Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photon counting computed tomography (CT) apparatus
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Application No.: US17488940Application Date: 2021-09-29
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Publication No.: US11717242B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Kazuki Gatayama , Kusuto Koga
- Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tochigi
- Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tochigi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP 20165483 2020.09.30
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
A photon counting computed tomography (CT) apparatus according to an embodiment includes a photon counting detector and processing circuitry. The photon counting detector detects X-ray photons to acquire energy information. The processing circuitry acquires at least one piece of information out of information on an imaging mode, information on a site to be imaged, and information on a medical device. The processing circuitry, based on the acquired information, determines at least one condition out of a condition on an energy band of data collected by the photon counting detector and a condition on an energy band for data for use in reconstruction processing out of the data collected by the photon counting detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220096028A1 PHOTON COUNTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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