Kazuo Awai

12.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
433 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Kazuo Awai is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuo Awai has authored 433 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 270 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 130 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 111 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kazuo Awai's work include Radiation Dose and Imaging (128 papers), Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (124 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (80 papers). Kazuo Awai is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Dose and Imaging (128 papers), Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (124 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (80 papers). Kazuo Awai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Kazuo Awai's co-authors include Yasuyuki Yamashita, Takeshi Nakaura, Toru Higaki, Yoshinori Funama, Yuko Nakamura, Fuminari Tatsugami, Shinichi Hori, Yumi Yanaga, Yoshiharu Nakayama and Daisuke Utsunomiya and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Kazuo Awai

393 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Deep learning reconstruction improves image quality of abdominal ultra-high-resolution CT

2019 273 citations Motonori Akagi, Yuko Nakamura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuo Awai Japan	50	6.2k	3.6k	2.0k	1.5k	835	433	9.1k
Stefan O. Schoenberg Germany	63	11.2k 1.8×	3.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.8×	2.3k 1.6×	729 0.9×	578	16.4k
Kyongtae T. Bae United States	57	4.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	438 0.5×	192	10.5k
Flemming Forsberg United States	47	3.6k 0.6×	5.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	725 0.9×	334	7.9k
Hersh Chandarana United States	52	6.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	882 0.6×	572 0.7×	191	8.5k
Borut Marinček Switzerland	60	7.2k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	4.0k 2.7×	622 0.7×	293	12.4k
Gerald Antoch Germany	60	8.1k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	4.6k 2.3×	2.3k 1.6×	991 1.2×	496	14.0k
Kenneth A. Miles United Kingdom	48	7.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	996 1.2×	177	9.5k
Stefan Delorme Germany	53	4.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	427 0.5×	316	9.1k
Vivian S. Lee United States	54	5.7k 0.9×	793 0.2×	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	185	9.1k
Lorenzo Bonomo Italy	45	2.5k 0.4×	966 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	423 0.5×	235	6.9k

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Kondo, Shota, Yuko Nakamura, Takashi Nishihara, et al.. (2024). Utility of under-sampled scans with iterative reconstruction and high-frequency preserving transform for high spatial resolution magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. Japanese Journal of Radiology. 43(3). 463–471. 1 indexed citations

Kawaoka, Tomokazu, Yasutoshi Fujii, Shinsuke Uchikawa, et al.. (2024). Multidisciplinary treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma complicated by Vp4 portal vein tumor thrombosis: Combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy and radiotherapy: A case series. 5(6). e00325–e00325.

Yamaguchi, Tatsuya, et al.. (2024). Lightweight Detection Architecture Adapted to Small Lesions Using Multiscale Sampling Method. 1–8.

Masuda, Takanori, Masao Kiguchi, Chikako Fujioka, et al.. (2024). Comparison of the equivalent doses of the eye lenses, thyroid, and mammary gland among three pediatric and one adult anthropomorphic phantom during the chest CT examinations using a 40 mm volume helical scan. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 200(14). 1391–1397.

Higaki, Toru, et al.. (2024). Super resolution deep learning reconstruction for coronary CT angiography: A structured phantom study. European Journal of Radiology Open. 12. 100570–100570. 5 indexed citations

Matsuda, Naoki, Noboru Takamura, Noboru Oriuchi, et al.. (2024). The influence of revised ordinance on radiation protection management in Japanese hospitals: device deployment and involvement of radiology technologists. Japanese Journal of Radiology. 43(1). 117–128. 1 indexed citations

Fujii, Yasutoshi, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Ryoichi Miura, et al.. (2024). First-Line Durvalumab plus Tremelimumab Treatment for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Real-World Clinical Practice. Oncology. 103(8). 742–747. 3 indexed citations

Masuda, Takanori, Yoshinori Funama, Takeshi Nakaura, et al.. (2023). Utilidad de la línea orbitomeatal superior sin incluir los cristalinos en la exploración con diferentes voltajes del tubo en la TC craneal pediátrica. Radiología. 66(5). 403–409.

Masuda, Takanori, Takeshi Nakaura, Yoshinori Funama, et al.. (2023). RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION AT LOW TUBE VOLTAGE WITH CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY BASED ON THE CONTRAST NOISE RATIO INDEX. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 199(6). 527–532.

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Fujioka, Chikako, Masao Kiguchi, Toru Higaki, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the second-generation whole-heart motion correction algorithm (SSF2) used to demonstrate the aortic annulus on cardiac CT. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3636–3636. 12 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Makoto, et al.. (2018). Differentiation between Hepatic Focal Lesions and Heterogenous Physiological Accumulations by Early Delayed Scanning in <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Examination. Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology. 74(6). 556–562.

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Akagi, Motonori, Yuko Nakamura, Toru Higaki, et al.. (2017). Preliminary Results of High-Precision Computed Diffusion Weighted Imaging for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma at 3 Tesla. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 42(3). 373–379. 7 indexed citations

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Kaichi, Yoko, Haruya Ohno, Masayasu Yoneda, et al.. (2016). Orbital Fat Volumetry and Water Fraction Measurements Using T2-Weighted FSE-IDEAL Imaging in Patients with Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 37(11). 2123–2128. 21 indexed citations

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Kaichi, Yoko, Go Okada, Masahiro Takamura, et al.. (2016). Changes in the regional cerebral blood flow detected by arterial spin labeling after 6-week escitalopram treatment for major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 194. 135–143. 36 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Yuko, Tomoki Kimura, Toru Higaki, et al.. (2015). Clinical utility of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced hepatic MRI for stereotactic body radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma. Japanese Journal of Radiology. 33(10). 627–635. 8 indexed citations

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Nagai, Ryozo, Kazuo Awai, Yasunobu Hirata, et al.. (2013). Guideline for Radiation Safety in Interventional Cardiology (JCS 2011) : Digest Version. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 77(2). 519–549. 8 indexed citations

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Aoyama, Masahito, Yoshiharu Nakayama, Kazuo Awai, Yukihiro Inomata, & Yasuyuki Yamashita. (2012). A simple method for accurate liver volume estimation by use of curve-fitting: a pilot study. Radiological Physics and Technology. 6(1). 180–186. 5 indexed citations

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Higaki, Toru, Fuminari Tatsugami, & Kazuo Awai. (2012). Noise reduction method for coronary CT using padding images. IEICE technical report. Speech. 112(271). 23–28. 1 indexed citations

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Konishi, Masaaki, Seigo Sugiyama, Yuichiro Sato, et al.. (2010). Pericardial fat inflammation correlates with coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis. 213(2). 649–655. 88 indexed citations

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Morishita, Shoji, et al.. (2004). Role of preoperative helical CT before laparoscopic cholecystectomy: evaluation of gallbladder and peritoneal adhesion.. PubMed. 22(2). 111–5. 4 indexed citations

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