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20110075904 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including: a time-gain controller (TGC) that compensates an amplitude fading occurring in the process of propagation inside a living body; a scan converter (SC) that constructs image data; a TIC measurement unit that measures a TIC of each pixel; an evaluation index input unit that inputs an index for evaluating hemodynamics on the basis of a TIC; a mapping parameter estimation unit that estimates a mapping parameter comparable to an evaluation index; a TIC image construction unit that constructs a two-dimensional image on the basis of the mapping parameter; and a pixel detection unit that extracts a region corresponding to a color map from a TIC image, and utilizing a TIC measured with each pixel so as to measure a difference in hemodynamics. | 03-31-2011 |
20120027282 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING DISTRIBUTION IMAGE OF BLOOD FLOW DYNAMIC STATE - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided for displaying a color map on which a difference in blood flow dynamics is reflected. Setting a test subject who is administered a contrast agent is assumed as an imaging target, and a probe transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from the target for contrast imaging. Image data is constructed based on signals received by the probe and a time-intensity curve is generated from intensity values of the image data. According to the time-intensity curve, a value of a predetermined parameter is calculated for producing a distribution image of blood flow dynamics. The distribution image (color map) of the blood flow dynamics is produced from the parameter value. The color map is a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional image being color-coded according to the parameter value. At least one of the followings may be used as the parameter; a contrast agent inflow start time, a balanced intensity arrival time, a contrast agent disappearance start time, a contrast agent duration, a preset threshold arrival time, an intensity increase rate, an intensity decrease rate, intensity of balanced state, and a total flow amount. | 02-02-2012 |
20130116557 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Provided are an ultrasonic diagnostic device and an ultrasonic image display method having a function of displaying an inflow time map representing relative differences in blood flow dynamics such as inflow time of a contrast agent in difference colors, including a function of selectively extracting a focused vessel and constructing a noise-less inflow time map, and in the comparison of differences in color between the constructed inflow time map and the past inflow time map to examine a change in blood flow dynamics by therapy or the like, an interpolation function of unifying the color of regions as a base. A TIC analysis unit | 05-09-2013 |
20130144172 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS DEVICE - Disclosed is an ultrasound diagnosis device for creating an ultrasound image with a high contrast-to-tissue ratio. Said device sends a transmission pulse to the subject, uses an ultrasound probe to receive echoes reflected from an ultrasound contrast agent injected into the subject, and forms an image. The transmission pulse is sent such that nonlinear interactions between the constituent frequency components of said transmission pulse, as a result of the acoustic nonlinearity of the subject, do not produce sum and difference components in the frequency sensitivity range of the ultrasonic probe as the transmission pulse propagates across the subject. | 06-06-2013 |
20130289402 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - When multiple tissues having differing speeds of sound are intermixed in the viewing field of a measured subject such as a living body, the invention measures hardness, such as modulus of elasticity or viscosity, with high precision. As a means for detecting heterogeneity of sound speed in the tissues of a subject, a displacement-generating transmission beam is applied from a displacement generating beam-generating device ( | 10-31-2013 |
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20090041191 | Radiography Apparatus With Scout View Function - An X-ray detecting section ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090168966 | Medical Digital X-Ray Imaging Apparatus and Medical Digital X-Ray Sensor - In a medical digital X-ray imaging apparatus having a plurality of imaging modes including computed tomography mode, a supporter supports an X-ray source and a digital X-ray sensor having a two-dimensional detection plane for detecting X-rays, while interposing an object between them. An image reconstructor acquires data from the digital X-ray sensor and reconstructs an image based on the acquired data. An operator selects one of a first imaging mode and a second imaging mode. The second imaging mode has an irradiation field different from the first imaging mode and has an area to be read in the digital X-ray sensor smaller than that in the first imaging mode. | 07-02-2009 |
20100067650 | X-ray CT imaging apparatus and imaging control method therefor - An X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generating section, an X-ray image capturing section, a supporting section, a holding section, a rotation driving section, and an X-ray controlling section, wherein the X-ray generating section generates an X-ray cone beam, the X-ray image capturing section detects the X-ray cone beam having passed through an object, the supporting section supports the X-ray generating section and the X-ray image capturing section with the object positioned therebetween, the holding section holds the object, the rotation driving section rotates the supporting section relatively to the object, and the X-ray controlling section alleviates an influence of a high X-ray absorption region, present inside the object, in the X-ray image capturing section by means of a control model formed based upon information on the high X-ray absorption region. | 03-18-2010 |
