Abstract: A microfluidic device according to an embodiment includes a microchannel and an inflow part. The microchannel is configured to separate particles contained in a fluid at least in a first direction according to the size of the particles by the action of lift force, and separate the particles in a second direction by the action of flow in a channel cross-section. The inflow part is provided on the upstream from an area where the lift force acts in the microchannel and allows the fluid to flow into the area where the lift force acts. A length of a channel cross-section of the inflow part in the first direction is formed to be smaller than a length of a channel cross-section of the area where the lift force acts in the first direction.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes image processing circuitry. The image processing circuitry acquires, based on a result of ultrasound scanning performed on a subject, blood flow information including a value that indicates a blood flow at each position within the subject and tissue property information including a value that indicates tissue properties at each position within the subject. The image processing circuitry generates a first image in which a difference in value in the blood flow information is represented by at least a difference in hue and a second image in which a difference in value in the tissue property information is represented by a difference other than the difference in hue. The image processing circuitry generates a combined image by combining the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises processing circuitry configured to set a region of interest for a locator image, automatically set an imaging condition based on the region of interest, and cause a sequence control circuitry to perform imaging based on the imaging condition, the sequence control circuitry performing the imaging.

Abstract: A method is provided for count loss correction based on detector dead time in a radiation diagnosis apparatus. The method includes acquiring scan data from a scan of a patient performed using the radiation diagnosis apparatus; determining, from the acquired scan data, a first count rate occurring in a first energy window spanning a first energy range; determining, from the acquired scan data, a second count rate occurring in a second window spanning a second energy range, the second energy range being different from the first energy range; calculating a particular count loss correction factor based on the determined first count rate and the determined second count rate; and reconstructing an image based on the acquired scan data and the calculated particular count loss correction factor.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes an air mattress, an air supplier, and processing circuitry. The air mattress is configured to be placed on a bed. The air mattress includes a plurality of air cells partitioning an inside of the air mattress into a plurality of regions to seal air supplied to the air cells. The air supplier supplies air to the air cells of the air mattress. The processing circuitry is configured to control the supply of air to the air cells of the air mattress so that a top surface of the air mattress may partially protrude upward from a flat state of the air mattress.

Abstract: A medical information processing device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a first attribute factor group which is a plurality of attribute factors relating to a disease of a target patient and which is a plurality of attribute factors at a first timing. The processing circuitry estimates a second attribute factor group which is a plurality of attribute factors at a second timing after the first timing on the basis of the first attribute factor group. The processing circuitry outputs information including the first attribute factor group and the second attribute factor group via an output interface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube includes a vacuum enclosure that maintains a vacuum inside, a cathode provided in the vacuum enclosure, which emits an electron beam, an anode target provided in the vacuum enclosure, which emits an X-ray when the electron beam emitted from the cathode enters a focal plane of the anode target, and an X-ray radiation window that allows the X-ray emitted from the focal plane of the anode target to pass therethrough, and the X-ray radiation window comprises a window member and a support for the window member, the vacuum enclosure includes a joint portion formed thereon to be joined to the support and protrude toward an outer side of the vacuum enclosure, and the support comprises a covering portion that covers an inner circumferential surface of the joint portion.

Abstract: A photon counting detector (PCD) apparatus includes a PCD array including a plurality of micro-pixels positioned in at least one of a channel direction and a row direction; and processing circuitry configured to: receive signals from each of the plurality of micro-pixels; configure the PCD array to include (a) a first micro-pixel area including a first group of plural micro-pixels of the plurality of micro-pixels and (b) a second micro-pixel area including a second group of plural micro-pixels of the plurality of micro-pixels, such that a portion of the first and second groups of plural micro-pixels overlap between the first and second groups; bin the signals from the first group of plural micro-pixels into a first virtual bin value; and bin the signals from the second group of plural micro-pixels into a second virtual bin value.

Abstract: A radiotherapy planning apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a medical image relating to a patient. The processing circuitry obtains number of beams and beam directions of a plurality of radiation beams applied substantially simultaneously to an irradiation area of the patient. The processing circuitry generates a total dose rate distribution which is a spatial distribution of total values of predicted dose rates of the radiation beams to be applied to the patient, based on the medical image and the number and the direction of the radiation beams.

