Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-10
2010-11-23
Casler, Brian (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S407000, C600S431000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07840255
ABSTRACT:
An X-ray CT apparatus1for radiating X-ray to a subject P so as to scan the subject P and reconstructing a image within the subject P based on an obtained projection data comprises an image generating unit and a blood-flow image generating unit24e. The image generating unit generates the image based on the projection data in a state in which a concentration of a contrast medium in a myocardial portion of a subject P continuously injected the contrast medium can be considered to be constant. The blood-flow image generating unit24egenerates a blood flow image by removing components of a myocardial tissue from a portion of a myocardial region of the image generated by the image generating unit.
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Casler Brian
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Luong Peter
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
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