Department of Environmental Health

 

Senior Researcher
MOROTA Koichi

Specialty

Occupational Health, Medical Radiation Safety, Medical Safety Management

Works

Original papers

1 Hijikata Y, Yamashita K, Hatsusaka N, Nagata T, Kitamura H, Morota K, Matsuzaki S, Nakagami K, Hitomi G, Kuriyama T, Kowatari M, Chida K, Sasaki H, Moritake T. Prevalence of Cataractous Changes in the Eyes and Chronic Inflammatory Changes in the Hands Among Spine Surgeons. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2025 Feb 107(7) e25-e25 doi: 10.2106/jbjs.24.00433.

2 Kuriyama T, Moritake T, Nakagami K, Morota K, Hitomi G, Kitamura H. Background Factors Affecting the Radiation Exposure of the Lens of the Eye among Nurses in Interventional Radiology: A Quantitative Observational Study. Nursing reports. 2024 Feb 14(1) 413-427. doi: 10.3390/nursrep14010032.

3 Hijikata Y, Kotani Y, Suzuki A, Morota M, Funao H, Miyagi M, Morimoto T, Kanno H, Ishii K. Protective Attitudes toward Occupational Radiation Exposure among Spine Surgeons in Japan: An Epidemiological Description from the Survey by the Society for Minimally Invasive Spinal Treatment. Medicina 2023 May 59(3) 545-545. doi: 10.3390/medicina59030545.

4 Matsuzaki S, Moritake T, Sun L, Morota K, Nagamoto K, Nakagami K, Kuriyama T, Hitomi G, Kajiki S, Kunugita N. The Effect of Pre-Operative Verbal Confirmation for Interventional Radiology Physicians on Their Use of Personal Dosimeters and Personal Protective Equipment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 Dec 19(24) 16825-16825. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416825.

5 Matsuzaki S, Moritake T, Morota M, Nagamoto K, Nakagami K, Kuriyama T, Kunugita N. Development and assessment of an educational application for the proper use of ceiling-suspended radiation shielding screens in angiography rooms using augmented reality technology. European journal of radiology. 2021 Oct 143 109925-109925. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.10992.

6 Nakagami K, Moritake T, Nagamoto K, Morota K, Matsuzaki S, Kuriyama T, Kunugita N. Strategy to Reduce the Collective Equivalent Dose for the Lens of the Physician’s Eye Using Short Radiation Protection Curtains to Prevent Cataracts. Diagnostics 2021 Aug 11(8) 1415. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics110814.

7 Morota K, Moritake T, Nagamoto K, Matsuzaki S, Nakagami K, Sun L, Kunugita N. Optimization of the Maximum Skin Dose Measurement Technique Using Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine-Radiation Dose Structured Report Data for Patients Undergoing Cerebral Angiography. Diagnostics 2020 Dec 11(1) 14. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics110100.

Reviews

1 Moritake T, Morota K, Hitomi G. Analysis of radiation exposure in patients undergoing neurointerventional radiology by actual measurement versus estimation: effect of medical exposure on biological analysis. Radiation Biology Research Communications 2017 Dec 52 (4), 358-401.

Others (awards, etc.)

・Best Poster 2nd Place, Evaluation of Trend and Reducing Patient Exposure Dose with DICOM-RDSR, AOCRP5 2018. (Melbourne)