Abstract: A deep learning (DL) convolution neural network (CNN) reduces noise in positron emission tomography (PET) images, and is trained using a range of noise levels for the low-quality images having high noise in the training dataset to produce uniform high-quality images having low noise, independently of the noise level of the input image. The DL-CNN network can be implemented by slicing a three-dimensional (3D) PET image into 2D slices along transaxial, coronal, and sagittal planes, using three separate 2D CNN networks for each respective plane, and averaging the outputs from these three separate 2D CNN networks. Feature-oriented training can be implemented by segmenting each training image into lesion and background regions, and, in the loss function, applying greater weights to voxels in the lesion region. Other medical images (e.g. MRI and CT) can be used to enhance resolution of the PET images and provide partial volume corrections.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry and display circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates a position of a structure in a subject based on data obtained by scanning with respect to the subject and analyzes tissue characterization in the subject. The display circuitry displays an analysis result of the tissue characterization obtained by the processing circuitry with respect to a plurality of positions in the subject except for the estimated structure position.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a receiving coil includes a plurality of coil elements, wherein: at least one of the coil elements includes a loop coil and a modified dipole disposed inside the loop coil; and the modified dipole includes a main dipole configured to receive a radio-frequency “RF” signal and output a reception signal and a parasitic element that includes a split ring having a gap in part of a ring shape.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises processing circuitry configured to acquire a medical image regarding a spine including a plurality of vertebrae, receive, from a user, an input operation of editing a spine number allocated to each of the vertebrae in the medical image, and correct the spine number other than the spine number edited based on the received input operation.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate, from a medical image, a plurality of feature target regions for specifying a target of image segmentation. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a target region indicating the region in which the target is present, on a basis of the plurality of feature target regions. The processing circuitry is configured to perform, in the target region, the image segmentation on the target.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a real-number-based neural network operating in combination with a complex-number-based neural network to perform image processing (e.g., using phase-based medical images). In one embodiment, a method includes, but is not limited to, applying, to inputs of a first trained neural network trained to process real-number-based images, first image data generated from real-number-based measurements obtained by imaging a subject; applying, to inputs of a second trained neural network trained to process complex-number-based images, second image data generated from complex-number-based measurements obtained by imaging the subject; and combining a first output of the first trained neural network and a second output of the second trained neural network to produce a combined image, based on the first image data and the second image data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a klystron device includes a klystron body and a focusing magnetic field device. The klystron body has an electron gun section, a collector section, a plurality of cavity resonators, and a plurality of drift tubes. The cavity resonators have nose sections that face each other in an axial direction and form a gap section that is connected to the drift tubes. At least one of the cavity resonators has an electric field correction section in a part of the nose section that makes a space of the gap section different with respect to a space between the nose sections.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a transmission and reception circuitry configured to perform, via an ultrasound probe, a first ultrasound scan on a first region in a subject who has a contrast agent injected and a second ultrasound scan on at least a part of a second region in the subject overlapping with the first region, the second ultrasound scan including transmitting and receiving two types of ultrasound waves of which one or both of amplitude levels and phases are different from each other; and processing circuitry configured to generate a blood flow image corresponding to one frame by implementing a Doppler method on the basis of a data sequence including reception data obtained from the first ultrasound scan performed multiple times in mutually the same position within the first region to have the second ultrasound scan performed in-between and to generate a contrast-enhanced image based on a result of the second ultrasound scan performed at least one time.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet in a conveying direction includes a pair of conveying rollers receiving and conveying a sheet; an endless conveying belt conveying the sheet; a plurality of balls to be rotatable in any direction while nipping the sheet with the conveying surface; a pair of regulating guides disposed on both sides of the conveying belt; a guide moving unit that moves the pair of regulating guides; and a roller moving unit that moves at least one of the pair of conveying rollers to a nip position and a nip release position. Before a rear end of the sheet passes the pair of conveying rollers, the pair of conveying rollers is moved to the nip release position by the roller moving unit, and then, the guide moving unit makes each of the pair of regulating guides reach the guide position from the retracting position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an high-frequency input coupler installed between a waveguide and an acceleration cavity to input high-frequency waves from the waveguide to the acceleration cavity, a coaxial waveguide conversion unit includes a high-frequency transmission window structure connection unit that connects the high-frequency transmission window structure and an inner conductor connection unit that connects an inner conductor which includes an inner conductor support on a side of the inner conductor connection unit, and the high-frequency input coupler includes an electrically connectable and deformable buffer between the inner conductor support and the inner conductor connection unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires position information relating to an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic image. The processing circuitry acquires ultrasonic image data which is obtained by transmission and reception of ultrasonic from the ultrasonic probe at a position where the position information is acquired, the ultrasonic image data being associated with the position information. The processing circuitry executes associating between a first coordinate system relating to the position information and a second coordinate system relating to medical image data. The processing circuitry executes image alignment between an ultrasonic image based on the associated ultrasonic image data and a medical image based on the medical image data.

