Yoshitaka Masutani, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital
Division of Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Chief of Image Computing and Analysis Laboratory (UTRAD/ICAL)

 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
 Tokyo 113-8655 Japan

 Tel.. +81-3-5800-8666 ex.37418
 Fax. +81-3-5800-8935
 E-Mail. masutani-utrad(a)umin.ac.jp (a) is @

(in Japanese)

Curriculum Vitae

2010 Sep.			Doctor of Medical Science (Ph.D.)	the University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Japan
2001 Dec.	-	Present	Assistant Professor	Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
2000 Oct.	-	2001 Dec.	Research Associate	(in the Research for the Future Program of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science), the University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Japan
1998 Oct.	-	2000 Sep	Research Associate	Department of Radiology, the University of Chicago, USA
1997 Sep.	-	1998 Sep	Visiting Researcher	Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science in Medicine, University Hospital Eppendorf - Hamburg (IMDM/UKE), Germany
1997 Mar.			Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D.)	the University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Japan
1994 Apr.	-	1997 Mar.	Research Fellow	the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (the University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Japan)
1994 Mar.			Master of Engineering	the University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Japan
1992 Aug.	-	1993 Jun.	Visiting Researcher	Medical Engineering Laboratory, Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT/SAI)*, Finland
1991 Mar.			Bachelor of Engineering	the University of Tokyo, Japan

* The medical engineering laboratory (VTT/SAI) is currently a part of laboratories for information technology due to the reorganization in VTT.

Theses

Bachelor of Engineering:
Fundamental study on automatic modelling of vasculature for computer aided surgery, 1991 The University of Tokyo

Master of Engineering:
Studies on processing and analysis of vascular shapes in 3D medical images, 1994 The University of Tokyo, Graduate School

Doctor of Engineering:
Acquisition of vascular morphological information by 3D medical image processing and its applications for intravascular surgery, 1997 The University of Tokyo, Graduate School

Publication (as the first author)

International Journal Papers

[1] Development of an interactive vessel modelling system for hepatic vasculature from MR-Images, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, vol.33 pp97-101, 1995

[2] Augmented reality based visualization system for intravascular neurosurgery, Journal of Computer Aided Surgery Vol.3 No.5 pp239-47, 1998 [PDF]

[3] Automated Segmentation and Visualization of the Pulmonary Vascular Tree in Spiral CT Angiography: An Anatomy-Oriented Approach based on Three-Dimensional Image Analysis, Journal of Computer-Assisted Tomography, vol.25, no.4, pp587-597, 2001

[4] Automated Segmentation of Colonic Walls for Computerized Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography, Journal of Computer-Assisted Tomography, vol.25, no.4, pp629-638, 2001

[5] Computerized Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Spiral CT Angiography Based on Volumetric Image Analysis, IEEE Trans. on Med. Img. vol.21. no.12 pp1517-1523, 2002 [PDF]

[6] MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Recent Advance and New Techniques for Diffusion Tensor Visualization, European J. of Radiology, vol.46 no.1, :pp 53-66, 2003

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (reviewed and extended abstracts)

[1] Quantitative vascular shape analysis for 3D MR-Angiography using mathematical morphology, Proc. of Computer Vision, Robotics and Virtual Reality in Medicine (CVRMed) 1995, April 1995, pp449-454

[2] Computer Aided Surgery (CAS) system for stereotactic neurosurgery, Proc. of CVRMed 1995, April 1995, pp449-454

[3] Region-growing based feature extraction algorithm for tree-like objects, Proc. of Visualization on Biomedical Computing (VBC) 1996, September 1996, pp161-171 [PDF(image)]

[4] Interactive virtualized display system for Intravascular Neurosurgery, Proc. of CVRMed & Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (MRCAS) 1997, March 1997, pp427-435

[5] Vascular shape segmentation and structure extraction using a shape-based region-growing model, Proc. of Medical Image Analysis and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 1998, October 1998, pp1242-1249 [PDF]

[6] Modally Controlled Free Form Deformation for Non-Rigid Registration in Image-Guided Liver Surgery, proc. of MICCAI 2001, pp1275-1278

[7] RBF-based Representation of Volumetric Data: Application in Visualization and Segmentation, Proc. of MICCAI 2002, pp300-307 [PDF]

