Patent ID: 7636414
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An X-ray CT apparatus, comprising: an X-ray generation device which generates X-rays; an X-ray detector which detects the X-rays having passed through a subject and outputs projection data; an imaging control device which controls the X-ray generation device and the X-ray detector so as to collect the projection data; an image reconstruction device which reconstructs a plurality of pieces of image data using a plurality of pieces of the projection data; an image display device which displays an image on the basis of the image data; an image selection information addition device which adds image selection information to each piece of image data as accompanying information of the piece of image data, the image selection information being information for specifying in advance whether the piece of image data is targeted for an image analysis process, at least; an image selection device which judges whether each piece of image data is targeted or not for the image analysis process on the basis of the image selection information by subject information and selects one or more pieces of image data which are judged to be targeted for the image analysis process from among the plurality of pieces of image data; and an image analysis processing device which performs the image analysis process on the basis of the one or more selected pieces of image data selected by the image selection device.