Keynote Speeches

(1) Shirato H: Real-time-image gated proton beam therapy.  Hokkaido University China Medical University Joint Symposium.  June 21, 2018.  Sapporo, Japan

(2) Shirato H: Time has come for proton and carbon half a century after the pioneers’ dream. International symposium on ion therapy 2018.  Nov. 10-11, 2018.  Saga, Japan

(3) Shirato H: Real-time Tumor-tracking Radiotherapy, 15th SGH Special Lecture, Dec. 1, 2018.  Kyoto, Japan

(4) Tha KK: Diagnostic Neuroanatomy: Know the Anatomy to Know the Pathology. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 13, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(5) Tha KK: The role of CT and MRI in traumatic brain injury. Special CME Lecture, Wittoria Hospital. Feb 14, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(6) Tha KK: MRI findings of common congenital anomalies of the CNS. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 15, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(7) Tha KK: The role of CT and MRI in traumatic brain injury. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 15, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(8) Tha KK: Stroke imaging and beyond. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 18, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(9) Tha KK: CT and MRI findings in infectious and inflammatory disease of the CNS. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 19, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(10) Tha KK: Toxic and metabolic diseases of the CNS: how to arrive at correct and timely imaging diagnosis. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 20, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(11) Tha KK: Recent updates in brain tumor imaging. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 21, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(12) Tha KK: Imaging spectrum of demyelinating and neurodegenerative diseases. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 22, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(13) Tha KK: Tips for Neuroimage interpretation. International Visiting Professor Program, RSNA-AOSR. Feb 25, 2019. Yangon, Myanmar.

(14) Tha KK: A Glimpse to Researches in A Clinical Facility. June 15, 2018. Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany.

Special Lecture [International Conference]

(1) Oyama-Manabe N: Systemic disease with cardiopulmonary involvement “Granulomatous disease of the myocardium”, European society of thoracic imaging/ European society of cardiovascular radiology, Geneva, 2018 [International conference]

(2) Oyama-Manabe N: “Tissue characterization”, Shiriraji CMR course, Bangkok, 2018 [International conference]

(3) Oyama-Manabe N: “Clinical application for cardiomyopathy”, Shiriraji CMR course, Bangkok, 2018 [International conference]

(4) Tha KK: MR-based electrical conductivity imaging of the brain in normal and pathological states. 2nd International workshop on Mr-based Electrical Properties mapping (IMEP). March 16, 2019. Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Invited Lectures [Japanese Conference]

(1)  Shirato H: Cancer research ant treatment using radiation.   77th Annual meeting of the Japan Cancer Association 2018.   Sep. 27 – 29. Sapporo, Japan

(2) Shimizu S: “Current status and potential of intensity-modulated radiotherapy / proton beam therapy for high-risk prostate cancers” The 56th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Clinical Oncology, Yokohama, October 18, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(3) Shimizu S: “Real-time image guided technology and radiotherapy” The 55th Seminar on Biological Response Science, Hirosaki, November 30 – December 1, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(4) Kudo K: “Perspectives on CT / MR perfusion images in Japan”, the 4th Frontier in Acute Stroke Treatment –FAST Conference-, Tokyo, April 21, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(5) Kudo K: “MRI of Alzheimer’s disease: QSM image reflecting amyloid pathology and iron deposition” 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology, Sapporo, May 24, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(6) Kudo K: “Main complaints: Importance of bird’s eye view before focusing in diagnostic imaging for “Parkinson’s symptoms” 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology, Sapporo, May 26, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(7) Kudo K: “Basics of MR examinations: central nervous system· spine“ The 19th MR Introductory Lecture, Tokyo, June 9, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(8) Kudo K: “Latest PMA developments” Brushup Seminar of NeuroEndovascular Therapy, Kobe, September 15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(9) Kudo K: “MR diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using QSM“, The 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine, Ginowan, November 16, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(10) Kudo K: “QSM(Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping)“ , Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the 22nd MR Practical Lecture, Tokyo, December 8, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(11) Kudo K: “New diagnostic vistas opened by QSM analysis”, Hi Advanced MR Seminar in Japan, Tokyo, January 12, 2019 [Japanese Conference]

(12) Kudo K: “TBD “, Innovative Synthetic Imaging Seminar, Nagoya, February 1, 2019 [Japanese Conference]

(13) Kudo K: “Central issues in diagnostic imaging of the central nervous system”, The 48th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Neuroradiology, Kurume, February 16, 2019 [Japanese Conference]

(14) Kudo K: “TBA“, Sakurayama Imaging Seminar, Nagoya, February 22, 2019 [Japanese Conference]

