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  • MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180092615
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains image data rendering a blood vessel of patient. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis on the obtained image data and calculates an index value related to a blood flow in the blood vessel with respect to each of a plurality of positions in the blood vessel. With respect to the index values to be calculated, the processing circuitry selects a position in which a first value is to be obtained from among the plurality of positions or selects a value serving as the first value from among the index values exhibited in positions. The processing circuitry causes a display to display the first value in a predetermined display region thereof used for displaying the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya SAKAGUCHI, Takahiko NISHIOKA, Kazumasa ARAKITA
  • Medical information processing apparatus, X-ray CT apparatus, and medical information processing method
    Patent number: 10779786
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains image data rendering a blood vessel of patient. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis on the obtained image data and calculates an index value related to a blood flow in the blood vessel with respect to each of a plurality of positions in the blood vessel. With respect to the index values to be calculated, the processing circuitry selects a position in which a first value is to be obtained from among the plurality of positions or selects a value serving as the first value from among the index values exhibited in positions. The processing circuitry causes a display to display the first value in a predetermined display region thereof used for displaying the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Sakaguchi, Takahiko Nishioka, Kazumasa Arakita
  • METHOD AND TRACKING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING A MEDICAL OBJECT
    Publication number: 20190046275
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a tracking system for tracking a medical object. Herein, image data obtained by an imaging method and a predetermined target position is acquired for the medical object. The image data is used to detect the medical object automatically by an image processing algorithm and track the position thereof in a time-resolved manner. Furthermore, it is furthermore indicated when, or that, the detected medical object has reached the target position. A plurality of the detected positions of the medical object and associated detection times are stored in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: David Winneberger
  • MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230038865
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains image data rendering a blood vessel of a patient. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis on the obtained image data and calculates an index value related to a blood flow in the blood vessel with respect to each of a plurality of positions in the blood vessel. With respect to the index values to be calculated, the processing circuitry selects a position in which a first value is to be obtained from among the plurality of positions or selects a value serving as the first value from among the index values exhibited in positions. The processing circuitry causes a display to display the first value in a predetermined display region thereof used for displaying the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya SAKAGUCHI, I, Takahiko NISHIOKA, Kazumasa ARAKITA
  • MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200375565
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains image data rendering a blood vessel of a patient. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis on the obtained image data and calculates an index value related to a blood flow in the blood vessel with respect to each of a plurality of positions in the blood vessel. With respect to the index values to be calculated, the processing circuitry selects a position in which a first value is to be obtained from among the plurality of positions or selects a value serving as the first value from among the index values exhibited in positions. The processing circuitry causes a display to display the first value in a predetermined display region thereof used for displaying the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya SAKAGUCHI, Takahiko Nishioka, Kazumasa Arakita
  • Method and tracking system for tracking a medical object
    Patent number: 11540884
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a tracking system for tracking a medical object. Herein, image data obtained by an imaging method and a predetermined target position is acquired for the medical object. The image data is used to detect the medical object automatically by an image processing algorithm and track the position thereof in a time-resolved manner. Furthermore, it is furthermore indicated when, or that, the detected medical object has reached the target position. A plurality of the detected positions of the medical object and associated detection times are stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: David Winneberger
  • Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and artifact suppression method thereof
    Patent number: 10459046
    Abstract: According to at least one of embodiments, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a superconducting magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field; a cryocooler configured to cool down the superconducting magnet in a refrigeration cycle in which mechanical fluctuation with a predetermined period is included; a sequence controller configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals for generating a diagnostic image from an object; and processing circuitry configured to correct phase fluctuation included in the magnetic resonance signals for generating a diagnostic image acquired by the sequence controller, the phase fluctuation being generated by periodic fluctuation of the static magnetic field caused by mechanical fluctuation of the cryocooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Nozaki, Satoshi Sugiura
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ARTIFACT SUPPRESSION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170030991
