Abstract: A body-cavity-insertion-type probe wherein an internal unit (internal assembly) has an oscillator unit, a relay board, and electronic circuit board, and a backing member. The backing member is retained in a state of being housed inside a backing case, and the backing case is retained by two recesses formed in an inside surface of a heat dissipation shell as a probe head case. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to a peripheral region of a back surface of the electronic circuit board. A rear wing and a front wing of the exhaust heat sheet are joined to the backing case.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nucleic acid probe that can detect a target substance with good sensitivity. A method for producing a nucleic acid probe, comprising: a 3?-terminal addition step of adding at least one nucleoside triphosphate derivative having a glutamine (Gln) residue or a lysine (Lys) residue to the 3?-terminal of a nucleic acid using a 3?-terminal addition enzyme which adds a nucleotide to the 3?-terminal of a nucleic acid, and a labeling compound binding step of either binding a labeling compound having a lysine (Lys) residue and containing a labeling moiety to the glutamine (Gln) residue using a transglutaminase (TGase), or binding a labeling compound having a glutamine (Gln) residue and containing a labeling moiety to the lysine (Lys) residue using a transglutaminase (TGase).

Abstract: This assisting tool is a multi-functional tool that is used in X-ray measurements of a subject. The multi-functionality is achieved by using the outer form and the inner structure of the tool in combination. More specifically, this assisting tool has two inclined surfaces that constitute the outer form. By inserting this assisting tool under the two legs, the two legs can be kept in a posture in which the knees are bent. The side end structure that constitutes the outer form keeps the two feet in a twisted state. A measurement chamber that constitutes the inner structure is for measuring the forearm.

Abstract: A probe that is inserted into a body cavity, wherein an inner unit (inner assembly) comprises an oscillator unit, an intermediate substrate, an electronic circuit substrate, and a backing member. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to an area at the perimeter of the rear surface of the electronic circuit substrate. The exhaust heat sheet comprises a main body part and a plurality of wings that extend to the outside from the main body part. The plurality of wings include a right wing and a left wing. The wings are inserted into two slits formed in a probe head case (heat radiating shell), and the end parts of the wings are accommodated in and adhered to two recessed sections formed in the outer surface of the probe head case. Thus, heat generated inside the probe head case can be directly transferred to the outer surface of the probe head case.

Abstract: A 2D array transducer 10 is separated into a plurality of sub-arrays. Four representative sub-arrays from SA1 to SA4 are shown in an enlarged manner. In addition, the 2D array transducer (10) is segmented into a plurality of transducer regions. Four regions of (I)-(IV) segmented by dot-and-chain lines represent four transducer regions. For each sub-array, a delay process corresponding to the sub-array is executed based on a delay pattern defining an amount of delay for each of the plurality of transducer elements belonging to the sub-array. In this process, for each transducer region, a common delay pattern is set for the plurality of sub-arrays belonging to the transducer region. For example, because sub-arrays SA1 and SA2 belong to the same transducer region (IV), a common delay pattern is set for the sub-arrays SA1 and SA2.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe for supporting spine surgery serving as a tissue insertion type ultrasonic probe comprises an insertion unit and an operation unit. On a front end portion of the insertion unit, a tactile member and a transducer unit are provided. The insertion unit comprises a pipe, and a sheath tube provided outside of the pipe. An FPC board serving as a line sheet is provided in the pipe. The FPC board is inserted in a rounded shape similar to a tube along an inner wall surface of the pipe. A large number of signal lines are formed on the FPC board through printing. A ground cable is provided in an inside space of the FPC board. In the operation unit, a rear end portion of the FPC board and a front end portion of another FPC board are connected by thermo compression bonding.

Abstract: In an ultrasonic image processing apparatus, an original image in the form of a three-dimensional ultrasonic image is generated from volume data based on the volume rendering method. Directional interpolation processing is then applied to the original image. More specifically, a corresponding point corresponding to a noted pixel in the display image is first determined on the original image. Then, on the original image, a plurality of candidate directions extending through the corresponding point are set, and a dispersion value is computed for each of the candidate directions. Further, a normal direction with the maximum dispersion value is specified among the candidate directions, and a reference direction along the contour of a tissue is determined in the direction orthogonal to the specified normal line. Alternatively, the reference direction is determined as a direction with the minimum dispersion value among the plurality of candidate directions.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which can measure a time difference of motion between a plurality of sites of a cardiac muscle for the heart of a fetus is provided. On a tomographic image of the heart, a user sets a plurality of observation points. Each observation point is tracked, and a plurality of displacement waveforms representing a temporal displacement of the plurality of observation points are generated. A time difference between a plurality of representative points is calculated between the plurality of displacement waveforms. Such a time difference is displayed as a numerical value or as a graph. The representative point is a peak point, a zero-cross point, an inflection point, or the like. The plurality of observation points are set along conduction pathways in the heart for the electric signal.

Abstract: A survey meter according to the present invention is a portable radiation measurement device. The survey meter comprises a tip portion, an intermediate portion, and a grip portion. A display unit is provided on the top surface of the intermediate portion. The tip portion extends to the intermediate portion with a bent portion therebetween. The tip portion forms an inclined portion. The grip portion has a constricted portion. A radiation detection unit is provided inside the tip portion and is formed by a plurality of sensors arranged in the right-left direction.

