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  1. Lesion-guided stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation for drug-resistant focal epilepsy: preliminary multi-center report from Japan

    Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  2. Uncrossed Cerebellar Diaschisis in Hemimegalencephaly: Evaluated by FDG‐PET and Diffusion Tensor Tractography

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  3. Multi-modal Multitask Learning Model for Simultaneous Classification of Two Epilepsy Biomarkers

    Article • December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  4. Treatment odyssey to epilepsy surgery in children with focal cortical dysplasia: Risk factors for delayed surgical intervention

    Article • Seizure, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  5. Surgical treatment may improve depressive and hysterical traits in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis: Study using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

    Article • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  6. Auditory stimulus reconstruction from ECoG with DNN and self-attention modules

    Article • Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  7. Language MEG predicts postoperative verbal memory change in left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  8. Focal ictal direct current shifts by a time constant of 2 seconds were clinically useful for resective epilepsy surgery

    Article • Epilepsia, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  9. Intravenous perampanel as an alternative to the oral formulations in Japanese patients with epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia Open, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  10. Double inversion recovery MRI of subcortical band heterotopia and its variations

    Article • Journal of Neuroimaging, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  11. Sevoflurane-induced high-frequency oscillations, effective connectivity and intraoperative classification of epileptic brain areas

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  12. Dynamics of AMPA receptors regulate epileptogenesis in patients with epilepsy

    Article • Cell Reports Medicine, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  13. Neurological insights on two siblings with GM3 synthase deficiency due to novel compound heterozygous ST3GAL5 variants

    Article • Brain and Development, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  14. Synchronous heart rate reduction with suppression‐burst pattern in KCNT1‐related developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

    Article • Epilepsia Open, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  15. Drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy due to middle fossa meningoencephalocele in a child: A surgical case report

    Article • Brain and Development, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  16. Development of an epileptic seizure prediction algorithm using R–R intervals with self-attentive autoencoder

    Article • Artificial Life and Robotics, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  17. Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of Additional Extraventricular Anterior Commissurotomy With Corpus Callosotomy

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, November 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  18. Is Hippocampal Resection Necessary for Low-Grade Epilepsy-Associated Tumors in the Temporal Lobe?

    Article • Brain Sciences, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  19. Totally Organic Hydrogel‐Based Self‐Closing Cuff Electrode for Vagus Nerve Stimulation

    Article • Advanced Healthcare Materials, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  20. Ictal direct current shifts contribute to defining the core ictal focus in epilepsy surgery

    Article • Brain Communications, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  21. Risk factors for unfavourable outcomes after shunt surgery in patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shigeki Yamada, Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  22. Periodic cycles of seizure clustering and suppression in children with epilepsy strongly suggest focal cortical dysplasia

    Article • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, July 2022, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  23. Volume-Based Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation for Pediatric Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy: A Feasibility Study

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  24. Pathologically Verified Corticobasal Degeneration Mimicking Richardson's Syndrome Coexisting with Clinically and Radiologically Shunt‐Responsive Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

    Article • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, April 2022, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  25. Age-Related Recovery of Daily Living Activity After 1-Stage Complete Corpus Callosotomy: A Retrospective Analysis of 41 Cases

    Article • Neurosurgery, February 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  26. Epileptic discharges initiate from brain areas with elevated accumulation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptors

    Article • Brain Communications, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  27. Optogenetic stimulus-triggered acquisition of seizure resistance

    Article • Neurobiology of Disease, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  28. Sevoflurane-based enhancement of phase-amplitude coupling and localization of the epileptogenic zone

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  29. Predictors of Seizure Outcome after Repeat Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Reasons for Failure, Sex, Electrophysiology, and Temporal Lobe Surgery

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2022, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  30. Risk factors for psychological distress in electroencephalography technicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national-level cross-sectional survey in Japan

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  31. The Onset of Interictal Spike-Related Ripples Facilitates Detection of the Epileptogenic Zone

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, November 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  32. Histopathological validation and clinical correlates of hippocampal subfield volumetry based on T2-weighted MRI in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  33. Single-subject gray matter networks in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with hippocampal sclerosis

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  34. Epilepsy surgery in children under 3 years of age: surgical and developmental outcomes

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, August 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  35. Facial memory ability and self-awareness in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy after anterior temporal lobectomy

    Article • PLOS One, April 2021, PLOS

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  36. Your verbal questions beginning with 'what' will rapidly deactivate the left prefrontal cortex of listeners

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  37. Initial delta and delayed theta/alpha pattern in the temporal region on ictal EEG suggests purely hippocampal epileptogenicity in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  38. Single-Institutional Experience of Chronic Intracranial Electroencephalography Based on the Combined Usage of Subdural and Depth Electrodes

    Article • Brain Sciences, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  39. Improvement of brain function after surgery in infants with posterior quadrant cortical dysplasia

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  40. Corpus callosotomy in pediatric patients with non-lesional epileptic encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus during sleep

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  41. Efficient Detection of High-frequency Biomarker Signals of Epilepsy by a Transfer-learning-based Convolutional Neural Network

    Article • Advanced Biomedical Engineering, January 2021, Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  42. Is intracranial electroencephalography useful for planning resective surgery in intractable epilepsy with ulegyria?

