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Open AccessA clinical study of curative partial breast irradiation for stage I breast cancer using carbon ion radiotherapy
Our institute initiated carbon ion radiotherapy research for patients with stage I breast cancer in April 2013. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the treatment outcome of cases treated outside clinica...
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Open AccessIntra- and inter-operator reproducibility of US point shear-wave elastography in various organs: evaluation in phantoms and healthy volunteers
This study was conducted in order to assess the intra- and interoperator reproducibility of shear-wave speed (SWS) measurement on elasticity phantoms and healthy volunteers using ultrasound-based point shear-w...
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Open AccessDiffusion-tensor-based method for robust and practical estimation of axial and radial diffusional kurtosis
A new method that can estimate diffusional kurtosis image (DKI), estimated DKI (eDKI), parallel and perpendicular to neuronal fibres from greatly limited image data was designed to enable quick and practical a...
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First experience of carbon-ion radiotherapy for early breast cancer
Breast cancer is increasingly being detected at earlier stages, and partial breast irradiation for patients with low-risk-group tumor has come to be applied in the US and Europe as an alternative to whole-bre...
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Imaging characteristics of metastatic chordoma
Our aim was to describe the incidence and sites of metastatic chordomas and show their characteristic computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) findings.
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Intravenous pyogenic granuloma of the finger
Intravenous pyogenic granuloma is a rare solitary form of lobular capillary hemangioma that usually occurs in the veins of the neck and upper extremities. We report two cases of intravenous pyogenic granuloma ...
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Alveolar hydatid disease of the adrenal gland: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings
Echinococcosis is a parasitic infection of humans caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus. Primary alveolar echinococcosis of the adrenal gland is rare. We report a case of alveolar hydatid diseas...
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Evaluation of the vascular supply to regions of the pancreas on CT during arteriography
Background: To evaluate the vascular supply of regions of the pancreas on computed tomography (CT) during arteriography with selective catheterization. Methods: Thirteen patients were inc...
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Wavelet compression on detection of brain lesions with magnetic resonance imaging
The purpose of this report is to assess clinically acceptable compression ratios on the detection of brain lesions at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Four consecutive T2-weighted and the corresponding T1-weight...