Patents by Inventor Atsuko Sugiyama

Atsuko Sugiyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20240145052
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus is a medical information processing apparatus that stores medical information of a patient and includes a processing circuitry and a memory. The processing circuitry performs voice recognition processing on a voice of a user, inputs the medical information based on a result of the voice recognition processing, acquires a mental state of the user by analyzing the voice of the user, and stores an analysis result of a mental state analysis section in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato OKUMIYA, Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Keisuke HASHIMOTO, Mariko SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240062374
    Abstract: The medical information processing device according to the embodiments includes processing circuitry configured to determine a resection target portion in a medical image depicting a target site of resection by surgical treatment, and calculate, based on the determined resection target portion, an amount of cells to be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei WATANABE, Katsuhiko FUJIMOTO, Atsuko SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230386027
    Abstract: A diagnosis assistant apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor. The processor acquires a first measured value of a biomarker in a first liquid sample that is collected from a subject before a physical stimulus is applied and a second measured value of the biomarker in a second liquid sample that is collected from the subject after the physical stimulus is applied. The processor performs a determination on at least one of presence/absence and a property of a lesion based on the first measured value and the second measured value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei WATANABE, Atsuko SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11830611
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device management apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires information indicating occurrence of a first failure prediction of a first device. The processing circuitry adjusts detection sensitivity of a second failure prediction of a second device relating to the information based on relevance between the first device and the second device. The second device is different from the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Fujita, Akihiro Koga, Atsuko Sugiyama, Junko Shibata
  • 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: 11559282
    Abstract: A medical information processing system in an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an ultrasound image including an observation target and having additional information, positional information indicating a position of an ultrasound probe in a subject at time of collection of the ultrasound image, and a reference image obtained by taking an image of a region including the observation target at a time point other than the time of collection. The processing circuitry generates, based on the positional information, correspondence information in which the ultrasound image and the reference image are associated with each other. The processing circuitry causes an output unit to output the generated correspondence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsuko Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220405963
    Abstract: A medical image processing device of an embodiment has processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs position transformation to represent a position in a region of interest set in a captured mammography image of a breast of a subject and an examination position on a body of the subject in an ultrasound examination in a plane of the same scale, determines whether or not the position in the region of interest and the examination position match in the plane, and saves or outputs an ultrasonic image corresponding to the examination position upon determining that the position in the region of interest matches the examination position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guang Yi ONG, Atsuko SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220280124
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a diagnosis support system evaluates a cardiovascular disease risk by using extra-coronary calcification as a trigger. The diagnosis support system includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to acquire image interpretation information related to an image interpretation result of a photographed image of a patient, determine whether calcification is present or not based on the image interpretation information, evaluate the cardiovascular disease risk based on medical information on a patient, and output a determination result and an evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Joanne Désirée Schuijf, Jacqueline Hislop-Jambrich
  • Publication number: 20220270758
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain clinical data related to a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to perform an analyzing process to analyze the obtained clinical data. The processing circuitry is configured to generate retention information for retaining the subject in a medical facility and determine at least one notification destination of the retention information, on a basis of an analysis result obtained from the analyzing process. The processing circuitry is configured to transmit the retention information to the determined notification destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru TAKAHASHI, Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Akihiro KOGA, Hideaki MIZOBE, Kohtaro UMEZAWA, Shuhei TOBA
  • Publication number: 20220028534
    Abstract: A clinical decision-making support apparatus according to an embodiment includes: processing circuitry that acquires disease, patient, medical, and personal information about at least an event that is specific to the subject, specifies an option about a treatment method for the disease, based on the disease, patient, and medical information, decides a treatment schedule about the method for the option, based on the disease, patient and medical information, and calculates an event schedule about the specific event in a period for which the method for the option is to be performed, based on the personal information, the method, and the treatment schedule; and a communication interface that transmits, to a terminal apparatus, display data expressing the event schedule and the event related to the treatment schedule, and the treatment schedule for each option in time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Junko SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210315545
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to convert a signal into image information, the signal being generated by an ultrasonic probe receiving reflected waves of ultrasonic waves which have been transmitted from the ultrasonic probe and reflected from a subject, acquire information representing a relative relationship of the ultrasonic probe with respect to the subject, acquire at least one of information representing subject characteristics of the subject and information representing apparatus characteristics of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and generate an operation candidate for the ultrasonic probe on the basis of the acquired information representing the relative relationship of the ultrasonic probe with respect to the subject and the acquired at least one of the information representing the subject characteristics and the information representing the apparatus characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Guang Yi ONG
