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20140267456 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image display device includes: a light transmitting unit having transmission wavelength characteristics corresponding to each of a plurality of colors; an illuminating unit configured to emit light corresponding to each of the plurality of colors, the illuminating unit being configured to emit, with respect to at least one predetermined color, light including first light and second light whose emission peak wavelengths are both within a range of the transmission wavelength characteristics corresponding to the predetermined color and whose emission peak wavelengths differ from one another; and a control unit configured to control an intensity of each of the light of the plurality of emission spectra corresponding to the predetermined color in accordance with a color distribution of the image. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286628 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting unit configured to perform a color adjustment process on an input image and generate an output image: a determining unit configured to determine an approximate expression which approximates conversion characteristics of the color adjustment process; and an outputting unit configured to output color adjustment information including information representing the approximate expression determined by the determining unit, wherein when the adjusting unit performs the color adjustment process on a partial region of the input image, the outputting unit outputs, as the color adjustment information, information including the information representing the approximate expression determined by the determining unit and region information representing the partial region. | 09-25-2014 |
20140292834 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes: a color gamut determining unit configured to determine a color gamut of pixels constituting an image; an image separating unit configured to separate the image into a low chroma image component and a high chroma image component based on a color gamut determination result; and a display unit configured to divide one frame period into subframe periods and temporally separate the low chroma image component and the high chroma image component in each subframe period to form an image. A backlight driving unit causes a broadband light source to emit light when the low chroma image component is being displayed and causes a narrowband light source to emit light when the high chroma image component is being displayed. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100150783 | CHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS - A chemical reaction apparatus in which a chemical reaction of solutions is carried out by transferring the solutions includes moving units to seal or move the solutions in a flow passage or a plurality of chambers of a container by applying an external force to an elastic body of the container by moving on a surface of the elastic body while the moving units contact with the surface of the elastic body, the moving units being movable independently from each other with respect to a cartridge including the container which is at least partially structured with the elastic body, the container including the plurality of chambers to contain the solutions and the flow passage to connect the plurality of chambers, and a detection unit to detect a state of solution pool in the flow passage or the chamber. | 06-17-2010 |
20110031410 | METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUORESCENT LIGHT AMOUNT OR LIGHT ABSORPTION AMOUNT AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SAME - An amount of fluorescent light generated from the specimen is quantitatively measured as “a light-amount value per unit area traceable to the national standard” instead of in terms of a ratio (a ratio value) as in the past. A method for measuring a fluorescent light amount, whereby a specimen is irradiated with excitation light, and fluorescent light generated from the specimen is measured by a light-receiving element via a receiving optical system, said method comprising the steps of irradiating the specimen with excitation light having a light-amount value per specified unit area traceable to the national standard, and designated on the surface of the specimen beforehand, causing the light-receiving element to measure the fluorescent light generated from the specimen via the receiving optical system, and computing a fluorescent light-amount as measured by the light-receiving element via the receiving optical system on the basis of an excitation light-amount per the specified unit area, optical coefficients of the receiving optical system, and the acceptance coefficient of the light-receiving element, thereby working out a light amount value per the unit area traceable to the national standard. | 02-10-2011 |
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20090024037 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF ACQUIRING ULTRASONIC IMAGES - Transmitting and receiving ultrasound with repetition frequency that corresponds to velocity range indicating the measurable velocity to and from a diagnostic site that contains moving fluid within a body to be examined. Generating Doppler spectrum image showing velocity of moving fluid based on signals obtained from transmission and reception of ultrasound. Storing modeled value based on model correlating standard blood velocity waveform with an ECG waveform. Calculating measured blood velocity waveform based on spectrum image of a specified patient. Acquiring ECG waveform at timing corresponding to measured blood velocity waveform. Estimating blood velocity waveform excluding effects of valve signals of patient based on measured blood velocity waveform, ECG waveform, and modeled value. Comparing measured blood velocity waveform with estimated blood velocity waveform, to exclude excess parts of the difference over a threshold from measured blood velocity waveform, and to interpolate excluded parts of measured blood velocity waveform. | 01-22-2009 |
20090069684 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE - An imaging part transmits ultrasonic waves to a subject and receives reflected waves from the subject, thereby acquiring plural volume data of the subject. A specifying part specifies a surface site included in a face corresponding to the surface of the subject, in each of the plural volume data. A synthesizer executes position matching of the subject shown in each of the plural volume data. The synthesizer couples the plural volume data after position matching, and couples the respective surface sites specified in the respective volume data, thereby generating synthesized volume data. Based on the synthesized volume data, an image generator generates morphology image data showing the morphology of the subject and surface image data showing the coupled surface sites. A display controller controls a display to display a morphology image based on the morphology image data and a surface image based on the surface image data. | 03-12-2009 |
