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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
Takashi Ichihara, Otawara, JP;
Takashi Ichihara, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray CT apparatusfor radiating X-ray to a subject P so as to scan the subject P and reconstructing a image within the subject P based on an obtained projection data comprises an image generating unit and a blood-flow image generating unit. The image generating unit generates the image based on the projection data in a state in which a concentration of a contrast medium in a myocardial portion of a subject P continuously injected the contrast medium can be considered to be constant. The blood-flow image generating unitgenerates a blood flow image by removing components of a myocardial tissue from a portion of a myocardial region of the image generated by the image generating unit.