Patents by Inventor Chie Toramatsu

Chie Toramatsu 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).

  • Patent number: 9616249
    Abstract: A radiotherapy control apparatus includes a fluoroscopic image acquisition unit to acquire fluoroscopic images of markers in a patient from a single fluoroscopic imaging device, a projection line calculation unit to identify projected positions of the markers on the fluoroscopic image and calculate equations of projection lines linking these projected positions and a focus position of the imaging device, an inter-marker distance acquisition unit to acquire a distance between each pair of the markers, a marker position calculation unit to calculate current positions of the markers based on the equations and the distances, and a therapeutic radiation emission determination unit to determine whether to emit therapeutic radiation based on the current positions of the markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoki Miyamoto, Shinichi Shimizu, Taeko Matsuura, Chie Toramatsu, Seishin Takao, Hideaki Nihongi, Yuichi Hirata, Kikuo Umegaki
  • Publication number: 20150087881
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a radiotherapy control apparatus and radiotherapy control program capable of calculating the current positions of markers implanted in a patient by means of a single fluoroscopic imaging device and reducing a radiation exposure dose inflicted on the patient by radiographic radiation used for fluoroscopic observation during radiotherapy. [Solution] The present invention includes a fluoroscopic image acquisition unit 41 adapted to acquire a fluoroscopic image of three or more markers from a single fluoroscopic imaging device 12, a projection line calculation unit 38 adapted to calculate equations of respective projection lines, an inter-marker distance acquisition unit 42 adapted to acquire each distance between each pair of the markers, a marker position calculation unit 43 adapted to calculate current positions of the respective markers, and a therapeutic radiation emission determination unit 44 adapted to determine whether to emit therapeutic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoki Miyamoto, Shinichi Shimizu, Taeko Matsuura, Chie Toramatsu, Seishin Takao, Hideaki Nihongi, Yuichi Hirata, Kikuo Umegaki