Patents by Inventor Harumi Kawashima

Harumi Kawashima 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).

  • Tomographic image reading method, automatic alignment method, apparatus and computer readable medium
    Patent number: 6904163
    Abstract: A tomographic image reading method for extracting a comparison image corresponding to a diagnostic image, the diagnostic image being one of first tomographic images, the comparison image being one of second tomographic images, the method including the steps of: inputting the first images and the second images; generating a first projection image from the first images and a second projection image from the second images; measuring shift amount between the first projection image and the second projection image by using a template; correcting the slice position according to the shift amount; and displaying the diagnostic image and the comparison image to a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Fujimura, Kiyotaka Otsuji, Yuichi Fujino, Sakuichi Ohtsuka, Koji Ogawa, Hitomi Sato, Harumi Kawashima