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  1. Article ; Online: Titrimetry.

    Takeuchi, Masaki

    Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

    2021  Volume 37, Issue 2, Page(s) 227

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-05
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1483376-1
    ISSN 1348-2246 ; 1348-2246
    ISSN (online) 1348-2246
    ISSN 1348-2246
    DOI 10.2116/analsci.highlights2102
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  2. Article ; Online: Projection Mapping under Environmental Lighting by Replacing Room Lights with Heterogeneous Projectors.

    Takeuchi, Masaki / Kusuyama, Hiroki / Iwai, Daisuke / Sato, Kosuke

    IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics

    2024  Volume 30, Issue 5, Page(s) 2151–2161

    Abstract: Projection mapping (PM) is a technique that enhances the appearance of real-world surfaces using projected images, enabling multiple people to view augmentations simultaneously, thereby facilitating communication and collaboration. However, PM typically ... ...

    Abstract Projection mapping (PM) is a technique that enhances the appearance of real-world surfaces using projected images, enabling multiple people to view augmentations simultaneously, thereby facilitating communication and collaboration. However, PM typically requires a dark environment to achieve high-quality projections, limiting its practicality. In this paper, we overcome this limitation by replacing conventional room lighting with heterogeneous projectors. These projectors replicate environmental lighting by selectively illuminating the scene, excluding the projection target. Our contributions include a distributed projector optimization framework designed to effectively replicate environmental lighting and the incorporation of a large-aperture projector, in addition to standard projectors, to reduce high-luminance emitted rays and hard shadows-undesirable factors for collaborative tasks in PM. We conducted a series of quantitative and qualitative experiments, including user studies, to validate our approach. Our findings demonstrate t hat our projector-based lighting system significantly enhancesthe contrast and realism of PM results even under e nvironmental lighting compared to typical lights. Furthermore, our method facilitates a substantial shift in the perceived color mode from the undesirable aperture-color mode, where observers perceive the projected object as self-luminous, to the surface-color mode in PM.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1941-0506
    ISSN (online) 1941-0506
    DOI 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3372031
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  3. Article ; Online: Digital-movie-based flow colorimetry for pH measurement with universal indicators

    Selass Kebede Olbemo / Masaki Takeuchi / Hideji Tanaka

    Talanta Open, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 100279- (2024)

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    Abstract: A continuous, simple, and versatile pH monitoring method based on digital-movie-based colorimetry is proposed. A constructed flow system was of a two-channel configuration mainly composed of two peristaltic pumps, a digital microscope-based detector, a ... ...

    Abstract A continuous, simple, and versatile pH monitoring method based on digital-movie-based colorimetry is proposed. A constructed flow system was of a two-channel configuration mainly composed of two peristaltic pumps, a digital microscope-based detector, a pH meter with a flow-through combination pH-reference electrode, and a laptop computer. While the total flow rate (FT) was held constant, the flow rate (FB) of a base solution for Britton-Robinson buffer containing a universal indicator (Yamada's indicator or Van Urik's indicator) was changed in proportion to the control signal (Vc) from the computer. An acid solution for the buffer containing the indicator was aspirated to the confluence point at the flow rate of FT – FB and mixed with the base solution. Thus, buffer solutions with arbitrary pH could be easily prepared. The image of the mixed solution was captured with the microscope downstream; the pH of the solution was measured with the pH meter at the most downstream. An in-house program written in Visual Basic .NET was developed to control the system, acquire and analyze the signals (image data and pH), and display the results automatically; the color of the image was expressed as tristimulus values (i.e., R, G, B), hue, and luminance. The relationships between these color-specific values and pH were analyzed after optimizing the Vc scan rate. Van Uik's indicator was superior to Yamada's regarding the applicable pH range (ca. 2.5 – 10). A sigmoid-like calibration curve was established between hue and pH, which was used to determine sample pH. The proposed method was validated by measuring the pH of different drugs and vinegar samples.
    Keywords pH ; Digital movie-based colorimetry ; Universal indicator ; RGB ; Hue ; Analytical chemistry ; QD71-142
    Subject code 600
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: Pre-cognition of Endosac Growth with Type II Endoleak Before Endovascular Aneurysm Repair.

