Patents by Inventor Yuko Kawabuchi

Yuko Kawabuchi 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).

  • Thermal generator assembly, X-ray imaging system, and X-ray apparatus overheat preventing method
    Patent number: 7062016
    Abstract: A method for preventing overheating of an X-ray apparatus. The method includes controlling an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector which are opposed to each other with a subject between them so as to acquire projection data concerning the subject, estimating quantities of heat dissipated from the X-ray tube and a high-voltage generator that supplies power to the X-ray tube during the acquisition, and optimizing a control parameter, which is used to control the X-ray tube and the high-voltage generator, on the basis of estimates of the quantities of heat dissipated during the acquisition so as to prevent overheat of the X-ray tube and the high-voltage generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company
    Inventor: Yuko Kawabuchi
  • Thermal generator assembly, X-ray imaging system, and X-ray apparatus overheat preventing method
    Publication number: 20050078795
    Abstract: A method for preventing overheating of an X-ray apparatus. The method includes controlling an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector which are opposed to each other with a subject between them so as to acquire projection data concerning the subject, estimating quantities of heat dissipated from the X-ray tube and a high-voltage generator that supplies power to the X-ray tube during the acquisition, and optimizing a control parameter, which is used to control the X-ray tube and the high-voltage generator, on the basis of estimates of the quantities of heat dissipated during the acquisition so as to prevent overheat of the X-ray tube and the high-voltage generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventor: Yuko Kawabuchi