20110064188 | Medical X-ray apparatus - A medical X-ray apparatus comprising a supporting part for supporting an X-ray generator and a two-dimensional X-ray detector while interposing an object to be examined therebetween, a radiation area restricting part for restricting a radiation area of X-ray generated from the X-ray generator, and a scan driving part for scanning the object with the X-ray restricted by the radiation area restricting part as X-ray beam and for executing radiography. A direction intersecting with X-ray scan direction is defined as a height direction, the apparatus further comprises a radiation area setting part for setting at least one of both ends of width of the X-ray beam in the height direction at a desired position in accordance with the position of an interested area of the object; and the X-ray beam is irradiated only to the radiation area as set by the radiation area setting part with its beam width in height direction restricted by the radiation area restricting part. | 03-17-2011 |
20140304638 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND MEDICAL TERMINAL DEVICE - A medical system includes a multi-controller including a plurality of medical care devices; a storage unit that stores operator information, patient information and device information; and a control unit that, based on the operator information, the patient information and the device information, displays an operation screen on the medical care device to be used for medical care such that the operation screen reflects a setting made by the operator to perform the medical care and a setting made by the patient to receive the medical care, the operation screen being displayed on an operation display unit. | 10-09-2014 |
20140328446 | X-RAY CT IMAGING DEVICE AND X-RAY CT IMAGING METHOD - According to an X-ray imaging device for performing CT imaging, a main body control section controls at least one of an X-ray revolution plane formed by an X-ray cone beam along with the revolution of a revolving arm and a revolution range of the revolving arm in accordance with a CT imaging area accepted by an imaging area setting screen. Such control is performed in order to decrease X-ray radiation to a high sensitivity site in the area that revolves during the CT imaging, the high sensitivity site being positionally set in a biological body as a site that is sensitive to X-rays. | 11-06-2014 |
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20090048516 | IMAGE DIAGNOSING DEVICE - An diagnostic imaging apparatus for imaging information changing with time and displaying it in real time, composed of an ultrasonic probe ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090306505 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment which displays a high contrast ultrasonic image enhancing the outline structure of an inspection object. More specifically, the motion vector of an object occurring between images used for addition is measured using a captured ultrasonic image, deformation processing is performed on accumulated addition image based on the measurement, and then addition processing is performed by multiplying the acquired image and the accumulated addition image by weighting coefficients. | 12-10-2009 |
20100069757 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, including a first imaging unit for configuring plural pieces of first-image data based on reception signals received by an ultrasound probe, a velocity vector detector for measuring blood and tissue velocity vectors based on the plural pieces of first-image data inputted from the first imaging unit, a blood-flow image extracting unit for configuring a blood-flow image based on the velocity vectors measured, a histogram unit for calculating number of pixels for each brightness with respect to the blood-flow image configured, a threshold controller for inputting a brightness threshold value, an information processing unit for color-mapping pixels whose brightness are higher than the brightness threshold value, and configuring second-image data by adding the pixels to at least the one piece of first-image data, and a display for displaying the second-image data configured. | 03-18-2010 |
20130261451 | ULTRASONIC MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR IMAGING CHANGES WITH TIME - A diagnostic imaging apparatus for imaging information changing with time and displaying it in real time, composed of an ultrasonic probe ( | 10-03-2013 |
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20090052617 | Image processing method, image display method, image processing program, storage medium, image processing apparatus and X-ray imaging apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing method, etc. capable of producing a panorama tomogram with a simple operation whenever required by the operator. The present invention relates to an image processing method for producing a panorama tomogram of the dental arch using the X-ray projection data on the dentomaxillofacial region obtained by the X-ray computer tomography. The image processing method according to the present invention includes the steps of retrieving the dental arch projection data corresponding to the dental arch from the X-ray projection data based on the preset position and shape information to specify the position and shape of the dental arch from the X-ray projection data (S | 02-26-2009 |
20110222646 | X-Ray Imaging Apparatus - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generation part, an X-ray detection part, and a revolution drive mechanism. The X-ray generation part has an X-ray generator including a cathode and an anode, and emits an X-ray beam from the X-ray generator. The X-ray detection part detects the X-ray beam. The revolution drive mechanism performs X-ray imaging by revolving the X-ray generation part and the X-ray detection part around the object while the X-ray generation part and the X-ray detection part are opposed to each other with said object interposed therebetween. The X-ray imaging apparatus controls a restriction part to thereby restrict an X-ray transmission in such a manner that the focal spot size of an X-ray beam used in X-ray CT imaging of a relatively narrow imaging region is smaller than the focal spot size of an X-ray beam used in X-ray CT imaging of a relatively large imaging region. | 09-15-2011 |
