Patents Assigned to MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20240193829Abstract: A processing apparatus for a medical image that is obtained by a multi-energy CT scan according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reconstructs a first image based on scan data that is obtained by a multi-energy CT scan. The processing circuitry causes a display to display side by side, with respect to an area of interest that is specified on the first image, a first numerical value obtained based on the first image and a second numerical value obtained based on a second image that is different from the first image and that is obtained based on the scan data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinsuke TSUKAGOSHI
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Publication number: 20240193902Abstract: A medical information processing device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a medical image to be processed, divides the medical image into a plurality of regions, calculates an image feature amount for each of the plurality of regions, generates a first cluster in which at least some of the plurality of regions are collected on the basis of the image feature amount, and identifies a sampling position on the basis of the first cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Asateru KIMURA, Sho SASAKI, Kazumasa NORO, Yuka MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20240191169Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cell culture apparatus includes a culture container, a motor, an ejecting pipe, and a discharging pipe. The culture container has a transverse hollow tubular shape, has an opening formed in the center of a bottom surface, and has an openable and closable lid portion formed on a side surface. The motor rotates the culture container around a rotation axis perpendicular to the bottom surface. The ejecting pipe is inserted from the opening into the culture container. The discharging pipe is connected to the lid portion. An inner wall surface of the culture container has a shape of a single spiral when viewed from the direction of the rotation axis. The ejecting pipe ejects a liquid onto the inner wall surface. The discharging pipe discharges the ejected liquid from the lid portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicants: Canon Medical Systems Corporation, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Katsuaki DEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240192240Abstract: A transport rack according to the present embodiment comprises a holder configured to hold a storage container that stores a sample or a reagent that is reacted with the sample, a first observation window configured to enable reading of identification information on the storage container, and a second observation window configured to enable observation of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi KINPARA, Takafumi FUJIWARA, Takahiro OMORI, Hideto KOJIMA, Yoshifumi YAMAGATA, Tomoaki KURANO
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Publication number: 20240191174Abstract: A cell culture apparatus according to an embodiment includes a culture chamber, a holding unit, and processing circuitry. In the culture chamber, a biological specimen is cultured. The holding unit is provided in the culture chamber and configured to hold the biological specimen in such a manner that the position thereof in the culture chamber is movable. The processing circuitry is configured to control the holding unit so as to move the position of the biological specimen within the culture chamber, in a culture period for culturing the biological specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mayumi SAKAGAMI, Koji HIRATA, Kanako AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20240192245Abstract: An automatic analysis device according to the present embodiment includes a processor. The processor calculates the liquid level height in a reaction tube, based on a scheduled dispensing amount of liquid to be dispensed into the reaction tube. The processor detects whether there is an abnormality in a dispensing operation in which liquid is dispensed into the reaction tube, based on a measured liquid level height in the reaction tube and a calculated liquid level height in the reaction tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro OMORI, Hideto KOJIMA, Takafumi FUJIWARA, Takeshi KINPARA, Yoshifumi YAMAGATA, Tomoaki KURANO
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Publication number: 20240188912Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus of an embodiment includes a gantry and a control device held by the gantry. The control device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to collect data corresponding to energy of a material, adjust conditions for the data at the time of collecting the data, bundle the data distinguished in some of a plurality of energy bins, aggregate the collected data and the bundled data, and switch between the aggregation of the collected data and the aggregation of the bundled data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuo SAITO
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Publication number: 20240189810Abstract: An apparatus according to an embodiment includes a member having a flow path in the member; a projection that is provided on a first surface of an inner wall of the flow path, and that has an inclined surface disposed so that the distance from a second surface positioned on a side opposite to the first surface in the inner wall decreases toward a downstream side in a flowing direction of target liquid; and a transducer element configured to cause the projection to vibrate in an intersecting direction that intersects the flowing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Keita ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240188907Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device according to embodiments includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a couchtop, a drive mechanism, an input interface, and processing circuitry. The X-ray tube emits X-rays to a subject. The X-ray detector detects X-rays transmitted through the subject. The couchtop has the subject placed thereon. The drive mechanism generates the driving force for moving the couchtop. The input interface accepts instruction operations from an operator regarding the movement of the couchtop. The processing circuitry acquires one of a weight applied to the couchtop and a deflection amount of the couchtop, and determines the driving force to be generated by the drive mechanism based on one of the weight and the deflection amount and on the instruction operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Keisuke SUGAWARA, Katsuaki SHINODA, Hisayasu YUMIZA, Kazuo IMAGAWA, Ritsu YOKOHAMA
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Publication number: 20240188849Abstract: A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a table-top, a measurement unit, and processing circuitry. The table-top places thereon a subject. The measurement unit outputs a measurement signal corresponding to weight of the subject placed on the table-top. The processing circuitry estimates the weight of the subject placed on the table-top, based on the measurement signal and arrangement information on arrangement of the measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yutaro TSUKAHARA
