Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080208049 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS SYSTEM - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a contrast timer starting time measurement by a start signal and an external input device for externally inputting said start signal. | 08-28-2008 |
20080208053 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound image displaying method includes creating a 3D image based on B mode data with a high luminance and a low luminance in a B mode image being inverted, creating a color overlaid 3D image by applying colors based on color Doppler mode data only for pixels of the 3D image having a luminance not more than a predetermined value in the B mode image, and displaying the color overlaid 3D image. | 08-28-2008 |
20080263952 | Fuel gasification system - The present invention provides a fuel gasification furnace including a gasification chamber ( | 10-30-2008 |
20090005683 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a probe that transmits an ultrasonic pulse to an object to be detected and receives a reflection ultrasonic pulse train from the object to be detected, a sound pressure amplitude control device for automatically changing, with one frame including a repetition of the transmission and the reception which acquires a piece of tomographic image information of the object to be detected as a minimum change unit, a sound amplitude of the ultrasonic pulse according to an acquisition number of a frame indicative of an order of the acquisition, and a display unit that displays the tomographic image information. | 01-01-2009 |
20090099452 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes an image acquisition device for administering a contrast agent and acquiring B-mode image information, an image storing device for storing the B-mode image information during a predetermined imaging time range from after the administration, a first maximum intensity projection device for forming first maximum intensity projection image information using the B-mode image information acquired in a first time range contained in the imaging time range, a second maximum intensity projection device for forming second maximum intensity projection image information using the B-mode image information acquired in a second time range contained in the first time range, a second image formation device for forming a second image based on the second maximum intensity projection image information, an overlaid image generation device for generating an overlaid image in which the second image is overlaid on a first image of the first maximum intensity projection image information. | 04-16-2009 |
20090105595 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus which acquires tomographic image information of a subject to which a contrast agent is administered, and displays the tomographic image information, includes an administration time timer which is started up while said acquisition is being performed and which measures a time that elapses from a time of said start-up to which a predetermined offset time is added, and an offset time setting device which sets the offset time to the administration time timer when said start-up is performed. | 04-23-2009 |
20090112097 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD - An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit for emitting ultrasound waves to a subject administered with a contrast agent and for obtaining a B-mode image of the subject; an image memory unit for storing a plurality of B-mode images, obtained by emitting ultrasound waves to the subject at a sound pressure destroying the contrast agent; and a combination image formation device for forming a combination image from a plurality of the B-mode images. | 04-30-2009 |
20090177087 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus performs a plurality of times an action to transmit ultrasonic pulses to a subject, receives said plurality of times the reflected ultrasonic pulse train of said ultrasonic pulses reflected from said subject, generates one line of sound ray information by using said plurality of reflected ultrasonic pulse trains, and forms image information in which items of said sound ray information differing in the position or the direction of said transmission and said reception are arrayed. Said ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: a B mode processing unit which forms B mode image information by using any one of said plurality of reflected ultrasonic pulse trains; a kinetic information detecting unit which detects kinetic information on said subject on the basis of said B mode image information; and a motion compensating unit which compensates image information for motions on the basis of said kinetic information. | 07-09-2009 |
20090201266 | OPERATION INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An operation information input apparatus includes a button image display device which displays a button array image with a plurality of button images arranged therein, a touch panel device which is overlaid on a display surface of the button image display device and detects proximity position information indicative of each position in the display surface when an operator approaches the display surface, and a push button identifying unit which identifies each button image that the operator has approached, based on the proximity position information and button position information of the button array image. | 08-13-2009 |
20090214120 | VOLUMETRIC DATA CONNECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A volumetric data connecting apparatus, includes a reference point determining device for having an operator determine reference points A, B and C which are not on the same straight line on first volumetric data V; a connection point a determining device for having the operator determine a connection point a corresponding to said reference point A on second volumetric data v; an auxiliary line q displaying device for displaying “a section fb of the second volumetric data v” selected by the operator and a curve q which results from the crossing of said section fb and “a spherical surface Q having the distance between the reference points AB as its radius and the connection point a as its center”; a connection point b determining device for having the operator determine a connection point b corresponding to said reference point B on said section fb; an auxiliary lines rt displaying device for displaying “a section fc of the second volumetric data v” selected by the operator, a curve r which results from the crossing of said section fc and “a spherical surface R having the distance between the reference points AC as its radius and the connection point a as its center” and a curve t which results from the crossing of said section fc and “a spherical surface T having the distance between the reference points BC as its radius and the connection point b as its center”; a connection point c determining device for having the operator determine a connection point c corresponding to said reference point C on said section fc; and a coordinate adjusting device for so adjusting the coordinates of said first volumetric data V and said second volumetric data v that said reference points A, B and C and said connection points a, b and c have respectively the same coordinates. | 08-27-2009 |
