Yukio YAMADA

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems

The University of Electro-Communications

1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan

(phone) +424-43-5434

(e-mail) yamada@net.ymdlab.mce.uec.ac.jp

Name: Yukio YAMADA

Date of birth: January 22, 1948

Sex: Male

Place of birth: Yonezawa city, Yamagata prefecture, Japan

Nationality: Japanese

Family: Wife and three daughters

Education:

Mar. 1966: Graduated from Yonezawa-Kojokan Senior High School, Yamagata, Japan.

Mar. 1970: B.S. of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Apr. 1973: M.S. of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Jan. 1983: Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Title of Dissertation: "Heat transfer enhancement by thermal radiation in high temperature thermal systems."

Employments:

Apr. 1974: Joined the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Aug. 1983-Aug. 1984: Visiting researcher, University of California at Berkeley.

Apr. 1991: Group Leader of Thermal Engineering Section, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Apr. 1993: Group Leader of Biomechanics Section, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

May 1997: Director of Department of Material Science and Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Apr. 2001 to present: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo

Awards:

Apr. 1993: Outstanding Patent of "Optical Tomography System" from the Minister of Science and Technology Agency, Japanese government

Aug. 1994: Distinguished Research Achievement on "Biomedical thermal Engineering and Optical Tomographic Imaging System" from the Director-General of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Apr. 1995: Distinguished Research Achievement on "Optical Tomographic Imaging System" from the Minister of Science and Technology Agency, Japanese government

Apr. 2000: Outstanding Patent of "Manufacturing Method of Optical Phantoms of Human Body" from the Minister of Science and Technology Agency, Japanese government

Major research fields:

1. High temperature heat exchangers (1974 to 1984)

2. Heat exchangers for Stirling engines (1983 to 1987)

3. Power generation by thermal cycles (1980 to 1990)

4. Light scattering by particles and biological tissues (1983 to 1996)

5. Heat and mass transport in biological tissues and laser therapy (1987 to present)

6. Light propagation in biological tissues, optical imaging, and their applications to biomedicine (1988 to present)

BOOKS:

[High temperature heat exchangers, Stirling engines, Thermal cycles]

1. Y. Yamada, “Geothermal Power Generation and Types,” in “Handbook on Development of Geothermal Energy,” Ed. K. Yuhara, Chap. 5, Fuji-Techno System, Tokyo, Aug. 1982. (in Japanese)

2. Y. Yamada and Y. Mori, "Mist Cooling of High Temperature Gas Turbine Blades," in "Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Rotating Machinery," Ed. W.-J. Yang, Hemisphere Pub. Co., New York, pp. 44-53, Jan. 1987.

3. Y. Yamada, “Instrumentation of Power Plants,” in “Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. C7: Energy Systems,” Chap. 3-3-2, pp. C7-140 ? C7-141, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dec. 1988. (in Japanese)

4. Y. Yamada, "Current Status and Future Prospects of Geothermal Energy Development," in "Global Environment Protection Strategy Through Thermal Engineering," eds. K. Hatta and Y. Mori, Hemisphere Publ. Co., New York, pp. 213-233, 1992.

[Heat and mass transport in biological tissues, Light propagation in and optical imaging of biological tissues, Biomedical engineering]

5. Y. Yamada and Y. Hasegawa, "Light Propagation in Tissues and Simulation of Time-resolved Optical-CT Imaging," in "Imaging in Transport Processes," Eds. K. Hijikata and S. Sideman, Begell House Inc., New York, pp. 565-576, 1993.

6. Y. Yamada and et al., “Medical and Thermal Engineering,” in “Handbook of Thermal Engineering in Advanced Technology,” Ed. Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chap. 5-4, pp. 134-144, Gihodo Pub., Tokyo, Sep. 1993. (in Japanese)

7. Y. Takahashi, Y. Yamada, and Y. Hasegawa, "Fundamental experiments of photon migration in strongly scattering media," in "Optical Methods in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences," Eds. H. Ohzu and S. Komatsu, Elsevier, pp. 369-372, Oct., 1994.

