Patents by Inventor Kimiko SUNAMI

Kimiko SUNAMI 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).

  • Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method
    Patent number: 9727965
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts a rigid region from predetermined medical image data among a plurality of items of medical image data. Further, between first medical image data and second medical image data among the plurality of items of medical image data, the processing circuitry performs rigid registration on the rigid region and performs non-rigid registration on a region other than the rigid region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiko Sunami, Masahiro Ozaki, Kazumasa Arakita
  • Medical image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 9563968
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a selection unit. The extraction unit extracts an image region having an image element value larger than a predetermined value from a first image of at least one time phase and second images of a plurality of time phases. The calculation unit calculates a feature quantity that fluctuates in accordance with motion of the image region for the first image of at least the one time phase and the second images of the time phases. The selection unit selects the first image and the second image having similar image features of the image region based on the feature quantity from among the first image of at least the one time phase and the second images of the time phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Iwate Medical University
    Inventors: Kimiko Sunami, Kazumasa Arakita, Masahiro Ozaki, Kunihiro Yoshioka, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kenta Muranaka
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160148364
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts a rigid region from predetermined medical image data among a plurality of items of medical image data. Further, between first medical image data and second medical image data among the plurality of items of medical image data, the processing circuitry performs rigid registration on the rigid region and performs non-rigid registration on a region other than the rigid region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiko SUNAMI, Masahiro OZAKI, Kazumasa ARAKITA
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150348261
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a selection unit. The extraction unit extracts an image region having an image element value larger than a predetermined value from a first image of at least one time phase and second images of a plurality of time phases. The calculation unit calculates a feature quantity that fluctuates in accordance with motion of the image region for the first image of at least the one time phase and the second images of the time phases. The selection unit selects the first image and the second image having similar image features of the image region based on the feature quantity from among the first image of at least the one time phase and the second images of the time phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Iwate Medical University
    Inventors: Kimiko SUNAMI, Kazumasa Arakita, Masahiro Ozaki, Kunihiro Yoshioka, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kenta Muranaka