IP Library Granted Patent US 10,022,103
Granted Patent B2
US 10,022,103 · App. 15/079,676 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

X-ray diagnostic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,022,103
App. No.
15/079,676
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray generator, processing circuitry, and a display unit. The X-ray generator radiates an X-ray. The processing circuitry obtains an exposure dose of a subject due to the X-ray radiated from the X-ray generator and generates an image in which a dose distribution based on the exposure dose is superimposed on a three-dimensional model representing the subject. The display unit displays the image. The processing circuitry generates an image in which the dose distribution on a body surface on a rear side when observed in a first view direction, serving as a direction in which the three-dimensional model is displayed, is visible.

Claims (20)

1. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus, comprising:

an X-ray generator configured to radiate an X-ray;

processing circuitry configured to obtain an exposure dose of a subject due to the X-ray radiated from the X-ray generator and to generate an image in which a dose distribution based on the exposure dose is superimposed on a three-dimensional model representing the subject; and

a display configured to display the image,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the image, in which the dose distribution on a body surface on a rear side when observed in a first view direction is visible, the image showing the three-dimensional model observed in the first view direction.

2. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the image, in which the three-dimensional model is made semitransparent or mesh-shaped.

3. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the dose distribution obtained by the processing circuitry is an accumulated skin exposure dose based on the X-ray sequentially radiated onto the subject.

4. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display changes a method for displaying the three-dimensional model based on a predetermined condition and displays the image in which the dose distribution on the body surface on the rear side when observed in the first view direction is visible.

5. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display changes the method for displaying the three-dimensional model based on an angle or a position of a supporter holding the X-ray generator.

6. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display changes the method for displaying the three-dimensional model when the exposure dose of the subject in a range irradiated with the X-ray exceeds a predetermined threshold.

7. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display changes the method for displaying the three-dimensional model when the X-ray generator stops X-ray irradiation.

8. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first view direction is a direction in which a front surface of a body of the subject is displayed.

9. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional model is a human body model.

10. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a rear-side dose distribution, which is the dose distribution on the body surface on the rear side when observed in the first view direction, and a front-side dose distribution, which is the dose distribution on the body surface on a front side when observed in the first view direction, overlap in the first view direction, the display displays the rear-side dose distribution and the front-side dose distribution using different display methods.

11. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the image including, in addition to the three-dimensional model representing the subject, at least one of a three-dimensional model representing a supporter holding the X-ray generator and a three-dimensional model representing a beam shape of the X-ray radiated onto the subject.

12. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus of a single-plane type having only one X-ray generator, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to obtain an exposure dose of a subject due to an X-ray radiated from the X-ray generator and to generate an image in which a dose distribution based on the exposure dose is superimposed on a three-dimensional model representing the subject; and

a display configured to display the image, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a display image in which the three-dimensional model observed in a first view direction serving as a direction in which the three-dimensional model is displayed on the display and the three-dimensional model observed in a second view direction in which a body surface on a rear side when observed in the first view direction is visible are arranged.

13. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the second view direction is a direction in which the X-ray generator radiates the X-ray.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039133/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2016
From: WATANABE, YUICHIRO; UCHIDA, NAOKI; NAGAE, RYOICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038092/0793 →