Abstract: From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted from at least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated.

Abstract: Provided are a magnetic disk and a method of fabricating the magnetic disk. The magnetic disk includes an aluminum alloy plate fabricated by a process involving a CC method and a compound removal process, and an electroless Ni—P plating layer disposed on the surface of the plate. The aluminum alloy plate is composed of an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter abbreviated simply as “%”) of Fe, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005% to 1.000% of Cu, 0.005% to 1.000% of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. In the magnetic disk, the maximum amplitude of waviness in a wavelength range of 0.4 to 5.0 mm is 5 nm or less, and the maximum amplitude of waviness in a wavelength range of 0.08 to 0.45 mm is 1.5 nm or less.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk including an aluminum alloy containing 0.1 to 3.0 mass % of Fe, 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Zn, with a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, wherein in an outer peripheral surface thereof, the number of holes having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more is 200/mm2 or less, an aluminum alloy base disk for a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk, using the aluminum alloy substrate, and methods for manufacturing these.

Abstract: From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted from at least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for a magnetic disk, a method for manufacturing same, and a magnetic disk using same. The aluminum alloy sheet is made of an aluminum alloy comprising 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Fe, 0.003 to 1.000 mass % of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a value obtained by dividing a difference in an area ratio (%) of second phase particles between a region (A) and a region (B) by an average value of area ratios (%) of second phase particles in the regions (A) and (B) is 0.05 or less, the region (A) being a region from a sheet thickness center plane to a front surface of the sheet, and the region (B) being a region from the sheet thickness center plane to a rear surface of the plate.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for a magnetic disk includes an aluminum alloy comprising 0.10 to 3.00 mass % (hereafter simply “%”) of Fe, 0.1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.003 to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000 s % of Zn, wherein second phase particles having a maximum diameter of 100 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less are dispersed at a distribution density of 50 particles/mm2 or less in a region (A) occupying 25% or less of a sheet thickness from a sheet thickness center plane to opposite surfaces of the sheet, second phase particles having a maximum diameter of 100 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less are 0 particles/mm2 in a region (C) that is obtained by excluding the region (A) from a region (B) occupying 50% or less of the sheet thickness from the sheet thickness center plane to the opposite surfaces of the sheet, and the amount of Mn solid solution is 0.03 mass % or more.

Abstract: An assistance apparatus for assisting creation of an interpretation report obtains a set of regions of interest, which are determined as regions that were observed, of medical image data of a subject that is displayed as an interpretation target, and a set of described regions, which are regions that correspond to description of an interpretation report about the medical image data of a subject. The assistance apparatus determines consistency between the set of regions of interest and the set of described regions, and lets a display unit display a result of the determination.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk that includes an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter abbreviated as “%”) of Fe, 0.005% to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005% to 1.000% of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. This substrate has a ratio A/B of 0.70 or more, where A indicates a distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more and less than 16 ?m, and B indicates a distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more. The distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 40 ?m or more is at most one per square millimeter. Also provided are a method of fabricating this aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk composed of the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.

Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, the aluminum alloy substrate including an aluminum alloy including 0.4 to 3.0 mass % of Fe and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, in which second phase particles having a longest diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and less than 2.0 ?m are dispersed at a distribution density of 5000 particles/mm2 or more; a method for producing the same; and a magnetic disk using the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.

Abstract: A magnetic disk substrate is composed of an aluminum alloy substrate, a base plating layer on a surface of the aluminum alloy substrate, and a boundary region between the aluminum alloy substrate and the base plating layer. The boundary region includes a specific boundary region (D(1)I((50-84)) having A, emission intensities equal to 50% to 84% of an average Al emission intensity in an interior region of the aluminum alloy substrate in glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy in the depthwise direction from the surface of the magnetic disk substrate. The specific boundary region (D(1)I(50-84)) has a maximum Fe emission intensity (I(1)Fe(max)) higher than an average Fe emission intensity (I(1)Fe(ave)) in the interior region of the aluminum alloy substrate in the glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy.

