摘要:
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an image generating unit (2) which generates a plurality of X-ray images by repeatedly radiographing a subject before and after injection of a contrast medium, a region detecting unit (20) which detects a non-contrast region from a plurality of mask images before injection of the contrast medium and a plurality of contrast images after injection of the contrast medium, which constitute the plurality of X-ray images, a mask selecting unit (19) which separately selects one mask image with respect to each of the contrast images on the basis of a correlation between the contrast image and the mask image upon localization to the non-contrast region, and a subtraction processing unit (21) which generates a subtraction image by performing subtraction between the contrast image and the selected mask image.
摘要:
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus including an X-ray detector (25) which has a plurality of detection elements. On the X-ray detector (25), there is a first area (42) and a second area (40). A readout unit reads out an electric charge from a detection element on the first area before reading out the electric charge from a detection element on the second area. A display unit (21) displays an X-ray image data which is created by the electric charge read out from the detection element on the second area (40).
摘要:
A method of displaying details of a coronary artery lesion in a cineangiogram, by adjusting each frame of the cineangiogram so that the lesion is continually displayed at a fixed location on a display. The remaining cardiac anatomy appears to move, in background, past a stationary arterial segment, thus making the displayed arterial segment easier to identify and to examine by medical personnel. Cineangiographic image frames are digitized and processed by a processor (201) and the image frames are digitally shifted to place the arterial segment in substantially the same viewing location in each frame. Sequential image frames may be presented to the viewer as a stereoscopic pair, to produce pseudostereopsis. The arterial segment appears to the viewer in foreground, as if it was floating in front of the remaining cardiac anatomy. Image frames may be further processed to aid examination by medical personnel. The processor may make quantitative measurements of the cineangiogram and may display results of those measurements to aid review of the cineangiogram. Frames may be averaged to reduce quantum noise and to blur any structure noise; frames may be compared with prior cineangiograms to increase clarity or contrast. Coordinate adjustments for a cineangiogram may help guide therapeutic procedures, or may help enhance other imaging procedures such as fluoroscopy.
摘要:
In accordance with the invention, an apparatus for diagnostic radiographic imaging comprises an x-ray source for providing an exposing dose of x-rays and a first radiation receptor for detecting imagewise modulated x-rays are emitted from the x-ray source and from an imaging object interposed between the source and the first receptor; the first receptor thereby provides a first image of the object. A second radiation receptor for detecting imagewise modulated x-rays that are emitted from the first receptor is situated behind the first receptor and comprises x-ray converter means and detector means for detecting a converted x-ray image; the second receptor provides a digital second image of the object. Also in accordance with the invention, a method for forming two diagnostic radiographic images from a dose of x-rays comprises exposing an imaging object interposed between an x-ray source and a first radiation receptor and detecting by the first receptor imagewise modulated x-rays emitted from the x-ray source and the object; a first image of the object is thereby provided. Imagewise modulated x-rays emitted from the first receptor are detected by a second imaging receptor that is situated behind the first receptor and comprises x-ray converter means and detector means for detecting a converted x-ray image; a digital second image of the object is thereby provided.
摘要:
Sub-images are merged in order to form an assembled image representing an elongate scene. In order to counteract artifacts in the assembled image such as disturbing transitions at the boundaries of adjacent sub-images in the image assembly method in accordance with the invention, pixel-values of overlapping portions of consecutive sub-images are interpolated so as to form pixel-values of the assembled image. The relative shift between consecutive sub-images with respect to the elongate scene is calculated from image information contained in the sub-images themselves. Correlations of pixel-values in overlapping portions of consecutive sub-images are determined as a function of the shift-value of the shift between consecutive sub-images with respect to the elongate scene. The actual shift between consecutive sub-images is found as the shift-value for which the correlation attains its maximum-value. The image assembly method in accordance with the invention is particularly suitable for use in peripheral x-ray angiography. Consecutive sub-images are made by x-irradiations of e.g. a patient's leg with an x-ray imaging system comprising an x-ray source, an x-ray detector, in various positions relative to the patient. In order to induce a sufficient amount of contrast in the sub-images to enable the determination of the relative shift between consecutive sub-images the invention proposes to image a contrasting object together with the elongate scene itself. Preferably the contrasting object has the form of a ruler with a binary pattern which may be incorporated in the patient table.
摘要:
A radiation imaging method and system for use in various imaging techniques includes a source (12) of spatially-separate radiation beams (13,14) at first and second wavelengths (L1,L2) respectively. The radiation beams pass through an object (18) to be imaged and are detected by a target array of sensors arranged in addressable lines (21). Each beam separately scans across each line of sensors to produce first and second outputs which are combined to produce a combined image signal that has increased contrast from that which would be produced by either the first or the second output alone. Preferably, the array is an amorphous silicon array and mean is provided for synchronously clocking sensor data from the array.