MATOBA Munetaka

Researcher Profile & Settings

Research

Overview of research:
Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging

Special Field

• Radiology

Education

• Kanazawa Medical University Graduate School Division of Medicine
• Kinki University Faculty of Medicine

Degree

• Ph.D in Medicine

Research Activities

Published Papers

• Stereotactic body radiotherapy delivered with IMRT for oligometastatic regional lymph node metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma: a single-institutional study, Munetaka Matoba, Hirokazu Tsuchiya, Tamaki Kondo, Kiyotaka Ota, Journal of radiation research, 61:776-783, Aug. 2020
• Relationships and Qualitative Evaluation Between Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Pathologic Findings of Resected Lung Cancers, Usuda Katsuo, Iwai Shun, Yamagata Aika, Sekimura Atsushi, Motono Nozomu, Matoba Munetaka, Doai Mariko, Yamada Sohsuke, Ueda Yoshimichi, Hirata Keiya, Uramoto Hidetaka, Cancers, 12:1194, May 2020
  DOI:10.3390/cancers12051194
• Traumatic Neuroma of an Intradural Cervical Nerve Root, Without Trauma, Mariko Doai, Hisao Tonami, Munetaka Matoba, Akira Tamase, Akane Aikawa, APPLIED RADIOLOGY, 49:54-55, Jan. 2020
• Preliminary quantitative evaluation of radiation-induced DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes after cardiac dual-isotope imaging, Koichi Okuda, Naoto Watanabe, Mitsumasa Hashimoto, Mariko Doai, Yasuyuki Kawai, Tomoko Takahashi, Tomohiro Arikawa, Kazumasa Ooiso, Yumi Sunatani, Kuniyoshi Iwabuchi, Koji Kajinami, Munetaka Matoba, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 154:108890, Dec. 2019
• Sugical resection of lung cancer with interstitial pneumonia:short-term outcomes, Atsushi Sekimura, Shun Iwai, Aika Funasaki, Nozomu Motono, Katsuo Usuda, Sohsuke Yamada, Hidetaka Uramoto, Munetaka Matoba, Journal of kanazawa medical university, 44:63-67, Nov. 2019
• Osteosarcoma Manifesting Systemic Inflammation and Histological Features Mimicking Plasma Cell-type Castleman Disease, Shino Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Sakai, Hiroshi Kawabata, Nozomu Kurose, Sohsuke Yamada, Mariko Doai, Munetaka Matoba, Haruka Iwao-Kawanami, Takafumi Kawanami, Shuichi Mizuta, Toshihiro Fukushima, Hiroki Mizumaki, Masaki Yamaguchi, Yasufumi Masaki, Internal Medicine, 58:2555-2560, Sep. 2019
• Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Can Differentiate between Malignant and Benign Pleural Diseases, Usuda Katsuo, Iwai Shun, Funasaki Aika, Sekimura Atsushi, Motono Nozomu, Matoba Munetaka, Doai Mariko, Yamada Sohsuke, Ueda Yoshimichi, Uramoto Hidetaka, Cancers, 11:811, Jun. 2019
  DOI:10.3390/cancers11060811
• Present Status and Perspectives in Advanced Radiation Therapy, Munetaka Matoba, Journal of Kanazawa Medical University, 44:1-6, Jun. 2019
• Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is useful for the response evaluation of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy to recurrent lesions of lung cancer, Usuda Katsuo, Iwai Shun, Funasakr Aika, Sekimura Atsushi, Motono Nozomu, Matoba Munetaka, Doai Mariko, Yamada Sohsuke, Ueda Yoshimichi, Uramoto Hidetaka, Translational Oncology, 12:699-704, May 2019
  DOI:10.1016/j.tranon.2019.02.005
• Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values in Diffusion Weighted Imaging for Assessment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Mariko Doai, Naoko Tsuchiya, Hisao Tonami, Munetaka Matoba, Katsuo Usuda, Hidetaka Uramoto, Keiya Hirata, Japan-Germany medical reports, 64:15-20, Apr. 2019
