TAKAAKI MATSUURA

Last Updated :2025/07/02

Affiliations, Positions
Division of Clinical Radiology, Assistant Professor
E-mail
matsuura-thiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I work as a medical physicist to improve the quality of radiation therapy.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2025/04/01, Hiroshima University, Assistant Professor / Medical Physicist
  • 2015/04/01, 2025/03/31, Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center, Radiologic technologist

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Medicine

Research Fields

  • Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Boundary medicine;Medical Physics and Radiological Technology

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japanese Society of Radiation Oncology
  • Japanese Society of Radiological Technology
  • Japanese Society of Medical Physics

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. 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, 50(2), 185-190, 202502
  2. Unbiased evaluation of predicted gamma passing rate by an event-mixing technique, Medical Physics, 51(1), 5-17, 202401
  3. Usability of synthesized image using generative adversarial network for prediction model of recurrence after radiotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 89, 202403
  4. MRI image synthesis for fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and diffusion-weighted images with deep learning, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 46(1), 313-323, 202301
  5. Predictive gamma passing rate of 3D detector array-based volumetric modulated arc therapy quality assurance for prostate cancer via deep learning, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 45(4), 1073-1081, 202212
  6. Improvement of Non-uniformity on Flatbed Scanner for Radiochromic Film Dosimetry Using Average Correction Factor with Multi-direction Scan Data, Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology, 76(4), 375-384, 202004
  7. 4D modeling in a gimbaled linear accelerator by using gold anchor markers, Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 23, 183-188, 2018
  8. Proposed patient motion monitoring system using feature point tracking with a web camera, Australasian physical & engineering sciences in medicine, 40, 939-942, 2017
  9. Investigation of the Columnar Carbon-scatterer Length for X-ray Spectral Measurementon 320-slice Computed Tomography, Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology, 71(5), 423-427, 202505
  10. Production of a Leaf Electroscope Having Separators and Proposal of an Experiment Using the Diagnostic X-ray Equipment, Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology, 69(3), 239-243, 201303
  11. ★, A synthesized gamma distribution-based patient-specific VMAT QA using a generative adversarial network, Medical Physics, 50(4), 2488-2498, 20230323

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Development of an Automatic IMRT Planning System for Highly Accurate Beam Delivery Using Gan-Predicted Fluence Maps, AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2024/07/24, Without Invitation, English
  2. AI-based IMRT QA Prediction: Improving Efficiency and the Next Steps, AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2024/07/22, With Invitation, English
  3. Inter-Institutional Dosimetric Variability and Corresponding Margins in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, AAPM 65th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2023/07/23, Without Invitation, English
  4. A Synthesized Gamma Map-Based Patient-Specific VMAT QA Using a Generative Adversarial Network, AAPM 64th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2022/07/07, Without Invitation, English
  5. A convolutional neural network model for predicting gamma passing rate of 3D array detector-based VMAT QA, AAPM 63th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2021/07/25, Without Invitation, English
  6. Predictive Gamma Passing Rate of 3D Array Detector-Based VMAT QA Via Deep Learning Combining Dose Distribution and Accumulated Dose Uncertainty Potential Distribution, 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, 2020/07/12, Without Invitation, English

Awards

  1. 2024/07/22, AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Symposium Award, American Medical Physics Society