Abstract: A detector module configured to be included in an array of a plurality of detector modules that form a radiation detector is provided. The detector module includes a light emitting element configured to emit fluorescence upon receiving radiation, a light receiving element configured to convert the fluorescence into an electrical signal, and at least one support member located on a side opposite from said light emitting element, said at least one support member configured to support a light shielding member which covers a gap formed between adjacent detector modules in the array.

Abstract: A switching DC converting device includes a switching DC converter and a synchronous clock circuit. The synchronous clock circuit is used to provide a wobbling synchronous clock input for the switching DC converter, and the central frequency of the wobbling synchronous clock avoids the operating frequency of a circuit powered by the switching DC converter.

Abstract: A wall stand comprising a column, a detector box, a support arm configured to support the detector box, a rotary shaft mounted on the support arm, a rotary bracket attached to the detector box, wherein the rotary bracket is rotatable around the rotary shaft, and a drive mechanism configured to move the detector box on a plane supported by the rotary bracket in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A method for implementing a switching between a body coil and a head coil in a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging system comprising the body coil, the head coil and a power amplifier component, wherein the power amplifier component comprises sets of power amplifiers, each set of power amplifiers comprising channels of power amplifiers combined by a Wilkinson circuit, a combiner configured to combine signals from the sets of power amplifiers and to connect the sets of power amplifiers to the body coil, a first switching device comprising a first terminal configured to be grounded, a second switching device connected in series in a resistor branch of the Wilkinson circuit, and a ¼ wavelength transformation transmission line located between the second switching device and the head coil, the method comprising connecting the power amplifier component to the body coil or the head coil by setting states of both switching devices.

Abstract: A transmission/reception circuit for an ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic transducer is provided. The transmission/reception circuit includes a first drive pulse generation unit configured to generate a first drive pulse for driving the ultrasonic transducer, a switch configured to turn on and off output of a second drive pulse for driving the ultrasonic transducer to the ultrasonic transducer, the second drive pulse supplied from an ultrasonic image display apparatus body connected to the ultrasonic probe, and a delay unit configured to add a delay time to an echo signal of an ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic transducer.

Abstract: A blood flow dynamic analysis apparatus analyzes the kinetics of a blood flow in a subject by injecting a contrast medium into the subject. The apparatus includes a map generation device computing the value of a parameter related to time change in the concentration of the contrast medium injected into the subject and generating a map of the parameter, and a display condition determination device determining a display condition for the map based on a threshold value of the parameter for discriminating between a lesion region where a lesion exists and an unaffected region where no lesion exists in the map.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a fluid position detection unit configured to detect a position of fluid in a subject, a biopsy needle position detection unit configured to detect a position of a biopsy needle to be inserted into the subject, a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the fluid and the biopsy needle, based on the detected position of the fluid and the detected position of the biopsy needle, and a notice unit configured to generate a warning when the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A median plane determination apparatus determines a median plane based on volume data of a brain of a subject. The median plane is determined based on voxel values of voxels which intersect with a reference surface cutting across the brain.

Abstract: A method for ultrasound volume image data processing comprising acquiring ultrasound volume image data in a scan volume in which a line-like object is located, locating a position of the line-like object based on the ultrasound volume image data, defining a slab boundary box surrounding the line-like object based on the position of the line-like object, and rendering a region surrounded by the slab boundary box.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits an ultrasound wave to a target object and receives the ultrasound wave as ultrasound data reflected from the target object including a long axis direction blood vessel. An image generation unit generates an ultrasound image as a sectional image of the blood vessel. A region of interest (ROI) setting unit sets a first ROI on a vertical straight line at a right angle to the long axis direction and a second ROI on a wall of the blood vessel displayed at a designated time. A tracing unit traces movement of tissue in the target object corresponding to the first and second ROIs from the designated time to sequentially following thereafter by a gradient method using a spatial brightness gradient. A second memory unit stores information of the movement of the tissue for a predetermined duration.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to perform a measurement on an instructed part in at least one measurement ultrasonic image, a storing unit configured to store the at least one measurement ultrasonic image on which the measurement is performed, a statistical processing unit configured to perform a statistical process on results of measurements performed a plurality of times on the same object in the same subject by the measuring unit, and an image display control unit configured to read a display ultrasonic image stored in the storing unit and display the display ultrasonic image together with a statistical value obtained by the statistical processing unit.

