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Granted Patent B2
US 12,472,033 · App. 18/366,777 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Biomagnetic field measurement device, biomagnetic field measurement system, and biomagnetic field measurement method

Inventors: Masahiro Takada (Tokyo, JP); Shigenori Kawabata (Tokyo, JP); Akira Kinoshita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
A61B90/39A61B6/0407A61B2090/3954
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Patent No.
US 12,472,033
App. No.
18/366,777
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A biomagnetic field measurement device includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with radiation; an imaging unit having a light-receiving surface for receiving radiation, the imaging unit being configured to image the subject based on the radiation from the irradiation unit; a marker part configured to absorb the radiation from the irradiation unit; and a processing circuit configured to output biological information based on third position information of the marker part and an imaged result of the subject by the imaging unit, the third position information of the marker part being calculated from first position information of the marker part, second position information of the irradiation unit, and a captured image of the marker part imaged by the imaging unit.

Claims (22)

1 . A biomagnetic field measurement device comprising:

an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with radiation;

an imaging unit having a light-receiving surface for receiving radiation, the imaging unit being configured to image the subject based on the radiation from the irradiation unit;

a marker part configured to absorb the radiation from the irradiation unit; and

a processing circuit configured to output biological information based on third position information of the marker part and an imaged result of the subject by the imaging unit, the third position information of the marker part being calculated from first position information of the marker part, second position information of the irradiation unit, and a captured image of the marker part imaged by the imaging unit.

2 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the marker part contains iron.

3 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the marker part includes a plurality of marker parts whose positions relative to each other are known, and

wherein the first position information is relative position information of the plurality of marker parts.

4 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the marker part is a sphere.

5 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect biomagnetic field of the subject,

wherein the second position information of the irradiation unit is three-dimensional position information in a three-dimensional coordinate system configured in the detection unit.

6 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of marker parts are aligned in a direction intersecting a normal to the light-receiving surface.

7 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to calculate the third position information of the marker part, based further on position information of the light-receiving surface.

8 . The biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to calculate the third position information of the marker part, based further on inclination information of the light-receiving surface with respect to a central axis of the radiation irradiated from the irradiation unit.

9 . A biomagnetic field measurement system comprising:

the biomagnetic field measurement device according to claim 1 .

10 . A biomagnetic field measurement method performed by a biomagnetic field measurement device, the biomagnetic field measurement method comprising:

irradiating, by an irradiation unit, a subject with radiation;

imaging, by an imaging unit, the subject based on the radiation from the irradiation unit, the imaging unit having a light-receiving surface for receiving the radiation; and

outputting biological information based on third position information of the marker part and an imaged result of the subject by the imaging unit, the third position information of the marker part being calculated from first position information of the marker part, second position information of the irradiation unit, and a captured image of the marker part imaged by the imaging unit.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
To: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 069747/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
To: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 069595/0934 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: TAKADA, MASAHIRO; KAWABATA, SHIGENORI; KINOSHITA, AKIRA
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 064517/0861 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-127380 · Aug 9, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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