Significance of123I-MIBG scintigraphy as a pathophysiological indicator in the assessment of Parkinson's disease and related disorders: It can be a specific marker …

J Taki, M Yoshita, M Yamada, N Tonami - Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2004 - Springer
Recently, reliable and clear evidence for the usefulness of 123 I-MIBG scintigraphy in the
diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been accumulated and it has become increasingly …

Redistribution of regional and organ blood volume and effect on cardiac function in relation to upright exercise intensity in healthy human subjects.

SD Flamm, J Taki, R Moore, SF Lewis, F Keech… - Circulation, 1990 - Am Heart Assoc
To determine the effect of relative exercise intensity on organ blood volume and its relation
to cardiac function, changes in relative blood volume and cardiac function were monitored …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic Accuracy of 123I-Meta-Iodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Scintigraphy in Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A Multicenter Study

…, Y Nishio, S Orimo, M Samuraki, A Takahashi, J Taki… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background and Purpose Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) needs to be distinguished from
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) because of important differences in patient management and …

[PDF][PDF] I-123 MIBG sympathetic imaging in Lewy-body diseases and related movement disorders

K Nakajima, M Yoshita, S Matsuo, J Taki, S Kinuya - QJ Nucl Med, 2008 - researchgate.net
Iodine-123 (123I) labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) has a history of over 20 years
as a marker of myocardial sympathetic activity in Japan and has been used for various …

18F-labelled annexin V: a PET tracer for apoptosis imaging

Y Murakami, H Takamatsu, J Taki, M Tatsumi… - European journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Annexin V can be used to detect apoptotic cells in vitro and in vivo, based on its ability to
identify extracellular phosphatidylserine, which arises during apoptosis. In the present study, …

Peripheral sympathetic dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease without autonomic failure is heart selective and disease specific

J Taki, K Nakajima, EH Hwang, I Matsunari… - European journal of …, 2000 - Springer
The study was undertaken to investigate by means of iodine-123-labelled metaiodobenzylguanidine
(MIBG) scintigraphy the peripheral sympathetic function in patients with Parkinson’s …

Accuracy of ventricular volume and ejection fraction measured by gated myocardial SPECT: comparison of 4 software programs

K Nakajima, T Higuchi, J Taki, M Kawano… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2001 - Soc Nuclear Med
Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT has been used to calculate ejection fraction (EF) and
end-diastolic volume (EDV) and has correlated well with conventional methods. However, the …

Myocardial viability assessment using nuclear imaging

I Matsunari, J Taki, K Nakajima, N Tonami… - Annals of nuclear …, 2003 - Springer
Myocardial assessment continues to be an issue in patients with coronary artery disease and
left ventricular dysfunction. Nuclear imaging has long played an important role in this field. …

JCS 2018 guideline on diagnosis of chronic coronary heart diseases

…, E Kodani, A Sato, Y Shiono, H Shiomi, J Taki… - Circulation …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published since …

Standardization of metaiodobenzylguanidine heart to mediastinum ratio using a calibration phantom: effects of correction on normal databases and a multicentre study

…, K Okuda, S Matsuo, M Yoshita, J Taki… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose This study was performed to demonstrate that the results obtained with a calibration
phantom could be used as a tool for standardizing measurement of heart to mediastinum (H…