Search Results - "Kuniaki HARADA"

Low b‐value diffusion tensor imaging for measuring pseudorandom flow of cerebrospinal fluid by Bito, Yoshitaka, Harada, Kuniaki, Ochi, Hisaaki, Kudo, Kohsuke

“…Purpose Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays an important role in the clearance system of the brain. Recently, low b‐value diffusion tensor imaging (low‐b DTI) has…”
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Differences between Acute Embolic and Atherosclerotic Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Multiphase Arterial Spin-labeling Imaging by ITO, Yasuhiro, SUGIYAMA, Taku, TERASAKA, Shunsuke, MATSUZAWA, Hitoshi, HARADA, Kuniaki, NAKAYAMA, Naoki, ITO, Masaki, MARUICHI, Katsuhiko, FUJIMURA, Miki

“…Arterial spin-labeling magnetic resonance imaging (ASL-MRI) is widely used for evaluating collateral development in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS)…”
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Therapeutic benefits by human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and Ang-1 gene-modified hMSCs after cerebral ischemia by Onda, Toshiyuki, Honmou, Osamu, Harada, Kuniaki, Houkin, Kiyohiro, Hamada, Hirofumi, Kocsis, Jeffery D

“…Transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) prepared from adult bone marrow has been reported to ameliorate functional deficits after cerebral…”
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Case report: Self-restraint in a patient with alien hand syndrome following cerebral infarction involving the anterior cerebral artery territory by Sugawara, Kazuhiro, Takeuchi, Toshiki, Harada, Kuniaki, Taki, Marina, Fujimura, Ikumi, Kogami, Yuichi, Furuta, Ryoichi

“…Frontal alien hand syndrome (AHS) presents as impulsive grasping and groping and compulsive manipulation of environmental objects that can affect the dominant…”
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Low b-value Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Analyze the Dynamics of Cerebrospinal Fluid: Resolving Intravoxel Pseudorandom Motion into Ordered and Disordered Motions by Bito, Yoshitaka, Ochi, Hisaaki, Shirase, Ryuji, Yokohama, Wataru, Harada, Kuniaki, Kudo, Kohsuke

“…Purpose: Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics may be beneficial for understanding the mechanisms and diagnosis of several neurological diseases. Low…”
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Intravenous administration of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor gene-modified human mesenchymal stem cells protects against injury in a cerebral ischemia model in the adult rat by Horita, Yoshifumi, Honmou, Osamu, Harada, Kuniaki, Houkin, Kiyohiro, Hamada, Hirofumi, Kocsis, Jeffery D.

“…Intravenous administration of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) prepared from adult bone marrow has been reported to ameliorate functional deficits after…”
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Therapeutic benefits of human mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow after global cerebral ischemia by Zheng, Wei, Honmou, Osamu, Miyata, Kei, Harada, Kuniaki, Suzuki, Junpei, Liu, He, Houkin, Kiyohiro, Hamada, Hirofumi, Kocsis, Jeffery D

“…Abstract Although intravenous delivery of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) prepared from adult bone marrow reduces infarction size and ameliorates functional…”
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Demonstration of Human Fetal Bone Morphology with MR Imaging: A Preliminary Study by Matsubara, Yoshiko, Higaki, Toru, Tani, Chihiro, Kamioka, Shogo, Harada, Kuniaki, Aoyama, Hirohiko, Nakamura, Yuko, Akita, Tomoyuki, Awai, Kazuo

“…Purpose: CT is a useful modality for the evaluation of fetal skeletal dysplasia but radiation exposure is unavoidable. The purpose of this study is to compare…”
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Simple modification of arm position improves B1+ and signal homogeneity in the thoracolumbar spine at 3T by Ishizaka, Kinya, Kudo, Kohsuke, Harada, Kuniaki, Shirai, Toru, Fujiwara, Taro, Aoike, Suzuko, Takamori, Sayaka, Shirato, Hiroki

“…Purpose To evaluate the homogeneity of the radiofrequency magnetic field (B1+) and signal intensity using different arm positions during 3T thoracolumbar…”
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Pseudo-random Trajectory Scanning Suppresses Motion Artifacts on Gadoxetic Acid-enhanced Hepatobiliary-phase Magnetic Resonance Images by Nakamura, Yuko, Higaki, Toru, Nishihara, Takashi, Harada, Kuniaki, Takizawa, Masahiro, Bito, Yoshitaka, Narita, Keigo, Akagi, Motonori, Matsubara, Yoshiko, Kamioka, Shogo, Akiyama, Yuji, Iida, Makoto, Awai, Kazuo

