Abstract: Provided herein are compounds useful in treating exposure to an organophosphorus compound, such as a nerve agent, pesticide, or, generally, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, such as sarin. Compositions, e.g. pharmaceutical compositions or dosage forms, comprising the compounds also are provided herein. Methods of treating a patient exposed to a nerve agent, pesticide, or, generally, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, e.g., an organophosphorus compound, such as sarin, also are provided.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus employed in the present invention includes: a plurality of transducers that generate an electric signal upon reception of an acoustic wave from a measurement subject; a supporter that supports the plurality of transducers such that directional axes of at least a part of the plurality of transducers are gathered together; a point sound source; means for controlling relative positions of the measurement subject and the supporter; a processor that determines respective distances from the plurality of transducers to a focus position of the measurement subject and generates property information relating to the focus position; and a corrector that determines correction data.

Abstract: A device for cleaning air, particularly outdoors, includes at least one housing (2) having at least one air inlet (3), filter means (4, 5), at least one fan (6), and at least one air outlet (8, 108, 208). The device is inexpensive and easy to use, and enables the user to remove pollutants from air at arbitrary times at arbitrary location because the device is transportable and implemented for positioning at different installation sites. The device may include transport means (11), particularly a chassis (11) having wheels (12). An arrangement may include a plurality of devices for cleaning air, and a software-based application, particularly a smartphone application, may be used for controlling the plurality of devices for cleaning air.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a supporting unit configured to be capable of holding a liquid acoustic matching member, a plurality of receiving elements each supported on the supporting unit to receive an acoustic wave propagated from an object via the acoustic matching member and output an electrical signal, a scanning unit that changes a relative position of each of the receiving elements and the object by moving the supporting unit, a controlling unit that controls a velocity of movement of the supporting unit performed by the scanning unit, and a processing unit that acquires specific information of an inside of the object based on the electrical signal. The scanning unit moves the supporting unit on a path having portions of different curvatures.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with light a plurality of times; a driving unit configured to move a supporting member so that relative positions of the supporting member and the subject differ at each of the plurality of times; a plurality of transducers configured to receive acoustic waves generated through the plurality of times of irradiation and output a plurality of groups of reception signals corresponding to the plurality of times of irradiation; the supporting member configured to support the transducers such that directional axes of at least some of the transducers converge; a first memory configured to store the groups of reception signals; and a processing unit configured to obtain subject information at a target position by assigning, to each of the groups of reception signals, a weight corresponding to relative positions of the supporting member and the target position.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus, having: an ultrasound transmitting element; a plurality of transducers each detecting a first acoustic wave generated by light, which is radiated into an object, and outputting a first electric signal, and detecting a second acoustic wave generated by an ultrasound wave, which is transmitted from the ultrasound transmitting element and which is scattered inside the object, and outputting a second electric signal; a support supporting the plurality of transducers so that directivity axes of the transducers are concentrated; and a processor acquiring property information on the object based on the first electric signal and the second electric signal respectively.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light irradiation unit, an acoustic wave receiving unit that receives an acoustic wave generated by irradiating the object with light emitted from the light irradiation unit and that outputs an electric signal, a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit, and a processing unit that processes the electric signal. The control unit controls the light irradiation unit so that a density of a distribution of emission positions in a plurality of times of light emission by the light irradiation unit is higher in an inner part of the distribution of the emission positions than in an outer part of the distribution. The acoustic wave receiving unit outputs a plurality of electric signals corresponding to the plurality of times of light emission by receiving acoustic waves generated by the plurality of times of light emission. The processing unit acquires image data on the basis of the plurality of electric signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoacoustic apparatus including a processing unit configured to obtain, for each of a plurality of timings, a light fluence with which a region of interest is irradiated, configured to weight, for each of the plurality of timings, a corresponding one of reception signal groups stored in a storage unit using a weighting factor based on the light fluence with which the region of interest is irradiated, and configured to obtain target-object information on the region of interest, based on the plurality of weighted reception signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of timings.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with light a plurality of times; a driving unit configured to move a supporting member so that relative positions of the supporting member and the subject differ at each of the plurality of times; a plurality of transducers configured to receive acoustic waves generated through the plurality of times of irradiation and output a plurality of groups of reception signals corresponding to the plurality of times of irradiation; the supporting member configured to support the transducers such that directional axes of at least some of the transducers converge; a first memory configured to store the groups of reception signals; and a processing unit configured to obtain subject information at a target position by assigning, to each of the groups of reception signals, a weight corresponding to relative positions of the supporting member and the target position.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to an examined-portion information acquisition apparatus including two examined-portion holding members each configured to hold one of two examined portions, a receiver configured to receive an acoustic wave, and a moving system configured to move the receiver from a position at which the receiver receives an acoustic wave from one examined portion held by one examined-portion holding member among the two examined-portion holding members to a position at which the receiver receives an acoustic wave from another examined portion held by the other examined-portion holding member, wherein the receiver includes a plurality of transducers configured to receive an acoustic wave, and a supporting member on which the plurality of transducers are arranged, and the plurality of transducers are arranged on the supporting member such that directivity axes of some transducers among the plurality of transducers converge.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a supporting unit configured to be capable of holding a liquid acoustic matching member, a plurality of receiving elements each supported on the supporting unit to receive an acoustic wave propagated from an object via the acoustic matching member and output an electrical signal, a scanning unit that changes a relative position of each of the receiving elements and the object by moving the supporting unit, a controlling unit that controls a velocity of movement of the supporting unit performed by the scanning unit, and a processing unit that acquires specific information of an inside of the object based on the electrical signal. The scanning unit moves the supporting unit on a path having portions of different curvatures.

