Patents by Inventor Muneki Kataguchi
Muneki Kataguchi 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).
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Publication number: 20200029937Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an ultrasound image on the basis of a result of an ultrasound scan performed on a region including a part of a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a schematic image schematically indicating the part of the subject. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display to display the schematic image and either the ultrasound image or an image based on the ultrasound image, in such a manner that the orientation of the subject included in either the ultrasound image or the image based on the ultrasound image and the orientation of the subject indicated in the schematic image are close to each other, on the basis of an analysis result from an analysis performed on either the ultrasound image or the image based on the ultrasound image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota OSUMI, Muneki KATAGUCHI, Tomohisa IMAMURA
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Patent number: 10226231Abstract: In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, a separator separates an arbitrary region of a displayed object represented from image data, in a depth direction, based on a characterizing quantity included in the image data. An image generation controller generates an image to be displayed in which depth direction information is reflected on the arbitrary region of the displayed object, separated by the separator. A display controller causes a monitor being capable of providing a stereoscopic vision to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generation controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kuramitsu Nishihara, Muneki Kataguchi, Akihiro Kakee, Mio Azegami
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Patent number: 9629604Abstract: There is provides an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including a judgment unit which judges a folded back phenomenon of velocity based on signal information of a Doppler spectrum among signals received in a circulatory organ diagnostic region, a decision unit which decides whether the signals received are blood flow signals or tissue signals, and a change/adjustment unit which changes or adjusts at least one of a velocity range, a baseline position, a transmission/reception condition, a gain allocation, setting of a Wall Filter, a scrolling speed, and a range gate size.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Masao Takimoto, Muneki Kataguchi, Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Akihiro Kakee
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Patent number: 9483177Abstract: The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Ichioka, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Muneki Kataguchi
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Patent number: 9295445Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, transmission unit, reception unit, control unit, adjustment unit, automatic setting unit, switching unit, manual setting unit, correction unit, and generating unit. The adjustment unit adjusts transmission/reception conditions for repeated ultrasonic transmission/reception in accordance with an instruction from the user. The automatic setting unit sets the first gain for correcting an echo signal in accordance with the adjusted transmission/reception conditions. The switching unit switches between activating and stopping the operation of the automatic setting unit. The manual setting unit sets the second gain for correcting an echo signal in accordance with an instruction from the user. The correction unit corrects an echo signal with the first or second gain.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kuramitsu Nishihara, Kenichi Ichioka, Atsushi Sumi, Muneki Kataguchi
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Publication number: 20150363104Abstract: The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi ICHIOKA, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Muneki Kataguchi
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Patent number: 9173639Abstract: The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ichioka, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Muneki Kataguchi
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Patent number: 9107631Abstract: An imaging part transmits ultrasonic waves to a subject and receives reflected waves from the subject, thereby acquiring plural volume data of the subject. A specifying part specifies a surface site included in a face corresponding to the surface of the subject, in each of the plural volume data. A synthesizer executes position matching of the subject shown in each of the plural volume data. The synthesizer couples the plural volume data after position matching, and couples the respective surface sites specified in the respective volume data, thereby generating synthesized volume data. Based on the synthesized volume data, an image generator generates morphology image data showing the morphology of the subject and surface image data showing the coupled surface sites. A display controller controls a display to display a morphology image based on the morphology image data and a surface image based on the surface image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Chihiro Shibata, Muneki Kataguchi, Atsushi Sumi