“…Purpose: Hepatobiliary-phase (HBP) MRI with gadoxetic acid facilitates the differentiation between lesions with and without functional hepatocytes. Thus,…”
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Optimization of a therapeutic protocol for intravenous injection of human mesenchymal stem cells after cerebral ischemia in adult rats by Omori, Yoshinori, Honmou, Osamu, Harada, Kuniaki, Suzuki, Junpei, Houkin, Kiyohiro, Kocsis, Jeffery D

“…Abstract The systemic injection of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) prepared from adult bone marrow has therapeutic benefits after cerebral artery…”
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Susceptibility-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Cerebral Microhemorrhage in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury by AKIYAMA, Yukinori, MIYATA, Kei, HARADA, Kuniaki, MINAMIDA, Yoshihiro, NONAKA, Tadashi, KOYANAGI, Izumi, ASAI, Yasufumi, HOUKIN, Kiyohiro

“…The sensitivity of susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was compared with conventional MR sequences, including T2*-weighted imaging, and…”
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In vivo quantification of the metabolites in normal brain and brain tumors by proton MR spectroscopy using water as an internal standard by Tong, Zhiyong, Yamaki, Toshiaki, Harada, Kuniaki, Houkin, Kiyohiro

“…Metabolite concentrations in normal adult brains and in gliomas were quantitatively analyzed by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) using the…”
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Transient Oculomotor Palsy Correlated with Nerve Enhancement on MRI in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy by Tsuda, Emiko, Imai, Tomihiro, Hozuki, Takayoshi, Yamamoto, Daisuke, Harada, Kuniaki, Shimohama, Shun

“…A 40-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of double vision combined with left ptosis. Although at 25 years of age she had already been diagnosed…”
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Oriental Medicinal Herb, Periploca sepium, Extract Inhibits Growth and IL-6 Production of Human Synovial Fibroblast-Like Cells by Tokiwa, Takayoshi, Harada, Kuniaki, Matsumura, Toshiharu, Tukiyama, Takashi

“…Periploca sepium (PS) has traditionally been used in oriental medicine for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated the aqueous extract of PS…”
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Improvement of vessel visibility in time-of-flight MR angiography of the brain by Shonai, Takaharu, Carpenter, Jeffrey S., Lemieux, Susan K., Harada, Kuniaki, Omori, Kazumi, Kaneko, Nobuaki, Fukushima, Takanori

“…Purpose To improve vessel visibility in time‐of‐flight MR angiography (TOF‐MRA) by careful consideration of coil choice, coil position, and frequency offset…”
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In the Range of 20 to 35ms, an Echo-time of 20ms is Preferred for 3-tesla Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by SHINOZAKI, Jun, HARADA, Kuniaki, NAGAHAMA, Hiroshi, SAKURAI, Yuuki, AKATSUKA, Yoshihiro, NAGAMINE, Takashi, KOCHIYAMA, Takanori

“…Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is one of the techniques capable of detecting human brain function noninvasively. Although many fMRI studies have…”
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Optimization of Three-dimensional Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Intracranial Arteries by HARADA, Kuniaki, HONMOU, Osamu, ODAWARA, Yoshihiro, BANDO, Michio, HOUKIN, Kiyohiro

“…The signal-to-noise ratio obtained from arteries in three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance (MR) angiography is often too low to allow…”
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Oriental Medicinal Herb,Periploca sepium,Extract Inhibits Growth and IL-6 Production of Human Synovial Fibroblast-Like Cells by Takayoshi TOKIWA, Kuniaki HARADA, Toshiharu MATSUMURA, Takashi TUKIYAMA

“…Periploca sepium (PS) has traditionally been used in oriental medicine for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated the aqueous extract of PS…”
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N-acetylaspartate concentration in the chiasm measured by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy by Hashimoto, Masato, Ohtsuka, Kenji, Harada, Kuniaki

“…To measure the concentration of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in the chiasm of both normal controls and patients with chiasmal optic neuritis by in vivo proton…”
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