Publications by authors named "S KANAO"
Background: Texture features reflecting tumour heterogeneity enable us to investigate prognostic factors. The R package ComBat can harmonize the quantitative texture features among several positron emission tomography (PET) scanners. We aimed to identify prognostic factors among harmonized PET radiomic features and clinical information from pancreatic cancer patients who underwent curative surgery.
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- Marine debris, which travels long distances and collects on shorelines, poses a significant environmental issue, especially along the Singapore coast.
- The study aimed to pinpoint the sources of this debris using advanced methods and data from local beach clean-up volunteers, revealing a popular tourist area as a key contributor.
- Findings suggest that citizen science data can aid in ongoing monitoring and inform policy decisions, with suggestions for future research to incorporate factors like monsoons and sudden debris release events.
The complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of (family Bagridae; order Siluriformes) was determined using next-generation sequencing. The composition of its mitogenome is the same as that observed in most other vertebrates and consists of 37 genes, an L-strand replication origin and a control region. As in previous studies, our phylogenetic analyses revealed that many of the bagrid genera are not monophyletic, emphasizing the necessity for reviewing and revising the taxonomy of this family at the genus level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a multiparametric approach to breast lesions including apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) from diffusion-weighted images (DWI), maximum slope (MS) from ultrafast dynamic contrast enhanced (UF-DCE) MRI, lesion size, and patient's age.
Materials And Methods: In total, 96 lesions (73 malignant, 23 benign) were evaluated. UF-DCE MRI was acquired using a prototype 3D-gradient-echo volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) with compressed sensing.
Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of the kinetic parameter maximum slope (MS) in breast lesions obtained by ultrafast dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI) of the contrast wash-in period with that of the washout index (WI) derived from standard DCE MRI and that of the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category.
Materials And Methods: In total, 138 contrast enhanced lesions (90 malignant, 48 benign) were evaluated. Ultrafast DCE MRI images were acquired using a k-space-weighted image contrast (KWIC), obtained 0-1 min after gadolinium injection (3.