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Magnetic resonance imaging 94 89-97 2022年9月9日PURPOSE: As we are exposed to stress on a daily basis, it is important to detect and treat stress during the subclinical period. However, methods to quantify and confirm stress are currently unavailable, and the detection of subclinical stressors is difficult. This study aimed to determine whether manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) could be used to assess stress in rat brains. METHODS: We exposed male Wistar/ST rats bred in a specific pathogen-free environment to ultrasound stimuli (22 kHz and 55 kHz) for 10 days and then assessed brain activities using MEMRI, the light/dark box test, and ΔFosB immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: In the MEMRI assessments, exposure at 22 kHz activated the periaqueductal gray, while exposure at 55 kHz specifically enhanced activity in the nucleus accumbens core and the orbitofrontal cortex. The exploratory behavior of the 55-kHz group increased sharply, while that of the 22-kHz group showed a lower exploratory value. ΔFosB expression increased in the orbitofrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, periaqueductal gray, and amygdaloid nucleus in the 22-kHz group. CONCLUSION: Ultrasound stimuli at 22 kHz suppressed weight gain in rats and excessive ΔFosB induction in the nucleus accumbens caused excessive sensitization of the neural circuit, thereby contributing to pathological behavior. We thus demonstrated that MEMRI can be useful to objectively assess the pathophysiology of stress-related disorders.
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Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 44(2) 365-375 2021年2月 査読有り
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Nuclear medicine communications 40(8) 792-801 2019年8月 査読有り筆頭著者BACKGROUND: Single-photon emission computed tomography is a tomographic imaging method that acquires a projection image by rotating a gamma camera around by 380° or 180°. For myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography, 180° acquisition is common, but it has limitations including an incomplete reconstruction, which can distort the resulting image. It is possible to produce a complete reconstruction using 360° acquisition, but the testing time is long and is burdensome to patients. METHODS: The nonuniform sampling pitch acquisition (NUSPA) method devised in this study involves reducing the total sampling count using NUSPA that reduces the sampling pitch in the range in which the gamma cameras are closer to the myocardium (RAO45-LPO45) and increases it elsewhere. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The NUSPA-1 method based on a 6° sampling pitch had 20 views fewer than 360° acquisition. In addition, the NUSPA-2 method based on a 3.75° sampling pitch had 60 views fewer than 360° acquisition, considerably reducing the testing time. The acquired sinograms from the NUSPA methods were subjected to nonuniform rational B-spline surface interpolation processing, producing data with a uniform sampling pitch, after which image reconstruction was performed. The images after nonuniform rational B-spline interpolation for both the line sources and heart-liver phantom investigated in this study were not found to have the distortion observed from 180° acquisition or a count decrease at the center, resulting in image quality nearly equivalent to 360° acquisition. This method enabled a reduction in testing time without impacting image quality.
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Wiley Online Library 2019年6月 査読有り
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Nuclear medicine communications 39(7) 601-609 2018年7月 査読有りOBJECTIVE: This study aims to carry out a quantitative analysis with high reproducibility using single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT); we investigated the optimum parameters for the acquisition and the reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: SPECT images were acquired with varying time per view using SPECT phantom (JS-10) and the body phantom of National Electrical Manufacturers Association and International Electrotechnical Commission (Body-phantom), respectively. For the image reconstruction condition, we changed the product of subset and iteration (SI product) and the Gaussian filter using a three-dimensional ordered subset expectation maximization. A combination of no scattering correction and no attenuation correction (SC-/AC-) and a combination of scattering correction and attenuation correction by CT images (SC+/AC+) were performed. The dose linearity, the recovery coefficient, the scatter ratio, and the coefficient of variation were evaluated using JS-10. Using Body-phantom, contrast-to-noise ratios of the hot spheres (13, 17 mm) were calculated. Moreover, the change in the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and the average SUV (SUVmean) were evaluated for each sphere. RESULT: From the evaluation results using the JS-10, dose linearity, recovery coefficient, scatter ratio, and coefficient of variation were all good when time per view was 50-150 s, the Gaussian filter was 8-12 mm, and the SI product was 150. From the evaluation results using Body-phantom, comparing the Gaussian filter with 8 mm and 12 mm, the contrast-to-noise ratio was better for 12 mm and the error rate to the change of the scan-time was up to 3.7%. However, SUVmax and SUVmean using 8 mm were closer to the design value of the phantom. CONCLUSION: It is necessary that Quantitative SPECT be acquired at 50 s or more per view per detection, reconstructed using a three-dimensional ordered subset expectation maximization with SC+/AC+, the SI product is 150 times, and the Gaussian Filter is 8-12 mm. This suggested that the quantitative analysis would be carried out with good reproducibility.
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J. Radiol. Prot. 36 N8-N18 2016年3月 査読有り
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Radiological Physics and Technology 8(1) 36-45 2015年 査読有り筆頭著者In this study, we devised and evaluated a method for attenuation correction of the hot spot in 111In planar images. By use of the difference in transmittance between two energies (171 and 245 keV), the depth of the hot spot was calculated. Planar images of point sources in a numerical phantom (water) with depths from 0 to 20 cm at 2 cm intervals were prepared by Monte Carlo simulation. From the linear attenuation coefficient of the two energies and the 171/245 keV count ratio-depth relationship, the depth of the point source was calculated, and an attenuation correction was performed. A simulation was made under conditions taking into account both attenuation and scatter (A(+)S(+)) and attenuation alone (A(+)S(−)). The attenuation correction was evaluated with use of corrected and true counts obtained from homogeneous phantoms mimicking attenuation in soft tissue, bone, and the lungs, and heterogeneous phantoms prepared by combining them. In the A(+)S(+) condition, images were affected markedly by scattered photons in all phantoms at depths of 4–8 cm. The errors at depths of 10 cm or greater were within ±10 % in water and within ±6 % in soft tissue. However, the errors were about −30 % in bone and about +70 % in lung, indicating that scatter distributions different from those in water increased the errors. In the A(+)S(−) condition, the errors were within ±5 % in all homogeneous and heterogeneous phantoms, and satisfactory results were obtained. Precise attenuation correction of scatter-corrected planar images was confirmed to be possible with this method.
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JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION 34(1) 125-132 2014年 査読有り
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日本放射線技術学会雑誌 67(3) 193-201 2011年 査読有りA presumption calculating formula of the X-ray spectrum generated from a molybdenum target X-ray tube is presented. The calculation procedure is to add an amount of characteristic X-ray photons that corresponds to the ratio of characteristic photons and bremsstrahlung photons to the bremsstrahlung spectrum obtained using semiempirical calculation. The bremsstrahlung spectrum was calculated by using a corrected Tuckers formula. The corrected content was a formula for calculating the self-absorption length in the target that originated in the difference of the incident angle to the target of the electron and the mass stopping power data. The measured spectrum was separated into the bremsstrahlung component and the characteristic photon component, and the ratio of the characteristic photons and bremsstrahlung photons was obtained. The regression was derived from the function of the tube voltage. Based on this calculation procedure, computer software was constructed that can calculate an X-ray spectrum in arbitrary exposure conditions. The X-ray spectrum obtained from this presumption calculating formula and the measured X-ray spectrum corresponded well. This formula is very useful for analyzing various problems related to mammography by means of Monte Carlo simulations.
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J Am Coll Cardiol 33(4) 991-997 1999年 査読有り
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Journal of Nuclear Medicine 36 1941-1944 1995年 査読有り
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