Improvement in PET/CT image quality with a combination of point-spread function and time-of-flight in relation to reconstruction parameters

…, K Ishikawa, K Mitsumoto, T Taniguchi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the point-spread function (PSF) and
time-of-flight (TOF) on improving 18 F-FDG PET/CT images in relation to reconstruction …

Influences of point-spread function and time-of-flight reconstructions on standardized uptake value of lymph node metastases in FDG-PET

G Akamatsu, K Mitsumoto, T Taniguchi… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of point-spread function (PSF)
and time-of-flight (TOF) on the standardized uptake value (SUV) of lymph node metastasis …

Direct Modulation at 56 and 50 Gb/s of 1.3- m InGaAlAs Ridge-Shaped-BH DFB Lasers

…, Y Wakayama, T Kitatani, T Taniguchi… - IEEE Photonics …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Direct modulation at 56 and 50 Gb/s of 1.3-μm InGaAlAs ridge-shaped-buried heterostructure
(RS-BH) asymmetric corrugation-pitch-modulation (ACPM) distributed feedback lasers is …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement in PET/CT image quality in overweight patients with PSF and TOF

T Taniguchi, G Akamatsu, Y Kasahara… - Annals of nuclear …, 2015 - Springer
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the point spread function (PSF)
and time of flight (TOF) on PET/CT images of overweight patients in relation to the iteration …

[HTML][HTML] Financial literacy and exercise behavior: Evidence from Japan

S Ono, P Yuktadatta, T Taniguchi, T Iitsuka, M Noguchi… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lack of exercise, which increases the risk of many serious physical and mental illness, has
been a common health issue in Japan. Recent studies confirm that financial literacy …

The edge artifact in the point-spread function-based PET reconstruction at different sphere-to-background ratios of radioactivity

…, K Kihara, G Akamatsu, S Mikasa, T Taniguchi… - Annals of nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
Objective The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the edge artifacts in PET
images reconstructed using the point-spread function (PSF) algorithm at different sphere-to-…

Accuracy of amplitude-based respiratory gating for PET/CT in irregular respirations

Y Tsutsui, D Kidera, T Taniguchi, G Akamatsu… - Annals of nuclear …, 2014 - Springer
Objective We evaluated the accuracy of amplitude gating PET (AG-PET) compared with
phase gating PET (PG-PET) in relation to respiratory motion patterns based on a phantom …

Benefits of point-spread function and time of flight for PET/CT image quality in relation to the body mass index and injected dose

…, K Mitsumoto, K Ishikawa, T Taniguchi… - Clinical nuclear …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The PET image quality of overweight patients and patients who receive low injected doses
deteriorates because of increases in statistical noise. The purpose of this study was to …

Impact of time-of-flight PET/CT with a large axial field of view for reducing whole-body acquisition time

G Akamatsu, K Uba, T Taniguchi… - Journal of nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the imaging performance of 39- and 52-ring time-of-flight
(TOF) PET/CT scanners. We also assessed the potential of reducing the scanning time …

High-speed small-scale InGaP/GaAs HBT technology and its application to integrated circuits

…, K Ouchi, H Uchiyama, T Taniguchi… - … on Electron Devices, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed the advanced performance, small-scale InGaP/GaAs heterojunction
bipolar transistors (HBTs) by using WSi/Ti base electrode and buried SiO/sub 2/ in the extrinsic …