no code implementations • 1 Mar 2024 • Utako Yamamoto, Hirohiko Imai, Kei Sano, Masayuki Ohzeki, Tetsuya Matsuda, Toshiyuki Tanaka
The objective of our study is to observe dynamics of multiple substances in vivo with high temporal resolution from multi-spectral magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) data.
no code implementations • 25 Jan 2023 • Tomoki Oya, Megumi Nakao, Tetsuya Matsuda
To address the uncertainty in reconstructing entire shapes from single-viewpoint occluded images, we propose a framework for generative virtual learning of shape reconstruction using image translation with common latent variables between simulated and real images.
no code implementations • 11 Dec 2022 • Ryuto Miura, Megumi Nakao, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuda
Deformable registration of two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) images of abdominal organs is a complicated task because the abdominal organs deform significantly and their contours are not detected in two-dimensional X-ray images.
no code implementations • 23 Oct 2022 • Takumi Hase, Megumi Nakao, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuda
Unsupervised image translation using adversarial learning has been attracting attention to improve the image quality of medical images.
1 code implementation • 31 Oct 2021 • Megumi Nakao, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuda
Organ shape reconstruction based on a single-projection image during treatment has wide clinical scope, e. g., in image-guided radiotherapy and surgical guidance.
no code implementations • 24 Feb 2021 • Utako Yamamoto, Megumi Nakao, Masayuki Ohzeki, Junko Tokuno, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa, Tetsuya Matsuda
In video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries, successful procedures of nodule resection are highly dependent on the precise estimation of lung deformation between the inflated lung in the computed tomography (CT) images during preoperative planning and the deflated lung in the treatment views during surgery.
no code implementations • 24 Dec 2020 • Megumi Nakao, Hinako Maekawa, Katsutaka Mineura, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Date, Tetsuya Matsuda
In this study, we introduce statistical modeling methods for pneumothorax deformation using paired cone-beam computed tomography (CT) images.
Computed Tomography (CT) Computational Geometry Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis
no code implementations • 19 Nov 2019 • Megumi Nakao, Keiho Imanishi, Nobuhiro Ueda, Yuichiro Imai, Tadaaki Kirita, Tetsuya Matsuda
The reduction of metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) images, specifically for strong artifacts generated from multiple metal objects, is a challenging issue in medical imaging research.
no code implementations • 13 Nov 2019 • Megumi Nakao, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Takashi Mizowaki, Tetsuya Matsuda
In this paper, we introduce a multi-organ deformation library and its application to deformation reconstruction based on the shape features of multiple abdominal organs.
no code implementations • 21 Feb 2019 • Megumi Nakao, Mitsuki Morita, Tetsuya Matsuda
This paper introduces an elasticity reconstruction method based on local displacement observations of elastic bodies.
no code implementations • 28 Nov 2017 • Utako Yamamoto, Megumi Nakao, Masayuki Ohzeki, Tetsuya Matsuda
Deformation estimation of elastic object assuming an internal organ is important for the computer navigation of surgery.