Patents by Inventor Hijiri SHIMIZU

Hijiri SHIMIZU 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: 11957509
    Abstract: A diagnosis assistance device includes a control unit that generates line data indicating an intensity value of a reflected wave from an object, which is present in a transmission direction of ultrasound, for each combination of a movement position of an ultrasound transducer that radially transmits the ultrasound while being moved inside a biological tissue and the transmission direction of the ultrasound with reference to an observation result of a cross section of the biological tissue by the ultrasound transducer and generates a detection image which includes pixels corresponding to the generated line data and in which pixels corresponding to the line data at the same movement position are arranged in one direction. Pixels corresponding to the line data in the same transmission direction are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, and each pixel value is set according to an abnormality degree of the generated line data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyohei Yamaji, Koichi Inoue, Hijiri Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230222760
    Abstract: An information processing device including: a control unit configured to: acquire at least one frame image generated by using line data indicating intensity of a reflection wave with respect to an ultrasound radially transmitted from an ultrasound transducer moving inside a biological tissue, and extract a specific region from the at least one frame image based on a ratio between an average of luminance in a region of interest included in the at least one frame image and a dispersion of luminance in the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hijiri SHIMIZU, Koichi INOUE, Yujiro MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220192631
    Abstract: A diagnosis assistance device includes a control unit that generates line data indicating an intensity value of a reflected wave from an object, which is present in a transmission direction of ultrasound, for each combination of a movement position of an ultrasound transducer that radially transmits the ultrasound while being moved inside a biological tissue and the transmission direction of the ultrasound with reference to an observation result of a cross section of the biological tissue by the ultrasound transducer and generates a detection image which includes pixels corresponding to the generated line data and in which pixels corresponding to the line data at the same movement position are arranged in one direction. Pixels corresponding to the line data in the same transmission direction are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, and each pixel value is set according to an abnormality degree of the generated line data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyohei YAMAJI, Koichi INOUE, Hijiri SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10524652
    Abstract: In an imaging system, vascular tomographic images and vascular fluoroscopic images which each include a plurality of frames are collected. A position of an image of the probe included in each of the frames of the fluoroscopic images is acquired. The frame of the fluoroscopic image and the frame of the tomographic image which is taken at substantially the same time as the frame of the fluoroscopic image are displayed at the same time. A position of a blood vessel designated by a user is acquired from the displayed frame of the fluoroscopic image. The frame of the fluoroscopic image which includes the image of the probe at a position closer to the position of the blood vessel designated by the user is displayed at the same time as the frame of the tomographic image which is taken at substantially the same time as the frame of the fluoroscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hijiri Shimizu, Kouichi Inoue, Junya Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20160206267
    Abstract: In an imaging system, a vascular image extending along a vascular length direction, which is obtained from multiple transverse cross-sectional images of a blood vessel imaged by inserting a probe into the blood vessel, and multiple fluoroscopic images of the blood vessel imaged while the probe is inserted into the blood vessel are collected. A first position and a second position along the vascular length direction, which are designated by a user on the displayed vascular image, are acquired. The vascular image and the fluoroscopic image indicating the first position and the second position are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hijiri SHIMIZU, Junya FURUICHI, Koichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20160199017
    Abstract: In an imaging system, vascular tomographic images and vascular fluoroscopic images which each include a plurality of frames are collected. A position of an image of the probe included in each of the frames of the fluoroscopic images is acquired. The frame of the fluoroscopic image and the frame of the tomographic image which is taken at substantially the same time as the frame of the fluoroscopic image are displayed at the same time. A position of a blood vessel designated by a user is acquired from the displayed frame of the fluoroscopic image. The frame of the fluoroscopic image which includes the image of the probe at a position closer to the position of the blood vessel designated by the user is displayed at the same time as the frame of the tomographic image which is taken at substantially the same time as the frame of the fluoroscopic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hijiri SHIMIZU, Kouichi INOUE, Junya FURUICHI