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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Tatsuya Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dynamic image, of a quality required for diagnosis that does not increase the radiation dosage of a person being imaged, can be captured by a dynamic imaging system that includes an imaging console which has a control unit. The control unit analyzes at least one of the frame images captured at an initial state of dynamic imaging, calculates an index indicating the quality of the image, and calculates, by using the calculated index, an upper limit frame rate fsuch that the index indicating the quality of the frame image captured by the dynamic imaging is below a determined reference value. The frame rate used for dynamic imaging is determined according to the calculated upper limit frame rate fand a lower limit frame rate frequired to diagnose the dynamic state of the imaged region. An imaging device may image the person at the determined frame rate.