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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Tatsuro Suzuki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Upon successively acquiring a plurality of tomographic images of an identical patient, and displaying them time-serially, the display mode of images is changed. More specifically, the display order of images is switched in correspondence with the standing position of the observer. The standing position of the observer can be automatically detected. The aperture width of a precollimator is controlled in accordance with the setups of images of interest/non-interest, and data from predetermined detection element arrays are bundled in accordance with the setups. At least one of a plurality of reconstructed tomographic images and a specific image undergo a differential process to generate and display a differential image. The pixel values of at least one of a plurality of reconstructed tomographic images are compared with a predetermined threshold value to generate and display an image consisting of only pixels that have exceeded the threshold value.