Abstract: A management apparatus includes: an obtaining means that obtains an existence confirmation result, which is a result of confirmation on existence of a subject; and a management means that manages the existence confirmation result in association with a non-fungible token.

Abstract: An evaluation unit evaluates performance of an analytic model (internal analytic model) based on internal data extracted from the analytic model and output data of the analytic model. A determination unit determines use of an external analytic model based on an evaluation result of the evaluation unit. In that case, an input image (tomographic image) is sent to an information processing apparatus via a communication unit. An analysis result of the analytic model (external analytic model) is sent to a calculation control unit via the communication unit.

Abstract: In order to improve the safety and reliability of services provided by a computer, this authentication device is equipped with a transmission unit and a determination unit. The transmission unit transmits a challenge to a terminal device where the challenge is presented to a user to be authenticated, the challenge being information serving as the basis on which the user inputs information to be used for authentication processing. At this time, the transmission unit transmits a plurality of different challenges to the terminal device. The determination unit determines not only whether or not a response input to the terminal device by the user in response to each challenge is correct, but also whether or not time information regarding the challenge and the response thereto satisfies a condition regarding the response.

Abstract: A machining processing apparatus or the like is provided, which is suitable for reducing a burden on a user in adjusting machining conditions using machining results. The machining processing apparatus 1 machines a workpiece according to machining conditions. The machining conditions include multiple items and setting values for each item. The machining processing apparatus 1 includes an individual input processing unit 13, a support input processing unit 15, and an input/output unit 3. The individual input processing unit 13 allows the user to input setting values for each machining conditions item. The support input processing unit 15 calculates a change amount for one or multiple machining conditions items according to a modification of the machining shape of the workpiece input by the user, and instructs the input/output unit 3 to display the one or multiple items to be modified as change details together with the change amount for each item.

Abstract: An information management apparatus (100) includes: an issuing unit (102) that issues at least one token for each moving body; an allocation unit (104) that allocates, when detecting that a passenger boards the moving body, the token for the moving body to the passenger, a release unit (106) that releases, when detecting that the passenger alights from the moving body, allocation of the token to the passenger; and a determination unit (108) that determines, by using token history information indicating a history of allocation and release of the token, a boarding history for the moving body of the passenger.

Abstract: An information processing unit included in an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus executes a process of generating a B-mode image based on transmission of an ultrasonic wave to a subject and reception of the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, a process of generating a Doppler waveform image based on transmission of an ultrasonic wave to the subject and reception of the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, a process of recognizing a Doppler observation target on the B-mode image, and a process of generating an evaluation value for the Doppler waveform image based on a reference Doppler waveform image corresponding to the Doppler observation target and the Doppler waveform image.

Abstract: A process of two-dimensionally disposing a plurality of candidate images obtained by performing image processing on medical imaging data by respectively combining a plurality of different candidate values of one image quality parameter type and a plurality of different candidate values of the other image quality parameter type such that the plurality of candidate images can be selected, and determining at least one of the candidate value of the one image quality parameter type or the candidate value of the other image quality parameter type corresponding to the selected candidate image, as a set value of the image quality parameter type is performed in an order of a high priority among three or more image quality parameter types.

Abstract: There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which can accurately observe a target site regardless of a user' skill level even in a case where gas is accumulated in an intestine of a subject.

Abstract: A service management apparatus (100) includes: a node that stores a rule (220) associating a usage history (210) of a service provided by each of a plurality of business entities with a providable incentive service; and a service processing unit (102) that, when acquiring the usage history (210) of the service provided by each of the plurality of business entities for a user, determines, by using the rule (220), an incentive service providable to the user and executes processing related to the determined incentive service.

Abstract: There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which allow a user to intuitively and easily correct a specifying result of a blood vessel region.

Abstract: A machining processing system or the like is provided, suitable for supporting a help display that corresponds to the user's level while providing safe operation of a machining processing apparatus. In a machining processing apparatus 2 in a machining processing system 1, an interface processing unit 13 displays an interface screen and gives instructions to a control unit 11 according to the user's operation. A help processing unit 15 displays an explanation with respect to the user's operation via the interface screen according to the user's operation. Upon receiving an instruction from the help processing unit 15 to change the interface screen, the control unit 11 controls the interface processing unit 13 to change the interface screen. The help processing unit 15 does not support an instruction for a machining unit 7 to perform machining processing, for example.

