Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki

Softcare Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyushu Institute of Technology

Noriyoshi Takahashi

Kazuhiro Itoh

Hitoshi Fujii

Kenji Okamoto

Shigeki Nakayama

Shunsuke Toshioka

Satoshi Watanabe

Koichiro Fukuda

Sakutaro Hoshi

Atsushi Kidokoro

Phuong Thuy Le

Takeshi Shirakawa

Tetsu Kuroki

Hiroyuki Ishihara

Koji Momose

A bent section () is provided. An intake gas outlet (B) downstream of the bent section () is connected to an intake manifold (C). A throttle valve (A) is disposed in the vicinity of and upstream of an intake gas inlet (A) upstream of the bent section (). An EGR pipe () is connected to the bent section (). A rotation shaft () of the throttle valve (A) is provided so as to be perpendicular to a first plane () including an inlet side intake pipe axis (A) passing through the intake gas inlet (A) and an outlet side intake pipe axis (B) passing through the intake gas outlet (B). An outer surface, which is intersected by the first plane (), of the bent section () is formed to include a first sidewall surface (A) extending in parallel to the inlet side intake pipe axis (A) toward a bent side, a second sidewall surface (B) extending in parallel to the outlet side intake pipe axis (B) toward the bent side, and an outer curved surface (C) having a predetermined radius of curvature configured to connect bent side ends of the first sidewall surface (A) and the second sidewall surface (B).

Internal combustion engine

The present invention images a heartbeat strength representing the strength of pulsations (beats) on a map as a new dynamics index different from the conventional waveform numerical value. A computation section according to the present invention obtains, from time-course changes of the blood flow map obtained as a result of computation of blood flow speed, a signal intensity at a fundamental frequency determined from time-series blood flow data within a predetermined region, and calculates a heartbeat strength which represents the strength of heartbeats on the basis of the signal intensity. A display section images and displays the heartbeat strength calculated by the heartbeat strength computation section. Also, the display section displays the heartbeat strength calculated by the heartbeat strength computation section by superimposing the heartbeat strength on a combined map created by averaging a plurality of blood flow maps arranged in a chronological order.

Apparatus and method for imaging and analyzing hemodynamics

A blood flow image diagnosing device of the present invention includes a laser light irradiation system for applying laser light to an observation region of a biotissue having blood cells; a light receiving section having a plurality of pixels and adapted to detect reflection light from the observation region of the biotissue; an image capturing section for successively capturing a plurality of images on the basis of a signal from the light receiving section; an image storage section for storing the plurality of images; a computation section for computing the speed of blood flow within the biotissue from time course changes of output signals of the pixels throughout the stored images; and a display section for displaying a two-dimensional distribution which is the result of the computation as a blood flow map. The computation section includes a pigment concentration correction section.

Blood flow image diagnosing device and method

An exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine purifies exhaust gas in a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The device includes a confluent path. The confluent path extends from a confluent section of the first exhaust path and the second exhaust path. A first auxiliary NOx catalyst is provided in the first exhaust path. A second auxiliary NOx catalyst is provided in the second exhaust path. A main NOx catalyst is provided in the confluent path. A first addition section adds an ammonia source in a first addition amount to a section upstream of the first auxiliary NOx catalyst to supply urea water to the first auxiliary NOx catalyst. A second addition section adds an ammonia source in a second addition amount to a section upstream of the second auxiliary NOx catalyst to supply urea water to the second auxiliary NOx catalyst.

Exhaust gas purification device for internal combustion engine

A blood flow image diagnosis device which diagnoses a blood flow map by separating, on the basis of a plurality of blood flow maps covering a specified time including one or more cardiac beats, a blood flow of a surface layer blood vessel observed in a surface layer in an observation region of a body tissue from a background blood flow of a peripheral background region. The device distinguishably displays a first blood flow map of the surface layer blood vessel and a second blood flow map of the background blood flow. The device calculates and compares information on a blood flow including blood flow value, blood flow waveform, or blood vessel diameter in the first and second blood flow maps, and displays the calculated information.

Blood flow image diagnosing device

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Fukuoka, Japan

Noriyoshi Takahashi