Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Masakari

Yasuyuki Masakari 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).

  • Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
    Patent number: 9861341
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmission and reception unit, an addition unit, an image generation unit, and a control unit. The transmission and reception unit performs a set of ultrasound transmission and reception in a first mode or a plurality of sets of ultrasound transmission and reception in a second mode along the same scan line. Each set of ultrasound transmission and reception is constituted of repeated ultrasound transmission and reception sequentially performed in reversed phase polarity along the same scan line. The addition unit adds reflected wave data in the second mode. The image generation unit generates an image by using reflected wave data in the first mode or in the second mode. The control unit switches the first mode and the second mode. The transmission and reception unit performs a set or a plurality of sets of ultrasound transmission and reception according to a switching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawagishi, Akihiro Kakee, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Hiroki Yoshiara, Atsushi Sumi, Yasuyuki Masakari
  • ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150209006
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmission and reception unit, an addition unit, an image generation unit, and a control unit. The transmission and reception unit performs a set of ultrasound transmission and reception in a first mode or a plurality of sets of ultrasound transmission and reception in a second mode along the same scan line. Each set of ultrasound transmission and reception is constituted of repeated ultrasound transmission and reception sequentially performed in reversed phase polarity along the same scan line. The addition unit adds reflected wave data in the second mode. The image generation unit generates an image by using reflected wave data in the first mode or in the second mode. The control unit switches the first mode and the second mode. The transmission and reception unit performs a set or a plurality of sets of ultrasound transmission and reception according to a switching operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawagishi, Akihiro Kakee, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Hiroki Yoshiara, Atsushi Sumi, Yasuyuki Masakari