Abstract: A fine water discharge device of a human body which discharges fine water to the human body includes: fine water generating units being brought into a moisture absorption state and a moisture release state in which moisture is absorbed in, and is released from, a conductive polymer film due to a decrease and an increase in temperature, respectively and disposed in parallel; a blowing unit blowing air so that air flows through the fine water generating units; an electrifying portion individually electrifying the fine water generating units so that a temperature of each fine water generating unit is changed depending on electrification; and a control portion controlling the electrifying portion and the blowing unit so that the fine water generating units are individually switched between the moisture absorption state and the moisture release state to discharge the fine water by blowing air.

Abstract: A target object detecting device is provided, which may include an acquisition part, a generation part, and a detecting part. The acquisition part may acquire echo signals from target objects around a ship. The generation part may generate a first echo image based on the echo signals. The detecting part may input the first echo image into a model built by a program implementing a machine learning algorithm, and may detect a first target object that is a target object other than a ship corresponding to the model, based on an output from the model.

Abstract: Shading of a site other than a site of interest is disabled to allow construction of a visually good three-dimensional image even when the site other than the site of interest is displayed in a translucent manner. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a sending section that sends an ultrasonic wave to a diagnosing object via an ultrasound probe, a receiving section that receives a reflected echo signal from the diagnosing object, a three-dimensional elasticity image constructing section that performs volume rendering with shading on elasticity volume data with an elasticity value based on the reflected echo signal to construct a three-dimensional elasticity image, and an image display section that displays the three-dimensional elasticity image. The three-dimensional elasticity image constructing section performs the volume rendering using an elasticity opacity according to the elasticity value and disables the shading of a portion with the elasticity opacity with a predetermined value.

Abstract: A submerged nozzle for continuous casting of molten metal, wherein two or more discharge hole flow passages are provided on a cylindrical side surface of a submerged nozzle, and first and second inner surface side walls and first and second outer surface side walls of the discharge hole flow passages in a horizontal cross-section of the submerged nozzle when in use are composed by straight lines formed so as to be inflected at an inner side point of inflection and an outer side point of inflection.

Abstract: A first flow rate adjustment mechanism (18) and a second flow rate adjustment mechanism (28) are controlled by a flow rate control unit (62) so that a carrier gas flows through a first supply path (56) and a second supply flow rate (57) at a predetermined flow rate. The flow rate control unit (62) includes cell flow rate control means (66) for controlling the first flow rate adjustment mechanism (56) and the second flow rate adjustment mechanism (57) so that the flow rate of the carrier gas introduced into a sample cell (44) in a sparging state, which is a state where the carrier gas is supplied from the first supply path (56) into a syringe pump (4), and the flow rate of the carrier gas introduced into the sample cell (44) in a normal state.

Abstract: Shading of a site other than a site of interest is disabled to allow construction of a visually good three-dimensional image even when the site other than the site of interest is displayed in a translucent manner. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a sending section that sends an ultrasonic wave to a diagnosing object via an ultrasound probe, a receiving section that receives a reflected echo signal from the diagnosing object, a three-dimensional elasticity image constructing section that performs volume rendering with shading on elasticity volume data with an elasticity value based on the reflected echo signal to construct a three-dimensional elasticity image, and an image display section that displays the three-dimensional elasticity image. The three-dimensional elasticity image constructing section performs the volume rendering using an elasticity opacity according to the elasticity value and disables the shading of a portion with the elasticity opacity with a predetermined value.

Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of producing a three-dimensional image of an object for an organ region within a range of elasticity values desired by an operator and allowing the operator to recognize the region easily, elasticity value data included in a desired elasticity value range among elasticity value data constituting a volume data are selected and rendered. Whereby, a three-dimensional elasticity image in the set elasticity value range is produced. An area corresponding to the elasticity value range is displayed on at least one of a two-dimensional elasticity image and a section image.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a storage unit for storing the elastic volume data generated on the basis of the ultrasonic image data obtained by transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined, an input unit for setting a region of interest in the space which is occupied by the elastic volume data, an extraction unit for extracting from the elastic volume data a voxel group having the voxel values within a set elasticity range which is set based on the elasticity value of the voxels in the region of interest, a 3-dimensional elastic image creation unit for generating a 3-dimensional elastic image basis on the elastic volume data of the voxel group which is extracted by the extraction unit or the elastic volume data excluding the extracted voxel group; and an image display unit for displaying the 3-dimensional elastic image generated by the 3-dimensional elastic image creation unit.

Abstract: A control device controls driving of a pulse motor to cause liquid that is sucked into a syringe in a single suction process to be discharged over a plurality of discharge processes. The control method of the control device is a method that controls driving of the pulse motor so that rotation of a ball screw for executing each discharge process starts from an identical rotational angle position relative to a slit of a coupling.

