MINORU NAKAO

Last Updated :2025/08/06

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
mnrnakaohiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Kyushu University
  • Kanazawa University

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Method of evaluating respiratory induced organ motion by vector volume histogram., Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB), 32(12), 2016
  2. Tolerance levels of CT number to electron density table for photon beam in radiotherapy treatment planning system., Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 19(1), 2018
  3. Impact of deformable image registration accuracy on thoracic images with different regularization weight parameter settings., Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB), 42, 2017
  4. MRI appearance change during stereotactic radiotherapy for large brain metastases and importance of treatment plan modification during treatment period., Japanese journal of radiology, 37(12), 2019
  5. Hybrid volumetric-modulated arc therapy for postoperative breast cancer including regional lymph nodes: the advantage of dosimetric data and safety of toxicities., Journal of radiation research, 61(5), 2020
  6. Hydrogel spacer shrinkage during external-beam radiation therapy following low-dose-rate brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancer: a case series., Journal of medical case reports, 15(1), 2021
  7. [Development of a Phantom and Analysis Program for Assessment of Positional Accuracy of Image-guided Radiation Therapy]., Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi, 80(2), 2024
  8. The Development of Volumetric Quantitative Evaluation Software for Assessing Respiratory-Induced Target Motion., Cureus, 16(11), 2024
  9. Influence of aperture shape controller settings on dose distribution and treatment efficiency in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy with a 10 MV flattening filter-free beam., Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists, 50(2)
  10. Impact of discrepancies between CT numbers of brain-tissue-equivalent density plug and actual brain tissue on dose calculation accuracy., Radiological physics and technology, 2025
  11. Improved stoichiometric model for megavoltage computed tomography number conversion and dose calculation within the TomoTherapy delivery system, PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, 132, 202504
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  12. Performance evaluation of MVision AI Contour+ in gastric MALT lymphoma segmentation, REPORTS OF PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY AND RADIOTHERAPY, 30(1), 122-125, 2025
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  13. Evaluation of the accuracy of automated segmentation based on deep learning for prostate cancer patients, MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, 50(1), 91-95, 2025
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  14. Application of stoichiometric CT number calibration method for dose calculation of tissue heterogeneous volumes in boron neutron capture therapy, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 51(6), 4413-4422, 202406
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  15. CT number calibration audit in photon radiation therapy, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 51(3), 1571-1582, 202403
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  16. Effect of Target Changes on Target Coverage and Dose to the Normal Brain in Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Brain Tumors, ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY, 8(6), 2023
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  17. Interfractional Liver Positional Motion Under Exhaled Breath Holding Based on Cone Beam Computed Tomography, IN VIVO, 37(4), 1822-1827, 2023
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  18. Influence of different air CT numbers for IVDT on the dose distribution in TomoTherapy MVCT, JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS, 24(2), 202302
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  19. Tolerance levels of mass density for adaptive helical tomotherapy using MVCT, JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH, 64(1), 195-201, 20230120
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  20. Improved treatment robustness of postoperative breast cancer radiotherapy including supraclavicular nodes, PHYSICS & IMAGING IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY, 23, 153-156, 202207
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  21. Treatment planning comparison between dynamic wave arc and volumetric modulated arc therapies for prostate-cancer treatment, MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, 47(1), 48-53, 2022
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  22. Stoichiometric CT number calibration using three-parameter fit model for ion therapy, PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, 99, 22-30, 202207
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  23. Volumetric modulated arc therapy with robust optimization for larynx cancer, PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, 58, 54-58, 201902
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  24. Tolerance levels of mass density for CT number calibration in photon radiation therapy, JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS, 20(6), 45-52, 201906
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  25. Automatic gas detection in prostate cancer patients during image-guided radiation therapy using a deep convolutional neural network, PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, 64, 24-28, 201908
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  26. Development of a CT number calibration audit phantom in photon radiation therapy: A pilot study, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 47(4), 1509-1522, 202004
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  27. Evaluation of interbreath-hold lung tumor position reproducibility with vector volume histogram using the breath-hold technique, MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, 45(3), 252-255, 2020
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  28. Effectiveness of robust optimization in volumetric modulated arc therapy using 6 and 10 MV flattening filter-free beam therapy planning for lung stereotactic body radiation therapy with a breath-hold technique, JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH, 61(4), 575-585, 202007
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  29. Uncertainty in the positioning of patients receiving treatment for brain metastases and wearing surgical mask underneath thermoplastic mask during COVID-19 crisis, JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS, 22(6), 274-280, 202106
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  30. Impact on liver position under breath-hold by computed tomography contrast agents in stereotactic body radiotherapy of liver cancer, REPORTS OF PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY AND RADIOTHERAPY, 26(6), 1035-1044, 2021
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  31. Investigation of interfractional variation in lung tumor position under expiratory-phase breath hold using cone-b eam compute d tomography in stereotactic body radiation therapy, MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, 46(4), 370-373, 2021
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External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2023, 2025
  2. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2019, 2020