Conference Abstracts

[1] Development of integral photography based enhanced reality visualization system for surgical support, Proc. of International Symposium of Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) '95, pp16-17, Tokyo, 1995

[2] 3D position visualization of cathter tip for intravascular neurosurgery using 3D structural description of vasculature, Proc. of Computer Assisted Radiology (CAR) '96, pp821-826, Paris, 1996

[3] Volumegraph: An integral-photography based enhanced reality visualization system, Proc. of CAR '96, pp105, Paris, 1996

[4] Automated Segmentation of the Pulmonary Vascular Tree in Spiral CT Angiography for Computerized Detection of Pulmonary Embolism, the annual meeting of American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) 1999 [abstract PDF] [supporting doc. PDF]

[5] Computerized Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Spiral CT Angiography: Segmentation and 3D Image Feature Analysis of Thrombi, SPIE Medical Imaging 2000 [PDF}

[6] Computerized Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Spiral CT Angiography: A segmentation-based approach using 3D image analysis and anatomical knowledge, Proc. of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) 2000 [PDF]

[7] Quantitative Analysis on Spatial Distribution of Vascular Sizes in Lung using Three-Dimensional Greyscale Morphology, World Congress for Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, 2000

[8] A New Modal Representation of Liver Deformation for Non-Rigid Registration in Image-Guided Surgery, Proc. of CARS 2001, pp19-24, Utrecht, 2001

[9] A New PC-based MR Diffusion Tensor Analysis System for Learning and Diagnosing Brain White Matter Tracts, RSNA infoRAD, pp760, Chicago, 2002

[10] Volumetric Image Analysis, Graphics, and Visualization in Brain White Matter Tractography, International 3.0T MR Symposium in East-Asia Zone: 1st Annual Meeting, pp19-28, Seoul, 2003

[11] EPI Distortion Correction for MR-DTI by using Texture Memory on Graphics Hardware, Proc. of CARS'03, pp1315, London, 2003

[12] Advanced Image Anlysis System for Automated Detection of Cerebral Aneurysm in Magnetic Resonance Angiography, RSNA infoRAD, Chicago, Dec. 2003

[13] diffusion TENSOR Visualizer (dTV): MR-DTI Analysis Software System for White Matter Fiber Tracking and Visualization, RSNA infoRAD, RSNA, Chicago, Dec. 2003

[14] Development of Surgical Simulator based on FEM and Deformable Volume-Rendering, SPIE04 Medical Imaging, San Diego, Feb. 2004 [PDF]

[15] RBF-based Reconstruction of Fiber Orientation Vector Field for White Matter Fiber Tract Modeling, proc. of ISMRM’04, (CD-ROM), 2004

[16] dTV-II: An Advanced and Integrated Freeware for Analysis and Visualization of MR-DTI Data, Chicago, Dec., RSNA infoRAD, 2004




Invited Talk


[1] Computer-Assisted Diagnosis in CT Images based on Volumetric Image Analysis, Joint International Symposium of JSCAS/JSCADM，Tokyo，2000

[2] Volumetric Image Analysis for Abdominal CT Data: Fundamental Techniques and Applications, Univ. of Stanford Radiology Update: Hawaii, 2002

[3] Postprocessing Software Development for MRDTI Analysis and Visualization, International Summer Seminar in Advanced MRI Techniques: DTI and Fibre Tractography, Tokyo, Aug. 2003

[6] Image Analysis and Computer Graphics for Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Images - Basics and Applications in Diagnosis, Radiotherapy, and Surgical Navigation -, Annual Meeting of Korean Society of Biomedical Engineering Society, Daegu, May, 2004

Book Chapter

[1] Geka-Syujutsu No Tame No NIH Image (NIH Image for Surgical Operation)
Chapter: I-III
Publisher : Nakayama-Syoten
Year : 1996
Language : Japanese
ISBN4-521-00891-7

[2] Korede-Wakaru Kakusan MRI
Chapter: Kiso-Jokyu-Hen (Advanced Theory for Display Methods)
Publisher: Syujunsya
Year: 2002
Language: Japanese
ISBN4-87962-255-9

Honors

Scholarship (1992-1993), Finnish Government

Sponsorship (1995-1997), Japanese Society for Promotion of Science

Scholarship (1997-1998), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)