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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Inventors:
Miesher Lage Rodrigues, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) image apparatus includes a plurality of photon-counting detectors (PCD); and processing circuitry configured to obtain a photon count of a PCD of the plurality of PCDs, compare the obtained photon count to a predetermined photon-count threshold, and apply an external light source to the PCD when the obtained photon count is larger than the predetermined photon-count threshold.