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20130010285 | VARIABLE SPECTRAL ELEMENT - The variable spectroscopic element includes a pair of optical substrates 2 | 01-10-2013 |
20130016359 | VARIABLE SPECTRAL ELEMENT - A variable spectroscopic element in which a placed position of first sensor and a placed position of the third sensor are symmetrical and a placed position of second sensor and a placed position of fourth sensor are symmetrical with respect to a line connecting the centers of mass of the surfaces of a pair of optical substrates opposite to each other respectively and first to fourth actuators are arranged includes a control unit which calculates a distance between the centers of mass, a first angle that is made between the moved optical substrate and the other optical substrate and a second angle that is made between the other optical substrate and the moved optical substrate, with signals from the first to fourth sensors, and drives the first to fourth actuators on the basis of the distance between the centers of mass, the first angle, and the second angle. | 01-17-2013 |
20140036344 | VARIABLE SPECTRUM ELEMENT - A variable spectrum element includes: first and third sensors which are placed at positions at which the first and third sensors are symmetrical with respect to a line connecting the centers of mass of the surfaces of a pair of optical substrates opposite to each other, respectively; second and fourth sensors which are placed at positions at which the second and fourth sensors are symmetrical with respect to the line connecting the centers of mass, respectively; and first to fourth actuators which are placed on lines running from the center of mass of the surface of each of the pair of the optical substrates opposite to each other to the centers of the first to fourth sensors respectively, respectively. | 02-06-2014 |
20150282828 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR AND MEDICAL MANIPULATOR CONTROL METHOD - A medical manipulator includes an inserting section which is configured to be inserted in a body, a treatment section that is provided in a distal end portion of the inserting section, an operating section that operates the inserting section, and a control section that includes a retraction mode in which the treatment section is retracted to a proximal end side when the control section receives an instruction to move the inserting section from the operating section. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090031432 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A license management apparatus transfers license information from a transfer source device to a transfer destination device. The license information is required for enabling functions of a program package serving as an integrated product including a plurality of functions. The license management apparatus includes a management unit and a transfer unit. The management unit manages all or part of the plurality of functions as belonging to one group. After license information of functions included in the program package and managed by the management unit as belonging to the same group is acquired from the transfer source device, the transfer unit transfers license information of functions managed as belonging to the same group to the transfer destination device. | 01-29-2009 |
20130057607 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When printing is to be performed on sheets by switching a plurality of sheet storage units and feeding the sheets, a user confirms, before the designated number of sheets is printed, whether the sheet matches a designated sheet type, and then instructs printing to be continued. Two or more sheet storage units among the plurality of sheet storage units are set as one group, and one sheet is conveyed from each of the two or more sheet storage units set as one group. An image is printed on the conveyed sheets which are then discharged to a sheet discharge unit, and printing is interrupted. If an instruction to continue the interrupted printing is received, control is performed to resume the interrupted printing. | 03-07-2013 |
20140353909 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus discharges, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and discharges sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job. The control apparatus carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for copies discharged by executing the first job changes from a first discharge position in the stacking unit to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies, and carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes from a third discharge position in the stacking unit to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies. | 12-04-2014 |
20150241829 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To convey a sheet to a sheet processing device among multiple sheet processing devices configured to perform different types of sheet processing on a sheet to be output, a printing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a generation unit, and a printing unit. The acquisition unit acquires information from the multiple sheet processing devices to identify sheet processing. The generation unit generates an adjustment test image containing indications for adjusting respective sheet processing amounts from a shared reference line based on the information on each of the multiple sheet processing devices that is acquired by the acquisition unit. The printing unit prints the adjustment test image generated by the generation unit. | 08-27-2015 |
20150269461 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a first receiving unit, an obtaining unit, a sending unit, a second receiving unit, and a setting unit. The first receiving unit receives, from a printing control apparatus, an instruction to obtain first attribute information of a sheet held in a sheet holding unit. The obtaining unit obtains the first attribute information in accordance with the instruction received by the first receiving unit. The sending unit sends the first attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit to the printing control apparatus. The second receiving unit receives, from the printing control apparatus, second attribute information based on the first attribute information sent from the sending unit. The setting unit sets the second attribute information, received by the second receiving unit, as attribute information of a sheet held in the sheet holding unit. | 09-24-2015 |
