Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry acquires information of an RF (radio frequency) coil. The processing circuitry sets a protocol to be applied to imaging using the RF coil before execution of the imaging. When there are a plurality of protocols that can be selected as the protocol applied to the imaging, the display displays at least one protocol narrowed down from the protocols as the protocol that can be applied to the imaging, based on information of the RF coil.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to receive a request to generate a communication path, calculate patterns in each of which a plurality of processing conditions for use in processing to be performed by communication devices arranged on the communication path are assigned to the communication devices usable to generate the communication path, determine a determined pattern for use in setting of a processing condition of the plurality of processing conditions from the calculated patterns, based on estimation information for associating a number of processing conditions with an estimated value of a throughput, the number of processing conditions and the estimated value of the throughput being set for the communication devices, and transmit a control packet to request each of the communication devices used in the determined pattern to set the processing condition along the determined pattern.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates positional information related to a positional relationship between a transmitter coil and a receiver coil based on a magnetic resonance signal received from a subject. The processing circuitry adjusts an irradiation intensity of an RF pulse to be irradiated on the subject in accordance with the positional information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a first transmit coil transmitting a first RF pulse corresponding to a resonance frequency of a first nuclide species in an object placed in an imaging space, a first receive coil receiving a first NMR signal of the first nuclide species, a cable connected to the first receive coil, a balun attached to the cable and/or the first receive coil, a substance attached to the balun and/or a vicinity of the balun, the substance including a second nuclide species having a resonance frequency different from the resonance frequency of the first nuclide species, a second transmit coil transmitting a second RF pulse corresponding to a resonance frequency of the second nuclide species, and a second receive coil receiving a second NMR signal of the second nuclide species in the substance.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a processor included in each of a plurality of node devices in a data circulation network to execute a process, the process includes when receiving a request to register metadata including attribute information on data of a terminal connected to one of the node devices, transferring the metadata to other plurality of node devices and when receiving a request to obtain data based on the metadata, obtaining the data from the terminal and transferring the data to a requestor of the data.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a plurality of first coil elements and a connector. The first coil elements are embedded in a couchtop on which a subject is placed. The connector is provided in such a region of the couchtop that is positioned on the inside of the loop of at least one of the first coil elements. It is possible to attach and detach a second coil element different from the first coil elements to and from the connector.

Abstract: An optical element manufacturing apparatus includes plural pairs of stage units that are each arranged opposite to each other so as to sandwich a mold set that houses a molding material, each of the plural pairs of stage units performing at least one of heating, pressurization, and cooling on the mold set, wherein each of the stage units includes a temperature control block for which temperature is controlled, and in a third direction orthogonal to a first direction and a second direction, the temperature control block includes heating regions that are positioned on sides of both ends and in which heating sources are arranged, and a non-heating region that is positioned on a central side and in which the heating sources are not arranged throughout the first direction, the first direction being a direction in which the plural pairs of stage units are arranged, and the second direction being a direction in which a pair of stage units are opposite to each other.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a Radio Frequency (RE) coil configured to apply an RF magnetic field to a subject. The RF coil includes: a supporting member formed to have a circular cylindrical shape; and an electrically-conductive member which is arranged to extend along an axial direction of the supporting member and through which a radio frequency current flows when the RF magnetic field is generated. The electrically-conductive member includes: a first part provided on an outer circumferential surface of the supporting member; and a second part positioned farther away from an RF shield provided on an outer circumferential side of the RF coil than the first part is, in terms of a radial direction of the supporting member.

Abstract: An information control apparatus includes, a memory that stores information relating to content, an acquiring circuit that acquires information relating to a request specified by a third party different from an original source of the content, a determining circuit that determines whether or not to present stored content to a user based on the request, and an output circuit that outputs information relating to content selected to be presented.

Abstract: A communication device including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to determine a transmission order such that at least one of a maximum value of a common key generation time from among two or more communication devices and a number of times of key generation processing by the two or more communication devices becomes a minimum value, instruct another communication device from among the two or more communication devices to transmit a partial key in accordance with the transmission order determined, and transmit a partial key generated, in accordance with the determined transmission order.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmission coil and processing circuitry. The transmission coil is configured to apply a high frequency magnetic field to an object. The processing circuitry is configured to: derive, based on at least one of an imaging region and the body shape data of the object, a specific area in a field of view (FOV); and determine, based on a signal within the specific area, an output power level of a high frequency pulse signal supplied to the transmission coil.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a storage circuitry and processing circuitry. The storage circuitry is configured to store therein workflow information indicating a plurality of procedures related to a preparation for an imaging process. The processing circuitry is configured to analyze an image obtained by a camera. The processing circuitry is configured to identify which of the plurality of procedures has been performed on the basis of the workflow information and a result of the analysis performed on the image and to cause an informing device to provide information about one or more of the procedures corresponding to a result of the identifying.

