Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a board presenting a number of engaging portions and a post, and a casing for containing a data storage device. The casing includes a bottom wall defining a number of engaging holes, an end wall perpendicularly connected to the bottom wall, and a fixing member pivotably mounted to the end wall. Each engaging hole may engage and lock an engaging portion. The fixing member forms a sliding portion having a slanted outer surface, and a protrusion connected to the sliding portion and is pivoted to move the casing away from the post, until the second holes engage with the corresponding engaging portions, and the protrusion resists against the post.

Abstract: A vehicle buckle support apparatus is arranged between a console box and a seat cushion. The vehicle buckle support apparatus includes a cylindrical inner boot that covers an inner webbing that connects a buckle and an anchor plate together. A thin portion is formed in a width direction of the inner webbing, on a middle portion in a height direction of a seat-side side wall portion of the inner boot.

Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting device for supporting a load (2) to a structure (4), comprising a body, a movement restraining device and an actuating device. The body (3) comprises a first abutment surface (30a) and a second abutment surface (31a), where the first and second abutment surfaces (30a, 31a) are at least partially faced towards each other forming parts of a mainly U-shaped surface (32) of the body (3). The body also comprises a load supporting device (33) for supporting the load (2) in relation to the body (3). The movement restraining device (6) is movably connected to the body (3) between a locked and unlocked position, wherein the movement restraining device (6) is configured to restrain the movement of the body (3) in relation to structure in its locked position. The actuating device (7) is movably connected to the body (3) and to the movement restraining device (6), for actuating the movement restraining device (6) between its locked and unlocked positions.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a board presenting a number of engaging portions and a post, and a matching casing containing a data storage device. The casing defines a number of engaging holes and a fixing member on one side. The fixing member includes a first sliding portion and a second sliding portion locating at opposite sides of the post which define a curving slot in which the post can slide. The fixing member is rotated to lock the casing to the board, and rotate back to unlock the casing from the board.

Abstract: A storage device including a body defining at least one receiver and at least one clamping member. The clamping member includes a first position for receiving an accessory for storage and a second position to apply force to secure an accessory to the receiver for storage. A handle actuator may actuate movement of the clamping member. The clamping member may translate from the first position to the second position to apply force to secure an accessory for storage. The clamping member may be held in the secure position by a releasable braking lever.

Abstract: This utility model discloses a shaft device used for a bag hanging device and a bag hanging device that uses said shaft device. Said shaft device comprises a shaft sleeve, a shaft, a cam, a pressure wheel, and a helical compression spring. One end of the shaft sleeve is a closed end with a through hole at the center thereof, and the other end is an open end. The cam is situated at the open end of the shaft sleeve. A catching disc provided on one end of the shaft is held in the catching groove at the outer end of the cam, and the shaft successively passes through the cam and the pressure wheel and helical compression spring that are inside the shaft sleeve. The concave groove at the other end of the shaft projects out of the closed end of the shaft sleeve, and there is a catching button in said concave groove.

Abstract: A fixture apparatus for positioning an optical component has a transparent base. An adjustment plate that is formed from a transparent material is kinematically coupled to the base. Support posts extend from the adjustment plate for seating the optical component. A number of alignment elements extend from the transparent base for aligning one or more edges of the optical component seated on the support posts.

Abstract: The device for the rotation of objects having a base with a central supporting protuberance, which base is integral to the object or is designed so that an object can be secured thereon. The relationship of the radius of the base to the height of the central supporting protuberance is within a range of 40-2000.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for providing cyclic motion includes a magnetic drive having an electrically conductive coil defining a bore and a magnetic member movable through the bore. A control provides current to the coil and selectively reverses the direction of the current to move the magnetic member through the bore. In another embodiment, the system includes a counterbalance. The counterbalance includes a biasing member for reacting against a load applied to a support, and a lever arm coupled to the biasing member for varying a preload of the biasing member. In another embodiment, the magnetic drive and the counterbalance may be incorporated into an apparatus for reciprocating a person.

Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting a device includes a fixing portion detachably secured to the device, and a rotating portion rotatably coupled to the fixing portion. The fixing portion defines an opening for allowing the support apparatus to be hand-held, and, when placed on a supporting surface, is capable of being rotated to form different viewing angles for the device. A device assembly using the support apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: Showcase made up of a support structure, with a flat portion and an upper portion for holding sheets, wherein the upper portion is configured as a housing with at least one eyelet-configured open end so as to contain a plurality of rolling ball elements adapted to hold the sheet against the flat portion given that the sheet is inserted in the upper portion.

