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List of works by Kenichiro Hirata

3D hybrid profile order technique in a single breath-hold 3D T2-weighted fast spin-echo sequence: Usefulness in diagnosis of small liver lesions

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A newly-developed metal artifact reduction algorithm improves the visibility of oral cavity lesions on 320-MDCT volume scans

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Added value of a single-energy projection-based metal-artifact reduction algorithm for the computed tomography evaluation of oral cavity cancers

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Breast dose reduction for chest CT by modifying the scanning parameters based on the pre-scan size-specific dose estimate (SSDE).

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

CT Angiography in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease: Effect of Small Focal Spot Imaging and Iterative Model Reconstruction on the Image Quality

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

CT venography after knee replacement surgery: comparison of dual-energy CT-based monochromatic imaging and single-energy metal artifact reduction techniques on a 320-row CT scanner

scientific article published on February 2017

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial T1 mapping to detect and quantify cardiac involvement in familial amyloid polyneuropathy.

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Comparison between multi-shot gradient echo EPI and balanced SSFP in unenhanced 3T MRA of thoracic aorta in healthy volunteers

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Comparison of the image quality of turbo spin echo- and echo-planar diffusion-weighted images of the oral cavity.

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Contrast enhancement in abdominal computed tomography: influence of photon energy of different scanners.

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Diagnosis of small posterior fossa stroke on brain CT: effect of iterative reconstruction designed for brain CT on detection performance

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Dual-layer DECT for multiphasic hepatic CT with 50 percent iodine load: a matched-pair comparison with a 120 kVp protocol

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Dual-region-of-interest bolus-tracking technique for coronary computed tomographic angiography on a 320-row scanner: reduction in the interpatient variability of arterial contrast enhancement.

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Evaluation of the Effect of Intracoronary Attenuation on Coronary Plaque Measurements Using a Dual-phase Coronary CT Angiography Technique on a 320-row CT Scanner--In Vivo Validation Study

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis can cause periaortitis and pericarditis.

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Improved Estimation of Coronary Plaque and Luminal Attenuation Using a Vendor-specific Model-based Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm in Contrast-enhanced CT Coronary Angiography

scientific article published on 7 April 2017

Iterative Reconstruction Designed for Brain CT: A Correlative Study With Filtered Back Projection for the Diagnosis of Acute Ischemic Stroke

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Long-term prognostic value of the combined assessment of clinical and computed tomography findings in type: An acute aortic dissection

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Machine Learning to Differentiate T2-Weighted Hyperintense Uterine Leiomyomas from Uterine Sarcomas by Utilizing Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Quantitative Imaging Features

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Machine Learning to Predict the Rapid Growth of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Model-based Iterative Reconstruction in Low-radiation-dose Computed Tomography Colonography: Preoperative Assessment in Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Saturation Recovery Myocardial T1 Mapping with a Composite Radiofrequency Pulse on a 3T MR Imaging System

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Single-Breath-Hold Whole-heart Unenhanced Coronary MRA Using Multi-shot Gradient Echo EPI at 3T: Comparison with Free-breathing Turbo-field-echo Coronary MRA on Healthy Volunteers

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The Influence of Iterative Reconstruction on Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring-Phantom and Clinical Studies

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

The effect of heart rate on coronary plaque measurements in 320-row coronary CT angiography

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Tradeoff between noise reduction and inartificial visualization in a model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm on coronary computed tomography angiography.

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Using 80 kVp on a 320-row scanner for hepatic multiphasic CT reduces the contrast dose by 50 % in patients at risk for contrast-induced nephropathy

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Vectors through a cross-sectional image (VCI): A visualization method for four-dimensional motion analysis for cardiac computed tomography.

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