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20090274928 | Heat-resistant member - A heat-resistant member is provided that includes a Ni-base superalloy substrate coated with at least one substance. The substrate and the substance are formed of materials that are substantially in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, or in a state similar to a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, so that interdiffusion is suppressed. The heat-resistant member therefore inhibits interdiffusion of elements at the substrate/coating interface even at elevated temperatures of 1,100° C. and higher. | 11-05-2009 |
20100143182 | Ni-BASED SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERALLOY - A Ni-based single crystal superalloy according to the invention has, for example, a composition including: 5.0 to 7.0 wt % of Al, 4.0 to 10.0 wt % of Ta, 1.1 to 4.5 wt % of Mo, 4.0 to 10.0 wt % of W, 3.1 to 8.0 wt % of Re, 0.0 to 2.0 wt % of Hf, 2.5 to 8.5 wt % of Cr, 0.0 to 9.9 wt % of Co, 0.0 to 4.0 wt % of Nb, and 1.0 to 14.0 wt % of Ru in terms of weight ratio; and the remainder including Ni and incidental impurities. In addition, the contents of Cr, Hf and Al are preferably set so as to satisfy the equation OP≧108. According to the Ni-based single crystal superalloy of the invention, high creep strength can be maintained and the oxidation resistance can be improved. | 06-10-2010 |
20110142714 | Ni-BASED SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERALLOY AND COMPONENT OBTAINED FROM THE SAME - Provided is an Ni-based single crystal superalloy wherein the ingredients have a composition containing, as ratio by mass, from 5.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass of Al, from 4.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Ta, from 0% by mass to 2.0% by mass of Mo, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of W, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Re, from 0% by mass to 0.50% by mass of Hf, from 3.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass of Cr, from 0% by mass to 9.9% by mass of Co and from 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass of Ru, with the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. The alloy prevents TCP phase precipitation at high temperatures, therefore having improved strength at high temperatures and having oxidation resistance at high temperatures. | 06-16-2011 |
20110262299 | Ni-BASED SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERALLOY AND COMPONENT USING THE SAME AS SUBSTRATE - Provided is an Ni-based single crystal superalloy wherein the ingredients have a composition containing, as ratio by mass, from 5.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass of Al, from 4.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Ta, from 0% by mass to 2.0% by mass of Mo, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of W, from 3.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass of Re, from 0% by mass to 0.50% by mass of Hf, from 3.0% by mass to 6.0% by mass of Cr, from 0% by mass to 9.9% by mass of Co, from 1.0% by mass to 14.0% by mass of Ru, and from 0.1% by mass to 4.0% by mass of Nb, with the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. The alloy prevents TCP phase precipitation at high temperatures, therefore having improved strength at high temperatures and having oxidation resistance at high temperatures. | 10-27-2011 |
20120014832 | Ni-BASED SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERALLOY - The Ni-based single crystal alloy disclosed here is a single crystal and has a chemical composition containing, as % by mass,
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20130095346 | HEAT-RESISTANT COMPONENT - A Ni-based superalloy component includes a bond coat layer having a chemical composition not allowing interdiffusion to occur on a Ni-base superalloy substrate, and by allowing the bond coat layer to have Pt and/or Ir content equal to or higher than 0.2% but not exceeding 15% by mass, generation of an SRZ, which occurs at an interface between the Ni-base superalloy substrate and the bond coat layer in a high-temperature oxidizing atmosphere, can be suppressed, and at the same time adhesion at the interface between a ceramic thermal barrier coat layer and the bond coat layer is improved. Thus, a long-life Ni-based superalloy component with suppressed elemental interdiffusion between the Ni-base superalloy substrate and the bond coat layer even at temperatures exceeding 1100° C. is provided. | 04-18-2013 |
20130202913 | Ni-BASED SUPERALLOY COMPONENT HAVING HEAT-RESISTANT BOND COAT LAYER FORMED THEREIN - Provided is an Ni-based superalloy component having a three-layer configuration of an Ni-based superalloy substrate, a bond coat layer and a top coat layer, wherein the alloy material of the bond coat layer has a composition including Co of at most 15.0% by mass, Cr of from 0.1% by mass to 7.5% by mass, Mo of at most 3.0% by mass, W of from 4.1% by mass to 10.0% by mass, Al of from 6.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass, Ti of at most 2.0% by mass, Ta of from 5.0% by mass to 15.0% by mass, Hf of at most 1.5% by mass, Y of at most 1.0% by mass, Nb of at most 2.0% by mass and Si of at most 2.0% by mass with a balance of Ni and inevitable impurities, and the Ni-based superalloy substrate has a composition including Al of from 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass, Ta of from 0% by mass to 14.0% by mass, Mo of from 0% by mass to 10.0% by mass, W of from 0% by mass to 15.0% by mass, Re of from 0% by mass to 10.0% by mass, Hf of from 0% by mass to 3.0% by mass, Cr of from 0% by mass to 20.0% by mass, Co of from 0% by mass to 20% by mass, Ru of from 0% by mass to 14.0% by mass, Nb of from 0% by mass to 4.0% by mass, Ti of from 0% by mass to 4.0% by mass and Si of from 0% by mass to 2.0% by mass with a balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. The Ni-based superalloy component has the heat-resistant bond coat layer formed therein and is extremely excellent in environmental characteristics such as oxidation resistance and high-temperature corrosion resistance, especially having a long heat cycle life, and is favorable for turbine blades and vanes. | 08-08-2013 |
