Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head configured to eject a liquid onto a recording medium; a liquid container having a filling port allowing the liquid to be poured through the filling port, the liquid container being configured to contain the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head; a cap held by a first operation portion capable of moving pivotally about a first pivotal shaft, the cap being movable to a closing position where the cap closes the filling port and to an opening position where the cap opens the filling port; and a second operation portion configured to move the first operation portion from the closing position to the opening position.

Abstract: Provided is a technology that enables a tank for storing a liquid, such as an ink, to be stably supplied with the liquid. A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that performs printing on a print medium by ejecting a printing agent to the print medium; a liquid storage tank that stores the printing agent to be supplied to the printing unit and is capable of being supplied with the printing agent through a pipe provided to the liquid storage tank so as to extend in a first direction; and a holder that includes a hole portion in which to insert the pipe and a cap which closes and opens the pipe inserted in the hole portion, and that is positioned in the first direction relative to the liquid storage tank and fixed to the first direction.

Abstract: An embodiment is a liquid container mounted on a liquid consumption apparatus including a liquid ejection head for ejecting a liquid and configured to store the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head. The liquid container includes: a tank chamber to store the liquid; an inlet port which is provided above the tank chamber and into which the liquid is poured; and an outlet port which is provided to face the inside of the tank chamber and from which the liquid from the inlet port is discharged after moving through a channel with air-liquid exchange. Provided that a depth direction is a direction crossing a height direction and a right-left direction of the liquid consumption apparatus, the depth-direction center position of the outlet port is closer to the center of the tank chamber than the depth-direction center position of the inlet port is.

Abstract: A conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium in a first direction; a printing unit configured to perform printing by ejecting ink onto the print medium conveyed by the conveyance unit; a first tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the printing unit; and a second tank configured to be installed side by side with the first tank in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and to be formed so that a storage chamber that stores ink to be supplied to the printing unit overlaps with the first tank as viewed from the first direction are included, and the storage chamber overlaps with the first tank as viewed from a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an ultraviolet light source, processing circuitry, and an imaging equipment. The ultraviolet light source emits an ultraviolet ray. The processing circuitry controls irradiation of the ultraviolet ray to an irradiation object irradiated with the ultraviolet ray in an examination room by moving a position of the ultraviolet light source relatively with respect to the irradiation object. The imaging equipment acquires a medical image of a subject.

Abstract: A computerized tomography apparatus is disclosed which reconstructs a tomography image of data from multi-directional projection data in a period of time less than the time required for a scan operation for data acquisition and displays the tomography image after a lapse of a given period of time from the termination of the scan operation. This avoids the time interval between scan and image display becoming irregular. Accordingly, tomography images can be displayed successively like motion picture to observe the internal movements of a section of a human body under examination in real time.

Abstract: A computer tomography apparatus of the present invention can select one of an ON state in which X-ray radiation is performed to continuously acquire projection data and an OFF state in which acquisition of projection data is stopped, and even in the OFF state, rotation of an X-ray tube is continued, thus allowing quick switching from the OFF state to the ON state.

Abstract: A computerized tomography apparatus is disclosed which reconstructs a tomography image of data from multi-directional projection data in a period of time less than the time required for a scan operation for data acquisition and displays the tomography image after a lapse of a given period of time from the termination of the scan operation. This avoids the time interval between scan and image display becoming irregular. Accordingly, tomography images can be displayed successively like motion picture to observe the internal movements of a section of a human body under examination in real time.

Abstract: A computer tomography apparatus of the present invention can select one of an ON state in which X-ray radiation is performed to continuously acquire projection data and an OFF state in which acquisition of projection data is stopped, and even in the OFF state, rotation of an X-ray tube is continued, thus allowing quick switching from the OFF state to the ON state.

Abstract: A computerized tomography apparatus is disclosed which reconstructs a tomography image of data from multi-directional projection data in a period of time less than the time required for a scan operation for data acquisition and displays the tomography image after a lapse of a given period of time from the termination of the scan operation. This avoids the time interval between scan and image display becoming irregular. Accordingly, tomography images can be displayed successively like motion picture to observe the internal movements of a section of a human body under examination in real time.