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, November 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  43. Enhanced MR conspicuity of Type IIb focal cortical dysplasia by T1WI with CHESS: Two case reports

    Article • Neurology Clinical Practice, October 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  44. Cognitive and developmental outcomes after pediatric insular epilepsy surgery for focal cortical dysplasia

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, August 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  45. Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Tourette Syndrome: Electrode Position and Clinical Outcome

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2020, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  46. Alteration of the anatomical covariance network after corpus callosotomy in pediatric intractable epilepsy

    Article • PLOS One, December 2019, PLOS

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  47. Withdrawal of deep brain stimulation in patients with gilles de la tourette syndrome

    Article • Movement Disorders, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  48. Hydrogel-Based Organic Subdural Electrode with High Conformability to Brain Surface

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  49. Disrupted cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway in patients with hemimegalencephaly

    Article • Brain and Development, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  50. Spatiotemporal dynamics of auditory and picture naming-related high-gamma modulations: a study of Japanese-speaking patients

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  51. SMART (stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy) syndrome responded to steroid pulse therapy: Report of a case and review of the literature

    Article • eNeurologicalSci, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  52. B-3. Electroencephalography and seizures learned from ictal recording

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  53. Surgical strategy to avoid ischemic complications of the pyramidal tract in resective epilepsy surgery of the insula: technical case report

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2018, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  54. Surgical Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy presenting with Hyperkinetic Seizures originating in the Frontal Lobe

    Article • Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2018, The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  55. Dramatic response after functional hemispherectomy in a patient with epileptic encephalopathy carrying a de novo COL4A1 mutation

    Article • Brain and Development, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  56. A change in brain white matter after shunt surgery in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a tract-based spatial statistics study

    Article • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  57. A surgical case of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis and traumatic neocortical lesion

    Article • Rinsho Shinkeigaku, January 2017, Societas Neurologica Japonica

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  58. Predicting Tissue Breaking Strengths in the Epileptic Brain with T2 Relaxometry: Application of Pulsed Water Jet Dissection System for Epilepsy Surgery

    Article • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A Central European Neurosurgery, November 2016, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  59. Differences in sleep architecture between left and right temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Neurological Sciences, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  60. T2 relaxometry improves detection of non-sclerotic epileptogenic hippocampus

    Article • Epilepsy Research, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  61. New Application of Actuator-Driven Pulsed Water Jet for Spinal Cord Dissection: An Experimental Study in Pigs

    Article • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A Central European Neurosurgery, September 2016, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  62. Acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures: Pathological findings and a new therapeutic approach using tacrolimus

    Article • Brain and Development, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  63. High-Convexity Tightness Predicts the Shunt Response in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

    Article • American Journal of Neuroradiology, June 2016, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  64. Non-invasive Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2016, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  65. Fantastic confabulation in right frontal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  66. Clinical profiles for seizure remission and developmental gains after total corpus callosotomy

    Article • Brain and Development, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  67. High frequency oscillations are less frequent but more specific to epileptogenicity during rapid eye movement sleep

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  68. Verbal Dominant Memory Impairment and Low Risk for Post-operative Memory Worsening in Both Left and Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Associated with Hippocampal Sclerosis

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2016, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  69. Three patients with extra-temporal lobe epilepsy having seizures during REM sleep

    Article • Sleep Medicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  70. Three patients with posterior quadrant epilepsy showing focal ictal EEG onset during NREM sleep, but not during wakefulness

    Article • Sleep Medicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  71. Interhemispheric Vertical Hemispherotomy: A Single Center Experience

    Article • Pediatric Neurosurgery, August 2015, Karger Publishers

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  72. Occult dual pathology in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Neurological Sciences, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  73. Clinical characteristics of four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy associated with elevated anti-GAD antibodies

    Article • Rinsho Shinkeigaku, January 2015, Societas Neurologica Japonica

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  74. Electro- and magneto-encephalographic spike source localization of small focal cortical dysplasia in the dorsal peri-rolandic region

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  75. Practical surgical indicators to identify candidates for radical resection of insulo-opercular gliomas

