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  • Medical image processing system and method thereof
    Patent number: 11238591
    Abstract: A medical image processing system includes a memory and a processor coupled to each other. The processor accesses and executes instructions which memory stores to perform the following: obtaining a plurality of brain MR images corresponding to a subject, wherein the brain MR images corresponds to a subject brain space; accessing a DBS targets atlas corresponding to a specific stimulation area; transforming the DBS targets atlas from a MNI brain space to the subject brain space based on a DARTEL algorithm; marking at least one coordinate having a largest Voxel value in the brain MR images based on the transformed DBS targets atlas; and storing the brain MR images being targeted with the at least one coordinate into a predetermined format corresponding to a guiding device so that the guiding device displays the brain MR images being targeted with the at least one coordinate for guidance in DBS procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Taipei Medical University (TMU), Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
    Inventors: Syu-Jyun Peng, Fu-Yuan Shih
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220020150
    Abstract: A medical image processing system includes a memory and a processor coupled to each other. The processor accesses and executes instructions which memory stores to perform the following: obtaining a plurality of brain MR images corresponding to a subject, wherein the brain MR images corresponds to a subject brain space; accessing a DBS targets atlas corresponding to a specific stimulation area; transforming the DBS targets atlas from a MNI brain space to the subject brain space based on a DARTEL algorithm; marking at least one coordinate having a largest Voxel value in the brain MR images based on the transformed DBS targets atlas; and storing the brain MR images being targeted with the at least one coordinate into a predetermined format corresponding to a guiding device so that the guiding device displays the brain MR images being targeted with the at least one coordinate for guidance in DBS procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Syu-Jyun PENG, Fu-Yuan SHIH
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160307315
    Abstract: A medical image processing system that can accept commissions to perform 3D formation using a 3D forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection accepting unit, a part identifying unit, and a screen generating unit. The storage unit stores a medical image, and body part information representing a human body part in the medical image. The selection accepting unit accepts selection with regard to the medical image stored in the storage unit. The part identifying unit identifies the body part included in the medical image, using the body part information corresponding to the medical image regarding which the selection accepting unit has accepted selection. The screen generating unit generates a screen that can accept a commission to form a formed object of the body part identified by the part identifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Akimichi Segawa, Kazuki Takahashi
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20190035137
    Abstract: A medical image processing system that can accept commissions to perform 3D formation using a 3D forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection accepting unit, a part identifying unit, and a screen generating unit. The storage unit stores a medical image, and body part information representing a human body part in the medical image. The selection accepting unit accepts selection with regard to the medical image stored in the storage unit. The part identifying unit identifies the body part included in the medical image, using the body part information corresponding to the medical image regarding which the selection accepting unit has accepted selection. The screen generating unit generates a screen that can accept a commission to form a formed object of the body part identified by the part identifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Akimichi Segawa, Kazuki Takahashi
  • Medical image processing system, medical image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10121274
    Abstract: A medical image processing system that can accept commissions to perform 3D formation using a 3D forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection accepting unit, a part identifying unit, and a screen generating unit. The storage unit stores a medical image, and body part information representing a human body part in the medical image. The selection accepting unit accepts selection with regard to the medical image stored in the storage unit. The part identifying unit identifies the body part included in the medical image, using the body part information corresponding to the medical image regarding which the selection accepting unit has accepted selection. The screen generating unit generates a screen that can accept a commission to form a formed object of the body part identified by the part identifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akimichi Segawa, Kazuki Takahashi
  • Medical image processing system, medical image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10846907
    Abstract: A medical image processing system that can accept commissions to perform 3D formation using a 3D forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection accepting unit, a part identifying unit, and a screen generating unit. The storage unit stores a medical image, and body part information representing a human body part in the medical image. The selection accepting unit accepts selection with regard to the medical image stored in the storage unit. The part identifying unit identifies the body part included in the medical image, using the body part information corresponding to the medical image regarding which the selection accepting unit has accepted selection. The screen generating unit generates a screen that can accept a commission to form a formed object of the body part identified by the part identifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akimichi Segawa, Kazuki Takahashi
