Patents by Inventor Yayoi Abe

Yayoi Abe 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: 8577105
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a location sensor that detects a location of the ultrasound probe, and a location calculation device configured to calculate a location of echo data in a first three-dimensional coordinate system having a certain point as an origin based on the probe location. A deformation calculation device performs a deformation calculation to deform a shape of the body tissue in either an ultrasound image or a medical image captured by a medical imaging apparatus other than the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to a shape of the body tissue of the other image. A display image control device performs a coordinate conversion between the coordinate system of the ultrasound image and a coordinate system of the medical image and displays a deformed image based on the deformation calculation and the other image about a same cross-section on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Yayoi Abe, Masafumi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20120150037
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a location sensor that detects a location of the ultrasound probe, and a location calculation device configured to calculate a location of echo data in a first three-dimensional coordinate system having a certain point as an origin based on the probe location. A deformation calculation device performs a deformation calculation to deform a shape of the body tissue in either an ultrasound image or a medical image captured by a medical imaging apparatus other than the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to a shape of the body tissue of the other image. A display image control device performs a coordinate conversion between the coordinate system of the ultrasound image and a coordinate system of the medical image and displays a deformed image based on the deformation calculation and the other image about a same cross-section on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Yayoi Abe, Masafumi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20110288415
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a location sensor that detects a location of the ultrasound probe, and a location calculation device configured to calculate a location of echo data in a first three-dimensional coordinate system having a certain point as an origin based on the probe location. A deformation calculation device performs a deformation calculation to deform a shape of the body tissue in either an ultrasound image or a medical image captured by a medical imaging apparatus other than the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to a shape of the body tissue of the other image. A display image control device performs a coordinate conversion between the coordinate system of the ultrasound image and a coordinate system of the medical image and displays a deformed image based on the deformation calculation and the other image about a same cross-section on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Yayoi Abe, Masafumi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20090030322
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit which acquires B-mode image information on an imaging region lying within a subject; a display unit which displays the B-mode image information thereon; a contrast agent inflow start detecting device which detects an inflow timing at which a contrast agent administered to the subject starts to flow in the imaging region, using the B-mode image information; and a post-processing starting device which starts up post-processing conducted after the contrast agent has started to flow in the imaging region, in sync with the inflow timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Chiori Fujiwara, Yayoi Abe, Koji Miyama
  • Patent number: 7202060
    Abstract: According to the present invention, by using a microorganism having the ability to produce the L-amino acid which carries the avtA gene encoding alanine-valine transaminase (transaminase C) and whose alanine-valine transaminase activity is enhanced compared with its parent strain, it is possible to reduce the production of by-product amino acids which disturb purification in L-amino acid production by fermentation, and an industrially advantageous process for producing an L-amino acid can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki, Yayoi Abe, Jun-ichi Takano
  • Publication number: 20060184019
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus which displays ultrasonic image of a subject, and displays a measurement pattern in the displayed ultrasonic image based on measurement pattern information with respect to a location and a form of the measurement pattern to be input, to perform the image measurement of the ultrasonic image. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a selector device for specifying a location in the ultrasonic image, a measurement pattern storage device for storing morphological information of the measurement pattern when a measurement pattern is present at the specified location, and a measurement pattern reproduction device for reproducing thus stored measurement pattern of the morphological information at a location in the ultrasonic image newly specified using the selector device or an ultrasonic image different from the ultrasonic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Mayumi Ito, Yayoi Abe, Chiori Fujiwara, Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20030059904
    Abstract: According to the present invention, by using a microorganism having the ability to produce the L-amino acid which carries the avtA gene encoding alanine-valine transaminase (transaminase C) and whose alanine-valine transaminase activity is enhanced compared with its parent strain, it is possible to reduce the production of by-product amino acids which disturb purification in L-amino acid production by fermentation, and an industrially advantageous process for producing an L-amino acid can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Masato Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki, Yayoi Abe, Jun-ichi Takano
  • Patent number: 6086622
    Abstract: A first high-level language source program for a computer of a first architecture is compiled, thereby producing a machine program for a computer of a second architecture. The machine program is decompiled, thereby producing a second high-level language source program which does not depend on any architecture. The second high-level language source program is compiled and linked, thereby producing a first executable load module. Thus, the architecture of the program is converted, and the operation of the machine program is debugged by executing the first executable load module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yayoi Abe, Shinichiro Suzuki, Yoichiro Takeuchi