8. Y. Yamada, “Light Propagation in Biological Tissues,” in “Simulation of Heat and Fluid Flow,” Eds. H. Kawamura and K. Hijikata, Chap. 10, pp. 243-254, Maruzen, Tokyo, Mar. 1995. (in Japanese)

9. Y. Yamada, "Light-tissue interaction and optical imaging in biomedicine," in "Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Vol. 6,” Ed. C.-L. Tien, Begell House, New York, Chap. 1, pp. 1-50, 1995.

10. Y. Yamada, “Current Status and Future of Optical CT Development,” in “Image Diagnosis and Surgery Simulation: Recent Development,” Eds. Harii and Nakajima, Chap. 8, Kokuseido Pub., Tokyo, 1995. (in Japanese)

11. Y. Yamada and M. Tamura, “Optical Tomography and Visualization of Biological Functions,” in “Visualization Technology of Biological Information,” Ed. M. Miyakawa, Chap. 3-2, pp. 107-135, Jul. 1997. (in Japanese)

12. Y. Yamada and et al., “Science of Heat and Flow in Human Body,” OHM Pub., Tokyo, Oct. 1998. (in Japanese)

13. Y. Yamada, “Medical Diagnosis by Light,” and “Laser Therapy,” in “Medical Engineering,” Chaps. 2-3 and 3-2, Yoneda Pub., Apr. 2000.

JOURNALS AND ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS

[High temperature heat exchangers, Stirling engines, Thermal cycles]

1. Y. Mori, K. Hijikata and Y. Yamada, "Radiation Effects on Heat Transfer in the Reactor Core and Heat Exchangers of an HTGR," Journal of Heat Transfer, Trans. ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Vol. 97, Series C, No. 3, pp. 400-405, (Aug., 1975).

2. Y. Mori, K. Hijikata and Y. Yamada, "Effects of radiation heat transfer on the performance of high temperature heat exchangers," Trans. JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Vol. 41, No. 349, pp. 2681-2690, (Sep. 1975). (in Japanese)

3. Y. Yamada, Y. Mori and K. Hijikata, "Effects of radiation heat transfer on the performance of high temperature heat exchangers ? 2nd Report," Trans. JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Vol. 43, No. 369, pp. 1879-1888, (May 1977). (in Japanese)

4. Y. Mori, Y. Yamada and K. Hijikata, "Radiation Effects on Performances of Radiative Gas Heat Exchangers at High Temperatures," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. 1079-1089, (Aug., 1980).

5. Y. Yamada and Y. Mori, "Effects of radiation heat transfer on the performance of high temperature heat exchangers ? 3rd Report," Trans. JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Vol. B-47, No. 417, pp. 844-851, (May 1981). (in Japanese)

6. Y. Yamada and Y. Mori, "Pinch Temperatures in Rankine Cycle Power Generation Utilizing Heat Sources of Medium and Small Temperature Differences," Trans. JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Vol. B-47, No. 419, pp. 1349-1359, (Jul. 1981). (in Japanese)

7. Y. Yamada and Y. Mori, "Effect of Radiation Heat Transfer on the Performance of High Temperature Heat Exchangers (Experimental Results of One Flow Channel)," Heat Transfer Japanese Research, Vol. 10, No.4, pp. 1-16, (Dec., 1982).

8. Y. Yamada, M. Akai and Y. Mori, "Shell-and-tube Side Heat Transfer Augmentation by the Use of Wall Radiation in a Crossflow Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger," Journal of Heat Transfer, Transaction of ASME, Vol. 106, No.4, pp. 735-742, (Nov., 1984).

9. Y. Yamada and Y. Mori, "Pinch Temperatures in Rankine Cycle Power Generation Utilizing Heat Sources of Medium and Small Temperature Differences," Heat Transfer Japanese Research, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 55-83, (Sep., 1985).

10. J. D. Cartigny, Y. Yamada and C.-L. Tien, "Radiative Transport with Dependent Scattering by Particles, Part 1: Theoretical Investigation," Journal of Heat Transfer, Transaction of ASME, Vol. 108, No.3, pp. 608-613, (Aug., 1986).

