Faculty Introduction

ISHIGURE, Yasuo

Professor
Research Fields
Research Fields: e-Health, Healthcare ICT, Visual Ergonomics, Hyper Realistic Image Communication, Risk Management, Well-being Academic Background： Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineerging, Toyohashi University of Technology
Academic Background
NTT
Subjects in Charge (Undergraduate)
Basic Hardware, Basic Programming, Information Processing Practice 2
Subjects in Charge (Graduate School)
Advanced Topics in Field Information Studies
Degree
Doctor of Engineering

Message for Students

Let's contribute to solving social issues in the medical and health fields by utilizing ICT and work together to realize a Well-being society!!

Research Contents

“Realizing True Health/Well-being with ICT”
In the future, we believe it is necessary to conduct research and development and design society to improve “well-being” (happiness, quality of life, life satisfaction, etc.), a state that is intrinsically valuable to people and society.
In particular, in the fields of medicine, health, and nursing care/welfare, which have long been recognized as social issues, we position ICT research as the basis for solutions based on personal health records (PHR), a system for managing and utilizing information by individuals, and we are also taking on the challenge to expand our research into fields aimed at achieving true health and Well-being more broadly.
In promoting our research, we are working with hospitals, nursing care facilities, and related companies in the Hakodate area to solve issues in the local community in the medical and health fields in the actual field.
Specifically, we are conducting research on the use of the latest IoT/AI and data science technologies to support clinical practice, etc., targeting lifelog data obtained by various sensors such as smartphones and smartwatches, health data measured by health devices, and medical data such as tests and prescriptions etc.
<Research Themes>
– Research on ICT utilization in the medical field (medical ICT)
– Research on technologies to support health behavior change
– Research on the advancement of PHR utilization
– Research on remote monitoring and lifestyle support technology for elderly people living alone
– Research on technology to support behavior change to improve wellbeing and avoid dependence
– Research on technologies to support the promotion of health and Well-being by utilizing lifelog and sports data
etc.

Attractive Factors of My Research

Resolving local social issues in the medical and health fields is an important theme facing everyone, not only in the Hakodate area, but also in Hokkaido, all of Japan, and in developed countries overseas. The use of ICT to solve these issues is one of the most important areas for the future. I believe that this is an area where we should focus our efforts in order to realize a better society and enable people to live well-being.

Achievement

I have been promoting research, development and practical applications aimed for solving social issues mainly focus on the medical and health fields at NTT Laboratories, NTT DATA, and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In particular, I have proposed “Personal Health Record (PHR),” a system for individuals to independently manage and utilize medical and health information, in Japan through surveys, policy proposals, book publications, and lectures, etc. In addition, I have contributed to its realization through technical research, demonstration experiments, conference presentations, paper writing, international standardization (United Nations Specialized Agency: International Telecommunication Union ITU), and commercialization, We have also contributed to the realization of the project through technical research, demonstration experiments, conference presentations/paper writing, international standardization (UN specialized agency: International Telecommunication Union ITU), and commercialization.
In addition, I was Project Director of risk management at the Organizing Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games held in 2021 postponed, and contributed to the safe and secure operation of the Games, mainly as the service lead manager of the infection control business support system/application for Games workforces and participants etc.
I will continue to promote solutions to social issues in the medical and health fields through ICT and contribute to the realization of a Well-being society.
TTC (The Telecommunications Technology Commission) Award for Distinguished Service, “Achievement in Promoting Upstream Activities Related to e-Health,” Yasuo Ishigure (2014)
ITU Association of Japan Award for Encouragement of International Activities (in the field of Achievement Award), Yasuo Ishigure (2014)
2nd ITU IPTV Application Challenge, Best App – Corporate (First Prize in the Corporate category), “Smart e-Health Monitoring on IPTV (SEMI)”, Yasuo Ishigure et al. (2012)

Major Books and Papers

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Yasuo Ishigure, Kazuo Kimura, Takayuki Okimura and Kenji Nakazawa: “Super-high-resolution Image Interface Using 8 HD-SDI Lines”, The Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Vol. 59, No. 7, pp. 1072-1080 (2005)(in Japanese)
  • Yasuo Ishigure, Jing Zhang, Sakuichi Ohtsuka, Hirohiko Kaneko and Shiro Usui: “Influence of the Frame in Stereoscopic Images on Vergence Eye Movement”, The Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Vol.53, No.9, pp. 1292-1299 (1999)
  • Yasuo Ishigure, Sakuichi Ohtsuka, Yasuaki Kanatsugu, Tatsuo Yoshida and Shiro Usui: “Depth Perception Distortion in a Stereoscopic Display and Its Correction”, The Journal of the Institute of Television Engineers of Japan, Vol.50, No.9, pp. 1256-1267 (1996)