20130316891 | OXIDE MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The oxide matrix composite material is obtained by subjecting a fiber composed of at least one oxide or complex oxide and a matrix composed of at least one oxide or complex oxide to composite formation. For the fiber and the matrix, a component composition is selected such that the fiber and the matrix keep thermodynamic equilibrium to each other in a temperature range not exceeding the melting temperature, and a fiber diameter of the fiber at the time of equilibrium keeps ½ or more of a fiber diameter of the fiber at the start of the composite formation. | 11-28-2013 |
20150197833 | Ni-BASED SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERALLOY - Provided is a Ni-based single crystal superalloy containing
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20100332441 | MEDICAL DECISION MAKING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A medical decision making support apparatus performs the inference processing of obtaining an inference result by performing inference processing associated with medical diagnosis based on a plurality of pieces of input medical information, and the calculation processing of calculating the degree of denial or affirmation of the inference result in association with each of a plurality of partial sets including each medical information extracted from the plurality of pieces of medical information as an element. The medical decision making support apparatus presents a user an inference result obtained by the inference processing and negative information indicating medical information included in a partial set, of the plurality of partial sets, for which the degree of denial is calculated by the calculation processing. | 12-30-2010 |
20110161278 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORTING APPARATUS - A medical diagnostic supporting apparatus inputs a medical image to be a target of a medical diagnosis, acquires one or more pieces of medical information relating to the medical image as entered information, and acquires an image feature amount from the medical image. The medical diagnostic supporting apparatus selects a plurality of pieces of not-entered information associated with the acquired image feature amount from not-entered information that is medical information other than the entered information as presented not-entered information candidates that are candidates for presentation, and selects presented not-entered information from the presented not-entered information candidates based on a plurality of inference results acquired using the entered information and each of the presented not-entered information candidates. The medical diagnostic supporting apparatus presents the selected presented not-entered information to a doctor. | 06-30-2011 |
20110199390 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A medical diagnosis support apparatus includes an item display unit which displays, on a display, a plurality of items for which a parameter for deriving diagnosis support information can be input, a temporary input unit which inputs a plurality of different values as temporary input values for the plurality of items displayed by the item display unit, a deriving unit which derives, by referring to medical information, a plurality of pieces of diagnosis support information each corresponding to one of combinations of the plurality of different temporary input values, and a presenting unit which presents, on the display, the plurality of pieces of diagnosis support information derived by the deriving unit, together with the display of the plurality of items, in a list format. | 08-18-2011 |
20110213748 | INFERENCE APPARATUS AND INFERENCE METHOD FOR THE SAME - An inference apparatus that infers a class of a case is provided. The apparatus includes an inference unit configured to infer a class of a case with use of an inference device and an evaluation unit configured to, based on a result of inference performed by the inference device with respect to a known case that is similar to an unknown case, evaluate a result of inference with respect to the unknown case. | 09-01-2011 |
20120134555 | REPORT CREATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, CREATION SUPPORT METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - In an apparatus configured to generate a report based on diagnosis target images, image characteristic conditions to identify a plurality of diagnosis target images specified by a user as a group are derived, search conditions of images similar to the diagnosis target images by using the obtained image characteristic conditions are determined, a database is searched for one or more similar images satisfying the search conditions; and image findings satisfying predetermined conditions is extracted from image findings attached to one or more obtained similar images. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136882 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A diagnosis support apparatus which provides information for supporting medical diagnosis, the apparatus comprises: a medical information obtaining unit adapted to obtain known information of medical information of a diagnosis target held in a database as already input information; a selection unit adapted to select, as presentation non-input information, non-input information to be presented from non-input information as medical information other than the already input information; a similar case obtaining unit adapted to obtain, using the already input information and the presentation non-input information, a case including the presentation non-input information from a case database as a similar case similar to a case of the diagnosis target; and a presentation unit adapted to present the presentation non-input information and the similar case. | 05-31-2012 |
