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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1989
Hiroshi Asahina, Tochigi, JP;
Ichiro Ogura, Ootawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
X-ray mask images of a subject are acquired by a TV camera before a contrast media injected by a injector reaches a region of interest of the subject, the acquired X-ray mask images are stored in a mask image memory in accordance with a frame counter and a memory controller. X-ray contrast images of the subject are acquired by the TV camera after the contrast media reaches the region of interest of the subject, the acquired X-ray contrast images are stored in a contrast image memory in accordance with a frame counter and a memory controller. The mask images and contrast images are subtracted by a subtraction processor, and X-ray subtraction images are obtained. The X-ray images of the subject acquired by the TV camera and the X-ray subtraction images are superimposed by a superimposition processor, and then are displayed on a TV monitor.