  • Publication number: 20210174951
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device management apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires information indicating occurrence of a first failure prediction of a first device. The processing circuitry adjusts detection sensitivity of a second failure prediction of a second device relating to the information based on relevance between the first device and the second device. The second device is different from the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori FUJITA, Akihiro KOGA, Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Junko SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210085181
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to: detect a specific illness or injury from a medical image taken from a patient; obtain medical worker information including contact information and an attendance status for at least one medical worker related to the detected illness or injury; and notify the medical worker information along with a detection result of the illness or injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shuhei Toba, Atsuko Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10874374
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of an embodiment includes storage circuitry and setting-condition determining circuitry. The storage circuitry stores information about at least one of a position of a region of interest in a breast, a size of the region of interest, and a size of the breast, the information acquired based on an X-ray image of a breast of a subject. The setting-condition determining circuitry acquires a setting condition in ultrasonographic diagnosis for the breast based on the information about at least one of the position of the region of interest, the size of the region of interest, and the size of the breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Mori, Atsuko Sugiyama, Mariko Shibata, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Toshie Maruyama, Koichi Terai, Natsuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10755408
    Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify the position of a tissue from first medical image data represented by an image of a target site acquired before the tissue in the target site was collected and to obtain an image feature value of the tissue. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an examination result of a pathological examination performed on the tissue. The processing circuitry is configured to bring the image feature value of the tissue into association with the examination result of the pathological examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Sakurai, Masahiro Ozaki, Atsuko Sugiyama, Seiko Yoshimura, Keisuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10463316
    Abstract: A medical information processing system includes setting circuitry, generating circuitry and output control circuitry. The setting circuitry is configured to set a region of interest in a three-dimensional image that is generated by emitting X-rays to a breast of a subject and imaging the breast from different directions. The generating circuitry is configured to generate reference information in which positional information about the region of interest is associated with a schematic diagram of the breast. The output control circuitry is configured to cause output circuitry to output the reference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Sugiyama, Mariko Shibata, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Kei Mori, Koichi Terai, Toshie Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10357216
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mammography apparatus includes an X-ray, an imaging stage, a pressing plate, a guide information generator, and an X-ray detection unit. The X-ray tube generates X-rays. The imaging stage supports a breast. The pressing plate presses the breast supported on the imaging stage. The guide information generator provides the imaging stage with guide information for guiding a placement position of the breast. The guide information is generated based on a nipple position, an image start position, and an image end position of a previous image of the breast. The X-ray detection unit generates X-ray projection data by detecting X-rays transmitted through the breast by an X-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Sugiyama, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Mariko Shibata, Toshie Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10349915
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a scanning protocol creation unit, an image acquisition unit, a post-processing unit, and a storage unit. The scanning protocol creation unit creates a scanning protocol for a particular part of body of an object. The image acquisition unit acquires source image data by scanning the particular part using an imaging device according to scanning parameters in the scanning protocol. The post-processing unit performs post-processing on the source image data according to post-processing parameters in the scanning protocol to obtain processed image data. The storage unit stores the scanning protocol, or store the source image data and the processed image data or index identifiers thereof in association with parameters related to the scanning protocol as single job data of the object. The scanning protocol includes the scanning and the post-processing parameters, and information related to the imaging device and the post-processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiqi Xu, Xiaojing Wang, Li jun Zhang, Atsuko Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10157465
    Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes a storage, and processing circuitry. The storage stores therein a mammography image of a breast of a patient and information indicating an image taking direction of the mammography image. The processing circuitry sets a region of interest in the mammography image. The processing circuitry specifies position information of the region of interest in a schematic drawing that schematically expresses the breast, on the basis of position information of the region of interest in the mammography image and the information indicating the image taking direction. The processing circuitry outputs the position information of the region of interest in the schematic drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Sugiyama, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Yoshinori Nakatani, Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Mariko Shibata, Natsuki Sato, Toshie Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20180338795
    Abstract: A breast X-ray imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry collects three-dimensional image data of a breast of a subject. The processing circuitry detects a lesion from the three-dimensional image data. The processing circuitry derives a puncture path for inserting a puncture needle into the breast, by analyzing linearity in three-dimensional distribution of the lesion and based on an analysis result of the linearity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI