Patents by Inventor Yuko Oho

Yuko Oho 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: 8189898
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a gene expression image constructing method and a gene expression image constructing system being able to three-dimensionally show expression patterns of a vastly larger number of genes (specifically, about 30,000 genes). In the present invention, a sample is cut, images of sections of the cut sample are picked up and a stereoscopic image of sample, which is a three-dimensional image of the sample, is constructed based on a plurality of picked-up section images, the amount of expression of genes present in the sample is measured based on a plurality of slices prepared when the sample is cut, and a gene expression image in which an expression state of genes present in the sample and a stereoscopic image of sample are associated with each other is constructed based on a predetermined image reconstruction technique from the constructed stereoscopic image of sample and the measured amount of expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Hideo Yokota, Yuko Oho, Kazuro Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20100150414
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a gene expression image constructing method and a gene expression image constructing system being able to three-dimensionally show expression patterns of a vastly larger number of genes (specifically, about 30,000 genes). In the present invention, a sample is cut, images of sections of the cut sample are picked up and a stereoscopic image of sample, which is a three-dimensional image of the sample, is constructed based on a plurality of picked-up section images, the amount of expression of genes present in the sample is measured based on a plurality of slices prepared when the sample is cut, and a gene expression image in which an expression state of genes present in the sample and a stereoscopic image of sample are associated with each other is constructed based on a predetermined image reconstruction technique from the constructed stereoscopic image of sample and the measured amount of expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Hideo Yokota, Yuko Oho, Kazuro Shimokawa