Patents by Inventor Kodai Nagae

Kodai Nagae 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: 10512793
    Abstract: A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus detects a marker and includes a control element, an image generation element 61 that generates an image including an embedded marker inside the body of the subject based on a transmitted X-ray. A device candidate detection element 62 detects the candidate of the marker, the local structure detection element 63 detects the local structure in the target region in a proximity of the candidate point of the marker, the device determination element 64 determines whether the local structure is the device such as the marker or not, the device location acquisition element 66 acquires the gravity center coordinate of the local structure, and the device tracking element 67 tracks the marker based on the location of the marker in each frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michel Dargis, Frederic Hudon, Wataru Takahashi, Kodai Nagae
  • Publication number: 20190240510
    Abstract: A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus detects a marker and includes a control element, an image generation element 61 that generates an image including an embedded marker inside the body of the subject based on a transmitted X-ray. A device candidate detection element 62 detects the candidate of the marker, the local structure detection element 63 detects the local structure in the target region in a proximity of the candidate point of the marker, the device determination element 64 determines whether the local structure is the device such as, the marker or not, the device location acquisition element 66 acquires the gravity center coordinate of the local structure, and the device tracking element 67 tracks the marker based on the location of the marker in each frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michel DARGIS, Frederic HUDON, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Kodai NAGAE
  • Patent number: 10182773
    Abstract: A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus provides radiation fluoroscopy from at least three positions without moving the radiation irradiation element and the radiation detector. A control element includes a detection rate calculation element that respectively calculates the detection rate of the position of the marker in a first imaging system having a first X-ray tube and a first flat panel detector, a second imaging system having a second X-ray tube and a second flat panel detector, and a third imaging system having a third X-ray tube and a third flat panel detector, and a fourth imaging system having a fourth X-ray tube and a fourth flat panel detector; and an imaging system selection element that selects the two imaging systems, used for X-ray fluoroscopy, out of one of the imaging systems based on a detection rate of a position of a marker calculated by a detection rate calculation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai Nagae, Tsuyoshi Sasagawa, Takayuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20180132803
    Abstract: A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus is provided, by which the radiation fluoroscopy can be performed from at least three positions without moving the radiation irradiation element and the radiation detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai Nagae, Tsuyoshi Sasagawa, Takayuki Sano