Abstract: A puncture needle includes a shaft-part, a needle-tip-part disposed at a tip of the shaft-part, and processed-parts that are arranged on an outer peripheral part of the shaft-part along a length direction of the shaft-part and form an arithmetic progression in which arrangement intervals gradually decrease toward the needle-tip-part, wherein among the processed-parts, an arrangement interval between a first-processed-part which is separated from the needle-tip-part by a predetermined distance and is closest to the needle-tip-part and a second-processed-part which is second closest to the needle-tip-part is equal to or less than a tolerance of the arithmetic progression, or a distance from the needle-tip-part to the first-processed-part which is closest to the needle-tip-part is equal to or less than the tolerance of the arithmetic progression and equal to a difference between the arrangement interval between the first-processed-part and the second-processed-part which is second closest to the needle-tip-part

Abstract: A generation device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive first performance composition including a plurality of skills, refer to load information representing a load on each body part when a skill is performed and calculate a load value indicating a total of the load applied to a performer who performs the first performance composition, refer to scoring rules that stipulate scores based on difficulty of skills and calculate a performance score indicating a total of scores of the plurality of skills included in the first performance composition, and based on the load information and the scoring rules, generate second performance composition according to performance rules that stipulate composition of the skills, the second performance composition leading to a score higher than the performance score and reducing the load value.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an ultrasound image by transmitting an ultrasound beam from an ultrasound probe toward a subject and receiving an ultrasound beam reflected from the subject; an image analysis unit that analyzes the acquired ultrasound image; and a movement amount detection unit that detects a movement amount of the ultrasound probe. The image analysis unit performs image analysis on an ultrasound image of a single frame in a case where the movement amount of the ultrasound probe is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and performs image analysis on ultrasound images of a plurality of frames in a case where the movement amount of the ultrasound probe is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine, includes a hydraulic device to change a flow rate of an operation fluid. The hydraulic device includes a first hydraulic receiver to which the operation fluid is applied, a second hydraulic receiver to which the operation fluid is applied, and a movable portion to be moved by the operation fluid applied to any one of the first hydraulic receiver and the second hydraulic portion. A hydraulic system further includes a differential pressure regulator to supply the operation fluid to the first hydraulic receiver and the second hydraulic receiver, the differential pressure regulator being configured to regulate a differential pressure between a first pressure that is a pressure of the operation fluid applied to the first hydraulic receiver and a second pressure that is a pressure of the operation fluid applied to the second hydraulic receiver.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method of controlling an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that can more reliably confirm the presence or absence the esophageal intubation regardless of the skill of the user.

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: The cell image search apparatus includes: an image set storage unit; a captured image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of captured images obtained by imaging cells in time series; an image feature amount extraction unit that extracts an image feature amount from each cell image of the image set and each of the plurality of captured images; an image search unit that searches for a captured image similar to each cell image of the image set, among the plurality of captured images, based on image feature amounts of each cell image of the image set and the plurality of captured images; and a search result output unit that outputs a search result in a case where captured images similar to at least two cell images included in the image set are searched for by the image search unit.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 includes an ultrasound probe 15, an image acquisition unit 8 that transmits an ultrasound beam from the ultrasound probe 15 to a subject to acquire an ultrasound image, a site recognition unit 9 that performs image analysis on the ultrasound image acquired by the image acquisition unit 8 to recognize an imaged site of the subject, a memory 11 that stores at least one peripheral site effective to detect a target site, and an operation guide unit 10 that, during detection of the target site, guides a user to operate the ultrasound probe 15 so as to detect the at least one peripheral site stored in the memory 11 and guides the user to operate the ultrasound probe 15 so as to detect the target site on the basis of a recognition result obtained by the site recognition unit 9.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 acquires, when an actual performance by an athlete is started, an element that has already been performed and a score of the element that has already been performed in the actual performance, based on data acquired in real time. The information processing apparatus 100 estimates an element with a high probability of being performed hereafter in the actual performance, based on at least one of the planned performance information and the data. The information processing apparatus 100 estimates an estimated score of the actual performance being performed, based on the score of the element that has already been performed and an estimated score in the case in which estimated elements that have not been performed succeed, and generates screen information to display the estimated score of planned performance and the estimated score of the actual performance.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 includes an image memory 8 that stores ultrasound images of a plurality of continuous frames, an operation unit 13 that is used by a user to select one selected frame SF from the plurality of frames, a display unit 7 that displays an ultrasound image of the selected frame SF, a measurement unit 9 that performs measurement for a measurement target part from the ultrasound image, a determination unit 10 that determines whether the measurement has succeeded or failed, and a display switching unit 11 that displays a measurement result in the selected frame SF on the display unit 7 in a case in which measurement for the selected frame SF has succeeded and displays an ultrasound image of at least one peripheral frame different from the selected frame SF among the plurality of frames and a measurement result in the peripheral frame on the display unit 7 in a case in which the measurement for the selected frame SF has failed.

Abstract: A blur correction device includes: an input unit to which a blur quantity in at least either an image-capturing optical system or an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via the image-capturing optical system, is input; and a calculation unit that calculates, based upon the blur quantity, a correction quantity for correcting blur in the subject image, wherein: the calculation unit calculates a second correction quantity different from a first correction quantity for correcting blur in the subject image occurring on an optical axis.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a processor configured to: select a reference frame from a frame group including a plurality of images; acquire a reference correct answer frame representing a region of interest in the selected reference frame; generate a complementary correct answer frame corresponding to a frame other than the reference frame included in the frame group based on at least one reference correct answer frame; and generate a correct answer image group for machine learning from the reference correct answer frame and the complementary correct answer frame.

Abstract: Provided are a cell evaluation apparatus and a cell evaluation method capable of preventing overlooking of remaining undifferentiated cells. A first evaluation part 1 and a second evaluation part 2 that evaluate cells to be evaluated are provided. The first evaluation part 1 includes first and second discrimination parts 31 and 32 that respectively discriminate whether the cells to be evaluated correspond to two types of cells on the basis of an image obtained by imaging the cells to be evaluated, and the second evaluation part 2 evaluates the cells to be evaluated under an evaluation condition different from an evaluation condition of the first evaluation part in a case where discrimination results in the first and second discrimination parts 31 and 32 are conflicting.

Abstract: A cell culture evaluation system includes a cell culture device 10 culturing a plurality of cell culture units of which arrangements are changed; and a cell quality evaluation device 60 including a cell quality evaluation portion 61 that performs image-evaluation on qualities based on images of the cell culture units and a cell arrangement-position storage unit 64 that stores respective arrangement-positions of the cell culture units before and after the arrangement change. When portion of the cell culture units among the plurality of cell culture units are selected to be subjected to image-evaluation, if cell culture units of which results of the image-evaluation do not satisfy predetermined conditions exist, cell culture units, which have been arranged in a predetermined distance range from the cell culture units that do not satisfy the conditions, are specified and evaluated to a point of time of the image-evaluation based on the stored respective arrangement-positions.

Abstract: A scoring method executed by a processor, includes: acquiring sensor data obtained by measuring a competitor in a scoring competition; extracting joint information of the competitor, based on an analysis result of the sensor data; acquiring an evaluation item and an evaluation index that correspond to the joint information of the competitor, based on a rule in which a posture specified by a series of joint motions and joint angles, the evaluation item, and the evaluation index for performance evaluation are associated with each other; and evaluating a success or failure of a skill and a degree of perfection of the skill in a performance of the competitor, based on the analysis result, the evaluation item, and the evaluation index.

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.