Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130099111 | TOF Mass Analyser With Improved Resolving Power - A time of flight analyser that comprises a pulsed ion source; a non-linear ion mirror having a turn-around point; and a detector. The pulsed ion source is configured to produce an ion pulse travelling along an ion flight axis, the ion pulse comprising an ion group consisting of ions of a single m/z value, the ion group having a lateral spread. The non-linear ion mirror is configured to reflect the ion group, at the turn-around point, along the ion flight axis towards the detector, the passage of the ion group through the non-linear ion mirror causing a spatial spread of the ion group. The time of flight mass analyser has at least one lens positioned between the ion source and the ion mirror, wherein the or each lens is configured to reduce said lateral spread so as to provide a local minimum of lateral spread within the ion mirror. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103322 | Method and System for Analyzing Mass Spectrometry Data - Provided is a technique for accurately identifying a peptide even if the peptide cannot be identified by MS/MS ion search or de novo sequencing. The technique uses an MS | 04-25-2013 |
20130116934 | Method and System for Processing Mass Spectrometry Data, and Mass Spectrometer - Provided is a method for quantitatively estimating the probability of substance identification based on the result of an MS | 05-09-2013 |
20130148779 | RADIATION TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - Provided is a radiation tomography apparatus that performs radiography for a series of fluoroscopic images while moving a radiation source and a radiation detecting device synchronously in opposite directions to each other and obtains a tomographic image of a subject based on the fluoroscopic images. The radiation tomography apparatus allows to preview the tomographic image obtained through the radiography immediately after completion of the radiography. A preview image for previewing a sectional image of a subject is generated besides a tomographic image for diagnosis. The preview image can be obtained through simpler computing processing. Consequently, an operator sees once the preview image displayed on a display unit prior to the tomographic image for diagnosis, thereby determining to conduct radiography again quickly. | 06-13-2013 |
20130154658 | Discharge Ionization Current Detector - A discharge ionization current detector that is durable and produced at a low cost is provided. An electrode structure of a dielectric-coated metal tube, with an insulator-coated metal wire included therein, is inserted from above into a first gas passage including a dielectric tube. The metal tube is connected to the ground on the upstream side of the first gas passage. One end of the metal wire is extracted from the upstream side of the first gas passage to the outside and connected to a bias power source. An area is not covered with the insulator is provided at the other end of the wire. This area is arranged in a second gas passage, which extends from the downstream end of the first gas passage. A metal electrode consisting of a flanged metal tube is placed in the second gas passage and connected to an ionization current detecting circuit 34. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156150 | RADIATION TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A radiation tomography apparatus comprising a first imaging device for taking tomography images of a subject by introducing the subject in an introduction direction of the subject, a support member for supporting the subject, a support-member moving device for moving the support member in the introduction direction of the subject, a support-member movement controller for controlling the support-member moving device, a first cylinder provided in a first imaging view field of the first imaging device and having an opening extending in the introduction direction for introducing the support member and a first positioning device for positioning the first cylinder relative to the first imaging view field, the first cylinder guiding the movable support member. | 06-20-2013 |
20130165340 | MULTIPLEX COLON CANCER MARKER PANEL - The present invention provides a specific combination of colon cancer markers based on statistical knowledge, which is capable of detecting a larger number of colon cancer patients in an earlier stage while maintaining high specificity. A multiplex colon cancer marker panel comprising a combination of five colon cancer markers of Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5, Carbohydrate antigen 19-9, Galectin-4, APEX nuclease and Actin-related protein 2. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169958 | Surface Processing Progress Monitoring System - Provided is a technique for calculating a hole depth or substrate thickness with high accuracy during surface processing work, such as etching or grinding. A difference spectrum calculator calculates the difference between a spectrum acquired at one time and another spectrum acquired at a time earlier than the aforementioned time by a predetermined. The base spectra which are contained in the observed spectra but do not contribute to interference can be regarded as common to the observed spectra. Therefore, the difference spectrum is a virtually normalized interference spectrum. A Fourier transform operator performs a frequency analysis on the difference spectrum, using a Fourier transform or similar technique. In the thereby obtained signal, a clear peak originating from the interference appears at a position corresponding to the optical path length. From this peak position, an optical distance calculator determines the optical path length, calculates the hole depth, and displays the calculated result. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171660 | BLOOD MARKER FOR RENAL CANCER - The present invention provides a blood marker for renal cancer, more specifically, a blood marker that can be practically used for clinical diagnosis of renal cancer. The present invention also provides a blood marker that can be practically used for follow-up after treatment such as surgery and during treatment such as medication for renal cancer. A blood marker for renal cancer selected from the group consisting of Galectin-1, Galectin-3, and α-enolase. Galectin-1 and/or Galectin-3 as a blood marker for renal cancer for use in an examination performed before diagnostic imaging. α-Enolase as a blood marker for renal cancer for use in monitoring during and/or after treatment for renal cancer. | 07-04-2013 |
20130181127 | TANDEM QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER - All data obtained from an A/D converter during a summation period with values exceeding a prescribed threshold is excluded from summation up to a prescribed maximum number of deletions, and the values of the remaining data are summed to find one piece of measurement data corresponding to that summation period. The number of pieces of noise data reflecting the influx of particles that cause spike-like noise is extremely small, so noise data is removed in a state in which there are no signals and no target ions are present. When target ions are present, legitimate data which is not noise data may be removed, but the number of pieces of removed data is small in comparison to the total number of pieces of data, so the effects of the removal of legitimate data essentially do not emerge in the summation results. It is therefore possible to effectively reduce spike-like noise. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188256 | Rotary Drive Mechanism And Light Dispersion System Having The Same - A rotary drive mechanism provides a mechanism for driving light dispersing element having a high wavelength-moving speed and a high wavelength-resolving power. The rotary drive mechanism includes a stepper motor as a rotary drive source; an update information setter for setting update information corresponding to the amount of change by which the motor should be rotated at a drive timing indicated by an input signal; a position information updater for holding position information which specifies the rotational position of the motor and for updating the position information based on the update information from the update information setter; a winding excitation state determiner for determining the amount or ratio of electric currents passed through the windings of the motor based on the updated position information provided from the position information updater; and a drive controller for controlling the electric currents based on a control signal from the winding excitation state determiner. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191756 | Analyzing Device Control System - Provided is an analyzing device control system including an analyzing system and a control computer for controlling the analyzing device, the system having an improved visibility and operability of a user interface for remotely operating or monitoring the control computer from an external terminal through a data communication network. The control computer PC | 07-25-2013 |
20130204537 | Amino Acid Sequence Analyzing Method and Amino Acid Sequence Analyzing Apparatus - The amino acid sequence is deduced by using de novo sequencing, to prevent the correct amino acid sequence from not being ranked high as candidates. Amino acid sequence candidates are computed by finding the longest path by a branch and using a bound method based on the spectrum data on the target peptide and the known amino acid sequence. A tree-structured directed graph is used where amino acid sequences are set as nodes and the peak intensities corresponding to the amino acids are set as branches. In a sequence put at a node in the highest layer, an amino acid is placed at a terminal, and as the layer goes deeper, amino acids are sequentially placed from both terminals toward the center of the sequence. The final score is estimated based on the remaining amino acids, and if the score is small, the search is halted. | 08-08-2013 |