Abstract: A battery terminal has a two-piece configuration of different types of conductive materials. A first piece placed outside and a second piece placed inside with including a current collecting portion are fixed in two portions of a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion. The first fixing portion is positioned between the current collecting portion and the second fixing portion in a longitudinal direction in a shape of the terminal. Leaning of the current collecting portion with respect to a center in a short-side direction and leaning of the first fixing portion with respect to a center are opposite to each other.

Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, a mode setting unit that sets association between each of a landscape posture and a portrait posture, and each of a search mode and an analysis mode. A posture sensor detects whether a posture of the apparatus main body is the landscape posture or the portrait posture, a mode switching unit switches a display mode between the search mode and the analysis mode on the basis of the posture of the apparatus main body and the association, and an information generation unit generates information for the search mode or information for the analysis mode, as information for the display mode. A display control unit displays the ultrasound image and the information for the display mode on the monitor. As a result, in a case where blood vessel puncture is performed, information necessary for blood vessel puncture is switched and displayed according to the posture of the apparatus main body.

Abstract: An acoustic wave measurement apparatus includes: an image display unit that displays an acoustic wave image; a measurement target designation receiving unit that receives designation of a measurement target; a position designation receiving unit that receives designation of a position of a measurement target on the acoustic wave image displayed on the image display unit; a measurement method information receiving unit that receives measurement method information indicating a measurement method; a detection measurement algorithm setting unit that sets a detection measurement algorithm based on the measurement target received by the measurement target designation receiving unit and the measurement method information received by the measurement method information receiving unit; and a measurement unit that detects the measurement target based on the received position and the detection measurement algorithm and performs measurement for the detected measurement target.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an image memory that stores ultrasound images of a plurality of frames a display unit that displays an ultrasound image of the selected frame selected by a user from the plurality of frames, a measurement unit that performs measurement for a measurement target part from the ultrasound image, a determination unit that determines whether the measurement has succeeded or failed, and a display switching unit that displays a measurement result in the selected frame on the display unit in a case in which measurement for the selected frame has succeeded and displays an ultrasound image of at least one peripheral frame different from the selected frame among the plurality of frames and a measurement result in the peripheral frame on the display unit in a case in which the measurement for the selected frame has failed.

Abstract: There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which allows an examiner to easily understand a depth reached by an insertion object in a case of inserting the insertion object into a blood vessel while capturing an ultrasound image representing a cross section of the blood vessel of the subject.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires an ultrasound image of a tissue including a blood vessel of a subject; a detection unit that detects the blood vessel from the acquired ultrasound image; and a degree-of-difficulty information output unit that outputs degree-of-difficulty information related to a degree of difficulty of a puncture in the detected blood vessel according to a skill level of a user who performs the puncture.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a transmission and reception circuit (5) that causes a transducer array (2) to transmit an ultrasound beam toward the subject, and processes a reception signal output from the transducer array that has received an ultrasound echo from the subject to generate a sound ray signal; an image generation unit (6) that generates an ultrasound image on the basis of the generated sound ray signal; an image analysis unit (9) that detects the blood vessel and the insertion object by analyzing the generated ultrasound image; and a device control unit (13) that controls the transmission and reception circuit (5) such that a frame rate at which the ultrasound image is generated is adjusted, on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the detected blood vessel and the detected insertion object.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of accurately evaluating dysphagia. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe; an image formation unit that acquires an ultrasound image of a pharyngeal part of a subject in accordance with an image formation condition by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound beam using the ultrasound probe; a chewing information acquisition unit that acquires chewing information during chewing of the subject; an image formation condition adjustment unit that adjusts the image formation condition on the basis of the chewing information acquired by the chewing information acquisition unit; and a swallowing evaluation unit that evaluates swallowing of the subject, on the basis of the ultrasound image acquired by the image formation unit in accordance with the image formation condition adjusted by the image formation condition adjustment unit.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus performs processing on an ultrasound image (U), which is generated by transmitting ultrasound beams (UB) from a transducer array (13) toward the inside of a living body (30) and receiving ultrasound echoes generated in the living body (30). The information processing apparatus includes: a blood vessel detection unit (71) that detects a blood vessel region (Ra) including a blood vessel (B) from the ultrasound image (U); a structure detection unit (72) that detects a structure other than a blood vessel (B) from the ultrasound image (U); and an artery/vein determination unit (73) that determines whether the blood vessel (B) included in the blood vessel region (Ra) is an artery or a vein based on a relative positional relationship between the blood vessel region (Ra) and the structure.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus performs processing of causing a display device (21) to display an ultrasound image (U), which is generated by transmitting ultrasound beams (UB) from a transducer array (13) toward the inside of a living body (30) and receiving ultrasound echoes generated in the living body (30). The information processing apparatus includes: a blood vessel aggregate detection unit (72) that detects, from the ultrasound image (U), a blood vessel aggregate region (Ra) including a blood vessel aggregate in which three or more blood vessels (B) are aggregated; and a highlight display unit (54) that highlights and displays the blood vessel aggregate region (Ra) in the ultrasound image (U).