11. Y. Yamada, J. D. Cartigny and C.-L. Tien,"Radiative Transport with Dependent Scattering by Particles, Part 2: Experimental Investigation," Journal of Heat Transfer, Transaction of ASME, Vol. 108, No.3, pp. 614-618, (Aug., 1986).

12. J.-T. Hong, Y. Yamada and C.-L. Tien, "Effects of Non-Darcian and Non-Uniform Porosity on Vertical-Plate Natural Convection in Porous Media," Journal of Heat Transfer, Transaction of ASME, Vol. 109, No.2, pp. 356-362, (May, 1987).

13. Y. Yamada, "Combined Radiation and Free Convection Heat Transfer in a Vertical Channel with Arbitrary Wall Emissivities," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 429-440, (Jan., 1988).

14. Y. Yamada, J. Wang and Y. Mori, "Heat transfer enhancement by wall radiation for heaters of Stirling engines," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-54, No. 506, pp. 2885-2892, (Oct., 1988). (in Japanese)

15. Y. Yamada, "Study of fluidized bed heat exchanger for Stirling engines," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-54, No. 507, pp. 3284-3289, (Nov., 1988). (in Japanese)

25. Y. Yamada, S. Takahashi, and H. Maki, "Experimental study of gas combustion fluidized bed and radiation contribution in the heat transfer in the bed," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-58, No. 555, pp. 3318-3323, (Nov., 1992). (in Japanese)

32. J. Wang, Y. Yamada, I. Yamashita, and Y. Kurosaki, "Improvement of thermal efficiency of Stirling engines by heat transfer enhancement of heaters," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-60, No. 571, pp. 1011-1016, (Mar., 1994). (in Japanese)

[Heat and mass transport in biological tissues, Light propagation in and optical imaging of biological tissues, Biomedical engineering]

16. T. Tanaka, Y. Yamada, H. Ishiguro, M. Takeuchi, M. Yamashita and S. Kotake, "Key factors of burn injury incidence by a warming mat," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-55, No. 515, pp. 2018-2023, (Jul., 1989). (in Japanese)

17. M. Yamashita, H. Ishiguro, T. Tanaka, Y. Yamada, and S. Kotake, "Study of mechanism of burn injury by warming mat and so on," Acute Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 201-208, (Feb., 1990). (in Japanese)

18. Y. Hasegawa, Y. Yamada, Y. Nomura, and M. Tamura, "Monte Carlo simulation of light scattering and absorption by biological tissues," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-56, No. 524, pp. 1173-1177, (Apr., 1990). (in Japanese)

19. H. Ishiguro, T. Tanaka, Y. Yamada, M. Yamashita, S. Kotake, and M. Takeuchi, "Heat transfer in low temperature burn injury occurring in heat insulation of biological tissue by warming mats," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-56, No. 525, pp. 1457-1466, (May, 1990). (in Japanese)

20. Y. Nakamura, H. Watanabe, T. Machida, M. Arima, K. Fukuyama, H. Wakabayashi, K. Matusmoto, Y. Yamada, and K. Kikuchi, "Effect of ArF Excimer laser radiation on rat tongue," Journal of Showa Dentists Society, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 241-245, (Sep. 1990). (in Japanese)

21. K. Matsumoto, Y. Nakamura, H. Wakabayashi, M. Arima, Y. Yamada, and K. Kikuchi, Journal of Japan Society of Dentists, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 1139-1142, (Oct., 1990). (in Japanese)

22. H. Hasegawa, Y. Yamada, M. Tamura and Y. Nomura, "Monte Carlo simulation of Light Transmission Through Living Tissues," Applied Optics, Vol. 30, No. 31, pp. 4515-4520, (1991).

