Patents by Inventor Junya Ookouchi

Junya Ookouchi 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: 20140249417
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic device to which an ultrasound probe is connectable, measuring an IMT of a vascular wall in a carotid artery, including: a transmission unit supplying a transmission signal to the probe for causing ultrasound transmission along a longitudinal cross-section of the carotid artery; a reception unit receiving a signal based on a reflected ultrasound received by the probe, and generating a reception signal; a vascular feature calculation unit extracting position information from the reception signal, including at least one of: piece positions for vascular wall pieces; and a relative relationship between piece positions, and detecting a boundary between a CCA and a CCA bulb according to variation in the position information with respect to the longitudinal direction of the carotid artery; a ROI determination unit determining a ROI defining an IMT measurement range with respect to the boundary; and an IMT measurement unit measuring the IMT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Junya Ookouchi, Takao Suzuki