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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 04, 2005
Hiroaki Miyazaki, Otawara, JP;
Hiroshi Aradate, Otawara, JP;
Hiroaki Miyazaki, Otawara, JP;
Hiroshi Aradate, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray CT apparatuscomprises an X-ray generating unitand a radiation detector. The radiation detectorincludes a plurality of detecting elements put in two-dimensional positions and separated into a plurality of readout blocks, a readout circuit for reading out electric signals from the detecting elements in the respective readout blocks, a switch circuitfor switching the electric signals read out to the readout circuit from the detecting elements at the readout blocks and a switch control circuitfor controlling the switch circuitso as to read out electric signals with time-sharing from corresponding detecting elements in a common readout block of the readout blocks to the readout circuit and to read out corresponding electric signals in parallel from at least two of the detecting elements to the readout circuit, the two being in different readout blocks each other.