Abstract: A portable ultrasound imaging apparatus is provided, being operable when used in hand-held mode, and capable of performing operations such as starting and ending actions easily, even during an examination. The portable ultrasound imaging apparatus has a display panel 30 and an operation panel 20 on the front surface of a main body 10 that incorporates an electronic circuit constituting an ultrasound imager, and a handle on the back surface, and the apparatus is provided with operating portions 81 and 82 on the back surface, separated from the operation panel 20. The operating portion 81 may be provided on the handle 60, for instance, and while performing examination with holding the apparatus main body via the handle 60, the operating portion on the back surface is manipulated to implement functions such as starting and ending the imaging.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method having a highly-reliable elastic evaluation unit for tissues. The invention includes a signal processing unit that processes received data obtained after ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received to/from an inspection target through a probe. An ROI detection unit of the processing unit obtains a distance index indicating a region proper for an elastic evaluation based on brightness distribution of the received data obtained by transmitting and receiving first ultrasonic waves to/from the probe, and sets an ROI based on the distance index. Then, second ultrasonic waves are transmitted to the ROI to generate shear waves. An elastic evaluation unit calculates a shear wave velocity based on received data obtained by transmitting and receiving third ultrasonic waves in the ROI, and outputs the shear wave velocity and an elastic evaluation value of the ROI as a reliability index.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of measuring hardness information of a subject with high time resolution and spatial resolution. The apparatus is provided with a ultrasonic probe 1 and a displacement generation unit 10 configured to displace an inside of a subject and is configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam for displacement detection to a plurality of detection positions of the subject from the ultrasonic probe 1, and to detect a shear wave velocity based on the displacement at the plurality of detection positions in a control unit 3 by using a reflection signal detected in a detection unit 20, thereby outputting hardness information of the subject. The ultrasonic beam for displacement detection is transmitted to one of the plurality of detection positions.

Abstract: A specimen transportation system is configured from linear modules, turn modules, and connection modules. The modules can freely combine with one another. Moreover, the modules form multiple paths through which specimen racks outputted from one specimen output device are transported to multiple analysis devices. When transporting a specimen rack from an upstream side to a downstream side, each module attaches a destination signal associated with the specimen rack to the specimen rack and transfers the destination signal to the downstream side. As a consequence of each module transporting the specimen rack from the upstream side to the downstream side that corresponds to the destination signal, the specimen rack becomes transported along a path that corresponds to the destination signal.

Abstract: The disclosed ultrasonic diagnosis device is provided with an attitude correction mechanism, between a tilt section and a display unit, for eliminating inclination of the display unit caused by drooping down of the end portion of an arm mechanism. The attitude correction mechanism has a shaft member and a bearing, and rotates the display unit about the normal of a display surface thereof. A prong enters a slit, thereby preventing the display unit from rotating more than necessary.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which forms a three-dimensional bloodstream image by reference to volume data obtained from a three-dimensional space within a living organism. A modified maximum value detection method is applied along each ray. Search of a maximum value is sequentially executed from a search start point, and at a time point when a predetermined termination condition is satisfied, a maximum value which is being detected at this time point is regarded as a specific maximum value. The specific maximum value is then converted into a pixel value. The specific maximum value is a first peak and is specified even if a higher peak exists after the first peak. A three-dimensional bloodstream image is formed by a plurality of pixel values. In a portion of the three-dimensional bloodstream image in which two bloodstreams cross each other, a bloodstream located on the front side is preferentially displayed.

Abstract: A radioactive ray detecting apparatus provides for reduction of the dead area or region where radioactive rays cannot be detected, even if disposing the radioactive ray detectors to be dense or crowded. The radioactive ray detecting apparatus satisfies the following relationships, when assuming that distance between semiconductor elements is “XG1”, while the distance from the semiconductor element of one of the radioactive ray detectors up to the semiconductor element of other radioactive ray detectors is “XG2”, and distance between the semiconductor elements alighted in a Y-direction is “YG1”, and a horizontal pitch of a predetermined pixel pitch to be used as the radioactive ray detector is “a” and a vertical pitch thereof is “b”, width of a surface of each of plural numbers of semiconductor elements is “c” and length thereof is “d”, respectively: c=a?(XG1+XG2)/2 d=b?YG1=2e+(n?2)f.

Abstract: A notebook type ultrasonic diagnosis device in which a display housing including a display panel is independently movable from a main body housing including an operation panel, and both of the display housing and the main body housing are integrally operated is provided. The ultrasonic diagnosis device includes two connectable and separable housings, a display housing 10 including a display panel, and an operation housing 20 including an operation panel, and handle portions 41 and 42 are provided in the housings, respectively. The handle portions of the respective housings function as a connection portion for connecting the two housings, and configure one handle by being linked together at the time of overlapping the two housings to be connected.

Abstract: In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a scan converter module generates display frame data from received frame data using a conversation table adapted to the specific display resolution of a display device. Received frame data is stored in a first frame memory, and display frame data is stored in a second frame memory. A control unit selects the conversion table corresponding to the specific display resolution of the display device from among a group of conversion tables. An address converter generates an address set corresponding to a display address using the selected conversion table. Interpolation is then performed based on the echo data specified by this.