International Collaborative Papers 　

(1) Le QT, Shirato H. Preface. J Radiat Res. 2018 Mar 8. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rry015. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29528445 (2018) [Japanese journal] ○

(2) Shirato H, Le Q-T, Kobashi K, Prayongrat A, Takao S, Shimizu S, Giaccia A, Xing L, Umegaki K: “Selection of external beam radiotherapy approaches for precise and accurate cancer treatment”, J Radiat Res. Vol. 59, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, i2-i10 (2018) [Japanese journal] *i) ○

(3) Wu J, Tha KK, Xing L, and Li R: “Radiomics and radiogenomics for precision radiotherapy,” J Radiat Res. DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrx102 Published: 27 January (2018) [Japanese journal]*i) ○

(4) Toesca DAS, Ibragimov B, Koong AJ, Xing L, Chang DT, Koong AC: “ Strategies for Prediction and Mitigation of Radiation-Induced Liver Toxicity”, J Radiat Res. (2017) Volume 59, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, Pages i40-i49 (2018) [Japanese journal]

(5) Prayongrat A, Umegaki K, Schaaf A, Koong AC, Lin SH, Whitaker T, McNutt T, Matsufuji N, Graves E, Mizuta M, Ogawa K, Date H, Moriwaki K, Ito YM, Kobashi K, Dekura Y, Shimizu S, Shirato H: “Present developments in reaching an international consensus for a model-based approach to particle beam therapy”, J Radiat Res. Vol. 59, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, i72-i76 (2018) [Japanese journal] *i) ○

(6) Uluc N, Unlu MB, Gulsen G, Erkol H, “An extended photoacoustic transport model for characterization of red blood cell morphology in microchannel flow”, accepted, Biomedical Optics Express, 2018. [Overseas journal]

(7) Nakagawa D, Kudo K, Awe O, Zanaty M, Nagahama Y, Cushing C, Magnotta V, Hayakawa M, Allan L, Greenlee J, Awad I,Carroll T, Torner J, Raghavan ML, Hasan DM: “Detection of Microbleeds Associated with Sentinel Headache Using MRI Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: Pilot Study”, Journal of Neurosurgery , 2018 In press (2018) [Overseas journal]

(8) Tha KK, Katscher U, Yamaguchi S, Stehning C, Terasaka S, Fujima N, Kudo K, Kazumata K, Yamamoto T, Van Cauteren M, Shirato H: “Noninvasive electrical conductivity measurement by MRI: a test of its validity and the electrical conductivity characteristics of glioma”, Eur Radiol.　2018 Jan;28(1):348-355 (2018) [Overseas journal] *i)

(9) Nishikawa Y, Yasuda K, Okamoto S, Ito YM, Onimaru R, Shiga T, Tsuchiya K, Watanabe S, Takeuchi W, Kuge Y, Peng H, Tamaki N, Shirato H: “Local relapse of nasopharyngeal cancer and Voxel-based analysis of FMISO uptake using PET with semiconductor detectors”, Radiat Oncol. 2017 Sep 6;12(1):148. doi: 10.1186/s13014-017-0886-9 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ○

(10) Wang J, Kato F, Yamashita H, Baba M, Cui Y, Li R, Oyama-Manabe N, Shirato H: “Automatic Estimation of Volumetric Breast Density Using Artificial Neural Network-Based Calibration of Full-Field Digital Mammography: Feasibility on Japanese Women With and Without Breast Cancer”, J Digit Imaging, 2017 Apr;30(2):215-227. doi: 10.1007/s10278-016-9922-9 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ○

(11) Sugimori H, Fujima N, Suzuki Y, Hamaguchi H, Ishizaka K, Kudo K: “Fast acceleration of ASL-based time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography by acquisition of control and labeled images in the same shot (fast ACTRESS): An optimization study”, Magn Reson Imaging., 2017 Jul 25;43:136-143. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.07.026 (2017) [Overseas journal]

(12) Chang, J. Y., Zhang, X., Knopf, A., Li, H., Mori, S., Dong, L., Lu, H-M., Liu, W., Badiyan, S. N., Both, S., Meijers, A., Lin, L., Flampouri, S., Li, Z., Umegaki, K., Simone, C.B 2nd, Zhu XR:, X. R: “Consensus Guidelines for Implementing Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Thoracic Malignancies” on Behalf of the PTCOG Thoracic and Lymphoma Subcommittee Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Sep1 99(1), 41-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.05.014 (2017) [Overseas journal]

