Keynote Speeches
1. Shirato H: “Expectations for molecular imaging in next-generation cancer treatment – From the perspective of radiation therapy -”, The 14th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Molecular Imaging, Sapporo, May 23, 2019
2. Shirato H: “Precise and Accurate Radiotherapy for Cancer Treatment”. Taiwan Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology（TASTRO）, Nov. 9, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan
Special Lecture [International Conference]
Shirato H: the 2nd National Cancer Centre Proton Advisory Board Meeting, April 2019. Singapore, Singapore
Invited Lectures [Japanese Conference]
1. Shimizu S: “Present and future of photon and particle beam therapies”, The 48th Symposium of cancer control by radiation, Aomori, June 8, 2019
2. Shimizu S: “Radiotherapy options for high-risk prostate cancer – IMRT, heavy particle beam, proton beam, or brachy?”, The 5th Annual meeting of the Japan Society of Urologic Oncology, Fukuoka, October 26, 2019
3. Shirato H: “Present proton beam therapy for cancer, Real-time tumor-tracking therapy and pinpointed proton beam irradiation”, Soirée Louis Pasteur 2019, Tokyo, October 30, 2019
4. Tha KK: Electrical Conductivity of the Brain in Normal & Pathological States, The 78th Japan Radiology Congress, Yokohama, 2019
Invited Lectures [International Conference]
1.Daniel Chang: Modern approaches to pancreatic cancer: updates and contouring session. Taiwan-American Radiation Oncology Society 7th Annual Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, October 19, 2019. Invited Speaker.
2. Tha KK: A Clinician’s View on DL-EPT. The 27th Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, 2019
3. Tha KK: Radiomics and Machine Learning in Cancer Research and Therapy. The 9th Imaging Summit, Taipei, 2019
4. Tha KK: MR-Based Electrical Conductivity Imaging of the Brain in Normal & Pathological States, The 2nd International Workshop on MR-based Electrical Properties Mapping, Utrecht, 2019
5. Tha KK: Potential Clinical Applications of Phase-based Electrical Conductivity Imaging, The 5th International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast & Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping, Seoul, 2019
6. Shimizu S:Overview about clinical indications of moving targets – state of the art photon and proton treatment, Visiting Professor Talk at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN，USA，2019.10.1
Other Presentations [Japanese Conference]
1. Katoh N, Uchinami Y, Abo D, Kawamoto Y, Nakamura T, Takao S, Taguchi H, Shito M, Shimizu S, Shirato H: “Initial clinical experience with Real-time tumor-tracking proton beam therapy combined with S- 1, targeting locally advanced pancreatic cancer”, The 14th Studya Group of Preoperative thrapy for Pancreatic cancer, Sapporo, October 12, 2019
2. Abo D, Soyama T, Morita R, Yoshino Y, Kimura T, Kudo K: Non-vascular IVR for salvage of post-operative complications, The 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology, Fukuoka, May 29 – June 1, 2019
3. Abo D, Soyama T, Morita R, Yoshino Y, Kimura T, Kudo K: The usefulness of guidance software for diagnosing tumor-feeding branches during transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinomas, The 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology, Fukuoka, May 29 – June 1, 2019
4. Abo D, Soyama T, Morita R, Kamiishi T, Kanaya M, Takayanagi A, Yamazaki Y, Yoshino Y, Kimura T, Kudo K: “Fundamental study on the utility of microcatheters with movable, locking tips for coil embolization”, The 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology, Fukuoka, May 29 – June 1, 2019
5. Abo D: Is embolization only tool of treatment in IVR for post-operative hemorrhagic complication? ~Paradigm shift from embolization to preservation~, The 31st Meeting of Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Takamatsu, June 13-15, 2019
6. Abo D, Soyama T, Morita R, Yoshino Y, Kudo K: “The latest IVR for intraperitoneal abscesses – Secrets of puncture drainage – How specialists approach pancreatic fistula puncture!”, The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Surgical Infection, Gifu, November 29-30, 2019
7. Yasuda K, Minatogawa H, Dekura Y, Takao S, Tamura M, Tsushima Y, Suzuki T, Kano, S, Mizumachi T, Matsuo Y, Suzuka M, Yamano S, Onimaru R, Shimizu S, Homma A, Shirato H: Initial experience of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) for Pharyngeal Cancer., The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology, Nagoya, November 21-23, 2019
