Publications by authors named "Hidenao Miyoshi"

Background: We assessed and compared the image quality of normal and pathologic structures as well as the image noise in chest computed tomography images using "adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction-V" (ASiR-V) or deep learning reconstruction "TrueFidelity".

Methods: Forty consecutive patients with suspected lung disease were evaluated. The 1.

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Background: We wanted to clarify whether preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the clinical setting can evaluate the pathologic pseudocapsule (PC) morphology with high accuracy in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 34 consecutive patients who underwent MRI (1.5 or 3.

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Secondary ovarian involvement by renal cell carcinoma rarely occurs. Here, we describe the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of bilateral ovarian metastases from renal cell carcinoma that demonstrated heterogeneous strong contrast enhancing tumors with flow voids around and within the tumors. In addition, the apparent diffusion coefficients of the malignant tumors were high.

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Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between preoperative FDG-PET parameters and the World Health Organization (WHO) classification or Masaoka staging system of thymic epithelial tumors.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 32 patients with histologically proven thymic epithelial tumors who underwent FDG-PET/CT before surgical resection. FDG-PET parameters, including the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolytic activity (TLG), were measured.

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Both diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography are oncological imaging techniques. The aim of this study was to assess any correlation between apparent diffusion coefficients and standardized uptake value in metastatic neck lymph nodes of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

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Background: Uptake of (123)I-labeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) in myocardial scintigrams has been shown to be as low in patients with idiopathic RBD as in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. AIM FOR STUDY: To clarify whether the existence of RBD accelerates autonomic dysfunction in PD, we investigated the association between MIBG scintigraphic findings and RBD measures among non-dementia PD patients.

Subjects & Methods: We conducted clinical interviews to assess REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) symptoms, and performed polysomnograms (PSG) recordings and MIBG scintigrams on 49 PD patients.

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Splenosis represents the heterotopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue after either splenic trauma or surgery. Intrathoracic splenosis is a rare condition resulting from concomitant rupture of the spleen and the left hemidiaphragm. We report a case of splenosis in a 41-year-old male patient who had experienced severe thoracoabdominal injury including rupture of the spleen and left hemidiaphragm and post-traumatic splenectomy 20 years previously.

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Bone architecture and mineralization are generally considered to be important components of bone quality, and determine bone strength in conjunction with bone mineral density. Although the features of bone quality have recently been studied under conditions in which bone density decreases, such as osteoporosis, little is known in osteosclerotic diseases. In this study, we compared the trabecular bone microarchitecture and degree of mineralization between osteoblastic bone metastasis and degenerative osteosclerosis using synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography (SR-microCT).

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