Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kutsuna

Hideaki Kutsuna 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: 20230089036
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry inputs a first magnetic resonance image reconstructed with super-resolution processing on magnetic resonance data and a second magnetic resonance image obtained by imaging the same object as that of the first magnetic resonance image and with artifacts suppressed compared with the first magnetic resonance image, to a leaned model, the learned model being configured to output a third magnetic resonance image having the same resolution as that of the first magnetic resonance image and with the artifacts suppressed, generates the third magnetic resonance image based on the first magnetic resonance image and the second magnetic resonance image, using the learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki KUTSUNA
  • Patent number: 11543480
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a coil sensitivity distribution indicating a sensitivity distribution of a reception coil used for an imaging process performed on an examined subject and magnetic resonance data acquired from the imaging process that is non-Cartesian and performed in a k-space. The processing circuitry performs, on the basis of the coil sensitivity distribution, registration between the coil sensitivity distribution and a gridding sensitivity distribution indicating a distribution of gridding sensitivity related to arranging the magnetic resonance data in the k-space. The processing circuitry generates a magnetic resonance image on the basis of a result of the registration, magnetic resonance data, coil sensitivity distribution, and gridding sensitivity distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kutsuna, Masahito Nambu
  • Publication number: 20220375209
    Abstract: A medical data processing device according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit applies a linear calculation of a complex number coefficient and a non-linear activation not dependent on an argument of complex numbers, to medical data having a complex value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KUTSUNA, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220351025
    Abstract: A data processing device according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes a complex number neural network with an activation function by which an output varies according to an argument of complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKESHIMA, Hideaki KUTSUNA
  • Publication number: 20220187400
    Abstract: An MRI apparatus according to the present embodiment acquires a plurality of MR signals corresponding to read-out directions including a first read-out direction and a second read-out direction intersecting the first read-out direction, and. The MRI apparatus includes processing circuitry and a low-pass filter. The processing circuitry specifies a signal area relating to generation of the MR signals in a subject. The processing circuitry sets a cutoff frequency defining a passband for the MR signals based on the signal area. The low-pass filter filters the MR signals acquired by scanning performed on the subject in the read-out directions using the cutoff frequency. The processing circuitry generates an MR image based on MR data generated by A/D conversion performed on the MR signals output from the low-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KUTSUNA, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220183582
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus according to the embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires MR data acquired in read-out directions including a first read-out direction and a second read-out direction intersecting the first read-out direction, filter sensitivity distributions corresponding to the read-out directions and indicating distributions of sensitivity of a low-pass filter, and coil sensitivity distributions corresponding to coil elements used to acquire the MR data. The processing circuitry generates synthesis sensitivity distributions for the respective read-out directions by synthesizing the filter sensitivity distributions and the coil sensitivity distributions for the respective read-out directions. The processing circuitry generates an MR image based on the synthesis sensitivity distributions and MR data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KUTSUNA, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
  • Patent number: 11287500
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to set a rotation angle of a non-Cartesian trajectory in a k-space on the basis of information related to cyclic movements of a subject to be imaged, to obtain k-space data by rotating the non-Cartesian trajectory at the set rotation angle, and to generate an image by reconstructing the k-space data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kutsuna, Hidenori Takeshima
  • Publication number: 20220091212
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a coil sensitivity distribution indicating a sensitivity distribution of a reception coil used for an imaging process performed on an examined subject and magnetic resonance data acquired from the imaging process that is non-Cartesian and performed in a k-space. The processing circuitry performs, on the basis of the coil sensitivity distribution, registration between the coil sensitivity distribution and a gridding sensitivity distribution indicating a distribution of gridding sensitivity related to arranging the magnetic resonance data in the k-space. The processing circuitry generates a magnetic resonance image on the basis of a result of the registration, magnetic resonance data, coil sensitivity distribution, and gridding sensitivity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KUTSUNA, Masahito NAMBU
  • Publication number: 20220005240