23. Y. Yamada and Y. Hasegawa, "Simulation of optical tomography for strongly light scattering media," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-57, No. 540, pp. 2822-2825, (Aug., 1991). (in Japanese)

24. Y. Yamada, T. Tien, and M. Ohta, "Theoretical study of temporal variation of temperature distribution in biological tissues induced by light radiation," Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 8-13, (Mar. 1992). (in Japanese)

26. Y. Yamada, H. Ishiguro, M. Yamashita, T. Tanaka, and M. Takeuchi, "Experimental study of temperature of externally compressed tissues---Relation with low temperature burn injury," Japanese Journal of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 68-73, (Mar. 1993). (in Japanese)

27. Y. Yamada, Y. Hasegawa, and H. Maki, "Simulation of time-resolved optical computer tomography imaging," Optical Engineering, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 634-641, (Mar., 1993).

28. Y. Yamada and Y. Hasegawa, "Simulation of optical tomography for strongly light scattering media (2nd report)," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-59, No. 561, pp. 1766-1769, (May, 1993). (in Japanese)

29. Y. Takahashi, Y. Yamada, and Y. Hasegawa, "Ultrafast time-resolved measurement of light propagation in biological tissues," Trans of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 883-887, (Aug., 1993). (in Japanese)

30. Y. Yamada, Y. Hasegawa and Y. Yamashita, "Simulation of fan-beam type optical computed tomography imaging of strongly scattering and weakly absorbing media," Applied Optics, Vol.32, No. 25, pp. 4808-4814, (Sep., 1993).

31. K. Ohta, Y. Yamashita, and Y. Yamada, "Experimental and theoretical study of light propagation in biological tissues," Thermal Science & Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 1-7, (Oct., 1993). (in Japanese)

33. Y. Yamada, M. Sugawara, and H. Kawamura, "Analysis of temperature variation of biological tissues considering the oxygen dissociation characteristics of blood," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-60, No. 579, pp. 3693-3697, (Nov., 1994). (in Japanese)

34. M. Miyakawa, N. Takahashi, S. Hoshina, T. Hayashi, and Y. Yamada, "Physical model for visualization of thermal phenomena in biological tissues," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-60, No. 579, pp. 3698-3704, (Nov., 1994). (in Japanese)

35. Y. Yamada and Y. Hasegawa, "Analysis of light propagation in biological tissues by Finite Element Method," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-60, No. 579, pp. 3705-3710, (Nov., 1994). (in Japanese)

36. Y. Takahashi, Y. Yamada, and Y. Hasegawa, "Study of time-resolved measurement of pulsed light transmitted through strongly scattering media," Trans. JSME, Vol. B-60, No. 579, pp. 3711-3716, (Nov., 1994). (in Japanese)

37. K. Furutsu and Y. Yamada, "Diffusion approximation for a dissipative random medium and the application," Physical Review E, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 3634-3640, (Nov., 1994).

38. S. G. Proskurin, Y. Yamada, and Y. Takahashi, "Absorption coefficient measurements of strongly scattering media using time-resolved transmittance of a short pulse in near-infrared (NIR) wavelength range," Optical Review, Vol. 2, No.4, pp. 292-297, (July 1995).

39. M. Q. Brewster and Y. Yamada, "Optical properties of thick, turbid media from picosecond time-resolved light scattering measurements," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 38, No. 14, pp. 2569-2581, (Sep. 1995).

40. M. R. Jones, A. Tezuka and Y. Yamada, "Thermal tomographic detection of inhomogeneities," Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME Transaction, Vol. 117, pp. 969-975, (Nov. 1995).

41. Y. Yamada, "Light-Tissue Interaction and Optical Imaging in Biomedicine," Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Vol. VI, pp. 1-59, Begell House, (Nov., 1995).

42. I. Oda, H. Eda, Y. Tsunazawa, M. Takada. Y. Yamada, G. Nishimura, and M. Tamura, "Optical tomography using temporally extrapolated absorbance method (TEAM)," Applied Optics, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 169-175, (Jan., 1996).

43. M. R. Jones, Y. Yamada, and A. Tezuka, "Simulation of optical tomography by inverse problem technique," Trans. JSME, Vol. A-62, No. 595, pp. 842-846, (Mar., 1996). (in Japanese)

44. M. R. Jones, M. Q. Brewster and Y. Yamada, "Application of a Genetic Algorithm to the Optical Characterization of Propellant Smoke," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 372-377, (April 1996).