(15) Oyama-Manabe N: “Diagnostic imaging for ACHD” The 120th Hokkaido Regional Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society, Pediatric・Adult Congenital Heart Disease Study Group, Sapporo, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(16) Oyama-Manabe N: “Impact of IQon Spectral CT on cardiovascular diagnostic imaging” The 13th Chubu Multi-Slice CT Symposium, Nagoya, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(17) Oyama-Manabe N: “Unexpectedly frequent IgG4-related cardiovascular lesions”, Japanese College of Radiology, Midsummer Seminar, Kobe, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(18) Oyama-Manabe N: “Diagnosis of cardiovascular lesions using multiple contrast, directly addressing the treatment”, Philips Summer Seminar – Future for Diagnostic Imaging Experts, Tokyo, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(19) Oyama-Manabe N: “MRI-like CT? Development of cardiovascular diagnostic imaging realized by IQon Spectral CT”, The 27th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics, Kobe, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(20) Oyama-Manabe N: “All about Myocardial Dynamic Perfusion” The 8th 320 row area Detector CT Seminar, Fukushima, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(21) Oyama-Manabe N: “New MRI approaches for cardiomyopathy”, AIMS Cardiac Imaging 2018, Tokyo, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(22) Oyama-Manabe N: “New cardiovascular diagnostic imaging using IQon Spectral CT!”, The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(23) Oyama-Manabe N: “Compressed SENSE imaging conditions and optimization of protocols, cardiovascular area”, Compressed SENSE Users Meeting, Yokohama, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(24) Oyama-Manabe N: “Advantages of Comprehensive Myocardial Perfusion CT imaging”, The 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society, Osaka, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(25) Oyama-Manabe N: “MRI for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy“, The 22nd Conference of Shinkinkai, Tokyo, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(26) Oyama-Manabe N: “New diagnostic imaging tools for circulatory organs”, “Otaru Circulatory MRI Conference, Otaru, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(27) Oyama-Manabe N: “Respond to any and every heart disease! Cardiovascular MRI Beyond”, The 4th Gunma Heart MRI Meeting, Maebashi, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(28) Tha KK: The role of radiomics in evaluation of brain tumors. The 46th Annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. September 7, 2018. Kanazawa, Japan.

(29) Tha KK: Can EPT and APT imaging reflect the state of tissues? The 46th Annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. September 8, 2018. Kanazawa, Japan.

(30) Abo D: “Embolization for post-surgical hemorrhagic complications”, The 3rd   JPEC, Osaka, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

Invited Lectures [International Conference]

(1) Shirato H: Recent Topics in Japan about radiotherapy for lung cancer.  Beijing Multi- disciplinary Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Forum 2018.  June 14 – 15, China

(2) Shimizu S: Clinical application of gated X-ray and particle beam therapy using real-time images, The 6th Taiwan-Japan Radiation Oncology Symposium (TJROS), Taichung, Taiwan, May 19, 2018 [International Conference]

(3) Shimizu S: Four-year treatment experience and efficiency with real time image gated proton therapy (RGPT) and IGRT system, MD Anderson – Stanford Conference, Houston, USA, October 25-26, 2018 [International Conference]

(4) Oyama-Manabe N: ESCR meets ASCI symposium: Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy “CMR in Cardiac Sarcoidosis”, European society of thoracic imaging/ European society of cardiovascular radiology, Geneva, 2018 [International conference]

(5) Oyama-Manabe N: Cutting edge cardiac MR techniques: How to use in clinical settings, The congress of Asian society of cardiovascular imaging, Taipei, 2019 (March) [International conference]

(6) Oyama-Manabe N: All about dual energy CT imaging for cardiovascular disease, The congress of Asian society of cardiovascular imaging, Taipei, 2019 (March) [International conference]

(7) Li R: Radiomic tools to assess early response to cancer therapy, Symposium on Longitudinal Imaging for Radiotherapy, AAPM annual meeting, Nashville, TN. July 2018 [International Conference]

Other Presentations [Japanese Conference]