    Abstract: According to at least one of embodiments, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a superconducting magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field; a cryocooler configured to cool down the superconducting magnet in a refrigeration cycle in which mechanical fluctuation with a predetermined period is included; a sequence controller configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals for generating a diagnostic image from an object; and processing circuitry configured to correct phase fluctuation included in the magnetic resonance signals for generating a diagnostic image acquired by the sequence controller, the phase fluctuation being generated by periodic fluctuation of the static magnetic field caused by mechanical fluctuation of the cryocooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji NOZAKI, Satoshi Sugiura
  • Variable density image processing method and variable density image processing apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 5724153
    Abstract: For forming multiple images on a single sheet of film (F) for medical use, specific data to the film (F) such as a patient name are extracted from one of the images, and the extracted data are enlarged, and the enlarged data are output to an optical processing system, of which exposing position is controlled, and then the data is exposed onto the film (F) in a designated location, for example, at the bottom of the film (F) thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Nishimoto Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Kotani, Makoto Yamaguchi
  • Method and apparatus for processing and playback of digital images at a display monitor
    Patent number: 6429884
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for presenting and processing an image reproducible at a display monitor, wherein digital image data of an examination volume of a subject are registered with an image pickup system, such as a medical examination installation, the examination volume or a part thereof is played back at the display monitor as a three-dimensional image, and a volume region of the image is defined with a marker, this volume region or the image environment thereof being removed from the image and no longer displayed in a subsequent image presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Budz, Klaus Ludwig
  • Medical Support System and Method Thereof (as amended)
    Publication number: 20150324536
    Abstract: A medical support system enables one server bidirectionally connected to one terminal to bidirectionally communicate with another server bidirectionally connected to another terminal. Each of the one server and the other server comprises: a conference processing unit configured to perform a conference between the one terminal and the other terminal; an image sharing processing unit configured to bidirectionally share an image between the one server and the other server; and a control unit configured to control the entire server over a network, wherein the control unit of the one server transmits only operation information sent from the one terminal to the control unit of the other server, and the control unit of the other server controls based on the received operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kenei SHIE, Katsuhiro OGIWARA, Takayuki KOHRI, Tomio SASAKI, Yuji NAKAJIMA, Guoliang WANG
  • Medical support system and method thereof
    Patent number: 9372960
    Abstract: A medical support system enables one server bidirectionally connected to one terminal to bidirectionally communicate with another server bidirectionally connected to another terminal. Each of the one server and the other server comprises: a conference processing unit configured to perform a conference between the one terminal and the other terminal; an image sharing processing unit configured to bidirectionally share an image between the one server and the other server; and a control unit configured to control the entire server over a network, wherein the control unit of the one server transmits only operation information sent from the one terminal to the control unit of the other server, and the control unit of the other server controls based on the received operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: VIEWSEND ICT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenei Shie, Katsuhiro Ogiwara, Takayuki Kohri, Tomio Sasaki, Yuji Nakajima, Guoliang Wang
  • PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGES OF THE BREAST TO DETECT ANATOMICAL ABNORMALITIES THEREIN
    Publication number: 20100150417
    Abstract: Methods, systems and related computer program products are provided for processing a medical image of a breast to detect anatomical abnormalities therein, including anatomical abnormalities that may be associated with breast cancer. The medical image of the breast, which includes a background region bordering a breast tissue region along a skinline thereof, is processed to detect an inward-facing retraction along the skinline, which can be potentially indicative of an anatomical abnormality in the breast tissue. In one preferred embodiment, a display monitor displays first information representative of the medical image of the breast and second information identifying a location of the detected inward-facing retraction on the medical image of the breast. In another preferred embodiment, one or more metrics characterizing the detected inward-facing retraction are used as features in the classification of potential CAD detections in the breast tissue region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: Ashwini KSHIRSAGAR
  • Assisted detection model of breast tumor, assisted detection system thereof, and method for assisted detecting breast tumor
    Patent number: 10420535
    Abstract: An assisted detection system of breast tumor includes an image capturing unit and a non-transitory machine readable medium. The non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which, when executed by at least one processing unit, determines a breast tumor type of the subject and predicts a probability of a tumor location of the subject. The program includes a reference database obtaining module, a first image preprocessing module, an autoencoder module, a classifying module, a second image preprocessing module and a comparing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Tzung-Chi Huang, Ken Ying-Kai Liao, Jiaxin Yu, Yang Hsien Lin, Po-Hsin Hsieh
  • Processing medical images of the breast to detect anatomical abnormalities therein