(13) Wu PH, Onodera Y, Ichikawa Y, Rankin EB, Giaccia AJ, Watanabe Y, Qian W, Hashimoto T, Shirato H, Nam JM: “Targeting integrins with RGD-conjugated gold nanoparticles in radiotherapy decreases the invasive activity of breast cancer cells”, Int J Nanomedicine. 2017 Jul 14;12:5069-5085. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S137833 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ii) ○

(14) Li B, Cui Y, Diehn M, Li R: “Development and Validation of an Individualized Immune Prognostic Signature in Early-Stage Nonsquamous Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer”, JAMA Oncol. 2017 Nov 1;3(11):1529-1537. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.1609 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ○

(15) Cui Y, Li B, Li R: “Decentralized Learning Framework of Meta-Survival Analysis for Developing Robust Prognostic Signatures”, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, DOI: 10.1200/CCI.17.00077 published online November 1 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ○

(16) Cui Y, Ren S, Tha KK, Wu J, Shirato H, and Li R: “Volume of high-risk intratumoral subregions at multi-parametric MR imaging predicts overall survival and complements molecular analysis of glioblastoma”, Eur Radiol. 2017 Sep;27(9):3583-3592. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-4751-x. Epub 2017 Feb 6 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ○

(17) Wu J, Sun X, Wang J, Cui Y, Kato F, Shirato H, M D, Ikeda, Li R: “Identifying Relations Between Imaging Phenotypes and Molecular Subtypes of Breast Cancer: Model Discovery and External Validation,” J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Oct;46(4):1017-1027. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25661. Epub 2017 Feb 8 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i) ○

(18) Homma T, Manabe O, Ichinokawa K, Yamashita H, Oyama-Manabe N, Kato F, Hirata K, Kroenke M, Tamaki N: “Breast cancer detected as an incidental finding on 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy”, Acta Radiol Open. 2017 Jul 25;6(7):2058460117715665. doi: 10.1177/2058460117715665 (2017) [Overseas journal]

(19) Aparicio HJ, Petrea RE, Massaro JM, Manning WJ, Oyama-Manabe N, Beiser AS, Kase CS, D’Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Vasan RS, DeCarli C, O’Donnell CJ, Seshadri S: “Association of descending thoracic aortic plaque with brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities: The Framingham Heart Study”, Atherosclerosis, 2017 Jun 23. pii: S0021-9150(17)31168-1. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.06.919 (2017) [Overseas journal]

(20) Kon S, Ishibashi K, Katoh H, Kitamoto S, Shirai T, Tanaka S, Kajita M, Ishikawa S, Yamauchi H, Yako Y, Kamasaki T, Matsumoto T, Watanabe H, Egami R, Sasaki A, Nishikawa A, Kameda I, Maruyama T, Narumi R, Morita T, Sasaki Y, Enoki R, Honma S, Imamura H, Oshima M, Soga T, Miyazaki JI, Duchen MR, Nam JM, Onodera Y, Yoshioka S, Kikuta J, Ishii M, Imajo M, Nishida E, Fujioka Y, Ohba Y, Sato T, Fujita Y: “Cell competition with normal epithelial cells promotes apical extrusion of transformed cells through metabolic changes”, Nat Cell Biol. 2017 May;19(5):530-541. doi: 10.1038/ncb3509 (2017) [Overseas journal] *i)

Other Original Papers

– major papers only

・Japanese Journals (including those in English)

(1) Kobashi K, Prayongrat A, Kimoto T, Toramatsu C, Dekura Y, Katoh N, Shimizu S, Ito YM, Shirato H: “Assessing the uncertainty in a normal tissue complication probability difference (△NTCP): radiation-induced liver disease (RILD) in liver tumour patients treated with proton vs X-ray therapy” J Radiat Res. Special Issue – Approaches to Select Advanced External Radiotherapy,

