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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Noda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/4283 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/486 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus obtains at least three radiation images obtained based on radiation emitted onto an object, and corresponding to at least three types of energy, and separates a predetermined substance having a known attenuation coefficient in the object and a remaining substance other than the predetermined substance in the object, based on the at least three radiation images and calculating an effective atomic number of the remaining substance.