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Yasuyuki Yamashita

Yasuyuki Yamashita

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
32046
World Ranking
9719
National Ranking
268

Overview

Yasuyuki Yamashita is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to medical imaging and diagnostics. These topics include but are not limited to Radiation Dose and Imaging, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, and Neurological Disorders and Treatments.

Yamashita's publication record shows contributions to multiple scientific venues, particularly journals known for imaging and radiology studies. Frequent venues include the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography and European Radiology, each with two publications, as well as Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Radiology, and Radiographics.

Among the recent published papers associated or linked with Yamashita's research environment or collaboration network are the following:

  • A primer for understanding radiology articles about machine learning and deep learning, 2020, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
  • Adrenal Adenomas versus Metastases: Diagnostic Performance of Dual-Energy Spectral CT Virtual Noncontrast Imaging and Iodine Maps, 2020, Radiology
  • Trends in Diagnostic Imaging of Cardiac Amyloidosis: Emerging Knowledge and Concepts, 2020, Radiographics
  • Machine Learning to Predict the Rapid Growth of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, 2020, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
  • Effects of Deep Learning Reconstruction Technique in High-Resolution Non-contrast Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography at a 3-Tesla Machine, 2020, Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Collaboration forms an integral part of their scholarly output, with frequent coauthors including Takeshi Nakaura, Osamu Ikeda, Yasunori Nagayama, Masafumi Kidoh, and Hiroyuki Uetani. These coauthors have contributed alongside Yamashita over multiple publications, reflecting an active network of scientific partnership.

Best Publications

  • Minimally invasive treatment of malignant hepatic tumors: At the threshold of a major breakthrough

    Gerald D. Dodd;Michael C. Soulen;Robert A. Kane;Tito Livraghi

  • Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: value of percutaneous microwave coagulation.

    R Murakami;S Yoshimatsu;Y Yamashita;T Matsukawa

  • Focal liver masses: characterization with diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging.

    Tomohiro Namimoto;Yasuyuki Yamashita;Seiya Sumi;Yi Tang

  • Abdominal CT with low tube voltage: preliminary observations about radiation dose, contrast enhancement, image quality, and noise.

    Yoshiharu Nakayama;Kazuo Awai;Yoshinori Funama;Masahiro Hatemura

  • Diffusion-weighted imaging of metastatic brain tumors: comparison with histologic type and tumor cellularity

    Y. Hayashida;Toshinori Hirai;S. Morishita;M. Kitajima

  • Added Value of SPECT/CT Fusion in Assessing Suspected Bone Metastasis: Comparison with Scintigraphy Alone and Nonfused Scintigraphy and CT

    Daisuke Utsunomiya;Shinya Shiraishi;Masanori Imuta;Seiji Tomiguchi

  • Chronic cervical cord compression: clinical significance of increased signal intensity on MR images.

    M Takahashi;Y Yamashita;Y Sakamoto;R Kojima

  • Percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy in liver tumors

    T. Matsukawa;Y. Yamashita;A. Arakawa;T. Nishiharu

  • Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Radiation-Induced Brain Injury for Differentiation from Tumor Recurrence

    Chiaki Asao;Yukunori Korogi;Mika Kitajima;Toshinori Hirai

  • Measurement of the apparent diffusion coefficient in diffuse renal disease by diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging.

    Tomohiro Namimoto;Yasuyuki Yamashita;Katsuhiko Mitsuzaki;Yoshiharu Nakayama

  • Radiation Dose Reduction without Degradation of Low-Contrast Detectability at Abdominal Multisection CT with a Low–Tube Voltage Technique: Phantom Study

    Yoshinori Funama;Kazuo Awai;Yoshiharu Nakayama;Kiyotaka Kakei

  • MR imaging of the fetus by a HASTE sequence.

    Yasuyuki Yamashita;Tomohiro Namimoto;Yasuko Abe;Mutsumasa Takahashi

  • Monitoring therapeutic responses of primary bone tumors by diffusion-weighted image: Initial results.

    Yoshiko Hayashida;Toshitake Yakushiji;Kazuo Awai;Kazuhiro Katahira

  • Ultra-high-b-value diffusion-weighted MR imaging for the detection of prostate cancer: evaluation in 201 cases with histopathological correlation.

    Kazuhiro Katahira;Taro Takahara;Thomas C. Kwee;Seitaro Oda

  • Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing malignant pulmonary nodules/masses: comparison with positron emission tomography.

    Takeshi Mori;Hiroaki Nomori;Koei Ikeda;Koichi Kawanaka

  • Hyperintense uterine leiomyoma at T2-weighted MR imaging : differentiation with dynamic enhanced MR imaging and clinical implications

    Yasuyuki Yamashita;Miyuki Torashima;Mutsumasa Takahashi;Nobuyuki Tanaka

  • Normal uterus and FIGO stage I endometrial carcinoma: dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging.

    Yasuyuki Yamashita;Mikihiko Harada;Takamine Sawada;Mutsumasa Takahashi

  • Grading astrocytic tumors by using apparent diffusion coefficient parameters: superiority of a one- versus two-parameter pilot method.

    Ryuji Murakami;Toshinori Hirai;Takeshi Sugahara;Hirofumi Fukuoka

  • Malignant supratentorial astrocytoma treated with postoperative radiation therapy: prognostic value of pretreatment quantitative diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

    Ryuji Murakami;Takeshi Sugahara;Hideo Nakamura;Toshinori Hirai

  • Adnexal masses: accuracy of characterization with transvaginal US and precontrast and postcontrast MR imaging.

    Y Yamashita;M Torashima;Y Hatanaka;M Harada

Frequent Co-Authors

Mutsumasa Takahashi
Mutsumasa Takahashi Kumamoto University
Hideo Baba
Hideo Baba Kumamoto University
Hisao Ogawa
Hisao Ogawa Kumamoto University
Hitoshi Okamura
Hitoshi Okamura Kyoto University
Michio Ogawa
Michio Ogawa Kumamoto University
Kunio Doi
Kunio Doi University of Chicago

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