Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Mie Okano

Takeshi Miyazaki

Taichi Shintou

Tsuyoshi Nomoto

Kohei Watanabe

Toshio Tanaka

Yasufumi Asao

Yasuhiko Tabata

Junta Yamamichi

Yasuhito Shimada

Yuhei Nishimura

Yohei Hashizume

Hiroshi Kohara

An object information acquiring apparatus, comprises a light irradiating unit configured to irradiate an object with light; a probe configured to receive an acoustic wave generated from the object and convert into an electrical signal; a characteristic information acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristic information relating to the object based on the electrical signal; an area information acquiring unit configured to acquire information relating to a reachable area of the light; a location detecting unit configured to acquire an operator location; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the operator location is in a first state where the operator location overlaps with the reachable area of the light or a second state where the operator location does not overlap with the reachable area of the light.

Object information acquiring apparatus and information processing apparatus

Provided is an evaluation probe capable of optically evaluating permeability of a substance through a central nervous system tissue. Also provided is an evaluation method for permeability of a substance through a central nervous system tissue using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability. Also provided is a screening method using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability. The evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability includes, as an active ingredient, at least one kind of compound represented by the following general formula (1). 

Evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability, evaluation method for central nervous system permeability, and screening method using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability

The present invention provides a hematopoietic stem cell identification probe. A hematopoietic stem cell analysis probe containing, as an active ingredient, one or more compounds represented by the general formula (1) has been developed: 

Hematopoietic stem cell identification probe

A target substance detection method for detecting a target substance in a specimen, comprises the steps of contacting with a specimen a target substance detecting element comprised of a base, a metal structure and a first capturing body for capturing a target substance; contacting with the target substance detecting element a labeling material comprised of a labeling substance and a second capturing body for capturing a target substance; and acquiring an absorption spectrum (A) of the target substance detecting element contacted with the specimen and the labeling material, wherein the employed labeling substance is a substance that a slope of a tangent of an absorption spectrum (C) of the labeling substance at a peak wavelength (&#x3bb;) of an absorption spectrum (B) of the target substance detecting element is larger than zero.

Target substance detection method and target substance detection kit

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Moriya, Japan

Mie Okano