US 11,717,242 B2
Photon counting computed tomography (CT) apparatus
Kazuki Gatayama, Otawara (JP); and Kusuto Koga, Utsunomiya (JP)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi (JP)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,940.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-165483 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096028 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/4241 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photon counting computed tomography (CT) apparatus comprising:
a photon counting detector configured to detect X-ray photons to acquire energy information; and
processing circuitry
configured to acquire at least one piece of information out of information on an imaging mode, information on a site to be imaged, and information on a medical device, and
configured to, based on the acquired information, determine at least one condition out of a first condition on an energy band of data collected from the photon counting detector and a second condition on an energy band for data for use in reconstruction processing out of the data collected from the photon counting detector.