Digital Hospital Division

KITAHARA Itaru

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Head of  Digital Hospital Division

Professor, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba.
 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive  Human Sciences Physical  Education Health and Sport Science, University of Tsukuba. Center for Cyber Medicine Research, University of Tsukuba

  • I am engaged in research on computer vision and real-world imaging with the goal of revealing the mechanisms of superior human visual function.
    It is also involved in research on visual media with the aim of realizing an efficient means of conveying visual information.
    Our main research themes include research into free viewpoint video, which combines images taken from multiple viewpoints inside a computer and reproduces the view from any viewpoint based on that data, and mixed reality/augmented reality, which seamlessly overlays a virtual world on the real world.

INOUE Yoshiaki

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Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba.
Director of the Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center
University of Tsukuba Hospital Redevelopment/PFI/Effective Facility Utilization/Planning
Vice Director of Fire Prevention/Disaster Prevention/Disaster/BCP/Closed ICU

  • In the emergency and intensive care field, we are responsible for managing serious conditions such as sepsis, extensive burns, and cardiac arrest.
    We are conducting research aimed at reducing organ damage in these severe conditions and early diagnosis of complications.
    In the ICU, monitoring of critically ill patients is conducted 24 hours a day and stored as electronic data.

ODA Tatsuya

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Gastrointestinal Surgery Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba.
Head of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba.
Vice Director of Medical Care, University of Tsukuba Hospital
Chief of Surgery, University of Tsukuba Hospital
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chief Researcher
Cancer Professional Training Plan
National e-learning Director

  • "I want to win the Nobel Prize" is something I used to boast about when I was a student, but I wasn't so deluded as to actually think that it would come true.
    However, as someone at the lower end of academia, I still want to continue researching in that direction.
    In other words, it is original research based on ideas that only he could come up with.
    Another point is that he is strongly conscious of the concept of upgrading academic fields.
    This is not a narrow view of domestic researchers competing with each other (Version 1) or universities (research organizations) competing with each other as rivals (Version 2), but rather a perspective in which domestic facilities and research fields work together without boundaries to conduct large-scale research that can be applied internationally (Version 3).
    A tall mountain needs a broad base.
    I have high hopes that the Cybermedicine Research Center will become a broad base for highly original research.

KUDO Hiroyuki

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Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
Visiting Professor, Tohoku University International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart (SRIS)
President, Japanese Society of Medical Imaging Technology
JST CREST Research Program[Innovative Measurement and Analysis] 

  • Building on our research achievements in data analysis of imaging modalities, particularly CT and PET, as well as medical image processing and computer-aided diagnosis systems, we will actively advance research and development at the Cyber Medicine Center.

YAJIMA Hidenobu

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Associate Professor, Center for Computational Science, University of Tsukuba
Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba.
University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive  Human Sciences Physical  Education Health and Sport Science, University of Tsukuba.
Center for Cyber Medicine Research, University of Tsukuba

  • After obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba, he worked as a researcher at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Edinburgh. During that time, he was working to unravel the mysteries of galaxies in the early universe using large-scale numerical simulations. In order to compare the results with the latest observational data, he developed a highly accurate light transport calculation code. He is currently researching the application of the calculation techniques he developed in that research to medical diagnosis. He aims to pioneer new medical diagnostic techniques using near-infrared light by making full use of large-scale numerical simulations using supercomputers, big data, and the latest AI technology. Medical diagnosis using near-infrared light is attracting attention as a safe and secure next-generation technology because it is non-invasive and does not pose a risk of radiation exposure.

IKEDA Atsushi

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Assistant Professor, Institute of Medicine, Nephrology and Urological Surgery, University of Tsukuba
Vesica AI, Co-founder, CMO & CTO(Startup from University of Tsukuba)

  • Since 2017, we have been working with the Artificial Intelligence Research Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to research and develop an AI-based bladder endoscopy support system, and based on the results of this research, we established Vesica AI (U.S. corporation), a startup from the University of Tsukuba. in December 2023, In December 2023, Vesica AI was selected as the first winning team of the “Olympus Asia Pacific Innovation Program,” an acceleration program.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)