Abstract: A connector head carried by the stabilizer arm. A first retaining sidewall and a second retaining sidewall included in the connector head extending outward from the stabilizer arm and defining a longitudinal channel. A plurality of spiked projections carried by at least one of the first and second retaining sidewalls, wherein a point of each spike is directed back towards the stabilizer arm. An elastic block carried in the longitudinal channel so that the spiked projections penetrate the elastic block to hold the elastic block in the longitudinal channel. A receiver having a retention slot cooperating with the connector head to releasably secure the stabilizer arm. A knob projecting upward from a base surface of the retention slot for engaging the elastic block in a friction fit arrangement between the connector head and the retention slot so that the stabilizer arm is releasably secured in the receiver.

Abstract: An improved candle restraining means where the candle restraining means is comprised of a generally flat, semi-flexible structure. The restraining means has a collar portion with an aperture to accept a candle shaft, and a generally horizontal portion that extends under, and is secured by, a closed window. The horizontal portion has an angled portion that is compressed against the horizontal portion when the device is in use, providing secure restraint for a candle on a window sill.

Abstract: A lift for raising and lowering a backdrop is provided. The lift includes: a base including at least three legs; a tower boom extending substantially vertically from the base and including top, middle, and bottom telescoping sections, wherein the tower boom is capable of telescoping from a fully retracted position to a fully extended position; and a post extending substantially vertically from the tower boom, wherein the post is detachable from the tower boom at a lower end of the post and attachable to a truss adapted for attaching to a backdrop at an upper end of the post, wherein a minimum height of the tower boom in the fully retracted position is less than about 35% of a maximum height of the tower boom and post, when the tower boom is in the fully extended position.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-vibration apparatus including an anti-vibration base, a plurality of supporting mechanisms configured to support the anti-vibration base, a plurality of actuators configured to apply a force to the anti-vibration base, an obtaining unit configured to obtain vibration data which represents vibrations on the anti-vibration base, a first calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the vibration data obtained by the obtaining unit, a force to be applied to the anti-vibration base so as to reduce the vibrations on the anti-vibration base, and a distribution unit configured to distribute the force calculated by the first calculation unit to forces to be applied by the plurality of actuators to the anti-vibration base.

Abstract: Device for adjusting the length of a connecting rod and consisting of a bushing positioned inside an eye of the said connecting rod, the said bushing comprising at least one element in which there is made a bore to act as a support for a pivot pin intended to pass through the eye, characterized in that the said element is a cylinder made of a metallic material covered by a cylinder made of an elastomeric material so as to form with the metallic cylinder a cylinder homothetic with the previous one, the generatrices of the said cylinders being oriented in a direction that is inclined with respect to the longest length of the said connecting rod.

Abstract: A damper is for damping the pendular movements of instruments or an instrument casing, including an electrically conductive anchor plate and a casing, the casing and the anchor plate being rotatable relative to each other, and either the anchor plate or the casing being supported on an axle. The casing is provided with at least one magnet and this in such a way that: at one pole, the magnet is provided with a backing plate constituted by a ferrite-containing material, and the magnet and the backing plate constitute a magnet system. The magnet system faces the anchor plate with at least one pole. A method is for using such a damper.

Abstract: A supporting unit apparatus for an oil pump of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) may include the CVT disposed in a transmission housing, wherein an input shaft and a CVT case cover thereof may be disposed thereto, the oil pump which may be disposed in the transmission housing independent from the CVT and of which a rotating shaft and an oil pump case cover may be disposed thereto, a connecting member which engages the input shaft of the CVT and the rotating shaft of the oil pump for transmitting rotation of the input shaft to the rotating shaft, and a supporting unit which connects the CVT and the oil pump for preventing relative motion of the CVT and the oil pump.

