Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dry reagent includes an insoluble fiber and a dried material containing a biological material, which is retained in the fiber.

Abstract: A printing device may include two printers for printing to the front side and the back side of a recording medium. The physical page length of at least one print image applied onto the front side of the recording medium is determined. The required page length of at least one print image to be applied onto the back side of the recording medium is adapted to the determined page length. At least one print line of the print image for the back side is printed repeatedly if the required page length for application of the rear print page onto the back side of the recording medium is smaller than the determined page length.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzing apparatus includes: a holder including a plurality of placement portions for a reaction tube to be placed thereon; a photometry unit for performing photometry on a solution inside the reaction tube, the photometry unit including a plurality of light emitters and a plurality of first light receivers respectively disposed in the plurality of placement portions; and processing circuitry configured to adjust quantities of light of the plurality of light emitters based on a light quantity signal from a second light receiver that receives light generated by the light emitters and guided by jig inserted into the placement portions.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reagent storage include a placement table, a housing, a cover, and a fan. The placement table on which a plurality of reagent containers are placed. The housing configured to contain the placement table. The cover having a probe hole through which a probe is inserted and configured to cover an opening of the housing. The fan configured to send air in a first space defined by an inner bottom of the housing and the placement table into a second space defined by the cover and the placement table and to exhaust the air in the second space through the probe hole.

Abstract: A photon counting computed tomography (CT) apparatus according to an embodiment includes a photon counting detector and processing circuitry. The photon counting detector detects X-ray photons to acquire energy information. The processing circuitry acquires at least one piece of information out of information on an imaging mode, information on a site to be imaged, and information on a medical device. The processing circuitry, based on the acquired information, determines at least one condition out of a condition on an energy band of data collected by the photon counting detector and a condition on an energy band for data for use in reconstruction processing out of the data collected by the photon counting detector.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical service support device includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire medical ontology and input data entered in a remarks field of a medical record in a natural language; generate analysis data of the input data by executing natural language processing upon the input data; generate structured data in which the medical ontology is associated with the analysis data; generate confirmation data that expresses the structured data in the natural language; and display the confirmation data on a display.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a robot arm and processing circuitry. The robot arm is capable of moving and rotating an ultrasound probe. The processing circuitry is configured to three-dimensionally perform a scan by using the robot arm. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to evaluate ultrasound data obtained from the scan so as to judge whether or not it is necessary to perform a re-scan using the robot arm.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a coil sensitivity distribution indicating a sensitivity distribution of a reception coil used for an imaging process performed on an examined subject and magnetic resonance data acquired from the imaging process that is non-Cartesian and performed in a k-space. The processing circuitry performs, on the basis of the coil sensitivity distribution, registration between the coil sensitivity distribution and a gridding sensitivity distribution indicating a distribution of gridding sensitivity related to arranging the magnetic resonance data in the k-space. The processing circuitry generates a magnetic resonance image on the basis of a result of the registration, magnetic resonance data, coil sensitivity distribution, and gridding sensitivity distribution.

Abstract: A fixation unit for use in a printing apparatus includes a substantially closed box for enclosing a heated space, the substantially closed box including an entry opening and an exit opening for enabling transport of a print substrate through the substantially closed box, a heating element arranged for heating the heated space enclosed by the substantially closed box, and a transport mechanism for engaging a sheet of the print substrate from the entry opening to the exit opening of the substantially closed box. The transport mechanism includes a nip of two belts that are pressed together and run concurrently and in the same direction, the belts being impermeable to any ink component. A printer includes such a fixation unit and a printing method uses such a fixation unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform an image generating process of generating a plurality of medical images on the basis of a plurality of imaging parameter groups, the plurality of imaging parameter groups being updated by adversarial learning. The processing circuitry is configured to perform a discriminating process of discriminating whether or not each of the plurality of medical images is a target image acquired by a first medical imaging apparatus in the adversarial learning. The processing circuitry is configured to output one of the imaging parameter groups used for generating the medical images in the image generating process when the adversarial learning has converged.