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20110120553 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a solar cell, includes a scribing step in which grooves electrically-separating a photoelectric converter into a plurality of compartment sections are formed after the photoelectric converter is formed on a substrate by stacking a first-electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second-electrode layer in this order; a first groove, a second groove, a third groove, and a fourth groove are formed in the scribing step; the method including an insulating-layer forming step in which an insulating layer is formed after the scribing step and a wiring layer forming step in which a wiring layer is formed; the wiring layer passes from the first-electrode layer that is exposed at a bottom face of the second groove, through the inside of the second groove and a surface of the insulating layer, to a surface of the second-electrode layer that is disposed so as to be lateral to the fourth groove opposite to the second groove; and the wiring layer electrically connects the plurality of compartment sections to each other. | 05-26-2011 |
20110204466 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion device manufacturing method, includes: continuously forming a first p-type semiconductor layer, a first i-type semiconductor layer, and a first n-type semiconductor layer, which constitute a first-photoelectric conversion unit, and a second p-type semiconductor layer which constitutes a second-photoelectric conversion unit, in decompression chambers that are different from each other; exposing the second p-type semiconductor layer to an air atmosphere; and forming a second i-type semiconductor layer and a second n-type semiconductor layer, which constitute the second-photoelectric conversion unit, on the second p-type semiconductor layer of the second-photoelectric conversion unit which was exposed to the air atmosphere, in the same decompression chamber. | 08-25-2011 |
20120015473 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR USING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion device manufacturing method manufactures a photoelectric conversion device in which a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit are sequentially stacked on a transparent-electroconductive film formed on a substrate. The method includes: forming each of a first p-type semiconductor layer, a first i-type semiconductor layer, a first n-type semiconductor layer, and a second p-type semiconductor layer in a plurality of first plasma CVD reaction chambers; exposing the second p-type semiconductor layer to an air atmosphere; supplying a gas including p-type impurities to inside a second plasma CVD reaction chamber before forming of the second i-type semiconductor layer; forming the second i-type semiconductor layer on the second p-type semiconductor layer that was exposed to an air atmosphere, in the second plasma CVD reaction chamber; and forming the second n-type semiconductor layer on the second i-type semiconductor layer. | 01-19-2012 |
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20100005348 | IMAGE FILE TRANSFER APPARATUS - Even if a write operation onto a storage media on an external storage device is interrupted, consistency of management information on the storage media is improved. An image file transfer device includes a transferor which transfers an image file stored on a storage media to an external device, a retriever which obtains management information in relation to a file system from a storage media included in the external device, before the transfer of the image file by the transferor, a non-volatile storage which stores the management information obtained by the retriever, and a deleter which deletes the management information stored in the non-volatile storage in response to a completion of the transfer of the image file by the transferor. | 01-07-2010 |
20100023567 | RECORDING DEVICE - In the case of recording pieces of cache data stored in a cache information management unit | 01-28-2010 |
20110164858 | VIDEO DATA CREATION DEVICE, VIDEO DATA CREATION METHOD, VIDEO DATA CREATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To aim to provide a video data creating apparatus for easily creating multi-angle video data for multi-angle playback. without performing editing that requires a huge amount of effort by handling a plurality of pieces of video data simultaneously, when multi-angle video for multi-angle playback is created. The video data creating apparatus of the present invention detects a set of blocks for multi-angle playback, based on video information included in video data and creates playback path information such that the detected set of blocks are video data for multi-angle playback. | 07-07-2011 |
20130298150 | COMMUNICATION SERVER, COMMUNICATION METHOD, MEMORY MEDIUM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A communication server | 11-07-2013 |
20140313301 | CAMERA CONTROL DEVICE, CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, AND CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM - A camera control device includes: an entering prediction value calculator configured to calculate an entering prediction value representing a possibility of entering of the user terminal in a monitoring range of the camera; an entering prediction time calculator configured to calculate entering prediction time that is prediction time necessary for the entering of the user terminal in the monitoring range of the camera; a preparation time calculator configured to calculate preparation time necessary for running the application on the camera; and a determination unit configured to determine whether preparation for running of an application on the camera is started. | 10-23-2014 |
20150363670 | IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A first image taken by a first camera device in the plurality of camera devices and first imaging environment information indicating a first imaging environment of the first camera device at a time of taking the first image is acquired. By using a parameter table that manages imaging environment information indicating an imaging environment at a time of taking an image previously by a camera device and a recognition control parameter indicating a detector corresponding to an imaging environment, a first recognition control parameter indicating a first detector corresponding to third imaging environment that is identical or similar to the first imaging environment indicated by the first imaging environment information acquired from the first camera device is selected from the recognition control parameters. The first image acquired from the first camera device is recognized by using the first detector indicated by the selected first recognition control parameter. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365602 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A management device performs a first determination to determine whether an imaging device can include an imaging area needed by any one of one or more existing applications, and an imaging area needed by a newly operated application in an imaging range determined by a zoom magnification, and if result of the first determination is affirmative, generate information indicating that the newly operated application can be installed in the imaging device. | 12-17-2015 |
