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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Yoshiaki Iijima, Nasushiobara, JP;
Ryoichi Nagae, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yasuto Hayatsu, Otawara, JP;
Kunio Shiraishi, Otawara, JP;
Yoshinori Shimizu, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yuichiro Watanabe, Yaita, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes an image generator, a detection unit, and an irradiation control unit. The image generator successively generates X-ray images based on X-rays emitted from an X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject. The detection unit detects a position of a predetermined target included in the successively generated X-ray images. The irradiation control unit identifies, based on the detected position of the predetermined target, a region in which the predetermined target can be visualized in the X-ray images, and performs control to reduce an X-ray irradiation dose to a region other than the identified region.