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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2013
Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichiro Watanabe, Yaita, JP;

Teruomi Gunji, Otawara, JP;

Manabu Tanaka, Otawara, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01);
Abstract

An X-ray diagnosis apparatus of an embodiment includes: an imaging unit that includes an X-ray tube which emits an X-ray to a subject, and an X-ray detector which detects an X-ray passing through the subject; an X-ray beam limiting unit that is disposed between the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector, has a plurality of collimator blades, and can be rotated; an image processing unit that generates a fluoroscopic image of a region of interest set by the X-ray beam limiting unit; and a control unit that individually controls the plurality of collimator blades in such a way that a long side of an opening formed by the plurality of collimator blades goes in a longitudinal direction of a target within the fluoroscopic image.


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