Tomohiro Otani

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Tomohiro Otani is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomohiro Otani has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 23 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Tomohiro Otani's work include Optical Network Technologies (71 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (65 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (57 papers). Tomohiro Otani is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (71 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (65 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (57 papers). Tomohiro Otani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Tomohiro Otani's co-authors include Shoji Kishi, Yasuhiro Maruyama, Yumiko Yamaguchi, Masahiro Iwamoto, Shigeo Wada, Motomi Enomoto‐Iwamoto, Tatsuya Koike, Takahito Yuasa, S. Yamamoto and Motomi Enomoto‐Iwamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ophthalmology.

In The Last Decade

Tomohiro Otani

172 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Patterns of diabetic macular edema with optical coherence... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Patterns of diabetic macular edema with optical coherence tomography
    1999 526 citations Tomohiro Otani et al. profile →

Peers

Tomohiro Otani
Enrico Grisan Italy
Peter Gehlbach United States
Hiroshi Ohtsuki Japan
Francesco Viola Italy
Hiroyuki Nakase Japan
Hiroyuki Yamamoto Japan
Scott D. Smith United States
Hiroshi Murata Japan
Takashi Ueta Japan
Songtao Yuan China
Enrico Grisan Italy
Tomohiro Otani
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Fields of papers citing papers by Tomohiro Otani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomohiro Otani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tomohiro Otani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tomohiro Otani based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tomohiro Otani. Tomohiro Otani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Otani, Tomohiro, et al.. (2025). A theoretical interpretation of diffusion weighted and intravoxel incoherent motion imaging for cerebrospinal fluid flow. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 95(1). 628–636.
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Tagami, Atsushi, et al.. (2024). An Implementation of O-RAN-Based Dynamic Acceleration for Reducing Power Consumption. 2827–2832. 2 indexed citations
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Iwaki, Michihiro, Masato Yoneda, Naohiro Wada, et al.. (2024). Emerging drugs for the treatment of hepatic fibrosis on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs. 29(2). 127–137. 1 indexed citations
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Otani, Tomohiro, et al.. (2024). Analysis of fall risk factors and environmental hazards for older adults in Japan: assessing fall situations and locations. Journal of Physical Therapy Science. 36(9). 546–550.
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Otani, Tomohiro, et al.. (2024). Impact of Team-based Learning on Physical Therapy Students’ Self-directed Learning Readiness. Rigakuryoho Kagaku. 39(3). 145–151.
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Yamada, Shigeki, Motoki Tanikawa, Satoshi Ii, et al.. (2023). Age-Related Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Hydrocephalus in Adults. World Neurosurgery. 178. 351–358. 6 indexed citations
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Miura, Jiro, Masato Shimizu, Tomohiro Otani, et al.. (2023). Glycation promotes pulp calcification in Type 2 diabetes rat model. Oral Diseases. 30(2). 593–603. 3 indexed citations
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Otani, Tomohiro, et al.. (2013). Movement of intraretinal fluid from distant branch retinal vein occlusion to the submacular space. Clinical ophthalmology. 7. 81–81. 5 indexed citations
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Yin, Yawei, Wenjia Zhang, Hongxiang Guo, et al.. (2009). Demonstration of QoS-classified survivability schemes in transparent OBS/GMPLS networks using streaming media transmission. European Conference on Optical Communication. 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Makioka, Kouki, Masaki Ikeda, Yoshio Ikeda, et al.. (2009). Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (Finnish type) presenting multiple cranial nerve deficits with carpal tunnel syndrome and orthostatic hypotension. Neurological Research. 32(5). 472–475. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Hongxiang, Takehiro Tsuritani, Noboru Yoshikane, & Tomohiro Otani. (2008). Dynamic protection mechanism supporting multi-QoS burst streams in a GMPLS-controlled transparent optical network. 1–2.
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Okamoto, Satoru, et al.. (2005). Nationwide GMPLS field trial using different types (MPLS/TDM/Lambda) of switching capable equipment from multiple vendors. 10 indexed citations
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Otani, Tomohiro, et al.. (2005). Field Trial of 10 Gb/s Resilient Packet Ring for a Next-Generation Multi-Service Metropolitan Area Network. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 2 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Hideaki, et al.. (2005). Migration of a GMPLS network into an existing IP/MPLS network by border-peer router model. IET Conference Publications. 2005. 221–222. 1 indexed citations
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Otani, Tomohiro, Takehiro Tsuritani, Michiaki Hayashi, et al.. (2004). Interworking DWDM equipment and PXC operation GMPLS for a reliable optical network. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 2. 5 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Michiaki, et al.. (2004). Analysis of OSPF-TE traffic flow in out-of-band control plane of GMPLS networks. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 104(255). 63–66. 1 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Michiaki, Tomohiro Otani, Hideaki Tanaka, & Masatoshi Suzuki. (2003). Comparison of photonic-layer protection and SDH-layer protection in an IP-over-optical overlay model. Journal of Optical Networking. 2(8). 279–284. 1 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Michiaki, Tomohiro Otani, & Hideaki Tanaka. (2003). Experimental Analysis on GMPLS-Based Photonic Switching Networks. IEICE Transactions on Communications. 86(8). 2327–2333. 2 indexed citations
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Otani, Tomohiro, et al.. (1997). Fault Localization of Optical Submarine Cable Networks with Add/Drop Branching Units. 2. 156–157. 1 indexed citations

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