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Researcher information
Masayuki Sasaki Last modified date:2013.5.21

Professor / Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Medical Quantum Science
Department of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences


Graduate School
Undergraduate School


E-Mail
Phone
092-642-6746
Academic Degree
MD, PhD
Field of Specialization
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine
Outline Activities
Research: Non-invasive in vivo molecular imaging of oncology using nuclear medicine technology,
maging of tumor metabolism and CNS function by positron emission tomography (PET)

Education: molecular imaging, nuclear medicine technology, Radiochemistry, History of Radiology
Research
Research Interests
  • Molecular imaging of the oncology using PET/CT and SPECT/CT
    keyword : PET/CT, SPECT/CT, molecular imaging
    1993.10.
  • Molecular imaging of the brain using PET/CT and SPECT/CT
    keyword : PET/CT, SPECT/CT, brain
    1993.10.
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Koichiro Abe, Akio Sakamoto, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshio Matsuo, Kubo Y, Hiroshi Nishimura, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda,Malignant triton tumor in the abdominal wall: a case report,Advances in Molecular Imaging (AMI) .,Advances in Molecular Imaging (AMI) . 2013; 3(2): 9-13. DOI: 10.4236/ami.2013.32002,,2013.02.
2. Yasuhiro Maruoka, Koichiro Abe, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yoshio Matsuo, Kubo Y, Ogawa S, Yano T, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda,A case of pulmonary choriocarcinoma metastasis with unusual FDG-PET and CT findings: correlation with pathology.,Ann Nucl Med. ,Ann Nucl Med. 2012 Dec;26(10):835-9. doi: 10.1007/s12149-012-0644-x. Epub 2012 Aug 15.,2012.12.
3. Shinmura A, Koichiro Abe, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yasukawa F, Kiryu H, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda, Masutaka Furue,FDG PET/CT Findings in Acquired Perforating Dermatosis.,Clin Nucl Med. ,Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Oct;37(10):997-1000. doi: 10.1097/PCR.0b013e3182675159.,2012.10.
4. Go Akamatsu, Katsuhiko Mitsumoto, Kaori Ishikawa, Takafumi Taniguchi, Nobuyoshi Oya, Shingo Baba, Koichiro Abe, Masayuki Sasaki,Benefits of point-spread-function and time-of-flight for PET/CT image quality in relation to the body mass index and injected dose.,Clin Nucl Med.,2013.06.
5. Yasuhiro Maruoka, Koichiro Abe, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Hirofumi Sawamoto, Tanabe Y, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda,Incremental Diagnostic Value of SPECT/CT with 131I Scintigraphy after Radioiodine Therapy in Patients with Well-differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.,Radiology,Radiology. 2012 Dec;265(3):902-9. doi: 10.1148/radiol.12112108. Epub 2012 Sep 25.,2012.12.
6. Go Akamatsu, Kaori Ishikawa, Katsuhiko Mitsumoto, Takafumi Taniguchi, Nobuyoshi Oya, Shingo Baba, Koichiro Abe, Masayuki Sasaki,Improvement in PET/CT image quality with a combination of the point-spread-function and time-of-flight in relation to the reconstruction parameters.,J Nucl Med,Vol.53,No.11,2012.11.
7. Sasaki M, Sugio K, Kuwabara Y, Koga H, Nakagawa M, Chen T, Kaneko K, Hayashi K, Shioyama Y, Sakai S, Honda H,Alterations of tumor suppressor genes (Rb, p16, p27 and p53) and increased FDG uptake in lung cancer,Annals of Nuclear Medicine,Vol.17,No.3,17 (3): 189 - 196,2003.05.
8. Sasaki M, Kuwabara Y, Koga H, Nakagawa M, Chen T, Kaneko K, Hayashi K, Nakamura K, Masuda K,Clinical impact of whole body FDG-PET on the staging and therapeutic decision making for malignant lymphoma,Annals of Nuclear Medicine,Vol.16,No.5,16 (5): 337 - 345,2002.07.
9. Sasaki M, Fukumura T, Kuwabara Y, Yoshida T, Nakagawa M, Ichiya Y, Masuda K,Biodistribution and breast tumor uptake of 16α-[18F]-fluoro-17β-estradiol in rat,Ann Nucl Med,Vol.14,No.2,Vol.14,No.2,pp.127 - 130,2000.02.
10. Sasaki M, Kuwabara, Y, Ichiya, Y, Yoshida, T, Nakagawa, M, Soeda, H, Sugio, K, Maehara, Y, Masuda,Prediction of the chemosensitivity of lung cancer by 99mTc-hexakis-2-methoxyisobutyl isonitrile SPECT,J Nucl Med,Vol.40,No.11,Vol.40,No.11,pp.1778 - 1783,1999.11.
11. Sasaki M, Kuwabara Y, Yoshida T, Nakagawa M, Fukumura T, Mihara F, Morioka T, Fukui M, Masuda K,A comparative study of thallium-201 SPET, carbon-11 methionine PET and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET for the differentiation of astrocytic tumors,Eur J Nucl Med,Vol.25,No.9,Vol.25,No.9,pp.1262 - 1269,1998.09.
12. Sasaki M, Ichiya Y, Kuwabara Y, Yoshida T, Fukumura T, Masuda K.,Benzodiazepine receptors in chronic cerebrovascular disease: comparison with blood flow and metabolism.,J Nucl Med,Vol.38,No.11,pp.1693-1698,1997.11.
13. Sasaki M, Ichiya Y, Kuwabara Y, Akashi Y, Yoshida T, Fukumura T, Murayama S, Ishida T, Sugio K, Masuda K.,The usefulness of FDG positron emission tomography for the detection of mediastinal lymph node metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a comparative study with X-ray computed tomography.,Eur J Nucl Med,Vol.23,No.7,pp.741-747,1996.07.
14. Sasaki M, Sugio K, Sasazuki T.,K-ras activation in colorectal tumors from patients with familial polyposis coli.,Cancer,Vol.65,No.11,pp.2576-2579,1990.06.
15. Sasaki M, Okamoto M, Sato C, Sugio K, Soejima J, Iwama T, Ikeuchi T, Tonomura A, Miyaki M, Sasazuki T:,Loss of constitutional heterozygosity in colorectal tumors from patients with familial polyposis coli and those with non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma. ,Cancer Res,Vol.49,No.16,pp.4402-4406,1989.08.
16. Okamoto M, Sasaki M, Sugio K, Sato C, Iwama T, Ikeuchi T, Tonomura A, Sasazuki T, Miyaki M.,Loss of constitutional heterozygosity in colon carcinoma from patients with familial polyposis coli. ,Nature (Lond.),Vol.331,No.6153,pp.273-277,1988.01.
Membership in Academic Society
  • Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • Japan Radiological Society
  • Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • The Japanese Cancer Association
  • The Japan Lung Cancer Society
  • Japan Radioisotope Association
Educational
Educational Activities
Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine,
Molecular imaging, Nuclear medicine technology, Radiochemistry, History of Radiology