45. S. Kumar, K. Mitra and Y. Yamada, "Hyperbolic damped-wave models for transient light-pulse propagation in scattering media," Applied Optics, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 3372-3378, (July 1996).

46. Y. Yamada, H. Ishiguro, M. Yamashita, T. Tanaka, M. Takeuchi, and H. Kawamura, "Rise of Tissue Temperature Induced by Reduced Blood Perfusion Caused by External Pressure," Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 388, Oxygen Transport to Tissue XVII, pp. 391-397, (Aug., 1996).

47. Y. Yamada and Y. Hasegawa, "Time-dependent FEM analysis of Photon Migration in biological tissues," JSME International Journal, Series B., Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 754-761, (Sep., 1996).

48. S. Mizuno, Y. Tanikawa, Y. Yamada, and H. Maki, "Fabrication of optical phantoms and measurement of optical properties using integrating spheres," Trans. JSME, Vol. C-63, No. 607, pp. 889-894, (Mar., 1997). (in Japanese)

49. S. Kumar, K. Mitra, A. Vedavarz, and Y. Yamada, "Modeling and analysis of ultrashort pulsed light propagation in light scattering media," Trans. JSME, Vol. C-63, No. 607, pp. 895-900, (Mar., 1997). (in Japanese)

50. M. R. Jones, S. G. Proskurin, Y. Tanikawa, and Y. Yamada, "Optical tomography using the zooming method in an inversion problem technique," Japanese Journal of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 55-63, (Mar. 1997). (in Japanese)

51. M. Yamauchi, Y. Yamada, and Y. Hasegawa, "Frequency-domain Measurements of Diffusing Photon Propagation in Solid Phantom," Optical Review, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 620-260, (Nov., 1997).

52. M. R. Jones, S. G. Proskurin, Y. Yamada, and Y. Tanikawa, "Application of the zooming method in near-infrared imaging," Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 42, pp. 1993-2009, (Nov., 1997).

53. M. R. Jones and Y. Yamada, "Determination of the Asymmetry Parameter and Scattering Coefficient of Turbid Media from Spatially Resolved Reflectance Measurements," Optical Review, Vol.5, pp.72 -76, (May 1998).

54. F. Martelli, A. Sassaroli, G. Zaccanti, and Y. Yamada, "Properties of the light coming out from a diffusing medium: angular dependence and flux at the external boundary," Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 44, pp. 1257-1275, (May, 1999).

55. I. W. Kwee, S. G. Proskurin, Y. Tanikawa, and Y. Yamada, "Image reconstruction of optical tomography using null-space correction and maximum aposteriori probability methods," Trans. JSME, Vol. A-65, pp. 982-988, (May 1999). (in Japanese)

56. H. Eda, I. Oda, Y. Ito, Y. Wada, Y. Oikawa, Y. Tsunazawa, M. Takada, Y. Tsuchiya, Y. Yamashita, M. Oda, A. Sassaroli, Y. Yamada, and M. Tamura, "Multichannel time-resolved optical tomographic imaging system," Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 70, pp. 3595-3602, (Sep., 1999).

57. Y. Tanikawa, D. Imai, K. Tanaka, and Y. Yamada, "Fabrication of Realistic and Dynamic Human Head Phantoms," JSME International Journal, Series C, Vol. 42, pp. 487-491 (Oct. 1999).

58. A. Sassaroli, F. Martelli, D. Imai, and Y. Yamada, "Study on the propagation of ultra-short pulse light in cylindrical optical phantoms," Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 44, 2747-2763 (Nov. 1999).

59. M. Shimada, J. Hata, Y. Yamada, M. Ito, A. Uchida, and T. Yatagai, "Change in the color appearance of pigment under the skin," Japanese Journal of Optics, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 392-398 (Jun., 2000). (in Japanese)

60. M. Shimada, Y. Masuda, Y. Yamada, M. Itoh, M. Takahashi, and T. Yatagai, "Explanation of the Human Skin Color by the Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Based on the Modified Lambert-Beer Law," Optical Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 348-352 (Jul., 2000).

