Patents Assigned to Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7751603
    Abstract: A medical image output system includes: a medical image transferring apparatus and plural medical image forming apparatus. Each medical image forming apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image formable region information. The transferring apparatus includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining the stored image formable region information; a determination unit for determining an image formation size based on the obtained image formable region information; a unit for expanding or contracting the received medical image data according to the determined image formation size; and a transfer unit for transferring the expanded or contracted image data to the medical image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7749573
    Abstract: An actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink comprising: a metal complex pigment; a cationically polymerizable compound; a polymer dispersing agent having a basic functional group exhibiting an amine value of 5-40 mg/g; and a photo acid generating agent, wherein the cationically polymerizable compound comprises an oxirane ring. The aforesaid actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink enable to achieve an ink-jet ink exhibiting excellent storage stability, ejection capability, and curability after ejection, and enables formation of highly detailed images which realize high density, uniform glossiness, and excellent color reproduction, and forms no wrinkling, and provide a image forming method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamoto, Toshiyuki Takabayashi, Daisuke Ishibashi, Rieka Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100169423
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radiographic image capturing system, in which a portable-type radiographic image detecting device provided with a wireless communication section is included, and a correlation established between the FPD and the console can be easily changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Eguchi
  • Patent number: 7746977
    Abstract: A digital radiation image radiographing system includes an X-ray tube to irradiate a radiographic subject with X-rays and a digital detector to detect X-rays having passed through the radiographic subject, and performs a phase contrast radiography. The system satisfies a formula (D?(2S?E)/(M?1)), in which D (?m) represents the focal size of the X-ray tube, S (?m) represents the minimum control unit of the digital detector, R1 (m) represents a distance from the focus point of the X-ray tube to the radiographic subject, R2 (m) represents a distance from the radiographic subject to the digital detector, M represents an enlargement ratio (M=(R1+R2)/R1), and E represents an edge enhancement width according to X-ray refraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Shinden, Hiromu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20100157155
    Abstract: A display processing device where operation for displaying medical images is facilitated and smooth. In the display processing device, display layout information determined corresponding to region segments set for a display region is stored in a storage section. When an operation section specifies at which position on the display screen a medical image is to be displayed, a control section determines a region segment in the display region to which the specified display position belongs, and reads, from the storage section, display layout information corresponding to the region segment. Then, according to the read display layout information, the control section splits the display region and displays the medical image, and changes the display layout of the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Katsushima
  • Patent number: 7741619
    Abstract: An objective is to provide a flat panel detector exhibiting high durability and less noise, which is fitted with a scintillator for radiation exhibiting high emission efficiency, wherein the scintillator is easy to be manufactured because of the simple structure. Also disclosed is a scintillator panel for radiation possessing a radiotransparent substrate and provided thereon, a phosphor layer from which light is emitted by exposing the substrate to radiation and a reflective film at which light from the phosphor layer is reflected, wherein the reflective film provided between the substrate and the phosphor layer possesses a multilayer film composed of at least two dielectric layers exhibiting a high reflectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sekiguchi, Takehiko Shoji
  • Publication number: 20100150413
    Abstract: To restrict the number of false positives at the time of detecting an abnormal shadow candidate to improve detecting accuracy and shorten a processing time when detecting an abnormal candidate. An image processing device produces image data (D1) by reducing the image data (D) of an original image, produces image data (D2) having its fine low-density area smoothed by subjecting the image data (D1) to a first smoothing filter, produces image data (D3) having almost the same area as that of an abnormal shadow candidate to be detected and having its low-density area smoothed by subjecting the image data (D2) to a second smoothing filter, produces differential image data (D4) by differentiating the image values at the same pixel position of the image data (D3) and the image data (D2), and extracts low-density-area image data (D5) having the size of an object of detection by subjecting this image data (D4) to threshold processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Futamura
  • Publication number: 20100141695
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording device and method capable of recording a high-quality image with no conspicuous joint belt-like line formed along the border portions between bands each of which is formed by horizontal scannings by serial recording. A band having a width corresponding to a predetermined amount M of movement is formed by (n+1) recording scannings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.,
    Inventor: Yukihiro Niekawa
  • Publication number: 20100144917
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an epoxy compound or an actinic energy radiation hardenable composition each having high safety and stability, and to provide an actinic energy radiation hardenable composition with excellent photo-hardenability under high humidity, which gives high solvent resistance, high water proof and a hardened layer with high strength. There is provided an actinic energy radiation hardenable composition containing an epoxy compound represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Nobumasa Sasa
  • Patent number: 7727478
    Abstract: A system including an inspection chip equipped with at least a pump connection having a flow path opening for interconnecting to a micro-pump, a flow path through which a fluid flows, and a fluid mixing section for joining and mixing two or more fluids, and including a system body equipped with at least a base body, a chip connection having a flow path opening for interconnecting to the inspection chip, a micro-pump unit in the base body including micro-pumps in substantially the same shape, a detection processor and a controller for controlling at least the functions of the micro-pump unit and the detection processor, and the joining amount ratio is adjusted to set the mixing ratio of two fluids to be joined in the fluid mixing section to be approximately m:n (not 1:1) by making the drive voltages of the micro-pumps substantially equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kusunoki Higashino, Akihisa Nakajima, Yasuhiro Sando
