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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Zhou Yu, Palatine, IL (US);
Yuexing Zhang, Naperville, IL (US);
Xiaolan Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) imaging apparatus includes a radiation source configured to emit X-rays; a plurality of photon-counting detectors configured to detect X-rays emitted by the radiation source and generate a photon counting signal based on the detected X-rays; and processing circuitry to obtain a kV-waveform used by the radiation source to generate the X-rays during a scan of an object, and adjust at least one energy threshold dividing the photon counting signal into a plurality of spectra bins in accordance with the obtained kV-waveform.