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Osamu Matsui

Osamu Matsui

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Overview

Osamu Matsui is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the field of hepatology. Their scholarly output spans key topics related to liver diseases, cancer diagnosis, and treatment methodologies.

Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Hepatology, Epidemiology, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Osamu Matsui's research addresses several main topics such as:

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Regarding publications, recent papers include:

  • Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging for hepatocellular carcinoma: molecular and genetic background, 2020, European Radiology
  • Dynamic CT and Gadoxetic Acid-enhanced MRI Characteristics of P53-mutated Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2022, Radiology
  • Pathophysiology and Imaging Findings of Bile Duct Necrosis: A Rare but Serious Complication of Transarterial Therapy for Liver Tumors, 2020, Cancers
  • Differences in 18F-FDG Uptake and Expression of Glucose Transporter Between 2 Distinct Subtypes of Mass-Forming Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinomas, 2020, Clinical Nuclear Medicine
  • Ethiodized oil as an imaging biomarker after conventional transarterial chemoembolization, 2023, European Radiology

Frequent coauthors working with Osamu Matsui include:

  • Kazuto Kozaka
  • Satoshi Kobayashi
  • Toshifumi Gabata
  • Azusa Kitao
  • Norihide Yoneda

Matsui's work is often published in venues such as:

  • European Radiology
  • Radiology
  • Cancers
  • Clinical Nuclear Medicine
  • British Journal of Radiology

Best Publications

  • Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan: Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Proposed by the Japan Society of Hepatology (JSH) 2010 Updated Version

    Masatoshi Kudo;Namiki Izumi;Norihiro Kokudo;Osamu Matsui

  • Benign and malignant nodules in cirrhotic livers: distinction based on blood supply.

    O Matsui;M Kadoya;T Kameyama;J Yoshikawa

  • Phase III study of sorafenib after transarterial chemoembolisation in Japanese and Korean patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Masatoshi Kudo;Kazuho Imanaka;Nobuyuki Chida;Kohei Nakachi

  • JSH Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2014 Update by the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan

    Masatoshi Kudo;Osamu Matsui;Namiki Izumi;Hiroko Iijima

  • Prognostic factors of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients undergoing hepatic resection

    Izumi R;Shimizu K;Yagi M

  • Correlation between the blood supply and grade of malignancy of hepatocellular nodules associated with liver cirrhosis: evaluation by CT during intraarterial injection of contrast medium.

    M Hayashi;O Matsui;K Ueda;Y Kawamori

  • Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Japan Society of Hepatology 2013 update (3rd JSH-HCC Guidelines)

    Norihiro Kokudo;Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Masaaki Akahane;Hiroshi Igaki

  • IgG4-Related Disease: Dataset of 235 Consecutive Patients

    Dai Inoue;Kotaro Yoshida;Norihide Yoneda;Kumi Ozaki

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Signal Intensity at Gadoxetic Acid–enhanced MR Imaging—Correlation with Molecular Transporters and Histopathologic Features

    Azusa Kitao;Yoh Zen;Osamu Matsui;Toshifumi Gabata

  • Comparison of resection and ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A cohort study based on a Japanese nationwide survey

    Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Norihiro Kokudo;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Namiki Izumi

  • IgG4-related lung and pleural disease: a clinicopathologic study of 21 cases.

    Yoh Zen;Dai Inoue;Azusa Kitao;Manabu Onodera

  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis: a clinicopathologic study with respect to immunoglobulin G4.

    Yoh Zen;Manabu Onodera;Dai Inoue;Azusa Kitao

  • Hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation of hemodynamics with dynamic CT during hepatic arteriography.

    K Ueda;O Matsui;Y Kawamori;Y Nakanuma

  • Immunoglobulin G4–related Lung Disease: CT Findings with Pathologic Correlations

    Dai Inoue;Yoh Zen;Hitoshi Abo;Toshifumi Gabata

  • The uptake transporter OATP8 expression decreases during multistep hepatocarcinogenesis: correlation with gadoxetic acid enhanced MR imaging

    Azusa Kitao;Osamu Matsui;Norihide Yoneda;Kazuto Kozaka

  • Progression to hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with intranodular blood supply evaluated with CT during intraarterial injection of contrast material.

    Makiko Hayashi;Osamu Matsui;Kazuhiko Ueda;Yasuhiro Kawamori

  • Ultraselective transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with a 2-f tip microcatheter for small hepatocellular carcinomas: relationship between local tumor recurrence and visualization of the portal vein with iodized oil.

    Shiro Miyayama;Osamu Matsui;Masashi Yamashiro;Yasuji Ryu

  • Adenomatous hyperplastic nodules in the cirrhotic liver: differentiation from hepatocellular carcinoma with MR imaging.

    O Matsui;M Kadoya;T Kameyama;J Yoshikawa

  • Treatment of Liver Tumors with Lipiodol TACE: Technical Recommendations from Experts Opinion

    Thierry de Baere;Yasuaki Arai;Riccardo Lencioni;Jean Francois Geschwind

  • Sphingosine-1-Phosphate, a Platelet-Derived Lysophospholipid Mediator, Negatively Regulates Cellular Rac Activity and Cell Migration in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Yasuji Ryu;Noriko Takuwa;Naotoshi Sugimoto;Sotaro Sakurada

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuni Nakanuma
Yasuni Nakanuma Kanazawa University
Namiki Izumi
Namiki Izumi Musashino Red Cross Hospital
Masatoshi Kudo
Masatoshi Kudo Kindai University
Shuichi Kaneko
Shuichi Kaneko Kanazawa University
Yoh Zen
Yoh Zen King's College London
Michiie Sakamoto
Michiie Sakamoto Keio University
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Masatoshi Makuuchi
Masatoshi Makuuchi University of Tokyo
Takuji Okusaka
Takuji Okusaka National Cancer Centre
Norio Hayashi
Norio Hayashi Osaka University

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