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20120254101 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD - A medical diagnosis support apparatus which provides information for supporting medical diagnosis includes an inference unit which obtains an inference result based on a combination of already input information and each non-input information, an evaluation unit which evaluates each non-input information by using an inference result on the already input information which is obtained by the inference unit and an inference result on the each non-input information which is obtained by the inference unit, and a selection unit which selects non-input information to be presented from the non-input information based on the evaluation obtained by the evaluation unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20130212056 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A medical diagnosis support apparatus is provided. In the medical diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires medical information associated with a diagnosis target as input information. An inference unit infers a diagnosis name of the diagnosis target based on the acquired input information. A calculation unit calculates the influence rate of each input information with respect to each inference. A creation unit creates a report sentence based on the calculated influence rate. | 08-15-2013 |
20140067412 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a diagnosis support system for presenting medical support information on a case. The system includes an inference unit, an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The inference unit identifies a diagnostic name of the case and obtains its inferred probability in accordance with medical information including a set having a plurality of elements. The acquisition unit acquires an influence of each of first subsets contained in the set and an influence of each of second subsets contained in each of the first subsets upon the inferred probability. The determination unit determines, in accordance with the influence of each of the first subsets and the influence of each of the second subsets, a subset of the plurality of elements that is to be displayed. The display control unit allows a display unit to display the identified diagnostic name and the determined subset. | 03-06-2014 |
20140195472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, GENERATING METHOD, MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD - A medical diagnosis support apparatus includes a training data obtaining unit that obtains training data, an inference means candidate creating unit that creates a plurality of inference means candidates based on the training data, an inference performance evaluation unit that evaluates the performance of the plurality of inference means candidates based on the training data, an information validity evaluation unit that evaluates the validity of information presented by each of the plurality of inference means candidates based on the training data, and an inference means selection unit that selects an inference means from the plurality of inference means candidates based on the performance of the plurality of inference means candidates and the validity of the information presented by each of the plurality of inference means candidates. | 07-10-2014 |
20150019473 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A diagnosis support system obtains input information corresponding to a case, identifies a diagnosis corresponding to the case based on the input information, obtains the inference probability of the diagnosis, and displays supporting information corresponding to the inference probability of the identified diagnosis on a display unit. | 01-15-2015 |
20150023579 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A diagnosis support apparatus obtains a plurality of images as interpretation targets, selects one item of a plurality of image finding items, sequentially assigns evaluations for the selected image finding item to the plurality of images in accordance with an operation input by a user, and displays an image for which an evaluation is assigned, in accordance with the operation input, in a display area, of a plurality of display areas corresponding to evaluations configured to be assigned for the selected image finding item, which corresponds to the evaluation assigned for the image. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090262144 | PLANT INFORMATION DISPALY DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a plant information display device which deforms and displays drawing data without hiding all pieces of information necessary for plant monitoring and plant instrument operation while visibility is not lowered. The plant information display device according to an aspect of the invention includes an input unit; a region determination unit into which an interest region and a deformation condition in a plant are fed using the input unit, the region determination unit specifying a deformation target region based on the interest region and deformation condition supplied from the input unit; a region division unit which divides a drawing into plural regions based on the deformation target region specified by the region determination unit, the region division unit performing management while the deformation target region and a non-deformation target region are divided; a drawing distortion unit which separately deforms the deformation target region and non-deformation target region in a display region; a drawing output unit; and a display unit. | 10-22-2009 |
20110035693 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DEVICE - In a large-scale plant such as a power plant, a graphical user interface device displays a target data display screen without increasing a load of searching a screen or a load of grasping a screen transition link. An operation model-creating device reads operation manual data for operation estimation and operation history data from an operation manual managing device and an operation history managing device to create a number of pieces of manual procedure template data for each accident type. An operation predicting device selects the operation procedure template data having same conditions of immediately preceding operation history data obtained from the plant monitoring and control device to predict the next operation estimated to be performed by an operator from the selected operation procedure template data. The plant monitoring and control device displays a system recommended operation button on a monitoring screen thereof based on data of the predicted results. | 02-10-2011 |