Abstract: Formwork column (1) comprising two flexible, thin-plate elements (2, 3) of mainly cylindrical shape and arranged mutually telescopically extendable with an outer element (2) and an inner element (3). Both thin-plate elements (2, 3) are provided with longitudinal, extending flanges (4, 5) provided with holes (6, 7) in a row in the longitudinal direction of the flanges, for closing of the formwork column (1) by means of locking plugs (8), while insertion of locking plugs (8) in adjacent holes (6, 7) also arrests the formwork length. The locking plugs (8) are tightened preferably by means of wedge shaped tightening members not requiring use of tools therefore.

Abstract: An optical semiconductor device includes a waveguide that an input light to be inputted, a ring modulator optically coupled with the waveguide, a first ring resonator optically coupled with the waveguide and having an optical path length smaller than an optical path length of the ring modulator, a second ring resonator optically coupled with the first waveguide and having an optical path length larger than the optical path length of the ring modulator, a heater arranged adjacent to the ring modulator, the first ring resonator and the second ring resonator, a first photodetector monitoring a light power in the first ring resonator, a second photodetector monitoring a light power in the second ring resonator, and a controller controlling the heater so that a resonance wavelength of the ring modulator agrees with a wavelength of the input light, based on signals detected by the first and second photodetectors.

Abstract: An optical system used with a laser apparatus may include a focusing optical system, a beam splitter, and an optical sensor. The focusing optical system has one or more focus, for focusing a laser beam outputted from the laser apparatus. The beam splitter is disposed between the focusing optical system and the one or more focus of the focusing optical system. The optical sensor is disposed on a beam path of a laser beam split by the beam splitter.

Abstract: A method for optically communicating, from a user to a laser tracker, a command to control tracker operation includes providing a rule of correspondence between commands and temporal patterns, and selecting by the user a first command. Also, projecting a first light from the tracker to the retroreflector, reflecting a second light from the retroreflector, the second light being a portion of the first light, obtaining first sensed data by sensing a third light which is a portion of the second light, creating by the user, between first and second times, a first temporal pattern which includes a decrease in the third optical power followed by an increase in the third optical power, the first temporal pattern corresponding to the first command, determining the first command based on processing the first sensed data per the rule of correspondence and executing the first command with the tracker.

Abstract: An image pick-up apparatus includes a lens module, a base plate and an image sensor. The lens module includes a lens barrel and an optical lens. The optical lens has an optical axis. The base plate has a first surface facing toward the lens module, and an opposite second surface. The base plate has a through hole through the first and second surfaces. The through hole includes a first hole adjacent to the lens module and a second hole away from the lens module. The first hole is in communication with the second hole. The first hole has a first hole portion with a rectangular cross section. Inner surfaces of the first hole portion is inclined relative to the optical axis. An image sensor received in the second hole. The optically effective region of the image sensor has a smaller area than the opening of the first hole.

Abstract: A driving method of an imaging apparatus comproses: horizontally transferring, by a horizontal scanning circuit, a signal based on a photoelectric conversion portion of a first pixel unit held in a signal holding capacitor to a common line; before ending of the horizontal transfer; applying, by a reset switch of a second pixel unit, a selection reset voltage to a floating diffusion region of the second pixel unit; and after the horizontal transfer, transferring, by a transfer switch of the second pixel unit, a signal of a photoelectric conversion portion of the second pixel unit to the floating diffusion region of the second pixel unit and amplifying, by an amplification transistor of the second pixel unit, a signal of the floating diffusion region of the second pixel unit to output the signal to an output line.

Abstract: A ring oscillator circuit causing a pulse signal to circulate around a circle to which an even number of inverting circuits are connected in a ring, wherein one of the inverting circuits is a first starting inverting circuit, which drives a first pulse signal according to a control signal, another of the inverting circuits is a second starting inverting circuit, which drives a second pulse signal based on a leading edge of the first pulse signal, still another is a third starting inverting circuit, which drives a third pulse signal based on the leading edge of the first pulse signal after the second pulse signal is driven, and the first to third starting inverting circuits are arranged within the circle of the inverting circuits in order of the third, second, and first pulse signals in traveling directions of the pulse signals.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus that can provide a compound-eye system solid-state imaging apparatus capable of capturing an image with high image quality regardless of use environments, a method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes photoelectric conversion units (21) that are two-dimensionally arranged, on-chip lenses (27a) that are two-dimensionally arranged on an upper side of the photoelectric conversion units (21) in correspondence with the photoelectric conversion units (21), a micro-lens (10a) that is arranged so as to face each plurality of the on-chip lenses (27a), and a transparent material layer that is pinched between the on-chip lenses (27a) and the micro-lens (10a) and are configured by a first intermediate layer (29) and a second intermediate layer (31).

