Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Panasonic Corporation

Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.

Hitachi Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Hisashi Hagiwara

Hiroshi Fukukita

Minoru Asogawa

Takao Suzuki

Yoshinao Tannaka

Morio Nishigaki

Yoshinobu Watanabe

Yoshinori Mishina

Kinya Hasegawa

Yushi Nishimura

Tohru Hiramatsu

Yasuo Iimura

Makoto Kato

Mitsuyuki Kiuchi

Masami Kawabuchi

Zoran B Banjanin

Noritada Yasumoro

Takao Seki

Yasuhiro Nakamura

Tomotaka Yagi

Jin H Kim

Lin X Yao

Kazuhiro Sunagawa

Sadayuki Tamae

Yoshito Touzawa

Masahiro Suzuki

Toshio Yoshida

Hiroshi Kanai

Yoshihiko Ito

Yuko Omura

Norimasa Kondo

Hideyuki Hasegawa

Ryoji Nemoto

Shinji Kondou

Yusuke Miyazaki

Yoshinao Tan-naka

Kenjiro Tomita

Mori Nishigaki

Junichiro Ninomiya

Shuichi Kojima

Hidemi Yoshida

Kazuyoshi Kurihara

Tomoichi Enomoto

Minori Asogawa

Ran Wang

Hirotoshi Fujioka

Yasuyuki Horibe

Souichi Hatanaka

An information processing apparatus comprises an extraction part and a genetic information generation part. The extraction part extracts a phenotypic site(s) representing a genetic phenotype(s) of a living entity from the image. The genetic information generation part generates genetic information of the living entity captured in the image based on the phenotypic site(s) extracted by the extraction part. The image comprises a person image in which a person captured. The genetic information generation part may generate genetic information of the person captured in the person image.

Information processing apparatus, genetic information generation method and program

A color conversion apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a defining unit, and an output unit. The obtaining unit obtains information indicating a positional relationship between basic-color toners of basic colors and a special-color toner of a special color among special-color toners of special colors regarding vertical layering on an image formed in an image forming apparatus using the basic-color toners and the special-color toner. The defining unit defines a spot color by a combination of the basic colors and the special color. The output unit outputs, in accordance with the positional relationship indicated by the information, basic-color conversion tables used to convert the spot color to the basic colors that are included in the combination and a special-color conversion table used to convert the spot color to the special color that is included in the combination.

Color conversion apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and image forming apparatus

A microchip comprises a plurality of laminated elastic sheets, wherein the elastic sheets are partially inadhesive each other so that at least 3 middle layers are formed; as a first middle layer, first flow path and second flow path through which liquid flows are formed; as a second middle layer, a first flow path opening/closing section for opening and closing the first flow path is formed; and as a third middle layer, a second flow path opening/closing section for opening and closing the second flow path is formed.

Microchip, microchip controlling method and microchip controlling apparatus

A microchip comprises a PCR section, a denaturing section, and an electrophoresis section. In the PCR section, a desired region in DNA is amplified. In the denaturing section, PCR amplicon of double-strand DNA is denatured into single-strand DNA. In the electrophoresis section, the PCR amplicon is separated based on the length of sequence.

Microchip, DNA analysis method and DNA analysis system

A microchip includes a vessel portion, an elastic member, and a flow channel which leads a liquid sample to the vessel portion. After a liquid sample is put in the vessel portion, the liquid sample is heated while pressure is applied with respect to an inner portion of the vessel portion.