20120180984 | HEAT-ACCUMULATING HOT-WATER-SUPPLYING AIR CONDITIONER - A first circulation channel connects a first heat demand part and first supply heat exchanger with its forward route and return route. Supply and discharge channels are connected to a first heat accumulation tank, which accommodates a second heat medium heated in the first supply heat exchanger and supplied via the supply channel. A heat accumulation switching valve changes over communication of the second heat medium serving as hot heat or cold heat flowing from the first supply heat exchanger and supplied to the first heat demand part without branching to the supply channel or branching to the supply channel and supplied to the first heat accumulation tank. A heat-accumulating hot-water-supplying air conditioner operates at a first temperature when the second heat medium from the first supply heat exchanger branches to the supply channel, and at a second lower temperature when the second heat medium does not branch to the supply channel. | 07-19-2012 |
20130025301 | HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS AND HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTROL PROGRAM AND HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD - An operating method in a heat pump hot water supply system of an indirect heating method by which an average COP during a water heating period can be improved and a risk of running out of hot water can be prevented from increasing. For a heat pump hot water supply system of the indirect heating method, a change in heat transfer efficiency of a second heat exchanger is estimated by using either or both of a tank water temperature and a temperature of a second refrigerant flowing through a water circuit. When the heat transfer efficiency is determined to be high, an operation switching unit raises an output of a heat source device. When the heat transfer efficiency is determined to be low, the operation switching unit lowers the output of the heat source device. | 01-31-2013 |
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20090131005 | Wireless terminal and level measurement method - A wireless terminal using switchable first and second reception antennas to perform diversity reception of data transmitted from a base station is proposed. The terminal includes an average value calculation unit that calculates an average value of a reception level measurement result of the first reception antenna and a reception level measurement result of the second reception antenna; and a correction unit that corrects the average value calculated on the basis of a predetermined thermal noise level, a received RSSI value measurement result of the first reception antenna, and a received RSSI value measurement result of the second reception antenna. | 05-21-2009 |
20100173666 | Transmit Power Control System, Transmit Power Control Method, And Terminal Device - A system of controlling transmit power of a base station where a terminal device having a receive diversity function is wirelessly connected includes a power information generation part to generate transmit power control information that corresponds to variation in reception characteristics of the terminal device when a receive diversity state is switched; and a transmit power control part to control transmit power of a downstream signal based on the transmit power control information. | 07-08-2010 |
20100291967 | MULTI-WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A multi-wireless communication device includes: a plurality of communication controllers for controlling communication of a plurality of corresponding different systems, respectively; a plurality of counters for counting communication frames having different frame periods that depend on the systems, respectively; a common counter for counting in a predetermined period; a first converter for converting a count value of one of the counters corresponding to one of the systems under communication into a common count value of the common counter to determine the end of the communication under the one of the systems; and a second converter for converting a count value of the other of the counters into another common count value to determine a system switch period from the one of the systems to the other of the systems beginning from the end of the communication under the one of the systems. | 11-18-2010 |
20100316020 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes a first base station for communicating complying with a first communication protocol, a second base station for communicating by using radio frames complying with a second communication protocol and transmitting synchronization signals complying with the first communication protocol, the synchronization signals synchronizing the transmitted radio frames, and a mobile terminal for communicating according to the process includes: receiving the synchronization signals from the second base station while communicating with the first base station, estimating transmitting timing of the radio frames including symbols on the basis of the received synchronization signals, measuring a receiving signal strength of the symbol on the basis of the estimated timing, and controlling a handover from the first base station to the second base station on the basis of the measurement result by the measurement of the receiving signal strength of the symbol. | 12-16-2010 |
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20110190633 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, setting unit, associating unit, and registering unit. The storage unit stores 2D or 3D first time series image data and second time series image data over a predetermined period. The setting unit sets a first ROI on the first image data and a second ROI on the second image data for each of a plurality of phases in the predetermined period in accordance with a user instruction or by image processing. The associating unit associates the set first ROI with the set second ROI for each of the plurality of phases. The registering unit registers the first image data and the second image data for each of the plurality of phases based on a relative positional relationship between the first ROI and the second ROI which are associated with each other. | 08-04-2011 |
