# US 9,872,660 B2 · Medical diagnostic imaging system

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- Number: US 9,872,660 B2
- Document ID: US9872660B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/681,609
- Filed: 2015-04-08
- Published: 2015-10-08
- Granted: 2018-01-23
- Earliest claimed: 2014-04-08
- Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Inventors: Masaya Hamano; Akira Kurahashi; Norihiro Matsusaka; Tomoyasu Yokoyama; Mitsuharu Kitamura; Satoshi Nishino
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9872660B2

## CPC

- A61B 6/484: {involving phase contrast X-ray imaging}
- A61B 6/0407: {Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body}
- A61B 6/4035: {the source being combined with a filter or grating}
- A61B 6/4291: {the detector being combined with a grid or grating}
- A61B 6/488: {involving pre-scan acquisition}
- A61B 6/505: {for diagnosis of bone}
- A61B 6/5205: {involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A medical diagnostic imaging system includes an X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus and an image processing apparatus to reconstruct one or more moire images produced in the X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus into a plurality of types of medical diagnostic images. The image processing apparatus classifies the medical diagnostic images generated based on the same moire image(s) into a group and outputs the group of medical diagnostic images as a unit to the outside.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medical diagnostic imaging system comprising:
an X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus comprising:
an X-ray source,
a plurality of gratings, and
an X-ray detector which includes a two-dimensional array of conversion elements to generate an electrical signal according to X-rays emitted one or more times from the X-ray source and passing through a subject and the gratings, and reads the electrical signal generated by the conversion elements, as one or more moire images; and
an image processing apparatus to reconstruct the one or more moire images produced in the X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus into a plurality of types of medical diagnostic images, wherein
the image processing apparatus classifies the medical diagnostic images generated based on the same one or more moire images into a group, and outputs the group of the medical diagnostic images to an outside as a group to which another medical diagnostic image is prohibited from being added and from which a part of the medical diagnostic images belonging to the group is prohibited from being extracted.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The medical diagnostic imaging system according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is to perform image processing on the medical diagnostic images classified into the group, the image processing apparatus collectively applies the same image processing to all of the medical diagnostic images belonging to the same group.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The medical diagnostic imaging system according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is to delete the medical diagnostic images classified into the group, the image processing apparatus collectively deletes all of the medical diagnostic images belonging to the same group.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The medical diagnostic imaging system according to claim 1, wherein the medical diagnostic imaging system is further configured to first generate a small-angle scattering image IV and display the small-angle scattering image IV prior to generating a full set of images.