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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2008
Applicant:
Ikuo Kanno, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Ikuo Kanno, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Kyoto University, , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an X-ray CT apparatusand an X-ray CT method, the thickness of an object to be inspected is computed on the basis of the number of transmitted X-rays in a specific energy range set above and below the K-absorption edge of an X-ray contrast medium serving as the object to be inspected, and a CT image is reconstructed on the basis of the computed thickness of the object to be inspected. Such X-ray CT apparatusand X-ray CT method can generate an X-ray CT image stably and independently of the size of the object to be inspected and of X-ray tube voltage (X-ray energy distribution).