Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photon-counting CT device, and CT imaging method using photon counting
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Application No.: US16305777Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US10905388B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Shinichi Kojima , Fumito Watanabe , Yasutaka Konno , Isao Takahashi , Kazuma Yokoi
- Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Priority: JP2016-177672 20160912
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/032522 WO 20170908
- International Announcement: WO2018/047950 WO 20180315
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/02 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
X-ray photons are counted as to each of energy bands (bins) to which optimum energy ranges are provided, and an image with reduced noise is displayed in a short time. An energy range of at least one of multiple energy bands in an X-ray detector is adjusted, on the basis of a distribution of degrees of X-ray attenuation at respective energy levels, the distribution of degrees of X-ray attenuation being measured in advance with respect to a predetermined direction of a subject. By using the X-ray detector with the energy bands after the adjustment, photon-counting CT imaging is performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200323502A1 PHOTON-COUNTING CT DEVICE, AND CT IMAGING METHOD USING PHOTON COUNTING Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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