Division / Advanced Biomedical Sciences
Department of Medical Radiation Sciences
Great Departments / Medical Technologies and Sciences
Department of Medical Radiation Sciences
Great Departments / Medical Technologies and Sciences
Staff
| Professor | ITO Shigeki shigekii(at mark)kumamoto-u.ac.jp |
|---|---|
| Professor | FUNAMA Yoshinori funama(at mark)kumamoto-u.ac.jp |
| Professor | MURAKAMI Ryuji murakami(at mark)kumamoto-u.ac.jp |
| Associate Professor | OONO Takeshi t_oono(at mark)kumamoto-u.ac.jp |
| Associate Professor | SAKAMOTO Fumi f-sakamoto(at mark)kumamoto-u.ac.jp |
Research theme
Department of Medical Radiation Sciences consists of mainly following graduate courses 1) Medical Physics, 2) Nuclear Medicine, and 3) Radiation Technology.
1) Medical Physics is developing the principles and techniques of radiation dosimetry and radiotherapy.
2) Nuclear Medicine is developing diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for various functional disorders.
3) Radiation Technology is developing image reconstruction and image processing techniques to optimize X-ray dose with keeping image quality.
- Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
(A) VMAT plan for lung cancer on CT
(B) Dose distribution at the gross tumor volume (GTV)
