Patents by Inventor Hironori NISHIMOTO

Hironori NISHIMOTO 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).

  • Brain activity measuring apparatus and brain activity measuring method
    Patent number: 10687754
    Abstract: [Object] An object is to provide a brain activity measuring apparatus and a brain activity measuring method that can precisely ensure reproducibility of measurements for a plurality of measurements made separately for a number of times using functional magnetic resonance imaging. [Solution] In an MRI apparatus 10, a data processing unit 32 determines rigid transformation between an original tomographic image obtained in a past measurement and stored in a storage unit 36 and a pilot tomographic image obtained in a present imaging session such that mutual information between the original and pilot tomographic images is locally maximized; and based on a parameter of the determined rigid transformation, position and direction of a slice image of the tomographic image in the present imaging session are corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Hironori Nishimoto, Takanori Kochiyama, Yasuhiro Shimada, Ichirou Fujimoto
  • Brain Activity Measuring Apparatus and Brain Activity Measuring Method
    Publication number: 20160045149
    Abstract: [Object] An object is to provide a brain activity measuring apparatus and a brain activity measuring method that can precisely ensure reproducibility of measurements for a plurality of measurements made separately for a number of times using functional magnetic resonance imaging. [Solution] In an MRI apparatus 10, a data processing unit 32 determines rigid transformation between an original tomographic image obtained in a past measurement and stored in a storage unit 36 and a pilot tomographic image obtained in a present imaging session such that mutual information between the original and pilot tomographic images is locally maximized; and based on a parameter of the determined rigid transformation, position and direction of a slice image of the tomographic image in the present imaging session are corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
    Inventors: Hironori NISHIMOTO, Takanori KOCHIYAMA, Yasuhiro SHIMADA, Ichirou FUJIMOTO