Deep learning in stroke care
2026 • Chapter • In pressBooks & Book Chapters
Monographs, edited volumes, and chapters.
Multimodal Foundation Models for Radiological Understanding and Report Generation
2025 • Chapter • In pressProjection of COVID-19 Positive Cases Considering New Viral Variants and Vaccination Effectiveness Models: Deep Learning Approach
2025 • ChapterLarge language models in medical image understanding
2025 • ChapterCOVID-19 and Environment: Impacts of a Global Pandemic
2022 • Edited volume • Open accessJournal Papers
Peer-reviewed journal articles.
Synthetic Histopathology with Controllable Class Distribution: A Dual-GAN Framework for Melanoma Segmentation
2026 • Journal • IF24=4.9Contextual transformer for brain stroke segmentation in MRI
2026 • Journal • IF24=4.9CURE: Confidence-driven Unified Reasoning Ensemble Framework for Medical Question Answering
2025 • Journal • IF24=4.4Advances in Medical Image Segmentation: A Comprehensive Review with a Focus on Lumbar Spine Applications
2025 • Journal • IF24=6.3Benchmarking Vision-Language Models for Brain Cancer Diagnosis Using Multisequence MRI
2025 • JournalLightweight Deep Learning Architecture for Multi-Lead ECG Arrhythmia Detection
2025 • Journal • IF24=3.5Enhanced retinal arteries and veins segmentation through deep learning with conditional random fields
2025 • Journal • IF24=4.9Power absorption and temperature rise in deep learning based head models for local radiofrequency exposures
2025 • Journal • IF23=3.3)Compressed sensing-based image reconstruction for discrete tomography with sparse view and limited angle geometries
2025 • Journal • IF24=2.6Advancements in Radiology Report Generation: A Comprehensive Analysis
2025 • Journal • IF24=3.7Mitigating LLM hallucinations using a multi-agent framework
2025 • Journal • IF24=2.9Automated pneumothorax segmentation with a spatial prior contrast adapter
2025 • Journal • IF24=2.5MiSC: A hybrid multi-modal deep learning approach for accurate skin cancer detection
2025 • Journal • IF23=3.0Sensitivity-Aware Differential Privacy for Federated Medical Imaging
2025 • Journal • IF24=3.5SHARM: Segmented Head Anatomical Reference Models
2025 • Journal • IF24=4.9Deep models for stroke segmentation: do complex architectures always perform better?
2024 • Journal • IF23=3.6Effect of the conductivity variations on computed electric field induced in learning-based models
2024 • Journal • IF23=3.4Segmentation of low-grade brain tumors using mutual attention multimodal MRI
2024 • Journal • IF24=3.5 • Editor’s Choice Award 🏆Transformer-based architectures for stroke segmentation: a review
2024 • Journal • IF24=13.9Revolutionising healthcare with artificial intelligence: a bibliometric analysis of 40 years of progress in health systems
2024 • Journal • IF24=3.3Sensitivity of Electrocardiogram on Electrode-Pair Locations for Wearable Devices: Computational Analysis of Amplitude and Waveform Distortion
2024 • Journal • IF24=5.6High-resolution EEG source localization in personalized segmentation-free head model with multi-dipole fitting
2024 • Journal • IF=3.4Assessment of artificial intelligence-aided computed tomography in lung cancer screening
2023 • Journal • IF24=0.5Inter-comparison of the averaged induced electric field in learning-based human head models exposed to low-frequency magnetic field
2023 • Journal • IF24=3.6Projection of COVID-19 Positive Cases Considering Hybrid Immunity: Case Study in Tokyo
2023 • Journal • IF24=3.4The effects of time window averaged mobility on effective reproduction number of COVID-19 viral variants in urban cities
2023 • Journal • IF24=4.1Estimation of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness in Tokyo for Omicron variants BA.2 and BA.5 — Effect of social behavior
2022 • Journal • IF=3.4A novel CNN pooling layer for breast cancer segmentation and classification from thermograms
2022 • Journal • IF24=2.6Induced electric field in learning-based head models with smooth conductivity for exposure to uniform low-frequency magnetic fields
2022 • Journal • IF24=2.5COVID-19 forecasting using new viral variants and vaccination effectiveness models
2022 • Journal • IF24=6.3Measurement and image-based estimation of dielectric properties of biological tissues — past, present, and future
2022 • Journal • IF24=3.4Sparsity-based method for ring artifact elimination in computed tomography
2022 • Journal • IF24=2.6Did the Tokyo Olympic games enhance the transmission of COVID-19? Interpretation with machine learning
2022 • Journal • IF=6.3Estimation of Real-World Vaccination Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines against Delta and Omicron Variants in Japan
2022 • Journal • IF24=3.4BinHOA: Efficient Binary Horse Herd optimization method for feature selection: analysis and validations
2022 • Journal • IF24=3.6Deep learning model for fully automated breast cancer detection system from thermograms
2022 • Journal • IF24=2.6Multi-objective test suite reduction