Abstract: A medical image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an image data set of volume data or image data at multiple points in time. The processing circuitry is configured to specify an image of interest indicating an observation cross-sectional plane from the image data set. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a region of interest on the basis of the image data set. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the image of interest and information about the region of interest to be displayed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a parameter relating to a predetermined imaging mode, the parameter including at least information on an instruction for executing transmit aperture synthesis, and determines a scanning condition for executing the transmit aperture synthesis together with step-alternating scan based on the parameter.

Abstract: In a method and a printing device for influencing an optical property of a varnish layer to be applied onto a printed recording medium, a coating substance is applied onto the recording medium by digital printing before the printing of at least one color separation of the print image on said recording medium. The quantity of the coating substance applied per area unit may be adjusted depending on the desired optical property of the varnish layer to be applied later.

Abstract: A test device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a waveform of a reflected wave that is obtained by reflection of an ultrasonic wave, which has been transmitted from an ultrasonic probe and has passed through an acoustic coupling material in close contact with an acoustic radiation surface of the ultrasonic probe, the reflected wave having passed through the acoustic coupling material before the detection of the waveform, and test a performance of the ultrasonic probe on the basis of the detected waveform.

Abstract: A reagent cartridge according to an embodiment includes a housing part, a tubular member, and a dispense part. The housing part houses therein a reagent. The tubular member is filled with the reagent housed in the housing part. The dispense part dispenses the reagent supplied from the tubular member. The tubular member has elasticity, and supplies the reagent to the dispense part when a side face part thereof is compressed.

Abstract: A medical image-processing apparatus according to embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire image data including a blood vessel of a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire an index value relating to blood flow at each position of the blood vessel by performing fluid analysis of a structure of the blood vessel included in the acquired image data. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information indicating a display condition of the index value, as switching information to switch a display mode at displaying the index value. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a result image in which pixel values reflecting the index value are assigned in a display mode according to the switching information, for an image indicating a blood vessel of the subject. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display to display the result image.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an ultrasonic image of a subject, executes processing for each step for each of one or more examination procedures registered in advance and including one or more steps including processing of acquiring the ultrasonic image, in which set images are associated, and registered, and determines a recommended step recommended to be executed subsequent to a current step or instead of the current step on the basis of a degree of consistency between a set image registered for each step and an ultrasonic image acquired in the current step that is being executed, and executes the recommended step subsequent to the current step or instead of the current step when the recommended step has been determined during execution of the current step.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing system includes a storage and processing circuitry. The storage is configured to store a determination model that determines a probability for a disease. The processing circuitry is configured to: receive first subject information based on a history of a first subject; output first information including the probability based on the determination model and the first subject information; acquire second subject information based on a history of a second subject; update the determination model based on the second subject information; and output second information including the probability of the first subject based on an updated determination model and the first subject information.

Abstract: Optical sensors and optical markers are placed on components in a medical system to provide calibration and alignment, such as on a patient transportation mechanism and spatially separated medical diagnostic devices. Image processing circuitry uses the data captured by these optical devices to coordinate their movements and/or position. This enables scans that were captured in multiple medical diagnostic devices to be accurately aligned.

Abstract: A nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a scintillator configured to emit self-radiation, storage, and processing circuitry. The storage stores first detection efficiency correction data that is generated based on an external radiation source or a simulation and first detection efficiency data per scintillator that is calculated based on radiation that is emitted from the scintillator. The processing circuitry calculates second detection efficiency data per scintillator that is calculated based on radiation that is emitted from the scintillator and generates second detection efficiency correction data based on the first detection efficiency correction data, the first detection efficiency data, and the second detection efficiency data.

