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Papers by Hiroshi Kanai

1997 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing

Purpose: Direction of myocardial fibers in a healty human heart wall are homogeneously aligned in... more Purpose: Direction of myocardial fibers in a healty human heart wall are homogeneously aligned in a plane which is parallel to the luminal surface of the heart wall. However, in a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart wall, the directions of myocardial fibers are disarrayed. For evaluation of such a change in the structure of myocardial fibers, the angle dependence of ultrasonic scattering in relation to the fiber direction was investigated in this paper. Experiment: In this study, we measured the ultrasonic echoes from a copper wire and from nylon fibers which mimics a bundle of myocardium fibers. We focused on ultrasonic scattering properties in relation to the azimuth and elevation angles of insonification and reception relative to the fiber direction. Results: Experimental results showed that the amplitude of the reflected echo from the nylon fibers became the maximum when the ultrasonic beam was insonified parallel to the direction of the fiber in the azimuth angle. On the other hand, in the case of the perpendicular insonification, the echo amplitude became the minimum. These results suggested the possibility of diagnosis of cardiomyopathy by measuring the angle dependence of scattering.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017

Ultrasound signals that pass through cancellous bone may be considered to consist of two longitud... more Ultrasound signals that pass through cancellous bone may be considered to consist of two longitudinal waves, which are called fast and slow waves. Accurate decomposition of these fast and slow waves is considered to be highly beneficial in determination of the characteristics of cancellous bone. In the present study, a fast decomposition method using a wave transfer function with a phase rotation parameter was applied to received signals that have passed through bovine bone specimens with various bone volume to total volume (BV/TV) ratios in a simulation study, where the elastic finite-difference time-domain method is used and the ultrasound wave propagated parallel to the bone axes. The proposed method succeeded to decompose both fast and slow waves accurately; the normalized residual intensity was less than -19.5 dB when the specimen thickness ranged from 4 to 7 mm and the BV/TV value ranged from 0.144 to 0.226. There was a strong relationship between the phase rotation value and ...

Ultrasonic Methods for Measurement of Small Motion and Deformation of Biological Tissues for Assessment of Viscoelasticity, 2014

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2016

Haloperidol is an antipsychotic drug that inhibits the dopamine D2 receptor among others. Haloper... more Haloperidol is an antipsychotic drug that inhibits the dopamine D2 receptor among others. Haloperidol also binds the sigma-1 receptor (s 1 R) and inhibits it irreversibly. A serious outcome of haloperidol treatment of schizophrenia patients is death due to sudden cardiac failure. Although the cause remains unclear, we hypothesized that these effects were mediated by chronic haloperidol inhibition of cardiac s 1 R. To test this, we treated neonatal rat cardiomyocytes with haloperidol, exposed them to angiotensin II and assessed hypertrophy, s 1 R expression, mitochondrial Ca 2þ transport and ATP levels. In this context, haloperidol treatment altered mitochondrial Ca 2þ transport resulting in decreased ATP content by inactivating cardiac s 1 R and/or reducing its expression. We also performed transverse aortic constriction (TAC) and then treated mice with haloperidol. After two weeks, haloperidol-treated mice showed enhanced heart failure marked by deteriorated cardiac function, reduced ATP production and increasing mortality relative to TAC only mice. ATP supplementation via sodium pyruvate rescued phenotypes seen in haloperidol-treated TAC mice. We conclude that s 1 R inactivation or downregulation in response to haloperidol treatment impairs mitochondrial Ca 2þ mobilization, depleting ATP depletion from cardiomyocytes. These findings suggest a novel approach to mitigate haloperidol-related adverse effects in schizophrenia patients by ATP supplementation.

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2017

Epidural anesthesia is a common technique for perioperative analgesia and chronic pain treatment.... more Epidural anesthesia is a common technique for perioperative analgesia and chronic pain treatment. Since ultrasonography is insufficient for depicting the human vertebral surface, most examiners apply epidural puncture by body surface landmarks on the back such as the spinous process and scapulae without any imaging, including ultrasonography. The puncture route to the epidural space at thoracic vertebrae is much narrower than that at lumber vertebrae, and therefore, epidural anesthesia at thoracic vertebrae is difficult, especially for a beginner. Herein, a novel imaging method is proposed based on a bi-static imaging technique by making use of the transmit beam width and direction. In an in vivo experimental study on human thoracic vertebrae, the proposed method succeeded in depicting the vertebral surface clearly as compared with conventional B-mode imaging and the conventional envelope method. This indicates the potential of the proposed method in visualizing the vertebral surface for the proper and safe execution of epidural anesthesia.

IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems, 1995

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, 2002

Because the acoustic and elastic properties of bone evaluated using ultrasound-based methods have... more Because the acoustic and elastic properties of bone evaluated using ultrasound-based methods have proved so useful in the direct evaluation of bone characteristics, many workers have developed methods and systems based on the in vivo measurement of velocity, attenuation, or both, of ultrasound in bone. These include the acoustic emission AE , apparent velocity of ultrasound AVU , and speed of sound-broadband ultrasound attenuation SOS-BUA methods. Bone stiffness is accepted as an effective index in the diagnosis of such bone diseases as osteoporosis. The literature contains reports of the estimation of bone stiffness from velocity speed of sound SOS and attenuation broadband ultrasound attenuation BUA. The physical explanation of the methods of evaluating stiffness from the obtained values of BUA and SOS is still not clear, however. Here we propose a new diagnostic method and system based on ultrasound measurement of the stiffness of bone. The proposed method determines stiffness from the velocity of the leaky surface skimming compressional waves LSSCWs obtained with the microdefocusing method and the acoustic impedance obtained with the reflectance method. Thus this method can evaluate stiffness without exposing the patient to X-rays ; moreover, the physical basis of the calculation of stiffness from velocity and impedance is well understood. We applied this system to the human tibia in vivo : stiffness and density in a young volunteer were successfully evaluated at 24.9 GPa and 2.01 10 3 kg m 3 , respectively.

PloS one, 2016

Cardiovascular diseases are risk factors for depression in humans. We recently proposed that σ1 r... more Cardiovascular diseases are risk factors for depression in humans. We recently proposed that σ1 receptor (σ1R) stimulation rescued cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure induced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in mice. Importantly, σ1R stimulation reportedly ameliorates depression-like behaviors in rodents. Thus, we hypothesized that impaired σ1R activity in brain triggers depression-like behaviors in animals with cardiovascular disease. Indeed, here we found that cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure induced by TAC were associated with depression-like behaviors concomitant with downregulation of σ1R expression in brain 6 weeks after surgery. σ1R levels significantly decreased in astrocytes in both the hippocampal CA1 region and dentate gyrus. Oral administration of the specific σ1R agonist SA4503 (0.3-1.0mg/kg) significantly improved TAC-induced depression-like behaviors concomitant with rescued astrocytic σ1R expression in CA1 and the dentate gyrus. Plasma corticosterone le...

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, Jun 14, 2016

Left ventricular (LV) remodeling after acute myocardial infarction still remains an important iss... more Left ventricular (LV) remodeling after acute myocardial infarction still remains an important issue in cardiovascular medicine. We have recently demonstrated that low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) therapy improves myocardial ischemia in a pig model of chronic myocardial ischemia through enhanced myocardial angiogenesis. In the present study, we aimed to demonstrate whether LIPUS also ameliorates LV remodeling after acute myocardial infarction and if so, to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms involved in the beneficial effects of LIPUS. We examined the effects of LIPUS on LV remodeling in a mouse model of acute myocardial infarction, where the heart was treated with either LIPUS or no-LIPUS 3 times in the first week (days 1, 3, and 5). The LIPUS improved mortality and ameliorated post-myocardial infarction LV remodeling in mice. The LIPUS upregulated the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, pERK, and pAkt in the infarcte...