    Sano, Masaki / Yamanaka, Yuta / Takeuchi, Hiroya

    European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery

    2023  Volume 66, Issue 1, Page(s) 148–149

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Endoleak/diagnostic imaging ; Endoleak/etiology ; Endoleak/surgery ; Endovascular Aneurysm Repair ; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/diagnostic imaging ; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/surgery ; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation/adverse effects ; Endovascular Procedures/adverse effects ; Treatment Outcome ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Embolization, Therapeutic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 1225869-6
    ISSN 1532-2165 ; 1078-5884
    ISSN (online) 1532-2165
    ISSN 1078-5884
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.04.007
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  5. Article ; Online: Otoscopy-assisted intranasal cyst marsupialization for congenital dacryocystocele.

    Nakamura, Jutaro / Ohno, Tomoko / Inoue, Maki / Takeuchi, Masaki / Mizuki, Nobuhisa / Matsumura, Nozomi

    Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

    2024  Volume 28, Issue 2, Page(s) 103859

    Abstract: We describe 3 infants with congenital dacryocystocele resistant to conservative treatment who were treated with a novel, simple intranasal cyst marsupialization (ICM) technique. Otoscopy-guided ICM was performed by an otolaryngologist in the manner of ... ...

    Abstract We describe 3 infants with congenital dacryocystocele resistant to conservative treatment who were treated with a novel, simple intranasal cyst marsupialization (ICM) technique. Otoscopy-guided ICM was performed by an otolaryngologist in the manner of otoscopic myringotomy for cases with nasal cyst distension. All 3 infants were treated successfully by a single surgical procedure under topical anesthesia in an office setting.
    MeSH term(s) Infant ; Humans ; Otoscopy ; Endoscopy/methods ; Lacrimal Duct Obstruction/congenital ; Cysts/surgery ; Cysts/congenital ; Dacryocystorhinostomy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 1412476-2
    ISSN 1528-3933 ; 1091-8531
    ISSN (online) 1528-3933
    ISSN 1091-8531
    DOI 10.1016/j.jaapos.2024.103859
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  6. Article ; Online: Editorial Comment to Resumption of anti-programmed cell death 1 monotherapy for severe immune-related adverse events experienced patient with renal cell carcinoma.

    Takeuchi, Ario / Shiota, Masaki

    IJU case reports

    2020  Volume 3, Issue 5, Page(s) 179–180

    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-25
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Editorial
    ISSN 2577-171X
    ISSN (online) 2577-171X
    DOI 10.1002/iju5.12181
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  7. Article ; Online: Lacrimal sac massage for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction: a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

    Asano, Mizuki / Takeuchi, Masaki / Ohno, Tomoko / Nakamura, Jutaro / Mizuki, Nobuhisa / Matsumura, Nozomi

    The British journal of ophthalmology

    2024  

    Abstract: Aim: Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is the most common cause of epiphora and mucous discharge in the newborn. We conducted a multicentre randomised controlled trial to determine whether Crigler massage promotes the resolution of CNLDO ... ...

