Abstract: A display device is provided that comprising circuitry configured to transmit, to a reproduction device, an extended display identification data (EDID) that includes the display information representing a performance of the display device. The circuitry further receives HDR video data from the reproduction device including HDR information that includes brightness characteristic information in frame data when the display information includes information representing a display performance of the HDR video, contains the EDID containing information of a 4k resolution or higher, displays an image of the received HDR video data in accordance with brightness designated by the HDR information, and adjusts a brightness of the image of the received HDR video data to a brightness capability for the display of the image.

Abstract: A linear motion mechanism with precise linear motion has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linear motion mechanism includes: an elastic arrangement which is arranged to transform an input direction and an input displacement to an output direction and an output displacement, wherein the output direction is orthogonal to the input direction; an operating member which is arranged to deform the elastic arrangement in the input direction by the input displacement; and a movable member fixed to the elastic arrangement to move in the output direction by the output displacement.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention addresses the problem of reducing the influence of physiological accumulation in monitoring nuclear medical image data. To solve this problem, the embodiment includes: extracting a bone area from CT image data having been positioned with nuclear medical image data; in the nuclear medical image data, displaying the data of an area overlapping the bone area extracted above; and, in the nuclear medical image data, not displaying the data of an area not overlapping the bone area extracted above.

Abstract: A method for performing automatic segmentation of a CT image that can be used to automatically remove physiological accumulation from a nuclear medical image. In an exemplary embodiment, a histogram of pixel values is created based on a CT image, and a boundary between an air region and a fat region, a boundary between the fat region and a soft tissue region, and a boundary between the soft tissue region and a bone region are determined. Based on this result, a head region and a lower abdomen region in the CT image are automatically specified. Based on this result, a head region and a bladder region are specified in a nuclear medical image, and a physiological high accumulation region is specified. A part corresponding to the physiological high accumulation region is masked to display the nuclear medical image.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a method including: creating a histogram of pixel values based on a CT image; determining a soft region peak, which is a peak in a soft tissue region in the histogram; and setting, based on the soft region peak, a threshold representing a lower limit of a bin value in a bone region in the histogram. The method may include automatically removing a bed portion from the CT image.

Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable technique for the evaluation of ischemic conditions. A preferred embodiment is a nuclear medicine measurement protocol in which the administration of a radiopharmaceutical agent and radiation measurement are performed twice at rest and under stress. In the nuclear medicine measurement protocol, radiation collection is performed without radiopharmaceutical agent administration before the second radiopharmaceutical agent administration, and the result is used to correct the nuclear medicine measurement result after the second radiopharmaceutical agent administration.

Abstract: A linkage rod including a limited-displacement flexible mechanism has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linkage rod including at least one limited-displacement flexible mechanism, wherein the limited-displacement flexible mechanism comprises at least one limited-displacement flexible joint which comprises: a flexible member; and at least one bend limitation section which is arranged in parallel with the flexible member so that the bend limitation section limits a bend of the flexible member.

Abstract: A novel deformation motion mechanism with precise motion precise motion and structural robustness is achieved. A deformation motion mechanism includes: an elastic ring member shaped symmetrically with respect to a center line, wherein one end of the elastic ring member is fixed and the other end is movable along the center line; a drive unit which is placed within the elastic ring member and is arranged to rotate a feed screw engaged with both ends of the elastic ring member along an operating line orthogonal to the center line, to press or stretch the elastic ring member along the center line; and a plurality of flexible arms which connects the drive unit to the elastic member in at least a direction of the center line.

Abstract: A novel deformation motion mechanism with precise motion precise motion and structural robustness is achieved. A deformation motion mechanism includes: an elastic ring member shaped symmetrically with respect to a center line, wherein one end of the elastic ring member is fixed and the other end is movable along the center line; a drive unit which is placed within the elastic ring member and is arranged to rotate a feed screw engaged with both ends of the elastic ring member along an operating line orthogonal to the center line, to press or stretch the elastic ring member along the center line; and a plurality of flexible arms which connects the drive unit to the elastic member in at least a direction of the center line.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention addresses the problem of reducing the influence of physiological accumulation in monitoring nuclear medical image data. To solve this problem, the embodiment includes: extracting a bone area from CT image data having been positioned with nuclear medical image data; in the nuclear medical image data, displaying the data of an area overlapping the bone area extracted above; and, in the nuclear medical image data, not displaying the data of an area not overlapping the bone area extracted above.

