Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is disclosed having an electrical connector positionable over an opening in a wall to form an airtight seal and an electrical connection between the inside and an outside of the wall. The electrical connector has an insulating board made of insulating material. The insulating board includes a first surface facing the wall, a second surface on the side opposite to the first surface, and a side surface extending from a peripheral edge of the first surface to a peripheral edge of the second surface. An electrical connection portion made of electrically conductive material extends from the first surface through the insulating board to the second surface to electrically connect the first surface to the second surface. A surface roughness region provided at the peripheral edge of the first surface.

Abstract: A test apparatus that tests a device under test, including a power supply section that supplies the device under test with power, a comparing section that detects a characteristic value indicating a state of the device under test and compares the characteristic value to a predetermined threshold value, a cutoff section that cuts off the power supplied from the power supply section to the device under test, based on a result of the comparison by the comparing section, and a control section that changes at least one of the threshold value of the comparing section and a detection timing at which the characteristic value is detected.

Abstract: A flat connector is provided. The flat connector includes a base, an electrical connection portion and a soldering layer. The base includes an end face, an inner surface positioned adjacent the end face, and an outer surface positioned on an opposite side with respect to the inner surface. The electrical connection portion electrically connects the inner surface and the outer surface and, while the soldering layer is provided along the end face.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe, a scanning unit, an image data generating unit, a slice specifying unit, an image generating unit and a display unit. The scanning unit repeats three-dimensional scanning on a three-dimensional region in an object with an ultrasonic wave via the ultrasonic probe. The image data generating unit repeatedly generates three-dimensional image data based on an output from the scanning unit. The slice specifying unit specifies at least one slice from the three-dimensional image data concurrently with the three-dimensional scanning. The image generating unit generates at least one slice image associated with the specified slice from the three-dimensional image data. The display unit displays the generated slice image.

Abstract: An interface unit holds an activation code including information indicating an access destination storage device among storage devices. A storage unit stores activation codes, each including information indicating an access destination storage device. A controller selects, when activating a program on a virtual machine, an activation code according to the virtual machine from the storage unit, and provides the virtual machine with the selected activation code, in place of the activation code of the interface unit. A program is read from a storage device according to the selected activation code.

Abstract: A composition for oral administration includes: a water-insolubilized material including a bitter or astringent substance, such as an iso-? acid, and a polyvalent metal salt such as ferric chloride; and a dispersant such as a water-soluble macromolecule such as gelatin or gum arabic.

Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment, a scan switching unit switches between scanning methods so as to perform a first scanning method by which an ultrasound wave is transmitted and received to and from each of a plurality of observation sites alternately once each if the depth on the scanning line in at least one of the observation sites is smaller than a threshold value and so as to perform a second scanning method by which an ultrasound wave is transmitted and received to and from each of the plurality of observation sites alternately in such a manner that an ultrasound wave is transmitted and received to and from at least one of the plurality of observation sites multiple times if the depth on the scanning line in the at least one of the observation sites is equal to or larger than the threshold value.

Abstract: A controller (3) controls band data generating of a band data generating section (2), band data storing of the storage section (4), print image producing of the print image producing section (5), and printing of the printing section (6). The controller (3) allows the storage section (4) to store repeating use instruction information indicating that previous band data is to be repeatedly used when the newly generated band data to be stored in the storage section (4) is identical to the previous band data. The controller (3) allows the image producing section (5) to produce a print image by using expanded data of previous band data in place of expanded data of band associated with the repeating use instruction information stored in the storage section (4).

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe, a storage controller, and an output controller. The ultrasonic probe is configured to perform three-dimensional ultrasonic scanning under transmission/reception control. The storage controller is configured to control data generated by the three-dimensional scanning performed by the ultrasonic probe so as to be stored in a predetermined memory as a plurality of pieces of two-dimensional data generated by two-dimensionally scanning a plurality of predetermined cross-sections each of whose positions is continuously changed along a predetermined direction in a region of the three-dimensional scanning. The output controller is configured to control a plurality of pieces of two-dimensional image data based on the pieces of two-dimensional data stored in the predetermined memory so as to be output as moving image data to a predetermined output unit.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image generating unit configured to generate medical images from a multislice which covers an area including the heart of an object. Each slice is almost perpendicular to the long axis of the heart. Each medical image is a short-axis image of the heart. A series of medical images captured at different times correspond to each slice. The embodiment generates a polar map associated with myocardial motion indices from a plurality of medical images. A polar map is segmented into segments. The embodiment calculates the average value of motion indices for each segment. The utility of an average value depends on the range covered by each segment. This embodiment matches the boundary of a segment with the position of a vein. This prevents a deterioration in the utility of average values due to the influences of veins.