    Abstract Aim: Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is the most common cause of epiphora and mucous discharge in the newborn. We conducted a multicentre randomised controlled trial to determine whether Crigler massage promotes the resolution of CNLDO in infants under 1 year of age.
    Methods: A total of 102 infants aged 3-11 months with unilateral CNLDO were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly assigned to the massage and non-massage groups (n=51/group). As an allocation adjustment factor, the patients were divided into age groups of 3-5, 6-8 and 9-11 months. In the massage group, the guardian performed 10 strokes two times per day for each day until resolution or 1 month. The primary endpoint was a comparison of the 1-month resolution rate in the massage and non-massage groups.
    Results: This study included 49 male and 53 female patients with a mean age of 6.4±2.4 months. Overall, in this study, the resolution rate was not significantly different between the massage and non-massage groups (31.4% and 33.3%, respectively). However, the resolution rate was higher in the massage group in the 3-5 months age group among the protocol-compliant patients after excluding those with insufficient massage frequency (the massage group, 68.8% and the non-massage group, 28.6%, p=0.022).
    Conclusions: There was no increase in the resolution rate after 1 month of lacrimal sac massage in patients 3-11 months old with unilateral CNLDO. However, in protocol-compliant younger age groups, Crigler massage may be effective.
    Trial registration number: UMIN Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN000032840; www.umin.ac.jp/).
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80078-8
    ISSN 1468-2079 ; 0007-1161
    ISSN (online) 1468-2079
    ISSN 0007-1161
    DOI 10.1136/bjo-2023-324595
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  8. Article ; Online: Monosynaptic rabies virus tracing from projection-targeted single neurons.

    Masaki, Yuji / Yamaguchi, Masahiro / Takeuchi, Ryosuke F / Osakada, Fumitaka

    Neuroscience research

    2022  Volume 178, Page(s) 20–32

    Abstract: A single neuron integrates inputs from thousands of presynaptic neurons to generate outputs. Circuit tracing using G-deleted rabies virus (RVΔG) vectors permits the brain-wide labeling of presynaptic inputs to targeted single neurons. However, the ... ...

    Abstract A single neuron integrates inputs from thousands of presynaptic neurons to generate outputs. Circuit tracing using G-deleted rabies virus (RVΔG) vectors permits the brain-wide labeling of presynaptic inputs to targeted single neurons. However, the experimental procedures are complex, and the success rate of circuit labeling is low because of the lack of validation to increase the accuracy and efficiency of monosynaptic RVΔG tracing from targeted single neurons. We established an efficient RVΔG tracing method from projection target-defined single neurons using TVA950, a transmembrane isoform of TVA receptors, for initial viral infection. Presynaptic neurons were transsynaptically labeled from 80 % of the TVA950-expressing single starter neurons that survived after infection with EnvA-pseudotyped RVΔG in the adult mouse brain. We labeled single neuronal networks in the primary visual cortex (V1) and higher visual areas, namely the posteromedial area (PM) and anteromedial area (AM), as well as the single neuronal networks of PM-projecting V1 single neurons. Monosynaptic RVΔG tracing from projection-targeted single neurons revealed the input-output organization of single neuronal networks. Single-neuron network analysis based on RVΔG tracing will help dissect the heterogeneity of neural circuits and link circuit motifs and large-scale networks across scales, thereby clarifying information processing and circuit computation in the brain.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain ; Interneurons ; Mice ; Neurons/physiology ; Rabies virus
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-31
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605842-5
    ISSN 1872-8111 ; 0168-0102 ; 0921-8696
    ISSN (online) 1872-8111
    ISSN 0168-0102 ; 0921-8696
    DOI 10.1016/j.neures.2022.01.007
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  9. Article ; Online: Association of sagittal spinal alignment in the standing position with the masses and amounts of intramuscular non-contractile tissue of the trunk and lower extremity muscles in patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Masaki, Mitsuhiro / Kasahara, Maki / Inagaki, Yukika / Yokota, Minori / Takeuchi, Moeka

    Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)

    2022  Volume 101, Page(s) 105868

    Abstract: Background: We examined the association of sagittal spinal alignment in the standing position with the masses and amounts of intramuscular non-contractile tissue of multiple trunk and lower extremity muscles, such as the hip joint muscles, measured ... ...

