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X-ray imaging apparatus

A photographic device and X-ray technology, which is applied to measurement devices, X/γ/cosmic radiation measurement, radiation measurement, etc., can solve the problem of inability to obtain X-ray photon energy information, and achieve the effect of preventing quantitative reduction.

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-10-12
HITACHI LTD
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Therefore, it is impossible to know the energy information of one incident X-ray photon

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[0062] The present embodiment is characterized in that all three types of processing are performed, namely removal of inflows from other elements, removal of energy transfer inflows in the same element, and interpolation of unmeasured values ​​in the same element. Below, refer to Figure 7 The flow of count correction in this embodiment will be described.

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[0064]In the calibration process, first, a parameter indicating the ratio of movement of X-ray photons between elements and a parameter indicating the ratio of energy transfer within the same element are obtained. The former parameter obtains the following three types of parameters for each element according to the difference in the energy range: the X-ray photon representing the X-ray photon measured in the high energy range of the target element 11 among the signals incident on the adjacent element 12 in the high energy range The proportional parameter α H_H ; represents the parameter α of the proport...

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[0120]In the first embodiment, all three processes of removing inflow, removing energy transfer inflow, and supplementing energy transfer outflow are performed in the count correction, but these processes can also be omitted depending on the characteristics of the detector, etc. 1 or 2 of the treatments.

[0121] For example, in the case where the crosstalk between elements is negligibly small, it is possible to omit the inflow removal ( Figure 7 : S5012). In this case, using the above equations (5), (6) and the parameter β H_L (x) and gamma H_L (x) to perform count correction S501.

[0122] In addition, in the case of the range where the energy transfer in the element can be ignored, the two processes of removing energy transfer inflow and supplementing energy transfer outflow are omitted, and the above-mentioned formulas (4-1), (4-2) and parameters α to perform count correction S501.

[0123] Further, counting correction S501 of inflow removal and energy transfer inflo...

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[0130] In the first embodiment, although it is described that α is obtained in advance H_H 、α H_L ,, α L_L , β H_H (x), gamma H_L (x) and other parameters are used as fixed values, but the parameters may be changed automatically or manually according to imaging conditions and the like. The X-ray CT apparatus of the present embodiment is characterized by having a function of changing parameters automatically or manually.

[0131] Figure 10 An example of a functional block diagram of the control unit 107 and the central processing unit 105 of this embodiment is shown.

[0132] As shown in the figure, the control unit 107 includes an imaging condition setting unit 170 . The parameter setting part 140 of the central processing unit 105 except Figure 4 In addition to the functions shown, it also has a function as a parameter calculation unit. In addition, in Figure 10 in, for Figure 4 The same elements are denoted by the same symbols, and explanations thereof are omit...

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An X-ray imaging apparatus is equipped with a photon-counting radiation detector that classifies and counts, per energy range, radiation which enters X-ray detection elements. To correct counting errors of the number of X-ray photons in each energy range and to obtain a correct projection image, a data processing device of the X-ray imaging apparatus includes a correction unit that corrects a digital output value of each of the plurality of energy ranges for each X-ray detection element. The correction unit has an inflow calculation unit that calculates a digital quantity corresponding to the X-ray photons that flow into one X-ray detection element from another, and an energy shift inflow / outflow calculation unit that calculates a digital quantity corresponding to the X-ray photons that flow into a high energy range of one X-ray detection element due to an energy shift, and carries out a correction using the digital quantities calculated by the calculation units.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to imaging devices such as X-ray CT devices, and more particularly to X-ray imaging devices equipped with photon counting X-ray detectors. Background technique [0002] The X-ray CT apparatus calculates the X-ray absorption coefficient based on the X-ray transmission images (hereinafter, referred to as projected images) of the subject captured from multiple directions, and obtains the tomographic image of the subject (hereinafter referred to as the projection image). conformation) device. It is widely used in the fields of medical treatment and non-injury inspection. [0003] A large number of current X-ray CT apparatuses for medical use are equipped with what is called an integrating type X-ray detector. In the integral type X-ray detector, a scintillator is used to convert X-rays into light, a photodiode converts the light into electric charge, and a readout circuit converts the electric charge into a digital signal an...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B6/03G01T1/24
CPCA61B6/4241A61B6/032A61B6/482A61B6/5205A61B6/585G01T1/2985
Inventor 昆野康隆
Owner HITACHI LTD