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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hidehiko Saito, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/367 (2011.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01); G01T 1/247 (2013.01); H04N 5/32 (2013.01); H04N 5/3675 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radiation imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels configured to convert incident radiation into an electrical signal; a storage unit configured to store position information of a first pixel, among the pixels, which always outputs an abnormal pixel value; a correction unit configured to detect a second pixel, among the pixels, which is not stored in the storage unit and outputs an abnormal pixel value, and correct the pixel value of the second pixel; and an interpolation unit configured to, after image data output from the imaging unit is processed by the correction unit, generate a pixel value of the first pixel based on the position information and a pixel value of a pixel, among the pixels, which is arranged near the first pixel.


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