Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray CT apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): X射线CT装置及方法
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Application No.: US13144326Application Date: 2010-01-21
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Publication No.: US08744040B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Yoshiaki Sugaya , Taiga Goto , Koichi Hirokawa
- Applicant: Yoshiaki Sugaya , Taiga Goto , Koichi Hirokawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2009-021203 20090202
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/050703 WO 20100121
- International Announcement: WO2010/087267 WO 20100805
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03

Abstract:
An X-ray CT apparatus includes: an X-ray source which emits X-rays while rotating around a subject; a compensation filter which adjusts at least one of the output distribution and the spectral distribution of the X-rays emitted from the X-ray source to the subject; an X-ray detector which is disposed opposite to the X-ray source with the subject interposed therebetween, rotates together with the X-ray source, and detects the amount of X-rays transmitted through the compensation filter and the subject; an image operation unit which reconstructs a tomographic image of the subject on the basis of the detected amount of X-rays; a display unit which displays the tomographic image; a control unit which controls each of the constituent components; and a compensation unit which compensates for deterioration of image quality, which is based on the amount of displacement between the rotation center of the X-ray source and a desired position of the subject, by changing an X-ray tube current modulation pattern indicating a time-series change of emission of the X-rays and/or by moving the position of the subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110274240A1 X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-11-10
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