Abstract: Provided are a magnetic disk and a method of fabricating the magnetic disk. The magnetic disk includes an aluminum alloy plate fabricated by a process involving a CC method and a compound removal process, and an electroless Ni—P plating layer disposed on the surface of the plate. The aluminum alloy plate is composed of an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter abbreviated simply as “%”) of Fe, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005% to 1.000% of Cu, 0.005% to 1.000% of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. In the magnetic disk, the maximum amplitude of waviness in a wavelength range of 0.4 to 5.0 mm is 5 nm or less, and the maximum amplitude of waviness in a wavelength range of 0.08 to 0.45 mm is 1.5 nm or less.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk that includes an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter abbreviated as “%”) of Fe, 0.005% to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005% to 1.000% of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. This substrate has a ratio A/B of 0.70 or more, where A indicates a distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more and less than 16 ?m, and B indicates a distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more. The distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 40 ?m or more is at most one per square millimeter. Also provided are a method of fabricating this aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk composed of the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.

Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, in which the product of the sheet thickness and loss factor of the substrate is 0.7×10?3 or more; a method for producing the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk; and a magnetic disk, in which an electroless Ni—P plating treatment layer and a magnetic layer formed thereon are disposed on a surface of the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pH-responsive fluorescent compound, represented by the general formula, which is a novel pH-responsive fluorescent compound capable of being specifically localized in mitochondria within cells, which exhibits strong fluorescence under weakly acidic pH environments in lysosomes, and which is not readily subject to interference from autofluorescence and background fluorescence due to other fluorescent substances within cells. Also disclosed are a composition for detecting mitophagy using the pH-responsive fluorescent compound, and a method for detecting mitophagy within cells. In the general formula, L represents a linker, X represents a pharmaceutically acceptable anion, and Y represents a reactive group that may react with a functional group on a mitochondrial protein to form a covalent bond.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: an oxidation color developable compound that is represented by general formula (1), that has excellent solubility in water, and that is less affected by a substance coexisting in a sample; and an oxidation color development reagent using the oxidation color developable compound. In general formula (I), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each represent a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, X represents a hydrophilic functional group, and L represents —(CH2)j— (j represents an integer of 2-10), —(CH2CH2O)k— (k represents an integer of 1-10), or —(CH2)m—Z—(CH2)n— (m and n each independently represent an integer of 1-10, and Z represents —N+(CH3)2—, —CONH—, —NHCO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —NHCOO—, —OCONH—, —NHCONH—, and —(CH2NHCO)q—).

Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate including: an aluminum alloy base material including an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Fe, 0.1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005 to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000% of Zn, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and an electroless Ni—P plated layer formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy base material, in which the peak value (BLEI) of Fe emission intensity at an interface between the electroless Ni—P plated layer and the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by a glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device, is lower than Fe emission intensity (AlEI) in the interior of the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by the glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device; and a method for producing the aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate.

Abstract: A fluorescent compound or a salt thereof represented by General Formulae (I) or (II) shown below: In the General Formulae (1) and (II) shown above, R1 and R11 represent an alkyl group or an ?-aminoalkyl group, R2 and R12 represent a hydrogen atom or a alkyl group, R3 and R13 represent an atomic group represented by a formula —(CH2)m— (m is a natural number of 10 or less), R4 and R14 represent an atomic group represented by a formula —CH2— or —NR6— (—NR16—) (R6 and R16 represent an alkyl group), R5 and R15 represent an atomic group represented by a formula —(CH2)n— (n is a natural number of or less), R represents an atomic group represented by any one of formulae —NH2, —NHR7—, NR7R8 and —NR7R8R9 (—NHR17, —NR17R18 and —N+R17R18R19) (R7, R8, R9, R17, R18 and R19 independently represents an alkyl group, respectively) and when R2 and R12 are alkyl groups and R4 (R14) is an atomic group represented by the formula —NR6—(—NR16—), R2 and R6 and R12 and R16 may bind with each other to form a ring.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires, in a medical image, a first region and a second region different from the first region, a limiting unit that limits extracting a third region, connecting the first region and the second region, within a range including an extraction direction determined based on the first region; and an extraction unit that extracts the third region within the range limited by the limiting unit.

Abstract: From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted from at least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated.

Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate including: an aluminum alloy base material including an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Fe, 0.1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005 to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000% of Zn, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and an electroless Ni—P plated layer formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy base material, in which the peak value (BLEI) of Fe emission intensity at an interface between the electroless Ni—P plated layer and the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by a glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device, is lower than Fe emission intensity (AlEI) in the interior of the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by the glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device; and a method for producing the aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate.