Department of Radiology

Head of the Department: Kubota MD, PhD

Message from the Head of the Department

     Welcome to the introduction page of our department.
 We perform state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging, interventional radiology, and high-precision radiotherapy.

Activities

Annual number of cases in 2022

Diagnostic imaging
  • CT diagnosis: 21,779 cases
  • MRI diagnosis:  10,586 cases
  • Nuclear medicine diagnosis: 1,793 cases
  • Mammography: 604 cases
  • Gastrointestinal angiography: 23 cases
  • Others: 8 cases
  • Interventional radiology: 104 cases
  • Total number of radiotherapy cases: 375

Research Field

  • Radiation therapy using a high-precision radiation therapy device.
  •  Study on percutaneous transhepatic portal vein embolization using various embolic materials.
  • Study on arterial embolization using NBCA for renal angiomyolipoma.
  • Research and development of a 4D-CT-based method to determine the therapeutic effect of venous sac embolization for pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas.
  • Research and development of treatment methods for endoleaks after TEVAR and EVAR.
  • Development of new diagnostic imaging methods using the latest diagnostic imaging equipment.
  • Research on internal therapy using radioisotopes.
  • Research on imaging diagnosis of breast cancer.

Academic Society Activities

Japanese Society of Radiology
Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine
Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.
Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology
Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Japanese Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine
Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology
Japanese Association of Breast Cancer Screening
Japan Association of Breast and Thyroid Sonology
Japanese Society of Breast Cancer Imaging
Japan Association for Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Japan Association for Medical Informatics
Radiological Society of North America

Faculty

Professor and Chairman: Kazunori Kubota, MD, PhD
Specially-appointed Professor (former Professor and Chairman): Miwako Nozaki, MD, PhD
Associate Professor: Masaya Furuta, MD, PhD
Associate Professor: Manabu Nakata, MD, PhD
Senior Assistant Professor: Yasuhiro Hirano, MD, PhD
Senior Assistant Professor: Masashi Nakadate, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor: Yuko Ito, MD
Assistant Professor: Kaoru Watanabe, MD
Assistant Professor: Yu Kujiraoka, MD
Resident: Keiko Takahashi, MD
Resident: Hiromasa Takahashi, MD
Resident: Suzumi Ozeki, MD
Resident: Yuki Kobayashi, MD
Resident: Mayuko Sorimachi, MD
Resident: Haruka Tanaka, MD
Resident: Anna Tabei, MD
Resident: Kouya Denda, MD
Resident: Riho Fukuda, MD

Characteristics of the section

     We provide various diagnostic imaging services such as CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine (RI) scans, as well as "radiological diagnosis and treatment of cancer," focusing on radiotherapy and interventional radiology (IVR), in cooperation with other departments in our hospital.

Contact

Department of Radiology
Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center
2-1-50 Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8555, Japan
Mail: kubotard@dokkyomed.ac.jp