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Publication number: 20240188910Abstract: An X-ray CT device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires data corresponding to energy when X-rays radiated by an X-ray tube are transmitted through a subject. The processing circuitry adjusts conditions including first and second conditions for the data when the data is acquired. The processing circuitry switches the condition from the first condition to the second condition when an injection state of a contrast agent injected into the subject satisfies a predetermined condition. The processing circuitry bundles the data discriminated into some of a plurality of energy bins.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuo SAITO
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Publication number: 20240188909Abstract: A marker-coordinate detecting unit detects coordinates of a stent marker on a new image when the new image is stored in an image-data storage unit; and then a correction-image creating unit creates a correction image from the new image through, for example, image transformation processing, so as to match up the detected coordinates with reference coordinates that are coordinates of the stent marker already detected by the marker-coordinate detecting unit in a first frame. An image post-processing unit then creates an image for display by performing post-processing on the correction image created by the correction-image creating unit, the post-processing including high-frequency noise reduction filtering-processing, low-frequency component removal filtering-processing, and logarithmic-image creating processing; and then a system control unit performs control of displaying a moving image of an enlarged image of a set region that is set in the image for display, together with an original image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya SAKAGUCHI, Kyojiro NAMBU, Hisato TAKEMOTO
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Publication number: 20240188911Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of pieces of energy bin data that are generated based on execution of photon counting CT scan. The processing circuitry reconstructs a plurality of energy band images based on the plurality of pieces of energy bin data. The processing circuitry generates, based on the plurality of energy band images, a three-dimensional histogram based on a plurality of pixel values and a plurality of energy bands included in the plurality of energy band images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke TSUKAGOSHI, Hiroki TAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240188919Abstract: An X-ray CT device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires data corresponding to energy when X-rays radiated by an X-ray tube are transmitted through a subject. The processing circuitry adjusts conditions including first and second conditions for the data when the data is acquired. The processing circuitry switches the condition between the first condition and the second condition during a fluoroscopic imaging manipulation performed by radiating the X-rays to the subject. The processing circuitry bundles the data discriminated into some of a plurality of energy bins.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuo SAITO
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Patent number: 12007458Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence controlling circuitry acquires a first piece of data by executing a first pulse sequence having a first Echo Time (TE) value, to acquire a second piece of data by executing a second pulse sequence having a second TE value different from the first TE value, and to acquire a third piece of data by executing a third pulse sequence having a third TE value different from the first and the second TE values. The processing circuitry extracts a signal related to water, a signal related to a first fat, and a signal related to a second fat, on the basis of the first piece of data, the second piece of data, and the third piece of data.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Mitsue Miyazaki, Christine Chung
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Patent number: 12007403Abstract: Example apparatus and methods related to automated diagnostic analyzers having rear accessible track systems are described herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes an analyzer to perform a diagnostic test. The analyzer has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The example apparatus includes a loading bay disposed on the first side of the analyzer to receive a first carrier and a pipetting mechanism coupled to the analyzer adjacent the second side. The example apparatus also includes a first carrier shuttle to transport the first carrier from a first location adjacent the loading bay to a second location adjacent the pipetting mechanism and a track disposed adjacent the second side of the analyzer to transfer a second carrier to a third location adjacent the pipetting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: Abbott Laboratories, Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Brian L. Ochranek, David C. Arnquist, Takehiko Oonuma, Hirotoshi Tahara, Naoto Sato, Bradley P. Smith
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Patent number: 12004887Abstract: A radiation diagnosis device according to an embodiment includes a first detector and a second detector. The first detector detects Cherenkov light generated when a radiation passes. The second detector is provided to face the first detector on a side farther from a source of generating the radiation and detects the energy information of the radiation.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Go Kawata, Hiroaki Nakai
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Patent number: 12007513Abstract: A method and apparatuses for a radiation detector apparatus, comprising a scintillator array comprising a plurality of scintillator crystals. The plurality of scintillator crystals includes a first scintillator crystal and a second scintillator crystal adjacent to the first scintillator crystal within the scintillator array. A photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors including a first photosensor configured to detect photons from the first scintillator crystal. A first separator positioned between the first scintillator crystal and the second scintillator crystal. First separator optically separates the first scintillator crystal and the second scintillator crystal such that the first photosensor detects photons from the first scintillator crystal and not from the second scintillator crystal.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Peng Peng, Yi Qiang, Xiaoli Li, Kent C. Burr, Manabu Teshigawara
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Patent number: 12008689Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods obtain first radiographic-image data reconstructed based on a set of projection data acquired in a radiographic scan; apply one or more trained machine-learning models to the set of projection data and the first radiographic-image data to obtain a set of parameters for a scatter kernel; input the set of parameters and the set of projection data into the scatter kernel to obtain scatter-distribution data; and perform scatter correction on the set of projection data using the scatter-distribution data, to obtain a set of corrected projection data.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yujie Lu, Tzu-Cheng Lee, Liang Cai, Jian Zhou, Zhou Yu
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Publication number: 20240180503Abstract: A photon counting computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry is configured to set a scanning condition required in photon counting CT scanning based on the imaging mode related to photon counting CT scanning or based on the examination objective of performing the photon counting CT scanning of a subject. The display is configured to display the set scanning conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki MIYAZAKI