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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a photon-counting X-ray detector including a plurality of pixels and processing circuitry configured to acquire first data in a resolution priority mode from a first pixel set out of the pixels, acquire second data in an energy decomposition mode from a second pixel set, which is different from the first pixel set, out of the pixels at sampling intervals longer than those of the resolution priority mode, and generate third data based on the first data and the second data.