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List of achievements
1.Book
None.
2.Publication of articles in academic journals or conferences
Ⅰ.Papers
1.Visceral Obesity and Lipid Profiles in Chinese Adults with Normal and High
Body Mass Index. Lu, Y.; Li, N.; Kamishima, T.; Jia, P.; Zhou, D.; Hind, K.;
Sutherland, K.; Cheng, X. Diagnostics . 2022, 12, 2522.
2.Detection of Fine Radiographic Progression in Finger Joint Space Narrowing
Beyond Human Eyes: Phantom Experiment and Clinical Study with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients.Kato K, Yasojima N, Tamura K, Ichikawa S, Sutherland K, Kato M, Fukae
J,Tanimura K, Tanaka Y, Okino T, Lu Y, Kamishima T. Sci Rep. 2019 Jun 12;9(1):8526.
3.Quantitative power Doppler signal assessment in the subchondral bone region of
the metacarpophalangeal joint is an effective predictor of radiographic progression in the
hand of rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study.Fujimori M, Kamishima T, Narita A, Henmi
M, Kato M, Sutherland K, Nishida M, Tanaka Y, Lu Y, Tanimura K, Atsumi T.
Rheumatol Int. 2019 Aug;39(8):1413-1421.
4. Validation of Fully Automatic Quantitative Software for Finger Joint Space
Narrowing Progression for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.Narisawa C, Sutherland K, Lu
Y, Furusaki A, Sagawa A, Kamishima T.J Digit Imaging. 2020 Dec;33(6):1387-1392.
Epub 2020 Sep 28.
5. Editorial for "Clinical Potential of UTE-MRI for Assessing the COVID-19:
Patient- and Lesion-Based Comparative Analysis". Kamishima T, An Y, Fang W, Lu
Y.J Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 Sep;52(3):956-957. doi: 10.1002/jmri.27291. Epub
2020 Jul 11.
6. Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI for discrimination of synovial proliferation in
the hand arthritis: A prospective proof-of-concept study.Fujimori M, Murakami
K,Sugimori H, Lu Y, Sutherland K, Oki N, Aoki T, Kamishima T.J Magn Reson
Imaging
Ⅱ.Oral presentation
1.AI approach to improving the quality of MR images of small joints in juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Yutong Lu. The 50th anniversary meeting of JSMRM.
Nagoya. 9.9-9.11, 2022.
2.AI approach to improving the quality of MR images of small joints in juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Yutong Lu. The 81th Annual Meeting of the Japan
Radiological Society. Yokohama. 4.14-17, 2022.
3.Visceral obesity and lipid profile in Chinese adults with normal body mass index.
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Yutong Lu, Na Li, Tamotsu Kamishima, Peng Jia, Zhou Dan, Hind Karen, Xiaoguang
Cheng. The 80th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society. Yokohama. 4.1518, 2021.
4. Validation of fully automatic quantitative software for finger joint space
narrowing progression in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Chiaki Narisawa, Yutong Lu.
Asian Musculoskeletal Society Annual Scientific Meeting. Hong Kong. 2020.9.
5. Visceral adipose tissue area can be abnormal when BMI in the normal range: a
study from large medical checkup population. Yutong Lu,Tamotsu Kamishima. The 79th
Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society, Online Conference, 2020.5.
3.Review/commentary
None
4.Academic awards
None
5.Others
None
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