20150087980 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an obtaining unit, an image generating unit, and a controlling unit. The obtaining unit obtains setting information in which a plurality of types of ultrasound image data are set as display-purpose image data and in which a percentage of a time period to display the display-purpose image data is set for each of the plurality of types. The image generating unit generates, along a time series, each of the plurality of types of ultrasound image data set in the setting information. The controlling unit exercises control so that the plurality of types of ultrasound image data generated by the image generating unit are stored into a storage unit and exercises control so that the display-purpose image data is displayed on a display unit according to the percentage set in the setting information for each of the types. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087985 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmitter/receiver, an adder/subtractor and an image generating unit. The transmitter/receiver performs a first set of ultrasound transmission/reception and a second set of ultrasound transmission/reception, on a same scanning line of an imaging region of a subject administered with a contrast agent, for a plurality of sets, to output reflected wave data for the plurality of the sets, the first set of the ultrasound transmission/reception performing amplitude-modulated or amplitude- and phase-modulated ultrasound transmission transmitted a plurality of times and receiving reflected waves, and the second set of the ultrasound transmission/reception being transmission/reception whose phase modulation being different from phase modulation of the first set of the ultrasound transmission/reception. The adder/subtractor adds or subtracts the reflected wave data for the plurality of the sets. The image generating unit generates contrast image data based on the data output from the adder/subtractor. | 03-26-2015 |
20150094584 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a calculating unit, an obtaining unit, a determining unit, and a controlling unit. By using a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional ultrasound image data in a time series corresponding to a three-dimensional region including a myocardium of a subject, the calculating unit calculates first movement information indicating a movement of the myocardium by tracking a movement of a region of interest that corresponds to the myocardium and that is set in each of the plurality of pieces of three-dimensional image data. The obtaining unit obtains direction information indicating a direction of a myocardial fiber in the myocardium. The determining unit determines second movement information indicating a movement of the myocardium with respect to the direction of the myocardial fiber, on the basis of the first movement information and the direction information. The controlling unit causes a display unit to display the second movement information. | 04-02-2015 |
20150119711 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound wave to and from a subject; a first image data generating unit that generates first image data based on a first parameter, from a reception signal received by the transmitting and receiving unit; a second image data generating unit that generates second image data having an image taking region of which at least a part overlaps with that of the first image data and being based on a second parameter that is different from the first parameter, from a reception signal received by the transmitting and receiving unit; and an image processing unit that calculates a feature amount from at least such a part of the second image data that overlaps with the first image data and corrects the overlapping part of the first image data on a basis of the calculated feature amount. | 04-30-2015 |
20150141828 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a transceiver part, a signal processing part and an image generation part. The transceiver part controls an ultrasonic probe to perform a first and second scans. The first scan transmits a first ultrasonic wave and an ultrasonic wave, obtained by modulating an amplitude of the first ultrasonic wave, to scanning lines distributed three dimensionally, and receives first reflected waves. The second scan transmits a second ultrasonic wave to scanning lines distributed two dimensionally during the first scan, and receives second reflective waves. The transceiver part obtains first and second reception signals based on the first and second reflected waves. The signal processing part generates composite signals by combining the first reception signals. The image generation part generates three dimensional ultrasonic image data based on the composite signals, and two dimensional ultrasonic image data based on the second reception signals. | 05-21-2015 |
20150141829 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment include a transmitter/receiver, a signal processor, and an image generator. The transmitter/receiver causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit on each scanning line at least three ultrasonic pulses, the three ultrasonic pulses being: a first ultrasonic pulse including at least one frequency component and being transmitted with a first phase; a second ultrasonic pulse including the frequency component and being transmitted with a second phase different from the first phase by 180 degrees; and a third ultrasonic pulse including the frequency component and being transmitted with a third phase different from the first phase and the second phase by 90 degrees and generates a plurality of reception signals corresponding to the respective ultrasonic pulses. The signal processor combines the plurality of the reception signals and generates a composite signal. The image generator generates ultrasonic image data. | 05-21-2015 |
