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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Go Mukumoto, Iwata, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an X-ray computed-tomography apparatus of an embodiment, a reconstruction processing unit reconstructs image data based on projection data that is generated from output of an X-ray detector. A specifying unit specifies a scan position or a scan range for main scanning. A changing unit identifies characteristic points based on a structure inside the subject from image data, and changes the scan position or the scan range specified by the specifying unit based on a result of checking data relating to the characteristic points and data relating to corresponding anatomical characteristic points in a virtual subject against each other.