X-ray computed tomography apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024148344-A1
Application number	US-202318500561-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 2, 2023
Priority date	Nov 7, 2022
Publication date	May 9, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; a third inference unit configured to perform inference on composite image data; a selection unit configured to, in a case where an inference result of the first inference unit is different from an inference result of the second inference unit, select an inference result of the third inference unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the selected inference result to be displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus comprising:
an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; a third inference unit configured to perform inference on composite image data composed of the CT image data and the material decomposition image data; a selection unit configured to, in a case where an inference result of the first inference unit is different from an inference result of the second inference unit, select an inference result of the third inference unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the selected inference result of the third inference unit to be displayed.

2 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is configured to, in a case where the inference result of the first inference unit is the same as the inference result of the second inference unit, cause either one of the inference result of the first inference unit and the inference result of the second inference unit to be displayed.

3 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CT image data is integral image data.

4 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is configured to, in response to a predetermined material being detected in the material decomposition image data by the first inference unit, cause region information and material name information regarding the predetermined material to be displayed.

5 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is configured to cause information to be displayed, the information indicating that inference has been performed on the composite image data composed of the CT image data and the material decomposition image data.

6 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is configured to, in response to a predetermined lesion being detected in the CT image data by the second inference unit, cause region information and lesion name information regarding the predetermined lesion to be displayed.

7 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is configured to cause information to be displayed, the information indicating that inference has been performed on the CT image data.

8 . An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus comprising:
an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; a third inference unit configured to perform inference on composite image data composed of the CT image data and the material decomposition image data; an image analysis unit configured to analyze the material decomposition image data and obtain content information of a predetermined material included in the material decomposition image data or content information of a predetermined lesion included in the material decomposition image data; a selection unit configured to, based on the content information of the predetermined material included in the material decomposition image data or the content information of the predetermined lesion included in the material decomposition image data, select at least one of an inference result of the first inference unit, an inference result of the second inference unit, and an inference result of the third inference unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the selected inference result to be displayed.

9 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined material is any one of calcium, water, and iodine.

10 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the selection unit is configured to, in a case where the predetermined material is included in the material decomposition image data at a predetermined ratio or more, select the third inference unit.

11 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the selection unit is configured to, in a case where the predetermined material is not included in the material decomposition image data at a predetermined ratio or more, select the second inference unit.

12 . The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set a type of a material to be analyzed by the image analysis unit.

13 . An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus comprising:
an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; a third inference unit configured to perform inference on composite image data composed of the CT image data and the material decomposition image data; and a selection unit configured to select at least one of an inference result of the first inference unit, an inference result of the second inference unit, and an inference result of the third inference unit in accordance with an examination order.

14 . An information processing system comprising:
a first inference unit configured to perform inference on material decomposition image data generated by reconstructing imaging data output by a detector; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on image data generated by reconstructing the imaging data output by the detector; a third inference unit configured to perform inference on composite image data composed of the image data and the material decomposition image data; a selection unit configured to, in a case where an inference result of the first inference unit is different from an inference result of the second inference unit, select an inference result of the third inference unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the selected inference result of the third inference unit to be displayed.

15 . An information processing method comprising:
performing inference on material decomposition image data generated by reconstructing imaging data output by a detector; performing inference on image data generated by reconstructing the imaging data output by the detector; selecting an inference result obtained by performing inference on composite image data composed of the image data and the material decomposition image data, in a case where an inference result obtained in the performing of the inference on the material decomposition image data is different from an inference result obtained in the performing of the inference on the image data; and causing the selected inference result to be displayed.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Hirano Yoshinori
• Ueda Ryuta

Classifications

• A61B6/5223

  generating planar views from image data, e.g. extracting a coronal view from a 3D image · CPC title

• A61B6/5217

  extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data · CPC title

• A61B6/5211

  involving processing of medical diagnostic data · CPC title

• A61B6/5205

  involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data · CPC title

• A61B6/032 Primary

  Transmission computed tomography [CT] · CPC title