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Radiation image pick-up device and image processing method

US9526467B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 25, 2013
Grant dateDec 27, 2016
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10116
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Irrespective of the layout, moving path, and moving range of the X-ray source and the detector, a highly precise image is acquired, in a similar manner as an X-ray CT scanner that is capable of acquiring a measured image using a rotation angle of 180 degrees or more. A measured image detected by the detector is converted into a rotationally measured image that is acquired by rotationally moving the X-ray source and the detector along concentric circular paths. Then, the rotationally measured image at every measurement angle is provided with a weight that gives intensity variation equivalent to that of the reconstructed image obtained from the rotationally measured images acquired by the measurement using the rotation angle range of 180 degrees, a reconstruction operation is performed, and a reconstructed image is obtained.

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