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1), which performs a compression test with respect to at least two points of a popliteal vein and a common femoral vein of a subject, includes an ultrasound probe (15), an image acquisition unit (8) that acquires an ultrasound image by transmitting an ultrasound beam toward the subject from the ultrasound probe (15), a vein detection unit (9) that detects the popliteal vein included in the ultrasound image, and an operation guiding unit (10) that guides a user, in a case where the compression test of the popliteal vein is performed, to operate the ultrasound probe such that the ultrasound probe (15) is positioned at a position in which only one popliteal vein is included in the ultrasound image based on the number of the popliteal veins detected by the vein detection unit (9).

Abstract: A photoacoustic image evaluation apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a first photoacoustic image generated at a first point in time and a second photoacoustic image generated at a second point in time before the first point in time, the first and second photoacoustic images being photoacoustic images generated by detecting photoacoustic waves generated inside a subject, who has been subjected to blood vessel regeneration treatment, by emission of light into the subject; acquire a blood vessel regeneration index, which indicates a state of a blood vessel by the regeneration treatment, based on a difference between a blood vessel included in the first photoacoustic image and a blood vessel included in the second photoacoustic image; and display the blood vessel regeneration index on a display.

Abstract: A plurality of aluminum materials overlapped with each other are sandwiched between electrodes for spot welding. After main energization to form a nugget between the aluminum materials sandwiched between the electrodes, pulsation energization in which energization and stop of the energization are repeated a plurality of times is performed. A current value in the pulsation energization is set to be greater than a current value of the main energization, the energization and stop of the energization are repeated at least three times in the pulsation energization, and an energization stop period is increased from a first half of the pulsation energization to a second half of the pulsation energization.

Abstract: A blur correction device includes a blur correction element that is movable to correct blurring of a subject image formed via an image-capturing optical system, a motion sensor that detects a motion of a device equipped with the blur correction device, an input unit to which information indicating a position on an image sensor that captures the subject image is input, and a drive unit that moves the blur correction element based on the position and the motion. In a case where the position is different, the direction of the blur correction element moved based on the motion is different.

Abstract: In an ultrasound system and a control method of the ultrasound system, an ultrasound image generated from a reception signal obtained by performing transmission and reception of an ultrasound beam with respect to a subject using an ultrasound probe in a state where the ultrasound probe is separated from a body surface of the subject is acquired as an aerial radiation image; whether or not protective equipment is attached to the ultrasound probe is determined by analyzing the aerial radiation image; and a warning is issued to a user in a case where it is determined that the protective equipment is not attached to the ultrasound probe.

Abstract: There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of performing an appropriate examination according to a gender of a subject without requiring a user to input the gender of the subject. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a bladder extraction unit that extracts a bladder region from an ultrasound image; a gender determination unit that determines a gender of a subject based on a shape of the bladder region in a case where an area of the extracted bladder region is larger than a predetermined area threshold value; and an observation support unit that supports an observation of a next observation site which is determined according to the determined gender of the subject.

Abstract: There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which can accurately observe a target site regardless of a user' skill level even in a case where gas is accumulated in an intestine of a subject.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1), which performs a compression test with respect to at least two points of a popliteal vein and a common femoral vein of a subject, includes an ultrasound probe (15), an image acquisition unit (8) that acquires an ultrasound image by transmitting an ultrasound beam toward the subject from the ultrasound probe (15), a vein detection unit (9) that detects the popliteal vein included in the ultrasound image, and an operation guiding unit (10) that guides a user, in a case where the compression test of the popliteal vein is performed, to operate the ultrasound probe such that the ultrasound probe (15) is positioned at a position in which only one popliteal vein is included in the ultrasound image based on the number of the popliteal veins detected by the vein detection unit (9).

Abstract: In an ingredient for a secondary cell separator coating material including a water-soluble polymer having a repeating unit derived from methacrylamide and a repeating unit derived from a carboxy group-containing vinyl monomer, a content ratio of the repeating unit derived from the methacrylamide is 60% by mass or more and 97% by mass or less, and a content ratio of the repeating unit derived from the carboxy group-containing vinyl monomer is 3% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the water-soluble polymer; a weight average molecular weight of the water-soluble polymer is 20000 or more and 200000 or less; and a glass transition temperature of the water-soluble polymer is 200° C. or more.

Abstract: In an ingredient for a secondary cell separator coating material including a core shell particle including a core layer containing a first polymer and a shell layer covering the first polymer and including a second polymer, the first polymer has a repeating unit derived from alkyl (meth)acrylate; the second polymer has a repeating unit derived from (meth)acrylamide of 40 to 97% by mass, and a repeating unit derived from a carboxy group-containing vinyl monomer of 3 to 60% by mass; and a ratio of the second polymer to the first polymer is 4 to 250.