Abstract: The solid-state imaging device 1 includes an imaging photodetecting section 10, a trigger photodetecting section 20, a row selection section 30, a column selection section 40, a holding section 50, a pixel data output section 60, a trigger data output section 70, and a control section 80. The control section 80, when an absolute value of trigger data has changed into a state of being in excess of a first threshold, and then the state has continued for a predetermined time ?1 or more, judges it as a start of a light incidence, and starts a charge accumulating operation for each pixel unit, and when an absolute value of trigger data has changed into a state of being less than a second threshold, and then the state has continued for a predetermined time ?2 or more, judges it as an end of a light incidence, and causes a charge transferring operation and a data outputting operation to be performed for each pixel unit.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes: first and second light receiving elements on a semiconductor substrate; a light blocking film over the semiconductor substrate via a light transmitting film; and first and second openings corresponding to the light receiving elements and disposed in the light blocking film. First and second virtual lines are defined to extend from the centers of the first and second light receiving elements and pass through the centers of the first and second openings, respectively. At least one of elevation angles and left-right angles of the first and second virtual lines are different. The photosensitive area of the first light receiving element is larger than the aperture area of the first opening. The photosensitive area of the second light receiving element is larger than the aperture area of the second opening.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a standby circuit. The standby circuit is coupled to an electric device for providing a standby voltage to the electric device when the electric device is not turned on. The standby circuit includes a light emitting module and an energy converter. The light emitting module receives an AC current and is driven by the AC current to generate light. The energy converter receives the light generated by the light emitting module and converts the light into the standby voltage. Therefore, the present invention can simplify the design of traditional standby circuit in a television.

Abstract: A photointerrupter includes a base, a light emitting element, a light receiving element, a light-transmissive detector resin member covering the light receiving element, a light-transmissive emitter resin member covering the light emitting element, and a light shield layer covering the detector resin member and the emitter resin member. The emitter resin member is spaced apart from the detector resin member with an intervening clearance between them. The detector resin member includes a light incidence surface exposed from the light shield layer, and the emitter resin member includes a light output surface exposed from the light shield layer. The light incidence surface and the light output surface are arranged to face the clearance between the two resin members.

Abstract: An optical filter includes first and second substrates, first and second mirrors, and first and second electrodes. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The second surface surrounds the first surface in a plan view and a second height of the second surface is lower than a first height of the first surface. The first mirror is formed on the first surface of the second substrate. The second mirror is formed on the first substrate, the second mirror facing the first mirror. The first electrode is formed on the first substrate. The second electrode is formed on the second surface of the second substrate. The second electrode faces the first electrode.

Abstract: Electronic displays encounter visibility issues due to varying ambient light conditions. An ambient light sensor can be provided to sense ambient light and dynamically adjust display brightness to compensate for changes in ambient light. A wave guide for improving angular response in a light sensor is provided.

Abstract: An optical encoder and optical encoding system are disclosed. Specifically, an encoder having a light detector elevated relative to a light source is described. The relative height difference between the light source and the light detector enables the optical encoder to minimize noise at the light detector without requiring a separate light baffle between the light source and light detector. Methods of manufacturing and operating such an encoder are also described.

Abstract: Cryogenic manipulation of a material sample with an in situ probe is enabled with a novel cooled probe design. A material sample mounted on a cryo-stage in a vacuum chamber is cooled to a cryogenic temperature. In addition, a nano-manipulator probe inside the sample chamber is also cooled to cryogenic temperature. A specific sample site is milled in the chamber using a focused ion beam and attached to the cooled probe by vapor deposition. After releasing the sample, the sample site is attached to a destination surface such as a transmission electron microscope (TEM) grid and the probe is then detached from the sample using the focused ion beam.

