Patent ID: 11874409
Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. A detector element determining method, comprising:
detecting a detector element array including a plurality of detector elements including a defective detector element, from a plurality of detector element arrays manufactured to be used in an X-ray detector for imaging;
implementing the detected detector element array as a detector element array of a correction X-ray detector;
changing a position of a focal point of an X-ray tube to a plurality of different positions, and acquiring, for each of the plurality of different positions, the plurality of output values respectively corresponding to the plurality of detector elements; and
determining, for each of the plurality of different positions, detector elements to be used in generating correction data, from the plurality of detector elements included in the implemented detector element array, based on the plurality of output values.