Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photon-counting CT apparatus
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Application No.: US16071810Application Date: 2016-11-17
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Publication No.: US10542947B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Shinichi Kojima , Yasutaka Konno , Fumito Watanabe , Isao Takahashi
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2016-010455 20160122
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/084099 WO 20161117
- International Announcement: WO2017/126208 WO 20170727
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to make a photon-counting CT apparatus capable of more accurate data acquisition. Such apparatus is provided with a reference detection unit and a time measuring instrument to measure temporal fluctuations in a rotational direction of an X-ray irradiation unit. The apparatus corrects temporal fluctuations in the rotational direction involved in data measured by the reference detection unit, using time measurement data which is output by the time measuring instrument. Using corrected measurement data measured by the reference detection unit, the apparatus makes corrections of fluctuations pertaining to the X-ray tube of the X-ray irradiation unit and pile-up. Data corrections with high accuracy are thus enabled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190021685A1 Photon-Counting CT Apparatus Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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