US 11,684,324 B2
Medical image diagnosis apparatus and controlling method
Shouichi Nakagawa, Otawara (JP); and Yohei Matsuzawa, Nasushiobara (JP)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,733.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-126390 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2020; and application No. 2021-110162 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022825 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/0487 (2020.08) [A61B 6/0464 (2013.01); A61B 6/4447 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A medical image diagnosis apparatus, comprising:
a gantry including an imaging system related to imaging a patient;
at least one column configured to support the gantry so as to be movable in a vertical direction;
processing circuitry configured to generate an image based on an output from the imaging system; and
a supporting and moving mechanism configured to support the patient from underneath, while being installed so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the gantry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the moving of the supporting and moving mechanism,
wherein the processing circuitry controls the moving of the supporting and moving mechanism, based on a region of interest in the image and an imaging center of the imaging system.