Theses for Academic Materials
1998 RSNA

Development and assessment of Pulsating Heart phantom for CT.
Development of Pulsating Heart phantom for CT.

1999 RSNA

Assessment of Real Heart Motion Simulation Phantom (SE)

2000 RSNA

Design and Development of a New Pulsating Heart Phantom for Multi-slice CT Imaging (SS)

Development of a New Pulsating Heart Phantom for Multi-slice CT Imaging (EE),
(got 2000RSNA award)

Improvement of Coronary Calcification Quantification with a New Reconstruction Algorithm and Multi-slice Helical CT: Theoretical Considerations and Phantom Evaluation (SS)

2001 RSNA

Simulation of patientユs real LV motion using pulsating cardiac phantom for evaluation of Multi sector cardiac reconstruction algorithm

Effect factor of temporal resolution for Volume ejection fraction and coronary calcification scoring using different cardiac algorithm and pulsating cardiac phantom

Construction of Dynamic Phantom for Cardiac CT and Cardiac MR Imaging

2002 RSNA

Improving Coronary Artery Imaging Quality on the High Heart Rate (70-90bpm) by Combination of Cardiac Multi Sector Reconstruction Algorithm and Variable Gantry Rotation Speed. . (Got Award)

2002 Hiroshima Univ.

Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Using Multicardiac Computed Tomography
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 26(6) : 880-885

Technical innovation of cardiac multirow detector CT using multisector reconstruction
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 26(2002) : 217-226

2003 RSNA

WHAT IS BEST CONDITION FOR CARDIAC EJECTION FRACTION AND CORONARY IMAGE QUALITY ON THE GATED CARDIAC MDCT?

THE ACCURACY OF DENSITY MEASUREMENTS WITHIN PLAQUES USING MULTISLICE CT: RESULTS OF A PULSATING CARDIAC PHANTOM STUDY

2003 IEICE technical report.

The Evaluation of MDCT Cardiac Imaging using Cardiac Pulsating Phantom
Vol.103, No.319(20030912) pp. 1-4

2005 RSNA

New Pulsating Cardiac Flow Phantom for Cardiac MR and Cardiac MDCT
The Effect of Different type of Heart Rate Shift on Cardiac Image Quality: The Result of Newly developed Pulsating Cardiac Phantom Study

Design and Development of a Pulsating Cardiac Flow Phantom for Cardiac MR and Cardiac MDCT

2005 Hiroshima Univ.

Electron Beam CT Versus 16-MDCT on the Variability of Repeated Coronary Artery Calcium Measurements in a Variable Heart Rate Phantom
AJR 2005(185) : 995-1000

2005 Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology

Improving Coronary Artery Imaging Quality in the High Heart Rate Region and on MDCT Using a Pulsating Cardiac Phantom
Vol.61, No.4(20050420) pp. 506-513

2005 Journal of Japan Radiological Society

Design and Development of a New Pulsating Cardiac Coronary Phantom for ECG-gated CT and Its Experimental Characteristics
VOL.65;NO.3;PAGE.224-232(2005)Jul

2005 Circ J

Quantitative Evaluation of Coronary Arterial Stenosis Rate Using Profile Curve with 16-Slice MDCT: Preliminary Study Using Pulsating Cardiac Phantom
VOL.69;NO.Supplement 1;PAGE.434(2005)

2005 Nippon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi.

Correlation of effective temporal resolution and accuracy of volume ejection fraction on the ECG-gated cardiac MDCT
2005 Jul ;65 (3):233-239

2006 Hiroshima Univ.

Electron beam CT versus 16-slice spiral CT:
how accurately can we measure coronary artery calcium volume?
Eur Radiol 2006(16) : 374-380

2007 Hiroshima Univ.

Soft and Intermediate Plaques in Coronary Arteries:
How Accurately Can We Measure CT Attenuation Using 64-MDCT?
AJR2007 (189):981-988

2008 Hiroshima Univ.

Radiation Dose, Image Quality,Stenosis Measurement, and CT Densitometry
Using ECG-Triggered Coronary 64-MDCT Angiography:
A Phantom Study
AJR2008; 190:315-320

2008 Hiroshima Univ.

Variability of Repeated Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring and Radiation Dose on 64- and 16-Slice Computed Tomography by Prospective Electrocardiographically-triggered Axial and Retrospective Electrocardiographically-gated Spiral Computed Tomography:
A Phantom Study
Acad Radiol 2008; 15:958-965
AUR, 2008
doi:10.1016/j.acra.2008.03.007

2009 Hiroshima Univ.

In vitro measurement of CT density and estimation of stenosis related to coronary soft plaque at 100 kV and 120 kV on ECG-triggered scan.
Eur J Radiol (2009),
doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.08.002

2009 Hiroshima Univ.

Prospective ECG-triggered axial CT at 140-kV
tube voltage improves coronary in-stent
restenosis visibility at a lower radiation dose
compared with conventional retrospective
ECG-gated helical CT
Eur Radiol (2009) 19: 2363?2372
DOI 10.1007/s00330-009-1419-1

2010 Johns Hopkins Hospital

Quantification of lumen stenoses with known dimensions by coventional angiography and computed tomography:implications of using conventional angiography as gold standard
A Aebab-Zadeh, J Texter, K M Ostbye, et al.
Heart2010 96: 1358-1363
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2009.186783