Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray CT imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): X射线CT成像装置
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Application No.: US12734656Application Date: 2008-11-14
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Publication No.: US08300762B2Publication Date: 2012-10-30
- Inventor: Masakazu Suzuki , Takahiro Yoshimura , Makoto Honjo
- Applicant: Masakazu Suzuki , Takahiro Yoshimura , Makoto Honjo
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
- Current Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2007-298183 20071116
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/070760 WO 20081114
- International Announcement: WO2009/063974 WO 20090522
- Main IPC: A61B6/14
- IPC: A61B6/14 ; G01N23/083 ; H05G1/60 ; H05G1/02

Abstract:
In an X-ray CT imaging, an X-ray generator (11) and a two-dimensional X-ray detector (21) are opposed to each other between an object and are rotated by a rotary shaft (32) around the object. At least one of the rotary shaft supporter (61) and an object holder (40) includes a movement mechanism (42, 65) for moving a supporter (30) for the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector relative to the object. In offset scan CT imaging, the rotation of the supporter by the rotary shaft is performed simultaneously with the relative two-dimensional movement of the rotary shaft by the movement mechanism. In the relative two-dimensional movement, the position of the rotary shaft is moved according to the rotary angle of the supporter along a circular orbit around the center of a CT imaging region in a plane crossing the rotary shaft. Thus, it becomes possible to image a larger region of interest of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100246755A1 X-ray CT IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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