Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Izumi Watanabe

Shigeharu Ohyu

Hiroshi Fujita

Tadashi Sekiguchi

Makoto Kaneko

Yoichi Takada

Akio Tetsuka

Hisayuki Uehara

Masashi Honda

Yoshihiro Sakuma

Kazutoyo Hirayama

Akiko Yamahana

Megumi Yoshinaga

An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray generating unit which generates X-rays, an X-ray detecting unit which detects X-rays transmitted through a subject, a C-arm on which the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit are mounted, a support mechanism which movably supports the C-arm, a high voltage generating unit which generates a high voltage for generating X-rays from the X-ray generating unit, a first foot switch to input a first user instruction associated with generation of the X-rays, a second foot switch to input a second user instruction associated with movement of the C-arm, and a control unit which controls the high voltage generating unit in accordance with the input of the first user instruction and controls the support mechanism in accordance with the input of the second user instruction.

X-ray diagnostic apparatus

An X-ray diagnosis apparatus for obtaining an X-ray image comprises an X-ray radiator, a detector, a first mechanism, a second mechanism, a controller, and an image processor. The X-ray radiator is configured to radiate an X-ray to a specimen. The detector is configured to detect an X-ray data resulting from the X-ray. The first mechanism is coupled to the detector and is configured to shift the detector along a detecting plane of the detector. The second mechanism is coupled to the X-ray radiator and is configured to change a radiation direction of the X-ray against the detector. The controller is configured to control the second mechanism in accordance with the shift of the detector. The image processor is coupled to the detector and is configured to prepare a fluoroscopic image data as the X-ray image based on the X-ray data. The image processor also corrects a deformation of the fluoroscopic image data.

X-ray diagnosis apparatus

A diagnostic system for intracardiac electrophysiological phenomena is provided. The phenomena are inferred based on at least one of a potential obtained from a patient and a magnetic field obtained from the patient. The system comprises inferbly analyzing element for analyzing the at least one information so as to obtain a characteristic quantity associated with at least one of a magnitude and an interval of a myocardial electroaction amount of the patient; and visualizing element for displaying the characteristic quantity as a distribution image.

Measurement of intracardiac electrophysiological phenomena

An endoscope system includes an endoscope section having a flexible pipe insertable into a body cavity. The flexible pipe is divided into a plurality of segments. Each segment has a mechanism, e.g. shape memory alloy, for varying the flexibility of that segment. A main frame unit has a flexibility control section for controlling the flexibility variation mechanisms to correspond to one of a plurality of flexibility control patterns stored in a database.

Variable flexibility endoscope system

An endoscope has a flexible tube covered with a covering layer. The covering layer is made from polyester-based soft thermoplastic elastomer containing hard segments of liquid crystal monomers and polyester-based hard thermoplastic elastomer containing hard segments of PBT.

Endoscope

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Nasushiobara, Japan

Izumi Watanabe