20130294569 | X-ray CT Photographic Apparatus - An X-ray CT photographic apparatus including: a beam shaping mechanism that regulates an irradiation range of an X-ray generated from an X-ray generator and shapes the X-ray into an X-ray cone beam; and a main body controller that changes a read region, where an X-ray detection signal is read in the X-ray detector, according to the irradiation range of the X-ray cone beam. The main body controller changes the irradiation range of the X-ray cone beam to an x-axis direction during an X-ray CT photography such that only a set CT photographic region is irradiated with the X-ray cone beam according to the set CT photographic region input through a CT photographic region setting unit. The main body controller changes a read region in an X-ray detector with respect to the x-axis direction in a detection surface of the X-ray detector during the X-ray CT photography. | 11-07-2013 |
20140126686 | X-ray Photography Apparatus - An X-ray photography apparatus including: a turning arm that supports an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector while the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are opposed to each other so that a head of a patient can be interposed therebetween; and a moving mechanism that turns the turning arm about a turning axis with respect to the head and moves the turning arm in a direction perpendicular to the turning axis with respect to the head. The X-ray photography apparatus further includes: an image processor that generates an X-ray image based on an electric signal output from the X-ray detector; and a photographic region designation receiving part that designates part of a row of teeth along a dental arch as a pseudo intraoral radiography region. The image processor generates plural tomographic images by applying convolution and filtered back projection to X-ray image data obtained by pseudo intraoral radiography. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126687 | X-ray Photography Apparatus - An X-ray photography apparatus including: a turning arm that supports an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector which are opposed to each other so that the head of a patient can be interposed therebetween, and a moving mechanism that includes a turning part and a moving part. The turning part turns the turning arm about a turning axis with respect to the head. The moving part moves the turning arm relative to the head in a direction perpendicular to the turning axis. The X-ray photography apparatus also includes: an image processor that generates an X-ray image, a photographic region designation part that designates part of a row of teeth along a dental arch as a pseudo intraoral radiography region, and an X-ray forming mechanism that changes the irradiation direction in which the head is irradiated with an X-ray relative to the axial direction of the body axis of the patient. | 05-08-2014 |
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20110280266 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package has a base portion mounted with the semiconductor laser chip, a sealing member and a window member. The semiconductor laser chip is sealed with the base portion, the sealing member and the window member. At least two of the base portion, the sealing member and the window member are bonded to each other through a sealant made of an ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol copolymer. | 11-17-2011 |
20110280267 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package includes a base body made of resin, a first sealing member mounted on an upper surface of the base body and a translucent second sealing member mounted on a front surface of the base body. The base body has an opening passing through the base body from the upper surface to the front surface, and the side of the opening closer to the upper surface is sealed with the first sealing member, while the side of the opening closer to the front surface is sealed with the second sealing member. | 11-17-2011 |
20120027040 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - In this semiconductor laser apparatus, a first wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a fourth direction from a first semiconductor laser device and in a first direction from a photodetector, and a second wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the fourth direction from the first semiconductor laser device and in a third direction from the first wire-bonding portion. A third wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a second direction from a third semiconductor laser device and in the first direction from the photodetector, and a fourth wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the second direction from the third semiconductor laser device and in the third direction from the third wire-bonding portion. | 02-02-2012 |
20120033695 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package constituted by a plurality of members, having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space, while surfaces of the members located in the sealed space are covered with a covering agent made of an ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol copolymer. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033696 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space. The package has a first member and a second member bonded to each other with an adhesive, a covering agent made of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer is formed on a bonded region of the first member and the second member in the sealed space, and the adhesive is covered with the covering agent. | 02-09-2012 |
