Fujifilm Patente

Provided are a medical imaging apparatus, a medical imaging support method, and a program that can notify a user of a plurality of notifications from a subject. A medical imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure captures a medical image of a subject, identifies a first motion performed by the subject inserted into a bore of a gantry based on information acquired by a motion sensor, compares the identified first motion with a plurality of second motions registered in a memory, and notifies the user of notification content corresponding to the second motion that matches the identified first motion among the plurality of second motions registered in the memory.

In order to support imaging of a radiographic imaging apparatus including a radiation source that emits radiation, and an optical camera (21) that is mounted on the radiation source and that captures an optical image (G1) of a subject in a direction from the radiation source, a processor (41) derives a relative angle between the radiation source and a target plane; and displays the optical image (G1) and an angle indicator representing the relative angle and a target angle on a display (25) mounted on the radiation source.

An object is to receive designation of a two-dimensional position on an ultrasound image and enable control of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus in accordance with the designated position.A display unit receives designation of a point on a displayed ultrasound image by a touch operation or the like. A positional information conversion unit converts coordinates of the point expressed in a coordinate system of the ultrasound image into coordinates in a coordinate system used by an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for ultrasound beam scanning. A central controller and a control position setting unit control the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (for example, setting an ROI) using the coordinates obtained by the coordinate conversion.

Attachment of a biopsy needle guiding adapter to an ultrasound probe can be easily performed outside an abdominal cavity, and an attachment state of the biopsy needle guiding adapter in the abdominal cavity can be easily checked. Alternatively, smooth insertion and removal of the ultrasound probe from a guide tube passing through an abdominal wall can be performed. A puncture adapter is attachably and detachably mounted on a head part of a probe outside an abdominal cavity. The puncture adapter has a body part that covers a through-hole guiding a biopsy needle, an insertion part that is inserted into the through-hole, and a needle guide hole that communicates with the body part and the insertion part and that guides the biopsy needle inserted from a needle entrance portion in the body part to a needle entrance portion in the insertion part.

A lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains a polymer A having a main chain containing two or more silicon atoms, and a hydrophilic group.

An object is to extend a replacement lifetime of a cryocooler and reduce a replacement frequency of the cryocooler, thereby improving an operating rate of an MRI apparatus. A cold head lifetime extension mode is executed. In the cold head lifetime extension mode, a displacer of a cryocooler is driven at a constant frequency that is lower than a predetermined upper limit frequency regardless of a temperature of a superconducting coil, and a drive frequency of a compressor drive unit adjusted by an inverter for a compressor is controlled in accordance with the temperature of the superconducting coil.

An object is to extend a replacement lifetime of a cryocooler (70) and reduce a replacement frequency of the cryocooler, thereby improving an operating rate of an MRI apparatus (1).A processor (20) has an imaging mode and a non-imaging mode. In the imaging mode, a displacer is caused to operate continuously at a constant frequency regardless of a pressure in a vessel of a superconducting magnet (101).

Provided is an X-ray imaging apparatus having a relatively simple structure, in which a state in which an X-ray tube and an FPD face each other can be reliably ensured. An X-ray imaging apparatus (1) includes an X-ray tube (12) that emits X-rays, a drive mechanism (11) that moves the X-ray tube (12) in each of three axial directions, an imaging stand that stores an X-ray detector (40) and on which a subject is placed, and a processor (70) that controls imaging in accordance with an instruction from an operator via an operation panel. The processor (70) acquires position information of the X-ray tube (12) from sensors that detect movement of the X-ray tube (12) in the three axial directions, and displays, on the operation panel or a display device, a relative position of the X-ray tube (12) with respect to the X-ray detector (40) in the form of an indicator.

Provided is a technique that enables a user to easily understand a region in a target tissue of a subject that has been scanned with an ultrasound beam and a region that has not been scanned with the ultrasound beam.A three-dimensional model forming unit acquires a three-dimensional model of a target tissue in which each position is represented by coordinates in a model coordinate system. A probe position and posture detection unit acquires a position and a posture of an ultrasound probe. A position and posture information conversion unit converts position and posture information indicating the position and the posture of the ultrasound probe into converted position and posture information in the model coordinate system. A scanned region specifying unit specifies a model scanning plane in the model coordinate system based on the converted position and posture information in a case in which the target tissue is scanned with an ultrasound beam, and specifies a region of the three-dimensional model through which the model scanning plane passes as a scanned region. A display controller displays the scanned region and an unscanned region in the three-dimensional model in different display modes.