2022 • JournalAssessment of human exposure to electromagnetic fields: review and future directions
2021 • Journal • IF24=2.5 • The 2025 Motohisa Kanda Award 🏆An improved equilibrium optimizer algorithm for features selection: methods and analysis
2021 • Journal • IF24=3.6Social implementation and intervention with estimated morbidity of heat-related illnesses from weather data: A case study from Nagoya City, Japan
2021 • Journal • IF24=12.0SInfectivity upsurge by COVID-19 viral variants in Japan: evidence from a deep learning modeling
2021 • JournalOne-year lesson: Machine learning prediction of COVID-19 positive cases with meteorological data and mobility estimate in Japan
2021 • Journal • Editor’s Choice Award 🏆ECG localization method based on volume conductor model and Kalman filtering
2021 • Journal • IF24=3.5Knowledge discovery from emergency ambulance dispatch during COVID-19: A case study of Nagoya City, Japan
2021 • Journal • IF24=4.5High-resolution EEG source localization in segmentation-free head models based on finite-difference method and matching pursuit algorithm
2021 • Journal • IF24=3.2Influence of segmentation accuracy in structural MR head scans on electric field computation for TMS and tES
2021 • Journal • IF24=3.4Influence of population density, temperature, and absolute humidity on spread and decay durations of COVID-19: A comparative study of scenarios in China, England, Germany, and Japan
2021 • Journal • IF24=4.5 • Highly cited Paper 🏆Search-based regression testing optimization
2021 • JournalEvaluation of SAR and temperature rise in human hand due to contact current from 100 kHz to 100 MHz
2020 • Journal • IF24=3.6Assessment of absorbed power density and temperature rise for nonplanar body model under electromagnetic exposure above 6 GHz
2020 • Journal • IF24=3.4Effect of skin-to-skin contact on stimulation threshold and dosimetry
2020 • Journal • IF24=2.5Model-based approach for analyzing prevalence of nuclear cataracts in elderly residents
2020 • Journal • IF24=6.3Influence of absolute humidity, temperature and population density on COVID-19 spread and decay durations: multi-prefecture study in Japan
2020 • JournalLarge-scale analysis of the head proximity effects on antenna performance using machine learning based models
2020 • Journal • IF24=3.6End-to-end semantic segmentation of personalized deep brain structures for non-invasive brain stimulation
2020 • Journal • IF24=6.3Correlation between COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates in Japan and local population density, temperature, and absolute humidity
2020 • JournalLearning-based estimation of dielectric properties and tissue density in head models for personalized radio-frequency dosimetry
2020 • Journal • IF24=3.4Deep learning-based development of personalized human head model with non-uniform conductivity for brain stimulation
2020 • Journal • IF24=9.8Spatial averaging schemes of in situ electric field for low-frequency magnetic field exposures
2019 • Journal • IF24=3.6Development of accurate human head models for personalized electromagnetic dosimetry using deep learning
2019 • Journal • IF24=4.5Brain AI: Deep Learning for Brain Stimulation
2019 • Journal • IF24=0.4 • Cover Story 🏆Estimation of heat-related morbidity from weather data: A computational study in three prefectures of Japan from 2013-2018
2019 • Journal • IF24=9.7Human head skin thickness modeling for electromagnetic dosimetry
2019 • Journal • IF24=3.6Comprehensive data analysis for development of custom qRT-PCR miRNA assay for glioblastoma: a prevalidation study
2019 • Journal • IF24=2.6An interactive mixed reality ray tracing rendering mobile application of medical data in minimally invasive surgeries
2019 • JournalDouble-sided sliding-paraboloid (DSSP): a new tool for preprocessing GPR data
2017 • Journal • IF24=4.4Probabilistic atlas prior for CT image reconstruction
2016 • Journal • IF24=4.8GPR background removal using directional total variation minimisation approach
2015 • Journal • IF24=1.7Sparsity-constrained three-dimensional image reconstruction for C-arm angiography
2015 • Journal • IF24=6.3Image reconstruction for sparse-view CT and interior CT — introduction to compressed sensing and differentiated backprojection
2013 • Journal • IF24=2.3 • Cover Story 🏆Towards high-resolution synchrotron radiation imaging with statistical iterative reconstruction
2013 • Journal • IF24=3.0Overview of compressed sensing approach to CT image reconstruction
2013 • JournalStatistical image reconstruction from limited projection data with intensity priors
2012 • Journal • IF24=3.4Iterative region-of-interest reconstruction from truncated CT projection data under blind object support
2009 • JournalIntensity-based Bayesian framework for image reconstruction from sparse projection data
2009 • JournalMultiresolution mammogram analysis in multilevel decomposition
2007 • Journal • IF24=3.3Conference Papers
Peer-reviewed conferences, workshops, and posters (full list).
