Patents by Inventor Yuichi Inaoka

Yuichi Inaoka 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).

  • Tomographic equipment, imaging system provided therewith, and imaging data acquisition method
    Patent number: 9134441
    Abstract: A cross-sectional area calculation section calculates a cross-sectional area of a subject as physical quantity with respect to a size of the subject, and an NEC calculation section calculates a noise equivalent count NEC as physical quantity for evaluating an image. The C-NEC calculation section calculates a noise equivalent count per unit area C-NEC as physical quantity for evaluating an image as per size of the subject in accordance with the cross-sectional area of the subject calculated in the cross-sectional area calculation section and the noise equivalent count NEC calculated in the NEC calculation section. Accordingly, the noise equivalent count per unit area C-NEC is calculated as noted above, whereby an index may be determined that is independent of the cross-sectional area of the subject in evaluating the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Mizuta, Keishi Kitamura, Yuichi Inaoka, Munehiro Takahashi, Michio Senda, Keiichi Matsumoto, Keiji Shimizu
  • TOMOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, IMAGING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH, AND IMAGING DATA ACQUISITION METHOD
    Publication number: 20110019895
    Abstract: A cross-sectional area calculation section calculates a cross-sectional area of a subject as physical quantity with respect to a size of the subject, and an NEC calculation section calculates a noise equivalent count NEC as physical quantity for evaluating an image. The C-NEC calculation section calculates a noise equivalent count per unit area C-NEC as physical quantity for evaluating an image as per size of the subject in accordance with the cross-sectional area of the subject calculated in the cross-sectional area calculation section and the noise equivalent count NEC calculated in the NEC calculation section. Accordingly, the noise equivalent count per unit area C-NEC is calculated as noted above, whereby an index may be determined that is independent of the cross-sectional area of the subject in evaluating the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Tetsuro Mizuta, Keishi Kitamura, Yuichi Inaoka, Munehiro Takahashi, Michio Senda, Keiichi Matsumoto, Keiji Shimizu