Abstract: An ultrasound system (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2), a mobile information terminal (3), and an external apparatus (4). The ultrasound probe (2) includes a transmission and reception circuit (22) that transmits an ultrasonic wave from a transducer array (21) and generates a sound ray signal, and a reception data generation unit that generates reception data before imaging based on the sound ray signal. The mobile information terminal (3) includes a camera unit (33) that acquires a view image. The external apparatus (4) includes a display controller (44) that displays an ultrasound image generated based on the reception data and the view image on an external monitor (45), and an input device (47). In a case where a probe freeze instruction is input from the input device (47), the transmission of the ultrasonic wave from the transducer array (21) is stopped.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated ultrasound credentialing are described. In some embodiments, a credentialing system for issuing a sonographer credential to a sonography candidate includes an ultrasound probe coupled to a computing device and configured to generate ultrasound data. The computing device is configured to generate, based on the ultrasound data and as part of an automated review, an ultrasound examination score. The computing device is configured to transfer, based on the ultrasound examination score, the sonography candidate from the automated review to a manual review by a reviewer.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a urinary bladder extraction unit (9), a feature quantity calculation unit (10), a candidate frame extraction unit (11), and a urine volume measurement unit (13). The urinary bladder extraction unit (9) extracts a urinary bladder region from ultrasound images of a plurality of frames. The feature quantity calculation unit (10) calculates a feature quantity related to the bladder region. The candidate frame extraction unit (11) extracts, from the ultrasound images of the plurality of frames, an ultrasound image of a frame for which the feature quantity becomes a local maximum, as an ultrasound image of at least one candidate frame that serves as a candidate subjected to measurement. The urine volume measurement unit (13) analyzes an ultrasound image of a measurement frame selected from the ultrasound image of the at least one candidate frame to measure a urine volume.

Abstract: A puncture needle includes a shaft part, a needle tip part disposed at a tip of the shaft part, and a plurality of processed parts that are arranged on an outer peripheral part of the shaft part along a length direction of the shaft part and form a geometric progression with a geometric ratio of 2 in which arrangement intervals gradually decrease toward the needle tip part, in which a distance between a reference point which is located on a needle tip part side from a first processed part closest to the needle tip part among the plurality of processed parts and is located at a predetermined distance from the needle tip part and the first processed part is equal to an arrangement interval between the first processed part and a second processed part which is second closest to the needle tip part.

Abstract: Provided are a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that enable a user to easily and accurately puncture a blood vessel of a subject.

Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, a posture sensor detects whether an orientation of a monitor is a vertically long posture or a laterally long posture, and a display control unit displays an ultrasound image on a display screen on the basis of the orientation of the monitor. A hidden region detection unit detects whether or not a hidden region that is not displayed on the display screen is present in the ultrasound image, and a blood vessel detection unit detects a blood vessel in the ultrasound image. Then, in a case where it is detected that the hidden region is present and it is detected that the blood vessel is present in the hidden region, an orientation suggestion unit suggests to change the orientation of the monitor. Accordingly, in a case where blood vessel puncture is performed, an appropriate orientation of the monitor for observing the blood vessel in the ultrasound image is suggested to the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated ultrasound credentialing are described. In some embodiments, a credentialing system for issuing a sonographer credential to a sonography candidate includes an ultrasound probe coupled to a computing device and configured to generate ultrasound data. The computing device is configured to generate, based on the ultrasound data and as part of an automated review, an ultrasound examination score. The computing device is configured to transfer, based on the ultrasound examination score, the sonography candidate from the automated review to a manual review by a reviewer.

Abstract: A puncture needle includes a shaft-part, a needle-tip-part disposed at a tip of the shaft-part, and processed-parts that are arranged on an outer peripheral part of the shaft-part along a length direction of the shaft-part and form an arithmetic progression in which arrangement intervals gradually decrease toward the needle-tip-part, wherein among the processed-parts, an arrangement interval between a first-processed-part which is separated from the needle-tip-part by a predetermined distance and is closest to the needle-tip-part and a second-processed-part which is second closest to the needle-tip-part is equal to or less than a tolerance of the arithmetic progression, or a distance from the needle-tip-part to the first-processed-part which is closest to the needle-tip-part is equal to or less than the tolerance of the arithmetic progression and equal to a difference between the arrangement interval between the first-processed-part and the second-processed-part which is second closest to the needle-tip-part

Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, a panoramic image generation unit generates a panoramic image from ultrasound image data or ultrasound images of a plurality of frames included in the same tomographic plane formed by moving an ultrasound probe. A hidden region detection unit detects whether or not a hidden region that is not displayed on a display screen is present in the panoramic image, a blood vessel detection unit detects a blood vessel in the panoramic image, and a notification unit notifies of a message in a case where it is detected that the hidden region is present and it is detected that the blood vessel is present in the hidden region. Accordingly, the user can easily understand a state of the blood vessel in the hidden region of the panoramic image in a case of performing the blood vessel puncture while observing the panoramic image.