Abstract: A multiple-degree-of-freedom adjustment mechanism with precise linear motion has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The multiple-degree-of-freedom adjustment mechanism includes: at least one support assembly; and a plate supported by the at least one support assembly, wherein the at least one support assembly includes: a bipod having a first rod and a second rod, one ends of which are fixed to each other at a top provided with a support section; and a linear motion arrangement having a first movable member and a second movable member which are fixed to the other ends of the first rod and the second rod respectively, wherein the first movable member and the second movable member independently move in a linear motion direction.

Abstract: A linkage rod including a limited-displacement flexible mechanism has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linkage rod including at least one limited-displacement flexible mechanism, wherein the limited-displacement flexible mechanism comprises at least one limited-displacement flexible joint which comprises: a flexible member; and at least one bend limitation section which is arranged in parallel with the flexible member so that the bend limitation section limits a bend of the flexible member.

Abstract: Provided is a novel technique for quantitatively evaluating tracer accumulation for nuclear medicine examinations of the heart. In a preferred embodiment, the radiation count information obtained by myocardial nuclear medicine measurement is normalized using a value relating to the size of the heart. In a preferred embodiment, the pixel value of each pixel of myocardial nuclear medicine image data is converted into standardized uptake values (SUV) capable of being represented by [SUV=Tissue radioactivity concentration/(Administered radiation dose/Value relating to size of heart)]. The value relating to the size of the heart may be a myocardial weight, for example.

Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable technique for the evaluation of ischemic conditions. A preferred embodiment is a nuclear medicine measurement protocol in which the administration of a radiopharmaceutical agent and radiation measurement are performed twice at rest and under stress. In the nuclear medicine measurement protocol, radiation collection is performed without radiopharmaceutical agent administration before the second radiopharmaceutical agent administration, and the result is used to correct the nuclear medicine measurement result after the second radiopharmaceutical agent administration.

Abstract: A novel deformation motion mechanism with precise motion precise motion and structural robustness is achieved. A deformation motion mechanism includes: an elastic ring member shaped symmetrically with respect to a center line, wherein one end of the elastic ring member is fixed and the other end is movable along the center line; a drive unit which is placed within the elastic ring member and is arranged to rotate a feed screw engaged with both ends of the elastic ring member along an operating line orthogonal to the center line, to press or stretch the elastic ring member along the center line; and a plurality of flexible arms which connects the drive unit to the elastic member in at least a direction of the center line.

Abstract: A novel technique of quantifying nuclear medicine data is provided. The novel technique is characterized in that information acquired from nuclear medicine image data is normalized with bone mineral content (BMC) or bone mineral density (BMD). Some embodiments use, instead of the conventional SUV, the SUVbone that has been invented by the inventors of the present application such as the following: SUVbone={Amount of attenuation-corrected radioactivity in region of interest (kBq)÷Volume of region of interest (ml)}/{Administered radioactivity dose (kBq)÷Bone mineral content (g)} or SUVbone={Amount of attenuation-corrected radioactivity in region of interest (kBq)÷Volume of region of interest (ml)}/{Administered radioactivity dose (kBq)÷Bone mineral density (g/m2)}. BMC or BMD may be estimated from sex, age, height, or weight of a subject.

Abstract: A multiple-degree-of-freedom adjustment mechanism with precise linear motion has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The multiple-degree-of-freedom adjustment mechanism includes: at least one support assembly; and a plate supported by the at least one support assembly, wherein the at least one support assembly includes: a bipod having a first rod and a second rod, one ends of which are fixed to each other at a top provided with a support section; and a linear motion arrangement having a first movable member and a second movable member which are fixed to the other ends of the first rod and the second rod respectively, wherein the first movable member and the second movable member independently move in a linear motion direction.

Abstract: A linkage rod including a limited-displacement flexible mechanism has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linkage rod including at least one limited-displacement flexible mechanism, wherein the limited-displacement flexible mechanism comprises at least one limited-displacement flexible joint which comprises: a flexible member; and at least one bend limitation section which is arranged in parallel with the flexible member so that the bend limitation section limits a bend of the flexible member.

Abstract: A linkage rod including a limited-displacement flexible mechanism has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linkage rod including at least one limited-displacement flexible mechanism, wherein the limited-displacement flexible mechanism comprises at least one limited-displacement flexible joint which comprises: a flexible member; and at least one bend limitation section which is arranged in parallel with the flexible member so that the bend limitation section limits a bend of the flexible member.

Abstract: A linear motion mechanism with precise linear motion has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linear motion mechanism includes: an elastic arrangement which is arranged to transform an input direction and an input displacement to an output direction and an output displacement, wherein the output direction is orthogonal to the input direction; an operating member which is arranged to deform the elastic arrangement in the input direction by the input displacement; and a movable member fixed to the elastic arrangement to move in the output direction by the output displacement.