Twin Minds in Cyber-Defense: A Dual-Agent Framework for Safe Automated Assessment in Security Education
2026 • IEEE L&S26 • ScheduledSegmentation-Guided Radiology Report Generation for Pneumothorax Detection in Chest X-Rays
2026 • AAAI Bridge ProgramThe Need to Move Beyond Explainability Toward Chain-of-Thought Reasoning: A Focus on AI for Mammography
2026 • AAAI Bridge ProgramClass-Controlled Histopathology Image Synthesis for Robust Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Segmentation
2026 • IWAITVision-Language Models in Radiology: Impact of Context Optimization Prompting Strategies on Model Performance
2026 • IFMIAEnhanced Segmentation-Driven Approaches for Pneumothorax Diagnosis Generation Using Large-Language Models
2026 • IFMIAMultimodal Vision-Language Models in Radiology: Achievements, Challenges, and Future Directions
2026 • IFMIASliceInsightNet++: Learnable Cross-Slice Fusion and Domain Generalization for Robust Spine MRI Segmentation
2026 • IFMIAMedical AI Consensus: A Multi-Agent Framework for Radiology Report Generation and Evaluation
2025 • NeurIPS Workshop
arXiv
A Hybrid Vision Transformer and Feature-Based Model for Mitotic Figure Classification in Glioma
2025 • IEEE FMLDSModaNet: A Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Synthesizing Missing MRI Modalities Using U-Net Architecture and Patch-Based Discrimination
2025 • IEEE NILESKnowledge distillation for robust medical image segmentation with multiplanar annotation uncertainty
2025 • IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSDDevelopment of Iterative Reconstruction and Deep Learning-Based Deblurring for a 4D-CT System using Multiple X-ray Sources
2025 • IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSDBilateral attention fusion network for multi-view mammographic breast cancer diagnosis
2025 • JAMITSegmentation-Enhanced Chest X-ray Interpretation Using Vision-Language Models for Pneumothorax Report Generation
2025 • JAMITA survey on federated learning methods in MRI analysis
2025 • JAMITMulti-modal deep learning in breast cancer diagnosis: A review of recent advances
2025 • IEEE ACDSADeep Learning-Based Head Models for Thermal Dosimetry: Comparison Between Segmentation-Based and Segmentation-Free Approaches
2025 • BioEM • PosterMedSAM Guider: A lightweight guidance module to mitigate prompt sensitivity in segmentation foundation models
2025 • JSMBE64Comparative analysis of deep learning methods for accurate pneumothorax diagnosis
2025 • JSMBE64Automatic Generation of Brain Tumor Diagnostic Reports From Multimodality MRI Using Large Language Models
2025 • ISBIEvaluating Segmentation Accuracy With Diverse Prompt Strategies in MedSAM
2025 • ISBIPneumothorax Segmentation Using nnUNet with MedSAM Spatial Prior Contrast Adapter
2025 • IFMIAPerformance Assessment of Open-Source Large Language Models in Brain Cancer Radiology Report Generation from MRI Screenings
2025 • IFMIA • 🏆 Best Poster AwardCross-view segmentation of low-grade brain tumors with mutual attention in multimodal MRI
2025 • IFMIABridging Gender Disparities in Mental Health: A Bilingual Large Language Model for Multilingual Therapeutic Chatbots
2025 • IEEE L&S25tDCS volume conductor modeling: individualized and population-level electric field analysis
2025 • Brain Stimulation Conf.Rethinking MedSAM: Performance Discrepancies in Clinical Applications
2024 • IEEE FMLDSRetinal Arteries and Veins Semantic Segmentation Using Modified U-Net Architecture
2024 • IEEE FMLDSOn the Challenges and Perspectives of Stroke Segmentation using AI
2024 • IEEE FMLDS • 🏆 Best Technical Paper AwardFoundation Models in Medical Image Analysis: Overview and Prospects
2024 • IEEE FMLDSSliceInsightNet: Advanced Hybrid Image Segmentation for Spine Annotation in MRI
2024 • IEEE FMLDSBinSyn: Personalized MRI synthesis from binary anatomical maps
2024 • MIRUNeuro-TransUNet: A comprehensive transformer-based architecture for precise segmentation of stroke lesions in 3D MRI
2024 • ICMIPSegmentation of retinal arteries and veins using deep learning with limited training data
2024 • ICMIPEfficient attention-guided transformer for brain stroke segmentation
2024 • ICMIP • 🏆 Best Paper AwardTransformer-based precision in 3D MRI stroke lesion segmentation
2024 • JSMBE63Segmentation of astrocytoma using mutual-attention multimodal MRI
2024 • JSMBE63Adaptive Weighted Sum Bi-Objective Bat for Regression Testing Optimization
