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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seok Min Han, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young Hun Sung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dong Goo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Hoon Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Su Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun Hwa Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kang Eui Lee, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are an X-ray imaging apparatus that captures one or more images of an inner part of the human body or the like, and a method for controlling the apparatus. In particular, an imaging system includes an X-ray generator which is configured to irradiate a target object with X-rays, a detector which is configured to detect X-rays which are emitted at a plurality of times and which have propagated through the target object, a driver which is configured to change a position of the X-ray generator or the detector, an image processor which is configured to generate a plurality of X-ray images from the detected X-rays and to compare the plurality of X-ray images in order to generate at least one difference image, and a controller which is configured to detect tissues which constitute the target object based on the at least one difference image.