Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Narita

Yuichiro Narita 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: 9149654
    Abstract: A radiotherapy device controller includes: a visual line calculator configured to calculate a visual line based on a position on a transmissive image imaged using a radiation penetrating a subject, a specific part of the subject being shown at the position; a position calculator configured to calculate a position of the specific part based on a position of a trajectory of the specific part and a position of the visual line; and an emitter configured to control a radiation emitter that emits a therapeutic radiation, so that the therapeutic radiation penetrates at the position of the specific part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takanobu Handa, Kunio Takahashi, Kenji Takayama, Takashi Mizowaki, Masahiro Hiraoka, Yuichiro Narita
  • Patent number: 8422631
    Abstract: A radiation therapy planning apparatus includes a three-dimensional data collection part collecting three-dimensional data representing a plurality of positions where a plurality of portions of a subject are positioned, a marker position measurement part measuring a motion of a marker, and a dose calculation part calculating, when the subject is irradiated with therapeutic radiation changing on the basis of the motion of the subject, the dose of the therapeutic radiation with which each of the plurality of portions is irradiated, based on the motion and the three-dimensional data. The radiation therapy planning apparatus thus constructed can calculate the dose of the therapeutic radiation with which each of the respective portions of the subject is irradiated, more accurately, and reduce the dose of radiation with which the subject is irradiated in calculating the motions of the plurality of portions of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kyoto University
    Inventors: Kunio Takahashi, Kenji Takayama, Yuki Miyabe, Yuichiro Narita, Takashi Mizowaki
  • Publication number: 20120199760
    Abstract: A radiotherapy device controller includes: a visual line calculator configured to calculate a visual line based on a position on a transmissive image imaged using a radiation penetrating a subject, a specific part of the subject being shown at the position; a position calculator configured to calculate a position of the specific part based on a position of a trajectory of the specific part and a position of the visual line; and an emitter configured to control a radiation emitter that emits a therapeutic radiation, so that the therapeutic radiation penetrates at the position of the specific part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Takanobu Handa, Kunio Takahashi, Kenji Takayama, Takashi Mizowaki, Masahiro Hiraoka, Yuichiro Narita
  • Publication number: 20110044429
    Abstract: A radiation therapy planning apparatus is provided with; a three-dimensional data collection part collecting three-dimensional data representing a plurality of positions where a plurality of portions of a subject are positioned; a marker position measurement part measuring a motion of a marker; and a dose calculation part calculating, when the subject is irradiated with therapeutic radiation changing on the basis of the motion of the subject, the dose of the therapeutic radiation with which each of the plurality of portions is irradiated, based on the motion and the three-dimensional data. The radiation therapy planning apparatus thus constructed can calculate the dose of the therapeutic radiation with which each of the respective portions of the subject is irradiated, more accurately, and reduce the dose of radiation with which the subject is irradiated in calculating the motions of the plurality of portions of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Kunio Takahashi, Kenji Takayama, Yuki Miyabe, Yuichiro Narita, Takashi Mizowaki