Patents by Inventor Satoshi Wakai

Satoshi Wakai 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: 20190189270
    Abstract: A hospital information apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain past information related to a subject for whom an examination order is issued. The processing circuit is configured to set one or more additional examination orders on the basis of an analysis performed on the past information. The processing circuit is configured to determine a proposed order from among the additional examination orders on the basis of a relationship between the examination order and the additional examination orders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki ISHII, Satoshi Wakai
  • Patent number: 10275908
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Ishii, Satoshi Wakai, Kazumasa Arakita, Takuma Igarashi, Yasuko Fujisawa, Shigeo Kaminaga, Kenji Hirohata, Junichiro Ooga
  • Patent number: 10249043
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a structuring circuitry temporarily structures a dynamical model of analysis processing based on the time-series medical image. The identification circuitry identifies a latent variable of the dynamical model so that at least one of a prediction value of a blood vessel morphology and a prediction value of a bloodstream based on the temporarily structured dynamical model is in conformity with at least one of an observation value of the blood vessel morphology and an observation value of the bloodstream measured in advance. The analysis circuitry analyzes the dynamical model to which the identified latent variable is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Ooga, Kenji Hirohata, Shigeo Kaminaga, Yasuko Fujisawa, Satoshi Wakai, Kazumasa Arakita, Takuma Igarashi, Hideaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190087955
    Abstract: According to embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising a specifying unit and a display controller. The specifying unit that specifies an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. The display controller that displays the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and displays the indicator on a display unit in association with the acquisition position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporaton
    Inventors: Akihito TAKAHASHI, Satoshi WAKAI, Takuya SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10206587
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain images in a time series including images of a blood vessel of a subject and correlation information indicating a correlational relationship between physical indices of the blood vessel and function indices of the blood vessel related to vascular hemodynamics, calculate blood vessel morphology indices in a time series indicating morphology of the blood vessel of the subject, on a basis of the images in the time series, and identify a function index of the blood vessel of the subject, by using a physical index of the blood vessel of the subject obtained from the blood vessel morphology indices, on a basis of the correlation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kano, Kenji Hirohata, Junichiro Ooga, Mitsuaki Kato, Takuya Hongo, Akihiro Goryu, Shigeo Kaminaga, Yasuko Fujisawa, Satoshi Wakai, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Kazumasa Arakita
  • Patent number: 10140752
    Abstract: A medical image diagnosis system according to an embodiment includes a determining unit, a rendering processing unit, and an output unit. The determining unit is configured to, based on information related to a stereoscopic function of a display unit connected to an output target apparatus serving as an output target, determine a parallax image number of images that are for realizing a stereoscopic view and are to be displayed by the display unit. The rendering processing unit is configured to generate rendering images corresponding to the parallax image number, by performing a rendering process on volume data that represents three-dimensional medical images. The output unit is configured to output the rendering images corresponding to the parallax image number to the output target apparatus, as the images that are for realizing the stereoscopic view and are to be simultaneously displayed by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Wakai, Yoshiyuki Kokojima
  • Patent number: 10140700
    Abstract: According to embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising a specifying unit and a display controller. The specifying unit that specifies an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. The display controller that displays the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and displays the indicator on a display unit in association with the acquisition position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Takahashi, Satoshi Wakai, Takuya Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10111635
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes storage circuitry and processing circuitry. The storage circuitry stores therein fluid resistance data representing a correlation among a vascular shape, a blood flow rate, and a pressure loss. The processing circuitry extracts, from three-dimensional image data in which a blood vessel of a subject is rendered, vascular shape data representing a shape of the blood vessel. The processing circuitry performs fluid analysis based on the vascular shape data and the blood flow rate and the pressure loss that correspond to the vascular shape data and that are correlated by the fluid resistance data to derive a functional index related to a blood circulation state in the blood vessel of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kato, Kenji Hirohata, Akira Kano, Shinya Higashi, Shigeo Kaminaga, Yasuko Fujisawa, Satoshi Wakai
  • Patent number: 10101426
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: a gantry including at least an RF (Radio Frequency) coil and a gradient coil, wherein the RF coil receives MR (Magnetic Resonance) signals from an object when an RF signal from the RF coil and a gradient magnetic field from the gradient coil are applied to the object in a main scan; processing circuitry configured to reconstruct image data of a plurality of images of the object based on the MR signals, and generate display image data from the reconstructed image data, wherein the display image data is generated such that display images are observed from a unified observational direction, regardless of a case where cross-sectional directions vary; and a display configured to display the display images observed from the unified observational direction based on the display image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyomi Ooshima, Satoshi Wakai, Sachiko Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 10087404
