Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Komatsu Corporation

Hideaki Miyamoto

Daisuke Yamada

Yoshihito Machida

Yoshinori Hirano

Makoto Sasaki

Hiroaki Tanaka

Hitoshi Inoue

Akiya Nakayama

Hiroyuki Omi

Haruki Iwai

Norihiro Iwahashi

A medical information processing apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit that obtains medical information; a learning unit that performs machine learning on a function of the medical information processing apparatus using the medical information; an evaluation data holding unit that holds evaluation data for evaluating a learning result of the learning unit; and an evaluating unit that evaluates a learning result obtained through machine learning, based on the evaluation data.

Medical information processing apparatus, medical information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

An image processing apparatus for determining a radiation field of radiation from a radiation image comprises: a prediction unit that predicts, based on prior information, a degree that each position of the radiation image becomes a predetermined portion of the radiation field and generating a prediction result representing a distribution of the predicted degrees; an analysis unit that analyzes the radiation image to determines the degree that each position of the radiation image becomes the predetermined portion of the radiation field and generating an analysis result representing the distribution of the predicted degrees; and a recognition unit that decides the predetermined portion of the radiation field based on a combining result obtained by combining the prediction result and the analysis result.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium for determining a radiation field of radiation from a radiation image

An operator's cab includes an operator's seat provided on a floor surface, a control lever that is provided laterally to the operator's seat and is operated at least toward the operator's seat, and an armrest that includes an upper surface and is provided laterally to the operator's seat in the rear of the control lever. A front portion of the upper surface is larger in width than a rear portion of the upper surface. The front portion of the upper surface includes an inclined portion. With the floor surface being defined as the reference, the inclined portion decreases in height toward the operator's seat.

Operator's cab and work vehicle

A medical information processing apparatus comprises an obtaining unit that obtains medical information, a learning unit that performs learning on a function of the medical information processing apparatus using the medical information, an evaluation data holding unit that holds evaluation data in which a correct answer to be obtained by executing the function is known, the evaluation data being for evaluating a learning result of the learning unit, an evaluating unit that evaluates a learning result obtained through learning, based on the evaluation data, and an accepting unit that accepts an instruction to apply a learning result of the learning unit to the function.

The radiographic system including a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses, which detect radial rays, a combining processor which generates a long-size image by combining a plurality of radiation images obtained from the radiation detection apparatuses, and an image correction unit, which corrects a defective region in which the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses overlap with each other in the long-size image.

Radiographic system and radiographic method for obtaining a long-size image and correcting a defective region in the long-size image

The radiographic system including a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses which detect radial rays and a combining processor which generates a long-size image by combining a plurality of radiation images obtained from the radiation detection apparatuses further includes an image correction unit which corrects the defective region in which the radiation detection apparatuses overlap with each other in the long-size image.

An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a first difference processing unit for generating a first difference image by performing difference processing between a mask image obtained by capturing an object before an inflow of a contrast medium and a live image after the inflow of the contrast medium, a first obtaining processing unit for obtaining a line-shaped region indicating a region, into which the contrast medium has flowed, using a distribution of pixel values in the first difference image, a second obtaining processing unit for obtaining a peripheral region of the line-shaped region from the first difference image using pixel values of pixels adjacent to the line-shaped region, and a registration processing unit for performing registration between pixels of the live image and the mask image by comparing positions using the line-shaped region and the peripheral region.

X-ray image processing apparatus, X-ray image processing method, and storage medium

A subtraction image is generated by performing subtraction between a mask image serving as a radiation image obtained by capturing an object, at least of a specific region of which does not include contrast medium, and a live image serving as a radiation image obtained by capturing the object which includes the contrast medium. The emphasis degree serving as the degree of emphasis processing for the subtraction image is determined based on at least either the mask image or live image. The emphasis processing is performed for the subtraction image based on the emphasis degree.

Edge emphasis in processing images based on radiation images

An image processing apparatus includes: a subtraction unit that generates subtraction images constituted by a plurality of frames from X-ray images of an object acquired before and after injecting a radiopaque dye; an evaluation unit that calculates evaluation values indicating states of the injection of the radiopaque dye for the frames constituting the subtraction images; and a selection unit that selects at least one of the frames constituting the subtraction images using the evaluation values and outputs the selected frame as a reference image.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium to generate subtraction image

Image processing apparatus, control method thereof and computer-readable storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to obtain identification information for a plurality of blocks of an image, a second acquisition unit configured to obtain information to be used for image processing from a pixel value of a region of the image determined based on the identification information, and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing of the image based on the information obtained by the second acquisition unit.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium

A feature value is extracted from a boundary region that is located between a contrast-agent injection region and a background region in a subtraction image, a gradation curve depending on the feature value is generated, and gradation processing is performed by applying the gradation curve to the subtraction image.

X-ray image processing apparatus, X-ray image processing method, and storage medium for computer program

An X-ray radioscopy device comprises: an image capturing unit that captures a moving image of an object that has been irradiated by X-rays; an analysis processing unit that performs different analysis processes in parallel on each frame that makes up the moving image and extracts, from each frame, a region of interest defined as a portion of the object subject to radioscopy by the X-ray irradiation; and a selection unit that performs an evaluation operation on the multiple regions of interest extracted based on the different analysis processes, and based on the result of the evaluation operation, selects and outputs a single region of interest from the multiple regions of interest extracted by the analysis processing unit.

X-ray radioscopy device, moving picture processing method, program, and storage medium

An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of photoelectric converters each adapted to perform photoelectric conversion in response to receiving light, and output an electrical signal; a holding unit adapted to hold, for each of the plurality of photoelectric converters, a correction value for correcting photoelectric conversion characteristics of the photoelectric converter; and a correction unit adapted to correct each of the electrical signals output by the plurality of photoelectric converters, using the corresponding correction values, wherein the correction unit corrects each of the electrical signals based on the correction values, which have been increased or decreased in accordance with a prescribed pixel arrangement pattern, and the imaging apparatus comprises a determination unit adapted to evaluate correction results that are based on the correction values increased or decreased in accordance with the prescribed pattern, and determine a presence of a correction error in the correction values held in the holding unit.

Imaging apparatus, control method thereof, and program

A radiation imaging apparatus comprises: an imaging unit to capture a moving image of an object irradiated with radiation; a first extraction unit to extract an object area where an object exists from an exposure field region of radiation in a first frame image of the moving image; a second extraction unit to extract a region of interest as a target for calculation of a first feature amount indicating a feature of an image from a region corresponding to the object area in a second frame image following the first frame image; a first calculation unit to calculate the first feature amount of a region of interest in a third frame image following the second frame image from a region corresponding to the region of interest in the third frame image; and a control unit to control a radiation generating unit based on the first feature amount.

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Hideaki Miyamoto