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Computerized tomography apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-05
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Granted: 1997-03-04
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Expires: 2015-10-05
Abstract
Abstract A computerized tomography apparatus is disclosed which reconstructs a tomography image of data from multi-directional projection data in a period of time less than the time required for a scan operation for data acquisition and displays the tomography image after a lapse of a given period of time from the termination of the scan operation. This avoids the time interval between scan and image display becoming irregular. Accordingly, tomography images can be displayed successively like motion picture to observe the internal movements of a section of a human body under examination in real time.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuo Nobuta
- 👤 Yusuke Toki
- 👤 Manabu Hiraoka
- 👤 Naoki Sugihara
- 👤 Masahiro Ozaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B6/00; A61B6/48; A61B6/481; A61B5/00; A61B5/24; A61B5/316; A61B5/318; A61B5/346; A61B5/349; A61B5/352; A61B6/02; A61B6/03; A61B6/032; A61B6/44; A61B6/4429; A61B6/4435; A61B6/4447; A61B6/46; A61B6/461; A61B6/463; A61B6/488; A61B6/50; A61B6/504; G; G06; G06T; G06T12/00; G06T12/20; A61B6/027; A61B6/54; A61B6/541; G06T2211/00; G06T2211/40; G06T2211/412; G06T2211/428
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A computerized tomography apparatus comprising: acquiring means for acquiring a projection data set; reconstructing means for reconstructing tomography data of one frame based on the projection data set; displaying means for visually displaying the tomography data; and means for selecting one of a real-time mode and a time-sharing mode, wherein, in the real-time mode, said acquiring means repeatedly acquires projection data sets, said reconstructing means repeatedly reconstructs the tomography data in synchronism with acquiring the projection data sets, and said displaying means displaying the tomography data as a moving image in synchronization with acquiring the projection data sets, and wherein, in the time-sharing mode, said acquiring means acquires the projection data set, said reconstructing means reconstructs the tomography data asynchronously with acquiring the projection data set, and said displaying means displays the tomography data asynchronously with acquiring the projection data set.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A computerized tomography apparatus comprising: acquiring means for acquiring a projection data set; reconstructing means for reconstructing tomography data of one frame based on the projection data set; displaying means for visually displaying the tomography data; and means for selecting one of a real-time mode and a time-sharing mode, wherein, in the real-time mode, said acquiring means repeatedly acquires projection data sets, said reconstructing means repeatedly reconstructs the tomography data in synchronism with acquiring the projection data sets, and said displaying means displaying the tomography data as a moving image in synchronization with acquiring the projection data sets, and wherein, in the time-sharing mode, said acquiring means acquires the projection data set, said reconstructing means reconstructs the tomography data asynchronously with acquiring the projection data set, and said displaying means displays the tomography data asynchronously with acquiring the projection data set.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reconstructing means reconstructs the tomography data of one frame in a shorter time than a time required to acquire one projection data set in the real-time mode.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said displaying means displays the tomography data after a predetermined interval from an acquisition of the projection data set.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The computerized tomography apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said acquiring means comprises: means for generating x-rays at a first intensity in the real-time mode; and means for generating x-rays at a second intensity in the time-sharing mode, wherein the first intensity is lower than the second intensity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The computerized tomography apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said acquiring means comprises means for generating x-rays, wherein an intensity of the x-rays in the real-time mode is lower than in the time-sharing mode.
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