Abstract: A photoacoustic ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a light emitting portion configured to emit pulsed light; a photoacoustic sound source configured to absorb the pulsed light and generate photoacoustic waves to be transmitted toward a subject; a plurality of transducers configured to receive photoacoustic waves reflected by the subject and output electric signals; and an information processor configured to output a photoacoustic ultrasonic echo image of the subject by using the electric signals. The information processor is configured to calculate the photoacoustic ultrasonic echo image on the basis of positional information on the photoacoustic sound source.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus includes a light source, a light absorbing member configured to absorb light radiated from the light source to generate a transmit-ultrasound wave that is a planar wave, a detecting element configured to receive an acoustic wave to output an electric signal, an information processing unit configured to acquire characteristic information on an object using the electric signal. The detecting element receives an ultrasound wave resulting from reflection or scattering of the transmit-ultrasound wave in the object, as an acoustic wave.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus includes: an acoustic wave generating member which absorbs light and generates an acoustic wave; an irradiating unit which irradiates an object or the acoustic wave generating member with light; a detector which detects an acoustic wave propagating from the object; a signal processing unit which generates object information that is information of the inside of the object, based on a signal output from the detector; and a switching unit which performs switching between a first mode in which a first acoustic wave generated inside the object due to irradiation of the light is detected by the detector and a second mode in which a second acoustic wave generated by the acoustic wave generating member due to irradiation of the light and having propagated inside the object is detected by the detector.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source; transducers that receives acoustic waves and outputs electric signals, the acoustic waves being generated when an object is irradiated with light generated from the light source; a support member that supports the transducers such that directivity axes of the transducers gather; a movement region setting unit that sets a movement region of the support member; a moving unit that moves the support member in the movement region such that relative position between the object and the support member changes; and an information acquiring unit that acquires object information based on the electric signals, wherein the light source emits the light when the support member is positioned in the movement region, and wherein the movement region setting unit acquires coordinate information about a surface of the object and determines the movement region based on the coordinate information.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus disclosed in the description includes a light source; transducers that detect acoustic waves and output electric signals, the acoustic waves being generated when an object is irradiated with light generated from the light source; a support member that supports the transducers such that directional axes of the transducers gather; a moving unit that moves the support member relative to the object within a movement region; a storage unit that stores the electric signals output from the transducers at timings; and a computing unit that acquires object information for each reconstruction position on the basis of the electric signals stored in the storage unit. The light source generates the light at the timings. The moving unit moves the support member such that there exists a region in which a density of a distribution of positions of the support member at the timings is constant.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus includes: a matching solution that is prepared by adding, to a solvent, a solute having a higher hydrophilicity than the solvent, and propagates an acoustic wave generated from an object; a plurality of acoustic wave detection elements that receives the acoustic wave via the matching solution; a support that supports the plurality of acoustic wave detection elements so that directional axes of at least a part of the acoustic wave detection elements converge, and holds the matching solution; a position control unit that changes the positional relationship between the object and the support; and an acquisition unit that acquires characteristic information on the object based on the reception result for each positional relationship of the plurality of acoustic wave detection elements.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus employed in the present invention includes: a plurality of transducers that generate an electric signal upon reception of an acoustic wave from a measurement subject; a supporter that supports the plurality of transducers such that directional axes of at least a part of the plurality of transducers are gathered together; a point sound source; means for controlling relative positions of the measurement subject and the supporter; a processor that determines respective distances from the plurality of transducers to a focus position of the measurement subject and generates property information relating to the focus position; and a corrector that determines correction data.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus including a receiver provided with: a plurality of detecting elements which receive an acoustic wave from an object and generate an electrical signal and provided with a container-shaped supporter which supports the plurality of detecting elements; and a tank which holds an acoustic matching liquid; and a flow path which connects the tank with a liquid inlet port and a liquid discharge port provided in the receiver, the object information acquiring apparatus further including: a liquid circulator which controls a flow of the acoustic matching liquid; a UV irradiator which irradiates the acoustic matching liquid with ultraviolet light onto; and a processor which uses the electrical signal to generate property information on the interior of the object.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus disclosed in this specification includes a light source; a probe including a plurality of transducers each configured to receive a photoacoustic wave generated from a subject irradiated with light emitted from the light source and output a reception signal, and a support member configured to support the plurality of transducers so that directivity axes of the plurality of transducers are collected; a moving unit configured to move the probe; a region setting unit configured to set an imaging region; and a processing unit configured to acquire subject information in the imaging region based on the reception signals output from the plurality of transducers. The light source is configured to emit the light if a position at which the directivity axes are collected is farther from the probe than a center of the imaging region.