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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Iwashita, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kosuke Terui, Yokohama, JP;
Sota Torii, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Noda, Ebina, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging control apparatus obtains a plurality of images at different radiation energies by irradiating, with radiation having different radiation energies, a subject in which at least one of a contrast agent, a guide wire, and a stent is inserted, generates an energy subtraction image by performing energy subtraction processing using the plurality of images, and generates a difference image between a mask image that is based on a plurality of energy subtraction images generated in a past and a live image that is based on a current energy subtraction image.