Abstract: In a crimp-binding device, a sheet jam less occurs when binding processing is performed. A sheet crimp-binding device includes: a conveying path along which a sheet is conveyed in a predetermined conveying direction; a placing part on which the sheet conveyed along the conveying path is placed; a stack part provided at a location downstream from the placing part in the sheet conveying direction; a discharge unit that discharges the sheet from the placing part to the stack part; a shift unit that moves the sheet placed on a placing position on the placing part in a direction along a sheet surface and perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction; a crimp-binding unit that applies crimp-binding processing to sheets that have been moved in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction by the shift unit to a crimp-binding position; a recognition unit that recognizes count information of a sheet.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus for processing sheets includes: a stack tray on which a sheet is stacked; a discharge roller pair composed of first and second rollers and configured to discharge a sheet onto the stack tray, the second roller being configured to be movable between a pressure contact position to contact with the first roller and a retracting position to separate from the first roller; and a pressure contact/separation mechanism for moving the second roller from the retracting position to the pressure contact position. The pressure contact/separation mechanism changes the timing at which the second roller reaches the pressure contact position according to the type of a sheet to be discharged.

Abstract: A hypercomplex operation device according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires data including a hypercomplex number, inputs a parametric function in which a function form for a first component and a function form for a second component that is different from the first component differ from each other, inputs the data including a hypercomplex number, to apply to the parametric function, and thereby outputs output data.

Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet alignment mechanism configured for aligning a sheet in a predetermined reference position; a gripper arrangement configured to grip the aligned sheet at at least two spaced-apart points of the sheet and to release the sheet on a stack; and a holder configured to hold the sheet in position on the stack while the gripper arrangement releases the sheet. The gripper arrangement is movable along a predetermined trajectory for moving the sheet from the reference position to a stacking position.

Abstract: A disinfecting medical imaging system including medical imaging equipment and a UV light source for disinfecting the medical imaging equipment. The UV light source can include a composite ultraviolet (UV) for performing viral and bacterial disinfection. The disinfection system may be built into the medical imaging equipment or external thereto such as conveyed on a robotic arm.

Abstract: An apparatus for medical text processing comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain a trained model, wherein the trained model is trained to classify medical text documents with a medical classification code; apply the trained model to at least one medical text document to obtain weightings for text terms included in the at least one medical text document, wherein the weightings are associated with the medical classification code; and use the weightings to perform a searching or indexing process.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a configuration facilitating removal of a sheet stopped on a conveying belt. Regulating guides are disposed on both sides of a conveying belt in a sheet width direction Y and can guide both end edges in the sheet width direction of a sheet S conveyed while being nipped by the conveying belt and the balls. A take-out port is provided on the side closer to the regulating guide in the sheet width direction Y, through which a sheet stopped on the conveying belt is taken out. A guide moving part moves the regulating guides. When a sheet is stopped on the conveying belt, the guide moving part moves the first and second regulating guides such that the regulating guide is retracted to a position at which a support surface does not support a first sheet end edge.

Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a buffer and a processing circuitry. The buffer temporarily stores therein data detected by an X-ray detector. The processing circuitry controls transfer of the data in units of a scan, the data being acquired by each scan of a scan plan constituted of a plurality of scans.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a first parameter pertaining to a force at a coronary artery of a subject and a second parameter pertaining to at least one of a shape, character, and fluid resistance related to the coronary artery. The processing circuitry is configured to set, for at least either the first parameter or the second parameter, a weighting factor associated with an anatomical position of the coronary artery. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate, on the basis of the first parameter, the second parameter, and the weighting factor, an index pertaining to a risk on the subject.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to one embodiment includes sequence control circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence control circuitry performs a first data acquisition for chemical shift measurement and a second data acquisition for either chemical shift measurement or MR imaging, which differs from chemical shift measurement, on the same subject under certain conditions that differ between those data acquisitions. The processing circuitry performs medical data classification on the subject based on first MR data obtained through the first data acquisition and second MR data obtained through the second data acquisition.

