Creating monochromatic CT image
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11324466B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US15931292

    申请日:2020-05-13

    摘要: An image processor applies computation processing to a plurality of CT images formed by irradiation of radiation of a plurality of energy levels to acquire monochromatic CT images. The image processor acquires a first energy level CT image formed by irradiation of first energy level radiation and a second energy level CT image formed by irradiation of second energy level radiation, applies a plurality of weighted computations to the first and second energy level CT images to compute a plurality of monochromatic CT images as a result of the weighted computations, segments a surrounding region of a highly-absorbent material circumferentially into a plurality of regions of interest having a predetermined area and calculates a standard deviation of the surrounding region by using a mean value of image data of each region of interest, for each monochromatic CT image, and selects a monochromatic CT image with a small standard deviation.

    Radiographic image capturing system, phantom, and evaluation method

    公开(公告)号:US11272896B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16749979

    申请日:2020-01-22

    发明人: Takao Kuwabara

    IPC分类号: G01N29/30 H05G1/64 A61B6/00

    摘要: A radiographic image capturing system includes: a mammography apparatus that emits radiation having a first energy to a subject and captures a first radiographic image with a radiation detector and emits radiation having a second energy greater than the first energy to the subject and captures a second radiographic image with the radiation detector and that captures the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image with a breast in a state in which a contrast medium using iodine is administered. The radiographic image capturing system includes a phantom for evaluation of the mammography apparatus that has a solid material containing at least one element, which has a value of a k absorption edge that is equal to or greater than the first energy and equal to or less than the second energy, as an image evaluation pattern simulating the contrast medium.

    Bolus imaging
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11179122B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16582004

    申请日:2019-09-25

    摘要: A system and method includes detection of a trigger event, automatic injection, in response to detecting the trigger event, of a bolus of contrast medium into a patient volume after expiration of a predetermined injection delay period, automatic acquisition, in response to detecting the trigger event, of a plurality of images after expiration of a predetermined imaging delay period, where two or more of the plurality of images comprise an image of the bolus at respective different locations within vasculature of the patient volume, generation of a composite image based on the plurality of images, the composite image including a representation of the vasculature of the patient volume, and display of the composite image.

    Bolus imaging
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10470731B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15825002

    申请日:2017-11-28

    摘要: A system and method includes detection of a trigger event, automatic injection, in response to detecting the trigger event, of a bolus of contrast medium into a patient volume after expiration of a predetermined injection delay period, automatic acquisition, in response to detecting the trigger event, of a plurality of images after expiration of a predetermined imaging delay period, where two or more of the plurality of images comprise an image of the bolus at respective different locations within vasculature of the patient volume, generation of a composite image based on the plurality of images, the composite image including a representation of the vasculature of the patient volume, and display of the composite image.

    Multi-channel system for truck and cargo scanning using impulse radiation sources

    公开(公告)号:US10191181B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15258108

    申请日:2016-09-07

    摘要: A multi-channel system for truck scanning, includes an impulse radiation source; and a plurality of detection circuits, each detection circuit comprising a scintillator, a photodiode, a supplemental circuit, an integrator and an ADC, connected in series. A current of the photodiode is proportional to radiation from the impulse radiation source. A data storage device stores outputs of the ADCs and provides the outputs to a computer that converts them to a shadow image of the scanned truck. The supplemental circuit isolates a capacitance of the photodiode from the integrator, filters out low frequency signals from the photodiode, amplifies the signal from the photodiode and reduces a bandwidth of the photodiode seen by the integrator. The supplemental circuit reduces an influence of capacitance of the photodiode on system noise, increases a signal-to-noise ratio of the system, and reduces an influence of photodiode temperature changes on a quality of the scanned image.

    Radiographing system, method of controlling radiographing system, and recording medium of computer program

    公开(公告)号:US10085710B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15094588

    申请日:2016-04-08

    IPC分类号: H05G1/64 A61B6/00

    摘要: A radiographing system includes a plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses and a composition processing unit which composites a plurality of radiation images acquired from the plurality of radiation imaging apparatuses to generate a long-length image. Each of the radiation imaging apparatuses includes a radiation detecting panel which has a plurality of pixels arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix and converts radiated radiation into an image signal, and a position acquiring unit which acquires positional information by communicating with an external apparatus. A position deciding unit decides an order, in which the plurality of radiation images to be composited by the composition processing unit are composited, based on the positional information acquired by the position acquiring unit.

    X-ray imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same
    10.
    发明授权
    X-ray imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same 有权
    X射线成像装置及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US09456796B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-04

    申请号:US14452643

    申请日:2014-08-06

    IPC分类号: H05G1/64 A61B6/00

    摘要: Disclosed herein are an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to radiate first-energy X-rays toward an object, an X-ray detector configured to detect the first-energy X-rays which propagate through the object, an image processor configured to generate a first object image which correspond to the detected first-energy X-rays and to estimate a second object image which corresponds to second-energy X-rays based on the generated first object image, and a controller configured to control the image processor to repeatedly estimate the second object image by controlling the X-ray generator to repeatedly radiate the first-energy X-rays toward the object.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种X射线成像装置及其控制方法。 X射线成像装置包括被配置为朝向物体照射第一能量X射线的X射线发生器,被配置为检测通过物体传播的第一能量X射线的X射线检测器,被配置为 以产生与检测到的第一能量X射线相对应的第一对象图像,并且基于所生成的第一对象图像估计与第二能量X射线对应的第二对象图像,以及控制器,被配置为控制图像处理器 通过控制X射线发生器来重复地向物体辐射第一能量X射线来重复估计第二物体图像。