Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray CT scanner and control program thereof
- Patent Title (中): X射线CT扫描仪及其控制程序
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Application No.: US12671776Application Date: 2009-01-14
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Publication No.: US08649478B2Publication Date: 2014-02-11
- Inventor: Masaki Kobayashi
- Applicant: Masaki Kobayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Mituka-shi, Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Mituka-shi, Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-057478 20080307
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/050790 WO 20090114
- International Announcement: WO2009/110252 WO 20090911
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00

Abstract:
An X-ray CT scanner performs CT imaging twice on a single imaging site such that respiratory phases relative to rotation of a measuring unit (X-ray generator and X-ray detector) are inverted with respect to each other. For determining a start time of the second CT imaging, a respiration cycle and the like are calculated according to projection data acquired by the first CT imaging. Further, sinograms 70a and 70b are generated, on each of which sets of projection data acquired from each CT imaging are arranged in the order of rotational angles. Subsequently, a corrected sinogram is generated in which sets of data fluctuated portions b and f attributable to respiration in the first sinogram 70a are replaced with data of the corresponding portions in the second sinogram 70b. Finally, a tomographic image is generated on the basis of the corrected sinogram.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110228897A1 X-RAY CT SCANNER AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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