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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihito Machida, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G21K 1/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tomography apparatus for readily imaging an object while reducing radiation exposure doses includes a filter that adjusts distribution of a radiation dose transmitted therethrough from a radiation source, a radiation detection unit that detects a radiation dose transmitted through the filter and through an object, a holder that holds the object, an acquisition unit that acquires information about the holder, and a control unit that controls the distribution of the transmitted radiation does according to the information about the holder acquired by the acquisition unit.