Patents by Inventor Hijiri ETOU

Hijiri ETOU 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: 10646174
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and method for diagnosis acquiring information of an inside of a blood vessel and reconstructing a vascular image are disclosed, wherein when acquiring data through a rotation position and a movement of an imaging core, X-ray images at a fixed viewpoint position are synchronized so as to be continuously input along a time axis. Then, timing when vascular activity such as a cardiac beat can occur is determined based on the X-ray images. A plurality of vascular cross-sectional images on a plane orthogonal to a vascular axis acquired through the rotation and the movement of the imaging core are acquired. Then, a vascular image along the vascular axis is generated from the vascular cross-sectional image or the vascular cross-sectional images in series, and when performing a display, a site having vascular activity is displayed in a discriminable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichi Inoue, Junya Furuichi, Hijiri Etou
  • Patent number: 9572496
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for diagnosis and a control method of an imaging apparatus for diagnosis are disclosed, which acquire line data represented by multiple luminance values in a radial direction from a rotation center position of an imaging core, which are derived by a rotation position and movement of the imaging core. Then, based on the acquired line data, an image of a two-dimensional space in which ? representing a rotation angle and z representing a position in a movement direction are set to two axes is generated and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya Furuichi, Kouichi Inoue, Hijiri Etou
  • Publication number: 20160015337
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and method for diagnosis acquiring information of an inside of a blood vessel and reconstructing a vascular image are disclosed, wherein when acquiring data through a rotation position and a movement of an imaging core, X-ray images at a fixed viewpoint position are synchronized so as to be continuously input along a time axis. Then, timing when vascular activity such as a cardiac beat can occur is determined based on the X-ray images. A plurality of vascular cross-sectional images on a plane orthogonal to a vascular axis acquired through the rotation and the movement of the imaging core are acquired. Then, a vascular image along the vascular axis is generated from the vascular cross-sectional image or the vascular cross-sectional images in series, and when performing a display, a site having vascular activity is displayed in a discriminable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichi INOUE, Junya FURUICHI, Hijiri ETOU
  • Publication number: 20150320317
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for diagnosis and a control method of an imaging apparatus for diagnosis are disclosed, which acquire line data represented by multiple luminance values in a radial direction from a rotation center position of an imaging core, which are derived by a rotation position and movement of the imaging core. Then, based on the acquired line data, an image of a two-dimensional space in which ? representing a rotation angle and z representing a position in a movement direction are set to two axes is generated and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya FURUICHI, Kouichi INOUE, Hijiri ETOU