2008 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2008

Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation, which is one of the induces showing blood viscosity, plays an i... more Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation, which is one of the induces showing blood viscosity, plays an important role in blood rheology. RBC aggregation is formed by adhension of RBCs because electrostatic repulsion between RBCs weakens as protein and saturated fatty acid in blood increase. Excessive RBC aggregation promotes various circulatory diseases in the clinical situation. The purpose of this study is to establish a noninvasive and quantitative method for assessment of RBC aggregation. The spectrum of nonaggregating RBCs presents Rayleigh behavior, which means that the power of scattered wave is in proportion to the fourth power of frequency. By dividing the measured power spectrum by that of echo from a silicone plate, the frequency responses of transmitting and receiving transducer are removed from the measured power spectrum. The normalized power spectrum changes linearly with respect to logarithmic frequency. In non-Rayleigh scattering, on the other hand, the spectral slope decreases. This is derived that a larger scatterer also behaves as a reflector and on echo from a reflector does not show frequency dependence. As a result, the influence of Rayleigh scattering is getting weak. Therefore, it is possible to assess the RBC aggregation from the spectral slope value. The spectral slope of the normalized power spectrum of echoes from the lumen of the vein in dorsum manus of 24-year-old healthy male was close to that from microspheres with diameter of 11 µm, and the standard RBC diameter is similar to this value. These results show the possibility of the proposed method for the noninvasive assessment of RBC aggregation.

Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2009

In orthodontic dentistry for young subjects, it is important to assess the degree of growth of th... more In orthodontic dentistry for young subjects, it is important to assess the degree of growth of the jaw bones to determine the optimum time for treatment. The structure of the digital joint changes with age, with such changes correlating to the degree of bone growth (including jaw bones). There are two gaps in the digital joint of a young subject, one of which disappears with aging. In the present study, a method for noninvasive assessment of such change in the structure of a digital joint was examined, in which continuous-wave ultrasound is radiated to a digital joint by a single-element ultrasonic transducer. This continuous ultrasound, which passes through the digital joint, is received by a linear array ultrasonic probe situated opposite the transducer. The probe simultaneously realizes pulse-echo imaging and imaging of transmission ultrasound, which passes through the joint. Using this experimental apparatus, the existence and position of a gap can be detected clearly by imaging...

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2012

We observe some phase singularities in traveling excited waves noninvasively measured by a novel ... more We observe some phase singularities in traveling excited waves noninvasively measured by a novel ultrasonic method, on a human cardiac interventricular septum (IVS) for a healthy young male. We present a possible physical model explaining a part of one-dimensional cardiac dynamics of the observed phase defects on the IVS. We show that at least one of the observed phase singularities in the excited waves on the IVS can be explained by the Bekki-Nozaki hole solution in the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, although the creation and annihilation of phase singularities on the IVS give birth to a variety of complex patterns.

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Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2009

Using a heart ischemia/reperfusion model in rats, we recently demonstrated that 3-[2-[4-(3-chloro... more Using a heart ischemia/reperfusion model in rats, we recently demonstrated that 3-[2-[4-(3-chloro-2-methylphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-5,6-dimethoxy-1-(4-imidazolylmethyl)-1H-indazole dihydrochloride 3.5 hydrate (DY-9760e), a calmodulin inhibitor, is a cardioprotective drug. Here, we examined cardioprotective mechanisms of DY-9760e in hypertrophy and heart failure using a mouse transverse aortic constriction (TAC) model. Mice were subjected to TAC and 2 weeks later they were administered DY-9760e for another 6 weeks (at 10 or 20 mg/kg/day p.o.). Chronic administration inhibited TAC-induced increased heart-to-body weight ratio dose-dependently. Consistent with inhibition of hypertrophy, fraction shortening, an indicator of heart contractile function, assessed by echocardiography was completely restored by DY-9760e (20 mg/kg/day) administration. Inhibition of TAC-induced atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) up-regulation further confirmed an antihypertrophic effect of DY-9760e. It is noteworthy that we found that breakdown of dystrophin and spectrin by calpain was associated with heart failure in TAC mice. Caveolin-3 breakdown was closely associated with endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) dissociation from the plasma membrane and its subsequent uncoupling. Uncoupled monomeric eNOS formation was associated with increased protein tyrosine nitration, suggesting peroxynitrite production and NO and superoxide formation. It is important to note that 6 weeks of DY-9760e treatment significantly blocked hypertrophic responses, such as increased heart weight and ANP induction. Overall, we show that inhibition of both dystrophin/spectrin breakdown and uncoupling of eNOS probably underlies the cardioprotective mechanisms of DY-9760e. The observed protection of sarcolemmal proteins and eNOS by DY-9760e during pressure overload suggests a novel therapeutic strategy to rescue the heart from hypertrophy-induced failure. Cardiac hypertrophy is an adaptive response to prolonged increases in hemodynamic pressure overload and humoral stresses. Although this compensatory process is initially a physiological event to reduce wall stress and oxygen consumption , progressive left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy significantly increases the risk of developing heart failure and sudden death in humans (

