Patents by Inventor Kenji Matsue

Kenji Matsue 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: 20200203003
    Abstract: A management device in an embodiment includes a processing circuit configured to collect identification information that identifies an application utilized for image analysis of a medical image utilized for generation of a medical report from a plurality of medical reports, and to output information indicating utilization status of the application by using a plurality of pieces of the collected identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Yanagida, Kenji Matsue, Maiko Tezuka, Yosuke Okubo
  • Patent number: 10093781
    Abstract: Extruded polymer foams are made from a polymer composition that includes an unbrominated styrenic polymer, a brominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene flame retardant, and an unbrominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene polymer. The unbrominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene polymer improves the cell homogeneity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Naganori Nishioka, Yoshihiro Shirakawa, Lawrence S. Hood, Shari L. Kram, Stephane Costeux, Mark A. Barger
  • Patent number: 10037405
    Abstract: A medical image generation apparatus including: a 4D image data generation unit generating 4D image data composed of a plurality of 3D image data blocks each having information indicating a number in chronological order of the 3D image data blocks using image information acquired by taking images of an object; and an image generation unit generating movie data composed of a plurality of 2D image data blocks generated from the plurality of 3D image data blocks constituting the four-dimensional image data and generating relevant information associating each of the two-dimensional image data blocks constituting the movie data with one of the 3D image data blocks which is the source of the 2D image data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20160229970
    Abstract: Extruded polymer foams are made from a polymer composition that includes an unbrominated styrenic polymer, a brominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene flame retardant, and an unbrominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene polymer. The unbrominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene polymer improves the cell homogeneity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Naganori Nishioka, Yoshihiro Shirakawa, Lawrence S. Hood, Shari L. Kram, Stephane Costeux, Mark A. Barger
  • Patent number: 9394437
    Abstract: A polymer composition containing a polymer component containing styrenic polymer, a brominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene copolymer and a polyethylene wax, concentration of the polyethylene wax is 0.02 to 1.0 weight percent based on weight of the polymer component, the polyethylene wax has average molecular weight of 10,000 g/mol or less than 10,000 g/mol. The polymer composition can be a polymeric foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Naganori Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9176655
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image observation apparatus includes a data receiver, a display, and a controller. The controller controls the display to array medical images for each of groups, the medical images being classified into the groups in accordance with at least one of a type of medical image generation apparatus, an imaging condition, an image generation method, an imaging position, an instruction and a setting by an operator, and an imaging date/time, to display medical images corresponding to at least two of the groups, and to scroll the medical images arrayed on a display screen on a group basis based on a scroll instruction of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Niwa, Kenji Matsue
  • Patent number: 9019301
    Abstract: A medical image display apparatus 1 having a display component 9, an image data storage part 31, an information storage component 32, an operation component 10, and a control part 2. The display component 9 displays a medical image display screen P on which image display regions P1 to P4 are defined. The image data storage part 31 stores image data of medical images. The information storage component 34 stores process associating information 32a for associating combinations of the image display regions P1 to P4 with the processing content of image data of medical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8924886
    Abstract: An image display device connected to an image archive device that stores multiple image data, the image display device comprising: a memory that stores address information of said multiple image data; a display part that is capable of scroll-displaying said image data in a predefined order; a manipulation part for inputting an instruction regarding the scroll display of the image data displayed on said display part; and an image display controller that determines image data to be read from said image archive device depending on the image data and scrolling speed of a display object designated with an instruction that has been input by said manipulation part, reads the image data from said image archive device based on said address information, and also causes said display part to display the image data of a new display object from among the image data that have been read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa, Muneyasu Kazuno
  • Patent number: 8861809
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes a selection unit which selects a combination of images acquired in substantially equal time phases in a cycle from a first image group including a plurality of first images acquired at different time points in a first period by imaging an organ whose shape cyclically varies and a second image group including a plurality of second images acquired at different time points in a second period different from the first period by imaging the organ based on a characteristics value indicative of characteristics of the shape of the organ measured from the first and second image groups, and a generation unit which generates combination information indicative of the combination selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20140288203
    Abstract: A polymer composition containing a polymer component containing styrenic polymer, a brominated vinyl aromatic/butadiene copolymer and a polyethylene wax, concentration of the polyethylene wax is 0.02 to 1.0 weight percent based on weight of the polymer component, the polyethylene wax has average molecular weight of 10,000 g/mol or less than 10,000 g/mol. The polymer composition can be a polymeric foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Naganori Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8566367
    Abstract: Provided is a medical image information system that prepares a diagnosis report for which link information for referring to a medical image stored in an image server is set, and displays a medical image not stored in the image server. The medical image information system includes a reservation request unit that makes a storage location reservation request for the medical image not stored in the image server prior to storing the medical image not stored in the image server, a reservation unit that receives the storage location reservation request and makes reservation for storage location of the medical image not stored in the image server, and a link information setting unit that sets the link information for the reserved storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20130141462
