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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Hayashi, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/3563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/3563 ;
Abstract
An angiography apparatus includes a bed having a top on which a patient to be examined lies down, a substantially C-shaped C-arm, and an X-ray generating means and X-ray detection means which are arranged to oppose one end and the other end of the C-arm. According to this angiography apparatus, in chasing and imaging the flow of a contrast medium injected into the patient, the C-arm can be arbitrarily moved in a direction. In addition, according to the angiography apparatus of this invention, by displaying a simulated image of the flow of the contrast medium, an operator can simulate contrast medium chase imaging before actual contrast medium chase imaging.