8. Katoh N: “No development of proton beam therapy without developments in X-ray therapy”, The 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Niigata, June 14, 2019
9. Abo D: When and how is Target® detachable coils useful in postoperative hemorrhagic complications after hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery?, Fukuoka, May 29-June 1, 2019
10. Abo D: Update Interventional Radiology and Endoscopy for HBP, Technical tips and trics of percutaneous drainage after hepato-biliary pancreatic surgery, The 31st Meeting of Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Takamatsu, June 13-15, 2019
11. Abo D: “Work and the current situation at our hospital for improving cTACE treatment outcomes”, The 55th Annual Meeting of Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan, Tokyo, July 4-5, 2019
12. Abo D: The usefulness of guidance software for diagnosing tumor-feeding branches during transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinomas, 2nd HCC Preceptorship@APPLE2019, Sapporo, August 28, 2019
13. Abo D: Basics of superselective TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma, Seminar for interventional radiology in Asia-Pacific, Kanagawa, October 25-27, 2019
14. Abo D: “How to acquire outstanding skills and experience?”, 3rd Tokyo IR Club, Tokyo, November 15, 2019
15. Abo D: “IVR of pancreatic fistulas after pancreatectomy – Focusing on drainage – ”, 3rd Pancreas cancer workshop, Nara, November 2, 2019
16. Abo D: “Current situation around percutaneous drainage in our department – From diagnosis to treatment –”, 5th IVR Seminar, Izumo, November 15, 2019
17. Abo D: “Current situation around postoperative image diagnosis and percutaneous drainage for hepato-biliary-pancreatic cases in our department”, Latest radiology workshop in Kochi, Kochi, November 27, 2019
18. Kudo K: “Changes in and latest information of dynamic contrast enhanced CT and MR perfusion images”, MRI workshop, Miyazaki, January 25, 2020
19. Kudo K: “History and present topics in dynamic contrast enhanced CT and MR perfusion images”, The 87th Magnetic Resonance Imaging Conference in Hokkaido, Sapporo, February 7, 2020
20.Kudo K: “Diagnosis of dementia by QSM and OEF analysis”, Brain Function Imaging Conference, Toyama, March 18, 2020
21. Kudo K: “Current situation and future perspectives on PMA, an automated software for analyzing perfusion images”, The Japan Stroke Society, Yokohama, March 26, 2020
22. Kudo K: “Ischemic penumbra imaging using CT / MR perfusion images”, Study meeting for Low Invasive Imaging Diagnosis and Treatment, Nagoya, December 20, 2019
23. Kudo K: “QSM analysis of the brain and trunk”, GE Healthcare Seminar, Hirosaki, December 10, 2019
24. Kudo K: “Three aspects of central nervous system and diagnostic imaging”, Japanese Seminar in RSNA 2019, Chicago, December 1, 2019
25. Kudo K: “Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by MRI-QSM”, The 38th Japan Society for Dementia Research, Tokyo, November 7, 2019
26. Kudo K: “Early diagnosis of dementia by iron deposition analysis on MRI-QSM images”, The 9th Japan Society for Dementia Prevention, Nagoya, October 18, 2019
27. Kudo K: “Diagnosis of dementia by quantitative susceptibility mapping: Improvements in diagnostic accuracy by brain surface analysis”, The 47th Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kumamoto, September 20, 2019
28. Kudo K: “Basics of MR examinations: central nerve and spine areas”, The 20th Introductory Lecture, Kyoto, June 8, 2019
29. Kudo K: “MRI of neurodegenerative diseases by QSM”, The 17th Radiology Seminar, Shimane, May 31, 2019
30. Kudo K: “Contrast-enhanced CT / MR perfusion imaging for acute cerebral infarction and brain tumors”, The 78th Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, April 11, 2019
31. Kudo K: “Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by QSM analysis and its application to cirrhosis”,
The 78th Japan Radiological Society, Yokohama, April 11, 2019
32. Hashimoto T: “Proton beam therapy for cancer of pediatric“, The 45th Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Seminar, Sapporo, February 22, 2020
Other Presentations [International Conference]
1. Katoh N, Uchinami Y, Abo D, Takao S, Inoue T, Taguchi H, Morita R, Soyama T, Hashimoto T, Onimaru R, Prayongrat A, Tamura M, Matsuura T, Shimizu S, Shirato H.: Initial Clinical Outcomes of Real-Time-Image Gated Spot-Scanning Proton Beam Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinomas, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 61st 2019 meeting, Chicago, 2019.9.15-19.