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220108785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical image processing method, which comprises following steps of: receiving a three-dimensional model image file and at least one medical record data by a medical image processing device; creating a three-dimensional medical file based on the three-dimensional model image file and the at least one medical record data, wherein the three-dimensional medical file conforms to a digital imaging and communications in medicine standard; transmitting the three-dimensional medical file to a medical picture archiving and communication system; retrieving the three-dimensional medical file from the medical picture archiving and communication system by a three-dimensional medical image browsing device which is a non-workstation computer device loaded with a viewer software; and displaying the three-dimensional medical file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yen-Yu WANG, Chieh-Chu CHEN, Jing-Ying HUANG
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170042514
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved medical imaging apparatuses, systems and methods, especially those using ultrasonography. For example, an imaging system can include a transducer, a scanner, a signal processing unit, and a display unit. The scanner, coupled to the transducer, can convert analog signals to a plurality of digital signals. The signal processing unit, coupled to the scanner, can be configured to: receive the plurality of digital signals; multiply a first magnitude estimate of the plurality of digital signals by a probability that an actual magnitude of the plurality of digital signals is greater than zero to determine a second magnitude; and form an image based on the second magnitude estimate. The display unit displays the image. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Brian C. WODLINGER
  • Medical image processing systems and methods thereof
    Patent number: 10492763
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved medical imaging apparatuses, systems and methods, especially those using ultrasonography. For example, an imaging system can include a transducer, a scanner, a signal processing unit, and a display unit. The scanner, coupled to the transducer, can convert analog signals to a plurality of digital signals. The signal processing unit, coupled to the scanner, can be configured to: receive the plurality of digital signals; multiply a first magnitude estimate of the plurality of digital signals by a probability that an actual magnitude of the plurality of digital signals is greater than zero to determine a second magnitude; and form an image based on the second magnitude estimate. The display unit displays the image. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Exact Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Brian C. Wodlinger
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230377109
    Abstract: The medical image processing apparatus disclosed herein includes processing circuitry configured to generate a first medical image by changing a value of an image quality parameter of a reference medical image with a first change strength predetermined for the image quality parameter, generate a second medical image by changing the value of the image quality parameter of the reference medical image with a second change strength greater than the first change strength; and switch and display the first medical image and the second medical images on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya SUGIYAMA, Ryota OSUMI
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140219524
    Abstract: [Object] The invention is intended to provide a medical image processing apparatus in which improvement of accuracy of boundary detection of a heart is achieved. [Solving Means] A medical image processing apparatus acquires volume data of a heat, detects a three-dimensional left ventricle coordinate system composed of three axes including at least a left ventricle long axis of the heart from the volume data; uses a boundary model expressed in the left ventricle coordinate system and detects a left ventricle boundary from the volume data, and displays a cross-sectional image orthogonal to at least one axis of the three axes of the left ventricle coordinate system together with the detected left ventricle boundary on the cross-sectional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Yukinobu Sakata, Shuhei Nitta, Tomoya Okazaki, Takamasa Sugiura, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Yasuko Fujisawa
  • Medical image processing apparatus and method thereof
    Patent number: 9153033
    Abstract: [Object] The invention is intended to provide a medical image processing apparatus in which improvement of accuracy of boundary detection of a heart is achieved. [Solving Means] A medical image processing apparatus acquires volume data of a heat, detects a three-dimensional left ventricle coordinate system composed of three axes including at least a left ventricle long axis of the heart from the volume data; uses a boundary model expressed in the left ventricle coordinate system and detects a left ventricle boundary from the volume data, and displays a cross-sectional image orthogonal to at least one axis of the three axes of the left ventricle coordinate system together with the detected left ventricle boundary on the cross-sectional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Yukinobu Sakata, Shuhei Nitta, Tomoya Okazaki, Takamasa Sugiura, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Yasuko Fujisawa
  • Image processing system and method thereof
    Patent number: 8884958
    Abstract: An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a first image creating unit, a second image creating unit, and a display controller. The first image creating unit creates a first image by performing a rendering processing on volume data which is three-dimensional medical image data. The second image creating unit creates a second image having a different stereoscopic effect from the first image by performing the rendering processing on the volume data. The display controller that controls to display the first image and the second image in a designated region that is designated in a display surface of a display unit and a background region other than the designated region, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Tsukagoshi, Go Mukumoto, Masao Yui, Tatsuo Maeda, Akira Adachi
  • IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120313943
    Abstract: An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a first image creating unit, a second image creating unit, and a display controller. The first image creating unit creates a first image by performing a rendering processing on volume data which is three-dimensional medical image data. The second image creating unit creates a second image having a different stereoscopic effect from the first image by performing the rendering processing on the volume data. The display controller that controls to display the first image and the second image in a designated region that is designated in a display surface of a display unit and a background region other than the designated region, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinsuke TSUKAGOSHI, Go MUKUMOTO, Masao YUI, Tatsuo MAEDA, Akira ADACHI
