Tohoku university school of medicine

Our mission is to contribute to the development of the health science with education and studies of the physical sciences in radiology and radiological technology. Our concern is the bases of radiological technology as well as their clinical application.
In this field of the medical sciences, Prof. Tamura is concentrating on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), appreciating its noninvasiveness not to adversely affect the human body. Dr. Shidahara aims to develop “beneficial” methodologies on quantitative PET and SPECT imaging.

The division is focusing on:
・Information on molecular motion in vivo acquired by MR diffusion imaging.
・Information on blood flow and oxidative metabolism obtained by MR perfusion imaging and its relevance to functions of ischemic tissue.
・Simulation study of pharmacokinetic and radiation physics in human body using PET and SPECT

・Prediction of human observer by mathematical model in discriminating between disease and control

1) How does water diffusion in human white matter change following ischemic stroke? Magn Reson Med Sci 8(3):121-134 2009 September

2) Detection of deoxygenation-related signal change in acute ischemic stroke patients by T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging Stroke 33(4):967-971 2002 April

3) Functional and structural synergy for resolution recovery and partial volume correction in brain PET Neuroimage　44(2): 340-348 2009 January

4) Finalist for the Niels Lassen Award The International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 2009 July

5) Young Investigator Award The 49th Annual Scientific meeting of Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 October

MRI, Oxygen metabolism, Diffusion, Perfusion, Ischemic stroke, Relaxation time, Simulation, Radiation physics in human body, Kinetic modeling, Numerical Observer