Abstract: A communication method is provided. The communication method includes generating a pseudo background sound signal based on a gradient pulse control signal, performing a computation of subtracting the pseudo background sound signal from an acoustic signal having a sound signal and a background sound signal including a gradient coil drive sound signal, the acoustic signal obtained by an input device configured to receive the voice of a subject, and outputting sound based on a result of the computation, wherein a parameter of generating the pseudo background sound signal is controlled to reduce the difference resulting from the subtraction.

Abstract: A radiation tomography system is provided. The radiation tomography system includes a radiation source configured to rotate around a subject and apply radiation to the subject, a plurality of radiation detecting elements disposed opposite the radiation source, a plurality of collimator plates partitioning the radiation detecting elements in a channel direction, the collimator plates erected such that plate surfaces of each of the plurality of collimator plates extend along a direction of radiation from the radiation source, and an aperture-width changing unit configured to change a width of each aperture formed by the plurality of collimator plates by moving a plurality of radiation absorbing members along respective end sides of the collimator plates close to the radiation source, the plurality of radiation absorbing members moveable between a first position at which the end sides are covered and a second position at which the end sides are exposed.

Abstract: A rotation mechanism for use with an x-ray wallstand housing includes a rotating shaft, a gas spring, a connecting rod, a ball screw nut seat, a ball screw base, a brake, a clutch, a motor, a conveyor belt, a ball screw and a damper disposed between said ball screw base and said ball screw nut seat.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic device includes an ultrasonic probe configured to send and receive ultrasonic waves to and from a test subject, a sensor provided in the ultrasonic probe and configured to detect a dynamic state of the ultrasonic probe, a dynamic analysis section configured to analyze the dynamic state of the ultrasonic probe based on a detection signal of the sensor, and a control section configured to perform a control operation of the ultrasonic diagnostic device corresponding to the dynamic state of the ultrasonic probe as identified from the analysis by the dynamic analysis section.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe device comprising a fixing mechanism, an ultrasonic transducer, and a rotatable mechanism, wherein the fixing mechanism and the ultrasonic transducer are connected through the rotatable mechanism, and wherein the ultrasonic transducer is rotatable on the fixing mechanism to a predetermined position for scanning.

Abstract: A backing member is provided in an ultrasonic probe on a side of the ultrasonic probe opposite from a transmission direction of an ultrasonic wave to a subject with respect to an ultrasonic vibrator that transmits the ultrasonic wave to the subject. The backing member includes a plate-like backing material, a thermal conductor, and a thermal conductive plate, wherein the thermal conductor and the thermal conductive plate are made of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the backing material, wherein the thermal conductor is buried in the backing material, and formed to have a columnar shape so as to reach both of two plate surfaces of the backing material, and wherein the thermal conductive plate is provided on at least the plate surface of the backing material that is near the ultrasonic vibrator.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance apparatus is provided. The magnetic resonance apparatus is configured to divide k space into a data acquisition region and a data non-acquisition region, and execute a scan including a sequence group in which an imaging sequence is executed a plurality of times, thereby acquiring data disposed in the data acquisition region, wherein data acquired by imaging sequences of the first to i-th times in the imaging sequences of the plurality of times is disposed in the data acquisition region so as to be arranged in a direction away from the data non-acquisition region from a position on a side of the data acquisition region that is adjacent to the data non-acquisition region, and wherein the magnetic resonance apparatus has scan means configured to execute the scan such that a flip angle of an RF pulse of the imaging sequences of the first to i-th times gradually increases.

Abstract: A radiation tomography apparatus is provided. The radiation tomography apparatus is configured to display a dose near a surface of a subject.

Abstract: An ultrasound probe and a corresponding ultrasound detection system comprising at least one button, the function of which can be defined by a user based on different applications. According to a clinical application mode in use, functions of button clicking can be automatically redefined and changed to satisfy needs of more complicated diagnostic conditions. Embodiments of the present invention enable a user to configure the function of a button based on different applications, and provide more flexibility and convenience for a user.