Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray computed tomography apparatus, x-ray detection apparatus, and x-ray detection module
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Application No.: US14564562Application Date: 2014-12-09
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Publication No.: US09693745B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Manabu Teshigawara
- 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: JP2012-236555 20121026
- Main IPC: A61B6/06
- IPC: A61B6/06 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00 ; H04N5/32

Abstract:
An X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray generation circuit generating X-rays, X-ray detection circuit including X-ray detection modules detecting the X-rays for respective energy widths, counting circuit counting a photon originating from the X-rays for the respective energy widths based on an output from the X-ray detection circuit, and reconstruction circuit reconstructing a medical image based on an output from the counting circuit. Each of the X-ray detection modules includes a collimator collimating the X-rays, diffraction cell arranged on a rear surface side of the collimator and diffracting the X-ray at an angle corresponding to an energy of the X-ray, and X-ray detector cells arranged in a predetermined distance away from a rear surface of the collimator, and detecting the diffracted X-ray.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150173694A1 X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, X-RAY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND X-RAY DETECTION MODULE Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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