Abstract: A submerged nozzle for continuous casting of molten metal, wherein two or more discharge hole flow passages are provided on a cylindrical side surface of a submerged nozzle, and first and second inner surface side walls and first and second outer surface side walls of the discharge hole flow passages in a horizontal cross-section of the submerged nozzle when in use are composed by straight lines formed so as to be inflected at an inner side point of inflection and an outer side point of inflection.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which constructs a three-dimensional elastic image by separating elastic volume data and then performing volume rendering, and also provided is an ultrasonic image display method. The three-dimensional elastic image constructing unit separates the elastic volume data into a plurality of data sets on the basis of the elastic values and performs volume rendering on the separated elastic volume data sets, thereby constructing a three-dimensional elastic image.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of clearly depicting areas of noteworthy hardness. In order to clearly depict 3-dimensional elasticity images of the area of noteworthy hardness, frequency is counted for each magnitude of the elasticity value for the elasticity data configuring the volume data, and elasticity values in a prescribed range which is determined on the basis of frequency, are converted to be large and elasticity values outside the prescribed range are converted to be small. By rendering the post-conversion volume data, the large elasticity values of areas of noteworthy hardness are integrated and 3-dimensional elasticity images are generated.

Abstract: A first flow rate adjustment mechanism (18) and a second flow rate adjustment mechanism (28) are controlled by a flow rate control unit (62) so that a carrier gas flows through a first supply path (56) and a second supply flow rate (57) at a predetermined flow rate. The flow rate control unit (62) includes cell flow rate control means (66) for controlling the first flow rate adjustment mechanism (56) and the second flow rate adjustment mechanism (57) so that the flow rate of the carrier gas introduced into a sample cell (44) in a sparging state, which is a state where the carrier gas is supplied from the first supply path (56) into a syringe pump (4), and the flow rate of the carrier gas introduced into the sample cell (44) in a normal state.

Abstract: A control device controls driving of a pulse motor to cause liquid that is sucked into a syringe in a single suction process to be discharged over a plurality of discharge processes. The control method of the control device is a method that controls driving of the pulse motor so that rotation of a ball screw for executing each discharge process starts from an identical rotational angle position relative to a slit of a coupling.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of clearly depicting areas of noteworthy hardness. In order to clearly depict 3-dimensional elasticity images of the area of noteworthy hardness, frequency is counted for each magnitude of the elasticity value for the elasticity data configuring the volume data, and elasticity values in a prescribed range which is determined on the basis of frequency, are converted to be large and elasticity values outside the prescribed range are converted to be small. By rendering the post-conversion volume data, the large elasticity values of areas of noteworthy hardness are integrated and 3-dimensional elasticity images are generated.

Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of producing a three-dimensional image of an object for an organ region within a range of elasticity values desired by an operator and allowing the operator to recognize the region easily, elasticity value data included in a desired elasticity value range among elasticity value data constituting a volume data are selected and rendered. Whereby, a three-dimensional elasticity image in the set elasticity value range is produced. An area corresponding to the elasticity value range is displayed on at least one of a two-dimensional elasticity image and a section image.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a storage unit for storing the elastic volume data generated on the basis of the ultrasonic image data obtained by transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an object to be examined, an input unit for setting a region of interest in the space which is occupied by the elastic volume data, an extraction unit for extracting from the elastic volume data a voxel group having the voxel values within a set elasticity range which is set based on the elasticity value of the voxels in the region of interest, a 3-dimensional elastic image creation unit for generating a 3-dimensional elastic image basis on the elastic volume data of the voxel group which is extracted by the extraction unit or the elastic volume data excluding the extracted voxel group; and an image display unit for displaying the 3-dimensional elastic image generated by the 3-dimensional elastic image creation unit.

Abstract: Pure water is sucked from an acid adding flow line into a syringe and discharged from a drain flow line to clean the acid adding flow line, and then a carrier gas from a gas pipe is supplied to the acid adding flow line by the syringe to dry the acid adding flow line. A sample water collecting flow line is also cleaned and dried in the same manner. A TOC measurement flow line is cleaned with cleaning water sucked from a cleaning water flow line into the syringe, then a carrier gas from the gas pipe is supplied to the TOC measurement flow line by the syringe to clean and dry a flow line through which sample water flows in an organic matter oxidative decomposition unit from the TOC measurement flow line.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which constructs a three-dimensional elastic image by separating elastic volume data and then performing volume rendering, and also provided is an ultrasonic image display method. The three-dimensional elastic image constructing unit separates the elastic volume data into a plurality of data sets on the basis of the elastic values and performs volume rendering on the separated elastic volume data sets, thereby constructing a three-dimensional elastic image.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes: an ultrasonic probe which transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave to and from an object; a phasing addition means that generates RF signal frame data of a sectional part of the object on the basis of a reflected echo signal measured by the ultrasonic probe; a displacement measurement means that generates displacement frame data by measuring displacement of tissue of the sectional part on the basis of a pair of RF signal frame data items acquired at different times; an elastic information calculation means that generates elastic frame data by calculating elastic information, which indicates hardness or softness of tissue of the sectional part, on the basis of the generated displacement frame data; an elastic image configuration means that generates an elastic image on the basis of the elastic frame data; an image display device which displays the elastic image; and a memory in which the elastic image is stored.