Patents by Inventor Sumiya Nagatsuka

Sumiya Nagatsuka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210404974
    Abstract: Provided is a dynamic imaging quality control device that performs quality control concerning dynamic imaging in which dynamics of a subject is imaged by sequential radiation emissions to the subject. The dynamic imaging quality control device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor presents information on the quality control. The information on the quality control includes at least one of information on a framerate, information on a system sensitivity, and information on an image region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Sumiya NAGATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20210361250
    Abstract: A dynamic analysis system processes a dynamic image obtained by irradiation of a subject from a radiation irradiation apparatus and by dynamic imaging on dynamics of the subject detected by a detector. The dynamic analysis system includes a hardware processor that performs position correction of the dynamic image by eliminating an effect of displacement of the subject in a direction perpendicular to a detector plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sumiya NAGATSUKA, Yuki KAWANA
  • Publication number: 20210186443
    Abstract: A radiographic image display apparatus 3 included in a radiographic imaging system 100 includes a hardware processor that obtains an image data item on each of the frame images generated by the radiographic imaging apparatus 2, detects a situation of the subject at least at a time point in the dynamic imaging, associates the detected situation of the subject with the obtained image data items, and issues a specific output for notification that the subject is in a specific situation when the subject is in a state of a specific frame image fs, in a case where the display is caused to display the specific frame image fs, this specific frame image fs being taken when it is detected that the situation of the subject is the specific situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Sumiya NAGATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20210133967
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program that causes a computer to perform an obtaining process, an analyzing process, and an extracting process. In the obtaining process, the computer obtains a radiographic moving image showing a motion of a specific part of an examinee. In the analyzing process, the computer analyzes the radiographic moving image obtained in the obtaining process. In the extracting process, the computer extracts, among frames constituting the radiographic moving image, a specific frame that visibly shows a detection target in the specific part, based on a result of analyzing a dynamic state of the specific part in the analyzing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Noritsugu MATSUTANI, Sumiya NAGATSUKA, Yuki KAWANA
  • Publication number: 20210100519
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causes a computer to perform an analysis process based on a radiation moving image in which a dynamic state of a specific site of a subject is captured. The program includes the analysis process in which, an analysis is performed based on the radiation moving image wherein when a plane in which the specific site is movable is to be a movable plane, the radiation moving image is obtained by irradiating radiation on the specific site in a state in which the radiation is orthogonal to the movable plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shikou KANEKO, Sumiya Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 10966674
    Abstract: A radiographic image display apparatus 3 included in a radiographic imaging system 100 includes a hardware processor that obtains an image data item on each of the frame images generated by the radiographic imaging apparatus 2, detects a situation of the subject at least at a time point in the dynamic imaging, associates the detected situation of the subject with the obtained image data items, and issues a specific output for notification that the subject is in a specific situation when the subject is in a state of a specific frame image fs, in a case where the display is caused to display the specific frame image fs, this specific frame image fs being taken when it is detected that the situation of the subject is the specific situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Sumiya Nagatsuka
  • Publication number: 20210089820
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to determine a standard frame image in a dynamic image including a plurality of frame images obtained by imaging using radiation a process of a movement in an intentional motion by a subject. The hardware processor is configured to set a plurality of feature points on a predetermined structure in the standard frame image. The hardware processor is configured to generate position information showing a position state of the predetermined structure in the standard frame image from a relation of positions of the plurality of set feature points. The hardware processor is configured to specify in another frame image of the dynamic image positions of the plurality of set feature points and generates the position information of the predetermined structure in the another frame image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka, Naoki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200286235
    Abstract: A dynamic image analysis system includes a modality and a hardware processor. The modality generates first and second dynamic images each composed of frame images indicating dynamics of a subject. The processor detects a first signal value of a pixel in a first region in each of the frame images of the first dynamic image. The hardware processor detects a second signal value of a pixel in a second region in which an identical site to that of the first region is imaged, the second region being in each of the frame images of the second dynamic image. The processor determines an image processing condition for making the first signal value close to the second signal value based on the first and second signal values detected. The hardware processor performs image processing on the first dynamic image under the determined image processing condition to generate a processed dynamic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Sumiya NAGATSUKA, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190298287
    Abstract: A radiographic image display apparatus 3 included in a radiographic imaging system 100 includes a hardware processor that obtains an image data item on each of the frame images generated by the radiographic imaging apparatus 2, detects a situation of the subject at least at a time point in the dynamic imaging, associates the detected situation of the subject with the obtained image data items, and issues a specific output for notification that the subject is in a specific situation when the subject is in a state of a specific frame image fs, in a case where the display is caused to display the specific frame image fs, this specific frame image fs being taken when it is detected that the situation of the subject is the specific situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Sumiya Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 9237877
    Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Syou Noji, Tetsuo Shimada, Shintaro Muraoka, Sumiya Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 9125621
