Patent ID: 8086010
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A61B,A61N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A medical image diagnosis apparatus, comprising: a patient table; a data acquisition part configured to scan the patient table in a non-loaded state in which an object is not placed on the patient table to acquire first scan data and to scan the patient table and an object in a loaded state in which the object is placed on the patient table to acquire second scan data; an image data-forming part configured to form a first image based on the first scan data and a second image based on the second scan data; a displacement calculation part configured to calculate displacement of the patient table in the non-loaded state and in the loaded state based on the first image and the second image; and a correction part configured to correct the position of the second image based on the displacement, wherein the image data-forming part is configured to wherein the displacement calculation part is configured to the apparatus further comprising a patient table drive configured to move the patient table in a specified patient table moving direction, wherein a plurality of reference positions in the specified patient table moving direction are preset for the patient table, and for each of the plurality of reference positions, the image data-forming part is configured to the correction part corrects the position of second image at the intermediate position based on displacement at the intermediate position.