Abstract: A route search apparatus includes a storage configured to store information of a search tree associated with a topology of a network, and a processor configured to search for candidates of a route from a start point node to an end point node and exclude from search candidates a route from a first node to the end point when a total value of a hop length from the start point node to the first node and the shortest hop length from the first node to the end point node exceeds a predetermined hop length.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a UTC clock, a local clock based on the UTC time and time zone information, a local time setting unit that receives a local time change request, a UTC time setting unit that, where the local time setting unit receives the local time change request, obtains UTC time via a network from a server apparatus that supplies the UTC time, compares the UTC time obtained from the server apparatus with the UTC time managed by the UTC clock, and determines whether a difference between the UTC time obtained from the server apparatus and the UTC time managed by the UTC clock is equal to or more than a threshold or less than the threshold, and a time zone setting unit that, where the UTC time setting unit determines that the difference is less than the threshold, starts a process of changing the time zone information.

Abstract: An apparatus serves as a node device included in a distributed data sharing network, and shares, by using a blockchain, a piece of event information related to an event generated in a terminal, among node devices included in the distributed data sharing network, where the blockchain is a continuously growing list of blocks which are linked and secured using cryptography. The apparatus generates a piece of event data including the piece of event information related to the event, and causes the generated piece of event data to be stored in one of the node devices included in the distributed data sharing network.

Abstract: An edge server disposed on an edge of a cloud network, includes: a processor, wherein when encryption key information relating to a terminal which requests a connection to the edge server and the encryption key information generated before the request, is included in shared information shared between a cloud server and another edge server in the cloud network, the processor is configured to start encryption communication with the terminal using the encryption key information of the shared information.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus having a control circuit. The control circuit includes a standard application execution circuit, an apparatus control platform, and a standard application control circuit. The standard application execution circuit has the standard application execution service that executes a standard application. The apparatus control platform includes control service, apparatus control execution service, and an apparatus control management service. The control service controls hardware on an operating system. The apparatus control execution service executes the control service with an interface that is an executing procedure of the control service. The apparatus control management service instructs a call of the control service to the apparatus control execution service. The standard application control circuit manages a state of the standard application and provides an interface for using the hardware resources of the standard application execution service.

Abstract: Provided is an image formation device with which expanded is easy and the development cost can be reduced. A device control platform manages hardware resource in an operating system. A standard application service interface unit provides an interface for utilizing a standard application function from outside of a standard application execution unit. A platform service interface unit provides an interface for utilizing hardware resource from the outside of the device control platform. A standard function service enables the use of the standard application functions corresponding to the standard application service interface unit. An expanded function service enables the use of the hardware resource corresponding to the platform service interface unit. An expanded application management unit manages and executes expanded applications capable of calling the standard function service and the expanded function service.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to receive a request to generate a communication path, calculate patterns in each of which a plurality of processing conditions for use in processing to be performed by communication devices arranged on the communication path are assigned to the communication devices usable to generate the communication path, determine a determined pattern for use in setting of a processing condition of the plurality of processing conditions from the calculated patterns, based on estimation information for associating a number of processing conditions with an estimated value of a throughput, the number of processing conditions and the estimated value of the throughput being set for the communication devices, and transmit a control packet to request each of the communication devices used in the determined pattern to set the processing condition along the determined pattern.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a first transmit coil transmitting a first RF pulse corresponding to a resonance frequency of a first nuclide species in an object placed in an imaging space, a first receive coil receiving a first NMR signal of the first nuclide species, a cable connected to the first receive coil, a balun attached to the cable and/or the first receive coil, a substance attached to the balun and/or a vicinity of the balun, the substance including a second nuclide species having a resonance frequency different from the resonance frequency of the first nuclide species, a second transmit coil transmitting a second RF pulse corresponding to a resonance frequency of the second nuclide species, and a second receive coil receiving a second NMR signal of the second nuclide species in the substance.