Abstract: A biomagnetic field measurement processing apparatus includes circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute reconfiguring a current signal from a biomagnetic field signal; extracting a current component from the current signal; and based on the extracted current component, adding to each other at least two current waveforms among current waveforms of a plurality of inward currents that are current components directed toward a nerve axon from around the nerve axon, or adding to each other at least two current waveforms among current waveforms of a plurality of inward currents that are current components directed toward a muscle fiber from around the muscle fiber, and generating a current waveform to be displayed on a display device, according to the at least two current waveforms added to each other.

Abstract: A biometric apparatus including an irradiation device configured to deliver radiation to a subject, a radiation detector configured to perform radiation imaging on a test site of the subject, and a magnetic detector configured to detect biomagnetism of the subject, the magnetic detector being placed between the radiation detector and the irradiation device.

Abstract: A biometric information display device includes circuitry, and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to display at least one biological signal waveform including a biological signal measured, and display a graphic representation representing a noise level included in the biological signal waveform at a location corresponding to a peak of the biological signal waveform.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor programmed to obtain a first radiation image of a subject captured from a first direction, obtain a second radiation image of the subject captured from a second direction that intersects the first direction, and either correct one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image based on positional information of a device for capturing the one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image, or correct another one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image based on information on a position of a specific region of the subject obtained from the one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image.

Abstract: A biomagnetic field measurement device includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with radiation; an imaging unit having a light-receiving surface for receiving radiation, the imaging unit being configured to image the subject based on the radiation from the irradiation unit; a marker part configured to absorb the radiation from the irradiation unit; and a processing circuit configured to output biological information based on third position information of the marker part and an imaged result of the subject by the imaging unit, the third position information of the marker part being calculated from first position information of the marker part, second position information of the irradiation unit, and a captured image of the marker part imaged by the imaging unit.

Abstract: A diagnostic support apparatus includes a computing unit that computes a decreasing rate of a current intensity of an inward current flowing into a nerve pathway, based on magnetic field data obtained by measuring a magnetic field generated by a subject.

Abstract: The present invention is designed such that, even when inward currents cannot be calculated properly, it is possible to generate current waveforms that can appropriately evaluate the action of a target body tissue by calculating currents that are equivalent to inward currents. A biomagnetic field measurement system includes circuitry and a memory storing executable instructions which, when executed by the circuitry, cause the circuitry to: based on current components extracted from current signals calculated from a biomagnetic field signal, add up current waveforms of current components along a conduction pathway of an action current in a body tissue that is targeted for evaluation, and generate a current waveform for evaluating an intra-cellular current flowing in the conduction pathway, locations of the current components of the added current waveforms being predetermined set distances apart on the conduction pathway, in front of and behind a location of interest on the conduction pathway.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a biomagnetism measurement device capable of three-dimensionally acquiring magnetism information of a living body with ease. This biomagnetism measurement device (101) is for measuring biomagnetism using a plurality of magnetic sensors (1) at the same time. The plurality of magnetic sensors (1) is retained by a retaining part (10) (a first retaining portion [11] and a second retaining portion [12]) so as to have different measurement directions. Furthermore, the retaining part (10) (the first retaining portion [11] and the second retaining portion [12]) has arranged thereon the plurality of magnetic sensors (1) so as to enable biomagnetism to be measured at a plurality of sites at the same time. The magnetic sensor (1) comprises a means for detecting the biomagnetism in a temperature environment commensurate with normal temperature.

Abstract: A nerve stimulating apparatus includes a plurality of stimulating units configured to respectively apply stimuli to a plurality of nerve regions branching from a particular nerve region of a living body, and a stimulation timing controller configured to set generating timings of respectively generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units. The stimulation timing controller sets the generating timings of generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units based on response results of the particular nerve region, the response results being obtained in response to the stimuli that are respectively generated at the plurality of stimulating units and that are respectively applied to the plurality of nerve regions, and the response results being measured by a biometric information measuring apparatus that measures biometric information.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a biomagnetism measuring device with which it is possible for a magnetic sensor to be disposed in an optimal position in accordance with an object being measured. A biomagnetism measuring device (1) according to the present invention is provided with: a plurality of magnetic sensors (11) which detect biomagnetism; and a holding portion (12) in which are formed frames (13) which detachably hold the plurality of magnetic sensors (11) in such a way as to face a living body. Further, the biomagnetism measuring device (1) according to the present invention is provided with: a plurality of magnetic sensors (11) which detect biomagnetism; and a holding portion (12) in which are formed rails (16) which movably hold the plurality of magnetic sensors (11) in such a way as to face a living body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biometric information measuring device with which a diagnostic imaging result and a biomagnetism measurement result can be superimposed simply and with satisfactory accuracy, and which is easy to handle. This biometric information measuring device (1) is provided with: a biomagnetism detecting unit (2) capable of detecting biomagnetism of a subject (S); and a radiation detecting unit (3) capable of acquiring an image corresponding to irradiated radiation, as digital image data, by means of the supply of a power source. The radiation detecting unit (3) is disposed between a measuring region of the subject (S) and the biomagnetism detecting unit (2). Further, it is preferable to provide a control unit (6) capable of performing control such that the power source is not supplied to the radiation detecting unit (3) while the biomagnetism detecting unit (2) is detecting biomagnetism.

