Patents by Inventor Masatsugu SHIBA

Masatsugu SHIBA 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).

  • Cancer invasiveness diagnosis system
    Patent number: 10905341
    Abstract: A cancer invasiveness diagnosis system includes an endoscope; a microtomography probe which is introduced into a body cavity together with the endoscope, the microtomography probe emitting a low-coherence light on a target tissue in which a target tumor is present to obtain an optical interference signal; a determination portion which is configured to obtain a tomography image of the target tissue including the target tumor and a blood flow velocity information in a blood vessel in the tomography image based on the optical interference signal, wherein the determination portion is configured to determine the cancer invasiveness of the target tumor based on the tomography image and the blood flow velocity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Souichi Saeki, Masatsugu Shiba
  • CANCER INVASIVENESS DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180206741
    Abstract: A cancer invasiveness diagnosis system includes an endoscope; a microtomography probe which is introduced into a body cavity together with the endoscope, the microtomography probe emitting a low-coherence light on a target tissue in which a target tumor is present to obtain an optical interference signal; a determination portion which is configured to obtain a tomography image of the target tissue including the target tumor and a blood flow velocity information in a blood vessel in the tomography image based on the optical interference signal, wherein the determination portion is configured to determine the cancer invasiveness of the target tumor based on the tomography image and the blood flow velocity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Souichi SAEKI, Masatsugu SHIBA