Abstract: A radiation diagnostic device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first detector, a second detector, and processing circuitry. The first detector detects Cherenkov light that is generated when radiation passes. The second detector is disposed to be opposed to the first detector on a side distant from a generation source of the radiation, and detects energy information of the radiation. The processing circuitry specifies Compton scattering events detected by the second detector, and determines an event corresponding to an incident channel among the specified Compton scattering events based on a detection result obtained by the first detector.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a configuration capable of stably conveying a sheet irrespective of the basis weight of the sheet. A pair of regulating guides is disposed on both sides of a conveying belt in a sheet width direction Y, each having a support surface that supports an end edge in the width direction of the sheet conveyed while being nipped by the conveying belt and balls and a guide surface that faces the end edge of the sheet in the width direction. Each of the pair of regulating guides is movable to a first guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the width direction is supported by the support surface and guided by the guide surface and to a second guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the width direction is supported by the support surface.

Abstract: The apparatus is capable of handling sheets of various lengths while suppressing an increase in apparatus size, wherein each of a pair of regulating guides is movable to a guide position at which an end edge of a sheet in a sheet width direction can be guided by a guide surface and to a retracting position retracting further away from the sheet width direction end edge than the guide position. For sheets S1 and S2 each having a first sheet length, the pair of regulating guides is made to reach the guide position from the retracting position in a state where the front end of the sheet is located between upstream and downstream ends of the guide surface. For a sheet S3 having a second sheet length that is longer than the first length, the pair of regulating guides is made to reach the guide position from the retracting position.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured to obtain a plurality of illness candidates; collect information serving as the evidence for determining the illness of the patient from among the plurality of illness candidates, and obtain a score for each illness candidate based on that information; identify, based on the scores, an examination candidate meant for supporting the diagnosis of the patient; and perform output based on the examination candidate.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a configuration facilitating removal of a sheet stopped on a conveying belt. In a sheet conveying apparatus that conveys a sheet using a conveying belt and balls, a sheet may be jammed and stopped on the conveying belt. In this case, it is difficult for a user to take out the sheet through a take-out port if the sheet is nipped by conveying roller pairs disposed upstream and downstream relative to the conveying belt in a sheet conveying direction. Thus, conveying roller pairs and the conveying belt are operated such that the sheet, which is stopped on the conveying belt and hence should be taken out through the take-out port, is brought into a state of being nipped only by the conveying belt and balls.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus according to any of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire image data depicting an inside of a subject acquired by an ultrasonic scan. The processing circuitry is configured to perform image processing on the image data, thereby synthesizing the image data before the image processing and the image data after the image processing by changing a synthesis rate for each image portion.

Abstract: The X-ray imaging system according to the present embodiment includes an X-ray tube, a holding assembly, a flying object, an X-ray detector, and processing circuitry, The X-ray tube is configured to emit X-rays. The holding assembly is configured to hold the X-ray tube. The flying object is equipped with the holding assembly. The X-ray detector is configured to detect the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube. The processing circuitry is configured to control a flight of the flying object, and to control the flight of the flying object such that the X-ray tube is arranged on a predetermined position with respect to the X-ray detector.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence control circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence control circuitry performs multi-frame acquisition where FOVs (Field Of Views) of at least two acquired frames are overlapped in a first direction. Then, based on the multi-frame acquisition performed by the sequence control unit, the processing unit generates data regarding the components in the first direction of flow of a fluid.

Abstract: A pair of regulating guides is disposed on both sides of a conveying belt in a sheet width direction Y, each having a support surface that supports an end edge in the width direction of the sheet conveyed while being nipped by the conveying belt and balls and a guide surface that faces the end edge of the sheet in the width direction. Each of the pair of regulating guides is movable to a first guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the width direction is supported by the support surface and guided by the guide surface and to a second guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction is supported by the support surface and which is retracting further away from the end edge in the sheet width direction than the guide position.

