Patents by Inventor Shintaro NIWA

Shintaro NIWA 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).

  • Patent number: 11672506
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an obtaining unit, an image generating unit, and a controlling unit. The obtaining unit obtains setting information in which a plurality of types of ultrasound image data are set as display-purpose image data and in which a percentage of a time period to display the display-purpose image data is set for each of the plurality of types. The image generating unit generates, along a time series, each of the plurality of types of ultrasound image data set in the setting information. The controlling unit exercises control so that the plurality of types of ultrasound image data generated by the image generating unit are stored into a storage unit and exercises control so that the display-purpose image data is displayed on a display unit according to the percentage set in the setting information for each of the types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cong Yao, Shintaro Niwa, Tetsuya Kawagishi, Yoshitaka Mine
  • Publication number: 20210196221
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain medical image data related to a coronary artery of a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to derive a value of a blood flow parameter indicating hemodynamics of the coronary artery, on the basis of the medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to display information indicating a change in the value of the blood flow parameter along the coronary artery, by using a graph of which the vertical axis expresses values of the blood flow parameter and of which the horizontal axis corresponds to the distance direction along the coronary artery and is configured to further display supplementary information indicating the structure of the coronary artery together with the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko NISHIOKA, Brian MOHR, Shintaro NIWA, Joanne SCHUIJF
  • Publication number: 20210098088
    Abstract: A diagnosis assisting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit and a display circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain a first question represented by a question from a patient to a medical doctor. The processing circuit is configured to analyze content of the obtained first question. The processing circuit is configured to convert the first question into a second question having equivalent content and using a different expression, on the basis of a result of the analysis. The display circuit is configured to display the second question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke HASHIMOTO, Shintaro NIWA, Mariko SHIBATA, Michitaka SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20200380581
    Abstract: A medical institution selection support apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a search request for a medical institution. The processing circuitry outputs a search result in accordance with an overall evaluation value based on an evaluation value in accordance with personal information of a user for an evaluation item for evaluating each of a plurality of the medical institutions and an importance degree of the evaluation item on which the personal information is reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko SHIBATA, Narumi Sasayama, Keisuke Hashimoto, Michitaka Sugawara, Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Satoshi Ikeda, Shintaro Niwa
  • Publication number: 20150257739
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and controlling circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate brightness transition information indicating a temporal transition of a brightness level in an analysis region that is set in an ultrasound scan region, from time-series data acquired by performing an ultrasound scan on a subject to whom a contrast agent has been administered and to obtain a parameter by normalizing reflux dynamics of the contrast agent in the analysis region with respect to time, based on the brightness transition information. The controlling circuitry is configured to cause a display to display the parameter in a format using one or both of an image and text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Cong YAO, Tetsuya Kawagishi, Yoshitaka Mine, Hiroki Yoshiara, Shintaro Niwa
  • Publication number: 20150087980
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an obtaining unit, an image generating unit, and a controlling unit. The obtaining unit obtains setting information in which a plurality of types of ultrasound image data are set as display-purpose image data and in which a percentage of a time period to display the display-purpose image data is set for each of the plurality of types. The image generating unit generates, along a time series, each of the plurality of types of ultrasound image data set in the setting information. The controlling unit exercises control so that the plurality of types of ultrasound image data generated by the image generating unit are stored into a storage unit and exercises control so that the display-purpose image data is displayed on a display unit according to the percentage set in the setting information for each of the types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Cong YAO, Shintaro NIWA, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI, Yoshitaka MINE