Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA medical scan images of various parts of the human body

Innovations

Canon Medical Research USA, Inc. (CMRU) is involved in most aspects of medical imaging. The USA based group has and continues to predominantly contribute in the following technologies for Canon Medical Systems:

  • Circular and Helical Large Cone CT Reconstruction and Corrections
  • High-Resolution X‑ray Flat Panel Volume Reconstruction
  • Image-Space and Data-Space CT Iterative Reconstruction
  • Efficient FPGA/GPU/Multi-Core, Multi-CPU algorithm implementation
  • Ultra-High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems
  • List-Mode, Time-of-Flight, Point-Spread-Function, PET Reconstruction
  • PET detector and associated front-end electronics and Calibration
  • Analog/digital ASIC design
  • Image Quality Metrics
  • Clinical Applications Development
  • Non-contrast MR
  • Electronics for 2D and 3D ultrasound transducers
  • Contrast enhanced ultrasound
  • Ultrasound architecture and system design
  • Advanced technology research and investigation