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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Katsumi Suzuki, Kashiwa, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Time for readout with no recording is shortened by performing readout with no recording only to the pixels having lags of the previous image. Also, a flat panel detector for receiving X-ray that has transmitted through an object to be examined, outputting an X-ray image, image memorizing means for memorizing said X-ray image, display means for displaying the X-ray image, a console for sending a start signal to read out the image and sending the threshold for extraction of the particular pixels to which readout with no recording is performed, readout control means for controlling readout of the image data of the flat panel detector , previous image memorizing means for memorizing image data of the previous image of the flat panel detector and overwriting image data of the particular pixels to which readout with no recording has been performed, and readout address determining means for extracting the particular pixels according to said threshold within image data of previous image memorizing means and determining its address are comprised to obtain an image having no artifact. And readout control means controls readout of the flat panel detector so as to perform readout with no recording only to the particular pixels of which the address is determined.