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a biological corrosion inhibitor for a metal, which exhibits the effect at a low concentration and is superior in biodegradability. A biological corrosion inhibitor for a metal including 3-methylglutaraldehyde as an effective ingredient is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuo Tsuruta, Ryosuke Shimizu, Takahiro Hosono, Junichi Fuji, Satoshi Wakai
  • Patent number: 10085445
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an agent for inhibiting biocorrosion of a metal, which shows high environmental and occupational safety. An agent for inhibiting biocorrosion of a metal, comprising 1,9-nonanedial and/or 2-methyl-1,8-octanedial as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Fuji, Yutaka Suzuki, Kosuke Senda, Satoshi Wakai
  • Patent number: 10043267
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for medical image processing. The processing of the medical image extracting a living valve image by analyzing a 3D image of an anatomical organ of a subject, specifying a distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from CT pixel values in the living valve image, and specifying a distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical organ based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Yamamori, Satoshi Wakai, Masahiro Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20180174297
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a structuring circuitry temporarily structures a dynamical model of analysis processing based on the time-series medical image. The identification circuitry identifies a latent variable of the dynamical model so that at least one of a prediction value of a blood vessel morphology and a prediction value of a bloodstream based on the temporarily structured dynamical model is in conformity with at least one of an observation value of the blood vessel morphology and an observation value of the bloodstream measured in advance. The analysis circuitry analyzes the dynamical model to which the identified latent variable is allocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Ooga, Kenji Hirohata, Shigeo Kaminaga, Yasuko Fujisawa, Satoshi Wakai, Kazumasa Arakita, Takuma Igarashi, Hideaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9936928
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to the embodiments includes a memory circuitry that stores a program, and a processing circuitry that reads out the program from the memory circuitry and executes the program. The processing circuitry sets a region of interest to be observed and a region of non-interest that is different from the region of interest based on volume data, and determines a trajectory of an arm that holds an X-ray irradiator that irradiates X-rays and a detector that detects the irradiated X-rays based on a relative positional relationship between the region of interest and the region of non-interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Wakai
  • Patent number: 9940736
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Ishii, Satoshi Wakai, Kazumasa Arakita, Takuma Igarashi, Yasuko Fujisawa, Shigeo Kaminaga, Kenji Hirohata, Junichiro Ooga
  • Patent number: 9928593
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a structuring circuitry temporarily structures a dynamical model of analysis processing based on the time-series medical image. The identification circuitry identifies a latent variable of the dynamical model so that at least one of a prediction value of a blood vessel morphology and a prediction value of a bloodstream based on the temporarily structured dynamical model is in conformity with at least one of an observation value of the blood vessel morphology and an observation value of the bloodstream measured in advance. The analysis circuitry analyzes the dynamical model to which the identified latent variable is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Ooga, Kenji Hirohata, Shigeo Kaminaga, Yasuko Fujisawa, Satoshi Wakai, Kazumasa Arakita, Takuma Igarashi, Hideaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180082445
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki ISHII, Satoshi WAKAI, Kazumasa ARAKITA, Takuma IGARASHI, Yasuko FUJISAWA, Shigeo KAMINAGA, Kenji HIROHATA, Junichiro OOGA
  • Publication number: 20180020998
    Abstract: A medical-image processing apparatus and a medical-image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment include an acquisition unit, a generation unit, an identification unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a medical image containing a blood vessel collected by the medical-image diagnostic apparatus. The generation unit generates an anatomical structure model based on the medical image acquired by the acquisition unit. The identification unit identifies a position, on the medical image, of an index relating to blood flow analyzed through fluid analysis using the anatomical structure model. The display control unit displays the position of the index on the medical image, and also displays the index associated with the position of the index on the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi WAKAI, Takuya SAKAGUCHI, Akihito TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180018771
    Abstract: There is provided a medical image processing apparatus which includes a first extraction unit configured to extract coronary arteries depicted in images of a plurality of time phases relating to the heart, and to extract at least one stenosed part depicted in each coronary artery; a calculation unit configured to calculate a pressure gradient of each of the extracted coronary arteries, based on tissue blood flow volumes of the coronary arteries; a second extraction unit configured to extract an ischemic region depicted in the images; and a specifying unit configured to specify a responsible blood vessel of the ischemic region by referring to a dominance map, in which each of the extracted coronary arteries and a dominance territory are associated, for the extracted ischemic region, and to specify a responsible stenosis, based on the pressure gradient corresponding to a stenosed part in the specified responsible blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma IGARASHI, Satoshi Wakai, Kazumasa Arakita, Hideaki Ishii, Yasuko Fujisawa, Shigeo Kaminaga, Kenji Hirohata, Junichiro Ooga
  • Patent number: 9865048
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radiotherapy information generation apparatus includes a region specific unit and a planning estimation unit. The region specific unit is configured to specify at least one area defined with respect to a tumor by analysis processing of diagnostic image data. The planning estimation unit is configured to display estimation information of planned dose values calculated based on the area and expected dose values of a radiation. Further, according to another embodiment, a radiotherapy information generation method includes specifying at least one area defined with respect to a tumor by analysis processing of diagnostic image data; and displaying estimation information of planned dose values calculated based on the area and expected dose values of a radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Wakai