2. Sawamura D, Tha KK, Hashimoto N, Nakagawa S, Narita H, Shirato H.: Differences in Brain Microstructural Alterations between Bipolar and Major Depression Revealed by Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging. (Scientific poster), The 27th Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, 2019/5/11-16
3. Li X, Tha KK, Abiko K, Ahn S, Manabe O, Hattori N, Urushibata Y, Kudo K, Shirato H.: Distribution of Major Brain Metabolite Ratios in Adults: The Observations of Whole Brain Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Study.(Scientific poster), The 27th Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, 2019/5/11-16
4. Sawamura D, Suzuki R, Sakai S, Tha KK: The benefits of combined working memory and attention training: observations in young healthy adults. (Scientific poster), The 7th GI-CoRE Medical Science and Engineering Symposium, Sapporo, 2019/8/18-19
5. Hamaguchi H, Patzke N, Urushibata Y, Katscher U, Tha KK: Performance of MRI sequences in evaluation of myelin: a preliminary report (Scientific poster), The 7th GI-CoRE Medical Science and Engineering Symposium, Sapporo, 2019/8/18-19
6. Koichi Yasuda: Clinical Usefulness of model-based approach (MBA) in Head and Neck Cancer (Symposist), The 7th GI-CoRE Medical Science and Engineering Symposium, Sapporo, 2019/8/18-19
7. J Wang, H Shirato, KK Tha.: “Radiomic Analysis of Diffusion Tensor MRI for Discriminating Parkinson’s Disease”, European Congress of Radiology 2019 (C-1828)
8. J Wang, Y Nomura, H Shirato, L Xing, H Peng.: “Feasibility of X-Ray-Induced Acoustic Computed Tomography for Breast Imaging by Monte Carlo Simulation”, American Association of Medical Physics 46 (6), E426-E426
9. Y Nomura, J Wang, H Shirato, S Shimizu, L Xing.: “Fast Spot-Scanning Proton Dose Calculation Method with a 3-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network”, American Association of Medical Physics 46 (6), E291-E291
10. C Sanli, J Wang, M Unlu.: “Absorption Dependence of the X-Ray Induced Acoustic Waves”, American Association of Medical Physics 45 (6), E593-E594
11. Q Xu, J Wang, H Shirato, L Xing.: “Metal Artifact Reduction with a Deep Image Prior”, American Association of Medical Physics 45 (6), E704-E704
12. Kudo K, Sato R, Yamaguchi A, Udo N, Matsushima M, Yabe I, Sasaki M, Harada M, Matsukawa N, Shirai T, Kawata Y, Ochi H, Bito Y: A Multicenter Study of the Correlation between the Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET), AAIC (Alzheimer’s Association International Conference), Los Angels, 2019.7.12
13. Hashimoto T, Mori T, Takao S, Matsuo Y, Tamura M, Matsuura T, Onimaru R, Shimizu S, Shirato H.: “Dose-volume statistics comparison of intensity-modulated spot-scanning proton therapy sparing the inner ear and parotid and conventional X-ray therapy for the whole brain in pediatric and young adult patients with central nervous system tumors.”, 6th Annual PTCOG-NA meeting, Miami, 2019.10.14-16
14. Shimizu S：”Prospective data registration in proton beam therapy nation-wide evaluation trial (PROTON-NET) using unified treatment protocols with central and onsite monitoring”, Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group58(PTCOG)，UK，2019.6.10-15
15. Shirato H: “Present Status and Near Future of Quantum Biomedical Science and Engineering in Cancer Therapy”, June 19, 2019, The Japan China Medical Association
16. Kudo K：”Oxygen Extraction Fraction (OEF) using QSM in Patients”, 5th International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast & Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping、Seoul, Korea、2019.9.26
17. Kudo K：”QSM Analysis for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease”, ASFNR, San Francisco, 2019.11.9
The 7th GI-CoRE Medical Science and Engineering Symposium – FLASH, MBA, & 4DRT, Hokkaido, Japan, August 2019
18. Erinn Rankin “FLASH radiation therapy protects against radiation induced intestinal injury”
19. Billy W. Loo “Clinical aspects of FLASH”
20. Daniel Chang “Natural language processing for end-of-life predictive modeling”
21. Amato Giaccia “Overview of Recent Advances in Quantum Biomedical Science and Engineering”
22. Lei Xing “Real-world data and Deep Learning in Radiation Oncology”
23. Yasuhito Onodera “Radiotherapy, Distribution of ROS in Cells, and Mitochondria in Cells“
24. Koichi Yasuda “Clinical Usefulness of model-based approach (MBA) in Head and Neck Cancer“
25. Khin Khin Tha “Radiomics in Cancer”
26. Shinichi Shimizu “Future of 4DRT”
The 6th GI-CoRE Summer School for Medical Physics 2019 and Hokkaido Summer Institute 2019 -Medical Physics School，Sapporo，2019.8.19-23
27. Shirato H: Overview of Radiation Therapy
28. Giaccia A: Important Concepts in Radiobiology that Impact Radiotherapy
29. Xing L: Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy
30. Ishikawa M: SBRT and IGRT
31. Shimizu S： Four-dimensional Radiation Oncology, Real-time-image Guided Radiation therapy
32. Matsuura T: Dose Calculation Algorithms for Spot Scanning Proton Therapy
33. Miyamoto N: Quality Assurance of Four-dimensional Radiation Therapy System
34. Takao S: Patient Setup and Image Guidance Technique in Proton Therapy
35. Umegaki K: Proton Treatment System in Hokkaido University
36. Nam JM: Molecular and radiation biology of cancer invasion
37. Onodera Y: Metabolic alterations and radio-response in cancer
38. Kudo K：O-17 Imaging to Open the Next Door of Neuroscience, 4th ISMRM Japan Chapter、Chiba, 2019.12.13
