US Patent Issued to Canon Medical Systems on July 1 for "X-ray computed tomography apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,186, issued on July 1, was assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"X-ray computed tomography apparatus" was invented by Akira Nishijima (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube voltage control circuitry switches a tube voltage applied to an X-ray tube between a first tube voltage and a second tube voltage of lower value than the first tube voltage. A first signal generating circuitry generates a first switching signal at a first time interval. A view switching circuitry switches a view based on the first switch signal. A data acquisition circuitry performs data acquisition for each view via an X-ra...