Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Nec Platforms, Ltd.

Nec Embedded Products, Ltd.

Asken Inc.

Shin Sato

Takayuki Moribe

Hiroshi Ito

Tatsuya Yamashita

Manabu Kagami

Kuniyoshi Kondo

Yukitoshi Inui

Akari Kawasaki

Masayuki Miwa

Yoshihiro Hayashi

Tsutomu Nakajima

Takahiro Fujiwara

Yukishige Saito

Hiromasa Yamagishi

Yoshiyuki Wakahara

Taisuke Iwamura

Yoichi Miyazaki

Atsushi Oota

Hisao Kato

Eric Michael Hart

Eiichi Okazaki

Tomoko Miyata

Jiro Amatatsu

Michael Thomas Staffa

Fumio Arase

Masahiro Kasai

Yukihiro Furukawa

According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires coordinate information of at least one detection position of a cerebrovascular lesion for three-dimensional MR image data relating to a head part, and generates a two-dimensional display image which visualize a part of or all of the at least one detection position based on the three-dimensional MR image data and the coordinate information.

Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing system

A retrieval method including outputting a first retrieval result to a result area, the first retrieval result being obtained by referring to a first database based on a first retrieval query entered into a retrieval area, outputting a second retrieval result and the first retrieval result in the result area, the second retrieval result being obtained by referring the first database based on a second retrieval query in response to acquiring a delimiter character and the second retrieval query entered next to the first retrieval query in the retrieval area.

Retrieval method and non-transistory computer readable storage medium

An electrodeionization device having an improved boron rejection capability compared with high-performance electrodeionization devices proposed in the related art is provided. An electrodeionization device comprising a cathode; an anode; and a plurality of cation-exchange membranes and a plurality of anion-exchange membranes, the plurality of cation-exchange membranes and the plurality of anion-exchange membranes being arranged between the cathode and the anode so as to form concentrating compartments and desalting compartments, the concentrating compartments and desalting compartments being arranged alternately, the desalting compartments being filled with an ion-exchange resin, wherein the ion-exchange resin has an average particle size of 100 to 300 &#x3bc;m. Preferably, the ion-exchange resin has a uniformity coefficient of 1.1 or less.

Electrodeionization device and pure-water production system

A library device includes: a recording medium storage unit that stores at least a first recording medium, and a second recording medium that is a take-out request target; an accessor that takes out the second recording medium from the recording medium storage unit after taking out the first recording medium from the recording medium storage unit; an evacuation destination drive device that receives the first recording medium taken out by the accessor; a take-out destination drive device that draws in the second recording medium taken out by the accessor; and an operation interruption control unit that performs a control that interrupts an operation of the evacuation destination drive drawing in the second recording medium taken in the evacuation destination drive device.

Library device, control method therefor, and library control device

Provided is a medium delivery control apparatus that can prevent the wear of a means relating to the delivery of a recording medium and extend the life of the delivery means. The medium delivery control device controls a medium delivery means for connecting, disconnecting and delivering the recording medium with respect to a deep cell, and includes a first detection recording means for detecting and recording the storage or non-storage of the recording media and the identity of the recording media being stored for each deep cell, a second detection recording means for detecting and recording the number of insertions and removals of the recording medium for each deep cell, a storage point candidate searching means for searching for a storage point candidate cell on the basis of the recording of the first detection recording means, a number-retrieval determining means for retrieving the number of insertions and removals of the recording media at the retrieved storage point candidate cell and determining whether the number exceeds a threshold on the basis of the recording of the second detection recording means, and a medium-delivery control means for controlling the medium delivery means such that the recording medium is delivered to the retrieved storage point candidate cell if the threshold is not exceeded.

Medium delivery control apparatus, medium delivery control method and program

Silica and boron are particularly removed at high rate in processing by the electrodeionization apparatus. An electrodeionization apparatus has an anolyte compartmenthaving an anode, a catholyte compartmenthaving a cathode, concentrating compartments, and desalting compartments. The concentrating compartmentsand the desalting compartmentsare alternately formed between the anolyte compartmentand the catholyte compartmentby alternately arranging a plurality of anion-exchange membranesand a plurality of cation-exchange membranes. The desalting compartmentsand the concentrating compartmentsare filled with ion-exchanger. The anion exchanger/cation exchanger volume ratio is 8/2 to 5/5. Electrode water flows into the anolyte compartmentand the catholyte compartment. Concentrated water is introduced into the concentrating compartments. Raw water is fed into the desalting compartmentto produce the deionized water from the desalting compartment. Water containing silica or boron at a lower concentration than the raw water is introduced into the concentrating compartmentsas the concentrated water in a direction from a side near an outlet for the deionized water toward a side near an inlet for the raw water of the desalting compartments. At least a part of concentrated water flowing out of the concentrating compartmentsis discharged out of a circulatory system.

Apparatus for electrodeionization of water

An electrodelonization apparatus comprising multiple anion exchange membranesand cation exchange membranesthat are alternately arranged between a cathodeand an anodeto alternately form concentrating compartmentsand desalting compartmentsis described. The concentrating compartmentsand the desalting compartmentsare filled with ion exchangers, and the filling ratio of anion exchanger to cation exchanger of the ion exchanger in the concentrating compartmentsis higher than that of the ion exchanger in the desalting compartments

Electrodeionization apparatus

A transparent vessel is filled with a mixture solution containing a first photo-curable resin of a low refractive index and a second photo-curable resin of a high refractive index different in curing mechanism. When light at a wavelength capable of curing the first photo-curable resin but incapable of curing the second photo-curable resin is applied to the mixture solution through an optical fiber, the first photo-curable resin can be cured in a state in which the second photo-curable resin is enclosed in the cured first photo-curable resin. Because the refractive index increases according to curing, a self-condensing phenomenon can be generated so that an optical path portion is formed. The optical path portion emits leakage light to its surroundings to thereby form an outer circumferential portion. Then, all uncured resins in the mixture solution are cured. The outer circumferential portion containing a high percentage of the cured first photo-curable resin serves as a clad because the refractive index of the outer circumferential portion is lower than that of the optical path portion.