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to successively generate Magnetic Resonance (MR) images in a plurality of temporal phases by using a first reconstruction method. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a first temporal phase before MR images in all the temporal phases during a predetermined time period are generated. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an MR image in the first temporal phase determined by the determining unit, by using a second reconstruction method having a larger processing load than the first reconstruction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke SHINODA, Hideaki KUTSUNA
  • Patent number: 11194003
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a scanner and processing circuitry. The scanner includes at least two gradient coils. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the scanner to acquire k-space data for correction in a band-shaped two-dimensional k-space along a readout direction, or in a columnar three-dimensional k-space along a readout direction, while changing rotation angles, wherein each of the rotation angles corresponds to the readout direction, generate correction data for correcting an error due to a gradient magnetic field generated by the gradient coils, by using the acquired k-space data for correction, cause the scanner to acquire k-space data for reconstruction, based on a radial acquisition method, while correcting the gradient magnetic field by using the correction data, and generate an image by reconstructing the acquired k-space data for reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kutsuna, Hidenori Takeshima
  • Publication number: 20210103020
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to set a rotation angle of a non-Cartesian trajectory in a k-space on the basis of information related to cyclic movements of a subject to be imaged, to obtain k-space data by rotating the non-Cartesian trajectory at the set rotation angle, and to generate an image by reconstructing the k-space data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KUTSUNA, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210042913
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires medical data, and generates an imaging parameter by inputting the medical data to a trained model, the imaging parameter being a parameter of a medical image diagnostic apparatus with respect to the medical data, the trained model being trained to generate an imaging parameter of the medical image diagnostic apparatus based on medical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKESHIMA, Masanori OZAKI, Hideaki KUTSUNA, Kyoichiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20200278413
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a scanner and processing circuitry. The scanner includes at least two gradient coils. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the scanner to acquire k-space data for correction in a band-shaped two-dimensional k-space along a readout direction, or in a columnar three-dimensional k-space along a readout direction, while changing rotation angles, wherein each of the rotation angles corresponds to the readout direction, generate correction data for correcting an error due to a gradient magnetic field generated by the gradient coils, by using the acquired k-space data for correction, cause the scanner to acquire k-space data for reconstruction, based on a radial acquisition method, while correcting the gradient magnetic field by using the correction data, and generate an image by reconstructing the acquired k-space data for reconstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki KUTSUNA, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
  • Patent number: 9527286
    Abstract: Humidified gas generated by a humidifying unit is supplied to a space between two adjacent print heads from one side of the space, and the humidified gas supplied to the space is discharged from the other side facing the one side across the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yaado Sakata, Hideaki Kutsuna
  • Publication number: 20160101622
    Abstract: Humidified gas generated by a humidifying unit is supplied to a space between two adjacent print heads from one side of the space, and the humidified gas supplied to the space is discharged from the other side facing the one side across the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yaado Sakata, Hideaki Kutsuna
  • Patent number: 8262184
    Abstract: A mask of Y for a first pass is a mask in which a checker pattern having a high frequency characteristic is made to be the arrangement of the print permitting pixels, and a mask of C for the first pass is a mask in which a random image having a lower frequency characteristic is made to be the arrangement of the print permitting pixels. Further, each of the masks of Y and C for a second pass has an arrangement that mutually complements the arrangement of the print permitting pixels of the mask for the first pass. By using such masks, unevenness of the permeation speed caused by beading on a printing medium can be reduced. Further, high tolerance for interference to the mask of the prior pass and for influence of external disturbances can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Kutsuna
  • Publication number: 20110037794
    Abstract: A mask of Y for a first pass is a mask in which a checker pattern having a high frequency characteristic is made to be the arrangement of the print permitting pixels, and a mask of C for the first pass is a mask in which a random image having a lower frequency characteristic is made to be the arrangement of the print permitting pixels. Further, each of the masks of Y and C for a second pass has an arrangement that mutually complements the arrangement of the print permitting pixels of the mask for the first pass. By using such masks, unevenness of the permeation speed caused by beading on a printing medium can be reduced. Further, high tolerance for interference to the mask of the prior pass and for influence of external disturbances can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki Kutsuna