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List of works by Masakazu Hirakawa

Accessory left gastric artery from left hepatic artery shown on MDCT and conventional angiography: correlation with CT hepatic arteriography

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Arterial steroid injection therapy can inhibit the progression of severe acute hepatic failure toward fulminant liver failure

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CT-guided radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteoma

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Clinical outcomes of symptomatic arterioportal fistulas after transcatheter arterial embolization

scientific article published on February 2013

Clinicopathological significance of the peritumoral decreased uptake area of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid in hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Delayed-phase dynamic CT enhancement as a prognostic factor for mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

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Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using super paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-enhanced MRI: Added value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Detection of the gonadal veins in the diagnosis of transposed ovaries in patients with cervical carcinoma: a useful sign on MDCT.

scientific article published in June 2007

Diagnostic value of the delayed phase image for iso-attenuating pancreatic carcinomas in the pancreatic parenchymal phase on multidetector computed tomography

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Efficacy of preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with systemic chemotherapy for treatment of unresectable hepatoblastoma in children

scientific article published on 13 June 2014

Enhancement pattern analysis of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma on dynamic MR imaging with histopathological correlation: Validity of portal phase imaging for predicting tumor grade

scientific article published on March 21, 2011

Gliomatosis peritonei associated with immature ovarian teratoma: a mimicker of peritoneal dissemination of malignant diseases.

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Hemorrhagic mesenteric cystic lymphangioma presenting with acute lower abdominal pain: the diagnostic clues on MR imaging

scientific article published on 05 July 2008

Hepatocellular carcinoma with a prominent vascular scar in the center: MR imaging findings.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma with a pseudocapsule on gadolinium-enhanced MR images: correlation with histopathologic findings

scientific article published on 18 December 2008

Hypovascular hepatic nodule showing hypointensity in the hepatobiliary phase of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI in patients with chronic liver disease: prediction of malignant transformation.

scientific article published on 4 June 2012

Image quality of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the liver using dual-source parallel radiofrequency transmission technology: Comparison with the post-processing correction method for B1 inhomogeneity-induced signal loss

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Imaging spectrum of cystic pancreatic lesions: learn from atypical cases

scientific article published on September 2007

Lesions arising in or involving the iliopsoas groove

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

MR imaging of renal cell carcinoma: its role in determining cell type.

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MR prediction of postnatal outcomes in left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia using right lung signal intensity: comparison with that using right lung volume.

scientific article published in July 2009

Metastatic melanoma of the gallbladder

scientific article published on 22 May 2007

Microballoon occlusion test to predict colonic ischemia after transcatheter embolization of a ruptured aneurysm of the middle colic artery

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Noninvasive estimation of hepatic steatosis using plain CT vs. chemical-shift MR imaging: significance for living donors

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Papillary renal carcinoma: diagnostic approach by chemical shift gradient-echo and echo-planar MR imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Pathological manifestation of difference in washout pattern of adrenal hyperplasia on dynamic CT.

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Percutaneous transfemoral hepatic arterial infusion catheter placement with the use of a downsized coaxial catheter system: technical feasibility study

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Performance of radiological methods in diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma preoperatively in a recipient of living related liver transplantation: comparison with step section histopathology

scientific article published on February 27, 2011

Poorly versus moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma: vascularity assessment by computed tomographic hepatic angiography in correlation with histologically counted number of unpaired arteries

scientific article published in March 2007

Postgastrectomy development or accentuation of focal fatty change in segment IV of the liver: correlation with the presence of aberrant venous branches of the parabiliary venous plexus

scientific article published in May 2007

Radiologic detectability of minute portal venous invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma.

scientific article published in January 2008

Radiological assessment of hepatic vein invasion by hepatocellular carcinoma using combined computed tomography hepatic arteriography and computed tomography arterial portography

scientific article published on 27 July 2010

Radiological catheter placement for transcatheter arterial steroid injection therapy to treat severe acute hepatic failure: technical feasibility and efficacy

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

Radiological detectability of minute hepatic venous invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma.

scientific article published on 11 April 2008

Recanalization of splenic artery aneurysm after transcatheter arterial embolization using N-butyl cyanoacrylate.

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Retroperitoneal well-differentiated inflammatory liposarcoma: a diagnostic dilemma

scientific article published in August 2008

Significance of mesenteric lymphadenopathy after pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary carcinomas: evaluation with serial MDCT studies.

scientific article published on 16 November 2006

Significance of perivascular soft tissue around the common hepatic and proximal superior mesenteric arteries arising after pancreaticoduodenectomy: evaluation with serial MDCT studies

scientific article published in November 2008

Spectrum of hepatic surface enhancement on contrast-enhanced CT in various abdominal conditions

scientific article published on September 2007

Usefulness of apparent diffusion coefficient map in diagnosing prostate carcinoma: correlation with stepwise histopathology

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Usefulness of the long-axis and short-axis reformatted images of multidetector-row CT in evaluating T-factor of the surgically resected pancreaticobiliary malignancies

scientific article published on 26 March 2007

Uterine artery embolization along with the administration of methotrexate for cervical ectopic pregnancy: technical and clinical outcomes

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

[MDCT of pancreatic disorders].

scientific article published in December 2006

[Recent progress of diagnostic imaging in evaluating pancreaticobiliary malignancies].

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