Patents by Inventor Masao Ooi

Masao Ooi 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 display method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7890156
    Abstract: A medical image display method of this invention includes an organ display step for displaying an image of a predetermined organ including a desired blood vessel in a medical image on a display unit; a blood vessel selection step for selecting the desired blood vessel from the image of the predetermined organ displayed by the organ display step and designating a specific position of the desired blood vessel; and an image display step for displaying a pseudo image in a pseudo imaging mode as if a contrast, agent were made to flow through the blood vessel selected in the blood vessel selection step. The pseudo image of the flow of the contrast agent in the blood vessel assists doctor in conducting diagnoses and therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ooi, Hiroshi Takagi, Yoshihiro Goto
  • Medical image display method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20070053555
    Abstract: A medical image display method of this invention includes an organ display step for displaying an image of a predetermined organ including a desired blood vessel in a medical image on a display unit; a blood vessel selection step for selecting the desired blood vessel from the image of the predetermined organ displayed by the organ display step and designating a specific position of the desired blood vessel; and an image display step for displaying a pseudo image in a pseudo imaging mode as if a contrast, agent were made to flow through the blood vessel selected in the blood vessel selection step. The pseudo image of the flow of the contrast agent in the blood vessel assists doctor in conducting diagnoses and therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Masao Ooi, Hiroshi Takagi, Yoshihiro Goto