2018 Mar 1;59(suppl_1):i50-i57. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rry018. (2018) *i)

(2) Nishioka K, Prayongrat A, Ono K, Onodera S, Hashimoto T, Katoh N, Inoue T, Kinoshita R, Yasuda K, Mori T, Onimaru R, Shirato H, Shimizu S: “Prospective study to evaluate the safety of the world-first spot-scanning dedicated, small 360-degree gantry, synchrotron-based proton beam therapy system”, J Radiat Res. Volume 59, Issue suppl_1, March 2018, Pages i63-i71 2017 Dec 22. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrx083. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29309691 (2018) *i)

(3) Takagi R, Komiya Y, Sutherland KL, Shirato H, Date H, Mizuta M: “Comparison of the average surviving fraction model with the integral biologically effective dose model for an optimal irradiation scheme”, J Radiat Res. 2018 Jan 4. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrx084. *i) (2018)

(4) Manabe N: “New possibilities for use of delayed enhanced myocardium imaging in IQon Spectral CT”, A Monthly Journal of Medical Imaging and Information, March (2018)

(5) Abo D: “Methods using AVP in DP-CAR preoperative TAE”, Clinical Imageology, 34(2), February (2018)

(6) Sakamoto K, Oyama-Manabe N, Manabe O, Aikawa T, Kikuchi Y, Sasai-Masuko H, Naya M, Kudo K, Kato F, Tamaki N, Shirato H: “Heterogeneity of longitudinal and circumferential contraction in relation to late gadolinium enhancement in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction”, Jpn Journal of Radiology. 2018 Feb;36(2):103-112. doi: 10.1007/s11604-017-0700-5. Epub 2017 Nov 9. (2018)

(7) Tha KK: “Practical application of radiogenomics by CT and MRI data in cancer” (1), Featuring Step up MRI, Innervision, September, pp.41-43 (2017) *i)

(8) Shimizu S, Nishioka K: “Urological tumor: bladder cancer”, Cancer and Radiotherapy, Revised 7th Edition (2017)

(9) Ishikawa M: Chapter 4-2 “Radiation generators for medical use and related equipment”, Cancer and Radiotherapy, Revised 7th Edition (2017)

(10) Yasuda K: “Radiotherapy using molecular imaging”, JSMI report. 10(2), May (2017)

(11) Katoh N: “Stereotactic radiotherapy and proton beam therapy for liver cancers”, Jpn Journal of Clinical Radiology, 62 (4), 521 – 528 (2017)

(12) Katoh N: “Proton beam therapy for hepatocellular carcinomas”, Medical Science Digest, 43(7), 324 – 327 (2017)

(13) Umegaki K: “Image guided proton therapy system combining spot scanning and real-time tumor tracking technologies”, BIO Clinica, 32(7), 666 – 671, July (2017)

(14) Fujii Y, Matsuura T, Takao S, Matsuzaki Y, Fujii T, Miyamoto N, Umegaki K, Nishioka K, Shimizu S, Shirato H: “A simulation study on the dosimetric benefit of real-time motion compensation in spot-scanning proton therapy for prostate”, J Radiat Res. 2017 Jul 1;58(4):591-597. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrx020 (2017) *i)

(15) Kadoya N, Karasawa K, Sumida I, Arimura H, Kakinohana Y, Kabuki S, Monzen H, Nishio T, Shirato H, Yamada S:”Educational outcomes of a medical physicist program over the past 10 years in Japan”, J Radiat Res. 2017 Apr 11:1-6. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrx016. (2017)

(16) Tamura M, Sakurai H, Mizumoto M, Kamizawa S, Murayama S, Yamashita H, Takao S, Suzuki R, Shirato H, Ito YM: “Lifetime attributable risk of radiation-induced secondary cancer from proton beam therapy compared with that of intensity-modulated X-ray therapy in randomly sampled pediatric cancer patients”, J Radiat Res. 2017 May 1;58(3):363-371. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrw088 (2017)

(17) Ebina F, Umezawa M, Nishiuchi H, Aoki T, Hiramoto K, Matsuda K, Umegagi K, Furusaka M: “Development of a Compact Synchrotron for Proton Beam Therapy”, Electronics and Communications in Japan. 2017　July. 100 (8) 34–42 doi: 10.1002/ecj.11972 (2017)