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20150087981 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND CONTROL METHOD - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus configured to generate fly-through image data on the basis of various sub-volume data that are acquired by transmitting/receiving ultrasound to/from a three-dimensional region in a subject include: a misregistration corrector configured to correct misregistration between the sub-volume data on the basis of at least any one of information on a lumen wall of a hollow organ and information on a core line that indicates the center axis of the hollow organ in the sub-volume data; a fly-through image data generator configured to generate the fly-through image data on the basis of sub-volume data where the misregistration has been corrected; and a display unit configured to display the fly-through image data. | 03-26-2015 |
20150161790 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - According to embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising a specifying unit and a display controller. The specifying unit that specifies an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. The display controller that displays the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and displays the indicator on a display unit in association with the acquisition position. | 06-11-2015 |
20150228115 | MEDICAL-IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL-IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A medical-image processing apparatus and a medical-image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment include an acquisition unit, a generation unit, an identification unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a medical image containing a blood vessel collected by the medical-image diagnostic apparatus. The generation unit generates an anatomical structure model based on the medical image acquired by the acquisition unit. The identification unit identifies a position, on the medical image, of an index relating to blood flow analyzed through fluid analysis using the anatomical structure model. The display control unit displays the position of the index on the medical image, and also displays the index associated with the position of the index on the medical image. | 08-13-2015 |
20150257655 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A centerline extraction unit extracts at least two coronary artery centerline structures from at least two images respectively corresponding to at least two cardiac phases concerning a heart, an interpolation processing unit interpolates coronary artery centerline structures concerning other cardiac phases from the at least two extracted coronary artery centerline structures to generate coronary artery centerline structures respectively corresponding to a plurality of cardiac phases throughout one heartbeat of the heart, and a displacement distribution calculation unit calculates a plurality of displacement distributions between the respective cardiac phases from a plurality of coronary artery centerline structures throughout the one heartbeat. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262357 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a medical image processing apparatus which includes a first extraction unit configured to extract coronary arteries depicted in images of a plurality of time phases relating to the heart, and to extract at least one stenosed part depicted in each coronary artery; a calculation unit configured to calculate a pressure gradient of each of the extracted coronary arteries, based on tissue blood flow volumes of the coronary arteries; a second extraction unit configured to extract an ischemic region depicted in the images; and a specifying unit configured to specify a responsible blood vessel of the ischemic region by referring to a dominance map, in which each of the extracted coronary arteries and a dominance territory are associated, for the extracted ischemic region, and to specify a responsible stenosis, based on the pressure gradient corresponding to a stenosed part in the specified responsible blood vessel. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262388 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images. | 09-17-2015 |
20150265233 | IMAGE OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an image observation apparatus includes a condition storage, list generation circuitry, and a display. The condition storage stores a plurality of display target conditions respectively corresponding to a plurality of display areas in a display screen. The list generation circuitry generates a plurality of image lists respectively corresponding to the plurality of display areas, which concern additional items of a plurality of images respectively corresponding to the display target conditions. The display displays the plurality of image lists in the plurality of display areas, and an image corresponding to an additional item selected from the plurality of displayed image lists in the corresponding display area. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269315 | IMAGE OBSERVATION APPARATUS, IMAGE OBSERVATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The extraction unit extracts a plurality of medical images as a list display target from an image storage unit storing a plurality of medical images and an plurality of apparatus types in association with each other. The list generation unit generates a list in which a plurality of reduced images respectively corresponding to the plurality of extracted medical images are arranged. The plurality of reduced images are arranged for each apparatus type in the list, and the list clearly indicates a reduced image corresponding to a candidate image of the plurality of extracted medical images that is more likely to be used. The display displays the generated list. | 09-24-2015 |