    Abstract Background: We examined the association of sagittal spinal alignment in the standing position with the masses and amounts of intramuscular non-contractile tissue of multiple trunk and lower extremity muscles, such as the hip joint muscles, measured using an ultrasound imaging device in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
    Methods: The participants were 10 patients with PD. Sagittal spinal alignment (thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, and sacral anterior inclination angles) in the standing position was measured using a Spinal Mouse. Muscle thicknesses and echo intensities of the trunk and lower extremity muscles, including the hip joint muscles, were also measured in the prone or supine position using an ultrasound imaging device.
    Findings: Partial correlation analysis with body height and weight as control variables showed that a low lumbar lordosis angle in the standing position was significantly associated with low thicknesses of the trunk extensor muscles (lumbar erector spinae and multifidus). Partial correlation analysis also revealed that a high sacral anterior inclination angle in the standing position was significantly associated with low lumbar multifidus muscle thickness. However, the thicknesses and echo intensities of the trunk flexor and hip joint muscles were not significantly related to thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, or sacral anterior inclination angles.
    Interpretation: The results of this study suggested the association between a low lumbar lordosis angle in the standing position and low lumbar erector spinae and multifidus muscle thicknesses and between a high sacral anterior inclination angle in the standing position and low lumbar multifidus muscle thickness in patients with PD.
    MeSH term(s) Kyphosis/diagnostic imaging ; Lordosis/diagnostic imaging ; Lower Extremity/diagnostic imaging ; Lumbar Vertebrae/diagnostic imaging ; Paraspinal Muscles ; Parkinson Disease/diagnostic imaging ; Posture/physiology ; Standing Position ; Humans
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632747-3
    ISSN 1879-1271 ; 0268-0033
    ISSN (online) 1879-1271
    ISSN 0268-0033
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105868
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  10. Article: Effect of Long-Acting Diquafosol Sodium on Astigmatism Measurement Repeatability in Preoperative Cataract Cases with Dry Eyes: A Multicenter Prospective Study.

    Teshigawara, Takeshi / Akaishi, Miki / Mizuki, Yuki / Takeuchi, Masaki / Hata, Seiichiro / Meguro, Akira / Mizuki, Nobuhisa

    Ophthalmology and therapy

    2024  

    Abstract: Introduction: Dry eye can compromise corneal astigmatism measurement repeatability during preoperative cataract surgery examination. No previous studies have analyzed the effectiveness of long-acting 3% diquafosol sodium (LA-DQS) on astigmatism ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Dry eye can compromise corneal astigmatism measurement repeatability during preoperative cataract surgery examination. No previous studies have analyzed the effectiveness of long-acting 3% diquafosol sodium (LA-DQS) on astigmatism measurement repeatability. This research assessed the effect of LA-DQS on astigmatism measurement repeatability in preoperative patients with cataract and short tear break-up time (TBUT) type dry eyes in both eyes of the same patient. Correlations between repeatability and TBUT, corneal high-order aberrations (HOAs), and corneal astigmatism magnitude were also analyzed.
    Methods: In total, 122 eyes (61 patients) with short TBUT-type dry eye were enrolled. Preoperatively, only one eye of all patients was treated with LA-DQS for 4 weeks. TBUT and corneal HOAs were checked using CASIA 2 before and 4 weeks post-treatment. The cylindrical power and meridian of astigmatism were measured at 3- and 4-week post-treatment using IOLMaster 700. Power vectors J0 and J45 were used for astigmatism calculations. Repeatability of astigmatism measurements was assessed as the within-subject standard deviation (Sw). The relative effects of TBUT and HOAs on J0 Sw and J45 Sw were also analyzed. Comparative changes in these variables were evaluated between treated and non-treated eyes, with additional analysis of their correlations.
    Results: Treated eyes exhibited significant improvements in TBUT, HOAs, and post-treatment measurements of J0 Sw and J45 Sw at 3 and 4 weeks. In non-treated eyes, J0 Sw and J45 Sw showed significant correlation with TBUT and corneal HOAs. HOAs showed stronger relative associations with J0 Sw and J45 Sw than TBUT. In non-treated eyes, no significant correlation was found between cylindrical power and astigmatism measurement repeatability.
    Conclusions: In short TBUT-type dry eye, preoperative treatment with LA-DQS significantly improved astigmatism measurement repeatability. This may improve the precision of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations regardless of the magnitude of corneal astigmatism, especially when toric IOLs are used.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2193-8245
    ISSN 2193-8245
    DOI 10.1007/s40123-024-00940-z
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