(1) Katoh F, Kudo K, Yamashita K, Baba M, Shimizu A, Oyama-Manabe N, Shirato H: “Evaluation of axillary lymph node metastasis using minimum ADC values of primary tumors in clinically metastatic negative luminal A-like breast cancer patients”, The 77thAnnual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(2) Oyama-Manabe N: “Gold Medal prize”, The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Study of cardiac late Gadolinium enhancement MRI in muscular dystrophy, The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(3) Oyama-Manabe N: Symposium: “Insights into Myocardial Ischemia with Dynamic CT perfusion“, The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(4) Izuka A, Suzuki R, Makinaga A, Miyamoto N: A study of quality evaluation in treatment plan of intensity modulated radiation therapy using the gradient measurement tool, The 115th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(5) Matsuyama K, Miyamoto N, Makinaga A, Suzuki R: Marker recognition algorithm based on image similarity using pixel value histogram in real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy, The 115th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(6) Matsumoto N, Miyamoto N, Makinaga A, Suzuki R: Evaluation of correlation between internal fiducial marker motion and deformation field in lung, The 115th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(7) Hirayama S, Matsuura T, Ueda H, Fujii Y, Fujii T, Takao S, Miyamoto N, Shimizu S, Fujimoto R, Umegaki K, Shirato H: Development of an analytical dose-averaged LET calculation method using a dual-LET-kernel model for spot-scanning proton therapy, The 115th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics, Yokohama, April 12-15, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(8) Sato S,Kudo A,Sato C,Naganuma R,Uwatoko H,Nishimura H, Shirai S,Takahashi I,Matsushima M, Yabe I, Harada T,Sasaki H: Assessment of central nervous system vasculitis by using intracranial vessel wall imaging, 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology, Sapporo, May 23-26, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(9) Soyama T, Yoshino Y, Kato D, Kato H, Morita R, Abo D, Yoshida D, Kudo K: Catheterization into Challenging Vessels with Steerable Microcatheters, The 47th Annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology, Tokyo, May 31-June 2, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(10) Abo D, Soyama T, Morita R, Kato H, Yoshino Y, Kudo K, Watanabe M, Koshizuka Y, Kawamura N, Goto R, Shimamura T: Donor duodenal rupture after pancreas transplantation treated by direct injection using NBCA, The 47th Annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology, Tokyo, May 31-June 2, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(11) Li X, Tha KK, Abiko K, Sheriff S, Maudsley A, Ahn S, Urushibata Y, Kudo K, Shirato H: Distribution of Major Metabolites of the Brain in Normal Adult Population: A Whole-Brain Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Study, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kanazawa, September 7-9, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(12) Harada T, Kudo K, Kameda H, Sato R, Shirai T, Bito Y, Fujima N, Tsuneta S, Nogawa T, Maeda K, Hayashi H, Sasaki M: Phase I study of 17O-labeled water: safety and feasibility study of indirect proton MRI for the evaluation of cerebral blood flow, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kanazawa, September 7-9, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(13) Shimura R, Shimizu Y, Harada T, Kameda H, Kudo K: Evaluation of injection rate of Gadobutrol in perfusion MRI., The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kanazawa, September 7-9, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(14) Yoshikawa M, Kudo K, Harada T, Sato R, Shirai T, Bito Y: Texture analysis of quantitative susceptibility mapping in the cirrhotic liver, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kanazawa, September 7-9, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(15) Miyamoto N, Matsumoto N, Suzuki R, Takao S, Matsuura T, Fujii T, Hirayama S, Tomioka S, Shimizu S, Umegaki K, Shirato H: Real-time volumetric image generation with CT image deformation driven by displacement of internal fiducial markers, The 116th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics, Iwate, September 15-17, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(16) Fujii T, Takao S, Shimizu S, Matsuura T, Miyamoto N, Hirayama S, Umegaki K, Shirato H: 4D-CBCT technique with fiducial marker-position to reconstruct a volumetric image just before the treatment proton beam delivery in Real-time-image Gated Proton Therapy, The 116th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics, Iwate, September 15-17, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(17) Wu PH, Onodera Y, Shirato H, Nam JM: Radiation increases invasive activity of breast cancer cells by lysosome exocytosis, The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association, Osaka, Japan, September 27-29, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(18) Hashimoto T, Kobayashi H, Iguchi M, Mori T, Sugiyama M, Mogi H, Cho Y, Yamaguchi S, Onimaru R, Shimizu S, Shirato H: “Clinical benefits of intensity-modulated proton therapy for pediatric medulloblastoma / germ cell tumors requiring craniospinal irradiation, The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Sendai, October 10-13, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(19) Yasuda K: “Radiation Therapy for Maxillary Sinus Cancer: IMRT and Proton Beam Therapy“, The 9th Educational Seminar, Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Head and Neck Cancer, Tokyo, June 13, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(20) Oyama-Manabe N: “Tips for effective application of cardiac MRI”, Teine Keijinkai Seminar, Sapporo, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(21) Matsuura T: “Particle beam I, II “, Medical Physics Summer Seminar, Tsunan, September 1-2, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

