High incidence of metabolically active brown adipose tissue in healthy adult humans: effects of cold exposure and adiposity

…, J Nio-Kobayashi, T Iwanaga, M Miyagawa… - Diabetes, 2009 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE The significant roles of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in the regulation of energy
expenditure and adiposity are established in small rodents but have been controversial in …

Age‐related decrease in cold‐activated brown adipose tissue and accumulation of body fat in healthy humans

…, T Kameya, Y Kawai, M Miyagawa… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) can be identified by 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐positron
emission tomography (PET) combined with X‐ray computed tomography (CT) in adult humans…

Using the World Health Organization classification of thymic epithelial neoplasms to describe CT findings

…, M Ohta, T Eimoto, M Miyagawa… - American Journal of …, 2002 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Our purpose was to assess the CT features of various subtypes of thymic
epithelial neoplasms on the basis of the 1999 World Health Organization classification. …

Recommendations for 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging for cardiac sarcoidosis: Japanese Society of Nuclear Cardiology …

Y Ishida, K Yoshinaga, M Miyagawa, M Moroi… - Annals of nuclear …, 2014 - Springer
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease that forms epithelioid cell granuloma (accompanied
by infiltration of inflammatory cells) without caseous necrosis in organs throughout …

JCS 2018 guideline on diagnosis of chronic coronary heart diseases

…, N Matsumoto, K Miyauchi, M Miyagawa… - 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 …

Quantitative analysis of myocardial 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake by PET/CT for detection of cardiac sarcoidosis

R Yokoyama, M Miyagawa, H Okayama, T Inoue… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Imaging with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT is used to diagnose patients
with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). However, its specificity is relatively low. We aimed to …

Recommendations for 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis—2018 Update Japanese Society of …

S Kumita, K Yoshinaga, M Miyagawa… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
S arcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology affecting people of
any age (1, 2). The disease shows heterogeneous distribution of epithelioid granulomatous …

Estimation of myocardial flow reserve utilizing an ultrafast cardiac SPECT: Comparison with coronary angiography, fractional flow reserve, and the SYNTAX score

M Miyagawa, Y Nishiyama, T Uetani, A Ogimoto… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Quantitative assessment of myocardial flow reserve (MFR) by single photon
emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of a semiconductor SPECT system: comparison with a conventional Anger-type SPECT instrument

Y Takahashi, M Miyagawa, Y Nishiyama… - Annals of nuclear …, 2013 - Springer
Objective The performance of a new single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
scanner with a cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) solid-state semiconductor detector (Discovery …

Differentiation of myocardial ischemia and infarction assessed by dynamic computed tomography perfusion imaging and comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance …

…, T Uetani, A Kurata, T Kono, A Ogimoto, M Miyagawa… - European …, 2016 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of myocardial blood flow (MBF) by computed tomography
from dynamic CT perfusion (CTP) for detecting myocardial ischemia and infarction …