・Overseas Journals

(1) Houkin K, Shichinohe H, Abe K, Arato T, Dezawa M, Honmou O, Horie N, Katayama Y, Kudo K, Kuroda S, Matsuyama T, Miyai I, Nagata I, Niizuma K, Sakushima K, Sasaki M, Sato N, Sawanobori K, Suda S, Taguchi A, Tominaga T, Yamamoto H, Yamashita T, Yoshimine T: on behalf of Working Group for Guidelines on Development of Cell-Based Products for the Treatment of Cerebral Infarction, “Accelerating Cell Therapy for Stroke in Japan: Regulatory Framework and Guidelines on Development of Cell-Based Products”, Stroke 2018 In press (2018)

(2) Miyata M, Kakeda S, Kudo K, Iwata S, Tanaka Y, Wang Y, Korogi Y: “Evaluation of oxygen extraction fraction in systemic lupus erythematosus patients using quantitative susceptibility mapping”, JCBFM 2018 In press (2018)

(3) Kudo K, Harada T, Kameda H, Uwano I, Yamashita F, Higuchi S, Yoshioka K, Sasaki M: “Indirect Proton Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Kinetic Analysis of 17O-Labeled Water Tracer in the Brain”, MRMS in press (2018)

(4) Kwon J, Sutherland K, Hashimoto T, Shirato H, Date H: “Spatial distributions of dose enhancement around a gold nanoparticle at several depths of proton Bragg peak”, Nucl Instrum. Methods Phys Res B. in press (2018)

(5) Kameda H, Kudo K, Matsuda T, Harada T, Iwadate Y, Uwano I, Yamashita F, Yoshioka K, Sasaki M, Shirato H: “Improvement of the Repeatability of Parallel Transmission at 7T Using Interleaved Acquisition in the Calibration Scan”, Magn Reson Imaging, 2017 Dec 4. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25903 [Epub ahead of print] (2018) *i)

(6) Yoshida S, Shime H, Takeda Y, Nam JM, Takashima K, Matsumoto M, Shirato H, Kasahara M, Seya T: “Toll-like receptor 3 signal augments radiation-induced tumor growth retardation in a murine model”, Cancer Sci. 2018 Feb 21. doi: 10.1111/cas.13543. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29465830. (2018) *i)

(7) Shirato H: “Time has come for proton and carbon beam therapy”, Int J Clin Oncol.2018 Mar 8. doi: 10.1007/s10147-018-1263-x. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 29520524 (2018)

(8) Iwata H, Ishikawa H, Takagi M, Okimoto T, Murayama S, Akimoto T, Wada H, Arimura T, Sato Y, Araya M, Mizoe JE, Gosho M, Nakamura K, Shirato H, Sakurai H: “Long-term outcomes of proton therapy for prostate cancer in Japan: a multi-institutional survey of the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group”, Cancer Med. 2018 Feb 14. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1350. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29441697 (2018)

(9) Kobayashi Y, Kamishima T, Sugimori H, Ichikawa S, Noguchi A, Kono M, Iiyama T, Sutherland K, Atsumi T: “Quantification of Hand Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Arterial Mask Subtraction Reinforced With Mutual Information Can Improve Accuracy of Pixel-by-Pixel Time–Intensity Curve Shape Analysis in Dynamic MRI”, J Magn Reson Imaging. Accepted for publication Feb 13 (2018) *i)

(10) Tang M, Oshinomi K, Ishizaka K, Tha KK, Yamamoto T: “Dependence of Scan Parameters on Nerve Fiber Crossing Depiction in Diffusion Spectrum Imaging in Clinical Practice”, J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2018 Jan 24. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000715 (2018) *i)

(11) Ueda H, Furusaka M, Matsuura T, Hirayama S, Umegaki K: “Theoretical analysis of angular distribution of scattering in nozzle components using a response-function method for proton spot-scanning therapy”, Phys Med Biol. 2018 Jan 22. (63). doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaa15a (2018)

(12) Katoh N, Soda I, Tamamura H, Takahashi S, Uchinami Y, Ishiyama H, Ota K, Inoue T, Onimaru R, Shibuya K, Hayakawa K, Shirato H: “Clinical outcomes of stage I and IIA non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy using a real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy system”, Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jan 5;12(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s13014-016-0742-3. (2017)*i)

