Takao Hiraki

Incidence of and Risk Factors for Pneumothorax and Chest Tube Placement After CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: Retrospective Analysis of the Procedures Conducted Over a 9-Year Period

Takao Hiraki, Hidefumi Mimura, Hideo Gobara et al. · American Journal of Roentgenology · 2010 · 220 citations

CT Fluoroscopy-Guided Biopsy of 1,000 Pulmonary Lesions Performed With 20-Gauge Coaxial Cutting Needles

Takao Hiraki, Hidefumi Mimura, Hideo Gobara et al. · CHEST Journal · 2009 · 208 citations

Pulmonary Lesions, Medical Imaging, Multiple Pulmonary Nodule +10

Pneumothorax, Pleural Effusion, and Chest Tube Placement after Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Tumors: Incidence and Risk Factors

Takao Hiraki, Nobuhisa Tajiri, Hidefumi Mimura et al. · Radiology · 2006 · 194 citations

Risk factors for local progression after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors

Takao Hiraki, Jun Sakùrai, Toshihide Tsuda et al. · Cancer · 2006 · 142 citations

Nonfatal Systemic Air Embolism Complicating Percutaneous CT-Guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

Takao Hiraki, Hiroyasu Fujiwara, Jun Sakùrai et al. · CHEST Journal · 2007 · 142 citations

Pulmonary Embolism, Medical Imaging, Thoracic Ultrasound +7