Tatsuaki Kanai

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

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Tatsuaki Kanai is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tatsuaki Kanai has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 132 papers in Radiation and 38 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tatsuaki Kanai's work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (158 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (88 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (73 papers). Tatsuaki Kanai is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (158 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (88 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (73 papers). Tatsuaki Kanai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Tatsuaki Kanai's co-authors include Pedro Andreo, K. Hohlfeld, V. Smyth, D T Burns, Naruhiro Matsufuji, Shinichi Minohara, Yoshiya Furusawa, Masahiro Endo, Yuki Kase and Nobuyuki Kanematsu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

In The Last Decade

Tatsuaki Kanai

173 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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Absorbed Dose Determination in External Beam Radiotherapy: An International Code of Practice for Dosimetry based on Standards of Absorbed Dose to Water

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tatsuaki Kanai Japan	40	5.9k	5.1k	1.9k	1.1k	511	178	6.9k
Bruce Faddegon United States	35	4.1k 0.7×	4.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	428 0.4×	272 0.5×	131	5.7k
Naruhiro Matsufuji Japan	30	3.2k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	922 0.5×	755 0.7×	309 0.6×	139	3.8k
Christian P. Karger Germany	39	3.2k 0.5×	2.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	469 0.4×	207 0.4×	158	4.4k
Jan Schuemann United States	33	2.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	980 0.5×	437 0.4×	333 0.7×	121	3.3k
Uwe Schneider Switzerland	35	3.9k 0.7×	3.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	354 0.3×	127 0.2×	171	5.5k
Narayan Sahoo United States	42	3.8k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	737 0.7×	96 0.2×	174	4.8k
Jan J. Wilkens Germany	34	2.5k 0.4×	2.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	370 0.3×	145 0.3×	146	3.7k
Wayne Newhauser United States	40	4.1k 0.7×	3.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	407 0.4×	123 0.2×	144	4.9k
Tadashi Kamada Japan	52	5.9k 1.0×	3.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	356 0.3×	640 1.3×	297	8.5k
Stephan Brons Germany	32	2.6k 0.4×	2.2k 0.4×	779 0.4×	671 0.6×	290 0.6×	148	3.1k

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Minami, Kazumasa, Masashi Yagi, Keith M. Furutani, et al.. (2025). Quantitative assessment of delivered dose in carbon ion spatially fractionated radiotherapy (C-SFRT) and biological response to C-SFRT. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. 11(2). 27002–27002. 1 indexed citations

Yagi, Masashi, Shinichi Shimizu, Masaki Shimizu, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Ionization Chamber Characteristics for Ultrahigh-dose-rate Scanned Carbon-ion Beams. In Vivo. 38(5). 2220–2227. 1 indexed citations

Sudo, Makoto, Hiroko Tsutsui, Shuhei Hayashi, et al.. (2023). Autophagy Inhibition Increased Sensitivity of Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Carbon Ion Radiotherapy. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 57(4). 212–225. 8 indexed citations

Foote, Robert L., Hirohiko Tsujii, Reiko Imai, et al.. (2022). The Majority of United States Citizens With Cancer do not Have Access to Carbon Ion Radiotherapy. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 954747–954747. 4 indexed citations

Yogo, Katsunori, Hikaru Souda, Akihiko Matsumura, et al.. (2020). Scintillator screen for measuring low-dose halo in scanning carbon-ion therapy. Radiation Measurements. 133. 106299–106299. 4 indexed citations

Inaniwa, Taku, T. Furukawa, A. Nagano, et al.. (2009). Field‐size effect of physical doses in carbon‐ion scanning using range shifter plates. Medical Physics. 36(7). 2889–2897. 43 indexed citations

Yonai, Shunsuke, Naruhiro Matsufuji, & Tatsuaki Kanai. (2009). Monte Carlo study on secondary neutrons in passive carbon‐ion radiotherapy: Identification of the main source and reduction in the secondary neutron dose. Medical Physics. 36(10). 4830–4839. 26 indexed citations

Inaniwa, Taku, T. Furukawa, T. Tomitani, et al.. (2007). Optimization for fast‐scanning irradiation in particle therapy. Medical Physics. 34(8). 3302–3311. 37 indexed citations

Torikoshi, M., Shinichi Minohara, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, et al.. (2007). Irradiation System for HIMAC. Journal of Radiation Research. 48(Suppl.A). A15–A25. 98 indexed citations

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Kanai, Tatsuaki, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Shinichi Minohara, et al.. (2006). Commissioning of a conformal irradiation system for heavy-ion radiotherapy using a layer-stacking method. Medical Physics. 33(8). 2989–2997. 29 indexed citations

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Kusano, Yohsuke, Tatsuaki Kanai, Yuki Kase, et al.. (2006). Dose contributions from large‐angle scattered particles in therapeutic carbon beams. Medical Physics. 34(1). 193–198. 26 indexed citations

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Kumamoto, Y, et al.. (2005). MEASUREMENTS OF NEUTRON EFFECTIVE DOSES AND ATTENUATION LENGTHS FOR SHIELDING MATERIALS AT THE HEAVY-ION MEDICAL ACCELERATOR IN CHIBA. Health Physics. 88(5). 469–479. 2 indexed citations

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Osaka, Yasuhiro, Hirohiko Tsujii, Jun‐etsu Mizoe, et al.. (1999). DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL APPLICATION OF RESPIRATION GATED IRRADIATION SYSTEM (ReGIS) IN HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY. 11(4). 271–278. 2 indexed citations

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Matsufuji, Naruhiro, Toshiyuki Kohno, & Tatsuaki Kanai. (1999). Comprehensive Study on the Fragment Reaction of Relativistic Heavy Charged Particles for Heavy-Ion Radiotherapy. 61. 230–232. 4 indexed citations

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Eguchi‐Kasai, Kiyomi, et al.. (1996). Effect of exposure of carbon ion beams on cell cycle progression : Effect of exposure of carbon ion beams on cell cycle progression. Journal of Radiation Research. 37(4). 309. 3 indexed citations

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Endo, Masahiro, Shinichi Minohara, Nobuyuki Miyahara, et al.. (1996). HIPLAN-A HEAVY ION TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM AT HIMAC. 8(3). 231–238. 71 indexed citations

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Furusawa, Yoshiya, Kumiko Fukutsu, Hiromi Itsukaichi, et al.. (1993). Analysis of Survival Curve Parameters caused by High-LET Accelerated Ion Beams, Cell Strains, and LETS. Journal of Radiation Research. 34(4). 369. 1 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Masao, et al.. (1993). The effects of cell death and mutatlon induction lrradiated with acceterated carbon ion beams with spread out Bragg peak.. Journal of Radiation Research. 34(4). 370.

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Sato, K., K. Endo, Masahiro Endo, et al.. (1990). Heavy ion medical accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC). CERN Bulletin. 30(1). 147–152. 4 indexed citations

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Kawachi, Kiyomitsu, Tatsuaki Kanai, Masahiro Endo, Y. Hirao, & H Tsunemoto. (1989). Radiation oncological facilities of the HIMAC. 1(1). 19–29. 10 indexed citations

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