Medical imaging apparatus, control method, and computer program product
AssigneesToshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorYasunobu YAMADA
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Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus includes an X-ray imaging apparatus; and a nuclear medicine imaging apparatus. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to emit X-rays for generating an X-ray CT image. The nuclear medicine imaging apparatus includes a detector configured to detect radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image. At least one of the X-ray imaging apparatus and the nuclear medicine imaging apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether the detector detects the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube, thereby determining whether there is a failure in the detector.
Claims6
A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
- an X-ray imaging apparatus;
- and
- a nuclear medicine imaging apparatus, wherein
- the X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to emit X-rays for generating an X-ray CT image,
- the nuclear medicine imaging apparatus includes a detector configured to detect radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image, and
- at least one of the X-ray imaging apparatus and the nuclear medicine imaging apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether the detector detects the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube, thereby determining whether there is a failure in the detector.
A control method comprising:
- allowing an X-ray tube to emit X-rays for generating an X-ray CT image;
- allowing a detector to detect radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image;
- and
- determining whether the detector detects the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube, thereby determining whether there is a failure in the detector.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause a computer to execute:
- allowing an X-ray tube to emit X-rays for generating an X-ray CT image;
- allowing a detector to detect radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image;
- and
- determining whether the detector detects the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube, thereby determining whether there is a failure in the detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.