Detection of coronary artery stenosis with whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography

H Sakuma, Y Ichikawa, S Chino, T Hirano… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives : We sought to determine the diagnostic performance of whole-heart coronary
magnetic resonance (MR) angiography for detecting significant coronary artery disease. …

Assessment of coronary artery disease using magnetic resonance coronary angiography: a national multicenter trial

…, N Ishida, M Ishida, M Nagata, Y Ichikawa… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - jacc.org
Objectives : This national multicenter study determined the diagnostic performance of 1.5-T
whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in patients with suspected …

Native T1 mapping and extracellular volume mapping for the assessment of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in dilated cardiomyopathy

…, I Goto, N Kumagai, N Fujimoto, Y Ichikawa… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018 - jacc.org
Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the histological correlation of native
myocardial T1 and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) measurement at 3-T for the …

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 …

Adipose tissue detected by multislice computed tomography in patients after myocardial infarction

Y Ichikawa, K Kitagawa, S Chino, M Ishida… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives : Our aim was to investigate the frequency of left ventricular (LV) and right
ventricular adipose tissue on multislice computed tomography (CT) in patients with a history of …

Deep learning image reconstruction for improvement of image quality of abdominal computed tomography: comparison with hybrid iterative reconstruction

Y Ichikawa, Y Kanii, A Yamazaki, N Nagasawa… - Japanese Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the usefulness of the deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) to
enhance the image quality of abdominal CT, compared to iterative reconstruction technique. …

Deep learning image reconstruction for improving image quality of contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT in abdomen

M Sato, Y Ichikawa, K Domae, K Yoshikawa, Y Kanii… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the usefulness of deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) to
improve the image quality of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) of the abdomen, …

Prevalence and signal characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

…, K Matsuoka, K Onishi, T Kurita, Y Ichikawa… - Circulation …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: To determine the prevalence and signal intensity (SI) characteristics of late
gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in takotsubo …

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 …