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List of works by Nagara Tamaki

A semi-automated technique determining the liver standardized uptake value reference for tumor delineation in FDG PET-CT.

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Absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow

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Accelerated (99m)Tc-sestamibi clearance associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and regional left ventricular dysfunction in reperfused myocardium in patients with acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Accurate quantitative measurements of brachial artery cross-sectional vascular area and vascular volume elastic modulus using automated oscillometric measurements: comparison with brachial artery ultrasound

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Altered glucose metabolism and hypoxic response in alloxan-induced diabetic atherosclerosis in rabbits

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Anatomical and Functional Estimations of Brachial Artery Diameter and Elasticity Using Oscillometric Measurements with a Quantitative Approach

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Assessment of coronary endothelial function using PET.

scientific article published on May 2011

Assessment of coronary function in children with a history of Kawasaki disease using (15)O-water positron emission tomography

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Assessment of early changes in 3H-fluorothymidine uptake after treatment with gefitinib in human tumor xenograft in comparison with Ki-67 and phospho-EGFR expression

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Biological characteristics of intratumoral [F-18]-fluoromisonidazole distribution in a rodent model of glioma

scientific article published on January 18, 2013

Cardiac functional analysis with multi-detector row CT and segmental reconstruction algorithm: comparison with echocardiography, SPECT, and MR imaging

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Change in 18F-Fluoromisonidazole PET Is an Early Predictor of the Prognosis in the Patients with Recurrent High-Grade Glioma Receiving Bevacizumab Treatment

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Characteristics of immunoglobulin G4-related aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography co-registered with contrast-enhanced computed tomography

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Clinical impact of whole body FDG-PET for recurrent biliary cancer: a multicenter study

scientific article published on 12 September 2009

Contribution of toll-like receptor 2 to the innate response against Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice

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Coronary flow reserve estimated by positron emission tomography to diagnose significant coronary artery disease and predict cardiac events

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Coronary vasomotor function assessed by positron emission tomography

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Current status of nuclear cardiology in Japan: Ongoing efforts to improve clinical standards and to establish evidence

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Decreased endothelium-dependent coronary vasomotion in healthy young smokers

scientific article published on 30 April 2002

Dual tracer evaluation of dynamic changes in intratumoral hypoxic and proliferative states after radiotherapy of human head and neck cancer xenografts using radiolabeled FMISO and FLT.

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Dynamic PET evaluation of elevated FLT level after sorafenib treatment in mice bearing human renal cell carcinoma xenograft.

scientific article published on 12 December 2016

Focal impairment in myocardial fatty acid imaging in the left anterior descending artery area, a strong predictor for cardiac death in hemodialysis patients without obstructive coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Generator-produced rubidium-82 positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging-From basic aspects to clinical applications

scientific article published on 08 February 2010

Histopathologic Characterization of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Relation to Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake on Positron Emission Tomography

scientific article published on 02 August 2013

Human brain region response to distention or cold stimulation of the bladder: a positron emission tomography study

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I-123 iomazenil single photon emission computed tomography for detecting loss of neuronal integrity in patients with traumatic brain injury

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Imaging myocardial metabolism

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Improved spillover correction model to quantify myocardial blood flow by 11C-acetate PET: comparison with 15O-H 2O PET.

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Increased intratumoral fluorothymidine uptake levels following multikinase inhibitor sorafenib treatment in a human renal cell carcinoma xenograft model

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Increased metabolite levels of glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway in rabbit atherosclerotic arteries and hypoxic macrophage

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Interrelation between myocardial oxidative metabolism and diastolic function in patients undergoing surgical ventricular reconstruction

scientific article published on 27 November 2012

Ischaemic memory imaging using metabolic radiopharmaceuticals: overview of clinical settings and ongoing investigations

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Low-dose dobutamine stress gated SPET for identification of viable myocardium: comparison with stress-rest perfusion SPET and PET.

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Lung uptake on I-131 therapy and short-term outcome in patients with lung metastasis from differentiated thyroid cancer

scientific article published on 28 December 2013

Molecular imaging in heart failure patients

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

Molecular imaging of apoptosis with radio-labeled Annexin A5 focused on the evaluation of tumor response to chemotherapy

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Myocardial blood flow quantification using positron-emission tomography: analysis and practice in the clinical setting

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Myocardial oxidative metabolism is increased due to haemodynamic overload in patients with aortic valve stenosis: assessment using 11C-acetate positron emission tomography

scientific article published on 27 July 2010

Novel iodinated tracers, MIBG and BMIPP, for nuclear cardiology

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

PET/CT scanning with 3D acquisition is feasible for quantifying myocardial blood flow when diagnosing coronary artery disease

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Physiological assessment of myocardial perfusion using nuclear cardiology would enhance coronary artery disease patient care: which imaging modality is best for evaluation of myocardial ischemia? (SPECT-side).

scientific article published on 03 February 2011

Positron emission tomography reporter gene imaging in the myocardium: for monitoring of angiogenic gene therapy in ischemic heart disease

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Prognostic value of automated SPECT scoring system for coronary artery disease in stress myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism imaging

scientific article published on July 11, 2012

Prone-position acquisition of myocardial (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) SPECT reveals regional uptake similar to that found using (11)C-hydroxyephedrine PET/CT.

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Quantification of myocardial blood flow with dynamic perfusion 3.0 Tesla MRI: Validation with (15) O-water PET.

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Quantitative analysis of myocardial glucose utilization in patients with left ventricular dysfunction by means of 18F-FDG dynamic positron tomography and three-compartment analysis

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Radionuclide reporter gene imaging for cardiac gene therapy

scientific article published on June 2007

Reduced oxidative metabolic response in dysfunctional myocardium with preserved glucose metabolism but with impaired contractile reserve.

scientific article published in November 2004

Reduction of coronary flow reserve in areas with and without ischemia on stress perfusion imaging in patients with coronary artery disease: a study using oxygen 15-labeled water PET.

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Reproducibility and uptake time dependency of volume-based parameters on FDG-PET for lung cancer

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Scatter correction with combined single-scatter simulation and Monte Carlo simulation scaling improved the visual artifacts and quantification in 3D brain PET/CT imaging with (15)O-gas inhalation

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Sensitive detection of myocardial viability in chronic coronary artery disease by ultrasonic integrated backscatter analysis

scientific article published in January 2005

Simultaneous Tc-99m and I-123 dual-radionuclide imaging with a solid-state detector-based brain-SPECT system and energy-based scatter correction

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Suppressive effects of irbesartan on inflammation and apoptosis in atherosclerotic plaques of apoE-/- mice: molecular imaging with 14C-FDG and 99mTc-annexin A5.

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The Japanese experience with metabolic imaging in the clinical setting

scientific article published on May 2007

The effects of 18-h fasting with low-carbohydrate diet preparation on suppressed physiological myocardial (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake and possible minimal effects of unfractionated heparin use in patients with suspected cardiac involvement

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

The usefulness of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for assessing methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (MTX-LPD)

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Tumor hypoxia: a new PET imaging biomarker in clinical oncology

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