1. Hal Oscar Anger, D.Sc. (hon.) (1920–2005): a pioneer in nuclear medicine instrumentation

   • Hideo Murayama
   • Tomoyuki Hasegawa

   Editorial 20 December 2013 Pages: 1 - 4

   

2. Medical imaging, PACS, and imaging informatics: retrospective

   • H. K. Huang

   OriginalPaper 06 December 2013 Pages: 5 - 24

   

3. Artifacts caused by insufficient contrast medium filling during C-arm cone-beam CT scans: a phantom study

   • Mitsuaki Terabe
   • Hajime Ichikawa
   • Kichiro Koshida

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2013 Pages: 25 - 34

   

4. GPU-based optical propagation simulator of a laser-processed crystal block for the X’tal cube PET detector

   • Yuma Ogata
   • Takashi Ohnishi
   • Hideaki Haneishi

   OriginalPaper 30 July 2013 Pages: 35 - 42

   

5. Simulation study optimizing the number of photodetection faces for the X’tal cube PET detector with separated crystal segments

   • Takahiro Matsumoto
   • Taiga Yamaya
   • Mikio Suga

   OriginalPaper 09 August 2013 Pages: 43 - 50

   

6. Visual assessment method of angular performance in medical liquid–crystal displays by use of the ANG test pattern: effect of ambient illuminance and effectiveness of modified scoring

   • Yoichiro Ikushima
   • Junji Morishita
   • Noriyuki Hashimoto

   BriefCommunication 10 August 2013 Pages: 51 - 56

   

7. Performance evaluation of a depth-of-interaction detector by use of position-sensitive PMT with a super-bialkali photocathode

   • Yoshiyuki Hirano
   • Munetaka Nitta
   • Taiga Yamaya

   OriginalPaper 21 August 2013 Pages: 57 - 66

   

8. Dosimetric comparison between intensity-modulated radiotherapy and standard wedged tangential technique for whole-breast radiotherapy in Asian women with relatively small breast volumes

   • Kazuhiko Tsuchiya
   • Rumiko Kinoshita
   • Hiroki Shirato

   OriginalPaper 28 August 2013 Pages: 67 - 72

   

9. A preliminary study for exploring the luminance ratio of liquid-crystal displays required for display of radiographs

   • Shinya Takarabe
   • Junji Morishita
   • Akiko Hattori

   BriefCommunication 04 September 2013 Pages: 73 - 78

   

10. An automated detection method for the MCA dot sign of acute stroke in unenhanced CT

    • Noriyuki Takahashi
    • Yongbum Lee
    • Kiyoshi Ishii

    OriginalPaper 01 September 2013 Pages: 79 - 88

    

11. Diffusion analysis with triexponential function in hepatic steatosis

    • Tatsuya Hayashi
    • Tosiaki Miyati
    • Satoshi Saitoh

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2013 Pages: 89 - 94

    

12. Heating and safety of a new MR-compatible guidewire prototype versus a standard nitinol guidewire

    • Malgorzata Wolska-Krawczyk
    • Martin A. Rube
    • Arno Buecker

    OriginalPaper 08 November 2013 Pages: 95 - 101

    

13. Patient investigation of average glandular dose and incident air kerma for digital mammography

    • Ai Kawaguchi
    • Yuta Matsunaga
    • Shoichi Suzuki

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2013 Pages: 102 - 108

    

14. Quality of images acquired with and without grid in digital mammography

    • Khaled H. Al Khalifah
    • Ajit Brindhaban
    • Raed A. Saeed

    OriginalPaper 05 November 2013 Pages: 109 - 113

    

15. Experimental evaluations of head scatter factor calculation by use of a Gaussian function

    • Ryoichi Notake
    • Yukishige Kyuuma
    • Hitoshi Shibuya

    OriginalPaper 10 December 2013 Pages: 114 - 123

    

16. Adapting non-local means of de-noising in intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging for brain tumor surgery

    • Takashi Mizukuchi
    • Masazumi Fujii
    • Masatoshi Tsuzaka

    OriginalPaper 27 November 2013 Pages: 124 - 132

    

17. Influence of difference in cross-sectional dose profile in a CTDI phantom on X-ray CT dose estimation: a Monte Carlo study

    • Tomonobu Haba
    • Shuji Koyama
    • Yoshihiro Ida

    OriginalPaper 24 November 2013 Pages: 133 - 140

    

18. Evaluation of the effect of geometry for measuring section thickness in tomosynthesis

    • Ryohei Fukui
    • Rie Ishii
    • Chiyuki Kohama

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2013 Pages: 141 - 147

    

19. A formulation of cell surviving fraction after radiation exposure

    • Hiroyuki Date
    • Kosuke Wakui
    • Takeshi Nishioka

    BriefCommunication 28 November 2013 Pages: 148 - 157

    

20. Evaluation of the effectiveness of X-ray protective aprons in experimental and practical fields

    • Hiroshige Mori
    • Kichiro Koshida
    • Kosuke Matsubara

    OriginalPaper Open access 13 December 2013 Pages: 158 - 166

    

21. Simple method for whole-brain volumetric T₁-weighted turbo spin-echo imaging

    • Masami Yoneyama
    • Masanobu Nakamura
    • Seishi Sawano

    BriefCommunication 04 December 2013 Pages: 167 - 175

    

22. Monte Carlo calculation of patient organ doses from computed tomography

    • Takeshi Oono
    • Fujio Araki
    • Keiichi Kawasaki

    OriginalPaper 30 November 2013 Pages: 176 - 182

    

23. Optimal scanning timing by use of multi-detector row computed tomography during thoracic aortography for depiction of arteries causing hemoptysis

    • Seiki Hosokawa
    • Nobuyuki Kawai
    • Tetsuo Sonomura

    OriginalPaper 03 December 2013 Pages: 183 - 190