Abstract: An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display at least one of an inference result of the first inference unit and an inference result of the second inference unit.

Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.

Abstract: A power generation element includes a magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect and magnetism collection members including an insertion part having the magnetic member inserted therethrough. The magnetism collection member includes a first component on an opposite side of a boundary plane to a magnetic field generation unit and a second component on the same side of the boundary plane as the magnetic field generation unit, the boundary plane passing through a center of an imaginary circle inscribed in the insertion part and having a diameter equal to a length of the insertion part in a third direction perpendicular to first and second directions, the first direction is a direction of the insertion of the magnetic member, and the second direction is a direction in which the magnetic field generation unit is disposed. A volume of the second component is larger than a volume of the first component.

Abstract: A manufacturing method that enables an electrode to be formed on a specific portion of a surface of a sintered ceramic body by a simple technique. A method of manufacturing a ceramic electronic component includes preparing a sintered ceramic body that contains a metal oxide, and forming low-resistance portions that is formed by reducing the resistance of portions of the ceramic body by radiating laser onto electrode-formation regions of surfaces of the ceramic body. The method further includes causing a catalytic metal to selectively adhere to the low-resistance portions by immersing the ceramic body, in which the low-resistance portions have been formed, in a catalytic metal substitution treatment solution, and forming a plating layer that serves as an electrode onto the low-resistance portions by performing electroless plating on the ceramic body to which the catalytic metal has adhered.

Abstract: A medical photometer includes a signal producing section that produces a first control signal to emit a first light having a first wavelength, a second control signal to emit a second light having a second wavelength, a third control signal to emit a third light having a third wavelength, and a fourth control signal to emit a fourth light having a fourth wavelength, a signal acquiring section that acquires a first to fourth intensity signals, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. In the medical photometer, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which an extinction coefficient of blood is a first value. The third wavelength and the fourth wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which the extinction coefficient of the blood is a second value which is different from the first value.

Abstract: A medical photometer includes a signal producing section that produces a first control signal to emit a first light having a first wavelength, a second control signal to emit a second light having a second wavelength, a third control signal to emit a third light having a third wavelength, and a fourth control signal to emit a fourth light having a fourth wavelength, a signal acquiring section that acquires a first to fourth intensity signals, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. In the medical photometer, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which an extinction coefficient of blood is a first value. The third wavelength and the fourth wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which the extinction coefficient of the blood is a second value which is different from the first value.

Abstract: An electronic component comprising a main body part including an insulating layer and a conductor layer laminated alternately. The insulating layer and the conductor layer are partially exposed on a side surface of the main body part in a direction orthogonal to a lamination direction. Also, the side surface of the main body part is provided with a metal film extending in the lamination direction to cover the insulating layer and the conductor layer exposed on the side surface.

Abstract: A reusable portion includes a first connector and a light emitter. A disposable portion includes a support, a second connector and a light detector. The support has a translucent portion and adapted to be attached on a body of a subject. The second connector is supported by the support and configured to couple with the first connector. The light detector is supported by the support and configured to output a signal corresponding to an amount of light incident on the light detector. Under a condition that the first connector and the second connector are coupled, the light emitter is disposed so as to face the translucent portion, so that the first connector is enabled to detect the signal via the second connector.

Abstract: A physiological parameter calculation device includes an acquiring section, a failure sensing section and a calculation section. The acquiring section acquires a plurality of signals corresponding to physiological information of a subject. The failure sensing section senses a failure of the plurality of elements. The calculation section calculates a physiological parameter based on the plurality of signals acquired by the acquiring section and a first algorithm or a second algorithm. The calculation section calculates the physiological parameter: based on the first algorithm when the failure sensing section does not sense a failure in an element for acquiring a signal used for the first algorithm among the plurality of elements, and based on the second algorithm when the failure sensing senses that a failure occurs in an element for acquiring a signal used for the first algorithm among the plurality of elements.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a pressure controller that controls an internal pressure of a cuff, an oscillation acquiring section that acquires an oscillation corresponding to a pressure vibration, a pulse wave signal acquiring section that acquires a pulse wave signal of the subject from a probe, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor. In the apparatus, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the apparatus causes the pressure controller to inflate the internal pressure, determines whether a first condition is satisfied or not, determines whether a second condition is satisfied or not, and if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, determines a mean blood pressure of the subject based on the internal pressure.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a plurality of capacitor elements each including an anode portion, a dielectric layer, and a cathode portion having a solid electrolyte layer and a current collector layer; a leading conductor layer; an insulating resin body; a first external electrode; and a second external electrode. The plurality of capacitor elements are stacked in layers, with mutually adjacent capacitor elements having their respective current collector layers connected to each other. The current collector layer of only the capacitor element adjacent to the leading conductor layer is connected to the leading conductor layer. The first external electrode is connected to the leading conductor layer at the first end surface.

