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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Makoto Takanaka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takuya Sakaguchi, Shioya-gun, JP;
Masanori Matsumoto, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Otawara, JP;
Satoshi Yamashita, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shumpei Oohashi, Otawara, JP;
Makoto Takanaka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takuya Sakaguchi, Shioya-gun, JP;
Masanori Matsumoto, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Otawara, JP;
Satoshi Yamashita, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shumpei Oohashi, Otawara, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray image generating unit alternately generates X-ray images each obtained by radiating X-rays having a higher level of energy and X-ray images each obtained by radiating X-rays having a lower level of energy. Further, every time an X-ray image has been generated by the X-ray image generating unit, a dual energy subtraction image generating unit generates a dual energy subtraction image by using the X-ray image that has just been generated and the X-ray image generated immediately preceding the X-ray image.