  • Publication number: 20100128957
    Abstract: A bone disease evaluating system comprising a radiation source for emitting radiation toward an image subject including bones, a detector for detecting a radiation phase contrast image showing the phase contrast of radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the bones, a joint recognizing section for recognizing a joint of the bones from the phase contrast image, and a profile obtaining section for obtaining a shape profile showing the change of shape of the joint from the recognized joint and a frequency analyzing section for performing frequency analysis of the obtained shape profile and an index calculating section for calculating an index concerning a disease of the joint on the basis of the result of the frequency analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Yuko Shinden
  • Patent number: 7722158
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance section which conveys a recording medium; a plurality of recording heads each aligned along a conveyance direction of the recording medium, which ejects the same kind of photo-curing type ink onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance section; and a plurality of light irradiating sections each aligned along the conveyance direction of the recording medium, which irradiates light onto the recording medium to which the photo-curing type ink has been ejected from each of the plurality of recording heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Niekawa
  • Patent number: 7718986
    Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel containing a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer, wherein the phosphor layer is formed with a vapor deposition method, and an adhesion force of the phosphor layer with the substrate is greater than a breaking strength of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Yanagita, Tadashi Arimoto
  • Publication number: 20100117005
    Abstract: It is a feature that in the present invention, provided is a method of cleaning a radiation image conversion panel possessing a substrate and provided thereon, a phosphor layer, and further possessing a protective layer provided on the phosphor layer, wherein a surface of the protective layer is cleaned by moving a cleaning member, while applying a pressure of 1 mN/cm2-1 N/cm2 to the surface of the protective layer with the cleaning member. Also provided can be a method of cleaning a radiation image conversion panel to provide an image information reading method by which image information exhibiting reduced image defect and image unevenness without damaging the radiation image conversion panel can be read out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Yanagita, Shinichi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20100117006
    Abstract: A scintillator panel exhibiting enhanced emission luminance is disclosed, comprising a phosphor layer containing a phosphor capable of emitting light upon exposure to radiation, a substrate supporting the phosphor layer and a protective film covering the phosphor layer and the substrate, wherein the phosphor layer comprises two or more layers, and satisfying the following expression 1: 1.0?B/A?1000??Expression 1 wherein B is an average activator concentration (mol %) of an uppermost phosphor layer, based on a phosphor and A is an average activator concentration (mol %) of the other phosphor layers, based on a phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sawamoto, Takehiko Shoji, Masashi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100116992
    Abstract: There are provided a scintillator panel excellent in productivity and exhibiting enhanced emission-extracting efficiency and sharpness, resulting in reduced deterioration in sharpness between planar light-receiving element, and a radiation flat panel detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Kudo, Yasushi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20100119041
    Abstract: There is described a radiological image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to obtain a good X ray image in which contrast of the peripheral portions are emphasized by employing the Talbot interferometer method and the Talbot-Lau interferometer method. The apparatus is provided with an X-ray tube, a multi-slit member, a first diffraction grating, a second diffraction grating and an X-ray detector. The second diffraction grating contacts the X-ray detector. A distance L between the multi-slit element and the first diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.5 m, a distance Z1 between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.05 m, and a slit interval distance d0 of the multi-slit element is set to be not less than 2 ?m. With the settings, the abovementioned good X-ray image can be obtained by using the Talbot-Lau interferometer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hiromu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20100114608
    Abstract: Disclosed a medical image display system including: a control member to allow an electric medical record system which manages electric medical record data and a medical image management system which manages a series of various pieces of processing data from photographing to displaying of a medical image to work in concert with each other; and a display member to display a screen to show the electric medical record data and a screen to show the various pieces of processing data wherein the control member changes a displaying status and a display order of the screens displayed in the display member depending on a kind of cooperative operation between the electric medical record system and the medical image management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Takanori Ando
  • Publication number: 20100108912
    Abstract: A scintillator plate which is excellent in sharpness and luminance is disclosed, comprising sequentially on a substrate a reflection layer and a scintillator layer containing cesium iodide and an activator and having a thickness of L, wherein the following requirement (1) is met: 2?B/A??Requirement (1) wherein A is an average activator concentration of the scintillator layer and B is an activator concentration in a region of the scintillator layer from the reflection layer side to the position of L/5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji
  • Publication number: 20100111395
    Abstract: An X-ray image analyzing system, including: an X-ray source for radiating an X-ray; an X-ray detector for detecting an X-ray image radiated onto an x-ray image detection surface, wherein phase contrast X-ray simple imaging is capable of being performed determining a trabecular bone index computing region, computing a trabecular bone index indicating a state of a trabecula from image data in the trabecular bone index computing region, determining a bone-flesh boundary index computing region by a second region determination method different from the first region determination method, and computing a bone-flesh boundary index indicating smoothness of a bone-flesh boundary from image data in the bone-flesh boundary index computing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi