Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko IKARI

Yasuhiko IKARI 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).

  • ROI setting technique for imaging test of living body
    Patent number: 10055665
    Abstract: In imaging analysis of a living body, a Region Of Interest (ROI) is set on the basis of the state of radiopharmaceutical accumulation. An example for setting an ROI includes: performing first transformation for anatomically standardizing, with the use of a positive template, a nuclear medicine image acquired by applying a radiopharmaceutical to a subject; performing second transformation for anatomically standardizing, with the use of a negative template, the nuclear medicine image; calculating a degree of similarity between a first anatomical standardization image acquired by the first transformation and the positive template; calculating a degree of similarity between a second anatomical standardization image acquired by the second transformation and the negative template; and applying, to an ROI template, inverse transformation of the first transformation or the second transformation, whichever has the higher of the calculated degrees of similarity, in order to set the ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe
    Inventors: Go Akamatsu, Michio Senda, Yasuhiko Ikari, Shuya Miki
  • ROI Setting Technique for Imaging Test of Living Body
    Publication number: 20170083780
    Abstract: In imaging analysis of a living body, a Region Of Interest (ROI) is set on the basis of the state of radiopharmaceutical accumulation. An example for setting an ROI includes: performing first transformation for anatomically standardizing, with the use of a positive template, a nuclear medicine image acquired by applying a radiopharmaceutical to a subject; performing second transformation for anatomically standardizing, with the use of a negative template, the nuclear medicine image; calculating a degree of similarity between a first anatomical standardization image acquired by the first transformation and the positive template; calculating a degree of similarity between a second anatomical standardization image acquired by the second transformation and the negative template; and applying, to an ROI template, inverse transformation of the first transformation or the second transformation, whichever has the higher of the calculated degrees of similarity, in order to set the ROI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Go AKAMATSU, Michio SENDA, Yasuhiko IKARI, Shuya MIKI