20150327780 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain images in a time series including images of a blood vessel of a subject and correlation information indicating a correlational relationship between physical indices of the blood vessel and function indices of the blood vessel related to vascular hemodynamics, calculate blood vessel morphology indices in a time series indicating morphology of the blood vessel of the subject, on a basis of the images in the time series, and identify a function index of the blood vessel of the subject, by using a physical index of the blood vessel of the subject obtained from the blood vessel morphology indices, on a basis of the correlation information. | 11-19-2015 |
20150348263 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes a valve extractor, a specifier and a calculator. The valve extractor extracts a living valve image by analyzing 3D image data related to an anatomical part of a subject. The specifier specifies distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from CT values of pixels in the living valve image. The calculator calculates distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical part in the living valve image based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined set value. | 12-03-2015 |
20150355300 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: a gantry including at least an RF (Radio Frequency) coil and a gradient coil, wherein the RF coil receives MR (Magnetic Resonance) signals from an object when an RF signal from the RF coil and a gradient magnetic field from the gradient coil are applied to the object in a main scan; processing circuitry configured to reconstruct image data of a plurality of images of the object based on the MR signals, and generate display image data from the reconstructed image data, wherein the display image data is generated such that display images are observed from a unified observational direction, regardless of a case where cross-sectional directions vary; and a display configured to display the display images observed from the unified observational direction based on the display image data. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356734 | BLOOD VESSEL ANALYSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND BLOOD VESSEL ANALYSIS METHOD - According to one embodiment, a structuring circuitry temporarily structures a dynamical model of analysis processing based on the time-series medical image. The identification circuitry identifies a latent variable of the dynamical model so that at least one of a prediction value of a blood vessel morphology and a prediction value of a bloodstream based on the temporarily structured dynamical model is in conformity with at least one of an observation value of the blood vessel morphology and an observation value of the bloodstream measured in advance. The analysis circuitry analyzes the dynamical model to which the identified latent variable is allocated. | 12-10-2015 |
20150370995 | MEDICAL FLUID ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND MEDICAL FLUID ANALYSIS METHOD - According to embodiment, a medical fluid analysis apparatus includes processing circuitry generating a treatment model in which a device model is placed in a body cavity model, the device model representing a shape of a treatment device to be placed inside a body cavity of a subject, the body cavity model representing a shape of the cavity, performing a fluid analysis on a fluid in the treatment model with a modification of the treatment model, based on characteristics at least including hardness of body cavity tissue in the body cavity model, characteristics at least including hardness of the treatment device in the device model, and fluid characteristics of the fluid inside the body cavity in the body cavity model, and outputting an analysis result obtained by the processing circuitry. | 12-24-2015 |
20160058407 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains volume data including a tubular organ. The processing circuitry extracts the tubular organ from the volume data. The processing circuitry calculates each of a plurality of feature quantities at a plurality of positions in the tubular organ. The processing circuitry calculates a graph indicating a distribution of the plurality of feature quantities at the plurality of positions. The processing circuitry displays the graph and the tubular organ on a display, the displayed graph being aligned with the displayed tubular organ. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063697 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes input interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The input interface circuitry inputs at least three landmarks in a first and second slice image group. The processing circuitry determines, in each of the first and second slice image group, a first axis connecting two points in the landmarks and a second axis that passes through another point different from the two points and is orthogonal to the first axis. The processing circuitry performs a registration between first slice images belonging to the first slice image group and second slice images belonging to the second slice image group by using the first and second axes in the first slice image group and the first and second axes in the second slice image group. | 03-03-2016 |
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20090010519 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring part configured to acquire a morphological image that is formed by a first apparatus and shows the morphology of an organ of an object, and a functional image that is formed by a second apparatus different from the first apparatus and shows the state of the organ; a display; and a processor configured to cause the display to display a synthetic image based on the morphological image and the functional image. | 01-08-2009 |
20120195482 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image diagnosis apparatus includes a line shape information generating unit and a comparing unit. The line shape information generating unit is configured to generate first line shape information corresponding to a first medical image and second line shape information corresponding to a second medical image, respectively. The comparing unit is configured to compare the generated first line shape information with the second line shape information. | 08-02-2012 |
20120207371 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring part configured to acquire a morphological image that is formed by a first apparatus and shows the morphology of an organ of an object, and a functional image that is formed by a second apparatus different from the first apparatus and shows the state of the organ; a display; and a processor configured to cause the display to display a synthetic image based on the morphological image and the functional image. | 08-16-2012 |
