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Nagara Tamaki is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan. Their academic work focuses primarily on the field of medicine, with a substantial emphasis on radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Tamaki's contributions also extend to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, biomedical engineering, and physiology.

The scientist's research covers key topics related to cardiac imaging and diagnostics, medical imaging techniques and applications, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, cardiovascular function and risk factors, advanced X-ray and CT imaging, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Nagara Tamaki are:

  • "JCS 2018 Guideline on Diagnosis of Chronic Coronary Heart Diseases," 2021, Circulation Journal
  • "Flurpiridaz F-18 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease," 2023, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Quantitative FDG PET Assessment for Oncology Therapy," 2021, Cancers
  • "Clinical Perspectives of Theranostics," 2021, Molecules
  • "Dynamic whole-body 18F-FDG PET for differentiating abnormal lesions from physiological uptake," 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Tamaki frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Osamu Manabe, Kei Yamada, Tohru Shiga, Tomoya Kotani, and Masanao Naya, indicating active engagement in collaborative research efforts.

The researcher has an established presence in multiple publication venues, with notable contributions to:

  • Annals of Nuclear Medicine
  • Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
  • Japanese Journal of Radiology
  • Preprints.org
  • European Heart Journal

Best Publications

  • Positron emission tomography using fluorine-18 deoxyglucose in evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafting

    Nagara Tamaki;Yoshiharu Yonekura;Keiji Yamashita;Hideo Saji

  • Focal uptake on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography images indicates cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis

    Shinji Ishimaru;Ichizo Tsujino;Toshiki Takei;Eriko Tsukamoto

  • Comparison of bone scintigraphy and 68 Ga-PSMA PET for skeletal staging in prostate cancer

    Thomas Pyka;Shozo Okamoto;Shozo Okamoto;Marielena Dahlbender;Robert Tauber

  • In Vivo Assessment of Glucose Metabolism in Hepatocellular Carcinoma with FDG-PET

    Tatsuo Torizuka;Nagara Tamaki;Tetsuro Inokuma;Yasuhiro Magata

  • FDG Uptake and Glucose Transporter Subtype Expressions in Experimental Tumor and Inflammation Models

    Takafumi Mochizuki;Eriko Tsukamoto;Yuji Kuge;Kakuko Kanegae

  • Myocardial imaging with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in sarcoidosis

    Hiroshi Ohira;Ichizo Tsujino;Shinji Ishimaru;Noriko Oyama

  • Cardiac Functional Analysis with Multi–Detector Row CT and Segmental Reconstruction Algorithm: Comparison with Echocardiography, SPECT, and MR Imaging

    Masaki Yamamuro;Eiji Tadamura;Shigeto Kubo;Hiroshi Toyoda

  • Quantitative cerebral blood flow measurement with dynamic perfusion CT using the vascular-pixel elimination method: comparison with H2(15)O positron emission tomography.

    Kohsuke Kudo;Satoshi Terae;Chietsugu Katoh;Masaki Oka

  • Regional metabolic abnormality in relation to perfusion and wall motion in patients with myocardial infarction: assessment with emission tomography using an iodinated branched fatty acid analog.

    N Tamaki;M Kawamoto;Y Yonekura;Y Fujibayashi

  • Metabolic activity in the areas of new fill-in after thallium-201 reinjection: comparison with positron emission tomography using fluorine-18-deoxyglucose.

    Nagara Tamaki;Hiroshi Ohtani;Keiji Yamashita;Yasuhiro Magata

  • Delayed (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography scan for differentiation between malignant and benign lesions in the pancreas.

    Yuji Nakamoto;Tatsuya Higashi;Harumi Sakahara;Nagara Tamaki

  • Value of thallium-201 reinjection after delayed SPECT imaging for predicting reversible ischemia after coronary artery bypass grafting

    Hiroshi Ohtani;Nagara Tamaki;Yoshiharu Yonekura;Ishtiaque H. Mohiuddin

  • Prediction of reversible ischemia after revascularization. Perfusion and metabolic studies with positron emission tomography.

    Nagara Tamaki;Masahide Kawamoto;Eiji Tadamura;Yasuhiro Magata

  • Ultra-high resolution SPECT system using four pinhole collimators for small animal studies.

    Koichi Ishizu;Takao Mukai;Yoshiharu Yonekura;Marco Pagani

  • Biologic correlates of intratumoral heterogeneity in 18F-FDG distribution with regional expression of glucose transporters and hexokinase-II in experimental tumor

    Songji Zhao;Yuji Kuge;Takafumi Mochizuki;Toshiyuki Takahashi

  • Human brain region response to distention or cold stimulation of the bladder: a positron emission tomography study.

    Shinobu Matsuura;Hidehiro Kakizaki;Takahiko Mitsui;Tohru Shiga

  • Evaluation of pancreatic tumors with positron emission tomography and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose: comparison with CT and US.

    T Inokuma;N Tamaki;T Torizuka;Y Magata

  • Myocardial accumulation of iodinated beta-methyl-branched fatty acid analogue, iodine-125-15-(p-iodophenyl)-3-(R,S)methylpentadecanoic acid (BMIPP), in relation to ATP concentration.

    Yasuhisa Fujibayashi;Yoshiharu Yonekura;Yasutaka Takemura;Kouichi Wada

  • Predictors and Clinical Features of Postoperative Hyperperfusion after Surgical Revascularization for Moyamoya Disease A Serial Single Photon Emission CT/Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Haruto Uchino;Satoshi Kuroda;Kenji Hirata;Tohru Shiga

  • emission tomography images indicates cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis

    Shinji Ishimaru;Ichizo Tsujino;Toshiki Takei;Eriko Tsukamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiharu Yonekura
Yoshiharu Yonekura Osaka University
Junji Konishi
Junji Konishi Kyoto University
Chuichi Kawai
Chuichi Kawai Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Tsutsui
Hiroyuki Tsutsui Kyushu University
Hideo Saji
Hideo Saji Kyoto University
Hiroki Shirato
Hiroki Shirato Hokkaido University
Satoshi Kuroda
Satoshi Kuroda University of Toyama
Masaharu Nishimura
Masaharu Nishimura Hokkaido University
Shigetake Sasayama
Shigetake Sasayama Kyoto University
Kiyohiro Houkin
Kiyohiro Houkin Hokkaido University

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