• Pituitary macroadenoma: Accuracy of apparent diffusion coefficient magnetic resonance imaging in grading tumor aggressiveness, Mariko Doai, Hisao Tonami, Munetaka Matoba, Osamu Tachibana, Hideaki Iizuka, Satoko Nakada, Sohsuke Yamada, The Neuroradiology Journal, 32:86-91, Apr. 2019
• Diagnostic Performance of Adaptive 4D Volume Perfusion CT for Detecting Metastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Matoba M, Tsuji H, Shimode Y, Nagata H, Tonami H, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, 211:1106-1111, Nov. 2018
• The role of changes in maximum standardized uptake value of FDG PET-CT for post-treatment surveillance in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy: preliminary findings, Matoba, Munetaka;Tuji, Hiroyuki;Shimode, Yuzo;Kondo, Tamaki;Oota, Kiyotaka;Tonami, Hisao, BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 90:20150404, Mar. 2017
  DOI:10.1259/bjr.20150404
• Economic Benefits and Diagnostic Quality of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Primary Lung Cancer, Usuda Katsuo;Funazaki Aika;Maeda Ryo;Sekimura Atsushi;Motono Nozomu;Matoba Munetaka;Uramoto Hidetaka, Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 23:275-280, 2017
• A case of renal cell carcinoma metastasized to gluteal muscle after partial nephrectomy, Y.Nakazawa, S.Kuwasaki, S.Inoue, D.Nakai, N.Morita, H.Tachibana, I.Chikazawa, T.Tanaka, M.Matoba, K.Sato,and K.Miyazawa, Japanese Journal of Urological Surgery, 29:177-180, Feb. 2016
• The effect of radiation therapy for bone metastasis in urinary organ cancer, I.Chikazawa, S.Inoue, Y.Nakazawa, D.Nakai, T.Ishii, H.Tachibana, K.Suga, N.Morita, T.Tanaka, K.Ota, M.Matoba, K.Miyazawa, Japanese Journal of Urology, 107:7-12, Jan. 2016
• The therapeutic strategy for clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer patients who are ineligible for lobectomy, N.Motono, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, S.Maeda, K.Usuda, H.Toga, M.Matoba, M.Sagawa, Haigan, 56:183-188, 2016
• Diagnostic performance of whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging compared to PET-CT plus brain MRI in staging clinically resectable lung cancer, K.Usuda, M.Sagawa, S.Maeda, N.Motono, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, M.Matoba, T.Matsui, N.Watanabe, H.Tonami, Y.Ueda, H.Uramoto, Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 17:2775-2780, 2016
• Diffusion weighted imaging can distinguish benign from malignant mediastinal tumors and mass lesions:comparison with positron emission tomography, K.Usuda, S.Maeda, N.Motono, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, M.Matoba, N.Watanabe, H.Tonami, Y.Ueda, M.Sagawa, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16:6469-6475, Oct. 2015
• Diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted imaging for multiple hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes with FDG accumulation, K.Usuda, S.Maeda, N.Motono, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, M.Matoba, N.Watanabe, H.Tonami, Y.Ueda, M.Sagawa, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16:6401-6406, Oct. 2015
• Lesion regression rate based on RECIST: prediction of treatment outcome in patients with head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy compared with FDG PET-CT, M.Matoba, H.Tuji, Y.Shimode, T.Kondo, K.Oota, H.Tonami, Journal of Radiation Research, 56:553-560, Mar. 2015
  DOI:10.1093/jrr/rru123
• Recurrence and metastasis of lung cancer demonstrate decreased diffusion on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, K.Usuda, M.Sagawa, N.Motono, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, S.Maeda, M.Matoba, H.Tonami, Y.Ueda, T.Sakuma, Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP., 15:6843-6848, Sep. 2014
