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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Iwashita, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kosuke Terui, Yokohama, JP;
Sota Torii, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Noda, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01T 1/17 (2006.01); H04N 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01T 1/17 (2013.01); H04N 5/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging control apparatus obtains a plurality of images at different radiation energies, the images having been obtained as a result of irradiating a subject with radiation whose energy changes during one shot, and detecting, a plurality of times, the radiation that has passed through the subject during the one shot; generates an energy subtraction image by performing energy subtraction processing using a plurality of images; and generates a difference image using a plurality of generated energy subtraction images.