US 11,723,613 B2
Imaging apparatus and driving method thereof
Makoto Shizukuishi, Sendai (JP)
Filed by Makoto Shizukuishi, Sendai (JP)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,546.
Application 17/942,546 is a continuation of application No. 17/144,710, filed on Jan. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,457,882.
Application 17/144,710 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/050276, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. JP2018-242594 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2018; and application No. JP2019-165058 (JP), filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000450 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/4435 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computed tomographic (CT) system, comprising:
a gantry including a rotating part, the rotating part configured to rotate around a central axis of a body axis direction, wherein the central axis is a central axis of the rotating part, the rotating part including
a light source,
a light source drive control circuit,
a detector,
a detector control and signal processing circuit configured to drive the detector and process an output signal from the detector,
an image memory configured to record the output signal of the detector, and
a rotating part interface; and
a host interface that is outside the rotating part and is inside or outside the gantry,
wherein the gantry is configured to cause the rotating part interface to face the host interface, such that the rotating part interface and the host interface are configured to be electrically connected with each other, and
wherein the rotating part further includes a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery configured to be electrically charged from the host interface via the rotating part interface based on the rotating part interface and the host interface being electrically connected with each other.