(22) Abo D: “Basics of superselective TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma”, Seminar for interventional radiology, Tokyo, 2018 [Japanese Conference]

Other Presentations [International Conference]

(1) Harada T, Kudo K, Shimizu Y, Fujima N, Tha KK: Imaging medication-related changes in the central nervous system, SNR (XI Symposium Neuroradiologicum), Taipei, March 18-23, 2018 [International conference]

(2) Wu PH, Onodera Y, Giaccia AJ, Le QT, Shirato H, Nam JM: Radiation increases invasive activity of breast cancer cells by lysosome exocytosis, American association for cancer research (AACR) annual meeting 2018, Chicago, April 14-18, 2018 [International conference]

(3) Dekura Y, Nishioka K, Hashimoto T, Miyamoto N, Suzuki R, Matsumoto R, Osawa T, Abe T, Maruyama S, Shinohara N, Shirato H, Shimizu S: Determination of the urethra position for accurate radiation therapy of prostate cancers, 16th Urological Association of Asia Congress 2018, Kyoto, Apr 18-21, 2018 [International conference]

(4) Kanaya M, Morita R, Yoshino Y, Soyama.T, Abo D, Kudo K, Kubo K: Combined iodized-oil and gelatin sponge embolization for refractory ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma with dilated sinusoid-like blood space: A case report, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) Single Topic Conference 2018 , Yokohama, May 11-13, 2018 [International conference]

(5) Hashimoto T, Mori T, Takao S, Yoshimura T, Matsuo Y, Tamura M, Matsuura T, Onimaru R, Shimizu S, Shirato H: Dosimetric and beam delivery time analysis of pediatric intensity-modulated spot-scanning craniospinal proton irradiation with or without anterior vertebral body sparing, 57th Annual Conference of the Particle Therapy Co-operative Group (PTCOG57) and 5th Annual PTCOG-NA meeting, Cincinnati, May 21-26, 2018 [International conference]

(6) Fujima N, Yonemaya M, Kim E, Aoike T, Aoike S and Kudo K: Diffusion weighted T2-mapping for the determination of tissue characteristics in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; ISMRM 26th Annual meeting, Paris, France, June 16, 2018-4.21; [International conference]

(7) Harada T, Kudo K, Sato R, Yoshikawa M, Yabusaki S, Shirai T, Bito Y: Comparison of reconstruction algorithms for quantitative susceptibility mapping in the upper abdomen, ISMRM (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) 25th Annual Meeting, Paris, France, June 16-21, 2018 [International conference]

(8) Tha KK, Katscher U, Ishizaka K, Kudo K, Shirato H: Noninvasive Assessment of Electrical Conductivity Characteristics of Normal and Diseased Liver Using Electric Properties Tomography. ISMRM, Paris, 2018

(9) Xu Q, Wang J, Shirato H, Xing L: Metal Artifact Reduction with a Deep Image Prior, MEDICAL PHYSICS 45 (6), E704-E704., AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(10) Sanli C, Wang J, Unlu M: Absorption Dependence of the X-Ray Induced Acoustic Waves, MEDICAL PHYSICS 45 (6), E593-E594., AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(11) Sanli C, Wang J, Matsuura T, Xing L, Unlu B: A Comparison of the Acoustic Waves Generated in Proton and Carbon Ion Therapy., AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(12) Fujii T, Takao S, Shimizu S, Matsuura T, Miyamoto N, Hirayama S, Umegaki K, Shirato H: 4D-CBCT technique based on fiducial marker-position estimated with dual-orthogonal fluoroscopic imaging system for Real-time-image Gated Proton Therapy, AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(13) Miyamoto N, Matsumoto N, Suzuki R, Takao S, Matsuura T, Fujii T, Hirayama S, Tomioka S, Shimizu S, Umegaki K, Shirato H: Real-time volumetric image generation with CT image deformation driven by displacement of internal fiducial markers, AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(14) K. Ueno, T. Matsuura, S. Takao, S. Hirayama, H. Ueda, Y. Matsuo, T. Yoshimura, S. Shimizu, K. Umegaki, H. Shirato: An Investigation of Biological Impact Caused by Edge-Scattered Protons in Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy, AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(15) T. Sodeta, T. Matsuura, S. Takao, S. Hirayama, T. Kanehira, N. Miyamoto, K. Nishioka, N. Kato, S. Shimizu, K. Umegaki, H. Shirato: A Study On the Influence of Changing the Motion Recognition Rate On the Dose Accuracy of Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy, AAPM 2018 annual meeting, Nashville, July 29-August 2, 2018 [International conference]