20090235341 | NETWORK INTERFACE APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A network interface apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus, and communicates with an information processing apparatus for transmitting a print data and an authentication server for performing an authentication of a user. The network interface apparatus receives the print data from the information processing apparatus, stores the print data, transmits an authentication request including user identification information to the authentication server according to a reception of the user identification information for identifying the user, and determines whether a communication with the authentication server is available. In a case where it is determined that the communication with the authentication server is available, the network interface apparatus obtains the print data according to the user identification information from the stored print data. In a case where it is determined that the communication with the authentication server is not available, the network interface apparatus turns off a setting of storing the received print data. The network interface apparatus transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus to print the obtained print data or to print the received print data in a case where the setting is turned off. | 09-17-2009 |
20090299181 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A diagnostic imaging apparatus includes an image generation device for generating a plurality of images of a subject for display in a display device, the plurality of images including a first image generated for display at a first display magnification and other images generated for display at other display magnification different from the first display magnification, and a marking setting device which sets a first marking to indicate a region of interest on the first image and other markings on the other images, the other markings being displayed, based on the other display magnification, in a position corresponding to the position of the first marking set on the first image. | 12-03-2009 |
20100050247 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention enables any authentication for a plurality of authentication methods with an authentication server for storing management data on a user. The present invention uses one of set information for logging in with an IC card and user input information from operation means in the case of logging in to a directory server; requests the directory server from a Kerberos authentication operation part for a service ticket; requests the directory server from an LDAP communication operation part for authentication with the service ticket obtained by the relevant request; and requests the directory server from the authentication processing functioning part for a search for granting use of the relevant MFP to a user with one of card information read by a card reader and a user name of user input information in the case where authentication to the directory server by the relevant request is successful. | 02-25-2010 |
20100079805 | NETWORK INTERFACE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A mechanism which can avoid, as much as possible, a difference of picture quality that is caused by restricting color printing according to an authority and forcedly performing monochromatic printing is provided. A mechanism which restricts the color printing according to the authority without deteriorating performance is also provided. The processing refers to a color restricting mode in user information or a color restricting mode in setting information. When the referred color restricting mode indicates “force”, if the user does not have the authority in which a color job can be printed, the job is forcedly converted into monochrome. In case of “analyze”, if the user does not have the authority in which a color job can be printed, the job is analyzed. If it is the color job, a forced monochromatic printing or print inhibition is performed. | 04-01-2010 |
20110279859 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus which is communicably connected to a management server for managing a scan ticket in which an instruction content for performing reading of a paper document is defined and can issue an instruction concerning printing to accumulated print jobs, when it is judged that the instruction concerning the printing is issued to the designated print job, a generation request of the scan ticket including reading setting for performing the reading of the paper document on which the print job has been printed is transmitted to the management server, a list of the scan tickets obtained from the management server is displayed, the reading of the paper document is performed using the scan ticket selected from list information of the displayed scan tickets, and an image obtained by the reading is transmitted to a transmission destination specified by the scan ticket. | 11-17-2011 |
20120099150 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a new application is filed in a workflow system, designation of image data to be attached to data included in the application is accepted. Then, when the image data to be attached to the data is insufficient, a scan ticket to be used when generating the image data to be attached to the data is generated. It is designated in the scan ticket to which data the generated image data is to be attached, and then the generated image data is actually attached to the data by a server apparatus according to such information. | 04-26-2012 |
20130079636 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe configured to perform transmission/reception of ultrasound on a subject, and an indicator display control unit configured to display indicators each indicative of a distance between at least a predetermined part of an outline of a transmission/reception region of real-time ultrasound of the subject and a corresponding position stored in advance at the outline. | 03-28-2013 |
20130211804 | SIMULATION APPARATUS, SIMULATION METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A simulation apparatus is provided with means for obtaining shape data expressing a simulation object, means for storing a constraint condition for a simulation in association with each type of object, means for storing, for each of one or more evaluation items for evaluating an object having an arbitrary shape satisfying the constraint condition, a procedure of a coupled analysis using one or more simulation means related to the evaluation item, means for accepting a type and an evaluation item for an object, means for reading out a procedure of a coupled analysis corresponding to the evaluation item based on the accepted evaluation item for the object, and means for reading out a constraint condition for an object corresponding to the accepted type and giving the constraint condition to the shape data to execute the coupled analysis in accordance with the procedure of the coupled analysis. | 08-15-2013 |
20140364728 | Insertion Target Point Setting Apparatus, Ultrasound Diagnostic Apparatus and Method for Setting Insertion Target Point - An insertion target point setting apparatus is provided. The insertion target point setting apparatus includes a reference point setting unit configured to set, in coordinates formed in a three-dimensional space with a subject with a biopsy needle inserted therein, a first reference point which is an insertion target point of the biopsy needle in the subject, and a second reference point which is a noticed portion indication point indicative of a noticed portion in the subject, and an insertion target point setting unit configured to set other insertion target points other than the first reference point in the coordinates formed in the three-dimensional space based on the first reference point and the second reference point, using a predetermined drawing method. | 12-11-2014 |