Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photon counting CT apparatus
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Application No.: US14722689Application Date: 2015-05-27
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Publication No.: US09693743B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Kazumasa Arakita , Masahiro Ozaki
- Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-110397 20140528
- Main IPC: G01T1/16
- IPC: G01T1/16 ; G01T1/172 ; A61B6/00 ; G01N23/04 ; G06T11/00 ; A61B6/03 ; G01T1/20 ; G01T1/36

Abstract:
According to on embodiment, a photon counting CT apparatus includes a hybrid detector and processing circuitry. The hybrid detector includes CT detectors and PCCT detectors. The CT detectors output integral signals concerning the detected X-rays. The PCCT detectors output a count signal for each of a plurality of energy bands concerning the detected X-rays. The processing circuitry estimate a count signal concerning an estimation target CT detector of the CT detectors based on an integral signal output from the estimation target CT detector and a count signal output from the PCCT detector. And the processing circuitry reconstruct an image based on the estimated count signal and the count signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150346354A1 PHOTON COUNTING CT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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