Various embodiments of an apparatus for measuring binding kinetics of an interaction of an analyte material present in a fluid sample are disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensing resonator having at least one binding site for the analyte material; actuation circuitry adapted to drive the sensing resonator into an oscillating motion; measurement circuitry coupled to the sensing resonator and adapted to measure an output signal of the sensing resonator representing resonance characteristics of the oscillating motion of the sensing resonator; and a controller coupled to the actuation and measurement circuitry, wherein the controller is adapted to detect an individual binding event between the at least one binding site and a molecule of the analyte material.

A system for monitoring fruit growth including: a vibration exciter that imparts predetermined vibration to a stem or a branch between a fruit and a stalk growing on a plant; a vibration sensor that detects vibration of the stem or the branch caused by the vibration imparted by the vibration exciter; and a detector that detects a weight or weight change of the fruit based on a frequency of the vibration detected by the vibration sensor.

Acoustic imaging based on angular coherence is provided. The target is insonified with collimated acoustic beams at several different incidence angles. The resulting images are processed to determine angular coherence averaged over angle, and then integration of the angular coherence for relatively small angular differences is used to provide the output angular coherence image. In cases where flow imaging is done, the images are first filtered to suppress signals from stationary features of the target, multiple acquisitions are acquired, and the final flow image is computed by summing the squares of the angular coherence images (on a pixel by pixel basis).

A photoacoustic apparatus comprises a light source; an acoustic wave receiver receives an acoustic wave and converts into an electric signal; a first acquisition unit acquires a first absorption coefficient distribution inside the object using a first method; a second acquisition unit acquires a second absorption coefficient distribution inside the object using a second method; a third acquisition unit calculates the distribution of functional information on the interior of the object; and an image generation unit generates an image by masking the distribution of the functional information based on the second absorption coefficient distribution, wherein the second method is a method that can implement higher visibility than the first method when the absorption coefficient distribution is imaged.

A blood processing apparatus (1) comprises a measurement device (8) having a first chamber element (80) for measuring a haematocrit value of a blood fluid, the first chamber element (80) comprising a first inlet port (800) connectable to a first reservoir container (2) for allowing a flow from the first reservoir container (2) into the first chamber element (80) and a first outlet port (801) for allowing a flow out of the first chamber element (80), and the second chamber element (81) comprising a second inlet port (810) for allowing a flow into the second chamber element (81) and a second outlet port (811) connectable to a second reservoir container (3) for allowing a flow out of the second chamber element (81) towards the second reservoir container (3). The blood processing apparatus furthermore comprises a first pump mechanism (600) for pumping a blood fluid in a flow direction (F1) from the first reservoir container (2) towards the blood processing apparatus (1), and a second pump mechanism (610) for pumping a blood fluid in a flow direction (F2) from the blood processing apparatus (1) towards the second reservoir container (2). Herein, the first pump mechanism (600) is located upstream of the first inlet port (800) of the first chamber element (80) and the second pump mechanism (610) is located upstream of the second inlet port (810) of the second chamber element (81). In this way a blood processing apparatus comprising a measurement device is provided which in an easy and reliable manner allows for a measurement of in particular a haematocrit value in the incoming blood flow as well as the outgoing blood flow.

A harvesting machine capable of automatic adjustment, comprising a plurality of acoustic material flow sensors, a control system, a processor, and application software, wherein the plurality of acoustic material flow sensors are mounted internal to the harvesting machine at points of crop material flow and are capable of sensing an amount of crop material passing by them. The control system operates in a cause-and-affect mode for interactively enabling manual or automatic responses to Mass Material Distribution (MMD) information and equipment-related performance parameters. An interactive combine control method is also provided.

A component concentration measurement device includes a light irradiation unit that performs intensity modulation where two lights of wavelengths different from each other are intensity-modulated by signals of a same frequency and a same phase, and a measurement object is irradiated, a detecting unit that detects a photoacoustic wave generated within the measurement object due to irradiation by the light irradiation unit, and converts the detected photoacoustic wave into a first electric signal, and a processing unit that obtains a concentration of a target component contained in the measurement object, on the basis of an amplitude and a phase of the first electric signal. Light absorption coefficients of the two lights, corresponding to a background component contained in the measurement object, are equal in change amount with regard to change in temperature, and have signs different from each other.

A measurement unit is attached to a measurement subject and measures acceleration in time series. A body movement calculation unit obtains the magnitude of body movement indicating the magnitude of a motion of the measurement subject based on acceleration measured by the measurement unit. A singular point extraction unit extracts, as a singular point, a time point at which the magnitude of body movement obtained by the body movement calculation unit exceeds a threshold value. A matching unit rectifies a change in a photoacoustic signal between before and after the singular point extracted by the singular point extraction unit.

A blood processing apparatus (1) comprises a measurement device (8) having at least one chamber element (80, 81) for receiving a blood fluid, wherein the at least one chamber element (80, 81) extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and comprises a circumferential wall (804, 814) extending about the longitudinal axis (L), a bottom wall (803, 813) and a top wall (805, 815) together defining a flow chamber (802, 812), the at last one chamber element (80, 81) further comprising an inlet port (800, 810) for allowing a flow of a blood fluid into the flow chamber (802, 812) and an outlet port (801, 811) for allowing a flow of a blood fluid out of the flow chamber (802, 812). The blood processing apparatus (1) further comprises a holder device (9) for holding the measurement device (8), the holder device (9) comprising a base (90) having a reception opening (900) for receiving the measurement device (8) and a closure element (91) movably arranged on the base (90) for locking the measurement device (8) in an inserted position in the reception opening (900). An ultrasonic sensor element (92, 93) of the holder device (9) is arranged on the base (90) and adapted to produce an ultrasonic sensor signal (P) for measuring a haematocrit value of a blood fluid in the flow chamber (802, 812). Herein, the ultrasonic sensor element (92, 93), in the inserted position of the measurement device (8), faces the bottom wall (803, 813) of the at least one chamber element (80, 81) for transmitting the ultrasonic signal (P) into the flow chamber (802, 812) through the bottom wall (803, 813). In this way a blood processing apparatus comprising a holder device for a measurement device is provided which allows to easily insert the measurement device into the holder device and allows for a reliable measurement of, in particular, a haematocrit value of a blood flow through the measurement device.

A tubing set for use in a blood processing apparatus comprises a measurement device (8) having at least one chamber element (80, 81) for measuring a haematocrit value of a blood fluid, wherein the at least one chamber element (80, 81) extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and comprises a circumferential wall (804, 814) extending about the longitudinal axis (L) and encompassing a flow chamber (802, 812), the at last one chamber element (80, 81) further comprising an inlet port (800, 810) for allowing a flow of a blood fluid into the flow chamber (802, 812) and an outlet port (801, 811) for allowing a flow of a blood fluid out of the flow chamber (802, 812). The tubing set furthermore comprises an inlet-side tube section (21, 31) connected to the inlet port (800, 810) and an outlet-side tube section (22, 30) connected to the outlet port (801, 811). Herein, the inlet port (800, 810) and the outlet port (801, 811) are arranged on the circumferential wall (804, 814) and are displaced with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis (L). In this way a tubing set comprising a measurement device is provided which in an easy and reliable manner allows for the measuring of a haematocrit value of a blood fluid.