Material composition for producing optical waveguide and method for producing optical waveguide

An electrodeionization apparatus is provided, in which enough electric current flows even when voltage applied between the electrodes is low, thereby sufficiently performing deionization. A single first cation exchange membrane, a single anion exchange membrane, a single second cation exchange membrane are arranged between a cathode and an anode so that a concentration-cathode compartment, a desalting compartment, a concentrating compartment, and an anode compartment are formed, in this order, between the cathode and the anode. The concentration-cathode compartment and the anode compartment are filled with a cation exchange resin, respectively. The desalting compartment is filled with a mixture of the cation exchange resin and an anion exchange resin. Fed into the anode compartment is raw water or deionized water. Water from the anode compartment is sent to the concentrating compartment and the concentration-cathode compartment sequentially.

Into a mixture solutionof a high-refractive-index photo-curable resin A and a low-refractive-index photo-curable resin B, light capable of curing only the resin A is led through an optical fiberso that a cured resinof the resin A having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of a core portion of the optical fiber is formed so as to extend from a tip of the optical fiber. Then, the residual mixture solutionis cured. In this manner, a module having the previously cured high-refractive-index resinas an optical waveguide can be formed easily. On this occasion, the mixed state of the mixture solutioncan be kept good enough to facilitate the formation of the high-refractive-index resinwhen the solubility parameter &#x3b4;of the high-refractive-index photo-curable resin A and the solubility parameter &#x3b4;and volume fraction &#x3a6;of the low-refractive-index photo-curable resin B satisfy the following expression (4).|&#x3b4;&#x2212;&#x3b4;|&#x3c;&#x2212;7.5&#x3a6;+6.0&#x2003;&#x2003;(4)

Self-formable optical waveguide material composition

An electrodeionization apparatus has an anolyte compartment having an anode , a catholyte compartment having a cathode , concentrating compartments , and desalting compartments . The concentrating compartments and the desalting compartments are alternately formed between the anolyte compartment and the catholyte compartment by alternately arranging a plurality of anion-exchange membranes and a plurality of cation-exchange membranes . The desalting compartments are filled with ion-exchanger and the concentrating compartments are filled with ion-exchanger, activated carbon, or electric conductor. Electrode water flows into the anolyte compartment and the catholyte compartment . Concentrated water is introduced into the concentrating compartments . Raw water is fed into the desalting compartment to produce the deionized water from the desalting compartment . Water containing silica or boron at a lower concentration than the raw water is introduced into the concentrating compartments as the concentrated water in a direction from a side near an outlet for the deionized water toward a side near an inlet for the raw water of the desalting compartments . At least a part of concentrated water flowing out of the concentrating compartments is discharged out of a circulatory system.

Method and apparatus for electrodeionization of water

Feed water, fed through an inlet into a desalting compartment , flows around the end of a anion-exchange membrane surrounding an anode . The feed water enters into a portion defined between the anion-exchange membrane and a cation-exchange membrane , and flows around the end of the cation-exchange membrane surrounding a cathode . Then, the water to be treated further flows around the ends of ion-exchange membranes surrounding an anode and a cathode , respectively, and then flows out through a product water outlet . A part of product water is supplied to the concentrated water circulating within the concentrating compartment . A part of the concentrated water flowing out of the concentrating compartment is added to concentrated water circulating within the concentrating compartment . The diffusion of silica from the concentrating compartment is restricted. As a result, final product water containing extremely low silica concentration is obtained.

Electrodeionization apparatus and method of operating the same

An electric deionizing apparatus comprising a first and a second electric deionizing apparatus arranged in series, in which water is deionized by the first electric deionizing apparatus and then deionized by the second electric deionizing apparatus, and a means for adding an aqueous electrolyte solution into water released from the first electric deionizing apparatus and which is supplied into the second electric deionizing apparatus. A process for electric deionization comprising supplying water to a first electric deionizing apparatus, deionizing the water in the first electric deionizing apparatus, adding an aqueous electrolyte solution to the deionized water, supplying the deionized water to a second electric deionizing apparatus and deionizing the supplied deionized water in the second electric deionizing apparatus. Silica and boron components in the water are effectively removed to obtain deionized water having a high resistivity.

Electric deionizing apparatus and process for deionization using the same

The electrodeionization apparatus is improved in concentration polarization of the ingredients including ions in the concentrating compartment so as to obtain the produced water with high purity. The electrodeionization apparatus has a spacer composed of a mesh and a frame-shaped gaskets superposed on the periphery of the mesh. The mesh has a thickness of 0.2 to 0.5 mm and the gaskets have thicknesses of equal to or less than 0.1 mm.

Concentrating compartment and spacer construction for electrodeionization apparatus

A hair treatment composition which comprises an aqueous solution or an aqueous dispersion of at least one quatenary ammonium salt (A) represented by the general formula (I), (2) or (3):

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Shin Sato