IP Library Granted Patent US 10,937,209
Granted Patent B2
US 10,937,209 · App. 15/738,741 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Tomography imaging apparatus and method of reconstructing tomography image

Inventors: Duhgoon Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jong Beom Ra (Daejeon, KR); Kyoung-yong Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Toshihiro Rifu (Tokyo, KR); Seungeon Kim (Incheon, KR); Seokhwan Jang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: HITACHI, LTD.; KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Patent No.
US 10,937,209
App. No.
15/738,741
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a tomography imaging apparatus and a method of reconstructing a tomography image which may more accurately measure a motion of an object to be tomography-imaged. In detail, the tomography imaging apparatus and the method of reconstructing a tomography image may obtain information indicating a motion of a moving object according to a time, may perform motion correction based on the obtained motion information, and may reconstruct a target image with reduced motion artifacts.

Claims (31)

1. A tomography imaging apparatus comprising:

a data obtainer configured to obtain data by performing tomography imaging on a moving object;

one or more processors configured to:

divide the data into a plurality of data pairs corresponding to a plurality of facing partial angle pairs;

reconstruct a partial image pair by using each of the plurality of data pairs;

obtain motion information indicating a motion of the object in a full section including the plurality of facing partial angle pairs based on a plurality of the partial image pairs corresponding to the plurality of data pairs; and

control a target image, indicating the object at a target point of time, to be reconstructed based on the motion information,

wherein each of the plurality of facing partial angle pairs comprises a first angle section that is imaged at a first time, and a second angle section having a 180° angle difference between the first angle section that is imaged at a second time that is different than the first time.

2. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first angle section and the second angle section have a value less than 180°.

3. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of partial image pairs comprises a first partial image reconstructed by using data obtained in the first angle section and a second partial image reconstructed by using data obtained in the second angle section.

4. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to obtain the motion information indicating a motion of a surface of the object in the full section based on the plurality of partial image pairs.

5. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to obtain the motion information indicating a motion of the object according to a time so that each of partial images included in the plurality of partial image pairs has a first shape at a first point of time included in the full section.

6. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to reconstruct a three-dimensional (3D) partial image pair indicating the object in a 3D space.

7. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the motion information is information indicating a motion of the object in the 3D space and a four-dimensional (4D) space including a time point.

8. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to estimate a motion amount of the object at the target point of time based on the motion information and control the target image to be reconstructed based on the estimated motion amount.

9. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to reconstruct the target image by warping a plurality of images according to views indicating parts of the object based on the motion information.

10. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the full section has a value equal to or greater than 360°.

11. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data obtainer is further configured to obtain data of a full section having a value of at least 360°.

12. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to divide the data of the full section into a plurality of data pairs, and the plurality of facing partial angle pairs collectively form the full section.

13. The tomography imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the full section includes four facing partial angle pairs each having a value of 45°.

14. A method of reconstructing a tomography image, the method comprising:

dividing data obtained by performing tomography imaging on a moving object into a plurality of data pairs corresponding to a plurality of facing partial angle pairs and reconstructing a partial image pair by using each of the plurality of data pairs;

obtaining motion information indicating a motion of the object in a full section comprising the plurality of facing partial angle pairs based on a plurality of the partial image pairs corresponding to the plurality of data pairs; and

reconstructing a target image indicating the object at a target point of time based on the motion information,

wherein each of the plurality of facing partial angle pairs comprises a first angle section that is imaged at a first time, and a second angle section having a 180° angle difference between the first angle section that is imaged at a second time that is different than the first time.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first angle section and the second angle section have a value less than 180°.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of partial image pairs comprises a first partial image reconstructed by using data obtained in the first angle section and a second partial image reconstructed by using data obtained in the second angle section.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising obtaining the motion information indicating a motion of a surface of the object in the full section based on the plurality of partial image pairs.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising obtaining the motion information indicating a motion of the object according to a time so that each of partial images included in the plurality of partial image pairs has a first shape at a first point of time included in the full section.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising, before the dividing of the data, obtaining the data of a full section having a value of at least 360° by performing tomography imaging on the moving object.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the dividing of the data divides the data of the full section into a plurality of data pairs, and the plurality of facing partial angle pairs collectively form the full section.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2024
From: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068807/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059018/0095 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2020
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI, LTD.; KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 054388/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2020
From: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
To: HITACHI, LTD.; KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 054389/0130 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2017
From: LEE, DUHGOON; RA, JONG BEOM; LEE, KYOUNG-YONG; RIFU, TOSHIHIRO; KIM, SEUNGEON; JANG, SEOKHWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 044940/0174 →