Patents by Inventor Teiji NISHIO

Teiji NISHIO 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).

  • Patent number: 10821301
    Abstract: A system that assists in treatment includes circuitry configured to generate three-dimensional body data of a patient using data obtained from a three-dimensional measurement unit, obtain a tomographic image of the patient from a body tomographic measurement apparatus, execute an examination assist process, which aligns the three-dimensional body data with the tomographic image, execute a treatment plan assist process, which make a treatment plan that specifies a posture of the patient when treatment is performed using the tomographic image and the three-dimensional body data that are aligned with each other, and execute a treatment assist process, which outputs a treatment instruction based on the posture specified in the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: MIZUHO INFORMATION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORP HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Teiji Nishio, Akito Saito, Yasushi Nagata, Makiko Suitani, Daiki Hashimoto, Takeshi Nagata, Hidemasa Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20190308033
    Abstract: A system that assists in treatment includes circuitry configured to generate three-dimensional body data of a patient using data obtained from a three-dimensional measurement unit, obtain a tomographic image of the patient from a body tomographic measurement apparatus, execute an examination assist process, which aligns the three-dimensional body data with the tomographic image, execute a treatment plan assist process, which make a treatment plan that specifies a posture of the patient when treatment is performed using the tomographic image and the three-dimensional body data that are aligned with each other, and execute a treatment assist process, which outputs a treatment instruction based on the posture specified in the treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Teiji Nishio, Akito Saito, Yasushi Nagata, Makiko Suitani, Daiki Hashimoto, Takeshi Nagata, Hidemasa Maekawa
  • Patent number: 9210793
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam radiation control device that controls radiation of a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam radiation control device including: a controller which controls an acceleration voltage for accelerating charged particles, wherein the controller includes a set acceleration voltage controller which selects a non-radiation state of a charged particle beam by setting an acceleration voltage of a radiation state of the charged particle beam to a reference acceleration voltage and changing the acceleration voltage to a set acceleration voltage larger or smaller than the reference acceleration voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Teiji Nishio, Toshiki Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20150213639
    Abstract: To provide an image generation apparatus and a program capable of generating an image of a region of interest broken at any selected sectional plane. Reconstructed image voxel data in a three-dimensional space is received. Designation of two-dimensional regions of interest is received on a plurality of sectional planes of the image voxel data. At least one three-dimensional region of interest corresponding to the two-dimensional regions of interest is generated in the three-dimensional space, on the basis of the designated two-dimensional regions of interest. A contour is generated using region-of-interest voxel data which corresponds to the received image voxel data and has a voxel value which is made different depending on whether or not the region-of-interest voxel data is included in at least one three-dimensional region of interest. The contour is drawn together with the image voxel data included in the defined plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Teiji Nishio
  • Patent number: 9061143
    Abstract: A charged particle beam irradiation system includes: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiation target with a charged particle beam; a radiation resistance state measuring section configured to measure a radiation resistance state of the irradiation target; a region dividing section configured to divide the irradiation target into a plurality of radiation resistance regions based on a measurement result of the radiation resistance state measuring section; a radiation dose computing section configured to compute a planned value of a radiation dose of the charged particle beam for each of the plurality of radiation resistance regions divided by the region dividing section; and an irradiation planning section-configured to create an irradiation plan of the charged particle beam with respect to the irradiation target based on a computation result of the radiation dose computing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Kenzo Sasai, Teiji Nishio
  • Publication number: 20140252227
    Abstract: A charged particle beam irradiation system includes: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiation target with a charged particle beam; a radiation resistance state measuring section configured to measure a radiation resistance state of the irradiation target; a region dividing section configured to divide the irradiation target into a plurality of radiation resistance regions based on a measurement result of the radiation resistance state measuring section; a radiation dose computing section configured to compute a planned value of a radiation dose of the charged particle beam for each of the plurality of radiation resistance regions divided by the region dividing section; and an irradiation planning section-configured to create an irradiation plan of the charged particle beam with respect to the irradiation target based on a computation result of the radiation dose computing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo Sasai, Teiji Nishio
  • Patent number: 8680487
    Abstract: A simulation device includes an input unit which receives an input of simulation data including material information of the irradiation target and irradiation information of a charged particle beam, and an arithmetic unit which calculates the dose distribution of the charged particle beam in the irradiation target on the basis of simulation data received by the input unit and the dose distribution kernel. The arithmetic unit segments the charged particle beam spread to a predetermined range at an intermediate portion in the traveling direction of the charged particle beam, hypothesizes a plurality of virtual shapes having conical spread with a segmented position as a start point, and calculates the dose distribution of the charged particle beam in the irradiation target on the basis of simulation data received by the input unit and a plurality of virtual shapes of the charged particle beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: National Cancer Center, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teiji Nishio, Yuusuke Egashira, Manabu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130087721
    Abstract: A simulation device includes an input unit which receives an input of simulation data including material information of the irradiation target and irradiation information of a charged particle beam, and an arithmetic unit which calculates the dose distribution of the charged particle beam in the irradiation target on the basis of simulation data received by the input unit and the dose distribution kernel. The arithmetic unit segments the charged particle beam spread to a predetermined range at an intermediate portion in the traveling direction of the charged particle beam, hypothesizes a plurality of virtual shapes having conical spread with a segmented position as a start point, and calculates the dose distribution of the charged particle beam in the irradiation target on the basis of simulation data received by the input unit and a plurality of virtual shapes of the charged particle beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicants: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Teiji NISHIO, Yuusuke EGASHIRA, Manabu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20120068631
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam radiation control device that controls radiation of a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam radiation control device including: a controller which controls an acceleration voltage for accelerating charged particles, wherein the controller includes a set acceleration voltage controller which selects a non-radiation state of a charged particle beam by setting an acceleration voltage of a radiation state of the charged particle beam to a reference acceleration voltage and changing the acceleration voltage to a set acceleration voltage larger or smaller than the reference acceleration voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Teiji NISHIO, Toshiki TACHIKAWA