Shimizu Laboratory

Shimizu Lab.

Researches on medical image analysis based on the state of the art technologies of pattern recognition, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis.

Development of computer-aided diagnosis systems using the research results.

    Atsushi Saito, Masaki Tsujikawa, Tetsuya Takakuwa, Shigehito Yamada,
    Akinobu Shimizu

    Level set distribution model of nested structures using logarithmic transformation

    Medical Image Analysis, 56, 1-10, 2019
    10.1016/j.media.2019.05.003

    Shouhei Hanaoka, Akinobu Shimizu, Mitsutaka Nemoto, Yukihiro Nomura, Soichiro Miki, Takeharu Yoshikawa, Naoto Hayashi, Kuni Ohtomo, Yoshitaka Masutani

    Automatic detection of over 100 anatomical landmarks in medical CT images: A framework with independent detectors and combinatorial optimization

    Medical Image Analysis, 35, 192-214, 2016
    10.1016/j.media.2016.04.001

    Atsushi Saito,
    Shigeru Nawano and Akinobu Shimizu

    Joint optimization of segmentation and shape prior from level-set-based statistical shape model, and its application to the automated segmentation of abdominal organs

    Medical Image Analysis, 28, 46-65, 2016
    10.1016/j.media.2015.11.003

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on June 4, 2026

6月4日
Dr. Cypko of Hahn-Schickard and the University of Freiburg (Germany), Mr. Mbobda-Kuate, a master’s student at ENSAE Paris (France), and Mr. Wattanaporn, an undergraduate student at Mahidol University (Thailand), came to Japan to conduct international collaborative research.

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on March 2, 2026

3月2日
Andrews, a fourth-year undergraduate, spent one month in Freiburg, Germany, conducting international collaborative research under Dr. Cypko of Hahn-Schickard and the University of Freiburg.

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on February 24, 2026

February 24, 2026
・An article “Performance Bias Due to Test Data Reuse in Post-market Retraining of a Bone Scintigram Diagnostic Support System and Its Bias Correction”, was published in Advanced Biomedical Engineering.

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on January 12, 2026

January 13, 2026
Dr. Julien Mendes Forte of the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France visited our laboratory for a 10-month international collaborative research project.

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To Applicants

Medical image analysis laboratory has collaborated with many universities, public research institutions, and companies. In 2019, we have collaborated with universities (the University of Tokyo etc.), two public institutions (RIKEN etc.), overseas universities (ESIEE Paris(France) etc.) and research institutions (Children’s National Health System(USA)), and other domestic companies. Knowledge of programming languages, AI, mathematics (linear algebra, mathematical analysis, statistical mathematics), signal processing is required to conduct the researches in our lab. If you are interested in medical image analysis and/or collaboration with our research partners, please visit our laboratory.