2023 • LNNSIndividual variation of cardiac potential based on electric field analysis
2022 • BioEMEvaluation of temperature rise using the human models with non-uniform thermal parameters
2022 • BioEMRing artifacts elimination method in computed tomography using sparsity-induced norms
2021 • IEEE NSS/MICLocalization of cardiac source based on lead field matrix and filtering
2021 • BioEMGeneration of head models for brain stimulation using deep convolution networks
2019 • ICIPEstimation of Heat Stroke Patients Based on Quantities Computed with Physical Simulation and Machine Learning
2019 • EMCSetting Reference Level in Human Safety Guidelines via Nerve Activation Intercomparison at IF
2019 • EMC • 🏆 Excellent Paper AwardDeep Learning approach for breast cancer diagnosis
2019 • CIBECImage Reconstruction using Self Prior Information for Sparse-View Computed Tomography
2018 • CIBEC • 🏆 Best Student Paper AwardImage Reconstruction with Variational Networks: Application to Synchrotron Radiation Imaging
2018 • IEEE NSS/MICAn interactive mixed reality imaging system for minimally invasive surgeries
2018 • IEEE ICSIEComputer Aided Diagnosis System for Liver Cirrhosis Based on Ultrasound images
2018 • IEEE ICSIEImage denoising technique for CT dose modulation
2018 • IEEE ICSIEAdaptive image denoising approach for low-dose CT
2017 • IEEE ICCESAn interactive augmented reality imaging system for minimally invasive orthopedic surgery
2017 • ICKEACompressed Sensing of Sparsity-constrained Total Variation Minimization for CT Image Reconstruction
2017 • SPIE Medical ImagingBlood vessels reconstruction in CT with shape prior approach
2016 • CIBECAtlas-based image reconstruction for breast CT using non-isocenteric C-arm scanner
2016 • IEEE NSS/MICNeedle Detection in Interventional Pain Management With 3D Image Reconstruction
2016 • IEEE NSS/MICAtlas Based Interior Tomography
2016 • IEEE NSS/MICThree-Dimensional Blood Vessels Detection from Small Number of Views CT Reconstruction
2016 • IEEE NSS/MICLow-dose multiphase abdominal CT reconstruction with phase-induced swap prior
2016 • SPIE • 🏆 Outstanding Poster AwardInteractive gestures for liver angiography operation
2016 • HCI International (LNCS)Low-Dose CT Image Reconstruction Method With Probabilistic Atlas Prior
2015 • IEEE NSS/MICThree-Dimensional Angiography Using Mobile C-Arm with IMU Sensor Attached: Initial Study
2015 • IEEE NSS/MICCompressed-sensing-based three-dimensional image reconstruction algorithm for C-arm vascular imaging
2014 • CIBECHighly advanced medical imaging based on computational anatomy model: Progress Overview
2014 • ISCADevelopment of interactive 3D imaging system for hepatic angiography
2013 • IEEE NSS/MICCompressed sensing model for multiphase abdominal CT imaging
2012 • JAMIT • 🏆 Best Presentation AwardStatistical CT reconstruction from limited views with probabilistic atlas prior
2012 • CT MeetingAnalytical fan-beam reconstruction algorithm for free-form trajectory with plus-minus weighting scheme
2012 • SPIE Medical ImagingRow-action image reconstruction algorithm using Lp-norm distance to a reference image
2011 • IEEE NSS/MICAdaptive thresholding for robust iterative image reconstruction from limited views projection
2011 • IEEE NSS/MICTowards a High-Resolution Local Tomography using Statistical Iterative Reconstruction
2011 • IEEE NSS/MICIterative thresholding framework for row-action reconstruction from sparse projection data
2011 • IEEE NSS/MICRow-action reconstruction algorithms for the minimization of the L1/L0 distance from a reference image in CT
2011 • JAMITGeneral Fan-beam reconstruction algorithm for free-form trajectory with plus-minus weighting scheme
2011 • JAMITRegion-of-Interest reconstruction from truncated projection data under blind object support
2008 • IEEE NSS/MICIterative algorithms for artifacts reduction in region-of-interest tomographic reconstruction from truncated projection data
2008 • JAMIT • 🏆 Best Presentation AwardPractical statistical models for region-of-interest tomographic reconstruction and long object problem
2007 • IEEE NSS/MICFast statistical reconstruction methods for region-of interest CT imaging
2007 • JAMITNeural networks approach for mammography diagnosis using wavelets features
2006 • CSCBCPresentations
Invited talks, oral/poster presentations, seminars, and workshops.
