Patents Assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230377757
    Abstract: A medical information processing device of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire first time-series data regarding a first parameter and second time-series data regarding a second parameter different from the first parameter, identify a first risk range regarding the first parameter and a second risk range regarding the second parameter, and generate display information indicating the first time-series data and the second time-series data in association with each other on a display area in which the first risk range and the second risk range are associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho SASAKI, Yudai YAMAZAKI, Shinya SUGIYAMA, Longxun PIAO, Kosuke ARITA
  • Publication number: 20230377145
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes: a scanner configured to perform a pre-scan of an object and a diagnostic scan of the object after the pre-scan; and processing circuitry. This processing circuitry is configured to: generate a positioning image from data acquired by the pre-scan and a diagnostic image from data acquired by the diagnostic scan; generate a normal positioning image from the generated positioning image when it is an abnormal positioning image having an abnormality, the normal positioning image being an image in which the abnormality is corrected; and determine an imaging plane of the diagnostic scan from the normal positioning image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka HOSHIYAMA, Isao TATEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230377702
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to acquire a first character string from medical treatment information, acquire one or more second character strings estimated from the first character string, from at least one of the medical treatment information and one or more pieces of medical information that is different from the medical treatment information, determine whether a content indicated by the first character string is consistent with a content indicated by the second character string, and output specific information for specifying a location of the first character string, if the content indicated by the first character string is inconsistent with the content indicated by the second character string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato OKUMIYA, Atsuko SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11819314
    Abstract: A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured: to receive an input of test result information including a test result of each of tests that are related to a biological valve and were carried out at two or more different times; to estimate one of a test time for a follow-up observation of the biological valve and a test time for replacing the biological valve, on the basis of a chronological change in an open/close state of the biological valve derived from the received test result information; and to output the estimated test time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 11823788
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a task assignment supporting apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry manages types of image reading preferences indicating types of image reading tasks preferred by each radiologist. The processing circuitry acquires an image reading order and a type of image reading order indicating a type of image reading task required for the image reading order. The processing circuitry assigns to the image reading order a radiologist with a type of image reading preference corresponding to the type of image reading order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Keita Mitsumori
  • Publication number: 20230368387
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain first medical image data captured at a first time and second medical image data captured at a second time different from the first time, the first medical image data and the second medical image data including data representing a bolus of contrast material in a tubular anatomical structure, wherein the bolus of contrast material has moved between the first time and the second time; determine an expected motion of the bolus of contrast material through the tubular anatomical structure between the first time and the second time; and. perform a registration process to obtain a registration of the first medical image data and the second medical image data based at least in part the expected motion of the bolus of contrast material through the tubular anatomical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Corné HOOGENDOORN
  • Publication number: 20230363642
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts, from a medical image, anatomical landmarks that represent feature points of anatomical tissue that is included in the medical image, identifies a landmark group to which the extracted anatomical landmarks belong from among landmark groups in each of which a plurality of anatomical landmarks that are groped based on the anatomical tissue and relationship information that defines a physical relationship among the anatomical landmarks are associated, and corrects positions of the extracted anatomical landmarks on the medical image based on the relationship information on the identified landmark group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230368876
    Abstract: A medical support system includes a processing circuit configured to: acquire medical data on a patient over time; cause a display to display a display screen on which one or more measurement values in the medical data are displayed; detect an alert value that satisfies a determination condition from the one or more measurement values included in the medical data every time the medical data is acquired; and highlight an area in which the alert value is displayed on the display screen, and cause the display screen to display information on the determination condition for all detected alert values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Nao WARIISHI, Hiroki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230363731
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of one embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts, from a medical image, anatomical landmarks that represent feature points of anatomical tissue included in the medical image, and calculates, based on a measurement pattern that defines a measurement method for an index that represents a relative positional relationship between a plurality of anatomical landmarks that are measurement targets, an index that represents a relative positional relationship between a plurality of anatomical landmarks corresponding to a condition for the measurement pattern among the extracted anatomical landmarks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230368749
    Abstract: A medical support system includes a processing circuit configured to: acquire medical data on a specific patient over time; cause a display to display a display screen on which one or more measurement values in the medical data are displayed; detect an alert value that satisfies a determination condition from the one or more measurement values included in the medical data every time the medical data is acquired; and highlight a warning area in which the alert value is displayed on the display screen, and change a dept of a background color of the warning area in accordance with an importance degree relating to the alert value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Nao WARIISHI, Hiroki SAITO
  • Patent number: 11816832
