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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Masakazu Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to generate an X-ray CT image with optimal quality for each part and each region of an object when scanning the object across a plurality of parts using a plane detector, there is provided an X-ray CT apparatus including smoothing meansand filtering meansfor generating a convolution filter on the basis of feature amounts of projection data output from the X-ray detectorand superimposing the convolution filter on the projection data, reconstruction meansfor generating an X-ray CT image of the object by performing a reconstruction operation on the projection data on which the convolution filter is superimposed, and image display meansfor displaying the image generated by the reconstruction means