Abstract: The present techniques are directed to a method for microprobe analyses of isotope ratios in inhomogeneous matrices. The method includes selecting matrix standards that have matrices that resemble a target matrix. A bulk isotope analysis is run on each of the matrix standards to determine a bulk isotope ratio value. A microprobe analysis is run on each of the matrix standards to determine a microprobe isotope ratio values for each of the plurality of matrix standards. Spurious values are eliminated from the microprobe isotope ratio values. The microprobe isotope ratio values are averaged for each of the matrix standards to create an average microprobe isotope ratio value associated with each of the matrix standards. The bulk isotope ratio value for each of matrix standards is plotted against the average microprobe isotope ratio value associated with each of the matrix standards to create a matrix corrected calibration curve.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polyacrylate (salt) and a polyacrylate (salt) water-absorbent resin containing a tracer which can be verified back to the manufacturing process of the water-absorbent resin when dealing with various problems with the water-absorbent resin which can occur from the manufacturing process of the water-resistant resin, during the use thereof by a consumer, up until the disposal thereof. The disclosed polyacrylate (salt) and the polyacrylate (salt) water-absorbent resin have a carbon stable isotope ratio (?13C) of at least ?20% when measured by accelerator mass spectrometry.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for determining the amount of nicotinic acid and its active metabolites in a biological sample using mass spectrometry. The methods involve specific sample collection processes necessary to stabilize and facilitate simultaneous analysis of nicotinic acid and active metabolites. Once in the laboratory, sample preparation is followed by solid phase extraction, liquid chromatographic separation of relevant moieties with detection by MS/MS whereby specific ion transitions are monitored. This invention has several clinical utilities, particularly those related to monitoring patients on antihyperlipidemic drug therapy.

Abstract: This invention describes an apparatus and method with a combined primary electrospray and secondary electrospray ionization source used to enhance ionization efficiency. The solid phase as well as liquid phase sampling, ionization, and detection is described.

Abstract: Ions are introduced into a Kingdon ion trap in which the ions can oscillate harmonically in a potential well in the longitudinal direction, essentially decoupled from their transverse motion by a Kingdon ion guide, which can consist of a drill-hole through the wall of the ion trap housing electrodes and a central wire. An injection potential is first applied to the wire, but once the heaviest ions of interest have been injected into the trap, the potential of the wire is switched to the potential of the housing electrodes, to trap the ions in the trap. The ions introduced into the Kingdon ion trap may come from a small ion cloud, located in a Paul trap.

Abstract: An optical phase plate system and method for enhancing phase contrast in electron beam imaging includes a transmission electron microscope (TEM) having a back focal plane; an optical cavity having a high internal surface reflectance, the center of the optical cavity located at the back focal plane of the TEM, the optical cavity having first and second ports arranged oppositely along a symmetrical axis of the optical cavity to admit an electron beam provided by the TEM through the first port to pass through and focus at the center of the optical cavity, and to exit through the second port, and wherein the optical cavity further has an optical port on an axis transverse to and intersecting the electron beam axis to admit a laser beam; a laser coupled to the optical cavity to provide a laser beam of a selected wavelength to enter the optical cavity through the optical port, wherein the laser beam is multiply reflected from the high internal surface reflectance to provide a high intensity standing wave optical ph

Abstract: A method for processing a sample in a charged-particle beam microscope. A sample is collected from a substrate and the sample is attached to the tip of a nanomanipulator. The sample is optionally oriented to optimize further processing. The nanomanipulator tip is brought into contact with a stabilizing support to minimize drift or vibration of the sample. The attached sample is then stabilized and available for preparation and analysis.

Abstract: Charged-particle microscopy includes irradiating a sample in N measurement sessions, each having an associated beam parameter (P) value; Detecting radiation emitted during each measurement session, associating a measurand (M) with each measurement session, thus providing a data set (S) of data pairs {Pn, Mn}, where n is an integer in the range 1?n?N, and processing the set (S) by: Defining a Point Spread Function (K) having a kernel value Kn for each value of n; Defining a spatial variable (V); Defining an imaging quantity (Q) having for each value of n a value Qn that is a three-dimensional convolution of Kn and V, such that Qn=Kn*V; For each value of n, determining a minimum divergence min D(Mn?Kn*V) between Mn and Qn, solving for V while applying constraints on the values Kn.

