Vertebroplasty: cement leakage into the disc increases the risk of new fracture of adjacent vertebral body

EP Lin, S Ekholm, A Hiwatashi… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients successfully treated with vertebroplasty often
return with new pain caused by a new vertebral body fracture. The new fractures often are …

Hypointensity on diffusion-weighted MRI of the brain related to T2 shortening and susceptibility effects

A Hiwatashi, T Kinoshita, T Moritani… - American Journal of …, 2003 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Fig. 1.—90-year-old man without neurologic deficit. A, T2-weighted (b= 0) image shows
hypointensity in deep gray nuclei (arrows) due to senile iron deposition. B, Diffusion-weighted (b…

Amide proton transfer imaging of adult diffuse gliomas: correlation with histopathological grades

O Togao, T Yoshiura, J Keupp, A Hiwatashi… - Neuro …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging is a novel molecular MRI technique to detect
endogenous mobile proteins and peptides through chemical exchange saturation transfer…

Perfusion imaging of brain tumors using arterial spin-labeling: correlation with histopathologic vascular density

T Noguchi, T Yoshiura, A Hiwatashi… - American Journal …, 2008 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We investigated the relationship between tumor blood-flow
measurement based on perfusion imaging by arterial spin-labeling (ASL-PI) and …

Increase in vertebral body height after vertebroplasty

A Hiwatashi, T Moritani, Y Numaguchi… - American journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: During clinical work, we have seen increases in vertebral
body height associated with vertebroplasty, but our literature search revealed no reports as …

Characterization of IgG4 anti‐neurofascin 155 antibody‐positive polyneuropathy

H Ogata, R Yamasaki, A Hiwatashi… - Annals of clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate anti‐neurofascin 155 ( NF 155) antibody‐positive chronic
inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( CIDP ). Methods Sera from 50 consecutive CIDP …

Differentiation of high-grade and low-grade diffuse gliomas by intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging

O Togao, A Hiwatashi, K Yamashita, K Kikuchi… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Our aim was to assess the diagnostic performance of intravoxel incoherent motion
(IVIM) MR imaging for differentiating high-grade gliomas (HGGs) from low-grade gliomas …

Simultaneous measurement of arterial transit time, arterial blood volume, and cerebral blood flow using arterial spin-labeling in patients with Alzheimer disease

T Yoshiura, A Hiwatashi, K Yamashita… - American Journal …, 2009 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral hemodynamics abnormality in Alzheimer disease
(AD) is not fully understood. Our aim was to determine whether regional hypoperfusion due …

Differentiating primary CNS lymphoma from glioblastoma multiforme: assessment using arterial spin labeling, diffusion-weighted imaging, and 18F …

K Yamashita, T Yoshiura, A Hiwatashi, O Togao… - Neuroradiology, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Our purpose was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of arterial spin
labeling (ASL) perfusion imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose …

MR imaging–based analysis of glioblastoma multiforme: estimation of IDH1 mutation status

K Yamashita, A Hiwatashi, O Togao… - American Journal …, 2016 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Glioblastoma multiforme is highly aggressive and the most
common type of primary malignant brain tumor in adults. Imaging biomarkers may provide …