Patent Document ID: 10012600
Application ID: 14829769
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An X-ray apparatus, comprising: an X-ray source configured to radiate X-rays onto an object; an X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays having penetrated through the object among the radiated X-rays and obtain pieces of raw data of different energy bands based on the detected X-rays, the pieces of raw data comprising a first piece of raw data corresponding to a first energy band among the different energy bands and a second piece of raw data corresponding to a second energy band among the different energy bands; and at least one processor configured to: apply a first weight, that corresponds to a first material, to the first piece of raw data and the second piece of raw data; obtain a first raw image in which the first material is enhanced based on applying the first weight that corresponds to the first material, to the first piece of raw data and the second piece of raw data; apply a second weight, that corresponds to a second material, to the first piece of raw data and the second piece of raw data; obtain a second raw image in which the second material is enhanced based on applying the second weight, that corresponds to the second material, to the first piece of raw data and the second piece of raw data; and process the first raw image and the second raw image and generate an X-ray image of the object by summing an image-processed first raw image and an image-processed second raw image, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the X-ray image in which the first material and the second material are enhanced.