X-ray imaging apparatus and method of generating stereoscopic image
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Hun Sung, Kang Eui Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method for generating a stereoscopic image by using the apparatus. The stereoscopic image generation method includes emitting first X-rays toward a target object at a first emission angle, detecting the first X-rays which have propagated through the target object in order to acquire a first X-ray image, emitting second X-rays toward the target object at a second emission angle which is different from the first emission angle, detecting the second X-rays which have propagated through the target object in order to acquire at least a second X-ray image, and generating a stereoscopic image based on the first X-ray image and the at least second X-ray image.
Claims19
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising:
- a X-ray generator which is configured to emit first X-rays toward a target object at a first emission angle and to emit second X-rays toward the target object at a second emission angle which is different from the first emission angle, wherein a dosage level of the second X-rays is lower than a dosage level of the first X-rays;
- a detector which is configured to detect the first X-rays and the second X-rays;
- an image processor which is configured to acquire a first X-ray image from the detected first X-rays and to acquire a second X-ray image from the detected second X-rays, of which the dosage level is lower than the dosage level of the first X-rays, and to generate a stereoscopic image by combining the acquired first X-ray image and the acquired second X-ray image;
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- a display which is configured to display the generated stereoscopic image,
- wherein the image processor is further configured to match an image quality of the first X-ray image with an image quality of the second X-ray image by improving the image quality of the second X-ray image.
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising:
- an X-ray generator which is configured to emit first X-rays toward a target object at a first emission angle and to emit second X-rays toward the target object at a second emission angle which is different from the first emission angle, wherein a dosage level of the second X-rays is lower than a dosage level of the first X-rays;
- a detector which is configured to detect the first X-rays and the second X-rays;
- an image processor which is configured to acquire a first X-ray image from the detected first X-rays and to acquire a second X-ray image from the detected second X-rays of which the dosage level is lower than the dosage level of the first X-rays;
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- a display apparatus comprising a first display which is configured to display the acquired first X-ray image, a second display which is configured to display the acquired second X-ray image, and a third display which is configured to receive light beams which respectively correspond to the first and second X-ray images and to display a stereoscopic image which is based on the first X-ray image and the second X-ray image and which is generated by using a half mirror method,
- wherein the image processor is further configured to match an image quality of the first X-ray image with an image quality of the second X-ray image by improving the image quality of the second X-ray image.
A method for generating a stereoscopic image by using an X-ray imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- emitting first X-rays toward a target object at a first emission angle;
- detecting the first X-rays which have propagated through the target object in order to acquire a first X-ray image;
- emitting second X-rays toward the target object at a second emission angle which is different from the first emission angle, wherein a dosage level of the second X-rays is lower than a dosage level of the first X-rays;
- detecting the second X-rays in order to acquire a second X-ray image;
- matching an image quality of the first X-ray image with an image quality of the second X-ray image by improving the image quality of the second X-ray image;
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- generating a stereoscopic image by using the first X-ray image and the second X-ray image.
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