    Patent number: 8139832
    Abstract: Methods, systems and related computer program products are provided for processing a medical image of a breast to detect anatomical abnormalities therein, including anatomical abnormalities that may be associated with breast cancer. The medical image of the breast, which includes a background region bordering a breast tissue region along a skinline thereof, is processed to detect an inward-facing retraction along the skinline, which can be potentially indicative of an anatomical abnormality in the breast tissue. In one preferred embodiment, a display monitor displays first information representative of the medical image of the breast and second information identifying a location of the detected inward-facing retraction on the medical image of the breast. In another preferred embodiment, one or more metrics characterizing the detected inward-facing retraction are used as features in the classification of potential CAD detections in the breast tissue region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventor: Ashwini Kshirsagar
  • Systems and methods for processing 3D anatomical volumes based on localization of 2D slices thereof
    Patent number: 10878564
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method for localizing target anatomical regions of interest (ROI) of a target individual, comprising: uniformly sub-sampling a plurality of 2D images having sequential index numbers within a 3D anatomical volume, feeding the plurality of sampled 2D images into a classifier for outputting a plurality of values on a normalized anatomical scale, fitting a linear model to the plurality of values and corresponding sequential index numbers, mapping by the linear model, the plurality of 2D images to the normalized anatomical scale, receiving an indication of at least one target anatomical ROI of a target individual, wherein each target anatomical ROI is mapped to the normalized anatomical scale, and providing a sub-set of the plurality of 2D images having values of the normalized anatomical scale corresponding to the received at least one target anatomical ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Medical Vision Ltd.
    Inventor: Amit Oved
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING 3D ANATOMICAL VOLUMES BASED ON LOCALIZATION OF 2D SLICES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200327661
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method for localizing target anatomical regions of interest (ROI) of a target individual, comprising: uniformly sub-sampling a plurality of 2D images having sequential index numbers within a 3D anatomical volume, feeding the plurality of sampled 2D images into a classifier for outputting a plurality of values on a normalized anatomical scale, fitting a linear model to the plurality of values and corresponding sequential index numbers, mapping by the linear model, the plurality of 2D images to the normalized anatomical scale, receiving an indication of at least one target anatomical ROI of a target individual, wherein each target anatomical ROI is mapped to the normalized anatomical scale, and providing a sub-set of the plurality of 2D images having values of the normalized anatomical scale corresponding to the received at least one target anatomical ROI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Zebra Medical Vision Ltd
    Inventor: Amit OVED
  • Radiation tomography apparatus and radiation tomography method thereof
    Patent number: 7327824
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing the contrast of a tomographic image due to crosstalk and the occurrence of artifacts and improve the quality of the tomographic image. Detection data are subjected to fitting processing in such a manner that, of the data generated by an X-ray detected by X-ray detection elements disposed in array form in a plurality of X-ray detection modules disposed adjacent to one another, first detection data generated by the X-ray detected by X-ray detection elements adjacent to a boundary between the plurality of X-ray detection modules are adapted to waveform data based on second detection data generated by the X-ray detected by X-ray detection elements lying around the adjacent X-ray detection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Makoto Gohno, Masatake Nukui
  • Bone Age Assessment And Height Prediction Model, System Thereof And Prediction Method Thereof
    Publication number: 20210142477
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bone age assessment and height prediction system including an image capturing unit and a non-transitory machine readable medium. The image capturing unit is for obtaining a target x-ray image data of a subject. The non-transitory machine-readable medium is for storing a program for assessing the development of the bones of a hand and the bone age of the subject, and predicting the adult height of the subject when executed by a processing unit. Therefore, the bone age assessment and height prediction system of the present disclosure can effectively improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the bone age assessment and the height prediction, and the time for assessing the bone age and predicting the height can be further shorten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: China Medical University Hospital
    Inventors: Fuu-Jen Tsai, Tzung-Chi Huang, Ken Ying-Kai Liao, Jiaxin Yu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBJECT POSITIONING AND IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY
    Publication number: 20210196402
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a system. The system may include a medical device, a medical device, a storage device, a processing device, and an interaction device. The medical device may be configured to perform a medical procedure on a subject or a portion thereof. The storage device may be configured to store subject procedure information relating to the medical procedure on the subject. The processing device may be configured to communicate with the medical device, the storage device, and the interaction device. The interaction device may be configured to communicate to the subject at least a portion of the subject procedure information during the medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui YIN, Yecheng HAN, Yong E, Wanli TENG, Yajun LIU, Wei TIAN
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