Abstract: A data reconstruction device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a medical image of an image type different from that of reference data on the basis of the reference data. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain acquisition data acquired by using an acquisition method different from that used for data to be generated related to generating the reference data. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a reconstruction image of the image type by correcting inconsistency of the medical image with the acquisition data on the basis of the medical image, the acquisition data, and the reference data.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires fractional flow reserve at rest in a coronary artery of a subject, and fractional flow reserve at stress in the coronary artery. The processing circuitry calculates an index value based on comparison between the fractional flow reserve at rest and the fractional flow reserve at stress. The processing circuitry displays the index value as an index for a myocardial function of the subject.

Abstract: The medical data file processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire an image-interpretation report. The processing circuitry is configured to classify a medical data file corresponding to the image-interpretation report based on a content of the image-interpretation report.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device according to an embodiment includes a collecting unit and processing circuitry. The collecting unit performs ultrasonic scanning with respect to a subject and collects reflected-wave data. The processing circuitry performs short-time Fourier transform in the depth direction with respect to the reflected-wave data; applies a nonlinear adaptive MTI filter on a frequency-by-frequency basis with respect to the result of the short-time Fourier transform; and performs inverse short-time Fourier transform in the depth direction with respect to the output of the nonlinear adaptive MTI filter. Then, the processing circuitry estimates blood flow information from the result of the inverse short-time Fourier transform.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a main body configured to generate an ultrasonic image; a body housing configured to house the main body; a display/operation panel configured to operate the main body and display the ultrasonic image; and a lifter on which the display/operation panel is placed, the lifter being attached to the body housing and configured to adjust height of the display/operation panel from a floor in each of an electric mode and a manual mode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sample treatment solution for detecting a detection target contained in a sample, includes a carrier supporting an active ester group.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a plurality of probes; at least one operation/display panel configured to be disposed at a same examination location as at least one of the plurality of probes; communication equipment configured to communicate with the plurality of probes and the operation/display panel; a measurement circuit configured to measure physical quantity related to the plurality of probes; processing circuitry configured to associate a specific probe of the plurality of probes with the operation/display panel based on the measured physical quantity; and an ultrasonic server configured to be disposed at a location different from the examination location, receive first data acquired by the specific probe via the communication equipment, generate second data based on the first data, and transmit the second data to the operation/display panel via the communication equipment.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a balun having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal, a vacuum container, a first electrode electrically connected to the first output terminal, a second electrode electrically connected to the second output terminal, and a connection unit configured to electrically connect the vacuum container and ground, the connection unit including an inductor.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a radiation detector includes: a substrate; multiple control lines; multiple data lines; multiple detecting parts detecting radiation including thin film transistors; a control circuit switching between ON and OFF-states of the transistor; a signal detection circuit reading image data when the transistor is in the ON-state; and an incident radiation detecting part determining an incidence start time of the radiation based on a value of the image data read when the transistor is in the ON-state. When the incident radiation detecting part determines that radiation incidence has started, the signal detection circuit performs a first reading process of further reading image data when the transistor is in the ON-state. The control circuit performs an image storage process of setting all of the transistors to the OFF-state after the first reading process.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires the distribution of the wall shear stress of a blood vessel. The processing circuitry extracts a representative value or a blood vessel region from the distribution of the wall shear stress in the blood vessel on the basis of an extraction criterion determined for each region in accordance with the shape or the property of the blood vessel. The processing circuitry changes the display mode of the wall shear stress in the blood vessel on the basis of a result of extracting the representative value of the wall shear stress or a characteristic blood vessel region.

Abstract: A device may be configured to check, via evaluation of resistance data of a cleaning sensor arranged on a print bar of an inkjet printing device, whether a cleaner for cleaning the one or more print heads of the print bar exhibits a negative effect. The state of a cleaner may be reliably and efficiently monitored via the installation of a cleaning sensor in a print bar.