Publications by authors named "Masakazu Nagamatsu"

Study design: Prospective study. Objective: The aim of this study is to visualize the morphology of a lumbar herniated disc and Kambin’s triangle in three dimensions (3D) based on preoperative CT/MRI fusion images. Methods: CT/MRI fusion images of 23 patients (10 males and 13 females; mean age 58.

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Study Design: Prospective study.

Objective: Medical image fusion can provide information from multiple modalities in a single image. The present study aimed to determine whether three-dimensional (3D) lumbosacral vascular anatomy could be adequately portrayed using a non-enhanced CT-MRI medical image fusion technique.

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