Sample heating method and heating control device

The present invention provides a chip for analysis of a target substance that is compact and allows analysis of a target substance with less time and effort. The chip for analysis of a target substance includes a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, and a third substrate. A flow channel-forming non-bonded areais formed on a bonding surface of the first flexible substrateand the second flexible substratein a band-like manner and an extraction chamber-forming non-bonded areahaving a wider band width than the flow channel-forming non-bonded areais formed at a part of the flow channel-forming non-bonded area. The first flexible substrateincludes a through-holethat is in contact with the flow channel-forming non-bonded area, a shutter-forming non-bonded areais formed on a bonding surface of the second flexible substrateand the third substrateat a far side of the through-holerelative to the extraction chamber-forming non-bonded areasuch that the shutter-forming non-bonded areaand the flow channel-forming non-bonded areaintersect above and below, the first flexible substrateand the second flexible substrateinclude a pressure supply portthat comes through the substrates so as to be in contact with the shutter-forming non-bonded area, and a magnetic particlethat binds to a target substance is placed above the extraction chamber-forming non-bonded area

Chip for analysis of target substance

An analysis chip device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a placing board () on which a microchip () is placed, and a coupling () attached to a cover () of the microchip (). The coupling () includes a linear electrode (), a sleeve () including an attach part () that is attached to the cover () and an air core part () in which the electrode () is provided, the sleeve () having a side surface in which an inlet port () is provided, the inlet port () communicating with the air core part (); and a holder () including a pipe connection part () to which a pipe () is connected, the pipe () supplying gas to the inlet port (), the holder () holding the sleeve () so as to surround the inlet port ().

Analysis device

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section, which drives a probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave toward a subject; a receiving section, which receives an ultrasonic echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, through the probe, thereby generating a received signal; a property value calculating section for calculating property values of the subject based on the received signal over a period of time; a stability estimating section for sequentially estimating the degrees of stability of the property values that have been calculated over the period of time; and a presenting section for presenting the degrees of stability thereon.

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

Provided is a sample packing device for packing a sample with respect to a microchip for performing reaction of a micro component contained in the sample, the microchip at least including: a sample reservoir; a reaction reservoir; and a channel connected between the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir, in which a package including a sample chamber packed in advance with the sample is mounted on the microchip so as to pack the sample in the sample chamber into the sample reservoir.

Sample packing device

A channel control mechanism for a microchip has a laminated structure formed of members including elastic members, and includes: a sample reservoir for packing a sample therein; a reaction reservoir in which mixture and reaction of the sample are performed; and a channel formed in a middle layer of the laminated structure, for bringing the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir into communication with each other. The channel control mechanism performs the reaction and analysis in such a manner that the sample is delivered into the reaction reservoir through the channel. A shutter channel (pressurizing channel) is provided in a layer different from a layer in which the channel is formed so that the pressurizing channel partially overlaps the channel. The channel is closed through applying a pressurized medium to the shutter channel (pressurizing channel), and the channel is opened through releasing a pressure of the pressurized medium.

Flow passage control mechanism for microchip

There are provided a transmission unit () and a reception unit () for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave with respect to a subject, a tissue tracing unit () for analyzing a received signal to trace the movement of a tissue of the subject, and a property detection unit () for detecting a property concerning the movement of the tissue of the subject. The property detection unit () subjects either one of the received signal, a Doppler shift, and the movement of the tissue of the subject to signal processing, detects a property concerning the movement of the tissue of the subject that is in synchronization with a heartbeat, and generates an initializing pulse based on the detected property. The tissue tracing unit () is initialized by the initializing pulse. It is possible to obtain a distribution image of an elastic modulus of the tissue of the subject as well as a tomographic image of the subject with a simple operation of only applying a probe to the subject without the necessity for a special connection between the subject and the device.

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a positional displacement calculating section for calculating the magnitudes of positional displacements at multiple measuring points within a body tissue; a thickness variation calculating section for calculating thicknesses or thickness variations, each measured between two arbitrary points within the tissue set with respect to the measuring points, based on the magnitudes of positional displacements; and a maximum/minimum value calculating section for finding the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations during a maximum value finding period and a minimum value finding period. At least one of the greatest thickness difference, strain and elastic property is calculated based on a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses or thickness variations.

Ultrasonograph and ultrasonograph control method

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Hisashi Hagiwara