Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates a prognosis of a treatment target on the basis of treatment conditions to be applied to the treatment target. The processing circuitry outputs the estimated prognosis of the treatment target via an output interface.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes movable member which moves in a bore along the central axis of the bore formed in a gantry provided with a medical imaging mechanism concerning imaging a subject, couchtop which inserts into the bore, screen provided for the member and having a picture from a projector projected thereon, first frame connected to the member and positioned on the projector side for the screen, a second frame supporting a reflection board and being movable along the first frame, and processing circuitry which estimates a posture of the examined subject based on one of the position of the reflection board concerning the screen and the orientation of the head of the examined subject, determines a rotation amount of the picture on the basis of the posture, and controls the projector so as to rotate the picture according to the rotation amount.

Abstract: A patient couch for use in a medical imaging system that includes a gantry, a power supply unit and a driving unit for positioning the patient couch with respect to the gantry. The patient couch includes at least a first connector for supplying a wireless coil (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) coil for an MRI imaging apparatus) with power. The patient couch is detachably connected to the gantry. The power supply is configured to supply the first connector with power and an optional clock synchronization signal.

Abstract: A radio frequency coil apparatus according to an embodiment is a radio frequency coil apparatus to be disposed in a bore of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and including processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated from a subject placed in the bore. The processing circuitry supplies voltage to a constituent component of the radio frequency coil apparatus by using a switching regulator and a linear regulator. The processing circuitry selectively drives the switching regulator and the linear regulator based on an imaging sequence of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The processing circuitry drives the linear regulator in a first duration including a duration in which the nuclear magnetic resonance signal is acquired, and drives the switching regulator in a second duration other than the first duration.

Abstract: The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to any of embodiments includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector and processing circuitry. The X-ray tube is configured to irradiate an imaging region of a subject with X-rays. The X-ray detector is configured to detect the X-rays. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire an incident angle of the X-rays corresponding to a clinical purpose of the imaging region, and acquire image data from an image sensor that images the imaging region. The processing circuitry is configured to rotate the X-ray tube in accordance with the acquired incident angle of the X-rays, and slide a position of a central path of the X-rays with respect to the imaging region based on the image data.

Abstract: A radiation diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes plural radiation detection elements and a processing circuitry. The radiation detection elements are arranged in a two-dimensional direction. The processing circuitry determines, based on a first output relating to a first detection element included in the radiation elements and a second output relating to a second detection element, an ideal output relating to the first detection element when it is assumed that a surface at which a radiation first arrives on the first detection element is an incident position of the radiation.

Abstract: A medical information processing device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to automatically select and execute an application to be executed on a medical image to be processed from among a plurality of applications on the basis of predetermined reference information, compare first information indicating execution conditions for each of the plurality of applications included in the reference information with second information indicating an imaging condition for the medical image, and cause a display to display a list of applications that have not been executed among the plurality of applications and a result of comparison between the first information and the second information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus correcting a metal artifact in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. The method and apparatus acquire plural slices along a slice direction of a scanned region associated with a body part, estimate a spatial extent of a signal dispersion of the acquired plural slices along the slice direction, and combine the signal of the acquired plural slices along the slice direction based on the estimated spatial extent of the signal dispersion to generate a reconstructed image of the scanned region.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an input image, infers a first region image about a first region included in the input image, generates a corrected image with the first region corrected from the first region image, and performs inference about a second region included in the input image based on the input image and the corrected image.

Abstract: A positron emission tomography (PET) apparatus includes a plurality of PET detector rings and processing circuitry. The PET detector rings are movable relative to a table top on which a subject is to be laid, in an axial direction of a bore into which the table top is to be inserted. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain position information of each of the plurality of PET detector rings in the axial direction, generate display information representing positions of the plurality of PET detector rings, based on the position information, and display the display information on a display.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for controlling exposure/irradiation during a main three-dimensional X-ray imaging scan using at least one spatially-distributed characteristic of a pre-scan/scout scan preceding the main scan. The at least one spatially-distributed characteristic includes (1) a spatially-distributed noise characteristic of the pre-scan and/or (2) a spatially-distributed identification of exposure-sensitive tissue types. The at least one spatially-distributed characteristic can be calculated from images reconstructed from sinogram/projection data and/or from sinogram/projection directly using a neural network.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises: an imager configured to image by irradiating X-ray to a subject to acquire a captured image by X-ray imaging and a fluoroscopic image by fluoroscope imaging; and processing circuitry configured to acquire imaging related information obtained within a certain period of time before or after the X-ray imaging, and store in a memory the fluoroscopic image captured at least one of before or after the X-ray imaging based on the imaging related information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes: an RF coil configured to apply a radio frequency (RF) signal of a Larmor frequency of a spin species in an object; and an amplifying apparatus configured to amplify the RF signal and supply the amplified RF signal to an output that is connectable to a load (80) that includes at least the RF coil and the object, wherein: the amplifying apparatus includes two amplification circuits provided in parallel and an impedance transformation circuit; and the impedance transformation circuit is provided between the load and an output terminal of one of the two amplification circuits such that a polarity of reactance as viewed from an output terminal of one of the two amplification circuits toward the load is opposite to a polarity of reactance as viewed from an output terminal of another of the two amplification circuits toward the load.

Abstract: A permanent current switch apparatus according to an embodiment is a permanent current switch apparatus electrically connected to a superconducting coil via a superconducting wire, the permanent current switch apparatus including a plurality of parallel structures with thermal permanent current switches connected in parallel, the thermal permanent current switches being capable of switching between conducting and interrupting an electric current flowing through the superconducting wire. The parallel structures are connected in series.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured: to obtain scan data generated by scanning an examined subject; to obtain pulse wave information of the examined subject, along with the scan; and to perform image reconstruction corresponding to electrocardiogram synchronization of the examined subject, by using the pulse wave information and the scan data.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry.

Abstract: A method includes: calculating a first optimum quantity of ferromagnetic arranged at each position so that each error component of a magnetic field distribution in a specific space satisfies a first restriction condition (S33, S34); discretizing, for each position, the first optimum quantity (S35); calculating the error components that are obtained when ferromagnetic having a quantity of the first combination is arranged at each position (S36); when the error component is less than the first lower limit, setting a condition including a lower limit greater than the first lower limit and an upper limit greater than the first upper limit as a second restriction condition, and when the error component is greater than the first upper limit, setting a condition including a lower limit less than the first lower limit and an upper limit less than the first upper limit as a second restriction condition (S38).

Abstract: A medical system according to an embodiment is a system in which at least one medical image diagnosis apparatus and a server are connected via a network and the medical system includes a storage circuit, a processing circuit, and a display circuit. The storage circuit stores information on examinations that are performed by the at least one medical image diagnosis apparatus. The processing circuit generates proposal information based on information on the examinations. The display circuit displays the proposal information.

Abstract: A projection dataset from a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) can be input into a first set of one or more neural networks trained for at least one of saturation correction, truncation correction, and scatter correction. Reconstruction can then be performed on the output projection dataset to produce an image dataset. Thereafter, this image dataset can be input into a second set of one or more neural networks trained for at least one of noise reduction and artefact reduction, thereby generating a higher quality CBCT image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates two or more magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) pulse sequences in which different frequency bands are selected as suppression targets. The processing circuitry obtains multiple MRS signals acquired by the two or more MRS pulse sequences. The processing circuitry estimates a relative amount of each molecule included in a measurement target region from the MRS signals, based on a co-occurrence of a frequency profile that depends on a molecule type.