20120226141 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a structural information acquisition unit, an abnormal part detection unit, an imaging region setting unit and an imaging unit. The structural information acquisition unit is configured to acquire anatomical structural information based on first image data of an object. The abnormal part detection unit is configured to detect an abnormal region based on the structural information. The imaging region setting unit is configured to indicate an imaging region according to a detection result of the abnormal region. The imaging unit is configured to acquire second image data of the object by imaging of an imaging region set based on the imaging region according to the detection result of the abnormal region. | 09-06-2012 |
20120310074 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, AND A MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A medical image processing apparatus includes a morphological identification part, a function calculator and a display processor. The morphological identification part identifies morphological information related to thickness of a heart muscle of a subject or thickness of surrounding sites thereof from medical image data obtained by capturing an image of the subject using a medical imaging apparatus. The function calculator determines cardiac function information related to movement of the heart muscle of the subject based on the medical image data. The display processor causes a display to display a combination of the identified morphological information and the calculated cardiac function information which is identified by color. The medical image processing apparatus can easily diagnose diseases. | 12-06-2012 |
20130093763 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes at least a storage, an inputting unit, an image generating unit and a pointer controlling unit. The storage stores volume data of a target. The inputting unit receives an input operation for moving a pointer. The image generating unit generates a superimposed image in which a rendering image generated by performing a rendering process on the volume data and a pointer image are superimposed in consideration of information of depth. The pointer controlling unit obtains information of a three-dimensional position of the pointer. When the pointer is on the rendering image, the pointer controlling unit moves the pointer along a three-dimensional surface of a target contained in the volume data. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094731 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes at least a vascular region extracting unit, a vascular shape image generating unit, a perfusion analyzing unit, a perfusion image generating unit, an image composition unit. The vascular region extracting unit extracts a vascular region based on a three-dimensional medical image. The vascular shape image generating unit generates an image of a vascular shape of the vascular region. The perfusion analyzing unit performs perfusion analysis on the three-dimensional medical image and obtains a perfusion value indicating a blood circulation condition in tissue around the vascular region. The perfusion image generating unit generates an image indicating the perfusion value. The image composition unit generates a vascular shape perfusion composition image in which an image of the vascular shape in a contraction portion in a blood vessel corresponding to the vascular region is combined with the image indicating the perfusion value. | 04-18-2013 |
20130108141 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130135307 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment for visualization of each of plural captured image volume data having time of day information includes a generator configured to generate interpolation volume data for interpolation in the plural captured image volume data, based on the plural captured image volume data, and a display unit configured to visualize and display the plural captured image volume data and the interpolation volume data. The generator extracts a feature region in the captured image volume data, and is configured such that processing for generating the interpolation volume data for the feature region is different from processing for generating the interpolation volume data for other regions, so as to suppress a change in shape of the feature region. | 05-30-2013 |
20130259336 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A medical image processing system includes an angiographic image acquisition unit, a volume data generation unit, a vessel extraction unit, a sorting unit, and an image synthesis unit. The angiographic image acquisition unit acquires an angiographic image on a region including a blood vessel. The volume data generation unit three-dimensionally reconstructs the angiographic image to generate volume data. The vessel extraction unit extracts blood vessels on the basis of the volume data. The sorting unit sorts collateral circulations and ischemic blood vessels on the basis of the blood vessels. The image synthesis unit applies different image processes to the collateral circulations and the ischemic blood vessels, and generates a synthesized image. | 10-03-2013 |
20130287282 | IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY PROGRAM - To provide an image processing display and an image processing display program that is able to prevent interference with catheter treatment even when the distal end of a catheter is located behind a treatment apparatus on X-ray fluoroscopic images. The image processing display according to embodiments displays X-ray fluoroscopic images to be obtained by looking through a region including blood vessels using X-rays during treatment, and comprises a treatment apparatus image extractor and an image processor. The treatment apparatus image extractor, based on X-ray fluoroscopic images, extracts treatment apparatus images representing the treatment apparatus having the property of absorbing X-rays. The image processor determines the distal end position of the catheter to superimpose and display images representing the determined distal end position of the catheter on the region of the X-ray fluoroscopic images showing the treatment apparatus. | 10-31-2013 |
