X-ray CT imaging apparatus with varied energy level detection capability
April 19, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesTomographic apparatus for the production of transverse tomographic images Simultaneous dual-energy computer assisted tomography Radiation detector Apparatus for narrow bandwidth and multiple energy x-ray imaging CT scanner with segmented detector array Diagnosis apparatus using X-ray CT device Segmented detector containing sub-elements for separate measuring of a fan beam Multi-slice x-ray CT using a detector mask Patent #: 5400379 InventorsApplicationNo. 229635 filed on 04/19/1994US Classes:378/5, Energy discriminating378/19Beam detection systemExaminersPrimary: Porta, David P.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA61B 006/00Foreign Application Priority Data1993-04-19 JPAbstractAn X-ray computerized tomographic (CT) imaging apparatus which can achieve a multiple energy scanning system on a real time basis so that plural kinds of tomographic information can be obtained corresponding to plural types of energy characteristics. The X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray tube for irradiating an X-ray to a biological body under medical examination; a plurality of detection systems for detecting an X-ray energy transmitted through the biological body, in which the plural detection systems have different energy characteristics respectively; a data acquisition unit for acquiring respective transmission X-ray energy data of the biological body which are detected by the plural detection systems; and a reconstruction unit for reconstructing a tomographic image for the biological body in accordance with data from the data acquisition unit. | |
