Shimadzu Corporation

Takihito Sakai

Shota Sato

Wataru Takahashi

Masahiro Tanaka

Michel Dargis

Keiichi Goto

Takayuki Sano

Kiyohito Sonoki

Sebastien Matte

A radiography apparatus sequentially determines, on the basis of the positions of markers as time-sequential feature points (of a plurality of frames), positions at which the markers in the frames are displayed. This makes it possible to display a moving object while the position, direction and size thereof are properly set. Another advantage is that when a plurality of markers are extracted, information relating to the direction and size of the object is retained and the proximal and distal directions of the object and the length of a device (e.g., stent) can be intuitively determined from an image. Since positioning is performed using the plurality of positions of markers and the plurality of display positions, the position and direction of a corrected image to be finally displayed can also be set properly.

Radiography apparatus

An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus includes: an image generation element that generates the fluoroscopic images of the subject; an image processing element that executes an image processing to superimpose a plurality of fluoroscopic images that the image generation element continuously generates, and generates and displays the image denoting the movement locus of the marker that denotes the location of a stent introduced inside a body of the subject; and a region-of-interest setting element that set up the region-of-interest includes the movement locus relative to the superimposed image, in which the fluoroscopic images are superimposed one another.

X-ray fluoroscopy and imaging apparatus

In the radiographic apparatus of this invention, a composite image generating device generates a composite high-voltage/low-voltage image for every time of the same high voltage/low voltage based on a plurality of high-voltage/low-voltage images successively acquired by a high-voltage/low-voltage image acquiring device. Based on the composite high-voltage/low-voltage image generated by the composite image generating device, a subtraction processing device carries out a subtraction process concerning high-voltage images and low-voltage images, to acquire subtraction images. Thus, a mistake by arithmetic processing is made inconspicuous without causing a dose shortage.

Radiographic apparatus

This invention has one object to provide radiographic apparatus for acquiring a radioscopic image through superimposing of strip images. The radiographic apparatus allows prevention of blurring in the image with shortened imaging time for acquiring a clearer radioscopic image. According to the configuration of this invention, the FPD-is entirely within an imaging range throughout continuous taking of the strip images. In so doing, a minimum movement distance of the FPD-may be achieved in continuous taking of the strip images. Even when movement of the FPD-deviates from original setting, a range of the deviation may be suppressed to be small, since the movement distance of the FPD-is suppressed to be small. Consequently, superimposing of the strip images may realize acquisition of a clearer radioscopic image.

A radiographic apparatus of this invention, imaging (slot imaging) is carried out in one operation for obtaining a plurality of radiographic images based on radiation detected with an irradiation field restricted to be narrow by the irradiation field control device. Since these plurality of radiographic images are images picked up with the irradiation field restricted to be narrow, a center calculating device can determine a shifted center of the radiographic images. A shift calculating device derives a shift of the center of the X-ray images from a positional relationship between the shifted center of the radiographic images determined and the irradiation field of a radiation detecting device. Since the shift is corrected for the plurality of radiographic images per se based on the shift determined, the shift can be corrected in one slot imaging operation. At a time of slot imaging, the shift can be corrected while determining a central point at a point of time when each image is acquired, or determining a central point all together after acquiring a series of images.

In the radiographic apparatus of this invention, when obtaining long images in a longitudinal direction, a correcting device corrects radiographic images based on overlapping areas of a plurality of radiographic images based on the radiation detected whenever a relative movement is made in the same direction, an image decomposing device decomposes corrected radiographic images for every predetermined distance, and an image composing device composes the decomposed images for each of the same projection angles to obtain a projection image for each projection angle. Thus, with a reconstruction processing device carrying out a reconstruction process based on the composed projection images, sectional images having a long field of view in the longitudinal direction can be obtained, while reducing luminance differences among different radiographic images.

In a radiographic apparatus of this invention, when obtaining a long image in a longitudinal direction, an image composing unit combines a plurality of radiographic images in the longitudinal direction based on detected radiation, and a setting unit sets a length of a radiographic image to be composed in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, with the setting unit setting the length of the radiographic image to be composed in the longitudinal direction, the length can be set without requiring an expansion or reduction of the radiographic image of a site of concern. The site of concern is constantly maintained on the same scale to reduce the chance of inducing errors.

An MR imaging apparatus using NMR phenomenon includes a main magnet, a first, a second and a third gradient field coils, a RF coil, a gradient field controller connected to the first, second and third gradient field coils, a RF controller connected to the RF coil, a waveform generator, a carrier wave generator, an amplitude modulator, a RF controller connected to the RF coil, and a data processor. The waveform generator generates a modulating signal expressed by F(t)=A {cos (.omega.t)-cos (E.omega.t)}/t, where A is an amplitude coefficient, .epsilon. is a non-excitation band coefficient, and .omega. is a frequency of the modulating signal. The RF controller causes the RF coil, in each pulse sequence, to transmit a RF signal and to apply, to the RF signal, a modulated wave output from the amplitude modulator as an MTC pulse having a frequency component slightly offset from a resonance frequency of free water protons, and a resonance frequency component of free water protons. The data processor collects data from the NMR signal detected by the RF coil, and reconstructs a sectional image from the data.

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Takihito Sakai