20140028669 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - According to one embodiment, an image processing system includes a stereoscopic display device and an image processing apparatus. The stereoscopic display device is configured to enable a stereoscopic image constituted by using a predetermined parallax number of parallax images to be stereoscopically viewed. The image processing apparatus comprises a rendering processor configured to apply rendering processing to volume data serving as three-dimensional medical image data, a rendering processing controller configured to control the rendering processor so as to generate from the volume data a parallax image group composed of the predetermined parallax number or more of parallax images, and a storage controller configured to store in a memory the parallax image group generated by the rendering processor. The stereoscopic display device is configured to display the stereoscopic image constituted by selecting the predetermined parallax number of parallax images out of the parallax image group stored in the memory. | 01-30-2014 |
20140035910 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image diagnosis system according to an embodiment includes a determining unit, a rendering processing unit, and an output unit. The determining unit is configured to, based on information related to a stereoscopic function of a display unit connected to an output target apparatus serving as an output target, determine a parallax image number of images that are for realizing a stereoscopic view and are to be displayed by the display unit. The rendering processing unit is configured to generate rendering images corresponding to the parallax image number, by performing a rendering process on volume data that represents three-dimensional medical images. The output unit is configured to output the rendering images corresponding to the parallax image number to the output target apparatus, as the images that are for realizing the stereoscopic view and are to be simultaneously displayed by the display unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140133632 | MEDICAL IMAGE CONTROL SYSTEM AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A medical image control system includes a medical image diagnostic apparatus and a mobile terminal. The medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a collecting unit, a distributing unit, and a reflecting unit. The collecting unit captures a subject based on predetermined image capturing conditions to collect time-series image data. The distributing unit distributes the time-series image data to the mobile terminal at least when the collecting unit collects the time-series image data. The reflecting unit receives control information and reflects the received control information to a process. The mobile terminal includes a replaying unit and a control information transmitting unit. The replaying unit receives the time-series image data distributed and replay the received time-series image data. The control information transmitting unit receives an operation related to the medical image diagnostic apparatus, and transmits control information indicating the received operation to the medical image diagnostic apparatus. | 05-15-2014 |
20140161339 | RADIOTHERAPY INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS AND RADIOTHERAPY INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a radiotherapy information generation apparatus includes a region specific unit and a planning estimation unit. The region specific unit is configured to specify at least one area defined with respect to a tumor by analysis processing of diagnostic image data. The planning estimation unit is configured to display estimation information of planned dose values calculated based on the area and expected dose values of a radiation. Further, according to another embodiment, a radiotherapy information generation method includes specifying at least one area defined with respect to a tumor by analysis processing of diagnostic image data; and displaying estimation information of planned dose values calculated based on the area and expected dose values of a radiation. | 06-12-2014 |
20140323858 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, an extraction unit, and a specifying unit. The estimation unit estimates a position of a plaque in a blood vessel based on data of CT images constituting a time series, with the blood vessel being enhanced by a contrast medium. The extraction unit extracts regions constituting the blood vessel from the CT images. The specifying unit specifies stress values respectively corresponding to the regions based on a moving displacement due to cardiac pulsation in each of the regions, and specifies an exfoliation risk of the plaque based on an index indicating hardness of the plaque and the stress value in the region corresponding to the position of the plaque. | 10-30-2014 |
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20140147142 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - There is provided a developing device including a toner holding member that is rotatably provided to face an image holding member and holds and transports a nonmagnetic single-component toner toward a development region to develop an electrostatic latent image on the image holding member, a supplying member that is rotatably provided in elastic contact with the toner holding member to supply the toner from a contact region therebetween to the toner holding member, a toner replenishing unit that faces a replenishment region at a portion apart from the contact region to replenish a new toner, and a regulating member that is provided on a downstream side of the contact region in a rotation direction thereof and on an upstream side of the development region to triboelectrically charge the toner held on the toner holding member and regulate the amount of toner provided for the development. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147144 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing device includes a toner holding member that is rotatably installed opposite to an image holding member which holds a latent image and circularly moves, a supply member that has a rough surface capable of capturing toner, a toner supply portion that supplies new toner, and a restriction member that restricts an amount of toner used for development, wherein the toner supply portion connects an accommodation chamber to a developing chamber via a toner transport path, wherein a developing chamber side opening is located on a lower side of an accommodation chamber side opening of the toner transport path, and wherein a width size in a direction following a rotation direction of the supply member in the developing chamber side opening of the toner transport path is set to be smaller than an outer diameter of the supply member in a projection plane viewed from the supply member side. | 05-29-2014 |
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