IP Library Granted Patent US 10,893,840
Granted Patent B2
US 10,893,840 · App. 15/802,658 · Granted Jan 19, 2021

X-ray diagnostic apparatus

Inventors: Kazuo Imagawa (Nasushiobara, JP); Yoshiyasu Hayashi (Nasushiobara, JP); Masahiro Ozawa (Sakura, JP); Ko Fuchigami (Otawara, JP)
Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
A61B6/0407A61B6/107A61B6/4411A61B6/4441A61B6/547A61K49/04A61B6/06
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Patent No.
US 10,893,840
App. No.
15/802,658
Granted
Jan 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a holding device and processing circuitry. The holding device movably holds an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector. The processing circuitry generates an X-ray image of the subject, based on an output of the X-ray detector. The processing circuitry sets an interference judgment region between the holding device and an interference object, based on a landmark in the X-ray image. The processing circuitry controls movement of the holding device, based on the set interference judgment region.

Claims (26)

1. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprising:

a holding device including an X-ray generator configured to generate X-rays which are emitted to a subject placed on a couch top, and an X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays which have passed through the subject, the holding device being configured to movably hold the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector; and

processing circuitry configured to

generate an X-ray image of the subject, based on an output of the X-ray detector,

detect, based on the generated X-ray image and a landmark image which is stored in a memory, a landmark from the X-ray image,

set an interference judgment region between the holding device and an interference object, based on the landmark detected from the X-ray image, and

control movement of the holding device, based on the set interference judgment region.

2. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark is a shape of a part of an instrument.

3. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory is configured to associate and store the landmark image and a position and a size of a target corresponding to the landmark image, and

wherein the processing circuitry is configured:

to detect the landmark from the generated X-ray image by referring to the stored landmark image, and to specify the position and the size of the target corresponding to the detected landmark;

to derive a position and a size of the interference object including the target, the couch top and the subject, based on the specified position and size and a geometrical imaging condition of the X-ray image; and

to set the interference judgment region between the holding device which includes the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, and the interference object, based on the derived position and size.

4. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , a wherein the memory is configured to associate and store the landmark image and a position and a size of a target corresponding to the landmark image, and

wherein the memory is configured to further store an operation history indicating a locus of movement of the holding device, and

the processing circuitry is configured to update the interference judgment region in a manner to exclude a region corresponding to the locus, based on the operation history.

5. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change a movement speed in the interference judgment region, based on the operation history.

6. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry configured to initialize the interference judgment in a manner to restore the excluded region, by using as a trigger a case in which a predetermined condition is satisfied.

7. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the movement in a manner to lower a movement speed in the excluded region, when the interference judgment region is updated in accordance with an operation in which a distance between the holding device and the interference object becomes smaller.

8. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is an image of a magnetic pad.

9. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is an edge of an extension auxiliary couch top.

10. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is an edge of an arm rest.

11. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is a head fixing instrument.

12. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is a phantom.

13. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is a bone of a lower limb of the subject.

14. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the landmark image stored in a memory is a bone of the head of the subject.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049879/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2017
From: IMAGAWA, KAZUO; HAYASHI, YOSHIYASU; OZAWA, MASAHIRO; FUCHIGAMI, KO
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044026/0856 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-218027 · Nov 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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