A stroke is a medical emergency and thus requires immediate treatment. Paramedics should accurately assess suspected stroke patients and promptly transport them to a hospital with stroke care facilities; however, current assessment proce...
Radiological Physics and Technology 15(3) 206-223 May 2022 [Refereed]
Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) enables the non-destructive acquisition of three-dimensional (3D) morphological structures at the micrometer scale. Although it is expected to be used in pathology and histology to analyze the 3D microstructure...
IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 6(8) 859-873 Apr 2022 [Refereed]
Sparse-view computed tomography (CT), an imaging technique that reduces the number of projections, can reduce the total scan duration and radiation dose. However, sparse data sampling causes streak artifacts on images reconstructed with analytical...
Tin Tin Khaing   Takayuki Okamoto   Chen Ye   Md Abdul Mannan   Gen Miura   Hirotaka Yokouchi   Kazuya Nakano   Pakinee Aimmanee   Stanislav S. Makhanov   Hideaki Haneishi   
Artificial Life and Robotics 27(1) 70-79 Jan 2022 [Refereed]
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of genetic disorders, characterized by degeneration of photoreceptor cells which is the main cause of choroidal thinning. It is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Thus, an investigation of choroi...
Tin Tin Khaing   Takayuki Okamoto   Chen Ye   Md Abdul Mannan   Hirotaka Yokouchi   Kazuya Nakano   Pakinee Aimmanee   Stanislav S. Makhanov   Hideaki Haneishi   
IEEE Access 9 150951-150965 Nov 2021 [Refereed]
Understanding the changes in choroidal thickness and vasculature is important to monitor the development and progression of various ophthalmic diseases. Accurate segmentation of the choroid layer and choroidal vessels is critical to better analyze...
2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD) Nov 2023 [Refereed]
2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD) Nov 2023 [Refereed]