(13) Fujima N, Yoshida D, Sakashita T, Homma A, Kudo K, Shirato H: “Residual tumour detection in post-treatment granulation tissue by using advanced diffusion models in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients”, Eur J Radiol. 2017 May;90:14-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.02.025 (2017) *i)

(14) Ishizaka K, Kudo K, Harada K, Shirai T, Fujiwara T, Aoike S, Takamori S, Shirato H: “Simple modification of arm position improves B1+ and signal homogeneity in the thoracolumbar spine at 3T”, J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 May 26. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25767. [Epub ahead of print] (2017)

(15) Fujima N, Sakashita T, Homma A, Yoshida D, Kudo K, Shirato H: “Utility of a Hybrid IVIM-DKI Model to Predict the Development of Distant Metastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients”, Magn Reson Med Sci. 2017 May 18. doi: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2016-0136 (2017) *i)

(16) Fujima N, Sakashita T, Homma A, Harada T, Shimizu Y, Tha KK, Kudo K, Shirato H: “Non-invasive prediction of the tumor growth rate using advanced diffusion models in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients”, Oncotarget. 2017 May 16;8(20):33631-33643. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.16851 (2017) *i)

(17) Yabusaki S, Oyama-Manabe N, Manabe O, Hirata K, Kato F, Miyamoto N, Matsuno Y, Kudo K, Tamaki N, Shirato H: “Characteristics of immunoglobulin G4-related aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography co-registered with contrast-enhanced computed tomography”, EJNMMI Res. 2017 Dec;7(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13550-017-0268-1. Epub 2017 Feb 27 (2017)

(18) Kudo K, Harada T, Kameda H, Uwano I, Yamashita F, Higuchi S, Yoshioka K, Sasaki M: “Indirect MRI of 17 o-labeled water using steady-state sequences: Signal simulation and preclinical experiment”, J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Aug 31. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25848. [Epub ahead of print] (2017)

(19) Soyama T, Yoshida D, Sakuhara Y, Morita R, Abo D, Kudo K: “The Steerable Microcatheter: A New Device for Selective Catheterisation”, Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2017 Jun;40(6):947-952. doi: 10.1007/s00270-017-1579-3 (2017)

(20) Kudo K, Uwano I, Hirai T, Murakami R, Nakamura H, Fujima N, Yamashita F, Goodwin J, Higuchi S, Sasaki M: “Comparison of Different Post-Processing Algorithms for Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Perfusion Imaging of Cerebral Gliomas”, Magn Reson Med Sci. 2017 Apr 10;16(2):129-36 (2017)

(21) Ichikawa S, Kamishima T, Sutherland K, Kasahara H, Shimizu Y, Fujimori M, Yasojima N, Ono Y, Kaneda T, Koike T: “Semi-Automated Quantification of Finger Joint Space Narrowing Using Tomosynthesis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis”, J Digit Imaging. 2017 Jun;30(3):369-375. doi: 10.1007/s10278-017-9949-6 (2017)

(22) Wada Y, Kamishima T, Shimamura T, Kawamura N, Yamashita K, Sutherland K, Takeda H: “Pre-operative volume rather than area of skeletal muscle is a better predictor for post-operative risks for respiratory complications in living-donor liver transplantation”, Br J Radiol. 2017 Apr;90(1072):20160938. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20160938 (2017)

(23) Ichikawa S, Kamishima T, Sutherland K, Fukae J, Katayama K, Aoki Y, Okubo T, Okino T, Kaneda T, Takagi S, Tanimura K: “Computer-Based Radiographic Quantification of Joint Space Narrowing Progression Using Sequential Hand Radiographs: Validation Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients from Multiple Institutions”, J Digit Imaging. 2017 Apr 4. doi: 10.1007/s10278-017-9970-9 (2017)

(24) Nomura Y, Kamishima T, Sutherland K, Nishimura H: “Visceral adipose tissue area measurement at a single level: can it represent visceral adipose tissue volume? “(accepted by BJR)