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Patent number: 8894579Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a unit which sets a display region for displaying a 3D image, a unit which transmits and receives ultrasound waves, a unit which generates volume data, a unit, on the basis of the volume data, which sets an analysis region, a unit, on the basis of the data on the analysis region contained in the volume data, which analyzes a fluctuations in signal intensity over time, a unit, on the basis of the analysis result, which calculates a cardiac cycle, a unit, on the basis of the cardiac cycle and the volume data, which generates data set constructed by data with substantially equal cardiac cycle, and generates data sets corresponding to a plurality of cardiac cycles, and a unit which displays the 3D images based on the data sets as a moving image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kuramitsu Nishihara, Shigemitsu Nakaya, Akihiro Kakee, Kenichi Ichioka, Chihiro Shibata, Masao Takimoto, Atsushi Sumi, Muneki Kataguchi, Takuya Sasaki, Yoshihito Abe, Yasushi Kamewada
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Patent number: 8727992Abstract: An ultrasonic Doppler diagnostic apparatus sends ultrasonic waves to a specimen, receives a reflection signal of the ultrasonic waves from the specimen to detect a Doppler signal, obtains blood flow information indicating a peak flow velocity of coronary blood flow, and displays the flow velocity information before and after the administration of a drug to the specimen on a display unit. Then, at least velocity ranges of the flow velocity information before and after the administration of the drug to the specimen are adjusted, and during an ultrasonic scan of the specimen, data on a plurality of acquired images having different velocity ranges are adjusted to the same velocity range. A system control unit displays the data on the plurality of images adjusted to the same velocity range on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Masao Takimoto, Muneki Kataguchi, Akihiro Kakee, Tomohisa Imamura, Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Atsushi Sumi
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Patent number: 8684932Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including a multi-thresholding unit that performs multi-thresholding on the volume data of the blood flow speed on the basis of a reference value related to the blood flow speed. A surface extraction unit extracts a surface of the blood flow on the basis of the multi-threshold volume data. A weighting unit performs a weighting used for calculating the position of the center of gravity for the blood flow region formed by the blood flow surface. A center of gravity position calculation unit calculates a position of the center of gravity of the blood flow region. The Doppler sample marker position setting unit sets the position of the Doppler sample marker to the position of the center of gravity for the blood flow region. A Doppler sample marker movement control unit controls movement of the Doppler sample marker on the basis of the Doppler sample marker position setting data.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Muneki Kataguchi
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Publication number: 20140081141Abstract: In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, a separator separates an arbitrary region of a displayed object represented from image data, in a depth direction, based on a characterizing quantity included in the image data. An image generation controller generates an image to be displayed in which depth direction information is reflected on the arbitrary region of the displayed object, separated by the separator. A display controller causes a monitor being capable of providing a stereoscopic vision to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generation controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kuramitsu Nishihara, Muneki Kataguchi, Akihiro Kakee, Mio Azegami
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Patent number: 8523776Abstract: Transmitting and receiving ultrasound with repetition frequency that corresponds to velocity range indicating the measurable velocity to and from a diagnostic site that contains moving fluid within a body to be examined. Generating Doppler spectrum image showing velocity of moving fluid based on signals obtained from transmission and reception of ultrasound. Storing modeled value based on model correlating standard blood velocity waveform with an ECG waveform. Calculating measured blood velocity waveform based on spectrum image of a specified patient. Acquiring ECG waveform at timing corresponding to measured blood velocity waveform. Estimating blood velocity waveform excluding effects of valve signals of patient based on measured blood velocity waveform, ECG waveform, and modeled value.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Tatsuro Baba, Muneki Kataguchi, Kazuya Akaki, Shuichi Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8475381Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image creating unit, an image-creation control unit and a display control unit. The image creating unit creates an ultrasound image from data created by adding a reflected wave signal of an ultrasound wave transmitted to an imaging target portion of a subject by using a reception delay time calculated from a set sound velocity set as a sound velocity in the imaging target portion. The image-creation control unit switches a set sound velocity set at a present moment in a variable range, and controls the image creating unit so as to create a plurality of ultrasound images each using a reception delay time corresponding to each of the set sound velocities to be switched. The display control unit controls display such that the ultrasound images created are displayed on a certain display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Akihiro Kakee, Muneki Kataguchi, Kenichi Ichioka, Yasushi Kamewada