Abstract: A transmitter/receiver transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a desired region of a subject via an ultrasonic probe. A signal processor obtains a plurality of physical quantities from signals outputted by the transmitter/receiver having received ultrasonic echoes from the subject. A voxel-value generator generates a voxel value containing the plurality of physical quantities. An image generator generates a three-dimensional image by using the plurality of physical quantities including any of the rate, power value or dispersion of a blood flow contained in the voxel value and sequentially executing a rendering process on each voxel. A display controller controls a display to display the generated three-dimensional image.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 comprises an ultrasonic probe 2 for transmitting the ultrasound while three-dimensionally scanning, and receiving ultrasound reflected from biological tissue, an image processor 5 (and a signal processor 4) for generating image data for an MPR image based on results received thereof, an information memory 6 for storing cross-sectional-position information D showing a cross-section of this MPR image, a display part 81, and a controller 9. The image processor 5 generates image data for the new MPR image for the relevant cross-sectional position, based on the cross-sectional position shown in the cross-sectional-position information D1 obtained when the MPR image was obtained in the past and the received results obtained by the new three-dimensional scan performed with the ultrasonic probe 2. The controller 9 causes the display part 81 to display the new MPR image.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detector, a determination unit, a retention controller, and a display controller. The detector is configured to detect a peak flow velocity of blood flow velocities acquired from Doppler waveforms collected in a time-serial manner or a peak value of average flow velocities of the blood flow velocities as a representative flow velocity for each predefined period. The determination unit is configured to determine a maximum value in a predefined polarity of a plurality of representative flow velocities. The retention controller is configured to control a memory unit to retain maximum waveform information that is Doppler waveform information of Doppler waveforms collected for a period in which the maximum value was detected. The display controller is configured to control a display unit to display the maximum waveform information with Doppler waveform information having been collected by a present time point.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic system includes a data acquiring unit, a beam forming processing unit, a processor and an output unit. The data acquiring unit is configured to acquire reception signals corresponding to ultrasonic transducers by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to and from an object using the ultrasonic transducers. The beam forming processing unit is configured to apply beam forming to the reception signals. The processor is configured to generate ultrasonic image data based on reception signals subjected to the beam forming. The output unit is configured to output the reception signals before the beam forming to an outside terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ultraviolet fluorescent material having high light emission efficiency, wherein the peak wavelength of ultraviolet light to be emitted can be controlled by having a quantum dot structure wherein a fine crystal of zinc oxide having an average diameter of 1-10 nm serves as a core, and the surface of the zinc oxide fine crystal is covered with at least one of LiGaO2, LiAlO2, NaGaO2 and NaAlO2, which has a crystal structure similar to that of the zinc oxide and low lattice mismatch and hardly suffers from structural defects, or a solid solution thereof.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe comprises a transducer part, a heat-receiving part, a refrigeration unit and a cable unit. The cable unit includes a signal line, a refrigerant supply tube, a refrigerant ejection tube and a heat insulator. The heat-receiving part absorbs heat generated from the transducer part. The refrigerant supply tube supplies a refrigerant from the refrigeration unit to the heat-receiving part. The refrigerant ejection tube sends the refrigerant for ejecting heat of the heat-receiving part to the refrigeration unit. The heat insulator is arranged around the refrigerant supply tube. A set of the refrigerant supply tube, the refrigerant ejection tube and the heat insulator is arranged at a center of the cable unit substantially while the signal line is arranged around at least one of the refrigerant supply tube, the refrigerant ejection tube and the heat insulator.

Abstract: Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising a power supply section that supplies the device under test with power; a comparing section that detects a characteristic value indicating a state of the device under test and compares the characteristic value to a predetermined threshold value; a cutoff section that cuts off the power supplied from the power supply section to the device under test, based on a result of the comparison by the comparing section; and a control section that changes at least one of the threshold value of the comparing section and a detection timing at which the characteristic value is detected.

Abstract: A socket contact that makes contact with a lead pin is provided on a mating electronic component, wherein this socket contact comprises a retention section that is press-fit in a contact cavity provided in a housing, a base section that extends downward from this retention section, and a pair of resilient contact pieces that extend from either side edge of this base section in mutually facing directions. The paired resilient contact pieces respectively comprise end sections that extend backward from the side edges of the base section, and lead pin contact sections that extend upward and forward at an inclination from the rear ends of the base section and that are also formed with an inclination so as to approach each other toward the tip ends thereof, and after the lead pin is inserted into the contact cavity toward the rear ends of the base end parts, the lead pin moves forward so as to contact the lead pin contact section in a position to the rear side of the retention section.

Abstract: A digital signal receiver comprises a signal separating section (11), a clock signal generating section (12), a video data processing section (14), an audio data processing section (15), and a control section (17). The clock signal generating section (12) generates an operation clock signal (105) for the signal separating section (11), the video data processing section (14), and the audio data processing section (15). The control section (17) pauses the signal separating section (11), the video data processing section (14), and the audio data processing section (15) until receiving a clock stability signal (108) indicating that the operation clock signal (105) is stable, the clock stability signal (108) being generated by the clock signal generating section (12).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus which generates a plurality of volume data over a predetermined period, executes setting of a position of at least one MPR slice relative to volume data, of the plurality of volume data, which corresponds to a first time phase, and sets positions of MPR slices corresponding to the at least one set MPR slice with respect to remaining volume data, executes segmentations of at least part of the heart into a plurality of segments, executes three-dimensional tracking processing, and optimizes the position of the MPR slice which is set in a predetermined time phase, based on the positions of the plurality of segments, and optimizes positions of the MPR slices set for the remaining volume data in association with the optimization.