    Abstract: It is possible to improve a diagnostic performance by a dynamic image and in particular, to provide information effective for diagnosis of the lung ventilation function. Provided is a dynamic image capturing system (100) including: a calculation device (4) which calculates a dynamic feature amount according to a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image captured by an imaging device (1); and a diagnosis console (3) which displays the frame images of the captured dynamic image as a dynamic image display or a still image display on a display screen of a display unit (34) and colors at least one of the frame images with a color in accordance with a calculation result of a feature amount obtained by the calculation device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka, Yoshihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 9044194
    Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Syou Noji, Tetsuo Shimada, Shintaro Muraoka, Sumiya Nagatsuka
  • Publication number: 20150092911
    Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Syou NOJI, Tetsuo SHIMADA, Shintaro MURAOKA, Sumiya NAGATSUKA
  • Patent number: 8995614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for displaying medical images and a medical image display system that do not require a medical practitioner to move his/her line of sight at the time of comparing/interpreting images and that can improve accuracy in diagnosis. According to the medical image display system of the present invention: an X-ray imaging device captures an image of a subject according to a first imaging mode by a fringe-scanning imaging device or a second imaging mode by a Fourier transform imaging device; a controller creates at least two images from among an X-ray absorption image, a differential phase image, and a small-angle scattering image on the basis of the captured moir image; and said at least two images that have been created are displayed in turn in the same position on a display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka, Junko Kiyohara, Shikou Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140010344
    Abstract: A medical image display system is shown. The medical image display system includes, a fringe scanning type capturing apparatus or a Fourier transformation type capturing apparatus; an image processing section; a display section; and a control section. The capturing apparatus includes, an X-ray source; a first grating and a second grating; a subject table; and an X-ray detector. The image processing section generates a plurality of reconstructed images for diagnosis based on an image signal of a subject captured with the capturing apparatus. The display section displays at least two of the plurality of reconstructed images. The control section detects an abnormal candidate on each of the plurality of reconstructed images and controls display order of the plurality of reconstructed images displayed on the display section based on a result of detecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka, Junko Kiyohara, Shikou Kaneko, Kazuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20130201198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for displaying medical images and a medical image display system that do not require a medical practitioner to move his/her line of sight at the time of comparing/interpreting images and that can improve accuracy in diagnosis. According to the medical image display system of the present invention: an X-ray imaging device captures an image of a subject according to a first imaging mode by a fringe-scanning imaging device or a second imaging mode by a Fourier transform imaging device; a controller creates at least two images from among an X-ray absorption image, a differential phase image, and a small-angle scattering image on the basis of the captured moire image; and said at least two images that have been created are displayed in turn in the same position on a display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka, Junko Kiyohara, Shikou Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8483456
    Abstract: It is possible to improve a diagnostic performance by a dynamic image and in particular, to provide information effective for diagnosis of the lung ventilation function. Provided is a dynamic image capturing system including: a calculation device which calculates a dynamic feature amount according to a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image captured by an imaging device; and a diagnosis console which displays the frame images of the captured dynamic image as a dynamic image display or a still image display on a display screen of a display unit and colors at least one of the frame images with a color in accordance with a calculation result of a feature amount obtained by the calculation device. In the diagnosis of the lung ventilation function, the breast portion of an examinee is dynamically imaged over a plurality of time phases to calculate a feature amount and an estimated ventilation amount at each of the time phases, so that the calculation results are displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka, Yoshihiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20130156158
    Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Syou Noji, Tetsuo Shimada, Shintaro Muraoka, Sumiya Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 7916832
    Abstract: A control device of a breast image radiographing apparatus relating to the present invention controls a driving device, in response to a press-down of a position adjustment switch of an input device, so as to adjust the position of a subject table. The position of compression board is adjusted by the operator such as a radiographing technician, the subject H is pressed and fixed, and when the enlargement factor of the phase contrast radiographing is inputted through the input device, the control device controls a driving device according to the positions of the subject table and the compression board and the inputted enlargement factor, so as to make a holding member ascend and descend and thereby the relative distances of the subject table to a radiation source and to a radiation image detector are adjusted to distances satisfying the enlargement factor=(R1+R2)/R1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hara, Mamoru Umeki, Hisashi Yonekawa, Sumiya Nagatsuka, Tomonori Gido
  • Publication number: 20100246925
    Abstract: It is possible to improve a diagnostic performance by a dynamic image and in particular, to provide information effective for diagnosis of the lung ventilation function. Provided is a dynamic image capturing system including: a calculation device which calculates a dynamic feature amount according to a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image captured by an imaging device; and a diagnosis console which displays the frame images of the captured dynamic image as a dynamic image display or a still image display on a display screen of a display unit and colors at least one of the frame images with a color in accordance with a calculation result of a feature amount obtained by the calculation device. In the diagnosis of the lung ventilation function, the breast portion of an examinee is dynamically imaged over a plurality of time phases to calculate a feature amount and an estimated ventilation amount at each of the time phases, so that the calculation results are displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Sumiya NAGATSUKA, Yoshihiro TAKEDA