(25) Fujimori M, Nakamura S, Hasegawa K, Ikeno K, Ichikawa S, Sutherland K, Kamishima T: “Cartilage quantification using contrast-enhanced MRI in the wrist of rheumatoid arthritis: cartilage loss is associated with bone marrow edema”, Br J Radiol. 2017 Aug;90(1077):20170167. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20170167 (2017)

(26) Uwano I, Kudo K, Sato R, Ogasawara K, Kameda H, Nomura JI, Mori F, Yamashita F, Ito K, Yoshioka K, Sasaki M: “Noninvasive Assessment of Oxygen Extraction Fraction in Chronic Ischemia Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping at 7 Tesla”, Stroke, 2017 Aug;48(8):2136-2141. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017166 (2017)

(27) Aikawa T, Oyama-Manabe N, Naya M, Ohira H, Sugimoto A, Tsujino I, Obara M, Manabe O, Kudo K, Tsutsui H, Tamaki N: “Delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography in patients with known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis: A feasibility study”, Eur Radiol. 2017 Apr 5. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-4824-x. [Epub ahead of print] (2017)

(28) Aikawa T, Naya M, Obara M, Oyama-Manabe N, Manabe O, Magota K, Ito YM, Katoh C, Tamaki N: “Regional interaction between myocardial sympathetic denervation, contractile dysfunction, and fibrosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: 11C-hydroxyephedrine PET study”, Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2017 Jun 26. doi: 10.1007/s00259-017-3760-y. (2017)

(29) Manabe O, Naya M, Aikawa T, Obara M, Magota K, Kroenke M, Oyama-Manabe N, Hirata K, Shinyama D, Katoh C, Tamaki N: “PET/CT scanning with 3D acquisition is feasible for quantifying myocardial blood flow when diagnosing coronary artery disease”, EJNMMI Res. 2017 Dec;7(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s13550-017-0296-x (2017)

(30) Kazumata K, Tha KK, Uchino H, Ito M, Nakayama N, Abumiya T: “Mapping altered brain connectivity and its clinical associations in adult moyamoya disease: A resting-state functional MRI study”, PLoS One. 2017 Aug 4;12(8):e0182759. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182759 (2017)

(31) Kazumata K, Tha KK, Uchino H, Shiga T, Shichinohe H, Ito M, Nakayama N, Abumiya T: “Topographic changes in cerebral blood flow and reduced white matter integrity in the first 2 weeks following revascularization surgery in adult moyamoya disease”, J Neurosurg. 2017 Aug;127(2):260-269. doi: 10.3171/2016.6.JNS16653 (2017)

(32) Sakamoto S, Goto R, Kawamura N, Koshizuka Y, Watanabe M, Ota M, Suzuki T, Abo D, Yamashita K, Kamiyama T, Taketomi A, Shimamura T: “Petersen’s hernia after living donor liver transplantation”, Surg Case Rep. 2017 Aug 23;3(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s40792-017-0364-5 (2017)

(33) Ebina F, Umezawa M, Nishiuchi H, Aoki T, Hiramoto K, Matsuda K, Umegagi K, Furusaka M: “Development of a Compact Synchrotron for Proton Beam Therapy”, Electronics and Communications in Japan. 2017　July. 100 (8) 34–42 doi: 10.1002/ecj.11972 (2017)

(34) Nomura J, Uwano I, Sasaki M, Kudo K, Yamashita F, Ito K, Fujiwara S, Kobayashi M, Ogasawara K: “Preoperative Cerebral Oxygen Extraction Fraction Imaging Generated from 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping Predicts Development of Cerebral Hyperperfusion Following Carotid Endarterectomy”, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Oct 5. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5390 (2017)

(35) Hashimoto N, Ito YM, Okada N, Yamamori H, Yasuda Y, Fujimoto M, Kudo N, Takemura A, Son S, Narita H, Yamamoto M, Tha KK, Katsuki A, Ohi K, Yamashita F, Koike S, Takahashi T, Nemoto K, Fukunaga M, Onitsuka T, Watanabe Y, Yamasue H, Suzuki M, Kasai K, Kusumi I, Hashimoto R: “The effect of duration of illness and antipsychotics on subcortical volumes in schizophrenia: Analysis of 778 subjects”, Neuroimage Clin. 2017 Nov 8;17:563-569 (2017)