Konica Corporation

Konica Minolta Medical and Graphic, Inc.

Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Toshihisa Takeyama

Kunihiro Koshizuka

Shigehiro Kitamura

Tomonori Kawamura

Noritaka Nakayama

Takeshi Habu

Shigeru Mano

Ai Katsuda

Takayuki Sasaki

Tawara Komamura

Norio Miura

Masataka Takimoto

Hirobumi Yamashita

Ichiroh Maeda

Yoshitaka Goto

Takao Abe

Atsushi Nakajima

Tsuyoshi Haraguchi

Yutaka Takei

Hiroshi Watanabe

Yuji Hosoi

Takuji Hasegawa

Toshiaki Tezuka

Tsuyoshi Mitsuhashi

Yoriko Nakayama

Shu Nishiwaki

Naoyo Suzuki

The ultrasonic transmitter/receiver device comprises a transmission section which transmits ultrasonic waves generated by a piezoelectric element when a transmission signal is inputted, a reception section which is superposed directly or indirectly on the transmission section and outputs a reception signal generated by a piezoelectric element when ultrasonic waves are received, a pair of a transmission signal wire and a transmission grounding wire for supplying the transmission signal to the transmission section, and a pair of a reception signal wire and a reception grounding wire for taking the reception signal from the reception section. The transmission grounding wire and the reception grounding wire are used in common as a common grounding wire. The common grounding wire and the transmission signal wire, and further the common grounding wire and the reception signal wire are disposed on different side surfaces of the transmission section and the reception section superposed with each other.

Ultrasonic transmitter/receiver device, ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

An multi-channel array type ultrasound probe (search unit) disposed at least one-dimensionally, having: a plurality of sheet-shaped piezoelectric elements as transmission reception separation type complex piezoelectric element, wherein a material configuring a transmission piezoelectric element of the complex type piezoelectric element has an elastic coefficient of 10 Gpa to 100 Gpa at 23&#xb0; C., and a material configuring a reception piezoelectric element of the complex type piezoelectric element has an elastic coefficient of 10 Gpa to 1 Gpa at 23&#xb0; C.

Array type ultrasound probe, manufacturing method and driving method of array type ultrasound probe

A pharmaceutical preparation containing magnetic vesicular particles is disclosed, wherein the magnetic vesicular particles each include magnetic microparticles within a lipid membrane, an organic compound having at least two groups selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a mercapto group, a sulfo group, a dithio group, a thiocarboxyl group and a dithiocarboxyl group is bonded to the magnetic microparticle, and the magnetic vesicular particles satisfy the following equation:0.05&#x2266;/(&#xd7;100)&#x2266;1.5wherein R represents an average grain size of the magnetic vesicular particles and r represents an average particle size of magnetic microparticles included in the magnetic vesicular particles.

Pharmaceutical preparation containing magnetic vesicular particles, manufacturing method thereof and diagnostic therapeutic system

A display element containing: (a) a first electrode which is transparent and is controlled by a driver element; (b) a second electrode; and (c) a solid polymer electrolyte layer containing a colorant and metal ions, the solid polymer electrolyte layer being provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode has an anti-reflecting layer on a side opposite to the solid polymer electrolyte layer.

Display element, display and method for manufacturing display

A method for producing a holographic recording medium having a holographic recording layer between a first substrate and a second substrate including the steps of: providing a holographic recording layer forming composition onto the first substrate, forming the holographic recording layer between the first substrate and the second substrate by facing the second substrate to the first substrate, and hardening the holographic recording layer by at least one of heat and light.

Method for producing holographic recording medium

A silver salt photothermographic imaging material is disclosed, comprising a light-sensitive aliphatic acid silver salt, a light-sensitive emulsion containing light-sensitive halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions, a binder and a cross-linking agent, wherein the cross-linking agent is an aromatic polyisocyanate compound and the photothermographic material further comprises a compound selected from compounds represented by the following formulas.

Silver salt photothermographic imaging material

Image forming material

Silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material, an image recording method and an image forming method

A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon an image forming layer containing an organic silver salt, further thereon a protective layer and optionally an interlayer between the support and the image forming layer, wherein at least one of the image forming layer and the interlayer contains an alkoxy-silane compound having at least two primary or secondary amino groups or a salt thereof or a Schiff base formed through dehydration condensation of an alkoxy-silane compound having at least one primary amino group and a ketone compound.

Photothermographic material

Y image, M image, C image and a mixed-dye image wherein Y, M and C are mixed are prepared by an image forming apparatus, analytical density for each of Y, M and C components in their complementary color wavelength regions is measured by a densitometer for each of Y image, M image and C image, then Y image, M image, C image and a mixed-dye image are read by the aforesaid image reading apparatus and spectral densities for in B, G and R wavelength regions are obtained. A conversion function for obtaining analytical density from spectral density is obtained from the spectral densities obtained by the image reading apparatus and the analytical density obtained through measurement by a densitometer.

Image processing method and image forming method

A method of recording an image on a recording sheet is disclosed which comprises the step of jetting an ink from a nozzle onto the recording sheet, wherein the ink comprises a dye capable of co-ordinate bonding with a metal ion in two or more coordination positions and the recording sheet comprises a compound containing a metal ion which is capable of co-ordinate bonding with the dye in two or more coordination positions to record the image on a recording sheet.

Ink and sheet for ink jet recording and ink jet recording method

An image forming method is disclosed. In the method, an image-forming element comprising a support provided thereon a first layer containing substantially of one or two components selected from three kinds of components, (1) a cobalt (III) complex having an ammonia ligand or a primary amine ligand, (2) a compound capable of being changed in the absorption wavelength thereof by ammonia or primary amine and (3) a compound or a precursor thereof which makes ammonia or primary amine contained in the cobalt (III) complex as a ligand to be easily released from the complex is used, and the method comprises the steps of;

Image forming method

An image forming material is disclosed which comprises a support and provided thereon, an image forming layer containing colorant particles and a binder, the image forming layer having an optical density of 3.0 or more per 1 .mu.m thickness of the image forming layer at .lambda.max which is a wavelength giving a maximum transparent density in the spectral absorption wavelength range of 350 to 1200 nm of the image forming layer, wherein an image is formed by removing exposed portions of the image forming layer of the image forming material.

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Hachioji, Japan

Toshihisa Takeyama