Abstract: A method of examining a sample using a charged-particle microscope, comprising the following steps: Mounting the sample on a sample holder; Using a particle-optical column to direct at least one beam of particulate radiation onto a surface S of the sample, thereby producing an interaction that causes emitted radiation to emanate from the sample; Using a detector arrangement to detect at least a portion of said emitted radiation, which method comprises the following steps: Recording an output On of said detector arrangement as a function of emergence angle ?n of said emitted radiation, measured relative to an axis normal to S, thus compiling a measurement set M={(On, ?n)} for a plurality of values of ?n; Using computer processing apparatus to automatically deconvolve the measurement set M and spatially resolve it into a result set R={(Vk, Lk)}, in which a spatial variable V demonstrates a value Vk at an associated discrete depth level Lk referenced to the surface S, whereby n and k are members of an intege

Abstract: The present invention provides a contact hole observation technology for avoiding a situation in which it is difficult to observe a contact hole as a nonuniform charge is formed in the contact hole due to a tilted electron beam during a process for forming a preliminary charge on a sample. The present invention also provides a scanning electron microscope based on such a contact hole observation technology. During a preliminary charge process, an electron beam is allowed to become incident in a plurality of directions to perform a precharge, thereby reducing a region within the contact hole that is not irradiated with the electron beam. This reduces the number of secondary electrons that become lost on the wall surface of the contact hole, thereby making it possible to acquire information about the bottom of the contact hole.

Abstract: A device for a radiation detector includes a main body, which includes a material G and is at least partially provided with a coating. The coating has at least a first layer with a material A1. The material G of the main body can be excited by a primary radiation impinging on the coating, so that an x-ray fluorescence radiation is produced with an x-ray fluorescence spectrum, which has a maximum MG at an energy EG. Furthermore, at an energy E1, the material A1 has an absorption edge. In this case, the material A1 is chosen such that the relationships E1<EG and EG?E1?4 keV apply. Also specified is a radiation detector, which has the device and a detector element, which is suitable for the detection of the primary radiation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a net radiometer that measures the net difference between incoming solar and outgoing terrestrial radiant flux energy in the combined short-wave and long-wave far infrared spectral range. In accordance with principles of the invention, a balanced net radiometer can be constructed where each thermal absorber is formed from two separate pieces joined together to form a single thermal mass. Within each thermal absorber, each piece is coated with a separate surface coating of different spectral sensitivity. By constructing an absorber from two separate pieces, it is possible to apply spectral coatings with different curing characteristics, to thermal absorber that acts as a single thermal mass. The pieces within each thermal absorber are sized in a proportion that thermally balances the absorber's thermal sensitivity between short-wave and long-wave far infrared radiant energy.

Abstract: A spectroscopic method is disclosed for detecting and measuring contaminants in fluids such as water or oil, where the hydrophilicity of the contaminant is substantially different from that of the contaminated fluid. Good calibrations can be obtained at very low concentrations using infrared spectroscopy with ATR crystals that have not been additionally coated or otherwise modified.

Abstract: A device for the contactless and nondestructive testing of a surface by measuring the infrared radiation thereof has one or more incoherent electromagnetic radiation sources (1) and a detector (14) arranged on a detection axis (9), wherein the radiation sources (1) are arranged at a radial distance from the detection axis (9), at a distance from a testing area (7). In this arrangement, a pulsed or intensity-modulated excitation radiation (2) can be generated by these radiation sources (1) and applied to the surface (6) to be tested in the testing area (7) at an inclination to the detection axis (9) in the testing area (7). The detection radiation emitted by a measuring area (8) of the surface (6) to be tested can be fed to the detector (14), wherein the detector (14) is arranged on the detection axis (9) further away spatially from the testing area (7) than the radiation sources (1).

Abstract: A terahertz wave generation element is provided, which includes: an optical waveguide including a core of electro-optic crystal; an optical coupler for extracting a terahertz wave generated from the optical waveguide when light propagates in the optical waveguide to a space; and a reflecting layer disposed on the opposite side to the optical coupler with respect to the core of the optical waveguide, so as to reflect the generated terahertz wave. According to the element, it is possible to provide a generation element that can generate a relatively high intensity terahertz wave efficiently by photoexcitation or generate a terahertz wave having a relatively narrow pulse width, so as to flexibly control waveform shaping of the generated terahertz wave.

Abstract: In imaging on the basis of list mode data of a list of radioactive count data detected by a nuclear medicine imaging apparatus for measuring radiation in a pulse mode, the processing from the measurement to imaging of radiation is accelerated substantially to the real time level by selecting the number of count data to be used for online imaging computations on the basis of the counting rate of radiation.