High reproducibility of tumor hypoxia evaluated by 18F-fluoromisonidazole PET for head and neck cancer

…, K Yasuda, YM Ito, K Magota, K Kasai… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Tumor hypoxia is well known to be radiation resistant. F-fluoromisonidazole ( 18 F-FMISO)
PET has been used for noninvasive evaluation of hypoxia. Quantitative evaluation of 18 F-…

The reoxygenation of hypoxia and the reduction of glucose metabolism in head and neck cancer by fractionated radiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiation …

…, K Hirata, K Nishijima, K Magota, K Kasai… - European journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate reoxygenation in the
early phase of fractionated radiotherapy and serial changes of tumoricidal effects associated …

Quantification of regional myocardial blood flow estimation with three-dimensional dynamic rubidium-82 PET and modified spillover correction model

C Katoh, K Yoshinaga, R Klein, K Kasai… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Myocardial blood flow (MBF) estimation with 82 Rubidium ( 82 Rb) positron emission
tomography (PET) is technically difficult because of the high spillover between regions of …

Attenuated right ventricular energetics evaluated using 11C-acetate PET in patients with pulmonary hypertension

…, RSB Beanlands, C Katoh, K Kasai… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose The right ventricle (RV) has a high capacity to adapt to pressure or volume overload
before failing. However, the mechanisms of RV adaptation, in particular RV energetics, in …

Prone-position acquisition of myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) SPECT reveals regional uptake similar to that found using 11C-hydroxyephedrine …

K Yoshinaga, Y Tomiyama, O Manabe, K Kasai… - Annals of nuclear …, 2014 - Springer
Objectives 123 I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) has been used to estimate cardiac
sympathetic nervous innervation. Heterogeneous MIBG distribution is mainly associated with high …

Serial changes of hypoxia in head and neck cancer by fractionated radiotherapy with IMRT

S Okamoto, T Shiga, K Yasuda, K Magota, K Kasai… - 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
454 Objectives In order to investigate early phase reoxygenation by fractionated radiotherapy
with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC), we …

[PDF][PDF] Right Ventricular Metabolism and Its Efficiency

…, O Manabe, T Sato, C Katoh, K Kasai… - … on Nuclear Medicine …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Background: Elevated pulmonary arterial pressure may increase right ventricular (RV)
oxidative metabolism in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and heart failure (HF). 11C-…

Semi-quantification of FMISO-PET based on muscle activity suggests higher reproducibility than that based on blood activity

K Kasai, S Okamoto, T Shiga, K Yasuda, K Magota… - 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
546 Objectives Tumor/blood ratio analysis for FMISO-PET is major semi-quantitation method
for tumor hypoxia. However, it is sometimes unstable to evaluate metabolism using venous …

Tri-Nip Press on Fine Paper

K Kasai - JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL, 1979 - jstage.jst.go.jp
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ら も, 高 速 上質 マシ ンの ネ ッ クは, プ レス パ ー トと言 って も過 言 で は ない. そ の理 由 は上 …

Elevated Right Ventricular Oxidative Metabolism in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) or Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension …

…, H Ohira, I Tsujino, O Manabe, C Katoh, K Kasai… - 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Increased left ventricular (LV) myocardial oxidative metabolism is associated
with poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. However, the same has not been studied for …