摘要:
The present invention provides a method of confirming the gene expression, useful in the decision of a five year survival rate of a patient with lung cancer and the use of a DNA probe kit in the method. A method useful in the decision of a survival rate of a patient with non-small cell lung cancer comprising confirming the expression strength of at least one gene in lung cancer tissues isolated from the patient.
摘要:
A test piece for use in biological analysis of a sample is formed of a strip-like substrate and numbers of known specific binding agents which are different from each other and are arranged in a line at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the strip-like substrate.
摘要:
A toxicity testing apparatus for testing toxicity of a sample with respect to a cell stack culture comprises an incubator for incubating at least one cell stack culture, a culture medium exchanger for exchanging a culture medium for the cell stack culture, a sample dispenser for adding the sample to the cell stack culture, and a detector for detecting an effect of the sample with respect to the cell stack culture.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of confirming the gene expression, useful in the decision of a five year survival rate of a patient with lung cancer and the use of a DNA probe kit in the method. A method useful in the decision of a survival rate of a patient with non-small cell lung cancer comprising confirming the expression strength of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of in lung cancer tissues isolated from the patient.
摘要:
An image reading apparatus includes three laser stimulating ray sources for emitting a laser beam, a laser beam scanner for scanning the laser beam, a light detector for photoelectrically detecting light released from an image carrier carrying an image, a scan starting point detector for detecting the laser beam and detecting a scan starting point in a main scanning direction, a laser power adjuster for adjusting power of the laser beam to be projected onto the image carrier in accordance with the kind of the image carrier and a gain switch for switching gain of the scan starting point detector in accordance with the kind of the laser beam and the kind of the image carrier. According to the thus constituted image reading apparatus, it is possible to accurately detect a scan starting point in a main scanning direction of a laser beam to read an image in a radiation diagnosis system, an autoradiographic system, an electron microscope detecting system and a radiation diffraction image detecting system using a stimulable phosphor and a fluorescence detecting system.
摘要:
An image processing apparatus includes a histogram producing section for producing a histogram of density signal levels of pixels constituting the image data, a reference density signal level detecting section for detecting from the histogram a density signal level processed by the maximum number of the pixels in a range excluding the maximum value and the minimum value of the density signal levels, a density signal level conversion range determining section for successively comparing the number of the pixels of each density signal level with a threshold value from the density signal level processed by the maximum number of the pixels to lower density signal levels, thereby determining a density signal level lower limit value of density signal levels to be converted and successively comparing the number of the pixels of each density signal level with a threshold value from the maximum value of the density signal level to lower density signal levels, thereby determining a density signal level upper limit value of density signal levels to be converted, a density signal level conversion value calculating section for calculating a conversion value so that density signal levels between the density signal level lower limit value and the density signal level upper limit value can be converted to density signal levels ranging from white to black and a density signal level converting section for converting the density signal levels of the pixels in accordance with the conversion value. According to the thus constituted image processing apparatus, it is possible to reproduce an electron microscope image having a desired gradation.
摘要:
A scanning apparatus includes a sheet holder for holding a sheet to be scanned in the shape of a segment of a cylinder, a light source for irradiating the sheet with light, a spinner including a converging lens for converging light from the light source on the surface of the sheet, and a light detector for photoelectrically detecting light from the sheet, a spindle motor including a plurality of rolling balls in a bearing for rotating the spinner coaxially with a center axis of the cylinder, and a sub-scanning device for moving the sheet holder relative to the spinner in a direction parallel to the center axis, and the rolling balls are provided so that the vibrational frequency F of the bearing satisfies the formula Fb/6.ltoreq..vertline.F-n1.times.Fb.vertline..ltoreq.Fb/2 wherein Fb is the rotational frequency of the spindle motor and n1 is a positive integer. According to the thus constituted scanning apparatus, it is possible to read an image which contain no visibly recognizable wave-like unevenness even when the image is read at high density at a reduced scanning pitch.
摘要:
A reflection density measuring system comprises a light source for projecting an irradiation light onto the surface-to-be-measured of a sample and a photodetector which has a photosensor for detecting light reflected by the surface-to-be-measured of the sample to impinge upon the photosensor through a light receiving surface of the photodetector. The distance r between the center of the light receiving surface of the photodetector and the optical axis of the irradiation light is r.sub.o, the distance h between the center of the light receiving surface and the surface-to-be-measured as measured along the optical axis of the irradiation light is h.sub.o, and the angle .theta. which the light receiving surface forms with the surface-to-be-measured is .theta.o, h.sub.o being the value of h at which output I of the photosensor takes a peak value on an output curve representing the change of the output I of the photosensor with the distance h when the distance h is varied under the combination of r.sub.o and .theta.o.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of confirming the gene expression, useful in the decision of a five year survival rate of a patient with lung cancer and the use of a DNA probe kit in the method. A method useful in the decision of a survival rate of a patient with non-small cell lung cancer comprising confirming the expression strength of at least one gene in lung cancer tissues isolated from the patient.
摘要:
A biosensor detection apparatus having increased processing power for measurement without complicated structure and increased size. The apparatus includes one or more spectrometers configured to spectrally separate each light beam reflected from each of a plurality of measurement regions defined on a biosensor simultaneously, and one or more optical receivers configured to receive each light beam spectrally separated by the one or more spectrometers simultaneously and to obtain a spectral intensity distribution of each light beam separately.