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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;
Chih-chieh Liu, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jian Zhou, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Qiulin Tang, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Liang Cai, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Zhou Yu, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method controls a CT scanner such that the method includes, but is not limited to, determining an X-ray irradiation period from an electrocardiogram acquired from an electrocardiography device attached to a living object to be imaged, by processing the electrocardiogram at multiple different cardiac phases; performing, by controlling a CT gantry including and rotatably supporting an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, a diagnostic CT scan in the determined X-ray irradiation period, of at least a part of the heart region, to obtain a CT image; and causing a display unit to display the obtained CT image. The method can be performed at least by an information processing apparatus including processing circuitry and/or computer instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for performing the method.