Abstract: A physiological information display device includes: a display on which a numerical value corresponding to physiological information of a subject is displayed; a memory that stores a program; and a processor that executes the program to change a number of significant digits of the numerical value that is to be displayed on the display. In the device, the numerical value contains a first digit and a second digit, the first digit is always displayed in a first size and in a first area of the display, the number of significant digits is changed depending on whether the second digit is displayed in a second size and in a second area of the display or is not displayed, the second size being smaller than the first size, and a position and size of the first area are not changed even when the second digit is displayed.

Abstract: A medical photometer includes a processor and a memory that stores an instruction readable by a computer. When the instruction is executed by the processor, the medical photometer acquires an intensity of one of a first intensity signal and a second intensity signal, the first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of a first light beam that has a first wavelength and that is transmitted through or reflected from a tissue of a living body, and a second intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of a second light beam that has a second wavelength and that is transmitted through or reflected from the tissue of the living body acquires an intensity ratio of the first intensity signal and the second intensity signal, and detects an artifact of the living body based on the acquired intensity and the acquired intensity ratio.

Abstract: A medical photometer includes a processor and a memory that stores an instruction readable by a computer. When the instruction is executed by the processor, the medical photometer acquires a first light attenuation of a first light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from a tissue of a living body, and that has a first wavelength, based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam, acquires a second light attenuation of a second light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from the tissue, and that has a second wavelength, based on a second intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the second light beam, calculates a tissue thickness based on a ratio of the first light attenuation and the second light attenuation, and detects an artifact of the living body based on a temporal variation of the tissue thickness.

Abstract: A pulse photometer includes a light emitter, a light detector, a first signal separator that separates a first signal component and a first noise component, a second signal separator that separates a second signal component and a second noise component, a first determining section, a second determining section, and a concentration calculating section that calculates a concentration of a light absorption material in blood of the subject based on a fundamental frequency of the first signal component or a fundamental frequency of the second signal component.

Abstract: A pulse photometer includes: a first variation acquirer acquiring a first variation corresponding to a light attenuation variation of a first light beam due to pulsation of blood in a subject based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam transmitted through or reflected from a body of the subject and having a first wavelength; a second variation acquirer acquiring a second variation; a third variation acquirer acquiring a third variation; a concentration calculator calculating a blood light absorber concentration based on the first variation and the second variation; an estimated value calculator calculating an estimated value of the third variation based on the first variation and the second variation; and an evaluator evaluating reliability of a calculated value of the blood light absorber concentration based on the third variation and the estimated value.

Abstract: A physiological information measurement device includes one or more processor configured to calculate a first time-averaged value of physiological information of a subject based for a first time period and calculate a second time-averaged value of the physiological information for a second time period that is different from the first time period, and a display configured to display a first graph curve indicating a temporal change of the first time-averaged value and a second graph curve indicating a temporal change of the second time-averaged value.

Abstract: A pulse photometer includes: a first variation acquirer acquiring a first variation corresponding to a light attenuation variation of a first light beam due to pulsation of blood in a subject, based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from a body of the subject, and that has a first wavelength; a second variation acquirer acquiring a second variation; and a concentration calculator calculating a blood light absorber concentration, based on the first and second variations, the second variation containing a first offset which is based on an inverse of the light attenuation variation of the first light beam.

Abstract: A physiological information display device includes: a display on which a numerical value corresponding to physiological information of a subject is displayed; a memory that stores a program; and a processor that executes the program to change a number of significant digits of the numerical value that is to be displayed on the display. In the device, the numerical value contains a first digit and a second digit, the first digit is always displayed in a first size and in a first area of the display, the number of significant digits is changed depending on whether the second digit is displayed in a second size and in a second area of the display or is not displayed, the second size being smaller than the first size, and a position and size of the first area are not changed even when the second digit is displayed.

Abstract: A probe which is to be attached to a finger of a subject to acquire physiological parameter of the subject includes a light emitter that emits a light beam toward the finger, a light detector that outputs a signal corresponding to a light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from the finger, a first holding face that has a portion which is faced with a nail of the finger and another portion which is faced with a side face of the finger, and a second holding face that has a portion which is faced with a pad of the finger and another portion which is faced with the side face of the finger. In a state where the probe is attached to the finger, the first holding face and the second holding face are placed to be continuous to each other.