Japanese Society of Thoracic Radiology

Development and history of Japanese Society of Thoracic Radiology

Japanese Society of Thoracic Radiology (JSTR) was established in 1987 to promote education and research in the specialty of thoracic radiology including imaging and interventional radiology. In the fall of this year, the first annual meeting was held in Okayama. The annual meeting covered case reports with pathologic correlations, and included lectures by some invited speakers. Each session was chaired by a radiologist and pathologist, which enabled us to have a better understanding of the pathological background of the imaging. Since then, the number of the papers have gradually increased and nowadays, more than 40 interesting case reports have been presented.

Missions of Japanese Society of Thoracic Radiology

The main activities of the society have been concentrated on an annual meeting held simultaneously with the autumn congress of Japanese Society of Radiology (JRS) and the Ikezoe Memorial Chest Diagnostic Seminar. Beyond this, JSTR has tried to strengthen relations with other international organizations. We have maintained partnership especially with the KSTR (Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology) by having a joint meeting which is alternately conducted in Japan and Korea. Additionally, JSTR has made contributions to organize the ACTI (the Asian Congress of Thoracic Imaging) and the WCTI (the World Congress of Thoracic Imaging) where in many JSTR members have participated and made presentations.

Board Member

President	Shuji Sakai ( Tokyo Woman's Medical University)
Vice President	Kazuto Ashizawa (Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences)
	Yoshiharu Ohno (Kobe University)
Board Member	Kiminori Fujimoto (Kurume University School of Medicine)
	Masaki Hara (Nagoya City West Medical Center)
	Osamu Honda (Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
	Katsuya Kato (General Medical Center, Kawasaki Medical School)
	Yasuyuki Kurihara (St.Luke's International Hospital)
	Masahiko Kusumoto (National Cancer Center Hospital)
	Masashi Takahashi (Yujin-Yamazaki Hospital)
	Nobuyuki Tanaka (National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center)
	Noriyuki Tomiyama (Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
	Hidetake Yabuuchi (Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)
Auditor	Tsuneo Matsumoto (National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center)