• Diagnostic performance of diffusion weighted imaging of malignant and benign pulmonary nodules and masses: comparison with positron emission tomography, K.Usuda, M.Sagawa, N.Motono, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, S.Maeda, M.Matoba, Y.Kuginuki, M.Taniguchi, H.Tonami, Y.Ueda, T.Sakuma, Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP., 15:4629-4635, Jul. 2014
• Ability of diffusion-weighted MRI and 18F-FDG-PET/CT as predictors of clinical outcome in chemoradiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer, M.Matoba, H.Tsuji, Y.Shimode, I.Toyota, N.Watanabe, H.Tonami, 59:720-727, May 2014
• Relationships between EGFR mutation status of lung cancer and preoperative factors-are they predictive?, K.Usuda, M.Sagawa, N.Motono, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, M.Matoba, M.Taniguchi, H.Tonami, Y.Ueda, T.Sakuma, Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP., 15:657-662, Apr. 2014
• Fractional change in apparent diffusion coefficient as an imaging biomarker for predicting treatment response in head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy, M.Matoba, H.Tsuji, Y.Shimode, I.Toyota, Y.Kuginuki, T.Miwa, H.Tonami, AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology., 35:379-385, Feb. 2014
• Advantage of diffusion-weighted imaging over positron emission tomography-computed in assessment of hilar and mediastinal lymph node in lung cancer., K.Usuda, M.Sagawa, N.Motono, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, M.Matoba, Y.Kuginuki, M.Taniguti, Y.Ueda, T.Sakuma, Annals of surgical oncology, 20:1676-1683, Jul. 2013
• Diffusion-weighted imaging(DWI)signal intensity and distribution represent the amount of cancer cells and their distribution in primary lung cancer., K.Usuda, Xi.Zhao, M.Sagawa, H.Aikawa, M.Ueno, M.Tanaka, Y.Machida, M.Matoba, Y.Ueda, T.Sakuma, Clinical imaging, 37:265-272, Apr. 2013
• Diffusion-weighted imaging is superior to positron emission tomography in the detection and nodal assessment of lung cancers, K.Usuda, Xi.Zhao, M.Sagawa, M.Matoba, Y.Kuginuki, M.Taniguchi, Y.Ueda, T.Sakuma, The Annals of thoracic surgery., 91:1689-1695, Mar. 2011
• Palliative radiotherapy with 1 x 8 Gy using conformal radiotherapy for chemotherapy-refractory, recurrent, aggressive lymphomas, M.Matoba, K.Oota, H.Tonami, Y.Masaki, T.Sakai, H.Umehara, Japanese journal of radiology, 28:220-223, May 2010
• Lactate, choline, and creatine levels measured by vitro 1H-MRS as prognostic parameters in patients with non-small-ceｌｌ lung cancer, H.Yokota, J.Guo, M.Matoba, K.Higashi, H.Tonami, Y.Nagao, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 25:992-999, Nov. 2007
• Imaging findings in primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the liver : a case report, H.Yokota, M.Matoba, H.Tonami, T.Hasegawa, H.Saito, N.Kurose, Clinical imaging, 31:279-282, Jan. 2007
• Spinal rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor: First case in a young child., Chiaki Shibayama, Mariko Doai, Munetaka Matoba, Mari Morikawa, Hitoshi Sato, Naoki Okada, Yutaka Saikawa, Akira Tamase, Hideaki Iizuka, Akihiro Shioya, Sohsuke Yamada., Radiology case reports., 16:3982-3986, Oct. 2021
  DOI:10.1016/j.radcr.2021.09.052
• Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background suppression (DWIBS) is effective and economical for detection of metastasis or recurrence of lung cancer, Katsuo Usuda, Shun Iwai, Aika Yamagata, Yoshihito Iijima, Nozomu Motono, Munetaka Matoba, Mariko Doai, Sohsuke Yamada, Yoshimichi Ueda, Keiya Hirata, Hidetaka Uramoto, Thoracic Cancer, 12:676-684, Jan. 2021
