Hidetake Yabuuchi

Position / Professor

Certifications / MD, PhD, Board-Certified Diagnostic Radiologist

Highest Education / Department of Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine

Research Interests / Diagnostic imaging of the lung, breast, and head and neck

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japan Radiological Society, Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Message / I teach functional imaging with CT and MRI to analyze perfusion, diffusion, and metabolic function of the human body, and supervise research using these functional imaging techniques. We welcome ambitious students who will play leading roles in this field in the future.

Hidetaka Arimura

Position / Professor

Certifications / Medical Physicist (certified by the Japan Society of Medical Physics, 2004–present), Type-I Radiation Protection Supervisor (1998)

Highest Education / PhD in Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology (1996)

Research Interests / Medical physics, medical image analysis, image-based radiation therapy, radiomics

Affiliated Academic Societies / American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Japan Society of Medical Physics, Japanese Society of Radiological Technology, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Japan Society of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences, etc.

Message / Please explore what is not yet known by coming up with novel ideas and developing a logical way of thinking, and develop what has not yet been developed for clinical practice — a way of thinking that sees both the trees and the forest.

Laboratory / Hidetaka Arimura Laboratory

Shingo Baba

Position / Professor

Certifications / MD, PhD

Highest Education / Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Research Interests / Nuclear medicine, radionuclide therapy

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japan Radiological Society, Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine

Message / Nuclear medicine diagnosis and radionuclide therapy are fields expected to grow in the future. I am engaged in research leading to technical foundations and clinical applications in nuclear medicine practice.

Toshioh Fujibuchi

Position / Professor

Certifications / Radiological Technologist, Medical Physicist

Highest Education / Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ph.D. (Medical Science)

Research Interests / Radiation protection

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japanese Society of Radiological Technology, Japan Health Physics Society, Japanese Society of Radiation Safety Management, Japan Society of Medical Physics, Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Message / The main research subject of our laboratory is radiation protection in the medical field: for example, radiation protection and dosimetry in medicine using Monte Carlo simulation, development of real-time monitoring devices for medical staff, and education in radiological technology.

Laboratory / Toshioh Fujibuchi Laboratory

Previous project / https://arp.kyushu-u.ac.jp/dxrpp/

Instagram / @fujibuchi_lab

Masatoshi Kondo

Position / Professor

Certifications / Ph.D., Radiological Technologist, Type-I Radiation Protection Supervisor

Highest Education / Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University

Research Interests / Image quality assessment of CT/MRI, quantitative evaluation of clinical CT/MRI images

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japanese Society of Radiological Technology, Japan Society of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences

Message / I enjoy working for patients through research on image quality and quantitative evaluation of CT and MRI images. I hope that our research activities will contribute to the globalization of Japanese radiological technologists.

Hiroyuki Arakawa

Position / Associate Professor

Certifications / Type-I Radiation Protection Supervisor, Medical Physicist

Highest Education / Ph.D. in Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University

Research Interests / Development of devices for quality assurance and quality control of brachytherapy, development of dynamic radiation detectors and simulation methods

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japanese Society of Radiological Technology, Japan Society of Medical Physics, Physical Society of Japan, Japan Health Physics Society, Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research

Message / We aim to research and develop useful medical devices based on knowledge and technology from a wide range of fields. Motivated students who want to take on the challenge of developing new equipment are welcome.

Makoto Sakai

Position / Associate Professor

Certifications / Ph.D., Medical Physicist, Type-I Radiation Protection Supervisor

Highest Education / Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka

Research Interests / Radiation measurement, particle radiotherapy

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan Society of Medical Physics, Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology, Japanese Society of Neutron Capture Therapy, IEEE

Message / With a background in engineering, I have also been involved in research in medical physics and biology. Moving forward, I aim to further advance interdisciplinary research that bridges medicine and engineering. I would be delighted to collaborate with others in the pursuit of new knowledge across these fields.

Laboratory / SAKAI Laboratory

Tsukasa Kojima

Position / Lecturer

Certifications / Ph.D., Radiological Technologist, Medical Physicist, Type-I Radiation Protection Supervisor, Certified X-ray CT Technologist

Highest Education / Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Research Interests / Development and clinical application of diagnostic imaging technologies

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japanese Society of Radiological Technology, Japan Society of Medical Physics

Message / I research ways to improve the diagnostic accuracy of CT and MRI, which are essential imaging devices in modern medicine.

Nobukazu Tanaka

Position / Assistant Professor

Certifications / Ph.D., Radiological Technologist, Type-I Radiation Protection Supervisor, Medical Physicist

Highest Education / Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Research Interests / X-ray image evaluation

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japanese Society of Radiological Technology, Japan Society of Medical Physics, Japan Society of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences

Message / My research focuses mainly on the quantitative assessment of medical radiation exposure and the image quality of digital X-ray imaging systems.

Yui Kanzaki

Position / Assistant Professor

Certifications / Radiological Technologist, Radiological Technologist Certified in Screening Mammography

Highest Education / Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Research Interests / Image analysis and evaluation

Affiliated Academic Societies / Japan Association of Radiological Technologists, Japanese Society of Radiological Technology

Message / I have been evaluating the image quality of X-ray images, and I plan to pursue research on breast imaging.