Abstract: A composition containing polytetrafluoroethylene and substantially free from a compound represented by Formula (3): (H—(CF2)8—SO3)qM2 wherein M2 is H, a metal atom, NR54 (where R5s may be the same as or different from each other and are each H or an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms), an imidazolium optionally having a substituent, a pyridinium optionally having a substituent, or a phosphonium optionally having a substituent, and q is 1 or 2. Also disclosed is a molded boy including the composition.

Abstract: Provided is a silicon-containing layer forming composition for forming a silicon-containing layer which exhibits an anti-reflective function during exposure in a multilayer resist process and, during dry etching, shows a high etching rate against a plasma of fluorine-based gas and a low etching rate against a plasma of oxygen-based gas. The silicon-containing layer forming composition includes a polysiloxane compound having a structural unit of the formula: [(R1)bR2mSiOn/2] and a solvent. In the formula, R1 is a group represented by the following formula: (where a is an integer of 1 to 5; and a wavy line means that a line which the wavy line intersects is a bond); R2 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group, a phenyl group, a hydroxy group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group or a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl group; b is an integer of 1 to 3; m is an integer of 0 to 2; n is an integer of 1 to 3; and a relationship of b+m+n=4 is satisfied.

Abstract: An application liquid for an optical member comprises a component (A) consisting of metal fine particles (A-1) and/or a metal compound (A-2) including a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (1-A), a stabilizer (B) consisting of a polysiloxane compound including a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent (C), [(R1)bMOc/2]??(1-A) [(R2)d(R3)e(OR4)fSiOg/2]??(1)

Abstract: An object is to provide a resin composition, which is a homogeneous solution containing a polymer, obtained by hydrolysis and polycondensation without precipitation during the sol-gel reaction even when a metal species with high EUV absorbance is introduced. The resin component includes a polymer including a constituent unit represented by (A) a following general formula (1) and (B) a following general formula (1-A), [(R2)d(R3)e(OR4)fSiOg/2]??(1) [(R1)bMOc/2]??(1-A) In the general formula (1), R2 is a group represented by a following general formula (1a).

Abstract: There is provided a silicon compound represented by General Formula (x). There is also provided a reactive material containing a silicon compound represented by General Formula (x).

Abstract: Provided is a polybenzoxazole having a structural unit represented by General Formula [1]. In General Formula [1], R1 is a tetravalent organic group represented by General Formula [2], and R2 is a divalent organic group. In General Formula [2], two n’s are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, in a case where a plurality of R3?s are present, the plurality of R3?s each independently represent a monovalent substituent, and *1, *2, *3, and *4 each independently represent a bonding site, in which one of *1 and *2 is bonded to an oxygen atom in General Formula [1] and the other is bonded to a nitrogen atom in General Formula [1], and one of *3 and *4 is bonded to an oxygen atom in General Formula [1] and the other is bonded to a nitrogen atom in General Formula [1].

Abstract: Provided are a fluorinated diamine represented by General Formula [1A] or a salt of the fluorinated diamine; a polyamide including a structural unit derived from the diamine or the salt thereof; a cyclized polyamide; and the like. In General Formula [1A], in a case where a plurality of R1's are present, the plurality of R1's are each independently at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, a haloalkyl group, and a haloalkoxy group, and two n's are each independently an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: A polysiloxane that has a fast polymerization reaction rate and good storage stability is provided. Alternatively, a silicon-containing monomer mixture as a raw material of the polysiloxane, a resin composition, a photosensitive resin composition, a cured film, or a patterned cured film containing the polysiloxane are provided. Alternatively, the present invention provides a production method for a resin composition, a photosensitive resin composition, a cured film, or a patterned cured film containing the polysiloxane. A mixture is provided including a first monomer containing silicon represented by the following general formula (X); and a second monomer containing silicon represented by the following general formula (Y). In the case where A is set to a contained amount of the first monomer containing silicon and B is set to a contained amount of the second monomer containing silicon, the following relationship is satisfied. B / A + B ? > ? 0 .

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an ultrasonic CT device in which a reflected signal or the like from an object disposed close to transducers is received, and a reception signal thereof can be received by a receiver while transceivers whose number is smaller than the number of the transducers are used. The ultrasonic CT device includes: a transducer array in which a plurality of transducers are arranged; transceivers whose number is smaller than the number of the transducers; and a transmission transducer selector and a reception transducer selector disposed for each of the transceivers. While a transmitter included in the transceiver is selectively connected to any of the transducers in the transducer array by the transmission transducer selector, a receiver included in the transceiver is selectively connected to any of the transducers in the transducer array by the reception transducer selector.

Abstract: A composition including a polysiloxane compound (A) containing a structural unit represented by formula (1) and a structural unit represented by formula (2), wherein a siloxane structural unit ratio represented by Q unit/(Q unit+T unit) in all Si structural units is 0.60 or more and less than 1.00, and the solvent (B). [(R1)b(R2)m(OR3)lSiOn/2]??(1) [In the formula, R1 is a group represented by following formula.

Abstract: A new photosensitive resin composition based on a polysiloxane, that is, a negative photosensitive resin composition is provided. A negative photosensitive resin composition includes (A) a polysiloxane compound containing a first structural unit represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a photoinduced curing accelerator, and (C) a solvent.

