Imaging support apparatus, radiation imaging system, and storage medium
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTatsuya Takagi
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Abstract
An imaging support apparatus that supports imaging by a radiation imaging apparatus which obtains a plurality of frame images by successively performing a plurality of radiation imaging operations to a subject. The imaging support apparatus includes a hardware processor that determines a number of the frame images to be obtained by the radiation imaging apparatus by analyzing one or more initial frame images, each of the initial frame images being an initial frame image obtained early in the radiation imaging operations by the radiation imaging apparatus.
Claims15
An imaging support apparatus that supports imaging by a radiation imaging apparatus which obtains a plurality of frame images by successively performing a plurality of radiation imaging operations to a subject, the imaging support apparatus comprising:
- a hardware processor that determines a reference signal value of one or more initial frame images during the imaging by the radiation imaging apparatus, calculates a normalized reference signal value on the basis of a sensitivity index, and determines a number of the plurality of frame images to be obtained by the radiation imaging apparatus based on the normalized reference signal value of the one or more initial frame images, each of the initial frame images being an initial frame image obtained early in the radiation imaging operations by the radiation imaging apparatus,
- wherein the reference signal value is determined based on an average value, a median value, a highest value, or a lowest value of pixel signal values in a region of interest of the one or more initial frame images, and
- wherein the hardware processor determines the number of the frame images to be obtained while the plurality of frame images are being obtained by the radiation imaging apparatus.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer readable program for a computer in an imaging support apparatus that supports imaging by a radiation imaging apparatus which obtains a plurality of frame images by successively performing a plurality of radiation imaging operations to a subject, the program causing the computer to perform determining a reference signal value of one or more initial frame images during the imaging by the radiation imaging apparatus, calculating a normalized reference signal value on the basis of a sensitivity index, and determining a number of the plurality of frame images to be obtained by the radiation imaging apparatus based on the normalized reference signal value of the one or more initial frame images obtained early in the radiation imaging operations by the radiation imaging apparatus,
- wherein the reference signal value is determined based on an average value, a median value, a highest value, or a lowest value of pixel signal values in a region of interest of the one or more initial frame images, and
- wherein the hardware processor determines the number of the frame images to be obtained while the plurality of frame images are being obtained by the radiation imaging apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.