{"title":"[Trends in the Standardization of Medical Image Display Devices in 2025].","authors":"Takayuki Kasahara","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-0508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.25-0508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 5","pages":"57-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144121595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Evaluation of Reproducibility in Left Breast Deep Inspiration Breath-hold Irradiation Using Quantitative Assessment Software].","authors":"Tomoki Harukuni, Kenji Matsumoto, Kengo Kosaka, Taishi Matsuda","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1470","DOIUrl":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1470","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We developed software that can analyze central lung distance (CLD) and central skin distance (CSD) in deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) irradiation and verified the reproducibility of the DIBH irradiation method in our hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>CLD and CSD were analyzed using In-house software using cine images acquired during treatment; intra- or inter-fractional motion was calculated from the obtained data and compared with other reports using systematic error (ΔΣ) and random error (Δσ).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ΔΣ and Δσ were 1.15 mm and 1.53 mm, respectively, which were the same as those reported in other reports.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The reproducibility of the irradiation method for left breast DIBH irradiation at our hospital is considered good. Due to its characteristics, regular and quantitative evaluation is required, and verification and evaluation are required at each facility.</p>","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Development of an Information Aggregation System for a Multidisciplinary Team in Medical Education].","authors":"Hayato Tsuno, Koji Sasaki, Hiroshi Igarashi","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1517","DOIUrl":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Typically, grades are compiled using spreadsheet software, and the file is then emailed with the password sent in a separate email. The government has pointed out that this method does not provide robust security. Introducing a new system is difficult due to the psychological factor of status quo bias. Therefore, we devised a new grade compilation system that uses spreadsheet software that can be easily implemented. The research aims to develop an automatic grade compilation system that implements RSA encryption.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As Excel's specifications do not allow for the display of more than 16 significant digits, we devised a method of applying modular exponentiation to modular arithmetic. The time required for encryption was measured five times and the average value was calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The time required for encryption was approximately 2.3 seconds, and RSA encryption is highly secure, it has the advantage of being able to distribute files with e-mail, and a paperless workflow could be established.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The developed system is highly secure and can be sent via email, and its automation is effective as a means of preventing disputes caused by human error.</p>","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143461039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Comparison of CT-like Images Using MRI].","authors":"Ryosuke Fujii, Masayoshi Sugimura, Masakazu Kurita","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1467","DOIUrl":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1467","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The objective of this study was to quantitatively evaluate and compare the image contrast and image quality of several recently developed CT-like images (oZTEo, LAVA, MERGE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a self-made phantom created with a GE Healthcare (Milwaukee, WI, USA) MRI Pioneer 3.0T and pig leg bone, along with four types of tissue-mimicking phantoms, we compared cortical bone, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), signal change ratio of the tissue-simulating phantom, and visual evaluation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CR and CNR were lowest in the order of MERGE, LAVA, and oZTEo. The signal change ratio of background signal and visual evaluation were highest in the order of oZTEo, LAVA, and MERGE.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In comparing CT-like images using MRI, the bone cortex could be visualized in white using black-and-white inversion in all CT-like images, and fracture lines could also be visualized. By capturing CT-like images tailored to the characteristics of each imaging sequence, it is expected that the number of examinations that can be completed using MRI alone will increase, further enhancing the usefulness of MRI.</p>","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143588477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[National Survey on System Settings of Angiography for Endovascular Treatment for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease].","authors":"Yuji Sakai, Tomomichi Ishibashi, Yoshinori Takao, Toru Ishibashi, Yudai Fujimoto, Mitsuharu Osawa, Akihiro Shinobu, Kenji Hasegawa, Hajime Sakamoto","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.25-1530","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The objective of this study was to determine the standard settings of the angiography system during EVT in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Survey requests were mailed to 493 facilities across Japan. The survey items included in the survey were system display dose setting of fluoroscopy dose (FL dose)/digital angiography dose (DA dose)/digital subtraction angiography dose (DSA dose), detector size, fluoroscopy pulse rate, DA/DSA frame rate, and standard additional filter settings. The number of valid responses for each item was system display dose setting: 187 systems (128 institutions), detector size: 187 systems (128 institutions), fluoroscopy pulse rate and DA/DSA frame rate: 185 systems (127 institutions), standard additional filter settings: 182 systems (125 institutions).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median (interquartile range) of each system display dose setting was FL: 5.9 (4.2-7.8) mGy/min, DA: 0.10 (0.06-0.16) mGy/frame, DSA: 0.82 (0.64-1.40) mGy/frame. The detector size for dose measurements was 103 systems (55%) with a diagonal of 35 cm or less and 84 systems (45%) with a diagonal of more than 35 cm. The most used FL pulse rate was 7.5 pulse/s (132 systems: 71%), DA frame rate was 7.5 frame/s (72 systems: 39%), and DSA frame rate was 3 frame/s (97 systems: 52%). More than 90% of the institutions used some kind of additional filter for imaging.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This survey showed the standard setting of the angiography system during EVT in Japan.</p>","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144061525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenichi Sakai, Masaki Ohkubo, Akihiro Narita, Naoya Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Noto
{"title":"[Simulation Image Generation Used to Produce Contrast-detail Diagram in X-ray CT].","authors":"Kenichi Sakai, Masaki Ohkubo, Akihiro Narita, Naoya Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Noto","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1443","DOIUrl":"10.6009/jjrt.25-1443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To propose a method for generating simulated images that are used to produce a contrast detail (C-D) diagram in X-ray computed tomography (CT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We numerically generated object functions assuming ideal spheres of 7 diameters and 9 contrasts between sphere density and background density. Sphere images were calculated from the object functions by the simulation technique of image blurring based on the 3-dimensional spatial resolution measured in the CT system. The calculated sphere images were added in images of the uniform water-equivalent section of a phantom acquired at different tube currents. Obtained images were arranged according to the sphere diameter and contrast and were applied to produce the C-D diagram. For each tube current, the C-D diagram was created by a board-certified diagnostic radiologist.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The calculated sphere images showed good agreements with actually acquired sphere images of the phantom. Standard deviations (SDs) in subtraction images of them were equivalent to the SD in the background region of the actual image, suggesting the accuracy of the calculated sphere images. The obtained C-D diagram showed that smaller spheres and spheres with lower contrast tended to be detected as the tube current increased.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The proposed method was suggested to be feasible for producing the C-D diagram for CT.</p>","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Radioproteomics for Discriminating the Activity and Inactivity of Immune Checkpoint Molecules in Breast Cancer].","authors":"Fuyu Harada","doi":"10.6009/jjrt.25-0301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.25-0301","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74309,"journal":{"name":"Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi","volume":"81 3","pages":"31-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143702340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}