Abstract: Information relevant to a state of a tissue in a subject (state information) is provided with technology reducing the amount of memory and computation necessary at the time of extracting the information. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted towards a subject, a transmission wave transmitted through the subject or a reflection wave reflected on the subject is received. A reception signal is generated on the basis of the transmission wave or the reflection wave. A tissue region candidate, of a region indicating a tissue of the subject, is set on the basis of the reception signal. State information, which is information relevant to a state of the tissue in the tissue region candidate, is calculated on the basis of the reception signal and the tissue region candidate. An ultrasonic image reflecting the state information is generated on the basis of the state information and displayed.

Abstract: Provided is a silicon-containing layer forming composition for forming a silicon-containing layer which exhibits an anti-reflective function during exposure in a multilayer resist process and, during dry etching, shows a high etching rate against a plasma of fluorine-based gas and a low etching rate against a plasma of oxygen-based gas. The silicon-containing layer forming composition includes a polysiloxane compound having a structural unit of the formula: [(R1)bR2mSiOn/2] and a solvent. In the formula, R1 is a group represented by the following formula: (where a is an integer of 1 to 5; and a wavy line means that a line which the wavy line intersects is a bond); R2 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group, a phenyl group, a hydroxy group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group or a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl group; b is an integer of 1 to 3; m is an integer of 0 to 2; n is an integer of 1 to 3; and a relationship of b+m+n=4 is satisfied.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a user with information that serves as a material for determining whether an image generated by processing including a neural network is valid. A reception signal output by an ultrasonic probe that has received an ultrasonic wave from a subject is received, and an ultrasonic image is generated based on the reception signal. A trained neural network receives the reception signal or the ultrasonic image, and outputs an estimated reception signal or an estimated ultrasonic image. A validity information generation unit generates information indicating validity of the estimated reception signal or the estimated ultrasonic image by using one or more of the reception signal, the ultrasonic image, the estimated reception signal, the estimated ultrasonic image, and output of an intermediate layer of the neural network.

Abstract: Provided is a silicon-containing layer forming composition for forming a silicon-containing layer which exhibits an anti-reflective function during exposure in a multilayer resist process and, during dry etching, shows a high etching rate against a plasma of fluorine-based gas and a low etching rate against a plasma of oxygen-based gas. The silicon-containing layer forming composition includes a polysiloxane compound having a structural unit of the formula and a solvent. [(R1)bR2mSiOn/2] In the formula, R1 is a group represented by the following formula: (where a is an integer of 1 to 5; and a wavy line means that a line which the wavy line intersects is a bond); R2 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group, a phenyl group, a hydroxy group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group or a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl group; b is an integer of 1 to 3; m is an integer of 0 to 2; n is an integer of 1 to 3; and a relationship of b+m+n=4 is satisfied).

Abstract: In an ultrasonic CT device for breast examination, unevenness of an ultrasonic image due to a distribution of inclination angles of a breast is reduced. The distribution of the inclination angles of a surface of a subject in a contour of the subject is obtained from a tomographic image, and a signal level of a reception signal or a pixel value of the tomographic image is corrected using the distribution of the inclination angles.

Abstract: Provided is a device that transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave to and from an entire periphery of a specimen while preventing a movement of the specimen. An ultrasonic wave transmission and reception device includes: an oscillator array that is arrayed with an oscillator, the oscillator transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; a fixing tool that is disposed between the oscillator array and the specimen and retains the specimen; and a drive mechanism that presses at least a part of the fixing tool against the specimen as to retain the specimen. An ultrasonic wave transmitted by the oscillator array passes through the fixing tool and irradiates on the specimen, and as for the oscillator array, the oscillator array and the fixing tool are disposed in a positional relationship such that the ultrasonic wave reflected by and/or passing through by the specimen and passing through the fixing tool is received.

Abstract: A sound wave is transmitted to a subject from one or more transducers in an transducer array in which a plurality of the transducers are arranged. A measured sound pressure measured by a plurality of transducers for the sound wave transmitted through an imaging region of the subject is received from the transducers. The measured sound pressure is processed to generate a transmitted wave image in the imaging region. A simulated sound wave having a sound pressure changing with time is generated from a simulated sound source, the sound pressure when the simulated sound wave is transmitted through the imaging region and reaches a plurality of simulated detectors is obtained by calculation as a calculated sound pressure, and the transmitted wave image is sequentially corrected using the calculated sound pressure with the transmitted wave image as an initial image.

Abstract: Provided is a polysiloxane composition containing a polysiloxane compound including a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1) and at least one of a constitutional unit of Formula (2) and a constitutional unit of Formula (3), and a solvent. [(Rx)bR1mSiOn/2]??(1) [(Ry)cR2pSiOq/2]??(2) [SiO4/2]??(3) Here, Rx is a monovalent group represented by Formula (1a) (X is a hydrogen atom or an acid-labile group, a is an integer of 1 to 5, and a broken line represents a bond), Ry is a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which contains any one of an epoxy group, an oxetane group, an acryloyl group, and a methacryloyl group.

Abstract: The invention is to provide an ultrasonic image with a clear tissue structure while reducing speckle noise of the ultrasonic image. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted from the transducer to the subject, and an echo generated in the subject is received. The first ultrasonic image and the second ultrasonic image are generated using a reception signal. The second ultrasonic image is an image smoother than the first ultrasonic image. The image processing unit calculates filter coefficients using pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first ultrasonic image and the second ultrasonic image, and generates an output image by processing one of the first ultrasonic image and the second ultrasonic image using the filter coefficients.