Abstract: A photon counting X-ray computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes a photon counting detector and a time digital converter. The photon counting detector is configured to output a pulse corresponding to photons included in an X-ray; and the time digital converter is configured to obtain time information corresponding to timing at which the photons were detected, on the basis of the pulse.

Abstract: A medical data processing method according to an embodiment includes: outputting second spectral data by inputting first spectral data related to an examined subject imaged by a spectral medical imaging apparatus to a trained model configured to generate, on the basis of the first spectral data, the second spectral data having less noise than the first spectral data and a higher resolution than the first spectral data. The first spectral data in the medical data processing method according to the embodiment corresponds to medical data obtained by performing a spectral scan on the examined subject. The trained model in the medical data processing method according to the embodiment is configured to perform a noise reducing process and a super-resolution process on the first spectral data.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: receive a selection of a preset transfer function that sets colors used in volume rendering, wherein the preset transfer function is selected for use in rendering at least one target material; determine a first transfer function relating to transmission or extinction color, wherein the determining of the first transfer function is based on the preset transfer function; generate first rendering data based on transmission or extinction color by using the first transfer function; and determine a second transfer function relating to reflection color, wherein the determining of the second transfer function is based on the first rendering data, wherein the first transfer function and second transfer function are for use in global illumination rendering.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a medical image subject to a labeling process. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a labeling step in a labeling task performed on the medical image. The processing circuitry is configured, while the labeling step in the labeling task is received, to analyze a local characteristic of a target structure serving as a labeling target in the medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a usable tool set corresponding to the labeling task performed on the medical image, on the basis of the local characteristic.

Abstract: A printer apparatus for recording images having matt portions and glossy portions and a print method for recording images having matt portions and glossy portions onto a porous media are disclosed. The method involves locally applying a support layer and subsequently applying an image portion on top of the support layer.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus sound-proofing tube according to an embodiment is a sound-proofing tube for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and is formed by using a composite material including a fiber material and a resin material. In the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus sound-proofing tube, the fiber material forms a woven structure by being woven therein. The woven structure is formed so as to continuously extend over at least one round of the lateral face of the sound-proofing tube.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires biometric data regarding a subject. The processing circuitry identifies reference data regarding a first feature amount on the basis of the biometric data. The processing circuitry acquires a second feature amount by inputting the first feature amount included in the biometric data into a model capable of mutually converting the first feature amount and the second feature amount. The processing circuitry derives pseudo-feature data regarding the first feature amount simulated by inputting the second feature amount into the model. The processing circuitry determines reliability scores with respect to the biometric data on the basis of the reference data and the pseudo-feature data.

Abstract: A processing circuit according to an embodiment includes a plurality of logic gates in combination each of which is configured to probabilistically determine, based on signal values of one or two or more input nodes and output nodes at a certain time, signal values at at least one of the input nodes and the output nodes at a subsequent time, in which the processing circuit controls the signal values based on a relationship to be satisfied between at least some nodes of the input nodes and the output nodes.

Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus of an embodiment includes a rotating unit and processing circuitry. The rotating unit is configured to rotatably hold the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector. The processing circuitry is configured to switch energy bin sets related to discrimination of photons detected by the X-ray detector between a first energy bin set and a second energy bin set in which at least a part of an energy bin combination is different from the first energy bin set during one rotation of the rotating unit and collect correction data for each of the first energy bin set and the second energy bin set during one rotation in response to switching between the first energy bin set and the second energy bin set.

