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    Three-dimensional convolutional neural network-based classification of chronic kidney disease severity using kidney MRI

    A three-dimensional convolutional neural network model was developed to classify the severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Dixon-based T1-weighted in-phase (IP)/oppose...

    Keita Nagawa, Yuki Hara, Kaiji Inoue, Yosuke Yamagishi in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging-based statistical shape analysis and machine learning-based prediction of patellofemoral instability

    This study performed three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based statistical shape analysis (SSA) by comparing patellofemoral instability (PFI) and normal femur models, and developed a machin...

    Keita Nagawa, Kaiji Inoue, Yuki Hara, Hirokazu Shimizu in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    The utility of automatic segmentation of kidney MRI in chronic kidney disease using a 3D convolutional neural network

    We developed a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN)-based automatic kidney segmentation method for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) using MRI Dixon-based T1-weighted in-phase (IP)/opposed-phase (OP)...

    Kaiji Inoue, Yuki Hara, Keita Nagawa, Masahiro Koyama in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    The utility of texture analysis of kidney MRI for evaluating renal dysfunction with multiclass classification model

    We evaluated a multiclass classification model to predict estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) groups in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) texture analysis (TA...

    Yuki Hara, Keita Nagawa, Yuya Yamamoto, Kaiji Inoue, Kazuto Funakoshi in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Comparison of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging sequences with laboratory parameters for prognosticating renal function in chronic kidney disease

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is playing an increasingly important role in evaluating chronic kidney disease (CKD). It has the potential to be used not only for evaluation of physiological and pathological ...

    Tsutomu Inoue, Eito Kozawa, Masahiro Ishikawa, Daichi Fukaya in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Texture analysis of muscle MRI: machine learning-based classifications in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

    To develop a machine learning (ML) model that predicts disease groups or autoantibodies in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) using muscle MRI radiomics features. Twenty-two patients with ...

    Keita Nagawa, Masashi Suzuki, Yuuya Yamamoto, Kaiji Inoue in Scientific Reports (2021)