Y Nakayama, T Nakaura, D Liu, M Hatemura, ... Radiology 243 (1), 140-147, 2007 | 99 | 2007 |
Comparison of standard-and low-tube voltage MDCT angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease D Utsunomiya, S Oda, Y Funama, K Awai, T Nakaura, Y Yanaga, T Hirai, ... European radiology 20, 2758-2765, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
Radiation dose reduction at pediatric CT: use of low tube voltage and iterative reconstruction Y Nagayama, S Oda, T Nakaura, A Tsuji, J Urata, M Furusawa, ... Radiographics 38 (5), 1421-1440, 2018 | 89 | 2018 |
Effect of contrast injection protocols with dose adjusted to the estimated lean patient body weight on aortic enhancement at CT angiography Y Yanaga, K Awai, T Nakaura, S Oda, Y Funama, KT Bae, Y Yamashita American Journal of Roentgenology 192 (4), 1071-1078, 2009 | 84 | 2009 |
Evaluation of diffusion‐weighted imaging for the differential diagnosis of poorly contrast‐enhanced and T2‐prolonged bone masses: Initial experience Y Hayashida, T Hirai, T Yakushiji, K Katahira, O Shimomura, M Imuta, ... Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: An Official Journal of the …, 2006 | 81 | 2006 |
Detection of nodules showing ground-glass opacity in the lungs at low-dose multidetector computed tomography: phantom and clinical study Y Funama, K Awai, D Liu, S Oda, Y Yanaga, T Nakaura, K Kawanaka, ... Journal of computer assisted tomography 33 (1), 49-53, 2009 | 78 | 2009 |