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20130317361 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus with which elastic modulus can be measured when measuring elastic modulus using shear wave generation. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe that sends and receives echo signals, a strain-computing unit that receives an echo signal from the body by radiating a first displacement-detecting beam and computes strain information in a Region | 11-28-2013 |
20140193099 | IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - Provided is an image diagnostic device with which it is possible to correct location misalignment of an image capture subject, and to improve the reliability of the result of the correction, in time series image data. An image diagnostic device is configured of: an input part ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140219539 | IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND IMAGE ASSESSMENT METHOD - Provided is an image diagnostic device with which the start and end of the in-flow of a contrast medium are automatically assessed. An image diagnostic device assesses the start and end times of the in-flow of a contrast medium into organs in a lifeform which is a subject. The image diagnostic device comprises: an input unit ( | 08-07-2014 |
20150133782 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ELASTIC EVALUATION METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method having a highly-reliable elastic evaluation unit for tissues. The invention includes a signal processing unit that processes received data obtained after ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received to/from an inspection target through a probe. An ROI detection unit of the processing unit obtains a distance index indicating a region proper for an elastic evaluation based on brightness distribution of the received data obtained by transmitting and receiving first ultrasonic waves to/from the probe, and sets an ROI based on the distance index. Then, second ultrasonic waves are transmitted to the ROI to generate shear waves. An elastic evaluation unit calculates a shear wave velocity based on the received data obtained by transmitting and receiving third ultrasonic waves in the ROI, and outputs the shear wave velocity and an elastic evaluation value of the ROI as a reliability index. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133783 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS - When subject tissue such as a living body is a viscoelastic body, a shear wave propagation velocity is changed according to the frequency of a shear wave. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus applies a displacement generating transmission beam from an ultrasound probe based on a signal from a displacement generating unit to generate a shear wave, applies a pulse wave to the biological tissue by a displacement detecting unit, detects the particle velocity of the shear wave, estimates a viscosity parameter from a temporal extent of a waveform of the particle velocity of the shear wave detected at a viscoelasticity analyzing unit, and displays the estimated viscoelasticity on a display unit. | 05-14-2015 |
20150141821 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ELASTIC EVALUATION METHOD - Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus provided with an elasticity evaluation technology that an error caused by a tissue structure has been reduced. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that measures a velocity of a shear wave that propagates in a test object by utilizing an ultrasonic wave to evaluate elasticity of the aforementioned test object transmits and receives a first ultrasonic wave to the test object to detect a position and a size of the tissue structure of the test object and to automatically decide a measurement region except the tissue structure, transmits a second ultrasonic wave to the measurement region to make it generate the shear wave, and transmits and receives a third ultrasonic wave to the measurement region to measure an amount of displacement in association with propagation of the shear wave and to calculate the shear wave velocity by utilizing this displacement amount. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148673 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ELASTICITY EVALUATION METHOD - Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus configured to perform speed measurement while lessening the influence of the wave surface feature and scattering resulting from the shear wave propagation, which transmits burst wave as first ultrasonic wave to the subject from the probe | 05-28-2015 |
20150173718 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD - There is provided an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of measuring hardness information of a subject with high time resolution and spatial resolution. | 06-25-2015 |
20150173720 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ELASTIC EVALUATION METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method having a highly-reliable elastic evaluation unit for tissues. The invention includes a signal processing unit that processes received data obtained after ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received to/from an inspection target through a probe. An ROI detection unit of the processing unit obtains a distance index indicating a region proper for an elastic evaluation based on brightness distribution of the received data obtained by transmitting and receiving first ultrasonic waves to/from the probe, and sets an ROI based on the distance index. Then, second ultrasonic waves are transmitted to the ROI to generate shear waves. An elastic evaluation unit calculates a shear wave velocity based on received data obtained by transmitting and receiving third ultrasonic waves in the ROI, and outputs the shear wave velocity and an elastic evaluation value of the ROI as a reliability index. | 06-25-2015 |