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most citedCorrelation between COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates in Japan and local population density, temperature and absolute humidity

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physics.med-ph2020★ 78 cited

Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Energy above 6 GHz: Review of Computational Dosimetry Studies

Akimasa Hirata, Sachiko Kodera, Kensuke Sasaki +5

International guidelines/standards for human protection from electromagnetic fields have been revised recently, especially for frequencies above 6 GHz where new wireless communicat…

physics.med-ph2020★ 17 cited

Model-based approach for analyzing prevalence of nuclear cataracts in elderly residents

Sachiko Kodera, Akimasa Hirata, Fumiaki Miura +5

Recent epidemiological studies have hypothesized that the prevalence of cortical cataracts is closely related to ultraviolet radiation. However, the prevalence of nuclear cataracts…

physics.med-ph2020★ 17 cited

Influence of segmentation accuracy in structural MR head scans on electric field computation for TMS and tES

Essam A. Rashed, Jose Gomez-Tames, Akimasa Hirata

In several diagnosis and therapy procedures based on electrostimulation effect, the internal physical quantity related to the stimulation is the induced electric field. To estimate…

q-bio.PE2020★ 131 cited

Correlation between COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates in Japan and local population density, temperature and absolute humidity

Sachiko Kodera, Essam A. Rashed, Akimasa Hirata

This study analyzed the morbidity and mortality rates of the COVID-19 pandemic in different prefectures of Japan. Under the constraint that daily maximum confirmed deaths and daily…

q-bio.PE2020★ 99 cited

Influence of Absolute Humidity, Temperature and Population Density on COVID-19 Spread and Decay Durations: Multi-prefecture Study in Japan

Essam A. Rashed, Sachiko Kodera, Jose Gomez-Tames +1

This study analyzed the spread and decay durations of the COVID-19 pandemic in different prefectures of Japan. During the pandemic, affordable healthcare was widely available in Ja…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 54 cited

Assessment of absorbed power density and temperature rise for nonplanar body model under electromagnetic exposure above 6 GHz

Yinliang Diao, Essam A. Rashed, Akimasa Hirata

The averaged absorbed power density (APD) and temperature rise in body models with nonplanar surfaces were computed for electromagnetic exposure above 6 GHz. Different calculation…

q-bio.NC2020★ 43 cited

Review on Biophysical Modelling and Simulation Studies for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Jose Gomez-Tames, Ilkka Laakso, Akimasa Hirata

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a technique for noninvasively stimulating a brain area for therapeutic, rehabilitation treatments and neuroscience research. Despite our…

eess.IV2020★ 27 cited

Development of accurate human head models for personalized electromagnetic dosimetry using deep learning

Essam A. Rashed, Jose Gomez-Tames, Akimasa Hirata

The development of personalized human head models from medical images has become an important topic in the electromagnetic dosimetry field, including the optimization of electrosti…

physics.med-ph2020★ 12 cited

Effect of skin-to-skin contact on stimulation threshold and dosimetry

Essam A. Rashed, Yinliang Diao, Shota Tanaka +3

The human dosimetry for electromagnetic field exposure is an essential task to develop exposure guidelines/standards for human safety as well as product safety assessment. At frequ…

eess.IV2020★ 34 cited

End-to-end semantic segmentation of personalized deep brain structures for non-invasive brain stimulation

Essam A. Rashed, Jose Gomez-Tames, Akimasa Hirata

Electro-stimulation or modulation of deep brain regions is commonly used in clinical procedures for the treatment of several nervous system disorders. In particular, transcranial d…