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Komine,Y.,Kimura,A.,Niizuma,M.,Nakamura,S.,Kawabe,K.,Niijima,T.: Transurethral ultrasonography of the prostate. The Prostate Suppl., 1,53-57,1981.
Kimura,A.,Nakamura,S.,Niijima,T.: Ultrasonic diagnosis of scrotal contents using newly developed circular compound scanner. J.Clin. Ultrasound 11,365-370,1983.
Kimura,A.,Nakamura,S.,Niizuma,M.,Hoshino,T.,Niijima,T.Ohashi,Y., Higuchi,T.: The quantitative analysis of ultrasonogram of the prostate. J.Clin.Ultrasound 14,501-507,1986.
Kimura,A.,Higashihara,E.,Aso,Y.:Oblique pyelography for focusing of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.Jpn.J.Endourol.ESWL 2,34-36,1989.
Higashihara,E.,Asakage,Y.,Tominaga,T.,Hara,T.,Kimura,A.,Kishi,H.,Niijima,T.,Aso,Y.:Effect of shock wave application on the kidney:Comparisons with open surgery.Jpn.J.Endourol.ESWL 2,89-96,1989.
Kimura,A.,Kamiya,K.:Computer-aided drawing of a kidney which moves back and forth with respiration - A trial to aid patient's understanding of the ultrasonic monitor during extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Jpn.J.Endourol.ESWL 8,47-49,1995.
Kimura A,Kurooka Y,Hirasawa K et al:Accuracy of prostatic volume calculation in transrectal ultrasonography.Int J Urol 1995;2:252-256.
Kimura A:Re:Automated prostate volume determination with ultrasonographic imaging.J Urol 155,1038-1039,1996.
Nakamura,S.,Kobayashi,Y.,Tozuka,K.,Tokue,A.,Kimura,A.,Hamada,C.:Circadian changes in urine volume and frequency in elderly men.J.Urol.
Kimura A,Kurimoto S,Hosaka Y,Kitamura T,Nakamura S:International prostate symptom score (IPSS) overestimates the treatment efficacy - evaluation of IPSS by 24-hour uroflowmetry.Jpn.J.Endourol.ESWL 9,202-207,1996.
Enomoto Y,Fukuhara H,Kurimoto S,Sugimoto A,Kimura A,Hosaka Y,Kitamura T:Prostatic carcinoma presenting as a huge intravesical mass after subcapsilar prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia:an usual manifestation.Brit J Urol,78,798-799,1996.
Nakamura S,Kobayashi Y,Tozuka K, Tokue A,Kimura A,Hamada C:Circadian changes in urine volume and frequency in elderly men.J Urol 1996;156:1275-1279.
Kimura A,Kurooka Y,Kitamura T et al:Biplane planimetry as a new method for prostatic volume calculation in transrectal ultrasonography.Int J Urol 1997;4:152-156.
Kimura A,Kawabe K:Accuracy of prostatic volume calculated by biplane planimetry.J Med Ultrasound 1997;5(Supple):31-34.
A. Kimura, M. Yoshida, I. Saito, and T. Kitamura:PROSTATE VOLUME CALCULATED BY BIPLANE PLANIMETRY IMPROVES THE ACCURACY OF PSA DENSITY. Scand J Urol Nephrol 1999; 33(Supple):19.
A. Kimura, M. Yoshida, and I. Saito:A NEW PROSTATE VOLUME CALCULATION METHOD: NON-ELIPSOIDAL MODEL BASED ON THE SAGITTAL CONTOUR. Ultrasond in medicine and biology 2000; 26(Supple2):25.
Akira Kimura, Kiyoshi Hirasawa,Yuji Kurooka,and Kazuki Kawabe :New prostate volume calculation formula to improve the specificity of PSA density.Proceedings of 4th Seminor of the International Cooperative Study of Diagnostic Ultrasound and Prostatic Cancer.p92-95,2000.
Akira Kimura:Japan emperor's prostate surgery highlights trend.Reuter Thursday January 16, 9:48 AM,2003.
Akira Kimura:The role of ultrasonography in selecting chronic prostatitis patients for Keishibukuryogan(Kampo medicines). Ultrasond in medicine and biology 2009; 35(8S):240-241.