Large-Scale Numerical Analysis of Temperature Rise During Localized Radio-Frequency Exposure Using Anatomical Head Models
2026 • IEICE ESTImproving Large Language Models with Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Medical Image Analysis
2024 • 医用画像研究会 (MI)Evaluating MedSAM: Addressing Clinical Performance and Segmentation Challenges
2024 • 医用画像研究会 (MI)Electric Field Estimation in Personalized Bain Stimulation with Machine Learning
2024 • IEICE General Conf.Deep learning-based segmented human head dataset
2023 • JSMBEDeep learning in medical imaging
2023 • Invited TalkDevelopment of human head models from anatomical medical images using deep learning
2022 • MIST • InvitedDeep learning models for efficient electromagnetic neuromodulation
2022 • 兵庫県立大学 知の交流シンポジウムModeling collagen fibers in human finger anatomical model towards realistic electromagnetic analysis
2022 • IEICE ESTPredicting ambulance dispatches due to the heat stroke in Nagoya City - application with neural networks and non-linear regression modeling -
2021 • IEICE Annual MeetingHuman head models with deep learning enabled dielectric properties
2021 • Invited TalkThe role of deep learning in better understanding of COVID-19: A one-year lesson
2021 • JSPS WebinarComputation of the Local SAR and Temperature Rise in Anatomically-based Hand Model due to Contact Current
2021 • IEICE ESTPerformance Evaluation of EEG Source Localization Based on Lead Field Matrix
2021 • IEICE ESTEvaluation of the electromagnetic absorption and temperature rise in curved body models above 6 GHz
2020 • IEICE ESTCorrelation of COVID-19 transmission with population density and meteorological factors in Japan
2020 • OnlineNumerical investigation of induced field in anatomically-based hand model for contact current at intermediate frequencies
2020 • IEICE ESTEnd-to-end semantic segmentation of personalized deep brain structures for non-invasive brain stimulation
2020 • NYC NeuromodulationCondNet: Deep learning architecture for electrical conductivity estimation of human head models
2020 • IEICE EST • 🏆 Best PresentationPersonalized head models from MRI using convolutional neural networks
2019 • IEICE ESTMachine Learning in Cancer Research
2019 • Invited TalkDeep learning approach for detecting breast cancer from thermograms
2018 • ACCITomography: from analytical methods to machine learning
2018 • ACCI • Invited TalkEgyptian Precision Medicine Era
2018 • KeynoteFluoroTech: Denoising Algorithm for Fluoroscopic Imaging
2018 • URCThree-dimensional blood vessel detection from low-dose CT imaging using shape prior approach
2016 • ICMISTowards efficient low-dose tomographic imaging system
2016 • KeynoteMultidisciplinary Collaborative Research: an example from SCU
2016 • KeynoteLow-dose CT denoising by incremental learning and ant colony optimization
2016 • ICCTAAn elliptical basis function network for non-blind deconvolution
2015 • ICCTAImage reconstruction method for low-dose computed tomography
2013 • 🏆 Best Presentation AwardNew developments in image reconstruction - current research
2009 • PET SocietyUniqueness results and image reconstruction for region-of-interest and interior tomography
2009 • WorkshopOthers
Other publications.