Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Nishino

Naoyuki Nishino 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).

  • Publication number: 20240065653
    Abstract: A CT apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units, a rotation mechanism, and a CPU. The imaging unit includes a radiation source and a radiation detector. The rotation mechanism rotates the plurality of imaging units around a body axis of the subject while maintaining a disposition interval. An imaging control unit of the CPU controls operations of the plurality of imaging units and the rotation mechanism. An angular interval that is determined by a frame rate of the radiation detector and a rotation speed of the imaging unit and that defines an acquisition time of a projection image based on the radiation is the same for the plurality of imaging units. The plurality of imaging units have different phases in a rotation direction, and positions where the plurality of imaging units acquire the projection images are separated by a set angle that is less than the angular interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takashi TAJIMA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240065646
    Abstract: A radiation source includes a radiation tube having a cathode which is a cold cathode. An imaging control unit directs the radiation source to intermittently and alternately emit the first radiation having a first energy distribution and the second radiation having a second energy distribution different from the first energy distribution whenever a rotation mechanism rotates the radiation source and a radiation detector by a preset angle. The imaging control unit directs the radiation detector to output a first projection image based on the first radiation and a second projection image based on the second radiation which are obtained by the intermittent emission of the first radiation and the second radiation. An image processing unit generates a tomographic image on the basis of the first projection image and the second projection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Takashi TAJIMA, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240065644
    Abstract: An imaging control unit performs conventional scanning, which directs a rotation mechanism to rotate a radiation source and a radiation detector without changing a positional relationship between a subject, and the radiation source and the radiation detector in a rotation axis direction, directs the radiation source to emit radiation whenever the radiation source and the radiation detector are rotated by a preset angle, and directs the radiation detector to output a projection image, at a plurality of height positions along the rotation axis direction. The image processing unit generates a tomographic image on the basis of the projection images obtained at the plurality of height positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takashi TAJIMA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240065652
    Abstract: A CT apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units, a rotation mechanism, a radiation source elevating mechanism, a detector elevating mechanism, and a CPU. The imaging unit includes a radiation source that emits radiation having a quadrangular pyramid shape to a subject and a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject are two-dimensionally arranged. The rotation mechanism rotates the plurality of imaging units around a body axis of the subject. The radiation source elevating mechanism and the detector elevating mechanism change an interval between the plurality of imaging units in a rotation axis direction. An imaging control unit of the CPU controls operations of the plurality of imaging units, the rotation mechanism, the radiation source elevating mechanism, and the detector elevating mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takashi TAJIMA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11828893
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a support table, a sensor panel, a fixing member, and a contact member. An attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed in the support table. The sensor panel has an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels detecting radiation are two-dimensionally arranged. A first surface of the sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface following the arc surface shape. The fixing member partially fixes the first surface to the attachment surface. The contact member comes into contact with a second surface of the sensor panel which is opposite to the first surface to suppress the lifting of the sensor panel from the support table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Takashi Tajima, Masakazu Fukuyo, Naoyuki Nishino, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11786197
    Abstract: A CPU of a console comprises a color image acquisition unit, a distance image acquisition unit, a specification unit, and an estimation unit. The color image acquisition unit acquires a color image, in which a patient and a periphery of the patient are captured, from a visible light camera. The distance image acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance between a radiation tube and an object, from a TOF camera. The specification unit specifies a kind of the object in the color image. The estimation unit estimates intensity of radiation in an environment captured in the color image based on reference information including the distance image and a specification image as a specification result of the kind of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Bettoyashiki, Ryo Imamura, Kazuhiro Makino, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Publication number: 20230225686
    Abstract: A radiography system includes a radiation source that emits radiation, an electronic cassette that receives the radiation and detects a radiographic image, a portable first retainer that holds the electronic cassette, a string that is attached to the first retainer, and a camera that images the string. The first retainer includes a lock portion and a movable portion as an inclination change mechanism that can change an inclination of the electronic cassette with respect to the radiation source. The string and the camera constitute a first detection mechanism that detects an inclination of the electronic cassette about an X-axis which intersects a Z-axis and is directed toward the radiation source in a case in which a radiation detection surface of the electronic cassette and the radiation source are disposed to face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Yuji KAI, Yuji JIBIKI, Koji TANINAI, Masataka SUGAHARA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20230218245
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes an upright imaging stand that is used for radiography on a subject, a camera as a detection sensor that immediately detects a state of the subject with respect to the upright imaging stand, a tablet terminal, and a reflective member. The tablet terminal displays a notification screen including an image output from the camera. The reflective member reflects the notification screen such that the subject facing the upright imaging stand visually recognizes the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Yuji KAI, Yuji JIBIKI, Koji TANINAI, Masataka SUGAHARA, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230107210
    Abstract: An acquisition unit of an image processing device acquires a radiographic image which includes a patient and markers including lead plates and has been captured in a state in which the markers are disposed at a first position between a radiation source and the patient and a second position between a radiation detector and the patient, the subject being interposed between the first and second positions. An image processing unit calculates a correction magnification for setting a part of interest in the patient included in the radiographic image to a set dimension, on the basis of sizes of images of a plurality of the markers included in the radiographic image and an actual size of the markers, and changes a size of the radiographic image according to the correction magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kotatsu KAWAGUCHI, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Koji TANINAI, Masayoshi MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20230018119