Abstract: In an X-ray CT scanner, a first field of view corresponding to a reconstructed area of an image to be displayed is set. An original image data are reconstructed on the basis of a plurality of projection data in a patient in response to the first field of view. Whether or not an imaged region in the patient is larger than the first field of view is judged according to referring the original image data. A second field of view including the imaged region wholly is set in case that the imaged region is larger in area than the first field of view. Beam hardening correction data are produced on the basis of the projection data in the second field of view. The projection data are processed into the image corresponding to the first field of view with an aid of the correction data.

Abstract: A computerized tomography apparatus is disclosed which reconstructs a tomography image of data from multi-directional projection data in a period of time less than the time required for a scan operation for data acquisition and displays the tomography image after a lapse of a given period of time from the termination of the scan operation. This avoids the time interval between scan and image display becoming irregular. Accordingly, tomography images can be displayed successively like motion picture to observe the internal movements of a section of a human body under examination in real time.

Abstract: A method and a apparatus for helical scan imaging in an X-ray CT, in which the initial set up operation can be achieved easily and accurately. In this X-ray CT apparatus, relative motion of a bed plate and an X-ray source is automatically controlled according to a desired imaging region specified by the operator such that the bed plate and the X-ray source are relatively moved through a distance covered by a scanning region appropriate for collecting the data required to reconstruct tomographic images for the desired imaging region. The scanning region includes the desired imaging region and supplementary interpolation data regions, located at the ends of the desired imaging region and utilized in carrying out interpolations for deriving data in the desired imaging region, and initial acceleration region accounting an initial acceleration of the bed plate, and a final deceleration region accounting a final deceleration of the bed plate.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a helical scan imaging in an X-ray CT, in which the initial set up operation can be achieved easily and accurately. In this X-ray CT apparatus, a relative linear motion of the bed plate and the X-ray source is automatically controlled according to the desired imaging region specified by the operator such that the bed plate and the X-ray source is relatively linearly moved through a distance covered by a scanning region appropriate for collecting the data required in order to reconstruct the tomographic images for the desired imaging region. The scanning region includes the desired imaging region and the supplementary interpolation data regions, located at ends of the desired imaging region and utilized in carrying out interpolations for deriving data in the desired imaging region; an initial acceleration region for accounting an initial acceleration of the bed plate; and a final deceleration region for accounting a final deceleration of the bed plate.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a helical scan imaging in an X-ray CT, in which the initial set up operation can be achieved easily and accurately. In this X-ray CT apparatus, a linear motion of the bed plate is automatically controlled according to the desired imaging region specified by the operator such that the bed plate is linearly moved through a distance covered by a scanning region appropriate for collecting the data required in order to reconstruct the tomographic images for the desired imaging region. The scanning region includes: half main data regions, each covering a half rotation (180.degree.) part of a main data region for each of slice planes located at ends of the desired imaging region; supplementary data regions, each covering a half rotation (180.degree.) adjacent to each of the half main data regions; an initial acceleration region for accounting an initial acceleration of the bed plate; and a final deceleration region for accounting a final deceleration of the bed plate.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for specifying slice planes in an X-ray CT, capable of specifying a slice plane corresponding to the desired tomographic image easily and accurately. In the apparatus, scans of the body to be examined are carried out and the projection data stored in the large capacity memory first. Then, a scanogram of the body to be examined is displayed, on which a cursor is controlled in order to specify the desired slice planes corresponding to the desired tomographic images to be reconstructed. Then, the desired tomographic images are reconstructed for the desired slice planes indicated by the cursor by using an appropriate part of the projection data stored in the memory which corresponds to the desired slice planes indicated by the cursor. Either one of the helical scan and the multi-scan can be used for collecting the data to obtain the scanogram and the tomographic images.