61. F. Martelli, A. Sassaroli, Y. Yamada, G. Zaccanti, "Method for measuring the diffusion coefficient of homogeneous and layered media," Optics Letter, Vol. 25, pp. 1508-1510 (2000).

62. F. Gao, P. Poulet, and Y. Yamada, "Simultaneous mapping of absorption and scattering coefficients from three dimensional model of time-resolved optical tomography," Applied Optics, Vol. 39, No. 31, pp. 5898-5910 (Nov., 2000).

63. Y. Yamada, "Fundamental studies of photon migration in biological tissues and their application to optical tomography," Optical Review, Vol. 7, pp. 366-374 (2000).

64. A. Sassaroli, F. Martelli, Y. Tanikawa, K. Tanaka, Y. Onodera, and Y. Yamada, "Time-resolved measurements of in vivo optical properties of piglet brain," Optical Review, Vol. 7, pp. 420-425 (2000).

65. A. Sassaroli, F. Martelli, G. Zaccanti, Y. Yamada, "Performance of fitting procedures in curved geometry for the retrieval of the optical properties from time-resolved measurements," Applied Optics, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 185-197 (Jan. 2001).

66. F. Martelli, A. Sassaroli, Y. Yamada, and G. Zaccanti, "Analytical approximate solutions of the time-domain diffusion equation in layered slabs," Journal of Optical Society of America A, (in print)

67. F. Gao, H. Zhao and Y. Yamada, "Improvement of image quality in diffuse optical tomography using full time-resolved data," Applied Optics, (accepted)

68. M. Shimada, Y. Yamada, M. Itoh, and T. Yatagai, "Melanin and blood concentration on human skin studied by multiple regression analysis (Experiments)," Physics in Medicine and Biology, (accepted)

69. M. Shimada, Y. Yamada, M. Itoh, and T. Yatagai, "Melanin and blood concentration on human skin studied by multiple regression analysis (Assessment by the Monte Carlo simulation)," Physics in Medicine and Biology, (accepted)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (from 1996 to 2000 only):

1. I. W. Kwee, Y. Tanikawa, S. G. Proskurin, S. R. Arridge, D. T. Delpy, and Y. Yamada, "Nullspace regularization and MAP reconstruction in the ill-posed inverse imaging problem," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 2925, pp. 43-54, (Sep., 1996).

2. S. G. Proskurin, Y. Tanikawa, I. W. Kwee, and Y. Yamada, "Diffuse Transmittance Measurements of Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous and Inhomogeneous Cylindrical Phantoms. Comparison with FEM Calculations," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 2925, pp. 2-10, (Sep., 1996).

3. K. Mitra, S. Kumar, and Y. Yamada, "Radiative Transfer at Short Time Scale," International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT) Symposium on Molecular and Microscale Heat Transfer in Materials Processing and Other Applications, Vol. 2, pp. 2.74-2.85, Yokohama, (Nov., 1996).

4. I. W. Kwee, Y. Tanikawa, S. G. Proskurin, S. R. Arridge, D. D. Delpy, and Y. Yamada, "Performance of a Nullspace-MAP Image Reconstruction Algorithm," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 2979, pp. 185-196, (Aug., 1997).

5. S. G. Proskurin, S. Takahashi, I. W. Kwee, Y. Tanikawa, and Y. Yamada, "Measurements of Time-resolved transmittances through Cylindrical Solid Phantoms: Comparison with 2D and 3D FEM Simulation," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 2979, pp. 261-271, (Aug., 1997).

6. Y. Tanikawa-Takahashi, D. Imai, S. Mizuno, H. Maki, O. Shinozaki, and Y. Yamada, "Design and fabrication of a solid simplified head phantoms," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 2979, pp. 429-436, (Aug., 1997).

7. S. Takahashi, D. Imai, Y. Tanikawa-Takahashi, and Yukio Yamada, "Fundamental 3D FEM analysis of light propagation in head model toward 3D Optical Tomography," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 2979, pp. 250-260, (Aug., 1997).

