Kunihiro Inai

Kunihiro Inai is a Professor at the University of Fukui, specializing in medical imaging, pathology, and artificial intelligence applications. He holds a Doctor of Medicine from Fukui Medical University (1997) and has a long academic career spanning over three decades.

• Education: Graduated from Fukui Medical University Faculty of Medicine (1988), completed doctoral course at Fukui Medical University Graduate School (1997).
• Research Focus: Medical imaging AI, postmortem CT analysis, pancreatic tissue mechanics, sepsis diagnostics, and computational anatomy.

Publication Trends: Recent work emphasizes AI-driven image analysis for thyroid/pancreatic/lung diagnostics, super-resolution CT techniques, and postmortem imaging-pathology correlation. Collaborative studies span radiology, pathology, and biomedical engineering.

Academic Leadership: Principal investigator for multiple JSPS grants (total >48 million yen) and industry collaborations (e.g., Panasonic). Active in Japan Society of Medical Imaging Technology program committees and peer review.

Teaching: Taught pathology, immunology, and medical diagnostics at institutions including University of Fukui, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.