Assessment of Coronary Arteries with Total Study Time of Less than 30 Minutes by Using Whole-Heart Coronary MR Angiography1

H Sakuma, Y Ichikawa, N Suzawa, T Hirano, K Makino… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
This study had institutional review board approval, and all patients gave informed consent.
The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the use of whole-heart three-…

Diagnostic accuracy of stress first-pass contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion MRI compared with stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

H Sakuma, N Suzawa, Y Ichikawa… - American journal of …, 2005 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of stress
perfusion MRI acquired with saturation-recovery prepared turbo fast low-angle shot (turbo …

Assessment of factors influencing FDG uptake in non-small cell lung cancer on PET/CT by investigating histological differences in expression of glucose transporters 1 …

N Suzawa, M Ito, S Qiao, K Uchida, M Takao… - Lung Cancer, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the major factors influencing on FDG
uptake in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by investigating histological difference in the …

Late gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in acute and chronic myocardial infarction: Improved prediction of regional myocardial contraction in the …

Y Ichikawa, H Sakuma, N Suzawa, K Kitagawa… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives : We sought to determine serial changes of enhanced and nonenhanced tissue
on late gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in patients with a …

Relation between FDG uptake and apparent diffusion coefficients in glioma and malignant lymphoma

N Matsushima, M Maeda, M Umino, N Suzawa… - Annals of nuclear …, 2012 - Springer
Objective This study evaluates the relation between 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose (FDG)
uptake using positron emission tomography/CT and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) …

[HTML][HTML] 18F-FDG uptake in the stomach on screening PET/CT: value for predicting Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis

S Kobayashi, M Ogura, N Suzawa, N Horiki… - BMC Medical …, 2016 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to determine the value of 18 F-FDG uptake on screening
PET/CT images for the prediction of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and chronic …

Detection of local tumor progression by 18F-FDG PET/CT following lung radiofrequency ablation: PET versus CT

N Suzawa, K Yamakado, M Takao… - Clinical nuclear …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance for
detecting local tumor progression between FDG PET and CT in patients who received lung …

Respiratory-gated time-of-flight PET/CT during whole-body scan for lung lesions: feasibility in a routine clinical setting and quantitative analysis

N Suzawa, Y Ichikawa, M Ishida, Y Tomita… - Annals of nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To demonstrate the feasibility of respiratory gating during whole-body scan for lung
lesions in routine 18 F-FDG PET/CT examinations using a time-of-flight (TOF)-capable …

The effect of misregistration between CT-attenuation and PET-emission images in 13N-ammonia myocardial PET/CT

Y Tomita, M Ishida, Y Ichikawa, N Suzawa… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
In 2-dimensional cardiac PET/CT, misregistration between the PET and CT images due to
respiratory and cardiac motion causes tracer uptake to appear substantially reduced. The …

Impact of 18F-FDG-PET/CT on treatment strategy in colorectal cancer lung metastasis before lung radiofrequency ablation

…, K Yamakado, H Takaki, N Suzawa… - Nuclear medicine …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate prospectively the clinical impact of 2-(18 F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose
(18 F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) on the pretreatment …