Radiation imaging system and image processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9870610-B2
Application number	US-201615192201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2016
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A radiation imaging system includes a radiation imaging device, a reconstruction unit and a detection unit. The reconstruction unit generates at least two of a differential phase image, an absorption image and a small-angle scattering image based on periodic pattern images of a subject obtained by the imaging device. The detection unit performs regression analysis on at least two images of (a) the differential phase image, a differential absorption image of the absorption image and a differential small-angle scattering image of the small-angle scattering image or (b) a phase image of the differential phase image, the absorption image and the small-angle scattering image; calculates a value of an indicator indicating a relationship between the at least two images; and detects image quality deterioration due to change in relative position of the imaging device and the subject based on the value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radiation imaging system comprising:
a radiation imaging device which includes at least one grating provided in an emission axis direction of radiation and obtains a plurality of periodic pattern images by performing fringe scanning with a subject placed at a subject placement position provided on an emission path of the radiation while moving the grating; and
an image processing device including:
a reconstruction unit which generates at least two reconstructed images of a differential phase image, an absorption image and a small-angle scattering image based on the periodic pattern images; and
a detection unit which (i) performs regression analysis on signal values of at least two images of (a) the differential phase image, a differential absorption image generated by differentiating the absorption image, and a differential small-angle scattering image generated by differentiating the small-angle scattering image, or (b) a phase image generated by integrating the differential phase image, the absorption image, and the small-angle scattering image, the at least two images being a target of the regression analysis, (ii) calculates an indicator value of an indicator indicating a relationship between the at least two images, and (iii) detects image quality deterioration due to change in relative position of the radiation imaging device and the subject based on the calculated indicator value.

2. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit (i) performs, as the regression analysis, simple regression analysis on at least one image combination, treating two images of (a) the differential phase image, the differential absorption image and the differential small-angle scattering image or (b) the phase image, the absorption image and the small-angle scattering image as one image combination, and (ii) calculates the indicator value of the indicator indicating the relationship between the at least two images.

3. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit (i) performs, as the regression analysis, multiple regression analysis on three images of (a) the differential phase image, the differential absorption image and the differential small-angle scattering image or (b) the phase image, the absorption image and the small-angle scattering image as one image combination, and (ii) calculates, as the indicator value of the indicator indicating the relationship between the at least two images, an indicator value of an indicator indicating a relationship between the three images.

4. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is one or a plurality of a coefficient of regression, a coefficient of determination, a standard deviation from a regression equation, a coefficient of correlation, and an error from the regression equation.

5. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit (i) stores in advance an indicator value of the indicator obtained from image data having no change in relative position of the radiation imaging device and the subject as a reference value, and (ii) detects the image quality deterioration based on a difference between the calculated indicator value and the reference value or based on a change rate obtained by dividing the calculated indicator value by the reference value.

6. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising an extraction unit which, if the subject is a human body, extracts a pixel of a bone part from the images which are the target of the regression analysis, wherein
the detection unit performs the regression analysis, using only data of the extracted pixel of the bone part.

7. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising a pre-processing unit which performs, before the regression analysis, a binning process or a filtering process on the images which are the target of the regression analysis.

8. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising a noise pixel extraction unit which extracts a noise pixel from the images which are the target of the regression analysis, wherein
the detection unit excludes the extracted noise pixel from the target of the regression analysis.

9. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising an output unit which outputs a warning when the detection unit detects the image quality deterioration.

10. An image processing device which performs image processing on a plurality of periodic pattern images obtained by a radiation imaging device which includes at least one grating provided in an emission axis direction of radiation performing fringe scanning with a subject placed at a subject placement position provided on an emission path of the radiation while moving the grating, the image processing device comprising:
a reconstruction unit which generates at least two reconstructed images of a differential phase image, an absorption image and a small-angle scattering image based on the periodic pattern images; and
a detection unit which (i) performs regression analysis on signal values of at least two images of (a) the differential phase image, a differential absorption image generated by differentiating the absorption image, and a differential small-angle scattering image generated by differentiating the small-angle scattering image, or (b) a phase image generated by integrating the differential phase image, the absorption image, and the small-angle scattering image, (ii) calculates an indicator value of an indicator indicating a relationship between the at least two images, and (iii) detects image quality deterioration due to change in relative position of the radiation imaging device and the subject based on the calculated indicator value.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Makifuchi Chiho

Classifications

• G06T2207/30168

  Image quality inspection · CPC title

• G16H50/20

  for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems · CPC title

• A61B6/5264

  due to motion · CPC title

• A61B6/505

  for diagnosis of bone · CPC title

• A61B6/5211

  involving processing of medical diagnostic data · CPC title