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods obtain scan data that were generated by scanning a scanned region, wherein the scan data include groups of scan data that were captured at respective angles; generate partial reconstructions of at least a part of the scanned region, wherein each partial reconstruction of the partial reconstructions is generated based on a respective one or more groups of the groups of scan data, and wherein a collective scanning range of the respective one or more groups is less than the angular scanning range; input the partial reconstructions into a machine-learning model, which generates one or more motion-compensated reconstructions of the at least part of the scanned region based on the partial reconstructions; calculate a respective edge entropy of each of the one or more motion-compensated reconstructions of the at least part of the scanned region; and adjust the machine-learning model based on the respective edge entropies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiulin Tang, Jian Zhou, Zhou Yu
  • Patent number: 11815581
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a data and a g-factor map. The data is generated as a result of a reception by an RF coil. The processing circuitry is configured to determine strength of denoise performed on the data on the basis of the g-factor map and perform the denoise on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Shinoda, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Yuichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11815579
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes sequence control circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence control circuitry performs under-sampled data acquisition whose sample points are located at an equal interval in k-space and acquires k-space frames. The processing circuitry generates a plurality of k-space frames related to a plurality of time resolutions based on the k-space frames. In each of the plurality of k-space frames, the sample points are located at an equal interval, and the interval differs for each of the plurality of k-space frames. The processing circuitry generates a time-series image based on the plurality of k-space frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Takeshima
  • Publication number: 20230355212
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates functional volume data of a subject based on first information indicating position and angle of the ultrasound probe during a first scan and on first echo data supplied from the ultrasound probe by the first scan; sequentially generates a sectional image indicating morphology of the subject based on second echo data supplied from the ultrasound probe by the second scan that is performed after the first scan; sequentially generates a functional MPR image corresponding to the sectional image based on second information indicating position and angle of the ultrasound probe during the second scan and on the functional volume data; and sequentially displays the sectional image and the functional MPR image in parallel or in a superimposed manner on a display in response to generation of the sectional image and the functional MPR image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukifumi KOBAYASHI, Go TANAKA, Satoshi MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230360253
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: determine an operating area relating to a device having a predetermined movable range, identify positional coordinates corresponding to the operating area in an examination room and positional coordinates of an obstacle in the examination room, based on a camera image taken by an optical camera installed in the examination room; and report a detection result if the positional coordinates of the obstacle are included in the positional coordinates of the operating area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito TAKAHASHI, Yoshiyasu HAYASHI, Junichi YAMAGISHI, Yosuke KAYUKAWA, Hag Chang LEE, Hisayasu YUMIZA
  • Publication number: 20230360209
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a medical image and a heat map. The processing circuitry determines a transmittance of the heat map on the basis of pixel values of the medical image. The processing circuitry generates a superimposed image obtained by superimposing the heat map having the determined transmittance on the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro HATTORI, Yasuko FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20230351646
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions stored on a computer-readable medium perform latent image feature extraction by performing the functions of receiving image data acquired during an imaging of a patient, wherein the image data includes motion by the patient during the imaging; segmenting the image data to include M image data segments corresponding to at least N motion phases having shorter durations than a duration of the motion by the patient during the imaging, wherein M is a positive integer greater than or equal to a positive integer N; producing, from the M image data segments, at least N latent feature vectors corresponding to the motion by the patient during the imaging; and performing a gated reconstruction of the N motion phases by reconstructing the image data based on the at least N latent feature vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinyi QI, Tiantian LI, Zhaoheng XIE, Wenyuan QI, Li YANG, Chung CHAN, Evren ASMA
  • Publication number: 20230346323
    Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus of one embodiment includes an X-ray tube, a first X-ray detector, a rotator, and a second X-ray detector. The X-ray tube generates an X-ray. The first X-ray detector is arranged so as to face the X-ray tube and detects the X-ray that has transmitted through a subject. The rotator supports the X-ray tube and the first X-ray detector in a rotatable manner. The second X-ray detector detects a characteristic X-ray that is generated in accordance with a substance in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go KAWATA, Sadanori TOMIHA
  • Publication number: 20230351647
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus including processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to cause an X-ray detector to read a signal in a non-destructive readout before termination of X-ray exposure, the signal being accumulated in an X-ray detection element; cause the X-ray detector to read the signal in a destructive readout after termination of X-ray exposure; acquire first projection data generated based on the signal read in the non-destructive readout and acquire second projection data generated based on the signal read in the destructive readout; estimate, based on the second projection data, a saturation region in which saturation is occurring; and replace a signal in the saturation region of the second projection data with a signal in the saturation region of the first projection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei OGASAWARA, Kunio SHIRAISHI, Hajime YOSHIDA, Akihito TAKAHASHI, Yasuto HAYATSU
  • Publication number: 20230346333
    Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus according to the embodiment includes an X-ray irradiator and processing circuitry. The X-ray irradiator is placed in a surgery room. The processing circuitry is configured to sequentially acquire a position of each staff member presenting in the surgery room during a procedure using the X-ray irradiator. The processing circuitry is configured to sequentially acquire an exposure dose of each staff member from a dosimeter. The processing circuitry is configured to associate the position of each staff member and the exposure dose of each staff member with a time, and sequentially record association data in a memory circuit. The processing circuitry is configured to display association data indicating a relation between the position of each staff member and the exposure dose of each staff member in an identifiable manner on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki SHINODA, Keisuke SUGAWARA, Mitsunobu SUGENO, Satoshi TANAKA, Mitsuru SAKATA, Takayuki ISHIKAWA, Satoshi YAMASHITA, Yosuke KAYUKAWA, Ko FUCHIGAMI, Hirona OIKAWA