PAMI & ICCP 2026

Revealing Subtle Heat Flows all around us using Microbolometric Videos

Mani Ramanagopal, Akihiko Oharazawa, Sriram Narayanan, Zeqing Yuan, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan

We show that low-cost microbolometric cameras can capture subtle heat flows — convection, conduction, radiation — invisible to the naked eye, enabling new thermal imaging applications.

ICCP 2025

Resolving Ambiguities in Heat Conduction and Shading

Akihiko Oharazawa, Sriram Narayanan, Mani Ramanagopal, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan

A unified framework that jointly resolves inherent ambiguities in thermal conduction and shading cues for physics-based 3D scene understanding.

ASSETS 2025

More than One Step at a Time: Designing Procedural Feedback for Non-visual Makeup Routines

Franklin Mingzhe Li, Akihiko Oharazawa, Chloe Qingyu Zhu, Misty Fan, Daisuke Sato, Chieko Asakawa, Patrick Carrington

We design and evaluate a system that provides step-by-step procedural feedback to support blind and low-vision users in performing makeup routines independently.

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2025

Metabolomics of the Skin Dialysate Collected from the Forearm Subjected to Local Heating

Akihiko Oharazawa, Gulinu Maimaituxun, Koichi Watanabe, Takeshi Nishiyasu, Naoto Fujii

Metabolomic profiling of skin dialysate under local thermal stimulation, revealing heat-responsive biomarkers in skin interstitial fluid.

Journal of Dermatological Science, 2024

Metabolome Analyses of Skin Dialysate: Insight into Skin Interstitial Fluid Biomarkers

Akihiko Oharazawa, Gulinu Maimaituxun, Koichi Watanabe, Takeshi Nishiyasu, Naoto Fujii

Comprehensive metabolome-level characterization of skin dialysate to identify novel biomarkers present in skin interstitial fluid.

Cerebral Cortex, 2021

High-intensity Intermittent Training Enhances Spatial Memory and Hippocampal Neurogenesis Associated with BDNF Signaling in Rats

Masahiro Okamoto, Daisuke Mizuuchi, Koki Omura, Minchul Lee, Akihiko Oharazawa, Jang Soo Yook, Koshiro Inoue, Hideaki Soya

High-intensity intermittent exercise promotes spatial memory and hippocampal neurogenesis in rats via BDNF-dependent signaling pathways.

Skin Research & Technology, 2020

Skin Capillary Extraction Technique Based on Independent Component Analysis and Frangi Filter using Videomicroscopy

Akihiko Oharazawa, Masaki Ogino, Masaru Sugahara, Masanori Tanahashi

A technique combining ICA and Frangi vesselness filtering to automatically extract skin capillary structures from videomicroscopy images.