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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Masakazu Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Takahiro Yoshimura, Kyoto, JP;
Makoto Honjo, Kyoto, JP;
J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In an X-ray CT imaging, an X-ray generator () and a two-dimensional X-ray detector () are opposed to each other between an object and are rotated by a rotary shaft () around the object. At least one of the rotary shaft supporter () and an object holder () includes a movement mechanism () for moving a supporter () for the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector relative to the object. In offset scan CT imaging, the rotation of the supporter by the rotary shaft is performed simultaneously with the relative two-dimensional movement of the rotary shaft by the movement mechanism. In the relative two-dimensional movement, the position of the rotary shaft is moved according to the rotary angle of the supporter along a circular orbit around the center of a CT imaging region in a plane crossing the rotary shaft. Thus, it becomes possible to image a larger region of interest of the object.