Abstract: A MRI apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains MR data acquired by implementing an IR method under a condition where a phase difference in a complex signal related to observed elements is equal to ?, due to a difference in longitudinal magnetization relaxation time between the observed elements; generates phase data on the basis of the MR data; multiplies a phase angle in the phase data by 2n; unfolds the phase of phase data having the phase angle multiplied by 2n; multiplies the phase angle in the unfolded phase data by 1/(2n); generates a phase correction map used for correcting a phase with respect to the complex signal, by applying a complex conjugate to phase data having the phase angle multiplied by 1/(2n); and performs a phase correction on the MR data by using the phase correction map.

Abstract: A physical simulation apparatus includes element reception circuitry, a storage device, storage control circuitry, and simulation circuitry. The element reception circuitry successively receives sequence elements of a hardware control sequence that is divided according to a division rule on a transmission side. The storage device stores the received sequence elements. The storage control circuitry reads out the sequence elements stored in the storage device, in a case where a separately determined condition is satisfied. The simulation circuitry executes a physical simulation, based on the read-out sequence elements, and computes a predicted computation value of a signal value that a control target apparatus of the sequence elements collects.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzer is configured to dispense a subject sample or a standard sample and a reagent into a reaction container and to subject a mixture liquid in the reaction container to measurement. The automatic analyzer includes control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to acquire, from a standard sample container containing the standard sample, standard sample information comprising at least one of item information, identification information for identification as a calibrator or an accuracy management sample, or concentration information. The control circuitry is configured to update, upon acquisition of the standard sample information, condition information on a condition of the standard sample.

Abstract: An analyzing apparatus according to the present embodiment comprising: a sample placer where a cartridge is placed, the cartridge being capable of storing a sample containing a magnetic substance; an imager configured to be placed on an opposite surface side of a surface where the cartridge is placed on the sample placer and configured to image the sample by imaging from the opposite surface side; and a first magnetic field generator configured to be placed on the opposite surface side and to form a communicating port on a position corresponding to the imager and configured to generate a first magnetic field by forming a first magnetic pole around the communicating port.

Abstract: An image processing method according to an embodiment includes a specifying step, an inference step, and an integration step. In the specifying step, a first portion including a region corresponding to an anatomical site of a target and a second portion including a region different from the anatomical site are specified in the image. In the inference step, by using a deep learning model, segmentation of the region corresponding to the anatomical site is performed on the first portion and segmentation of the region different from the anatomical site is performed on the second portion, or classification and detection of an image including the region corresponding to the anatomical site is performed on the first portion and classification and detection of an image including the region different from the anatomical site is performed on the second portion. In the integration step, results of the respective processes are integrated for output.

Abstract: A printing method includes forming an image by applying marking material onto the surface of a substrate; optionally applying an intermediate layer onto the substrate; subjecting the image to a fixation treatment; applying a layer of an ionically stabilized varnish on the surface of the image; and performing image-wise gloss control by locally varying at least one of a fixation parameter and a primer application parameter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a neutralizing antibody specific to human denatured CRP that can be used for a medicine such as an anti-inflammatory agent. The present disclosure also relates to various inventions relating to the neutralizing antibody specific to human denatured CRP.

Abstract: A mobile diagnosis system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of containers and a mobile body. The plurality of containers store medical equipment and can be combined with each other. The mobile body is configured such that a combination of the containers suitable for a person or a region requiring a medical service among the plurality of containers is loaded thereon, and transports the containers to the person or the region.

Abstract: A method for preparing an electrochemiluminescent nanoprobe according to an embodiment includes: adding a metal complex ion to an inorganic oxide nanoparticle to provide a metal-doped inorganic oxide nanoparticle; and binding a secondary antibody to the metal-doped inorganic oxide nanoparticle to provide a metal-doped inorganic oxide nanoparticle modified with the secondary antibody. The secondary antibody is configured to identify a specific antibody against nucleic acid-specific site modification.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and storage circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a medical image. The processing circuitry extracts a region of interest from the medical image. The processing circuitry sets a calculation rule for calculating a characteristic amount for the region of interest. The storage circuitry stores therein the calculation rule.