An image processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to derive a feature vector for each pixel corresponding to a structure in an image including a plurality of structures, according to a topological distance between the pixels, assign energy to edges between the pixels based on the feature vector, and separate a region of the structure by cutting the edges such that a sum of energies of a plurality of the edges is minimized.

It is possible to easily specify a region of a treatment target portion in ultrasound volume data. A three-dimensional model formation unit forms a three-dimensional model of a target tissue. The three-dimensional model has information indicating a region occupied by a treatment target portion in the target tissue. A volume data formation unit forms ultrasound volume data based on reception signals obtained by transmitting and receiving ultrasound to and from the target tissue with an ultrasound probe 18a. The ultrasound volume data is defined in an ultrasound data coordinate system based on a position and an orientation of the ultrasound probe. A coordinate system conversion unit defines the three-dimensional model in the ultrasound data coordinate system by performing alignment between the three-dimensional model and the ultrasound volume data. A treatment target portion specifying unit specifies a region of a treatment target portion in the ultrasound volume data based on the treatment target portion included in the three-dimensional model defined in the robot coordinate system.

Time-series data formed by acquiring values indicating amounts or states of a plurality of biological materials for each biological material at a plurality of time points is prepared, the plurality of biological materials are divided into a plurality of groups on the basis of temporal variations of time-series data of the respective biological materials, representative time-series data indicating a state of each group is generated on the basis of time-series data of at least one biological material included in each group, and dependencies between the groups are estimated on the basis of the representative time-series data of each group.

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Fremdkörperbergeeinrichtung (1) für eine endoskopische Vorrichtung, umfassend einen Bergeabschnitt (2), der ein Bergenetz (5) bildet, und einen hieran angrenzenden Befestigungsabschnitt (3), welcher für eine Befestigung der Fremdkörperbergeeinrichtung (1) in der endoskopischen Vorrichtung vorgesehen ist. Zumindest das Bergenetz (5) des Bergeabschnitts (2) und der Befestigungsabschnitt (3) sind gemeinsam einstückig als textiles Gebilde (9) ausgestaltet, welches durch Verknüpfen mindestens eines Filaments (10) hergestellt ist. Dabei bildet das Gebilde (9) bei dem Befestigungsabschnitt (3) mindestens eine Montageöse (7), an welcher die Befestigung der Fremdkörperbergeeinrichtung (1) in der endoskopischen Vorrichtung herzustellen ist.

There are provided a mobile radiation generation apparatus (10) that can support registration between a radiation generation unit (15) and a radiation image detector (11) even in a case where the radiation image detector (11) is covered by a subject (H), a method of operating the mobile radiation generation apparatus (10), and an operation program (90) for the mobile radiation generation apparatus (10).A first angle detection unit (130, 171, 176) of a registration support processing unit (100) detects a first angle (ΨC) about a vertical axis (VA) between a radiation generation unit (15) and a long edge (20) of an examination table (17) to acquire the first angle (ΨC). The first angle (ΨC) corresponds to an angle about a Z axis, which is a normal to a radiation detection surface (22) of an electronic cassette (11), between the radiation generation unit (15) and the electronic cassette (11). A first/second support information output unit (132) of the registration support processing unit (100) outputs first support information (135) for supporting the registration of the radiation generation unit (15) with respect to the angle about the Z axis based on the first angle (ΨC).

An examination device (10) that examines a specimen includes a display (12) that is disposed on a front surface of a main body (11) and a recess portion (16) that is provided in the front surface of the main body and that is capable of accommodating one end part of the display in a width direction of the main body.

Binoculars includes a body portion that includes a bottom surface and a top surface. A recess portion recessed to a top surface side is formed at the bottom surface, and a first surface shape portion that is formed in a three-dimensional shape at the recess portion is different from a second surface shape portion that is formed in a three-dimensional shape at the top surface.

