IP Library Granted Patent US 7,443,955
Granted Patent B2
US 7,443,955 · App. 11/257,091 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

X-ray diagnosis apparatus and method for obtaining an X-ray image

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Patent No.
US 7,443,955
App. No.
11/257,091
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for obtaining an X-ray image for an X-ray diagnosis apparatus including plurality of imaging systems, including: collecting first scatter data using a first X-ray detector after an X-ray is irradiated from a first X-ray tube in a first imaging system; collecting second scatter data using a second X-ray detector after an X-ray is irradiated from a second X-ray tube in a second imaging system; collecting first image data including a scatter component using X-ray detectors after an X-ray is irradiated from a third X-ray tube in the first imaging system; collecting second image data including a scatter component using X-ray detectors after an X-ray is irradiated from a fourth X-ray tube in the second imaging system; and obtaining X-ray images for the first and second imaging systems by subtracting the first and second scatter data from the first and second image data including a scatter component, respectively.

Claims (8)

1. An X-ray diagnosis apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of X-ray tubes; and

a plurality of X-ray detectors corresponding to respective X-ray tubes,

wherein each of the plurality of X-ray detectors includes a first layer stacked on a second layer, the first layer includes a first image data collection part configured to collect first image data using a first number of detection elements, and the second layer includes a second image data collection part configured to collect second image data by a second number of detection elements, and

the second number of detection elements in the second layer is fewer than the first number of detection elements in the first layer.

2. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a detection area of the detection elements in the second image data collection part is substantially identical to a detection area of the detection elements in the first data collection part.

3. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the X-ray detector further comprises a switch configured to switch between the first image data collection part and the second image data collection part.

4. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a detection area of the detection elements of the second layer is larger than a detection area of the detection elements of the first layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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