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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Yasuo Saito, Nasushiobara, JP;
Miwa Okumura, Gifu, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuo Saito, Nasushiobara, JP;
Miwa Okumura, Gifu, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/62 (2006.01); H05G 1/10 (2006.01); G01N 23/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the present invention, a subject is prompted to take breaths that are different at least in depth, and the subject's motion associated with respiration is captured. A timing when the subject is scanned is controlled according to the captured motion of the subject associated with respiration. A two-dimensional detector formed like a two-dimensional plane detects an X-ray beam having passed through the subject. Data is collected from the two-dimensional detector to acquire volume data on the subject.