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, November 2014, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  76. Earlier tachycardia onset in right than left mesial temporal lobe seizures

    Article • Neurology, September 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  77. Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Induced by Levetiracetam

    Article • Journal of Child Neurology, July 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  78. RBPJ is disrupted in a case of proximal 4p deletion syndrome with epilepsy

    Article • Brain and Development, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  79. Modification of vertical hemispherotomy for refractory epilepsy

    Article • Brain and Development, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki, Professor Kensuke Kawai

  80. Temporal intermittent rhythmic delta activity and abdominal migraine

    Article • Neurological Sciences, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  81. MEG in Epilepsy and Pre-surgical Functional Mapping

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  82. Seizure Freedom after Lamotrigine Rash: A Peculiar Phenomenon in Epilepsy

    Article • Internal Medicine, January 2014, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  83. Causality analysis in epileptic seizure genesis

    Article • IEICE Proceeding Series, January 2014, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  84. Preservation of the Long Insular Artery to Prevent Postoperative Motor Deficits After Resection of Insulo-opercular Glioma: Technical Case Reports

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2014, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  85. Remote Epilepsy Clinic using a Video Conferencing System

    Article • Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2014, The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  86. The usefulness of subtraction ictal SPECT and ictal near-infrared spectroscopic topography in patients with West syndrome

    Article • Brain and Development, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  87. Time-varying inter-hemispheric coherence during corpus callosotomy

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  88. Parental satisfaction and seizure outcome after corpus callosotomy in patients with infantile or early childhood onset epilepsy

    Article • Seizure, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  89. Optogenetically Induced Seizure and the Longitudinal Hippocampal Network Dynamics

    Article • PLOS One, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  90. Summary of 15 Years Experience of Awake Surgeries for Neuroepithelial Tumors in Tohoku University

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2013, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  91. Magnetoencephalography in fronto-parietal opercular epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  92. Complete remission of seizures after corpus callosotomy

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, July 2012, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki, Nobukazu Nakasato

  93. Face specific broadband electrocorticographic spectral power change in the rhinal cortex

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  94. Physicians' emotional barriers toward epilepsy surgery

    Article • Rinsho Shinkeigaku, January 2012, Societas Neurologica Japonica

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  95. Lateralization of interictal spikes after corpus callosotomy

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  96. Dissociable prefrontal activity accompanying verb generation revealed by ECoG high gamma activity

    Article • Neuroscience Research, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  97. Somatotopic distribution of peri-rolandic spikes may predict prognosis in pediatric-onset epilepsy with sensorimotor seizures

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  98. Angiocentric Glioma and Surrounding Cortical Dysplasia Manifesting as Intractable Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2011, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  99. Generalized 3-Hz spike-and-wave complexes emanating from focal epileptic activity in pediatric patients

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  100. Unique discrepancy between cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism in hemimegalencephaly

    Article • Epilepsy Research, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  101. Accentuated cortico‐cortical evoked potentials in neocortical epilepsy in areas of ictal onset

    Article • Epileptic Disorders, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  102. High-gamma electrocorticographic activities selective to word generation in the lateral prefrontal cortex

    Article • Neuroscience Research, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  103. Endfolium sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy diagnosed preoperatively by 3-tesla magnetic resonance imaging

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, June 2009, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  104. Sinus thrombosis in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome causing fatal cerebral haemorrhage

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  105. Neurenteric Cyst of the Craniocervical Junction in an Infant

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2008, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  106. Cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistula complicated by pontine venous congestion. A case report

    Article • Surgical Neurology, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  107. Effects of eyelid closure, blinks, and eye movements on the electroencephalogram

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  108. Detection of Epileptiform Activity by Human Interpreters: Blinded Comparison between Electroencephalography and Magnetoencephalography

    Article • Epilepsia, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  109. Neuromagnetic separation of secondarily bilateral synchronized spike foci: report of three cases

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  110. Comparison of Magnetoencephalographic Spikes with and without Concurrent Electroencephalographic Spikes in Extratemporal Epilepsy

    Article • The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, January 2004, Tohoku University Medical Press

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  111. Focal magnetoencephalographic spikes in the superior temporal plane undetected by scalp EEG

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  112. Cortical somatosensory evoked potential mapping

    Article • January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  113. Surgical Implications of Neuromagnetic Spike Localization in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, April 2002, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  114. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with lateral temporal lobe abnormalities in magnetoencephalography and glucose metabolism

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, March 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  115. Somatosensory evoked fields in comatose survivors after severe traumatic brain injury

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, January 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki

  116. Neuromagnetic localization of N15, the initial cortical response to lip stimulus

    Article • Neuroreport, January 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masaki Iwasaki