Tetsuya Takakuwa

Kyoto University Japan

Dr Tetsuya Takakuwa, MD, graduated from University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science in 1986, as well as from Osaka University, Faculty of Medicine in 1990. He worked as an Acute Care Physician at Osaka University Hospital and Critical Care and Emergency center Iwate Medical collage for 8 years. During those years, he got the opportunity to study at Max-Plank Institute for Immuno-biology in Germany. He took the role of the Associate Professor at the Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, in 2002, and received his PhD in 2005. He has been a Professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Human Health Science since 2008.

3chapters authored

Chapters authored

Introduction – Developmental Overview of the Human Embryo

By Shigehito Yamada, and Tetsuya Takakuwa

Part of the book: The Human Embryo

Developmental Anatomy of the Human Embryo – 3D-Imaging and Analytical Techniques

By Shigehito Yamada, Takashi Nakashima, Ayumi Hirose, Akio Yoneyama, Tohoru Takeda and Tetsuya Takakuwa

Part of the book: The Human Embryo

Human Embryology

By Shigehito Yamada, Mark Hill and Tetsuya Takakuwa

The study of human embryology has a very long history. Modern embryology owes its initial development to the key embryo collections that began in the 19th century. The first large collection was that of Carnegie, and this was followed later by the major 7 collections. The second role of the Carnegie collection was for researchers to establish a defined set of Carnegie stages based on embryo morphological features. Today, embryos are imaged three-dimensionally (3D) by a range of imaging modalities including, magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM), episcopic fluorescence image capture (EFIC), phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography (pCT), and optical projection tomography (OPT). Historically, embryo serial images were reconstructed using wax-plate and model techniques. The above new 3D imaging techniques now allow 3D computer reconstructions, analysis, and even 3D printing. This chapter will describe how the classical embryology collections and techniques have developed into today’s imaging and analysis techniques, giving new insights to human embryonic development.

Part of the book: New Discoveries in Embryology

Tetsuya Takakuwa

Chapters authored

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