Hitachi Medical Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Koichi Koike

Hisatake Yokouchi

Yoichi Onodera

Fumitaka Takahashi

Mitsuru Ikeda

Ken Ueda

Minoru Yoshida

Kazutaka Tsuji

Katsuhiro Kuroda

Hiroyuki Kawai

Hironori Ueki

Atsuko Takafuji

Fumio Noda

Keiji Umetani

Rika Baba

Manabu Nakagawa

Akira Kuba

Akiho Takahashi

Nobuhisa Kasagima

Tetsurou Minemura

Between an X-ray generating system and an X-ray image detecting system arranged opposite to the X-ray generating system, an examination object supporting system is arranged and contains a straight movement table provided on a rotary table supported by a rotary table supporting member, and an examination object supporting member for supporting the examination object under either a standing position or a sitting position on the straight movement table. While the examination object is rotated by the rotary table, the examination object is continuously moved (reciprocating movement) by the straight movement table along a direction parallel to the rotation plane, and X-ray images of the examination object are acquired along a plurality of directions during both the rotating operation and the moving operation. As a result, both an X-ray tomographic image and a three-dimensional image (stereoscopic image) of a wider area than a viewing field of an X-ray I.I. can be acquired. Since the viewing fields of the X-ray tomographic image and of the 3-dimensional image can be employed, both diagnostic performance and also a diagnostic efficiency with respect to a large organ such as a lung can be improved.

X-ray examination apparatus and imaging method of X-ray image

A digital radiography system having an X-ray source irradiating an object to be inspected with X-ray, an X-ray image intensifier tube which receives the X-rays which pass through the object and converts the received X-rays into an optical image, a video camera which picks up the output image and has different modes, an optical system including a plurality of lenses and disposed between the X-ray image intensifier tube and the video camera, an image processor which converts an output from the video camera into a digital image data, and an image display for displaying an X-ray image by reading out the digital image data from the image processor.

Digital radiography system having an X-ray image intensifier tube

A digital radiography system obtaining x-ray images of a patient body through an X-ray image intensifier tube and a video camera optically coupled with the X-ray image intensifier tube. The diameter of an input imaged size of the X-ray image intensifier tube is ranged from 254 to 457 mm, the diameter of an output image size of the X-ray image intensifier tube is ranged from 50 to 90 mm, and the ratio of the diameter of the output image size against the diameter of the input image size is ranged from 4 to 8.

A 2-dimensional radiation image detector wherein a plurality of conversion elements for converting a radiation into visible light and a plurality of photo-sensitive elements for detecting the visible light and accumulating signals are formed an elements board includes two elements boards arranged in an overlapping relationship with each other and each having the plurality of photo-sensitive elements arranged two-dimensionally thereon such that the distance between centers of the photo-sensitive elements in one direction of the arrangement is substantially equal to a width of the photo-sensitive elements while the distance between the centers of the photo-sensitive elements in a direction perpendicular to the one direction is substantially equal to twice the width of the photo-sensitive elements and such that that portion of a radiation directed upon the two overlapping elements boards which has passed through a first one of the elements boards other than locations of the photo-sensitive elements is detected by the photo-sensitive elements of the second elements board.

Two-dimensional radiation image detector

A digital radiography system obtaining X-ray images of a patient body through an X-ray image intensifier tube and a video camera optically coupled with the X-ray image intensifier tube. The diameter of an input imaged size of the X-ray image intensifier tube is ranged from 254 to 457 mm, the diameter of an output image size of the X-ray image intensifier tube is ranged from 50 to 90 mm, and the ratio of the diameter of the output image size against the diameter of the input image size is ranged from 4 to 8.

This invention provides a compact X-ray CT system capable of obtaining an X-ray CT image having high resolution at a high speed by deflecting a predetermined electron beam and causing the finely focused electron beam to scan on an arcuate anode target inside the same plane as the arcuate anode target for an X-ray source. The anode target for an X-ray source and a detector are disposed in the form of arcs inside substantially the same plane so as to face each other. The electron beam emitted from an electron gun is guided to a deflector through a lens system, is then deflected to a arc form trajectory by a uniform magnetic field generated by the deflector and is guided to the anode target after a reverse magnetic field is applied to the electron beam at a desired position. This electron beam is caused to scan on the anode target at a high speed so as to move the generation position of the X-ray and thus to obtain a sectional image.

X-ray computed tomography system

A multi-elements radiation detector provides isolation plates each having a uniform light reflectance on the surface, excellent reproducibility and uniform performance for enhancing an X-ray spatial efficiency and a light transmission efficiency and is intended to improve a detection efficiency and an S/N of a reconstructed image so that the detector may be used for a digital X-ray imaging system, in particular, an X-ray computed tomography system. In the multi-elements radiation detector, each isolation plate isolating the adjacent elements from each other includes a thin plate made of Mo. On the surfaces of the thin plate, there are provided organopolysiloxane membranes obtained by hydrolyzing and condensing organosilicate such as CH.sub.3 Si(OCH.sub.3).sub.3 so that those surfaces are formed to be specular-reflective. On the films, there are formed reflective multi optical thin films composed of a combination of Al, MgF.sub.2 and TiO.sub.3. The isolation plate uses Mo as its material for improving its X-ray spatial efficiency. Further, the light reflectance on the surface is made as high as 85%, so that the light absorption is reduced on the surface of the isolation plate, thereby improving a light transmission efficiency and a detection efficiency. This leads to improving an S/N of an image reconstructed by an X-ray computed tomograpy system.

Radiation detector having reflective isolation plates

A real-time digital radiography system operates to introduce a X-ray image on a real-time basis and process the image for clinical diagnosis. The system provides for additional inputs, for example, clinical information material, which are also subject to digital image conversion. The system is designed to connect several TV cameras to an A/D converter which digitally converts the produced image to digital information, with one of the TV cameras for imaging the output image of an X-ray image intensifier, and the output of the one TV camera is selectively connected to the A/D converter. The output image of the X-ray image intensifier and other output images produced by separate TV cameras are connected to the A/D converter through a switching apparatus, and subsequently the digital output is processed.

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Koichi Koike