20150223776 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In general, according to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is used to observe a position and puncture direction of a puncture needle in an object in a paracentesis, and comprises data acquisition unit, image generation unit and a display. The data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of first ultrasound data concerning an inside of the object, acquire a plurality of second ultrasound data concerning the inside of the object, and acquire a plurality of third ultrasound data concerning the inside of the object. The image generation unit generates a tissue image displaying a living body tissue by using the first ultrasound data, generate a puncture image displaying the puncture needle based on image processing using the second ultrasound data and the third ultrasound data, and generate a composite image visualizing the living body tissue and the puncture needle by using the tissue image and the puncture image. | 08-13-2015 |
20150223778 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller, a processor, and an image generator. The controller selects at least one transducer element in a reception aperture formed of a transducer element group arranged in a predetermined direction, based on at least a deflection angle of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to a subject. The processor performs processing on at least one reception signal of a plurality of reception signals generated in the reception aperture such that a signal intensity of a reception signal generated in the at least one transducer element selected by the controller is reduced to be lower than a signal intensity of reception signals generated in transducer elements other than the at least one transducer element, to output the reception signal of the reception aperture. The image generator generates ultrasonic image data, based on the reception signal of the reception aperture. | 08-13-2015 |
20150257739 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and controlling circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate brightness transition information indicating a temporal transition of a brightness level in an analysis region that is set in an ultrasound scan region, from time-series data acquired by performing an ultrasound scan on a subject to whom a contrast agent has been administered and to obtain a parameter by normalizing reflux dynamics of the contrast agent in the analysis region with respect to time, based on the brightness transition information. The controlling circuitry is configured to cause a display to display the parameter in a format using one or both of an image and text. | 09-17-2015 |
20150324957 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry and control circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of IQ signals obtained by performing a plurality of processing with different conditions on reflected wave signals generated at a transducer element included in an ultrasound probe. The processing circuitry generates a compound signal compounded by non-linear processing of the IQ signals. The control circuitry causes a display to display image data based on the compound signal. | 11-12-2015 |
20160066888 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a candidate-position extracting circuitry and a position setting circuitry. The candidate-position extracting circuitry extracts a first position through comparison of a fundamental wave component between a plurality pieces of image data collected by performing ultrasonic scanning on a subject injected with a contrast agent. The candidate-position extracting circuitry also extracts a second position through comparison of a harmonic component between the pieces of image data. The position setting circuitry sets the first position or the second position as a position of a region of interest where predetermined analysis is performed in at least one image data of the pieces of image data. | 03-10-2016 |
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20130020261 | FILTERING METHOD OF WATER TO BE TREATED - A filtering method of water to be treated including: performing air diffusion from air diffusing units, while the water to be treated is processed with a filtering process using a membrane unit, wherein the filtering process is an intermittently performing filtering process, the membrane unit has two or more separation membrane modules, a membrane surface of the separation membrane modules has a flat shape and extends along a vertical direction, two or more air diffusing units are arranged in a lower-side direction of the membrane unit, the air diffusing units each has one or more air diffusing pipes, and when air is ejected from the air diffusing units, the air diffusing unit which ejects air is switched per a constant air diffusing time t | 01-24-2013 |
20130118966 | FIXING MEMBER AND MEMBRANE MODULE UNIT - A first fixing member which fixes to a membrane module unit a tubular member with a protrusion formed at a tip end or near the tip end for connecting a membrane module of the membrane module unit and a water collecting header to form a filtrate flow path from the membrane module to the water collecting header, the first fixing member includes: a fixing member main body which includes an engaging surface formed at a position at which the fixing member main body engages with the protrusion formed in the tubular member; and a second fixing member which fixes the fixing member main body to the membrane module unit. | 05-16-2013 |
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20090073175 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - By storing pre-rasterized bitmap data and scalable font data in separate storage unit, even when a hard disk drive is disabled, it is possible to assure a function of displaying a required minimum number of (or a certain number of) a character or visual object by the scalable font data in a flash memory. | 03-19-2009 |
20090174715 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - A font controller extracts and reads each time only the pre-rasterized bitmap font data groups to be used simultaneously among a plurality of pre-rasterized bitmap font data groups stored on the hard disk drive in advance, and expands and stores the groups in a work memory. With this arrangement, it is possible to significantly decrease the amount of memory consumed because the memory capacity required in the work memory is sufficient only with the read data amount to be extracted. | 07-09-2009 |
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