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ISHIGURE Yasuo 教授

ISHIGURE, Yasuo Professor

Research Projects

"Achieving true health/well-being through ICT"

In the future, we believe that research and development, as well as social design, will be necessary to improve "Well-being" (happiness, quality of life, life satisfaction, etc.), a state that is intrinsically valuable to people and society.
In particular, we will position our ICT research as a foundation for solving problems in the fields of medical care, health, and nursing care/welfare, which have long been recognized as social issues, by focusing on Personal Health Records (PHRs), which are systems for managing and utilizing personal information. Furthermore, we will also challenge ourselves in fields that aim to realize true health and well-being on a broader scale.
In promoting our research, we are collaborating with hospitals, nursing care facilities, and related companies in the Hakodate area to address community challenges in the medical and healthcare fields in real-world settings.
Specifically, we are conducting research to utilize the latest IoT/AI and data science technologies to support clinical settings and other areas, focusing on life logs obtainable from various sensors such as smartphones and smartwatches, health data measured by health devices, and medical data such as test results and prescriptions.

Resesarch topics

• Research on the use of ICT in the medical field (Medical ICT)
• Research on technologies to support health behavior change
• Research on the advanced utilization of Personal Health Records (PHRs)
• Research on remote monitoring and life support technologies for elderly people living alone, etc.
• Research on behavioral change support technologies for improving well-being and avoiding addiction
• Research on health/well-being promotion support technologies utilizing life log and sports data

etc.

The appeal of research

Solving community challenges in the medical and healthcare fields is a crucial issue that everyone faces, not only in the Hakodate area but also throughout Hokkaido, Japan, and even in developed countries overseas. Among these challenges, the use of ICT to address them is still lagging behind and is one of the areas with the greatest potential for future growth. I believe this is a field that we should focus on in order to create a better society and enable people to live in well-being.

Achievements

Up until now, NTT Laboratories, NTT Data, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee have been promoting research and development and practical application, primarily aimed at solving social issues in the medical and healthcare fields.
In particular, regarding "Personal Health Records (PHRs)," a system that enables individuals to proactively manage and utilize their medical and health information, we have proposed this system domestically through research, policy recommendations, book publications, and lectures. Furthermore, we have contributed to its realization through technological research, demonstration experiments, academic presentations/paper writing, international standardization (UN specialized agency: International Telecommunication Union ITU), and commercialization.
In addition, 2021 2021 At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, I was in charge of risk management at the Organizing Committee, primarily as the service manager for the infectious disease control support system and the application for Games personnel, contributing to the safe and secure operation of the Games.
We will continue to use ICT to promote the resolution of social issues in the medical and healthcare fields and contribute to the realization of a well-being society.

• TTC (Information and Communication Technology Committee) Commendation for Distinguished Service, "Achievements related to promoting upstream activities concerning e-Health", ISHIGURE Yasuo2014 2014 ）
• Japan ITU Association Award for Encouragement of International Activities (Achievement Award Category), ISHIGURE Yasuo2014 2014 ）
• 2nd ITU IPTV Application Challenge, Best App – Corporate (Corporate Category Grand Prize), “Smart e-Health Monitoring on IPTV (SEMI)”, Yasuo Ishigure et al.
• He has previously served as a member of the Hokkaido Science and Technology Council (continuing), a member of the Hakodate City Hospital Business Management Strengthening Plan Evaluation Committee (continuing), a member of the Hakodate City Environmental Council (continuing), Chairman of the Planning Committee and Planning Director of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers (IEICE) (continuing), leader of the TTC e-Health WP (Working Party) of the Information and Communication Technology Committee, expert member of the TTC Multimedia Applications Expert Committee Electronic Information Health Management SWG, and editor of Deliverable of Use Case for the ITU-T Focus Group on Machine-to-Machine Service Layer.

Major publications and papers

• "Realizing a Resilient Society: Beyond the Coming National Crisis," Chapter 1: The Ideal Image of a "Resilient Society" and the "Reality" We Must Overcome; Section 3: Reflecting on the Tokyo 2020 Games (Nikkei BP Consulting)
• "Biotechnology Series: Smart Human Sensing - Sensor, Information, and Energy Technologies for the Era of Health Big Data" Part 3: Information Networks and Energy Harvesting Technologies for the Era of Health and Medical Big Data, Chapter 3: Medical and Health ICT (CMC Publishing)
• "Personal Health Records - What's Missing in 21st Century Healthcare" (Shinohara Publishing Co., Ltd.)
• "Stereoscopic Technology - Naked-Eye Stereoscopic Vision Technology, Next-Generation Stereoscopic Images, and the Cutting Edge of Image Display Technology," Part 4: The Physical and Mental Effects of Stereoscopic Vision, Evaluation, and Safety Measures, Chapter 6: 3D Displays and Visual Fatigue (Published by NTS Corporation)
• Sato, Tae; Fujimura, Kaori; Ariga, Reiko; Ishigure, Yasuo; Miyajima, Asami; Ogata, Tamae; Mine, Akina; Kikuchi, Emi; Nishizaki, Yasuhiro: "Analysis of the Motivational Dialogue Process in Health Guidance Interviews for Lifestyle-Related Disease Prevention," Journal of the Human Interface Society, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 189-202 (2023)
• Yasuo Ishigure, Tae Sato, Kaori Fujimura, Reiko Aruga, Tamae Ogata, Akina Mine, Emiko Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Nishizaki: “Analysis of Motivational Health Interviews for Prevention of Lifestyle-related Diseases”, 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2023, (July 23-28, 2023)
• Kaori Fujimura, Taiga Sano, Tae Sato, Yasuo Ishigure: “A Study on Sharing Health Guidance Contents Using a Health Guidance Visualization System”, 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2023, (July 23-28, 2023)
• Andre Schiltz, Patrick Rouille, Salim Zabir, Philippe Genestier, Yasuo Ishigure, Yuji Maeda: “Business Model Analysis of e-Health Use Cases in Europe and in Japan”, Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 30-43 (2013)
• Yasuo Ishigure: “Trends, Standardization and Interoperability of Healthcare Information”, NTT Technical Review, Vol.9, No.4, pp. 1-6 (2013)
• ISHIGURE Yasuo: “A Paradigm Shift in Health and Medical Information Management: From the US PHR Initiative Towards Patient-Centered Healthcare,” RISS Focus, Vol.3, pp. 5-11 (2009)
• Shiro Suyama, Yasuo Ishigure, Hideaki Takada, Kenji Nakazawa, Jun Hosohata, Yasuko Takao and Takashi Fujikado: “Evaluation of Visual Fatigue in Viewing a Depth-fused 3-D Display in comparison with a 2-D Display”, NTT Technical Review, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 82-89 (2005)
• ISHIGURE Y, Kimura K, Okimura T, Nakazawa K: "Ultra-high-definition image interface using 8 HD-SDI channels", Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Vol. 59, No. 7, pp. 1072-1080 (2005)
• ISHIGURE Yasuo, Zhang Jing, Otsuka Sakuichi, Kaneko Hirohiko, Usui Shiro: "The Influence of Stereoscopic Image Framing on Convergence Eye Movements," Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Vol. 53, No. 9, pp. 1292-1299 (1999)
• ISHIGURE Yasuo, Otsuka Sakuichi, Kinji Yasuaki, Yoshida Tatsuo, Usui Shiro: "Depth Perception Distortion in Stereo Display and Methods for Preventing It," Journal of the Television Society of Japan (now the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers), Vol. 50, No. 9, pp. 1256-1267 (1996)