X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT SYSTEM

• Main Author: KOMATSU EIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.02.2019
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

To provide an X-ray CT apparatus and an X-ray CT system, capable of executing a wide volume scan under the condition of respiration synchronization, the wide volume scan having been executed under the condition of breath holding, by shortening a waiting time between scan operation and bed driving operation.SOLUTION: An X-ray CT apparatus, according to an embodiment, capable of executing a wide volume scan in which a subject is not moved during a scan and the subject's position is moved during an inter-scan pause time, the X-ray CT apparatus comprising: a console to which a scan condition is input; an imaging unit for executing the scan; a drive unit for moving the subject's position; and a control unit that when receiving input of scan start from the console, directly controls the imaging unit and the drive unit without using the console to control execution of the wide volume scan.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】スキャン動作と寝台駆動動作との間の待ち時間を短くすることで、息止めで実行していたワイドボリュームスキャンを呼吸同期下で実行可能なＸ線ＣＴ装置及びＸ線ＣＴシステムを提供する。【解決手段】実施形態に係るＸ線ＣＴ装置は、スキャン中は被検体を動かさず、スキャン間休止時間の内に前記被検体の位置を移動させるワイドボリュームスキャンを実行可能なＸ線ＣＴ装置であって、スキャン条件が入力されるコンソールと、前記スキャンを実行する撮像部と、前記被検体の位置を移動させる駆動部と、前記コンソールからスキャン開始の入力を受け付けると、前記撮像部と前記駆動部とを前記コンソールを介さずに直接的に制御し、前記ワイドボリュームスキャンの実行を制御する制御部と、を備える。【選択図】 図５