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2007

Recently, there have been several studies on ultrasonic cross-sectional imaging based on simultan... more Recently, there have been several studies on ultrasonic cross-sectional imaging based on simultaneous reception of echo signals with an array transducer without scanning ultrasonic beams during transmission. In those studies, parallel processing was applied to create an image from a data set simultaneously received by the array. However, the lateral resolution of the parallel processing is not high. In this study, in order to improve the spatial resolution of parallel processing, the least-squares estimation and the truncated singular value decomposition (tSVD) are applied to the echo signals from two wire targets simultaneously received with a multichannel transducer array. We introduced a weighting for correcting the effect of the directivity of the elements of the array. The experimental results show a higher lateral resolution of the tSVD method with weighting than that of conventional parallel processing. The axial resolution is also improved by considering the finite duration of the transmitted ultrasonic pulse. A typical application of this method is nondestructive evaluation, that is, the detection of cavities and cracks in welded metal structures.

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 1992

Electronics Letters, 1996

The authors propose a new method, based on the microdefocusing method [1], for transcutaneously m... more The authors propose a new method, based on the microdefocusing method [1], for transcutaneously measuring the velocity of leaky surface skimming compressional waves (LSSCWs) propagating on the surface of bone. The method is realised by an ultrasonic measurement system which is applicable to in vivo measurement using ultrasound of 1MHz. The velocity of the LSSCW propagating on the surface of a Bakelite sample is snccessfully determined in a preliminary experiment, and the principle of the proposed method is confirmed.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 2013

Background: We previously reported that the σ 1-receptor (σ 1 R) is down-regulated following card... more Background: We previously reported that the σ 1-receptor (σ 1 R) is down-regulated following cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in transverse aortic constriction (TAC) mice. Here we address how σ 1 R stimulation with the selective σ 1 R agonist SA4503 restores hypertrophy-induced cardiac dysfunction through σ 1 R localized in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Methods: We first confirmed anti-hypertrophic effects of SA4503 (0.1-1 μM) in cultured cardiomyocytes exposed to angiotensin II (Ang II). Then, to confirm the ameliorative effects of σ 1 R stimulation in vivo, we administered SA4503 (1.0 mg/kg) and the σ 1 R antagonist NE-100 (1.0 mg/kg) orally to TAC mice for 4 weeks (once daily). Results: σ 1 R stimulation with SA4503 significantly inhibited Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Ang II exposure for 72 h impaired phenylephrine (PE)-induced Ca 2+ mobilization from the SR into both the cytosol and mitochondria. Treatment of cardiomyocytes with SA4503 largely restored PE-induced Ca 2+ mobilization into mitochondria. Exposure of cardiomyocytes to Ang II for 72 h decreased basal ATP content and PE-induced ATP production concomitant with reduced mitochondrial size, while SA4503 treatment completely restored ATP production and mitochondrial size. Pretreatment with NE-100 or siRNA abolished these effects. Chronic SA4503 administration also significantly attenuated myocardial hypertrophy and restored ATP production in TAC mice. SA4503 administration also decreased hypertrophy-induced impairments in LV contractile function. Conclusions: σ 1 R stimulation with the specific agonist SA4503 ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction by restoring both mitochondrial Ca 2+ mobilization and ATP production via σ 1 R stimulation. General significance: Our observations suggest that σ 1 R stimulation represents a new therapeutic strategy to rescue the heart from hypertrophic dysfunction.