Abstract: A biometric information display apparatus (30) for displaying a measurement result obtained by measuring a biometric signal, includes a maximum value calculation unit (63) configured to calculate a maximum value of the measurement result in a certain period of time for at least one of blocks into which a measurement area, in which the biometric signal is measured, is divided, a determination unit (64) configured to determine whether a measurement value in the at least one of blocks is greater than or equal to a threshold value obtained by multiplying the maximum value by a fractional value, the fractional value being determined in advance, and a display control unit configured to display, in response to an occurrence of an event in which the measurement value is determined to be greater than or equal to the threshold value, the measurement result in such a manner as to indicate the occurrence of the event.

Abstract: A biomagnetic field measurement processing apparatus includes circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute reconfiguring a current signal from a biomagnetic field signal; extracting a current component from the current signal; and based on the extracted current component, adding to each other at least two current waveforms among current waveforms of a plurality of inward currents that are current components directed toward a nerve axon from around the nerve axon, or adding to each other at least two current waveforms among current waveforms of a plurality of inward currents that are current components directed toward a muscle fiber from around the muscle fiber, and generating a current waveform to be displayed on a display device, according to the at least two current waveforms added to each other.

Abstract: A biomagnetism measurement apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to set a curved surface as a region-of-interest based on a morphological image including a portion to be evaluated of a subject, the morphological image being acquired by an image acquisition apparatus, and the curved surface being a surface on which an anterior-posterior position of the subject changes in a cranial-caudal direction and in a left-right direction along a position of a nerve to be evaluated. The processor is further configured to estimate current distribution in the region-of-interest based on magnetic data, the magnetic data being acquired by measuring a magnetic field with a magnetic measurement instrument, and the magnetic field being generated by an electrical activity of a nerve in the portion to be evaluated.

Abstract: A biometric information display device includes a display controller configured to display a morphological image indicative of a morphology of a subject, on a display, an input controller configured to receive a designation of a specified position on the morphological image, a pathway generating section configured to generate a pathway based on the specified position on the morphological image, and a current extracting section configured to extract current components at a plurality of positions along the pathway, based on current information reconstructed based on magnetic field measurement data generated by the subject. The display controller displays the current components extracted along the pathway on the display.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a muscle activity measurement device and a muscle activity measurement method which make it possible to measure the muscle activity of an object to be sensed with increased accuracy. The muscle activity measurement device is provided with a magnetic sensor unit which senses a magnetic field generated from a living body. The muscle activity measurement device identifies an installed direction of the muscle activity measurement device, and includes an indication, on a surface of a container, which comprises identification information for installing the muscle activity measurement device in such a way that a magnetism sensing direction X of the magnetic sensor unit and the direction in which the muscle fibers of the living body as the object to be sensed extend are substantially orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: A biomagnetic measurement apparatus includes a table on which a subject is placed; a biomagnetic detector configured to detect a biomagnetic field of the subject; a supporter configured to support a detection target region from which the biomagnetic field of the subject is detected; a radiation detector provided below the supporter; and a position changer configured to change relative positions of the biomagnetic detector and the detection target region. The supporter has a surface shape that corresponds to a surface of the biomagnetic detector.

Abstract: A biological-data processing apparatus includes a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute performing an addition-averaging process every time an addition count of biological data reaches a predetermined count, the biological data being measured in response to a trigger signal associated with a stimulus applied to one or more parts; storing, in a storage, addition-average data resulting from the addition-averaging process performed for each of the stimulated one or more parts, in association with the addition count in the addition-average data; and performing a biological data process based on the biological data, by using the addition-average data corresponding to each of the stimulated one or more parts, the addition-average data being acquired by referring to the storage based on the addition count that is specified.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a biomagnetism measuring device capable of accurately detecting biomagnetism regardless of the object to be measured. This biomagnetism measuring device (1) is provided with: a plurality of magnetic sensors (11) which detect biomagnetism of a living body (100); a retaining portion (12) including retaining holes (12a) which retain the plurality of magnetic sensors (11) with freedom to move individually; and a movement mechanism which moves the magnetic sensors (11) individually in a contacting/separating direction causing the magnetic sensors (11) to come into contact with or separate from the living body (100). As movement mechanisms there may be mentioned, for example, a pneumatic/hydraulic mechanism (20), a resilient body mechanism (30), a screw mechanism (40) and a gear mechanism (50).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor programmed to obtain a first radiation image of a subject captured from a first direction, obtain a second radiation image of the subject captured from a second direction that intersects the first direction, and either correct one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image based on positional information of a device for capturing the one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image, or correct another one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image based on information on a position of a specific region of the subject obtained from the one of the first radiation image and the second radiation image.