  • Ultrasonic image processing system and method and device thereof, ultrasonic diagnostic device
    Patent number: 10713802
    Abstract: An ultrasonic image processing system comprising: a data receiving module for acquiring multiple sets of three-dimensional image data corresponding to a single target tissue; an image analyzing module for dividing, on the basis of any one group of the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data, a target region to obtain a three-dimensional volume structure boundary of the target region, and a safety boundary generated by outward expansion or inward contraction along the three-dimensional volume structure boundary; an image mapping module for establishing a spatial mapping relation between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data, and according to the spatial mapping relation, mapping the three-dimensional volume structure boundary and the safety boundary of the target region to the other sets of three-dimensional image data; and an image marking module for marking, in a displayed image, corresponding three-dimensional volume structure boundaries and safety boundaries of the target region in the mu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Longfei Cong, Teng Sun
  • Medical image processing apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 8824633
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a medical apparatus which displays an image of an object collected by using a first radiography system and a second radiography system, including: an image processing unit adapted to acquire a three-dimensional image; a projection direction input unit used to input a projection direction for at least one of the first radiography system and the second radiography system using the three-dimensional image; an imaging direction setting unit adapted to set an imaging direction for at least one of the first radiography system and the second radiography system based on the projection direction; and an interference checking unit adapted to determine whether interference between the first radiography system and the second radiography system will occur if one of the first radiography system and the second radiography system corresponding to the set imaging direction is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Ohishi
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110044525
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a medical apparatus which displays an image of an object collected by using a first radiography system and a second radiography system, including: an image processing unit adapted to acquire a three-dimensional image; a projection direction input unit used to input a projection direction for at least one of the first radiography system and the second radiography system using the three-dimensional image; an imaging direction setting unit adapted to set an imaging direction for at least one of the first radiography system and the second radiography system based on the projection direction; and an interference checking unit adapted to determine whether interference between the first radiography system and the second radiography system will occur if one of the first radiography system and the second radiography system corresponding to the set imaging direction is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru OHISHI
  • Radiological image diagnostic system and data processing method thereof
    Patent number: 7496221
    Abstract: A radiological image diagnostic system is provided with a radiation generating unit, a radiation detecting unit, a clipping-correction unit and an image reconfiguration unit. The radiation generating unit generates a radiation. The radiation detecting unit detects the radiation from the radiation generating unit. The clipping-correction unit applies a clipping process to a radiation detected value by the radiation detecting unit and applies a mean value correction process to data acquired based upon the radiation detected value so that the separation of the local mean of the data acquired based upon the radiation detected value before and after the clipping process is reduced. The image reconfiguration unit generates an image using data acquired based upon a radiation detected value after the clipping process and after the mean value correction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Issei Mori
  • Radiological image diagnostic system and data processing method thereof
    Publication number: 20050201635
    Abstract: A radiological image diagnostic system is provided with a radiation generating unit, a radiation detecting unit, a clipping-correction unit and an image reconfiguration unit. The radiation generating unit generates a radiation. The radiation detecting unit detects the radiation from the radiation generating unit. The clipping-correction unit applies a clipping process to a radiation detected value by the radiation detecting unit and applies a mean value correction process to data acquired based upon the radiation detected value so that the separation of the local mean of the data acquired based upon the radiation detected value before and after the clipping process is reduced. The image reconfiguration unit generates an image using data acquired based upon a radiation detected value after the clipping process and after the mean value correction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Issei Mori
  • MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF WITH SHARED COMPUTING RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20150350109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing computing resources for at least one medical imaging system and/or image processing system and to a medical imaging system and/or image processing system, a computer program and a machine-readable storage medium. The imaging system and/or image processing system exchanges (4) data via a local network (1), wherein the computing resources are provided locally on at least one computer (2) which is assigned to the imaging system and/or image processing system and/or are provided centrally for all imaging systems and/or imaging processing systems connected via the local network (1) on at least one computer (2) which is disposed in at least one Cloud (3), so that the computing resources can be shared (5), if necessary temporarily, between the imaging systems and/or image processing system. Thus sufficient computing resources are provided to prevent performance bottlenecks and also to make local software upgrades superfluous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Andreas Kiepfer
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