Mamoru Niitsu1956 Born in Nagano-shi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan1979 Graduated from Tokyo University Department of Engineering, Japan, and worked at Hitachi Corporation until 19801986 Graduated from Tsukuba University School of Medicine, Japan, joined Department of Radiology as a resident, and later became an attending1991 Special Project Associate at Mayo Clinic Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Minnesota, USA1992 Obtained Ph.D from Tsukuba University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Japan1993 Assistant Professor in Radiology, Tsukuba University, Japan 1996 Lecturer in Radiology, Tsukuba University, Japan2005 Professor of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan2011 Professor of Radiology, Saitama Medical University, Japan