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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Takashi Ida, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuhei Nitta, Ota, JP;
Taichiro Shiodera, Shinagawa, JP;
Hidenori Takeshima, Ebina, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Nakai, Otawara, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a device includes first and second generators, a detector, and a corrector. The first generator is configured to generate a first image based on data corresponding to photons with a first energy from among data that is obtained based on an energy of radiation that has passed through a subject. The second generator is configured to generate a second image based on data corresponding to photons with a second energy. The detector is configured to detect, in the second image, a second block having a similar pattern of pixel values to a first block included in the second image. The corrector is configured to correct pixel values of a third block in the first image corresponding to the first block based on new pixel values of the third block that are calculated by using pixel values included in a fourth block in the first image.