8. Y. Tanikawa, D. Imai, H. Maki, S. Takahashi, and Y. Yamada, "Fabrication of dynamic optical head phantoms from an MRI head model," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3194, pp. 512-521, (Jan., 1998).

9. S. Takahashi and Y. Yamada, "Simulation of 3D light propagation in a layered head model including a clear CSF layer," OSA TOPS, Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration, Vol.21, pp.2 -6 (Nov., 1998).

10. F. Martelli, A. Sassaroli, G. Zaccanti, and Y. Yamada, "Characteristics of the light transmitted through diffusing media: angular distribution and photon flux at the external boundary," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3597, pp. 164-174, (Jan. 1999)

11. A. Sassaroli, F. Martelli, Y. Yamada, and Y. Tsunazawa, "Ultra-short pulse light propagation in cylindrical optical phantoms,"SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3597, pp. 146-154, (Jan. 1999)

12. F. Martelli, A. Sassaroli, and Y. Yamada, "Analytical solution of the time-dependent photon diffusion equation for a layered medium," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3597, pp. 79-89, (Jan. 1999)

13. D. Imai, K. Tanaka, Y. Tanikawa-Takahashi, Y. Tsunazawa, H. Kawamura, and Y. Yamada, "Realistic dynamic brain phantom and time-resolved measurement," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3597, pp. 108-117, (Jan. 1999)

14. K. Tanaka, R. Araki, Y. Tanikawa, D. Imai, H. Kawamura, and Y. Yamada, "Measurements of Optical Properties of Biological Tissues Using an Integrating Sphere and Time-resolved Spectroscopy," Advances in Optical Imaging, Photon Migration, and Tissue Optics, Conference on Biomedical Optics, CLEO/Europe and Optical Society of America, Munchen, pp. 247-249 (June 1999).

15. Y. Yamada, M Tamura, Y. Tsunazawa, Y. Tsuchiya, "Performance of a Multi-Channel Time-Resolved Optical Tomographic Imaging System and Tomographic Images," Invited Talk, Inter-Institute Workshop on In Vivo Optical Imaging at the NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, Maryland, USA, (Sep. 16-17, 1999).

16. Y. Yamada, "Light Propagation in biological Tissue and Medical Imaging," Proceedings of Technology for the Next Century---In Celebration of 100 years of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Polytechnic University, (Nov. 4-5, 1999)

17. Y. Tanikawa, D. Imai, K. Tanaka, H. Kawamura, and Y. Yamada, "Fabrication of dynamic human head phantom and time-resolved measurement," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Tokyo (June 12-13, 2000).

18. T. Yamamoto, A. Maki, Y. Yamashita, H. Yoshizawa, M. Iwata, E. Watanabe, Y. Tanikawa, Y. Yamada, and H. Koizumi, "Development and application of noninvasive optical topography," Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4082, Taipei (July 26, 2000).

19. F. Gao, H. Zhao, Y. Onodera, A. Sassaroli, Y. Tanikawa, and Y. Yamada, "Image Reconstruction from Experimental Measurements of an Multichannel Time-Resolved Optical Tomographic Imaging System," Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4250, pp. 351-361 (Jan., 2001).

20. F. Gao, P. Poulet, and Y. Yamada, "3D Simultaneous Reconstruction of Absorption and Scattering Coefficients in Time-Resolved Optical Tomography," Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4250, pp. 514-521 (Jan., 2001).

21. F. Martelli, A. Sassaroli, Y. Yamada, and G. Zaccanti, "Method to measure the diffusion coefficient of a layered media," Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4250, pp. 101-108 (Jan., 2001).

22. K. Tanaka, R. Araki, Y. Yamada, "Measuring of optical properties of small volume samples using tim-resolved reflectance spectroscopy," and E. Okada, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4250, pp. 282-289 (Jan., 2001).

23. T. Yamamoto, A. Maki, Y. Yamashita, Y. Tanikawa, Y. Yamada, and H. Koizumi, "Noninvasive Brain-function Measurement System: Optical Topography," Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4250, pp. 339-350 (Jan., 2001).

(Note: In addition, total 25 proceedings papers were published from 1974 to 1995.)