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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2006
Tetsuya Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junko Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junko Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
To enable radiation rays to be efficiently used. A scout scan parameter setting unit sets a rotation movement position to which an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector are moved so as to rotate around a subject on the basis of subject information of a subject on which a scout scan is performed at the time of performing a scout scan. At the time of starting execution of the scout scan, a rotating unit moves the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector so as to rotate around the subject to the rotation movement position which is set by the scout scan parameter setting unit. After that, a scout scan is performed in the rotation movement position.