    Abstract: A radiation detector has a sensor panel unit which includes two sensor panels and in which end portions of the two sensor panels are arranged to overlap each other in a thickness direction. An image processing unit acquires two projection images from the two sensor panels. A combination unit of the image processing unit performs a process related to image quality on the projection image in a case in which a tomographic image which is a diagnosis image to be used for a doctor's diagnosis is generated and does not perform the process related to image quality on the projection image in a case in which a scout image which is a confirmation image for confirming a reflected state of the subject is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Masakazu FUKUYO, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takashi TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230019809
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a support table, a sensor panel, a fixing member, and a contact member. An attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed in the support table. The sensor panel has an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels detecting radiation are two-dimensionally arranged. A first surface of the sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface following the arc surface shape. The fixing member partially fixes the first surface to the attachment surface. The contact member comes into contact with a second surface of the sensor panel which is opposite to the first surface to suppress the lifting of the sensor panel from the support table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Takashi TAJIMA, Masakazu FUKUYO, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230015140
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a support table in which an attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed, a sensor panel which has a rectangular plate shape and in which pixels that include TFTs and detect radiation are two-dimensionally arranged, a circuit board, a flexible cable, and a reduction structure. The sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface while being curved following the arc surface shape. The flexible cables connect a curved side of the sensor panel and a reading circuit board and are arranged along the curved side. The flexible cable is bent to dispose the reading circuit board at an angle of 90° with respect to the sensor panel. The reduction structure reduces a bias of a stretching force applied to the flexible cable caused by the curved side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Sho Shimizukawa, Munetaka Kato, Tatsuya Taneichi, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Publication number: 20230016138
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor panel unit, a support table to which the sensor panel unit is attached, and two fixing members. The sensor panel unit includes two sensor panels. The sensor panel has pixels that sense visible light converted from radiation and generate charge. The sensor panel unit has a configuration in which an end portion of one sensor panel and an end portion of the other sensor panel are arranged to overlap each other in a thickness direction. A first fixing member fixes two sensor panels in an overlap region in which the end portions overlap. A second fixing member fixes the sensor panel unit and the support table in the overlap region. The second fixing member at least partially overlaps the first fixing member in the overlap region in a plan view of the sensor panel unit in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Munetaka KATO, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220354447
    Abstract: A console for a radiography system includes at least one processor configured to execute display-related processing of displaying, at an imaging site, a radiographic image obtained by radiography, the display-related processing including reception processing of receiving the radiographic image from a radiographic image detection device and image processing of processing the received radiographic image to a radiographic image for display, computer aided diagnosis processing on the radiographic image after the image processing, and priority processing of giving priority to the display-related processing over the computer aided diagnosis processing in a case where the display-related processing and the computer aided diagnosis processing compete with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo IMAMURA, Kazuhiro MAKINO, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20220346729
    Abstract: A CT apparatus includes a radiation source that emits radiation, a radiation detector that detects the radiation, an annular frame to which the radiation source and the radiation detector are attached and in which a subject is positioned in a bore, and three columns that hold the frame to be movable up and down in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi TAJIMA, Masakazu FUKUYO, Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20210275120
    Abstract: A CPU of a console comprises a color image acquisition unit, a distance image acquisition unit, a specification unit, and an estimation unit. The color image acquisition unit acquires a color image, in which a patient and a periphery of the patient are captured, from a visible light camera. The distance image acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance between a radiation tube and an object, from a TOF camera. The specification unit specifies a kind of the object in the color image. The estimation unit estimates intensity of radiation in an environment captured in the color image based on reference information including the distance image and a specification image as a specification result of the kind of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Akihito BETTOYASHIKI, Ryo IMAMURA, Kazuhiro MAKINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Patent number: 11020073
    Abstract: In the radiography system, a camera image of the usage environment in which the electronic cassette is used is captured. An in-image cassette region of the electronic cassette is detected from the camera image. The cassette ID of the electronic cassette is acquired from the in-image cassette region. The acquired cassette ID is collated with the cassette ID of the use cassette set in the console to check whether the use cassette is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hattori, Ryo Imamura, Koichi Kitano, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Publication number: 20210063585
    Abstract: An electronic cassette includes an image detection unit that detects a radiographic image of a subject, a housing that houses the image detection unit and has a front surface, a rear surface, and side surfaces, a first indicator that is provided on the front surface and outside an imaging region of the image detection unit, and emits light to indicate a center of the imaging region, and a second indicator that is provided on the front surface and outside the imaging region, and emits light to represent a possibility of detection of the radiographic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke NOGUCHI, Hirotoshi ONO, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10924694
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging device includes: a radiation detector including plural pixels, each including a sensor portion and a switching element; a detection unit that detects a radiation irradiation start if an electrical signal caused by charges generated in the sensor portion satisfies a specific irradiation detection condition, and/or if an electrical signal caused by charges generated in a radiation sensor portion that is different from the sensor portion satisfies a specific irradiation detection condition; and a control unit that determines whether or not noise caused by external disturbance has occurred after the detection unit has detected the radiation irradiation start, and if the noise has occurred, that stops a current operation of the radiation detector, and causes the detection unit to perform detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Okada, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Patent number: 10806412
    Abstract: A position detection unit is disposed at an exposure position that is included in a camera image and a field of view of a camera and outputs a position signal indicating the position of a part of a peripheral portion of an electronic cassette. The calculation unit calculates an in-image cassette position which is the position of the electronic cassette in the camera image, on the basis of the position, direction, and size of the position detection unit in the camera image and the position signal. A composite image generation unit generates a composite image of the camera image and a cassette frame indicating the in-image cassette position. A display controller displays the composite image on a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Imamura, Koichi Kitano, Naoyuki Nishino