Provided is a medical imaging apparatus (1) having a body movement process function, which can set a threshold value for determining a body movement in consideration of a body movement situation that varies depending on a subject or an examination part of the subject, and thereby effectively reduce an influence of the body movement on the subject in a medical image. A medical imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a unit that sets a threshold value for determining a body movement for each subject. An optically captured image of a subject acquired by an optical imaging device different from a medical imaging apparatus is used not only for detecting a body movement of the subject but also for determining a threshold value for determining the body movement, and the threshold value is used to determine the body movement.

Provided is an ultrasound probe that is easy to grip and can be reduced in size while a battery is built therein. An ultrasound probe includes a housing that has a front end portion and a rear end portion, a transducer array that is disposed inside the front end portion of the housing, and a battery that has a flat plate shape and that is disposed inside the housing, in which the housing has an outer shape that gradually tapers along a center line extending from the front end portion to the rear end portion, from a vicinity of a center portion of the center line toward the front end portion or the rear end portion, and the battery is disposed inclined relative to the center line so as to lie along an inner surface of the housing.

Provided is an ultrasound probe that can prevent contamination of an ultrasound emission surface of a transducer array and malfunction of a functional element in a case in which the ultrasound probe is placed on a placement surface. An ultrasound probe includes a housing that has a front end portion and a rear end portion; and a transducer array that is disposed inside the front end portion of the housing and that has an ultrasound emission surface exposed from the housing, in which the rear end portion of the housing has a peripheral wall portion that surrounds a periphery of a center line extending from the front end portion of the housing to the rear end portion of the housing and that extends along a plane perpendicular to the center line, and a recess portion that is recessed in a direction toward the front end portion along the center line on an inner side of the peripheral wall portion, and an operation button is disposed in the recess portion.

Provided is an analysis apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of a phenomenon in which a rear end of an analysis chip lifts off a transport table while the analysis chip is being transported from a standby region to a target region as the rear end of the analysis chip is pushed by a transport bar.An analysis apparatus (10) includes a transport bar (22) that transports a flat analysis chip (12) located in a standby region (30) on a transport table (20) to a target region (44) by pushing a rear end (12A) of the analysis chip (12) along the transport table (20), and a pressing mechanism (48) that laterally presses the analysis chip (12) in the target region (44).

Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method of controlling an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that can provide support for accurate measurement of cardiac function with a simple apparatus configuration. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires ultrasound images of a plurality of frames in which a heart of a subject is imaged using an ultrasound probe; a contour extraction unit that extracts a contour of a cardiac chamber from each of the ultrasound images of the plurality of frames; a contour correction unit that performs correction processing on a plurality of contours of the cardiac chamber extracted from the ultrasound images of the plurality of frames such that the plurality of contours of the cardiac chamber smoothly change in time series; and a display controller that displays the ultrasound image on which the contour of the cardiac chamber extracted for each frame is superimposed, on a monitor in real time, and that displays the ultrasound image on which the contour of the cardiac chamber on which the correction processing is performed is superimposed, on the monitor.

A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image-recording layer formed on the support and consisting of a positive-working photosensitive resin composition, in which the positive-working photosensitive resin composition contains a compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group and at least one phenolic hydroxyl group in one molecule, an alkali-soluble resin, and an infrared absorber, and the electron-withdrawing group excludes a sulfonyl group; and a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate using the positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor.

A projection control device includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to acquire an optical image of a subject, estimate a position of a liver of the subject based on the optical image, and control a projection apparatus to project a marker representing the estimated position of the liver onto the subject, as a marker representing a position at which a receive coil unit of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is attached.

Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of easily correcting a segmentation result of a lumen of a heart in a short time.An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires ultrasound images of a plurality of frames that are continuous in time series and in which a heart of a subject is imaged; a contour extraction unit that performs segmentation on the ultrasound images of the plurality of frames to extract a contour of a lumen of the heart for each frame; a cross-sectional area calculation unit that calculates a cross-sectional area of the lumen of the heart for each frame based on the extracted contour; a cross-sectional area change curve generation unit that generates a cross-sectional area change curve representing an actual temporal change of the cross-sectional area based on calculated the cross-sectional area; and an error detection unit that detects an error of the performed segmentation by comparing the generated cross-sectional area change curve with a predicted cross-sectional area change prediction curve.

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