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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Yoshinori Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Yoshimura, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Yoshikawa, Kyoto, JP;
Nihon University, Tokyo, JP;
J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generating section, an X-ray image capturing section, a supporting section, a holding section, a rotation driving section, and an X-ray controlling section, wherein the X-ray generating section generates an X-ray cone beam, the X-ray image capturing section detects the X-ray cone beam having passed through an object, the supporting section supports the X-ray generating section and the X-ray image capturing section with the object positioned therebetween, the holding section holds the object, the rotation driving section rotates the supporting section relatively to the object, and the X-ray controlling section alleviates an influence of a high X-ray absorption region, present inside the object, in the X-ray image capturing section by means of a control model formed based upon information on the high X-ray absorption region.