CT-guided needle biopsy of lung lesions: a survey of severe complication based on 9783 biopsies in Japan

N Tomiyama, Y Yasuhara, Y Nakajima, S Adachi… - European journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The aim of our study was to update the rate of severe complications following CT-guided
needle biopsy in Japan via a mailed survey. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Postal …

Circulating KL-6 levels in patients with drug induced pneumonitis

H Ohnishi, A Yokoyama, Y Yasuhara, A Watanabe… - Thorax, 2003 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: The circulating level of KL-6/MUC1 is a sensitive marker for various interstitial
lung diseases. Previous case reports have suggested that KL-6 may also be increased in …

Striatal L‐dopa decarboxylase activity in Parkinson's disease in vivo: implications for the regulation of dopamine synthesis

…, GC Léger, P Cumming, Y Yasuhara… - Journal of …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
L‐DOPA is a large neutral amino acid subject to transport out of, as well as into, brain tissue.
Competition between dopamine synthesis and L‐DOPA egress from striatum must favor L‐…

Quantitative Evaluation of Mean Transit Times Obtained with Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging and with 133Xe SPECT in Occlusive …

…, K Murase, H Miki, Y Yasuhara… - American journal of …, 2002 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. We report on quantitative mean transit time images obtained using dynamic
susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR imaging after an IV bolus injection of a contrast agent. Our …

Humidifier lung: possible contribution of endotoxin-induced lung injury

…, R Ito, A Watanabe, H Katayama, Y Yasuhara… - Internal …, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A56-year-old manwasadmitted with cough, fever, myalgia, and arthralgia. Chest computed
tomography demonstrated bilateral diffuse ground-glass opacities predominantly in the upper …

Three‐dimensional endoscopic mode for observation of laryngeal structures by helical computed tomography

E Yumoto, T Sanuki, M Hyodo, Y Yasuhara… - The …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We produced high‐quality three‐dimensional (3D) endoscopic images of the larynx using
helical scanning computed tomography. Subjects included two normal volunteers and 10 …

[PDF][PDF] Regional striatal DOPA transport and decarboxylase activity in Parkinson's disease

H Kuwabara, P Cumming, Y Yasuhara… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1995 - Soc Nuclear Med
Mthods: We measured blood-brainbarriertransport and de carboxylatlonof 6-[1@ I9fIUOrO-L-DOPA
(FDOPA) usingPET in patientswith Parkinson'sdisease (n= 7, 57 ±7 yr) and age …

Measurement of localized ground-glass attenuation on thin-section computed tomography images: correlation with the progression of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of …

M Nagao, K Murase, Y Yasuhara, J Ikezoe… - Investigative …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods. Twenty-eight surgically resected tumors with localized GGA at thin-section
CT were studied. The tumors were histologically diagnosed as 8 atypical …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative analysis of technegas SPECT: evaluation of regional severity of emphysema

…, K Murase, T Ichiki, S Sakai, Y Yasuhara… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
MATERIALSAND METHODS PatientSelection The subjects consisted of 22 patients with
pulmonaryemphy sema (20 men, 2 women; age range, 49— 83y; mean age, 69 y). Their …

Clinical evaluation of pulmonary nodules with dual-exposure dual-energy subtraction chest radiography.

M Uemura, M Miyagawa, Y Yasuhara… - Radiation …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of dual-exposure dual-energy (DE)
subtraction chest radiography with flat-panel detector. Materials and methods One …