Patents by Inventor Yoshimi MUTO

Yoshimi MUTO 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: 20230080726
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a generator, and a display controller. The transmission unit causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit a displacement-producing ultrasonic wave and causes the probe to transmit a displacement-observing ultrasonic wave. The reception unit generates reflected-wave data based on a reflected wave received by the probe. The generator calculates displacement at each of a plurality of positions in the scan area over a plurality of time phases, based on the reflected-wave data, determines a time phase when the calculated displacement is substantially maximum, for each of the positions, and generates image data representing positions where the determined time phases are substantially the same as each other, among the positions. The display controller superimposes an image based on the image data on a medical image corresponding to an area including the scan area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki WATANABE, Yuko KANAYAMA, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI, Yoshimi MUTO, Eiji GOTO, Koichiro KURITA, Shogo FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11534142
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a generator, and a display controller. The transmission unit causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit a displacement-producing ultrasonic wave and causes the probe to transmit a displacement-observing ultrasonic wave. The reception unit generates reflected-wave data based on a reflected wave received by the probe. The generator calculates displacement at each of a plurality of positions in the scan area over a plurality of time phases, based on the reflected-wave data, determines a time phase when the calculated displacement is substantially maximum, for each of the positions, and generates image data representing positions where the determined time phases are substantially the same as each other, among the positions. The display controller superimposes an image based on the image data on a medical image corresponding to an area including the scan area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Watanabe, Yuko Kanayama, Tetsuya Kawagishi, Yoshimi Muto, Eiji Goto, Koichiro Kurita, Shogo Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20150164480
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a generator, and a display controller. The transmission unit causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit a displacement-producing ultrasonic wave and causes the probe to transmit a displacement-observing ultrasonic wave. The reception unit generates reflected-wave data based on a reflected wave received by the probe. The generator calculates displacement at each of a plurality of positions in the scan area over a plurality of time phases, based on the reflected-wave data, determines a time phase when the calculated displacement is substantially maximum, for each of the positions, and generates image data representing positions where the determined time phases are substantially the same as each other, among the positions. The display controller superimposes an image based on the image data on a medical image corresponding to an area including the scan area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki WATANABE, Yuko KANAYAMA, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI, Yoshimi MUTO, Eiji GOTO, Koichiro KURITA, Shogo FUKUDA