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Patent number: 8454514Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 comprises an ultrasonic probe 2 for transmitting the ultrasound while three-dimensionally scanning, and receiving ultrasound reflected from biological tissue, an image processor 5 (and a signal processor 4) for generating image data for an MPR image based on results received thereof, an information memory 6 for storing cross-sectional-position information D showing a cross-section of this MPR image, a display part 81, and a controller 9. The image processor 5 generates image data for the new MPR image for the relevant cross-sectional position, based on the cross-sectional position shown in the cross-sectional-position information D1 obtained when the MPR image was obtained in the past and the received results obtained by the new three-dimensional scan performed with the ultrasonic probe 2. The controller 9 causes the display part 81 to display the new MPR image.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Kawagishi, Yasuhiko Abe, Shinichi Hashimoto, Muneki Kataguchi
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Patent number: 8234922Abstract: Provided is ultrasonic diagnostic equipment including: an equipment body; a display unit provided to the equipment body and configured to display an ultrasonic image; an equipment-side connector provided in the equipment body; and an ultrasonic probe having a probe-side connector to be connected to the equipment-side connector in a detachable manner. The ultrasonic probe is connected to the probe-side connector through a cable and configured to send and receive ultrasonic waves. The probe-side connector and the equipment-side connector are formed in structures capable of sending and receiving the ultrasonic waves even in the case of a 180-degree reverse connection of the probe-side connector to the equipment-side connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yutaka Oonuki, Muneki Kataguchi, Yasuhisa Makita
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Patent number: 8125311Abstract: Provided is a medical diagnostic imaging system in which user information can be easily and efficiently moved (transferred) among a plurality of ultrasonic imaging diagnostic apparatuses. The medical diagnostic imaging system includes: a plurality of ultrasonic imaging diagnostic apparatuses each including a recording unit for recording user information registered by a user, the user information including work flow data for guiding at least an operation procedure of the ultrasonic imaging diagnostic apparatus, and execution means for executing this user information; and user information transfer means configured to be able to communicate with the ultrasonic imaging diagnostic apparatuses, for transferring the user information recorded on the recording means of a predetermined one of the ultrasonic imaging diagnostic apparatuses to the recording means of a different one of the ultrasonic imaging diagnostic apparatuses by way of a communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Masao Takimoto, Muneki Kataguchi, Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Akihiro Kakee, Tomohisa Imamura, Shigemitsu Nakaya
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Publication number: 20110282206Abstract: The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicants: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichi ICHIOKA, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Muneki Kataguchi
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Patent number: 7985182Abstract: A measurement data processing device measures a size of a diagnostic region from a tomographic image as two-dimensional information. An ROI width determining device determines a size of a region of interest based on the size (lateral width and longitudinal width) of the diagnostic region. An oscillation angle determining device determines a range of an angle for oscillating ultrasonic transducers based on the size. An oscillation rate determining device determines a rate for oscillating the ultrasonic transducers based on information indicating the oscillation angle and image quality. In order to acquire a three-dimensional image of the diagnostic region, the probe oscillation control device controls the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducers based on the information. A three-dimensional image processing device extracts a three-dimensional image of in the determined region of interest from the acquired three-dimensional image. A display device displays the extracted three-dimensional image.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ichioka, Muneki Kataguchi, Fumiyasu Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20110092819Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, a transmission/reception unit, an echo signal storage unit, a reception delay addition processing unit, a Doppler signal generating unit, and a focus position decision unit. The echo signal storage unit stores a plurality of echo signals obtained by the transmission/reception unit. The reception delay addition processing unit generates a plurality of reception signals corresponding to a plurality of reception focus positions by performing delay addition of the plurality of stored echo signals. The Doppler signal generating unit generates a plurality of Doppler signals corresponding to the plurality of reception focus positions from the generated reception signals. The focus position decision unit performs selection of a Doppler signal from the plurality of generated Doppler signals based on a blood flow characteristic and decides a reception focus position corresponding to the selected Doppler signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Masao TAKIMOTO, Muneki KATAGUCHI, Shigemitsu NAKAYA