20100018314 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT - Provided is ultrasonic diagnostic equipment including: an equipment body; a display unit provided to the equipment body and configured to display an ultrasonic image; an equipment-side connector provided in the equipment body; and an ultrasonic probe having a probe-side connector to be connected to the equipment-side connector in a detachable manner. The ultrasonic probe is connected to the probe-side connector through a cable and configured to send and receive ultrasonic waves. The probe-side connector and the equipment-side connector are formed in structures capable of sending and receiving the ultrasonic waves even in the case of a 180-degree reverse connection of the probe-side connector to the equipment-side connector. | 01-28-2010 |
20100198073 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a unit which sets a display region for displaying a 3D image, a unit which transmits and receives ultrasound waves, a unit which generates volume data, a unit, on the basis of the volume data, which sets an analysis region, a unit, on the basis of the data on the analysis region contained in the volume data, which analyzes a fluctuations in signal intensity over time, a unit, on the basis of the analysis result, which calculates a cardiac cycle, a unit, on the basis of the cardiac cycle and the volume data, which generates data set constructed by data with substantially equal cardiac cycle, and generates data sets corresponding to a plurality of cardiac cycles, and a unit which displays the 3D images based on the data sets as a moving image. | 08-05-2010 |
20100331692 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING SOUND VELOCITY - In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image creating unit, an image-creation control unit and a display control unit. The image creating unit creates an ultrasound image from data created by adding a reflected wave signal of an ultrasound wave transmitted to an imaging target portion of a subject by using a reception delay time calculated from a set sound velocity set as a sound velocity in the imaging target portion. The image-creation control unit switches a set sound velocity set at a present moment in a variable range, and controls the image creating unit so as to create a plurality of ultrasound images each using a reception delay time corresponding to each of the set sound velocities to be switched. The display control unit controls display such that the ultrasound images created are displayed on a certain display unit. | 12-30-2010 |
20110092819 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ULTRASOINC DATA ACQUISITION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, a transmission/reception unit, an echo signal storage unit, a reception delay addition processing unit, a Doppler signal generating unit, and a focus position decision unit. The echo signal storage unit stores a plurality of echo signals obtained by the transmission/reception unit. The reception delay addition processing unit generates a plurality of reception signals corresponding to a plurality of reception focus positions by performing delay addition of the plurality of stored echo signals. The Doppler signal generating unit generates a plurality of Doppler signals corresponding to the plurality of reception focus positions from the generated reception signals. The focus position decision unit performs selection of a Doppler signal from the plurality of generated Doppler signals based on a blood flow characteristic and decides a reception focus position corresponding to the selected Doppler signal. | 04-21-2011 |
20110282206 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit. | 11-17-2011 |
20140081141 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, a separator separates an arbitrary region of a displayed object represented from image data, in a depth direction, based on a characterizing quantity included in the image data. An image generation controller generates an image to be displayed in which depth direction information is reflected on the arbitrary region of the displayed object, separated by the separator. A display controller causes a monitor being capable of providing a stereoscopic vision to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generation controller. | 03-20-2014 |
20150363104 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit. | 12-17-2015 |
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20140288310 | 7--6-FLUORO-1-(2-FLUOROETHYL)-8-METHOXY-4-OXO-1,4-DIHYDROQUINOLINE-3-CARBO- XYLIC ACID CRYSTAL - Disclosed is a technique for improving the water solubility and storage stability of 7-{(3S,4S)-3-[(cyclopropylamino)methyl]-4-fluoropyrrolidine-1-y1}-6-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)-8-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound (1)) that is safe and not only has a strong antibacterial action but also is effective for resistant bacteria for which conventional antibacterial agent are less effective. Crystals of the hydrochloride salt of the compound (1), crystals of the hydrochloride salt hydrate of the compound (1), and crystals of the methanesulfonate salt of the compound (1) are provided. In these crystals, decomposition due to influences of light is suppressed as compared to that in crystals of the compound (1) in free, and their storage stability is high. These crystals have higher solubility in water than the crystals of the compound (1) in free. | 09-25-2014 |
20150284361 | 7--6-FLUORO-1-(2-FLUOROETHYL)-8-METHOXY-4-OXO-1,4-DIHYDROQUINOLINE-3-CARBO- XYLIC ACID CRYSTAL - Disclosed is a technique for improving the water solubility and storage stability of 7-{(3S,4S)-3-[(cyclopropylamino)methyl]-4-fluoropyrrolidine-1-yl}-6-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)-8-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound (1)) that is safe and not only has a strong antibacterial action but also is effective for resistant bacteria for which conventional antibacterial agent are less effective. Crystals of the hydrochloride salt of the compound (1), crystals of the hydrochloride salt hydrate of the compound (1), and crystals of the methanesulfonate salt of the compound (1) are provided. In these crystals, decomposition due to influences of light is suppressed as compared to that in crystals of the compound (1) in free, and their storage stability is high. These crystals have higher solubility in water than the crystals of the compound (1) in free. | 10-08-2015 |