(16) Shimizu S, Yoshimura T, Katoh N, Inoue T, Hashimoto T, Nishioka K, Takao S, Matsuura T, Miyamoto N, Ito YM, Umegaki K, Shirato H: Analysis of Beam Delivery Times and Dose Rates for the Treatment of Mobile Tumors Using Real Time Image Gated Spot-Scanning Proton Beam Therapy., American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 60th 2018 meeting, San Antonio, October 21-24, 2018 [International conference]

(17) Onimaru R, Mori T, Yasuda K, Shirato H: Preliminary Study of Cell Survival Modelling Considering Stochastic Fluctuations in Cell Survival Rates During Radiation Therapy., American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 60th 2018 meeting, San Antonio, October 21-24, 2018 [International conference]

(18) Yasuda K, Takao S, Matsuo Y, Yoshimura T, Tamura M, Minatogawa H, Dekura Y, Matsuura T, Onimaru R, Shiga T, Shimizu S, Umegaki K, Shirato H: Intensity-modulated Proton Therapy with Dose Painting based on Hypoxia Imaging for Nasopharyngeal Cancer., American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 60th 2018 meeting, San Antonio, October 21-24, 2018 [International conference]

(19) Prayongrat A, Kobashi K, Ito Y, Katoh N, Dekura Y, Amornwichet N, Shimizu S, Shirato H. Uncertainties of Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) and NTCP difference between radiation treatment modality for radiation-induced liver toxicity in Child-Pugh A primary liver cancer patients, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 60th 2018 meeting, San Antonio, October 21-24, 2018 [International conference]

(20) T. Matsuura et. al.: Target Motion and Specificity of Hadron Therapy, The 50th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Kyoto, Japan, November 14 – 19, 2018 [International conference]

(21) Harada T, Kudo K, Fujima N, Kameda H, Tha KK, Korogi Y, Umino M: Imaging findings in medication-induced changes of the central nervous system: what radiologists should know (Traditional Poster), RSNA (The Radiological Society of North America), Chicago, America, November 24-30, 2018 [International conference]

(22) Tha KK, Katscher U, Kudo K, Shirato H. Electric Properties Tomography: A New Tool for Noninvasive Measurement of Tissue Electrical Conductivity. RSNA 104th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2018

(23) Wu PH, Hsieh CC, Recuenco FC, Onodera Y, Sasaki N, Giaccia AJ, Le QT, Shimizu S, Shirato H, Nam JM: Carrageenan improves radiation therapy via integrin related molecular mechanism in cancer cell lines and in vivo, ASCB/EMBO 2018 meeting, San Diego, December 8-12, 2018 [International conference]

(24) Nishioka S, Wu PH, Onodera Y, Giaccia AJ, Le QT, Shimizu S, Shirato H, Nam JM: Involvement of Rab27 in radiosensitivity of glioblastoma cells. ASCB/EMBO 2018 meeting, San Diego, December 8-12, 2018 [International conference]

(25) Oyama-Manabe N:” What radiologists need to know about the utility of detector-based spectral CT imaging for cardiovascular disease”, the 104th Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 2018 [International conference]

(26) Wang J, Shirato H, Tha KK. “Radiomic Analysis of Diffusion Tensor MRI for Discriminating Parkinson’s Disease”, 2019 European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, February 27, 2019 [International conference]

(27) Tha KK: The electrical conductivity characteristics of the normal brain and brain tumors (tentative)., The 2nd International workshop on MR-based Electrical Properties mapping (IMEP), Utrecht, March 16, 2019 [International conference]

(28) Lin, Hongxiang, Takashi Azuma, Mehmet Burcin Unlu, and Shu Takagi. “Evaluation of Adjoint Methods in Photoacoustic Tomography with Under-Sampled Sensors.” In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, pp. 73-81. Springer, Cham, 2018.

Other Presentations [International Conference]

(1) Shimizu S:Four-dimensional Radiation Oncology, Real-time-image Guided Radiotherapy, The 2nd GI-CoRE GSQ, GSB, & IGM JOINT SYMPOSIUM, Sapporo, July 10, 2018 [International Conference]

(2) Shimizu S:Overview about clinical indications of moving targets – state of the art photon and proton treatment, 4D Treatment Workshop for Particle Therapy, Sapporo, December 7-8, 2018 [International Conference]

(3) Li R: Imaging and molecular biomarkers for precision oncology, Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program Seminar, Stanford University, November 2018 [International Conference]