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Hiroto Hatabu is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, with a significant body of work examining interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Their academic contributions span several fields, including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, physiology, oncology, and atomic and molecular physics and optics. The main research topics covered include:

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research

Hatabu's frequent co-authors indicate collaboration with experts such as Mizuki Nishino, Gary M. Hunninghake, Takuya Hino, Akinori Hata, and Rachel K. Putman, reflecting active engagement in respiratory and imaging research communities.

Their work has been published in several prominent journals, most notably:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Radiology
  • European Journal of Radiology Open
  • CHEST Journal
  • European Respiratory Journal

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Interstitial lung abnormalities detected incidentally on CT: a Position Paper from the Fleischner Society," 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Expanding Applications of Pulmonary MRI in the Clinical Evaluation of Lung Disorders: Fleischner Society Position Paper," 2020, Radiology
  • "Incidence of Pseudoprogression during Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," 2020, Radiology
  • "Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: State of the Art," 2021, Radiology
  • "Chest CT Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Drug-Related Pneumonitis in Patients Receiving Molecular Targeting Agents and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors," 2021, CHEST Journal

Hatabu has also contributed to academic literature through books, including a publication with Springer Nature titled "Pulmonary Functional Imaging" released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Monitoring immune-checkpoint blockade: response evaluation and biomarker development

    Mizuki Nishino;Nikhil H. Ramaiya;Hiroto Hatabu;F. Stephen Hodi

  • Incidence of Programmed Cell Death 1 Inhibitor–Related Pneumonitis in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Mizuki Nishino;Anita Giobbie-Hurder;Hiroto Hatabu;Nikhil H. Ramaiya

  • Lung Volumes and Emphysema in Smokers with Interstitial Lung Abnormalities

    George R. Washko;Gary M. Hunninghake;Isis E. Fernandez;Mizuki Nishino

  • Noninvasive assessment of regional ventilation in the human lung using oxygen-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.

    Robert R. Edelman;Hiroto Hatabu;Hiroto Hatabu;Eiji Tadamura;Eiji Tadamura;Wei Li;Wei Li

  • PD-1 Inhibitor–Related Pneumonitis in Advanced Cancer Patients: Radiographic Patterns and Clinical Course

    Mizuki Nishino;Nikhil H. Ramaiya;Mark M. Awad;Lynette M. Sholl

  • MUC5B Promoter Polymorphism and Interstitial Lung Abnormalities

    Gary M. Hunninghake;Hiroto Hatabu;Yuka Okajima;Wei Gao

  • Interstitial lung abnormalities detected incidentally on CT: a Position Paper from the Fleischner Society

    Hiroto Hatabu;Gary M Hunninghake;Luca Richeldi;Kevin K Brown

  • Association Between Interstitial Lung Abnormalities and All-Cause Mortality

    Rachel K. Putman;Hiroto Hatabu;Tetsuro Araki;Gunnar Gudmundsson

  • Anti-PD-1-Related Pneumonitis during Cancer Immunotherapy

    Nishino M;Sholl Lm;Hodi Fs;Hatabu H

  • Radiation dose reduction in chest CT: a review.

    Takeshi Kubo;Pei Jan Paul Lin;Wolfram Stiller;Masaya Takahashi

  • CT-Guided Transthoracic Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Small (≤ 20 mm) Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

    Yoshiharu Ohno;Hiroto Hatabu;Daisuke Takenaka;Takanori Higashino

  • The thymus: a comprehensive review.

    Mizuki Nishino;Simon K. Ashiku;Olivier N. Kocher;Robert L. Thurer

  • Pulmonary perfusion: Qualitative assessment with dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI using ultra‐short TE and inversion recovery turbo FLASH

    Hiroto Hatabu;Jochen Gaa;Ducksoo Kim;Wei Li

  • Development and Progression of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in the Framingham Heart Study.

    Tetsuro Araki;Rachel K. Putman;Hiroto Hatabu;Wei Gao;Wei Gao

  • Quantitative assessment of regional pulmonary perfusion in the entire lung using three‐dimensional ultrafast dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: Preliminary experience in 40 subjects

    Yoshiharu Ohno;Hiroto Hatabu;Kenya Murase;Takanori Higashino

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

    Richard J. Allen;Beatriz Guillen-Guio;Justin M. Oldham;Shwu-Fan Ma

  • New Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Guidelines for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Comparison With Original RECIST and Impact on Assessment of Tumor Response to Targeted Therapy

    Mizuki Nishino;David M. Jackman;Hiroto Hatabu;Beow Y. Yeap

  • Effect of oxygen inhalation on relaxation times in various tissues

    Eiji Tadamura;Hiroto Hatabu;Wei Li;Pottumarthi V. Prasad

  • Diffusion-weighted imaging of mucinous carcinoma of the breast: evaluation of apparent diffusion coefficient and signal intensity in correlation with histologic findings.

    Reiko Woodhams;Satoko Kakita;Hirofumi Hata;Keiichi Iwabuchi

  • T2* and proton density measurement of normal human lung parenchyma using submillisecond echo time gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging

    Hiroto Hatabu;David C. Alsop;John Listerud;Mathieu Bonnet

Frequent Co-Authors

Mizuki Nishino
Mizuki Nishino Harvard University
George R. Washko
George R. Washko Brigham and Women's Hospital
Junji Konishi
Junji Konishi Kyoto University
George T. O'Connor
George T. O'Connor Boston University
Edwin K. Silverman
Edwin K. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert R. Edelman
Robert R. Edelman Northwestern University
Bruce E. Johnson
Bruce E. Johnson Harvard University
Josée Dupuis
Josée Dupuis McGill University
David A. Lynch
David A. Lynch Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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