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image observation apparatus includes a data receiver, a display, and a controller. The controller controls the display to array medical images for each of groups, the medical images being classified into the groups in accordance with at least one of a type of medical image generation apparatus, an imaging condition, an image generation method, an imaging position, an instruction and a setting by an operator, and an imaging date/time, to display medical images corresponding to at least two of the groups, and to scroll the medical images arrayed on a display screen on a group basis based on a scroll instruction of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Kenichi NIWA, Kenji Matsue
  • Patent number: 8401259
    Abstract: The admission of the editing of information on a key image of an object, the type of edit processing, and the contents targeted for edit processing are controlled in accordance with a combination of user information and device information (i.e., a scene where the key image is used).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Muneyasu Kazuno, Kenichi Niwa, Akira Iwasa
  • Patent number: 8254649
    Abstract: The report storage stores an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information, examination-specifying information, and medical image-specifying information that specifies medical image data. The image data storage stores the medical image data that includes image data and additional information for the image data that includes the patient-identifying information, the examination-specifying information, and the medical image-specifying information. The key image-searching part specifies an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information specified by a display request for the medical image data and specifies the medical image data using the medical image-specifying information included in the specified interpretation report. The image data-searching part reads the medical image data from the image data storage based on the additional information of the specified medical image data and the display request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8238626
    Abstract: A medical image display apparatus has a dividing unit and a setting unit. The dividing unit divides a range after changing to an overlapping range that a range after changing overlaps a range before changing, and a non-overlapping range that not includes the overlapping range, when a position of the range is changed. The setting unit configured to set a pixel value after changing based on a pixel value constituting a diagnostic image before changing and voxel values along a predefined direction in the non-overlapping range according to a predefined condition about a pixel that a position of a voxel value in volume data corresponding to the pixel value constituting the diagnostic image before changing exists in the overlapping range, among each pixels constituting a diagnostic image after changing generated based on the voxel values along the predefined direction in the range after changing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8095388
    Abstract: By selecting at least one of an image and a report to be provided for an institute to which a patient is introduced, an object having the same series ID as that of the image or report is automatically obtained. Medical information including the object is generated and stored in an external medium. By selecting an image or the like to be provided to the institute to which a patient is introduced, address information of the selected image or the like and address information of an object or the like having the same series ID as that of the image or the like is automatically obtained. Medical information including the address information is generated and stored in an external medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Masuzawa, Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20100128943
    Abstract: A medical image generation apparatus including: a 4D image data generation unit generating 4D image data composed of a plurality of 3D image data blocks each having information indicating a number in chronological order of the 3D image data blocks using image information acquired by taking images of an object; and an image generation unit generating movie data composed of a plurality of 2D image data blocks generated from the plurality of 3D image data blocks constituting the four-dimensional image data and generating relevant information associating each of the two-dimensional image data blocks constituting the movie data with one of the 3D image data blocks which is the source of the 2D image data block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20100122206
    Abstract: An image display device connected to an image archive device that stores multiple image data, the image display device comprising: a memory that stores address information of said multiple image data; a display part that is capable of scroll-displaying said image data in a predefined order; a manipulation part for inputting an instruction regarding the scroll display of the image data displayed on said display part; and an image display controller that determines image data to be read from said image archive device depending on the image data and scrolling speed of a display object designated with an instruction that has been input by said manipulation part, reads the image data from said image archive device based on said address information, and also causes said display part to display the image data of a new display object from among the image data that have been read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUE, Kenichi NIWA, Muneyasu Kazuno
  • Publication number: 20090185729
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes a selection unit which selects a combination of images acquired in substantially equal time phases in a cycle from a first image group including a plurality of first images acquired at different time points in a first period by imaging an organ whose shape cyclically varies and a second image group including a plurality of second images acquired at different time points in a second period different from the first period by imaging the organ based on a characteristics value indicative of characteristics of the shape of the organ measured from the first and second image groups, and a generation unit which generates combination information indicative of the combination selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUE, Kenichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20090022377
    Abstract: The report storage stores an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information, examination-specifying information, and medical image-specifying information that specifies medical image data. The image data storage stores the medical image data that includes image data and additional information for the image data that includes the patient-identifying information, the examination-specifying information, and the medical image-specifying information. The key image-searching part specifies an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information specified by a display request for the medical image data and specifies the medical image data using the medical image-specifying information included in the specified interpretation report. The image data-searching part reads the medical image data from the image data storage based on the additional information of the specified medical image data and the display request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUE, Kenichi Niwa