Patents by Inventor Manabu Minami

Manabu Minami 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).

  • Image display method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6456735
    Abstract: In order to enable the observation of a wide range of the wall surface of a three-dimensional tissue in one screen, an image providing a view from a viewpoint E1 in a field-of-view centerline direction SC with a view angle of &thgr; greater than 180° is produced and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Natsuko Sato, Manabu Minami
  • X-ray CT apparatus and image diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 6198797
    Abstract: In order to perform diagnosis of corpulence of the internal organs in a practical level, there is provided an X-ray CT apparatus in which, after an operator specifies a minimum CT value and a maximum CT value for a fat portion and specifies one point in a subcutaneous fat region, subcutaneous fat pixels and visceral fat pixels are automatically retrieved, the area ratio thereof is automatically calculated, histograms of CT values of the subcutaneous fat pixels and the visceral fat pixels are automatically generated, and then fat region images Gs and Gv, the area ratio, and the histograms Hs and Hv are displayed on the same screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Kaoru Majima, Shoko Sato, Shogo Azemoto, Manabu Minami