  DOI:10.1111/1759-7714.13820
• Differentiation between suture recurrence and suture granuloma after pulmonary resection for lung cancer by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging or FDG-PET / CT., Usuda Katsuo;Iwai Shun;Yamagata Aika;Iijima Yoshihito;Motono Nozomu;Matoba Munetaka;Doai Mariko;Yamada Sohsuke;Ueda Yoshimichi;Hirata Keiya;Uramoto Hidetaka, Translational oncology, 14:100992, Feb. 2021
  DOI:10.1016/j.tranon.2020.100992
• Combination Assessment of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and T2-Weighted Imaging Is Acceptable for the Differential Diagnosis of Lung Cancer from Benign Pulmonary Nodules and Masses., Usuda Katsuo;Ishikawa Masahito;Iwai Shun;Iijima Yoshihito;Motono Nozomu;Matoba Munetaka;Doai Mariko;Hirata Keiya;Uramoto Hidetaka, Cancers, 13:10.3390/cancers13071551, Mar. 2021
  DOI:10.3390/cancers13071551
• Whole-Lesion Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Histogram Analysis: Significance for Discriminating Lung Cancer from Pulmonary Abscess and Mycobacterial Infection., Usuda Katsuo;Iwai Shun;Yamagata Aika;Iijima Yoshihito;Motono Nozomu;Matoba Munetaka;Doai Mariko;Hirata Keiya;Uramoto Hidetaka, Cancers, 13:10.3390/cancers13112720, May 2021
  DOI:10.3390/cancers13112720
• Novel Insights of T2-Weighted Imaging: Significance for Discriminating Lung Cancer from Benign Pulmonary Nodules and Masses., Usuda Katsuo;Iwai Shun;Yamagata Aika;Iijima Yoshihito;Motono Nozomu;Matoba Munetaka;Doai Mariko;Hirata Keiya;Uramoto Hidetaka, Cancers, 13:3713, Jul. 2021
  DOI:10.3390/cancers13153713
• How to Discriminate Lung Cancer From Benign Pulmonary Nodules and Masses? Usefulness of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Inside/Wall Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Ratio., Usuda Katsuo;Iwai Shun;Yamagata Aika;Iijima Yoshihito;Motono Nozomu;Doai Mariko;Matoba Munetaka;Hirata Keiya;Uramoto Hidetaka, Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology, 15:20K09172, Jul. 2021
  DOI:10.1177/11795549211014863
• A Case of Refractory Esophageal Ulcer Caused by Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Kazu Hamada, Tohru Itoh, Ken Kawaura, Hiroaki Kuno, Junji Kamai, Rika Kobayasi,Sadahumi Azukisawa, Hidekazu Kitakata, Taishi Ishisaka, Yuta Igarashi, Kumie Kodera, Tazuo Okuno, Takuro Morita, Tarou Himeno, Hiroshi Yano, Toshihiro Higashikawa, Osamu Iritani, Kunimitsu Iwai, Shigeto Morimoto, Munetaka Matoba, Masashi Okuro, World Journal of Oncology, 12:67-72, Jun. 2021
• Pulmonary Nodule and Mass: Superiority of MRI of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and T2-Weighted Imaging to FDG-PET/CT., Usuda Katsuo;Ishikawa Masahito;Iwai Shun;Yamagata Aika;Iijima Yoshihito;Motono Nozomu;Matoba Munetaka;Doai Mariko;Hirata Keiya;Uramoto Hidetaka, Cancers, 13:2-18, Oct. 2021
  DOI:10.3390/cancers13205166
• Quantitative evaluation of iodine and fat using dual-energy CT for assessments of the tumor aggressiveness in lung cancer, 53:242, Nov. 2022
• Clinical utility of combined assessments of 4D volumetric perfusion CT, diffusion-weighted MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT for the prediction of outcomes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy, (Hirokazu Tsuchiya), Munetaka Matoba, Yuka Nishino, Kiyotaka Ota, Mariko Doai, Hiroji Nagata,Hiroyuki Tuji, Radiation Oncology, 18:1630, Feb. 2023
• Attenuation of gadolinium enhancement in pituitary gland on magnetic resonance imaging of patients with pediatric growth hormone deficiency, (Mariko Doai), Yuka Nishino, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Masatsune Ito, Munetaka Matoba., BMC medical imaging., 17:188, Nov. 2023