Medical Instruments | D'z IMAGE

Our Mission

Reaching Truth through Imaging Technology

Vision : Support patients with early detection
Mission : Support doctors’ consultations by providing service / hardware utilizing imaging technology
Value : Improve accuracy & Efficiency of medical care

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What is D'z IMAGE?

Image-based diagnostics innovations through
medical-engineering collaboration

Based on its R&D concept of
"reaching reality through imaging technology,"
Casio has formed medical-engineering collaboration
that leverage its long history of ground-breaking image
processing technology to generate innovations
in image-based diagnostics.

Our goal is to make meaningful contributions to medicine
and to society more broadly by developing solutions
that will not only provide patients with more accurate and
effective examinations, but also help physicians in clinical
settings to work more effectively and make earlier diagnoses.

About Dermatology

D'z IMAGE
total support
for dermatology

In partnership with leading doctors on the frontlines of medicines, Casio has developed equipment with simple configurations and smart operations to facilitate the handling of many functions required for dermal observations. These new tools provide comprehensive support for doctor's consultations, supporting the key processes of observation, recording, utilization and learning.

*ISBI : International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (refer)
*ISIC : International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities
*AMED : Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (refer)

Details

News from CASIO

・Notice

- Nothing

・Press release

- September 27, 2018

Casio to Launch English Version of Online Dermoscopy Learning Services for Physicians

- February 19, 2020

Three Casio Products Win iF Design Award 2020

- October 22, 2020

Casio to Exhibit Medical Camera for Global Market at virtual.MEDICA 2020

- January 26, 2021

Casio to Release DERMOCAMERA^TM, Allowing Dermatologists to Capture
Close-up and Ordinary Shots of Affected Areas Using a Single Device

- March 29, 2021

Casio Announces Acquisition of ISO 13485 Certification by Yamagata Casio

・Exhibition & Meeting

- Arab Health

Live : June 21-24,2021 / Dubai World Trade Center
Online : May 23–July 22, 2021

- Virtual World Congress of Dermoscopy

Online : June 10-12,2021

- British Association of Dermatologists – 101st Annual Meeting

Online : July 6-8,2021

- AAD Summer Meeting

Live : August 5-8,2021 / Tampa, Florida USA

- MEDICA2021

Live : November 15-18, 2021/ Düsseldorf, Germany

・Media Publication

- Nothing

PARTNERSHIP

By applying Casio’s original core digital image conversion technology to dermoscopy and establishing structural enhancement conversion and blood vessel enhancement conversion technologies based on the extensive case data provided by Tokyo Women's Medical University coupled with the knowledge of our two consulting doctors, we have succeeded in creating new dermoscopy images. In images of structures such as melanocytic lesions, this reveals vessel distribution patterns and lesion structures that are difficult to identify in normal dermoscopy and allows them to be observed. This makes it much easier to interpret dermoscopy findings than was previously the case. By comparing and contrasting original and converted dermoscopy images, the colors and forms in lesions can readily be observed and their features identified.

Head of Dermatology at the Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East

Professor Masaru Tanaka

Joint development of image analysis tools
Evaluation of Dermatology camera DZ-D100

Director of Sato Dermatology Clinic

Dr. Toshitsugu Sato

Joint development of image analysis tools
Evaluation of Dermatology camera DZ-D100

To learn about dermoscopic examination, it is essential to refer to large amounts of high-quality case data. D'z IMAGE provides access to dermoscopy imagery stored at Chiba University Hospital and Shinshu University Hospital, and publishes them as case data with their associated findings and other data. As new case data is added in the future, the services will be further improved so that this case data can prove useful in various different forms for learning, promoting the even more widespread use and progress of dermoscopy.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Dermatology, Chiba University Hospital

Dr. Yaei Togawa

Providing case data
Joint development of Dermatology camera DZ-D100

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine

Dr. Yosuke Yamamoto

Providing case data
Joint development of Dermatology camera DZ-D100

Senior Lecturer, Department of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine

Dr. Hiroshi Koga

Providing case data
Joint development of image management software
Evaluation of Dermatology camera DZ-D100
Joint development of an AI-based diagnostic support system

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine

Dr. Akane Minagawa

Providing case data
Joint development of image management software
Evaluation of Dermatology camera DZ-D100
Joint development of an AI-based diagnostic support system

AI Diagnosis Support

＜Background＞

2016：	Commence the technological development for an AI-based skin cancer diagnostic support system in collaboration with Shinshu University.
2017：	Secured the highest score in the “ISBI Challenge 2017/Skin Lesion Analysis Towards Melanoma Detection/Part 3: Lesion Classification” organized by the ISIC.
2019：	“Skin cancer diagnostic solutions development using imaging data” research project, conducted jointly with Shinshu University, listed by the AMED as a “Project for Medical Device and Healthcare”.

Launch timing is to be decided