Abstract: A blood characteristics evaluation apparatus (1) according to one embodiments includes processing circuitry (12) configured to cause a foaming phenomenon to occur in the blood sample, measure a foaming state in the blood sample, and calculate an index indicating a coagulation tendency of the blood sample based on a measurement result of the foaming state in the blood sample.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method useful in the determination of adult Still's disease (ASD). More specifically, the present disclosure relates to (I) a method for testing adult Still's disease, including (1) measuring a denatured CRP concentration in a blood sample collected from a subject; and (2) comparing the measured denatured CRP concentration and/or an index value based on the denatured CRP concentration with a reference value; (II) a denatured CRP-specific antibody; and (III) a kit for testing adult Still's disease.

Abstract: A diagnosis assistant apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor. The processor acquires a first measured value of a biomarker in a first liquid sample that is collected from a subject before a physical stimulus is applied and a second measured value of the biomarker in a second liquid sample that is collected from the subject after the physical stimulus is applied. The processor performs a determination on at least one of presence/absence and a property of a lesion based on the first measured value and the second measured value.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus of embodiments includes a holder and processing circuitry, and the holder holds a blood sample collected from a subject. The processing circuitry measures at least one of the viscoelasticity or the viscosity of the held blood sample via a mediator in contact with the held blood sample.

Abstract: A clinical information system comprises processing circuitry configured to: receive a user input from a user, wherein the user input instructs the performing of a first action on first medical data for a subject; determine based on the user input and/or the first action at least one input term; determine at least one further term that is conceptually related to the at least one input term; determine whether any stored action of a set of stored actions is associated with the at least one further term; and if a stored action is associated with the at least one further term: perform said stored action on second medical data for the subject; and provide to the user a notification of said stored action.

Abstract: An information processing method processes an x-ray image including the steps of: obtaining first lower-radiation dose three-dimensional image data during a first scan of a patient; and detecting, using a trained neural network, a presence of an artifact (e.g., a metal artifact) in the first lower-radiation dose three-dimensional image data. An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry for performing the detection method, and computer instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium cause a computer processor to performing the detection method.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a medical image related to the heart. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a polar map indicating myocardial function information on the basis of the medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display to display a blood vessel image indicating forms of blood vessels included in the heart so as to be superimposed on the polar map. The processing circuitry is configured to receive an operation to designate at least one of the blood vessels displayed over the polar map. The processing circuitry is configured to identify information associated with the blood vessel designated by the operation. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to display the information associated with the blood vessel.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a first imaging apparatus, a first cooling system, a second imaging apparatus, a second cooling system and a cooling control device. The first imaging apparatus includes a first magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field. The first cooling system is configured to cool the first magnet. The second imaging apparatus includes a second magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field. The second cooling system is configured to cool the second magnet. The cooling control device is configured to switch a cooling target of each of the first cooling system and the second cooling system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a static field magnet to be used for MRI includes at least one loop coil pair including: a first loop coil to be supplied with an electric current in a first direction; and a second loop coil to be supplied with an electric current in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein: the first and second loop coils are arranged such that a first coil plane and a second coil plane are along a primary direction without overlapping each other, the primary direction being included in a primary plane, the first coil plane being a planar area surrounded by a first loop that forms the first loop coil, the second coil plane being a planar area surrounded by a second loop that forms the second loop coil; and the loop coil pair is configured to generate a static magnetic field parallel to the primary direction.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes: a scanner configured to perform a pre-scan of an object and a diagnostic scan of the object after the pre-scan; and processing circuitry. This processing circuitry is configured to: generate a positioning image from data acquired by the pre-scan and a diagnostic image from data acquired by the diagnostic scan; generate a normal positioning image from the generated positioning image when it is an abnormal positioning image having an abnormality, the normal positioning image being an image in which the abnormality is corrected; and determine an imaging plane of the diagnostic scan from the normal positioning image.

Abstract: A medical information processing device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire first information regarding medical data and second information regarding an analysis application used to analyze the medical data, and determine a possibility of failure of analysis of the medical data by an analysis application selected from a plurality of analysis applications on the basis of the first information and the second information.